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Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., August
23, 1877.
Democrat. Carpenter; Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings,
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1923-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel P. Bolling (1819-1900) —
of Cumberland
County, Va.
Born in slavery
in Cumberland
County, Va., January
10, 1819.
Farmer;
builder; brick
manufacturer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Buckingham & Cumberland counties,
1885-87.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Cumberland
County, Va., February
8, 1900 (age 81 years, 29
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Cumberland County, Va.
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Frederick Albert Britten (1871-1946) —
also known as Frederick A. Britten; Fred A.
Britten —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
18, 1871.
Republican. Builder; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1913-35; defeated,
1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 4,
1946 (age 74 years, 167
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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John Millbank Delph (1805-1891) —
also known as John M. Delph —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Va., August
18, 1805.
Carpenter; real estate
business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1850-52, 1861-63; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1870.
Baptist.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
16, 1891 (age 86 years, 120
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel
mills; supervised construction of steel mills
overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a steamship
line; horse
breeder; bank
director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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William C. Fulcher (1850-1926) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born near Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., 1850.
Building contractor; realtor;
mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1883-84.
Died in 1926
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Denis Michael Hurley (1843-1899) —
also known as Denis M. Hurley —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Limerick, Ireland,
March
14, 1843.
Republican. Carpenter; building contractor; candidate
for New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1881; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1898; died in office 1899; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis on November 10, 1898, and died three months later, in
Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., February
26, 1899 (age 55 years, 349
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John W. Slayton (1863-1935) —
of New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa.; McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Virginia, 1863.
Socialist. Carpenter; lecturer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1900 (at-large), 1924 (35th
District); candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1902, 1910, 1926; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania; candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1930, 1932.
Member, Carpenters
Union.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 5,
1935 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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