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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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James W. Hood (b. 1831) —
Born in Kennett Township, Chester
County, Pa., May 30,
1831.
Republican. Minister;
bishop;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1872.
African
Methodist Episcopal. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Good
Templars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Hannah L. Ralph and Sophia J. Nugent; married 1877 to Mrs.
K. P. McKoy. |
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Mary Mather Hooker (1864-1939) —
also known as Mary M. Hooker; Mary Mather
Turner —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
26, 1864.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1921-22, 1925-26;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut.
Female.
Member, Colonial
Dames; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Order of the Eastern Star.
First
woman to serve in the Connecticut legislature.
Died, in Hartford Hospital,
Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 13,
1939 (age 75 years, 76
days).
Entombed at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Josephine Drivinsky Hunsinger (b. 1914) —
also known as Josephine D. Hunsinger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Acosta, Somerset
County, Pa., 1914.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-76 (Wayne County 12th
District 1955-64, 16th District 1965-72, 1st District 1973-76);
defeated in primary, 1976, 1980, 1984; candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1977 (14th District), 1978 (7th District), 1982
(5th District).
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Order of the Eastern Star; Polish
National Alliance.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfons H. Letzler (1884-1972) —
also known as A. H. Letzler —
of Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa.
Born in Sweden,
July
1, 1884.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 34th District, 1939-54; defeated, 1954; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in 1972
(age about
87 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Minnie Freeman Penney (b. 1868) —
also known as Minnie Mae Freeman; Mrs. Edgar B.
Penney —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.
Born in Raymonds Corners, Potter
County, Pa., February
25, 1868.
Republican. School
teacher; during a sudden, fierce blizzard on January 12, 1888,
saved the lives of seventeen children by leading them from her
schoolhouse to the nearest farm, a mile away; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1922-28.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi Beta
Phi; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Order of the Eastern Star; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sarah Lovica (Cushing) Freeman and William Elder Freeman;
married, April
22, 1891, to Edgar Byron Penney. |
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Pauline H. Peterson —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
School
teacher and principal; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Female.
English
and German
ancestry. Member, Order of the Eastern Star; Soroptimists;
American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harold A. Peterson. |
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