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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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Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) —
also known as Thomas P. Gore —
of Texas; Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Embry, Webster
County, Miss., December
10, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1898; member
Oklahoma territorial council, 1903-05; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1928;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Elks.
Blind
due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; first
blind member of the U.S. Senate.
Died March
16, 1949 (age 78 years, 96
days).
Originally entombed at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 at
Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) —
also known as Robert L. Owen —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., February
2, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; Modern
Woodmen of America; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 19,
1947 (age 91 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Roy St. Lewis (b. 1891) —
also known as Roy St. Lewis —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., September
27, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; assistant attorney in
Oklahoma for Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1925-31.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Griffith Lewis and Mary Ann (Davis) Lewis; married, July 12,
1926, to Inez Reams. |
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