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George Abernethy (1807-1877) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1807.
Governor
of Oregon Territory, 1845-49; newspaper
publisher.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 2,
1877 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment somewhere in Vancouver, Wash.; reinterment in 1883 at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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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.
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Frank Williamson Benson (1858-1911) —
also known as Frank W. Benson —
of Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March
20, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Oregon, 1907-11; died in office 1911; Governor of
Oregon, 1909-10.
Methodist.
Died in Douglas
County, Ore., April
14, 1911 (age 53 years, 25
days).
Interment at Roseburg
I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Roseburg, Ore.
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Henry Lamdin Benson (1854-1921) —
also known as Henry L. Benson —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., July 6,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
District Attorney, 1st District, 1892-96; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1897; circuit judge in Oregon,
1898-1914; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1915-21; died in office 1921.
Methodist.
Died October
16, 1921 (age 67 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry C. Benson and Matilda M. (Williamson) Benson; married, September
7, 1876, to Susie E. Dougharty. |
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Robert Asbury Booth (b. 1858) —
also known as R. A. Booth —
of Grants Pass, Josephine
County, Ore.; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Yamhill
County, Ore., May 15,
1858.
Republican. Principal, Oregon State Normal School, 1886-87;
organizer, president, First National Bank of
Grants Pass; president, Douglas National Bank of
Blossburg; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1896;
member of Oregon
state senate, 1900-08; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1914.
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward H. Branchfield (b. 1914) —
of Oregon.
Born in Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill., October
30, 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1963; Judge, Oregon Court of
Appeals, 1969-71.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Oregon; 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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William A. Carter (b. 1874) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., June 7,
1874.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ethel Hughes. |
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William Clifton Culbertson (b. 1874) —
also known as William C. Culbertson —
of Oregon.
Born in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., September
12, 1874.
Democrat. Hotel
proprietor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1928.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry A. Davee (b. 1872) —
of Hoquiam, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.; Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind., July 29,
1872.
School
teacher and principal; superintendent
of schools; Montana
superintendent of public instruction, 1905-17.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Zachariah L. Davee and Elvira (King) Davee; married, December
24, 1902, to Mabel Flinders. |
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Robert Blackford Duncan (1920-2011) —
also known as Robert B. Duncan —
of Medford, Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Normal, McLean
County, Ill., December
4, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
Oregon state legislature, 1956; U.S.
Representative from Oregon, 1963-67, 1975-81 (4th District
1963-67, 3rd District 1975-81); defeated in primary, 1980; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1964;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1966, 1968 (primary), 1972 (primary).
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died April
29, 2011 (age 90 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Norman Fadeley (b. 1929) —
also known as Edward N. Fadeley —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Williamsville, Wayne
County, Mo., December
13, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1961-62; member of Oregon
state senate, 1963-67; Oregon
Democratic state chair, 1966-67; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 4th District, 1968.
Methodist. Member, Order of
the Coif; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Elks; Moose; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1968.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Sylvester Fadeley and Nellie (Norman) Fadeley; married, June 11,
1953, to Nancie Newell Peacocke. |
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Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) —
also known as Arthur S. Flemming —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Republican. Member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1939-48; president,
Ohio-Wesleyan University, 1948-53; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960;
president,
University of Oregon, 1961-68; president,
Macalester College, 1968-71.
Methodist. Member, American
Society for Public Administration; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1994.
Died of acute renal
failure, at a retirement
home in Alexandria,
Va., September
7, 1996 (age 91 years, 87
days).
Interment at Montrepose
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Alva Clark Forney (1871-1956) —
also known as A. Clark Forney —
of Oelrichs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Holt
County, Mo., February
25, 1871.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
rancher;
banker;
mining
business; Fall
River County Treasurer, 1905-08; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 43rd District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1925-27.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died April
11, 1956 (age 85 years, 46
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Christian W. Forney and Mary Ellen (Iddings) Forney; married, December
29, 1903, to Nellie Hartman. |
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Louis Earle Hammer (1894-1971) —
also known as Louis E. Hammer —
of Tillamook, Tillamook
County, Ore.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., May 29,
1894.
Democrat. Dairy
business; postmaster at Tillamook,
Ore., 1936.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died May 13,
1971 (age 76 years, 349
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at River
View Cemetery, Portland, 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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Hugh D. O'Bryant (1813-c.1890) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Georgia, 1813.
Mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1851-52.
Methodist.
Died about 1890 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Victor F. Snyder (b. 1947) —
also known as Vic Snyder —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Medford, Jackson
County, Ore., September
27, 1947.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1991-96; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1997-2011; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter Lincoln Tooze Jr. (1887-1956) —
also known as Walter L. Tooze —
of McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Butteville, Marion
County, Ore., February
24, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1938; circuit judge in
Oregon, 1949-50; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1950-56; died in office 1956.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., December
21, 1956 (age 69 years, 301
days).
Entombed at Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Ore.
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Warren Truitt (1849-1935) —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Fayette, Greene
County, Ill., 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1882; district judge in Alaska,
1892-96; member of Idaho
state senate, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho, 1908;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1914-15; appointed 1914.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1935
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Ralph Edward Williams (1869-1940) —
also known as Ralph E. Williams —
of Dallas, Polk
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Polk
County, Ore., September
14, 1869.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1908;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1936;
vice-chair, Arrangements Committee, vice-chair, 1940;
member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1908-40; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1921-40.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, while attending a meeting
of the Committee on Arrangements for the 1940 Republican National
Convention, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 16,
1940 (age 70 years, 245
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James John Williams and Ralph (Eckersley) Williams; married, December
3, 1911, to Grace Noyes. |
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21st Republican National Convention (1936) |
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