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Alois Bahlmann Abbot (1885-1951) —
also known as A. B. Abbot —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio, November
2, 1885.
Democrat. Banker;
railroad builder; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1927-34.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Fayette, Fayette
County, W.Va., February
5, 1951 (age 65 years, 95
days).
Interment at Abbot Cemetery, Fayette County, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Houghton Abbot and Almira (Straugh) Abbot; married, October
1, 1913, to Nona C. Reynolds. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March
17, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; book
publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery Light and
Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general
of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented
in 1893 and patented
a railroad car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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John William Allen (1802-1887) —
also known as John W. Allen —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
4, 1802.
Lawyer;
director, Commercial Bank of
Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland Newburg Railroad,
1834; member of Ohio
state senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841; president, Columbus & Cincinnati
Railroad, 1845; postmaster at Cleveland,
Ohio, 1870-75.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
5, 1887 (age 85 years, 62
days).
Interment at Erie
Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Allen and Ursala (McCurdy) Allen; married, July 22,
1830, to Harriet Caroline Mather; grandnephew of Roger
Griswold; great-grandson of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Oliver
Wolcott Jr. and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin of Henry
Titus Backus and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); second cousin once removed of Frederick
William Lord; second cousin twice removed of Selden
Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin and Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; third cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), James
Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Thomas
Hale Sill, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Albert
Haller Tracy, Theodore
Sill, George
Bradley Kellogg, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), George
Frederick Stone, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott and Alfred
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821), Daniel
Pitkin, Zina
Hyde Jr. and James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of James
Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Amaziah
Brainard, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Elisha
Hunt Allen, George
Washington Wolcott, Augustus
Frank and George
Griswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah
Boardman, William
Bostwick, Timothy
Pitkin, Oliver
Owen Forward, Daniel
Warner Bostwick, Walter
Forward, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878), Chauncey
Forward, Chester
William Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Edmund
Holcomb, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Erastus
Clark Scranton, Sereno
Hamilton Scranton, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Henry
Ward Beecher, Philemon
Bliss, Joseph
H. Elmer, Leveret
Brainard, William
Fessenden Allen, Samuel
Lord, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Allen
Jacob Holcomb. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Holmes Arnold (1862-1944) —
also known as John H. Arnold —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Freeport, Armstrong
County, Pa., December
11, 1862.
Lumberman;
railroad mechanic; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1915-17.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
29, 1944 (age 81 years, 109
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Henry Towne Bannon (1867-1950) —
also known as Henry T. Bannon —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born near Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, June 5,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; Scioto
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1903; legal counsel, Norfolk
and Western Railway; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1905-09; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932,
1936,
1940
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, September
6, 1950 (age 83 years, 93
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.
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William Augustus Barstow (1813-1865) —
also known as William A. Barstow —
of Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., September
13, 1813.
Postmaster at Prairieville,
Wis., 1842-43; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1850-52; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1860;
president, St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
13, 1865 (age 52 years, 91
days).
Interment somewhere
in Cleveland, Ohio.
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William Henry Bliss (1844-1932) —
also known as William H. Bliss —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, October
7, 1844.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1876-87;
vice-president and general solicitor, St. Paul & Duluth
Railroad; associate counsel, Northern Pacific Railroad.
Died May 5,
1932 (age 87 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Justin De Witt Bowersock (1842-1922) —
also known as Justin D. Bowersock —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Columbiana, Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
19, 1842.
Republican. President, Lawrence National Bank,
Bowersock Mills and Power
Co., Kansas Water
Power Co., Lawrence Iron Works,
Lawrence Paper
Manufacturing Co., Kansas and Colorado Railroad; mayor
of Lawrence, Kan., 1881-85; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Kansas
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1899-1907.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., October
27, 1922 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Oliver Ernesto Branch (b. 1847) —
also known as Oliver E. Branch —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Lake
County, Ohio, July 19,
1847.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887, 1889; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1894-98.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Calvin Stewart Brice (1845-1898) —
also known as Calvin S. Brice —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Denmark, Morrow
County, Ohio, September
17, 1845.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
active in railroad law; president of railroad
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1888;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1888; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1889-92; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1891-97.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1898 (age 53 years, 89
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Hugh Henry Brown (1872-1975) —
also known as Hugh H. Brown —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, May 4,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented railroads and mining
companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1908,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate).
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
26, 1975 (age 102 years,
298 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Milton Brown (1804-1883) —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, February
28, 1804.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1841-47 (12th District 1841-43,
11th District 1843-47); One of the founders
of Southwestern University (later Union University), and Lambuth
College, Jackson, Tenn.; president of the Mississippi Central &
Tennessee Railroad, 1854-56; president of the Mobile &
Ohio Railroad, 1856-71.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., May 15,
1883 (age 79 years, 76
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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William M. Brown (b. 1843) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn Township, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in May, 1843.
