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Howard Bucknell Jr. (b. 1899) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Bluemont, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
17, 1899.
U.S. Vice Consul in Chungking, 1921; Canton, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, as of 1924-26; Geneva, 1937-39; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1940; Madrid, 1940; vice-president, International Telephone
and Telegraph Corporation, 1945.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Howard Bucknell and Marie Ethel (Harlan) Bucknell; married, April
19, 1922, to Lucy Barrow Taylor. |
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Joseph Sibley Crawford (b. 1901) —
also known as Joseph S. Crawford; Luke
Crawford —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Kane, McKean
County, Pa., November
30, 1901.
Democrat. Telegraph operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
later worked for the WEDH radio
station; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Joseph
Sibley |
| | | Relatives: Son of Thomas L. Crawford
and Anna (Mahaffey) Crawford; married to Winifred
Miller. |
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Omer Nixon Custer (1873-1942) —
also known as Omer N. Custer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
president, Purington Paving
Brick
Company; president, Intra-State Telephone Company; postmaster
at Galesburg,
Ill., 1909-13; Illinois
state treasurer, 1925-27, 1929-31; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1932.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., October
17, 1942 (age 68 years, 296
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Henry Oliver Easton (b. 1879) —
also known as Henry O. Easton —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Mehoopany, Wyoming
County, Pa., December
18, 1879.
Telegraph operator; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Port Limon, 1905-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin N. Freeland (b. 1858) —
of Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Mt. Morris, Greene
County, Pa., March
18, 1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; Greene
County Clerk of Courts; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 40th District, 1903-06; bank
director; director, South Penn Telephone Company.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Freeland and Nancy Freeland. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Eli Hewitt —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Telegraph operator; lawyer; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1875-77.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Bryant Jarrett (1881-1944) —
also known as Benjamin Jarrett —
of Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., July 18,
1881.
Republican. Telegraph operator; steel mill
foreman; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1937-43.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, July 20,
1944 (age 63 years, 2
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Sharon, Pa.
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Richard Jones (b. 1887) —
of Kempton, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Brisbin, Clearfield
County, Pa., August
14, 1887.
Telegraph operator; secretary
and president,
Duluth Federated Trades Assembly; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 58th District, 1915-18.
Welsh
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM,
1969-86; director, MCI Communications, 2002-04; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Skillman, Somerset
County, N.J., May 8,
2012 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Cremated.
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Michael Kennedy (b. 1868) —
of Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Stoneboro, Mercer
County, Pa., July 16,
1868.
Telegraph operator; bookkeeper;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Mercer County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe Henry Kulp (1858-1911) —
also known as Monroe H. Kulp; "Farmer
Kulp" —
of Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Barto, Berks
County, Pa., October
23, 1858.
Republican. Lumber and
timber business; builder;
real
estate developer; organizer and president of the Lewisburg and
Buffalo Valley Railroad;
also president of the North and West Branch Telephone Company;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1895-99.
Died in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1911 (age 52 years, 361
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Shamokin, Pa.
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Robert Crawford Miller (b. 1862) —
also known as Robert C. Miller —
of Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
31, 1862.
Telegraph operator; trainmaster;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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G. Mason Owlett (1892-1956) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., June 13,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president, Tioga County Bell Telephone Co. and Tioga Water
Works Co.; secretary and director, Highland Milk
Condensing Co.; director, Tioga Savings &
Trust Co., General Drop Forge
Co. of Buffalo; chair of
Tioga County Republican Party, 1928-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1933-40; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1936-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1956
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Howland Owlett and Ida (Wells) Owlett; married, June 20,
1918, to Sue Berkey. |
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Nathan Leroy Strong (1859-1939) —
also known as Nathan L. Strong —
of Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa.
Born in Summerville, Jefferson
County, Pa., November
12, 1859.
Republican. Telegraph operator; railway
station agent; lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1895-1901; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1917-35.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died December
14, 1939 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Interment at Brookville
Cemetery, Brookville, Pa.
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Edwin Sydney Stuart (1853-1937) —
also known as Edwin S. Stuart —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
28, 1853.
Republican. Bookseller;
publisher;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888,
1896,
1908;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1891-95; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1907-11; director, Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania; director, Diamond States Telephone Company.
Died March
21, 1937 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, 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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Robert John Wynne (1851-1922) —
also known as Robert J. Wynne —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1851.
Telegrapher; journalist;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in London, 1905-10; insurance
executive.
Catholic.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1922 (age 70 years, 113
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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