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George Vincent Ayres (1852-1939) —
also known as George V. Ayres —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Luzerne
County, Pa., November
1, 1852.
Republican. Hardware dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 46th District, 1927-30.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died May 29,
1939 (age 86 years, 209
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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Hilary Baker (1746-1798) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born February
21, 1746.
Hardware merchant; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1796-98; died in office 1798.
Died, from yellow
fever, September
25, 1798 (age 52 years, 216
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Willis Henry Bennett (b. 1851) —
also known as W. H. Bennett —
of Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., August
24, 1851.
Republican. Traveling
salesman; hardware merchant; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry D. Bennett and Sarah Ann (Bryant) Bennett; married, December
24, 1883, to Estella P. Johnston. |
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Ward M. Dawson Sr. (1893-1974) —
of Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, W.Va.
Born September
2, 1893.
Republican. Hardware merchant; farm
equipment dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Morgan County, 1947-56,
1959-60; defeated, 1962.
United
Brethren. Member, Junior
Order; Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Died in April, 1974
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Breezewood, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Randolph T. Dawson and Emma (Beale) Dawson; married, August
2, 1913, to Lola Odessa Beeler. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Michael J. Dunn —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.
Democrat. Tool designer; mayor of
Sharon, Pa., 1956; defeated, 1951; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Benneville de Benneville Keim (1790-1872) —
also known as Benneville Keim —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., November
30, 1790.
Banker;
hardware business; mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1858-61; defeated (Republican), 1861.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
30, 1872 (age 81 years, 335
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Charles Henry Kempf (1831-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Kempf —
of Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Trumbauersville, Bucks
County, Pa., January
1, 1831.
Republican. Tinsmith;
hardware business; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Congregationalist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1916 (age 85 years, 295
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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Michael Liebel Jr. (1870-1927) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., December
12, 1870.
Democrat. Accountant;
worked in Buffalo office of Nickel Plate Railroad;
organized Cascade Brewery
in 1898 (merged with Erie Brewing
Co. in 1900); hardware business; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1907-11; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1915-17;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
8, 1927 (age 56 years, 239
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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James S. McKean (b. 1850) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Abbey, Kirkudbrightshire, Scotland,
1850.
Republican. Hardware and farm
implement business; postmaster at Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1889-94.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
The Story of Our Post Office (1893) |
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Peter Newhard (1783-1860) —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., July 26,
1783.
Democrat. Hardware merchant; Lehigh
County Coroner, 1816-17; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1817-19, 1824-25, 1829; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1839-43.
Died in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., February
19, 1860 (age 76 years, 208
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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Fred Pruitt (c.1941-1994) —
also known as "Little Bandit" —
of National City, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., about 1941.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; hardware store
owner; candidate for mayor
of National City, Calif., 1990.
Member, Jaycees.
Died, at Scripps Chula Vista Hospital,
Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., September
26, 1994 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank M. Rood (b. 1856) —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Ash Creek, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lenoxville, Susquehanna
County, Pa., October
13, 1856.
Republican. Rancher;
hardware business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 26th District, 1907-08; secretary
of state of South Dakota, 1915-19.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Rood and Ruby (Rogers) Rood; married, May 28,
1886, to Eva J. Voorhees. |
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John Yetter Wills (1897-1988) —
also known as John Y. Wills —
of Duncannon, Perry
County, Pa.
Born in Duncannon, Perry
County, Pa., 1897.
Republican. Hardware merchant; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., 1988
(age about
91 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wills and Jane Wills; married to Elsie
Glass. |
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