Republican. Railway conductor; farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John Levi Cable (1884-1971) —
also known as John L. Cable —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Lima Telephone
and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone
Co., Lima Toledo Railroad, Lima City Street
Railway Co.; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;
defeated, 1912; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Grange;
Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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Charles Henry Carey (1857-1941) —
also known as Charles H. Carey —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for James J. Hill's railroad lines; historian;
municipal judge in Oregon, 1892-95; member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1904-06; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon; Oregon Corporation
Commissioner, 1933-37.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
26, 1941 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Doak Carey and Martha Louisa (Felton) Carey; married, September
24, 1883, to Mary N. Bidwell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Salem (Oregon) Capital
Journal, August 27, 1941 |
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John Carey (1792-1875) —
of Ohio.
Born in Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 5,
1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1828, 1836, 1843; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; promoter and first president, Mad
River Railroad; founder of the town of Carey, Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1859-61.
Died in Carey, Wyandot
County, Ohio, March
17, 1875 (age 82 years, 346
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1919 at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Carey, Ohio.
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Homer M. Carr —
of Proctor, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Malta, Morgan
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; locomotive
engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 59, 1933-34; member of
Minnesota
state senate 59th District, 1935-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Clyde Chabo (1866-1945) —
also known as C. C. Chabo —
of Gillette, Campbell
County, Wyo.
Born in Powellsville, Scioto
County, Ohio, October
8, 1866.
Locomotive engineer; mayor
of Gillette, Wyo., 1898-99.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Midwest, Natrona
County, Wyo., January
3, 1945 (age 78 years, 87
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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Relatives: Son
of Lafayette Chabot and Nancy Ann (Wyatt) Chabot. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of
Gillette |
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Horace Leete Chapman (1837-1917) —
also known as Horace L. Chapman —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio; Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Allegany
County, N.Y., July 10,
1837.
Democrat. Coal
operator; banker;
vice-president, Springfield, Jackson & Pomeroy Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876,
1900;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1897.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 28,
1917 (age 79 years, 353
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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John Gordon Cooper (1872-1955) —
also known as John G. Cooper —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
April
27, 1872.
Republican. Locomotive engineer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Died in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., January
7, 1955 (age 82 years, 255
days).
Interment at Lake
Park Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio.
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John King Cowen (1844-1904) —
also known as John K. Cowen —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Millersburg, Holmes
County, Ohio, October
28, 1844.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
counsel, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1872-76; general counsel,
1876-96; president, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1895-97.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
26, 1904 (age 59 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Ohio.
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Harry Van Custer (b. 1894) —
also known as Harry V. Custer —
of Pasco, Franklin
County, Wash.
Born in Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio, December
14, 1894.
Railway station agent; mayor of
Pasco, Wash., 1953-58.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles T. Custer and Sally J. (Harmon) Custer; married, August
17, 1913, to Bernice K. Lake. |
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Winthrop More Daniels (b. 1867) —
also known as Winthrop M. Daniels —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, September
30, 1867.
University
professor; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1914-23;
trustee of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1935.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew H. Dolton (born c.1823) —
of Illinois.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, about 1823.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 60th District, 1865; director,
Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway, 1880-87.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest George Eagleson (1864-1956) —
also known as Ern G. Eagleson —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, January
13, 1864.
Railroad and mining engineer;
City
Engineer of Boise, 1893-97, 1899-1901, 1911-12; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Idaho, 1902-08; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1919-21, 1925-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Woodmen
of the World.
Died, in a nursing
home at Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, August
17, 1956 (age 92 years, 217
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Hervey Eagleson and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson; married, May 6,
1907, to Viola Scully. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of
Boise |
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Luther Thomas Ellsworth (1853-1914) —
also known as Luther T. Ellsworth —
of East Richfield, Summit
County, Ohio; Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in West Richfield, Summit
County, Ohio, November
13, 1853.
Stockholder, directtor, and secretary of a gold mining
company; school
teacher; foreman of railway coaling station; U.S. Consul
in Puerto Cabello, 1898-1903; Cartagena, 1903-07; Chihuahua, 1907; Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1907-13.
Died in Summit
County, Ohio, July 2,
1914 (age 60 years, 231
days).
