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James W. Ballantine (1840-1907) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Muldoon, Blaine
County, Idaho; Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1840.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil business;
silver and
lead mining business; postmaster;
banker;
People's candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from heart
disease, in Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho, January
5, 1907 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Axtell J. Byles (1880-1941) —
of Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa., October
21, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908;
president, Tide Water Oil Company, 1924-26, and of its
successor, Tide Water Associated Oil Company, 1926-33;
president, American Petroleum Institute, 1933-41.
Presbyterian.
Died in Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
28, 1941 (age 60 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to
Florence Payne. |
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Guy Edgar Campbell (1871-1940) —
also known as Guy E. Campbell —
of Crafton, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Fetterman, Taylor
County, W.Va., October
9, 1871.
Insurance
business; oil and gas business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1917-33 (32nd District 1917-23,
36th District 1923-33).
Died in Willoughby, Lake
County, Ohio, February
17, 1940 (age 68 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mt.
Union Cemetery, Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pa.
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Kenneth W. Cunningham (1896-1981) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Texas, September
23, 1896.
Sales manager, Sun Oil Company; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1957-64; resigned 1964.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 27,
1981 (age 84 years, 307
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) —
also known as George B. Delamater —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., January
14, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; oil producer; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1871-73.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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John Joseph Dempsey (1879-1958) —
also known as John J. Dempsey —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in White Haven, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Oil producer; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1935-41, 1951-58; died
in office 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Mexico, 1940,
1944,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Governor of
New Mexico, 1943-47.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1958 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Rosario
Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Edwin C. Ewing (1902-1967) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
26, 1902.
Republican. Petroleum engineer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 15th
District, 1939-40, 1943-64; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1965-67; died in office 1967.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 3,
1967 (age 64 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward J. Ewing and Etta (Clark) Ewing; married to Gertrude
Sherlock; father of Wayne
S. Ewing. |
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Charles Isiah Faddis (1890-1972) —
also known as Charles I. Faddis —
of Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Loudonville, Ashland
County, Ohio, June 13,
1890.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; contractor;
oil and gas business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1933-42;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1942; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Mazatlan, Sinaloa,
April
1, 1972 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Rogersville, Pa.
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Max Martin Fisher (1908-2005) —
also known as Max Fisher —
of Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 15,
1908.
Republican. Oil business; real estate
developer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1964,
1968,
1976,
1984,
1988
(alternate), 1992.
Jewish.
Died in Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich., March 3,
2005 (age 96 years, 231
days).
Interment at Clover
Hill Park Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
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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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Andrew Jackson Greenfield (1835-1931) —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millsboro, Washington
County, Pa., November
20, 1835.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil business;
financier;
mayor
of Oil City, Pa., 1882-83; postmaster at Oil
City, Pa., 1885-89.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1931 (age 95 years, 54
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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James McClurg Guffey (1839-1930) —
also known as James M. Guffey —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., January
19, 1839.
Democrat. Oil producer; at one point was the largest
individual oil, coal and gas land owner in the world; his company
later merged with others to form the Gulf Oil Corporation; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1897; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
20, 1930 (age 91 years, 60
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Joseph F. Guffey (1875-1959) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., December
29, 1875.
Democrat. Utility
executive; oil business; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1920-36; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47; defeated, 1946; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1959 (age 83 years, 67
days).
Interment at West
Newton Cemetery, West Newton, Pa.
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John L. Hanna (b. 1869) —
of Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa., December
16, 1869.
Republican. Road
builder; oil producer; chair of
Venango County Republican Party, 1927; Pennsylvania Secretary of
Welfare, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Lindsay Hanna and Emily (Roberts) Hanna; married 1902 to Clara
Elizabeth Moore. |
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William Hasson (1833-1923) —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Shippenville, Clarion
County, Pa., March
17, 1833.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil
business; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1904,
1912;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Venango County, 1875-76,
1883-84, 1899-1900.
