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James Hobart Allport (1874-1945) —
also known as James H. Allport —
of Barnesboro (now part of Northern Cambria), Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa., April
13, 1874.
Republican. Engineer;
coal mining
business; brick and clay tile manufacturer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1932.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a week later, in the Philipsburg State Hospital,
Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa., June 11,
1945 (age 71 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Hobart Allport and Edith Susannah (Nevling)
Allport. |
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William Lovell Baldrige (1869-1947) —
also known as W. Lovell Baldrige —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Bennington, Blair
County, Pa., May 28,
1869.
Republican. Manager of a limestone quarry; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912.
Died in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., January
3, 1947 (age 77 years, 220
days).
Interment at Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
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Omer Nixon Custer (1873-1942) —
also known as Omer N. Custer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
president, Purington Paving
Brick Company; president, Intra-State Telephone
Company; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1909-13; Illinois
state treasurer, 1925-27, 1929-31; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1932.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., October
17, 1942 (age 68 years, 296
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Alvin S. Haines (1853-1918) —
of Lehigh
County, Pa.; Slatington, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Bowmanstown, Carbon
County, Pa., March
21, 1853.
Boat
weigher; merchant;
slate quarry executive; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lehigh County, 1905-08.
Died, from heart
failure, in Slatington, Lehigh
County, Pa., January
16, 1918 (age 64 years, 301
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Slatington, Pa.
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John R. Huhn (b. 1856) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Tamaqua, Schuylkill
County, Pa., July 7,
1856.
Brick manufacturer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1903-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Huhn. |
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Joseph B. Kendall (b. 1838) —
of Byron, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
the peace; postmaster;
brick manufacturer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 14, 1895-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Clifton Mellinger (1888-1973) —
also known as Lewis C. Mellinger —
of Layton, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Layton, Fayette
County, Pa., July 30,
1888.
Socialist. Stonemason; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate
for Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1922.
Died January
3, 1973 (age 84 years, 157
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Perryopolis, Pa.
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Benjamin Franklin Starr (1867-1932) —
also known as Benjamin F. Starr —
of Corry, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Lisburn, Cumberland
County, Pa., August
18, 1867.
Owner and manager, Starr Granite Works; mayor of
Corry, Pa., 1932; died in office 1932.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Seemingly uninjured in an automobile
accident which overturned his car, he collapsed and died a few
minutes later, possibly from a head injury or heart
attack, in Rome Township, Crawford
County, Pa., July 27,
1932 (age 64 years, 344
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Corry, Pa.
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William Alexander Steel (1836-1879) —
also known as W. A. Steel —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Blairsville, Indiana
County, Pa., October
11, 1836.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
stone quarry proprietor; mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1869-71, 1872-73, 1875-76.
Died, reportedly as the result of a horsedrawn
sleigh accident, in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
28, 1879 (age 42 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Harry Clay Trexler (1854-1933) —
also known as Harry C. Trexler —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Lumber
business; cement manufacturer; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904;
director of electric
railroads, telephone
companies, and electric
utilities.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Union
League.
Badly injured when his car
collided with an oil truck on the William Penn Highway, and died
the next day in Easton Hospital,
Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., November
17, 1933 (age 79 years, 214
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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