Interment at West Richfield Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852-1918) —
also known as Charles W. Fairbanks —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Unionville Center, Union
County, Ohio, May 11,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
general solicitor for Ohio Southern Railroad, and for the
Dayton and Ironton Railroad; president, Terre Haute and Peoria
Railroad; director and general solicitor, Cincinnati,
Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1896
(Temporary
Chair; speaker;
chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1900,
1904,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1897-1905; resigned 1905; Vice
President of the United States, 1905-09; defeated, 1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916.
Died, from renal
failure, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 4,
1918 (age 66 years, 24
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Mark Delos Flower (1842-1907) —
also known as Mark D. Flower —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
31, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Minnesota, 1870-75; railroad claims agent;
president and general manager, St. Paul Union Stockyards
Co.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 36, 1905-06; postmaster
at St.
Paul, Minn., 1905-07.
Died February
3, 1907 (age 64 years, 309
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) —
also known as S. W. Fordyce —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, February
7, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder,
builder, president, receiver, and director of many railroads;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884,
1892;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Arkansas, 1896.
Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
3, 1919 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles A. Gates (b. 1867) —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, August
22, 1867.
Republican. Railway station baggage master; railway station
agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham, 1899-1902; member of
Connecticut
state senate 29th District, 1903-04, 1907-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1928;
mayor
of Willimantic, Conn., 1918-22, 1928-29; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard J. Hackney Jr. (b. 1855) —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Edinburg, Johnson
County, Ind., March
29, 1855.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1888-93; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1893-99; general counsel, Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway.
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Ind.
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Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) —
also known as Marcus A. Hanna; Mark Hanna;
"Dollar Mark" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
24, 1837.
Republican. Partner in wholesale
grocery; head of M. A. Hanna and Co., coal
dealers; director, Globe Ship
Manufacturing Co.; president, Union National Bank;
president, Cleveland City Railroad Co. president, Chapin Mining Co.;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1904 (age 66 years, 144
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Judson Harmon (1846-1927) —
of Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Newtown, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1876-77; superior court judge in
Ohio, 1878-87; U.S.
Attorney General, 1895-97; receiver of bankrupt railways,
1905-09; Governor of
Ohio, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,
1912;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Baptist.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
22, 1927 (age 81 years, 19
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Myron Timothy Herrick (1854-1929) —
also known as Myron T. Herrick —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Huntington, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
9, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
secretary-treasurer and president, Society for Savings,
Cleveland; director and board chairman of railroad; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1904,
1908,
1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1901; Governor of
Ohio, 1904-06; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1912-14, 1921-29, died in office 1929; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; on October 19, 1921, a bomb, sent in a
package to the Ambassador's residence, exploded
when his valet opened it.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died of a heart
attack in Paris, France,
March
31, 1929 (age 74 years, 173
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Frederick L. Homsher (1885-1950) —
of Strasburg, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Strasburg, Lancaster
County, Pa., November
19, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; railroad business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1939-50; died in office 1950.
Died, aboard a
train en roue to sanatorium, near Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, May 3,
1950 (age 64 years, 165
days).
Interment at Strasburg
Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg, Pa.
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William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) —
also known as W. R. Hopkins; "Chautauqua
Bill" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 26,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
industrial real estate
developer; promoter of Cleveland Short Line Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
city
manager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-30; he was fascinated by aviation,
in 1925, he successfully advocated purchase of land for an airport,
the first
municipal airport in the United States.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
9, 1961 (age 91 years, 198
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Hugh Judge Jewett (1817-1898) —
also known as Hugh Jewett —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Harford
County, Md., July 1,
1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1853; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1855-56; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1855, 1868-69; railroad
president; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1861; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1873-74; defeated, 1860
(16th District), 1870 (7th District); resigned 1874; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1880.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March 6,
1898 (age 80 years, 248
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Harvey Hull Johnson (1808-1896) —
also known as Harvey H. Johnson —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio; Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Winona, Winona
County, Minn.; Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., September
7, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Akron,
Ohio, 1837-45; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1853-55; president,
Winona & St. Peter Railroad; mayor
of Owatonna, Minn., 1867-70.
Died in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
4, 1896 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Minn.
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Joseph Russel Jones (1823-1909) —
also known as J. Russel Jones —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Conneaut, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, February
17, 1823.
Republican. Secretary-treasurer, Galena and Minnesota Packet
Co.; founder and president, Chicago West Division Railway;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1860; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1868-70; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1869-75; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1875-77.
