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Rose Bampton (1907-2007) —
Born in Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
28, 1907.
Opera singer; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Female.
Died in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., August
21, 2007 (age 99 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902) —
also known as Thomas D. English —
of Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 29,
1819.
Democrat. Physician;
songwriter; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1863-64; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1891-95.
Died April 1,
1902 (age 82 years, 276
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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James Remington Fairlamb (1838-1908) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
23, 1838.
Organist; composer;
U.S. Consul General in Zurich, 1862-65.
Died in Ingleside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April
16, 1908 (age 70 years, 84
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Fairlamb. |
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Spencer Pettis Gracey (1865-1933) —
also known as Spencer P. Gracey —
of Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
18, 1865.
Opera singer; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, as of 1898; U.S. Consular Marshal in Foochow, as of 1898; worked for Standard Oil company
in Japan and China; foreign
exchange broker.
Died, from peritonitis
and heart
failure, in International Hospital,
Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China,
January
15, 1933 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Manny Harmon (1909-2003) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
4, 1909.
Republican. Band and orchestra leader; performed, Republican
National Convention, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Century City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 5,
2003 (age 93 years, 213
days).
Interment at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Orrin Grant Hatch (1934-2022) —
also known as Orrin G. Hatch —
of Midvale, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Homestead, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
22, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1977-2019; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 2000;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 2004,
2008;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 2018.
Mormon.
Member, Federalist
Society.
Songwriter, author of dozens of religious and patriotic songs.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, April
23, 2022 (age 88 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allan Jones (1907-1992) —
also known as Theodore Allen Jones —
Born in Moosic, Lackawanna
County, Pa., October
14, 1907.
Republican. Actor;
singer; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 27,
1992 (age 84 years, 257
days).
Cremated.
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Carroll Dudley Kearns (1900-1976) —
also known as Carroll D. Kearns —
of Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa.; Conneaut Lake, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, May 7,
1900.
Republican. Concert musician; orchestral conductor; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1947-63 (28th District 1947-53,
24th District 1953-63); defeated in primary, 1962.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Lions;
Phi
Mu Alpha.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., June 11,
1976 (age 76 years, 35
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Conneaut Lake, Pa.
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Dennis W. Keating (1869-1934) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Clermont, McKean
County, Pa., 1869.
Democrat. Tanner;
violinist; band leader; candidate for New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1928; chair of
Cattaraugus County Democratic Party, 1932-33; postmaster at Olean,
N.Y., 1933-34 (acting, 1933-34).
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
13, 1934 (age about 65
years).
Interment at St.
Bonaventure Cemetery, Allegany, N.Y.
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Blondell Reynolds=Brown (b. 1952) —
also known as Blondell Reynolds —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., October
16, 1952.
Democrat. School
teacher; dancer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2019.
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John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
6, 1854.
Republican. Band conductor; composer;
honored guest, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Bavarian
and Portugese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Audubon
Society.
He was elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1973.
Died, in his room at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel,
Reading, Berks
County, Pa., March 6,
1932 (age 77 years, 121
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Eleanor Steber (1914-1990) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., July 17,
1914.
Democrat. Opera singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1944.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in the Attleboro Nursing
Home, Langhorne, Bucks
County, Pa., October
3, 1990 (age 76 years, 78
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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William Hartman Woodin (1868-1934) —
also known as William H. Woodin; Will
Woodin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., May 27,
1868.
President, American Car and Foundry Company, manufacturer of railroad
freight cars; chairman, American Locomotive
Company; music composer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Union
League.
Died, from a throat
infection and nephritis,
in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1934 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Pa.
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