Died in Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., May 15,
1923 (age 90 years, 59
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Oil City, Pa.
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Carl Henry Hoffman (1896-1980) —
also known as Carl H. Hoffman —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa., August
12, 1896.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; lumber
business; oil business; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1946-47;
defeated, 1944.
Died November
30, 1980 (age 84 years, 110
days).
Interment at Husband
Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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Willis James Hulings (1850-1924) —
also known as Willis J. Hulings —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Rimersburg, Clarion
County, Pa., July 1,
1850.
Lawyer;
civil
engineer; oil operator; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Venango County, 1881-86;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1913-15, 1919-21;
defeated (Prohibition), 1920.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., August
8, 1924 (age 74 years, 38
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Pa.
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Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) —
also known as Alf M. Landon —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in West Middlesex, Mercer
County, Pa., September
9, 1887.
Republican. Oil producer; Governor of
Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President
of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948.
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., October
12, 1987 (age 100 years,
33 days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Frank Bathurst Lucas (1862-1934) —
also known as Frank B. Lucas —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1862.
Democrat. Banker; newspaper
business manager; personal treasurer for E.
W. Marland, oil magnate and politician; postmaster at Ponca
City, Okla., 1933-34 (acting, 1933-34).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla., September
21, 1934 (age about 72
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Okla.
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Ernest Whitworth Marland (1874-1941) —
also known as Ernest W. Marland —
of Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1874.
Democrat. Owner and president of Marland Oil Company; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1933-35; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1935-39.
Died in Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla., October
3, 1941 (age 67 years, 148
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Okla.
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Edward Martin (1879-1967) —
also known as Ed Martin —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in a log
cabin, Ten Mile, Washington Township, Greene
County, Pa., September
18, 1879.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Dunn Mar
Oil and Gas Company; president, Consumers Fuel Company;
director, Citizens National Bank;
director, Washington County Fire
Insurance Co.; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1925-29; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1928-34; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936,
1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932;
Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1939-43; general in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1947-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., March
19, 1967 (age 87 years, 182
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa.
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James A. McKean (b. 1845) —
of Smethport, McKean
County, Pa.
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
11, 1845.
Republican. Oil and lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from McKean County, 1907-09.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Smethport, Pa.
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William Larimer Mellon (1868-1949) —
also known as William L. Mellon; W. L.
Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 1,
1868.
Republican. President, Monongahela Street
Railway; vice-president, National Union Fire
Insurance Company; vice-president, Mellon National Bank and
Trust; founder and chairman, Gulf Oil Company; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1926-28.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
8, 1949 (age 81 years, 129
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John C. Myers (1879-1934) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Greene
County, Pa., December
3, 1879.
Democrat. Oil and gas business; chair of
Marshall County Democratic Party, 1912-20; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1931-32;
member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1933-34; died in office 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va., September
4, 1934 (age 54 years, 275
days).
Interment at Mt.
Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, W.Va.
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Joseph Newton Pew Jr. (b. 1886) —
also known as Joseph N. Pew, Jr. —
of Ardmore, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
12, 1886.
Republican. Oil executive; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alberta Hensel. |
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1940 |
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Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) —
also known as Herbert B. Shonk —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
28, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
oil business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30;
died in office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from pneumonia,
following a heart
attack, in White Plains Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
26, 1930 (age 48 years, 333
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Edward Peter Theobald (1874-1941) —
Born in Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa., November
10, 1874.
Oil company manager; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Rotterdam, 1908-11.
Died November
2, 1941 (age 66 years, 357
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Alex Theobald and Wilhelmina (Schwartzkopf) Theobald;
married to Edith Mackey. |
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Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) —
also known as Robert J. C. Walker —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born near West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., October
20, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; magazine
publisher; oil producer; land,
lumber,
and coal
mining business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83; chemist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1903 (age 65 years, 60
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) —
also known as Lewis F. Watson —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April
14, 1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; oil producer; railroad
builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of heart
disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1890 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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