Christian
Scientist.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
11, 1909 (age 86 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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James Kilbourne (1842-1919) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
9, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder and
president, Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing
Co., maker of wheelbarrows; director, Columbus, Hocking Valley &
Toledo Railway; director, Hayden-Clinton National Bank;
president, Columbus Children's Hospital;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1892,
1896,
1900
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1901.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio, April
24, 1919 (age 76 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James S. Mace —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Progressive. Sailor;
railroad switchman; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Douglas County 1st District, 1939-40.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-95; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway System, 1895.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died on
board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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James Brady McCahey Jr. (1920-1998) —
also known as James B. McCahey, Jr. —
of Skokie, Cook
County, Ill.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
17, 1920.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; campaign
manager for John
F. Kennedy in Wisconsin and West Virginia presidential primaries,
1960; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960;
part owner of the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Braves professional
baseball teams, 1962-65; president, Chicago South Shore and South
Bend Railroad; vice-president of CSX railroad after
consolidation.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
9, 1998 (age 78 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eldon L. Metheany (1850-1917) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, December
5, 1850.
Railway station agent; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1883-84, 1890-92, 1906-07, 1908-10; defeated,
1907.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Died in Wexford
County, Mich., September
3, 1917 (age 66 years, 272
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard R. Metheany and Esther (Levering) Metheany; married, June 20,
1878, to Louisa Welker. |
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Eben Newton (1795-1885) —
of Ohio.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1795.
Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1842-51, 1862-64; common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1844; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1851-53; railroad
president.
Presbyterian.
Died in Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
6, 1885 (age 90 years, 21
days).
Interment at Canfield
Village Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.
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Lewis Philip Ohliger (1843-1923) —
also known as Lewis P. Ohliger —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born in Rheinpfalz, Germany,
January
3, 1843.
Democrat. Wholesale
druggist; grocer; Wayne
County Treasurer, 1875-79; trustee, Wooster and Lodi
Railway; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1892-93.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., January
9, 1923 (age 80 years, 6
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio.
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John Grove Payne (b. 1887) —
also known as J. G. Payne —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Farmdale, Trumbull
County, Ohio, December
13, 1887.
Republican. Superintendent, Allegheny Division, Pennsylvania
Railroad, 1917-27; mayor
of Oil City, Pa., 1931-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of I. N. Payne and Cora B. (Thompson) Payne; married 1909 to Alice
Montgomery. |
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Donald James Pease (1931-2002) —
also known as Donald J. Pease; Don Pease —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, September
26, 1931.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state senate, 1965-67, 1975-77; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1969-75; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1977-93.
Methodist.
Served five years on the board of directors of Amtrak.
Died, of a heart
attack, July 28,
2002 (age 70 years, 305
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Hunt Pendleton (1825-1889) —
also known as George H. Pendleton —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 19,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate 1st District, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1857-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1864; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1869; president, Kentucky Central Railroad, 1869-79;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1879-85; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1885-89.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
November
24, 1889 (age 64 years, 128
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Jane (Hunt) Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; married 1846 to Mary
Alicia 'Alice' Key (daughter of Francis
Scott Key; sister of Philip
Barton Key); father of Francis
Key Pendleton; nephew of Edmund
Henry Pendleton; grandson of Nathaniel
Pendleton; great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin once removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of John
Pendleton Jr.; second cousin twice removed of John
Penn; third cousin of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; third cousin once removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, Zachary
Taylor, William
Barret Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; fourth cousin of Coleby
Chew; fourth cousin once removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS George H. Pendleton (built 1943 at Baltimore,
Maryland; scrapped 1970) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
29, 1816.
Republican. Merchant;
lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; coal mining
business; railroad builder; banker; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.
Died in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., April 8,
1903 (age 87 years, 10
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Streator, Ill.
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William Cooper Procter (1862-1934) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
25, 1862.
Republican. President (1907-30) and chairman (1930-34), Proctor &
Gamble Company, where he established profit-sharing and pension
system; director, New York Central Railroad; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1924,
1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Holmes Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 2,
1934 (age 71 years, 250
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Jacob Romeis (1835-1904) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Germany,
December
1, 1835.
Republican. General Baggage Agent, Wabash Railroad; mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, 1879-85; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1885-89; defeated, 1888.
Died as the result of an accident,
in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, March 8,
1904 (age 68 years, 98
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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William Bunn Shattuc (1841-1911) —
also known as William B. Shattuc —
of Madisonville (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Hector, Tompkins County (now Schuyler
County), N.Y., June 11,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; railway
passenger agent; member of Ohio
state senate, 1895; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1897-1903.
Died in Madisonville (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 13,
1911 (age 70 years, 32
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John William Snow (b. 1939) —
also known as John W. Snow —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
2, 1939.
Lawyer;
chairman and chief executive officer of CSX railroad; charged
with driving
while intoxicated,
in West Valley City, Utah, 1982;; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06; director, Marathon Oil Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta.
Still living as of 2020.
