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John Fletcher Caples (1832-1908) —
also known as John F. Caples —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Ashland
County, Ohio, January
12, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1873; Republican Presidential
Elector for Oregon, 1893;
Republican Presidential Elector for Oregon, 1897;
U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, as of 1898.
Methodist.
English and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 17,
1908 (age 76 years, 187
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Richard Chilcott (1855-1917) —
of Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap
County, Wash.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in England,
May
15, 1855.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; sea
captain; shipbroker;
stevedoring
business; Consul
for Central America in Seattle,
Wash., 1898; Consul
for Honduras in Seattle,
Wash., 1899-1904; Consul
for Nicaragua in Seattle,
Wash., 1899-1904.
English and Irish
ancestry.
Died, from Bright's
disease, heart
delatation, and arteriosclerosis,
in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
31, 1917 (age 62 years, 108
days).
Cremated.
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Henry Martin Daniel (1829-1908) —
also known as Henry M. Daniel —
of Fillmore
County, Minn.; North Yamhill, Yamhill
County, Ore.
Born in Danville,
Va., March
26, 1829.
Democrat. Sawmill and
grist
mill owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 3, 1873.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died four days later, in McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore., December
16, 1908 (age 79 years, 265
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, McMinnville, Ore.
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Elizabeth Furse (1936-2021) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Washington
County, Ore.
Born in Nairobi, Kenya,
October
13, 1936.
Democrat. Anti-apartheid activist in South Africa; naturalized U.S.
citizen; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1993-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1996;
director, Institute for Tribal Government.
Female.
English ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, from injuries sustained in a fall, in
Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April
18, 2021 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Binger Hermann (1843-1926) —
also known as David Binger Hermann —
of Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., February
19, 1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1866; member of Oregon
state senate, 1868-70; receiver
of U.S. Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon, 1871-73; U.S.
Representative from Oregon, 1885-97, 1903-07 (at-large 1885-87,
1st District 1887-89, at-large 1889-93, 1st District 1893-97,
1903-07); Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1897-1903; indicted
in 1905 over his role in the Oregon Land
Frauds; in 1910, a trial
resulted in a hung jury.
German
and English ancestry.
Died in Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore., April
15, 1926 (age 83 years, 55
days).
Interment at Roseburg
Memorial Gardens, Roseburg, Ore.
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1882-1949) —
also known as H. H. Humphrey —
of Doland, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., 1882.
Democrat. Druggist; chair of
Spink County Democratic Party, 1928; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 24th District, 1937-38;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Methodist.
English ancestry.
Died in November, 1949
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Laidlaw (1847-1913) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
January
23, 1847.
Commission
merchant; shipping
broker; insurance
business; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Portland,
Ore., 1874-95; arrested
in June 1893, and charged
by the Chief of Police with storing
dynamite within the city limits; Consul
for Great Britain in Portland,
Ore., 1895-1913.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and English ancestry.
Died, from peritonitis,
in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
5, 1913 (age 65 years, 348
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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James Ernest Laidlaw (1878-1934) —
also known as J. Ernest Laidlaw —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Sausalito, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March
31, 1878.
Lumber
merchant; shipping
broker; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Portland,
Ore., 1899-1904.
English and Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from myocarditis,
in Sausalito, Marin
County, Calif., November
2, 1934 (age 56 years, 216
days).
Cremated.
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George Alvin Loud (1852-1925) —
also known as George A. Loud —
of Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Bainbridge, Geauga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1852.
Republican. Lumber
business; staff member for Gov. Hazen
S. Pingree, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1903-13, 1915-17;
defeated, 1912.
English ancestry.
Killed in an automobile
accident at Myrtle Point, Coos
County, Ore., November
13, 1925 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Au
Sable Cemetery, Oscoda, Mich.
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William Simon U'Ren (1859-1949) —
also known as W. S. U'Ren —
of Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis., January
10, 1859.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1897-98; Independent candidate
for Governor of
Oregon, 1914.
Cornish ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 8,
1949 (age 90 years, 57
days).
Entombed at Wilhelm's Portland Memorial, Portland, Ore.; memorial monument
at Clackamas County Courthouse Grounds, Oregon City, Ore.
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