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Francis P. Bogardus (1837-1900) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1837.
Democrat. Banker; insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1871-73, 1888-89; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal Arch Masons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 2,
1900 (age 62 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1859 to Sarah
P. Hall. |
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Henry Edwin Harmar Brereton (1866-1957) —
also known as Henry E. H. Brereton —
of Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 13,
1866.
Republican. Farmer; real estate
business; bank
director; member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1911-17; as a member of the
Assembly, he sponsored a woman suffrage amendment to the New York
constitution; it was approved by voters in November, 1917; member of
New
York state senate 33rd District, 1927-32; chair of
Warren County Republican Party, 1929.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Diamond Point, Warren
County, N.Y., May 13,
1957 (age 90 years, 304
days).
Interment at Bolton Rural Cemetery, Bolton, N.Y.
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Benjamin Budd Cannon (1866-1948) —
also known as B. Budd Cannon —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in New Jersey, December
18, 1866.
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1896;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Prohibition
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1904;
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons.
Died January
27, 1948 (age 81 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Pearson Church (born c.1838) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Mercer
County, Pa., about 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73;
district judge in Pennsylvania 30th District, 1877.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Lavergne Gardner (1876-1947) —
also known as Frank L. Gardner —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., April
11, 1876.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1916-21;
president, Poughkeepsie Savings Bank,
1929-46.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Royal Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
27, 1947 (age 71 years, 199
days).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frances Adeline (McNutt) Gardner and Lavergne F. Gardner; married
to Edith Young. |
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memorial |
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1917 |
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Henry Miller Hammond (1874-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Hammond —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1874.
Republican. Streetcar
conductor; building
materials business; postmaster at Alameda,
Calif., 1916, 1921-34 (acting, 1916).
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Royal Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Killed in an automobile
accident in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
10, 1941 (age 66 years, 309
days). His wife was injured in the crash, and died the next day.
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Katherine 'Katie' Aberle. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Oakland (Calif.) Tribune,
August 11, 1941 |
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James Page (1795-1875) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 8,
1795.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
postmaster at Philadelphia,
Pa., 1833-41; U.S.
Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1846-49.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal Arch Masons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 5,
1875 (age 80 years, 28
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Plymouth Warren Snyder (1851-1943) —
also known as Plymouth W. Snyder —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., March 1,
1851.
Republican. Druggist;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Blair County 2nd District,
1911-14; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 30th District, 1915-26.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters.
Died in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., December
19, 1943 (age 92 years, 293
days).
Interment at Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Snyder and Sarah C. (Bowers) Snyder; married to Cora Eleanor
Moore. |
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memorial |
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Bruce Foster Sterling (1870-1945) —
also known as Bruce F. Sterling —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Masontown, Fayette
County, Pa., September
28, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Edward
C. Higbee; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1924,
1928;
member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1917-19;
defeated, 1920; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1921.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in 1945
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Jesse Howard Swick (1879-1952) —
also known as J. Howard Swick —
of Beaver Falls, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., August
6, 1879.
Republican. Homeopathic
physician; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1927-35.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Royal Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in 1952
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Concord
Cemetery, North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pa.
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George Washington Wagoner (1856-1919) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
22, 1856.
Democrat. Printer;
physician;
one of the organizers, and director, of the Conemaugh Valley Memorial
Hospital;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1884;
mayor
of Johnstown, Pa., 1896-99.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Royal Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., April
26, 1919 (age 63 years, 63
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Leon F. Wheatley (1872-1944) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in West Franklin, Armstrong
County, Pa., February
20, 1872.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; bank
director; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1922-26; member
of New
York state senate 43rd District, 1927-32; mayor
of Hornell, N.Y., 1934-37; defeated, 1937.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., December
19, 1944 (age 72 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hornell
Rural Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wheatley and Geraldine Wheatley; married, May 17,
1898, to Mary Elizabeth Burt. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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