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John Wilson Sprague (1817-1893) —
also known as John W. Sprague —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in White Creek, Washington
County, N.Y., April 4,
1817.
Erie
County Treasurer, 1851-52; steamboat
business; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
received the Medal
of Honor (posthumously, in 1894) for actions at Decatur, Georgia,
in 1862; railroad executive; mayor of
Tacoma, Wash., 1883.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
27, 1893 (age 76 years, 267
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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George A. Steel (1846-1918) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Stafford, Monroe
County, Ohio, April
22, 1846.
Republican. Railroad executive; banker; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1876; postmaster at Portland,
Ore., 1881-85, 1889-94; member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1896; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1896;
Oregon
state treasurer, 1907-11.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., June 20,
1918 (age 72 years, 59
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Warren Stanford Stone (1860-1925) —
also known as Warren S. Stone —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Ainsworth, Washington
County, Iowa, February
1, 1860.
Progressive. Locomotive engineer; Grand Chief,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1903-25; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in a hospital
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 12,
1925 (age 65 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1884 to Carrie
E. Newell. |
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director,
Central Savings Bank of
New York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull
and Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Everett Bailey Taylor (1899-1990) —
also known as Everett B. Taylor —
of Sun Valley, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
21, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented Travelers' Insurance,
banks,
and the Union Pacific Railroad; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1956,
1960.
Member, American
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died March 2,
1990 (age 90 years, 132
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Taylor and Myrtle E. (Bailey) Taylor; married, September
14, 1931, to Dorice E. Neiman. |
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Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810-1864) —
of New York.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 14,
1810.
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1841-43; mining
business; railroad promoter; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March
24, 1864 (age 53 years, 315
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen
Van Rensselaer and Cornelia (Paterson) Van Rensselaer; married,
August
22, 1833, to Elizabeth Ray King (daughter of John
Alsop King); nephew of Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Rensselaer
Westerlo; uncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; grandson of William
Paterson; great-grandson of Philip
Livingston; great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and William
Livingston; great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandson of Dirck
Ten Broeck; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Philip
Schuyler; first cousin once removed of Edward
Philip Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, James
Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin once removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Robert
Reginald Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of James
Jay, Henry
Cruger, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Jay II; third cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Gansevoort, Hamilton
Fish, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin
Livingston, George
Washington Schuyler, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Thomas Wilson Voetter (b. 1869) —
also known as Thomas W. Voetter —
of New Mexico.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 10,
1869.
Electrician;
foundry
worker; railroad employee; U.S. Consul in Saltillo, 1907-11; La Guaira, 1911-14; Antofagasta, 1915-21; Caracas, as of 1924; Curaçao, as of 1926-29; Guaymas, as of 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) —
also known as Adoniram J. Warner —
of Ohio.
Born in Wales, Erie
County, N.Y., January
13, 1834.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1879-81, 1883-87 (13th District
1879-81, 15th District 1883-85, 17th District 1885-87); defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
engaged in street
railway construction in Washington, D.C., and railroad
construction in Ohio; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
12, 1910 (age 76 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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William Wemmer (1866-1947) —
Born in Jacksonville, Athens
County, Ohio, July 31,
1866.
Socialist. Railroad work; candidate for University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1909, 1911.
Died in San Gabriel, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
5, 1947 (age 80 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Learned) Wemmer and Joseph Wemmer; married to Cora Belle
Buell. |
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Samuel H. West (1872-1938) —
of Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio.
Born in Waubeek, Linn
County, Iowa, July 17,
1872.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Logan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1903; member of Ohio
state senate, 1903-08; counsel to New York Central
Railroad; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1928-38; died
in office 1938.
Died October
5, 1938 (age 66 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred William Yoos (1879-1940) —
also known as Fred W. Yoos —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
20, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; railroad
flagman; police
officer; rubber tire
worker; after serving as an organizer for the Ku Klux Klan, he
resigned, or was expelled, and announced in January 1923 that he
would expose corruption and "un-American prejudice" in the local Klan
organization; on January 18, police received an anonymous "tip off"
that Yoos was illegally carrying a
concealed weapon; he was searched,
and no weapon was found on his person, but a companion had a gun, and
Yoos was arrested
and held in jail for days until released; he continued to express
opposition to the Ku Klux Klan, but did not make the disclosures he
promised; Independent candidate for mayor of
Akron, Ohio, 1923.
German
ancestry. Member, Ku Klux
Klan; Freemasons.
Died in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, May 31,
1940 (age 61 years, 132
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred B. Yoos and Katie (Hurst) Yoos; married, October
24, 1900, to Hedwig 'Hattie' Wojahn. |
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