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Thomas Harry Banfield (1885-1950) —
also known as T. H. Banfield —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
20, 1885.
Republican. Co-founder and president, Iron Fireman
Manufacturing Company, maker of automatic coal stokers,
furnaces, and boilers; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 1940.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1950
(age about
64 years).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Floyd J. Cook (b. 1883) —
of Medford, Jackson
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March
16, 1883.
Republican. Manufacturer; inventor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1928,
1932;
Oregon
Republican state chair, 1931; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Oregon.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Rufus Cecil Holman (1877-1959) —
also known as Rufus C. Holman —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., October
14, 1877.
Republican. School
teacher; accountant;
manufacturer of record books and paper boxes; ice
business; Oregon
state treasurer, 1931-38; appointed 1931; resigned 1938; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1939-45.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., November
27, 1959 (age 82 years, 44
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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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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