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Politicians in Manufacturing in Virginia
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Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) — also known as F. Shepard Cornell — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Charlottesville, Va. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., July 13, 1899. Republican. Stockbroker; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation, manufacturers of water heaters. Episcopalian. Member, Psi Upsilon; Rotary. Died in September, 1985 (age 86 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Birdsall Cornell and Eleanor (Jackson) Cornell; married, February 28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18, 1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer; married, July 27, 1943, to Lucille Fraser. Lewis Nixon (1861-1940) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., April 7, 1861. Democrat. Naval architect; designed battleships for the U.S. Navy; later, proprietor of shipyards; president or owner of manufacturing firms; leader of Tammany Hall in 1901-02; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker), 1920, 1924, 1932. Member, Tammany Hall. Died in Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J., September 23, 1940 (age 79 years, 169 days). Interment at Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.   Relatives: Son of Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon; married 1891 to Sally Lewis Wood.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, February 1902

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