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Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831-1897) —
also known as Henry N. Bolander —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany,
February
22, 1831.
Republican. California
superintendent of public instruction, 1871-75.
Lutheran;
later Episcopalian.
German ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
State Botanist for California Geological Survey, 1864-67; discovered
many plant species.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
28, 1897 (age 66 years, 187
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Hills Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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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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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Socialist. Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor
of The Weekly People, 1938-68; Socialist Labor candidate for
New
York state attorney general, 1942; Industrial Government
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1945 (Socialist Labor), 1949 (Industrial
Government), 1957 (Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965
(Socialist Labor); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; resigned or
expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969; librarian.
German and Danish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
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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William Metzger (b. 1819) —
of Benton
County, Ore.
Born in Hanover, Germany,
1819.
Republican. Mechanic;
delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Benton County,
1857.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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George Neuner (b. 1878) —
of McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
August
24, 1878.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1911; member of Oregon
state senate, 1913; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1925-33; Oregon
state attorney general, 1943-53; appointed 1943.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Henry Rothschild (1863-1938) —
of Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash.
Born in Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash., 1863.
Consular
Agent for France in Port
Townsend, Wash., 1886-95; shipbroker;
stevedoring
business; lumber exporter.
German ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., May 16,
1938 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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John C. Seigle (1885-1939) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., July 7,
1885.
Dentist;
mayor
of Tacoma, Wash., 1938-39; defeated, 1934; died in office 1939.
German ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a
train at Klamath Falls, Klamath
County, Ore., April
12, 1939 (age 53 years, 279
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Wash.
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