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Clergy Politicians in Oregon

William Lysander Adams (1821-1906) — also known as William L. Adams; Will Adams — of Yamhill County, Ore.; Forest Grove, Washington County, Ore.; Hood River, Hood River County, Ore. Born in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, February 5, 1821. Republican. School teacher; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; preacher; newspaper editor; probate judge in Oregon, 1850; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1860; physician. Died in Hood River, Hood River County, Ore., April 26, 1906 (age 85 years, 80 days). Interment at Idlewild Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.   Relatives: Son of Sebastian Adams and Eunice (Harmon) Adams; brother of Sebastian C. Adams; married 1844 to Frances Olivia Goodell; married 1881 to Mary Sue Mosier.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Louis Albert Banks (b. 1851) — also known as Louis A. Banks — Born in Corvallis, Benton County, Ore., 1851. Lawyer; minister; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1893; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1893. Methodist. Burial location unknown.   Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) — also known as A. M. Bryant — of Fort Branch, Gibson County, Ind.; Wahoo, Saunders County, Neb.; Gettysburg, Graham County, Kan.; Republican City, Harlan County, Neb.; Falls City, Polk County, Ore. Born in Ohio County, Ky., March 1, 1838. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister; school teacher and principal; superintendent of schools; member of Nebraska state senate 16th District, 1877; president, McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87. Presbyterian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died, of asthma, in Falls City, Polk County, Ore., June 4, 1896 (age 58 years, 95 days). Interment at Falls City Cemetery, Falls City, Ore.   Relatives: Married, March 30, 1865, to Susan C. Davis.   William Manning (1832-1914) — of Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born in Arlington, Rush County, Ind., November 8, 1832. School teacher; ordained minister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1885. Died in Salem, Marion County, Ore., May 26, 1914 (age 81 years, 199 days). Interment at Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Ore.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Manning and Elizabeth (Knobb) Manning; married, November 24, 1852, to Sarah Jane Hunt; married 1875 to Catherine Kitzmiller; father of Isaac Augustus Manning.   Epitaph: "Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James McBride (1802-1875) — also known as "Uncle Jim" — of Oregon. Born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., 1802. Physician; preacher; member Oregon territorial council, 1850; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1863-66. Died in St. Helens, Columbia County, Ore., 1875 (age about 73 years). Interment at Masonic Cemetery, St. Helens, Ore.   Relatives: Father of John Rogers McBride, Thomas Allen McBride and George Wycliffe McBride.   Political family: McBride family of St. Helens, Oregon.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   Stephen Samuel Wise (1874-1949) — also known as Stephen Wise; Stephen Samuel Weisz — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Budapest, Hungary, March 17, 1874. Democrat. Rabbi; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1924. Jewish. Member, American Jewish Congress; NAACP. Died, from a stomach ailment, in Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 19, 1949 (age 75 years, 33 days). Entombed at Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Rabbi Aaron Wise and Sabine (Fisher) Wise; married, November 14, 1900, to Louise Waterman.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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