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Edward Calderwood (1884-1946) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Malden, Kanawha
County, W.Va., December
27, 1884.
Republican. Banker; oil and gas
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1929-30.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
7, 1946 (age 61 years, 11
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Memorial Park, Charleston, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William B. Calderwood and Anna (Wilkinson)
Calderwood. |
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1929 |
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William M. Connelly (b. 1881) —
of Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va., January
15, 1881.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1919-20, 1923-24; defeated in
primary, 1924; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1920.
Irish
and English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Cooper (1873-1928) —
of Bramwell, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Trevorton, Northumberland
County, Pa., February
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; coal mining
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1915-19.
Presbyterian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., March 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 4
days).
Entombed at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Cooper (1848-1898) —
of Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
1848.
Republican. Coal mine
operator; banker;
Republican Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1897
(voted for William
McKinley and Garret
A. Hobart).
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1898
(age about
50 years).
Interment somewhere in Coopers, W.Va.
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Mary Reamey Few (1885-1971) —
also known as Mary Reamey Thomas; Mrs. W. P.
Few —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Martinsville,
Va., 1885.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1944-54; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker).
Female.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot and English ancestry. Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., January
12, 1971 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Ellsworth Rudesill (b. 1863) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, October
10, 1863.
Republican. Insurance
agent; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1903; mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1904-05.
Episcopalian.
German
and English ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Cromley. |
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Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Carlisle, England,
June
19, 1766.
Democrat. Physician;
minister;
member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799-1801; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;
Governor
of Ohio, 1803-07; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1807-09; resigned 1808; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1809-11; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1812-14; U.S. Surveyor-General for
Ohio-Indiana-Michigan, 1814-29.
Methodist.
English ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, August
9, 1829 (age 63 years, 51
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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