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Francis Marion Taitt (1862-1943) —
also known as Francis M. Taitt —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., January
3, 1862.
Republican. Episcopal
priest; bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1931-43;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Crozer Hospital,
Upland, Delaware
County, Pa., July 17,
1943 (age 81 years, 195
days).
Entombed at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa.
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George J. Tallman (1824-1906) —
of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., July 6,
1824.
Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor
of Coffeyville, Kan., 1873.
Methodist.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan., July 10,
1906 (age 82 years, 4
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kan.
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Wilkins F. Tannehill (1787-1858) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 2,
1787.
Newspaper
editor; author; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1825-26.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 2,
1858 (age 71 years, 92
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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M. Harvey Taylor (1876-1982) —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., June 4,
1876.
Republican. Insurance
business; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1934-37, 1942-54; candidate for Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1934; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
chair
of Dauphin County Republican Party, 1940; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1941-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin
County, Pa., May 15,
1982 (age 105 years,
345 days).
Interment at Paxtang
Cemetery, Paxtang, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris C. Taylor and Catherine A. (Rishel) Taylor; married to
Bertha May Shertzer. |
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Edward Jackson Thompson (b. 1901) —
also known as Edward J. Thompson —
of Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa., June 2,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 34th District, 1935-38.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Junior
Order; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
United
Commercial Travelers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Curtin Thompson and Bertha Ellen (Denning) Thompson;
married to Harriet Barker. |
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Ronald L. Thompson (b. 1899) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., August
19, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 15th
District, 1941-42, 1949-60; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Willis D. Thompson and Elizabeth (Taylor) Thompson; married to
Elsie Marie Calvert. |
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John Gillis Townsend Jr. (1871-1964) —
also known as John G. Townsend, Jr. —
of Selbyville, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Bishopville, Worcester
County, Md., May 31,
1871.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 7th District,
1903-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1904
(alternate), 1908,
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1917-21; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Delaware; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1929-41; defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Eagles;
Junior
Order.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
10, 1964 (age 92 years, 315
days).
Interment at Selbyville
Redmens Cemetery, Selbyville, Del.
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Frank Mattern Trexler (1861-1947) —
also known as Frank M. Trexler —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born January
9, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1914-35; defeated, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
22, 1947 (age 86 years, 44
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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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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Frederick Augustus Tritle (1833-1906) —
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., August
7, 1833.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1866; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1870; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1882-85; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1891.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
18, 1906 (age 73 years, 103
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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William Irvin Troutman (1905-1971) —
also known as William I. Troutman —
of Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
13, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1943-45; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1945; resigned 1945; common pleas
court judge in Pennsylvania, 1946-66.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Pi; Freemasons.
Died in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
27, 1971 (age 66 years, 14
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin, Pa.
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March
22, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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Nathan Udell (1817-1903) —
of Unionville, Appanoose
County, Iowa; Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Susquehanna
County, Pa., February
18, 1817.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1854, 1860-66.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., March 6,
1903 (age 86 years, 16
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) —
also known as Ruby R. Vale —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1874.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916,
1948
(alternate).
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons; Union
League.
Died January
2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Van Valzah (1843-1892) —
of Indiana.
Born in Mifflinburg, Union
County, Pa., April 9,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1879.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., October
23, 1892 (age 49 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Van Vorhes (1793-1879) —
of Ohio; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., December
2, 1793.
Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1840; Minnesota
territorial auditor, 1852-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1856; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1859-60; postmaster
at Stillwater,
Minn., 1861-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., January
24, 1879 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
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James Edward Van Zandt (1898-1986) —
also known as James E. Van Zandt —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., December
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; worked in
Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-43, 1947-63 (23rd District
1939-43, 22nd District 1947-53, 20th District 1953-63); resigned
1943; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners;
Jesters;
Knights
of Pythias; Grange;
Eagles;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
6, 1986 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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