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Jackson Leroy Adair (1887-1956) —
also known as J. Leroy Adair; Jefferson Leroy
Adair —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Clayton, Adams
County, Ill., February
23, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Adams
County State's Attorney, 1916-20, 1924-28; member of Illinois
state senate 36th District, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1933-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1937-56;
died in office 1956.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Died in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., January
19, 1956 (age 68 years, 330
days).
Interment at South
Side Cemetery, Clayton, Ill.
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Clarence E. Bailey (b. 1895) —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Ramona, Washington
County, Okla., October
18, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1933-37.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bailey and Lucy (Brown) Bailey; married, June 2,
1926, to Frances J. Kinkead. |
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George Lynn Bowman (b. 1874) —
also known as George L. Bowman —
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born in Harrisonburg,
Va., October
9, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Kingfisher
County Attorney, 1902-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1919-23.
Congregationalist. Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harpine Bowman and Frances (Hoffman) Bowman; married, October
7, 1913, to Lena Odessa Pollard. |
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George William Miller (1925-2006) —
also known as G. William Miller —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., March 9,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer;
executive with Textron, Inc.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1968;
chairman of Federal Reserve, 1978-79; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81.
Congregationalist.
Died, from idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 2006 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
editor; candidate for secretary
of state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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