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Haymond Alpheus Alltop (1892-1979) —
also known as Haymond A. Alltop —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Cedarville, Gilmer
County, W.Va., June 14,
1892.
Democrat. Machinist;
employed by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
president, Monongahela Valley Trades and Labor Council;
vice president, West Virginia Federation of Labor; vice
president, West Virginia Industrial Union Council; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1939-44.
Member, Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., April, 1979
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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Gene Archer (1913-1978) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Brookeville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., September
15, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; radio show
host; singer;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
board member, Washington Redskins football
team, 1956-73; also provided halftime entertainment at games;
president, Washington-Baltimore local, American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists, 1969-70.
Died, from cancer,
in the Montgomery General Hospital,
Olney, Montgomery
County, Md., October
4, 1978 (age 65 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ulysses Grant Archer and Alice (Jarett) Archer; married to Juanita
White. |
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John G. Chernenko (b. 1924) —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, W.Va.
Born April
30, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Marshal; private
security officer; president, Fraternal Order of Police; chair of
Brooke County Democratic Party, 1961, 1972-75; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1983-94.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Kathryn Joyce Smith. |
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Eugene Claypole (b. 1938) —
of Granville, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia
County, W.Va., August
20, 1938.
Coal
miner; president, United Mine Workers Local 31; member of
West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1991-94; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 44th District, 1997-.
Methodist.
Member, United
Mine Workers; Moose.
Still living as of 1997.
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Relatives: Son
of James Claypole and Martha Claypole; married, December
21, 1959, to Leota Wilson. |
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Stephen Lee Cook (b. 1941) —
also known as Stephen L. Cook —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, December
30, 1941.
Democrat. Delegate, Monongalia-Preston Labor Council; member
of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1980-82; appointed 1980;
defeated, 2010; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1983-86; defeated, 1986;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Married to Carolyn A. Whitney. |
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Clayton C. Davidson (b. 1917) —
of Huntington, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Iaeger, McDowell
County, W.Va., June 1,
1917.
Democrat. Bus
driver; president, Local 1050, Amalgamated Transit Union;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wayne County, 1963-74;
resigned 1974.
Christian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha E. Davidson and Clara (Roberts) Davidson; married, January
11, 1943, to Edith Lawson. |
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John B. Easton (1880-1961) —
of Williamstown, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., September
28, 1880.
Republican. President, West Virginia Federation of Labor,
1924; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1927-28;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Died December
20, 1961 (age 81 years, 83
days).
Interment at Parkersburg
Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Harry U. Howell (b. 1923) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., October
9, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive
board, West Virginia Federation of Labor, Morgantown Central
Labor Union, and Morgantown Building Trades; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1965-70; defeated, 1970.
Protestant.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William G. Howell and Dove (Hinebaugh) Howell; married, November
9, 1956, to Evelyn Deloris Stephens. |
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Louis Leonard (1880-1969) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Belgium,
April
22, 1880.
Democrat. Steelworker;
International Secretary-Treasurer, Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, 1919-42; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1941-46, 1949-66 (Allegheny
County 6th District 1941-46, 1949-54, Allegheny County 10th District
1955-64, Allegheny County 6th District 1965-66).
Belgian
ancestry. Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles.
Died in December, 1969
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Leonard and Catherine (Legot) Leonard; married to Margaret
B. McClellan. |
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Robert R. Nelson (b. 1935) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Boone
County, W.Va., October
9, 1935.
Democrat. Legislative Director, United Mine
Workers of America; administrative assistant, U.S. Rep. Ken
Hechler; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1965-70;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1971-85; resigned 1985; chair of
Cabell County Democratic Party, 1972-83; mayor
of Huntington, W.Va., 1986-89.
Protestant.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
Still living as of 1989.
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Relatives: Son
of Joda Fulton Nelson and Opal W. (Hunter) Nelson; married 1960 to Mary
Lucinda Abruzzino. |
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Hiram Phillips (1894-1972) —
of Sprigg, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Matewan, Mingo
County, W.Va., April
11, 1894.
Democrat. Coal miner;
president of Mine Workers union local; grocer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1935-36,
1949-52.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Redmen;
United
Mine Workers.
Died in Franklin
County, Ohio, September
7, 1972 (age 78 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Phillips and Gillian (Whitely) Phillips; married, April 3,
1915, to Pricy Thelma Wells; third cousin once removed of John
T. Crisp. |
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family of Kentucky. |
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1951 |
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Victor George Reuther (1912-2004) —
also known as Victor G. Reuther —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., January
1, 1912.
Democrat. Director of the Education Department, United Auto
Workers; later, International Director; in 1949, at his home
in Detroit, he was shot
through the window by an unknown gunman, badly injured, and lost an
eye; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1968.
German
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 3,
2004 (age 92 years, 154
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Reuther and Anna (Stocker) Reuther. |
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Leon Rice (b. 1911) —
of Jedgesville, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, W.Va., July 11,
1911.
Democrat. Limestone
quarry worker; secretary, Martinsburg Central Labor Union;
secretary, Branch 175, Quarry Workers International Union;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1941-42;
defeated, 1946.
Christian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward C. Rice and Lillian (Dunham) Rice; married, August
25, 1929, to Ruth Ellen Dearing. |
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William Aloysius Ryan (1919-2001) —
also known as William A. Ryan; Bill Ryan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., May 2,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
President and financial secretary, United Auto Workers
Local 104; editor of The Wage Earner newspaper;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1958-82 (Wayne County 3rd
District 1958-64, 3rd District 1965-72, 14th District 1973-82); Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1969-74; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died following a stroke,
in the Martin Luther Holt nursing
home, Holt, Ingham
County, Mich., October
9, 2001 (age 82 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at St.
Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Frederick H. Scanes Jr. (1906-1974) —
also known as Fred H. Scanes, Jr. —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Salem, Harrison
County, W.Va., March
10, 1906.
Democrat. Flat glass
worker; secretary-treasurer and president, Local 7,
Glass Workers; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1949-56.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in August, 1974
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick H. Scanes, Sr. and Delphis (Stephens) Scanes; married,
August
20, 1933, to Alta Riddle. |
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1951 |
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William Tompos (b. 1914) —
of Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongahela, Washington
County, Pa., February
17, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; business
agent, Local 1574, Carpenters Union; building
inspector; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hancock County, 1957-58;
member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1961-72; defeated, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Carpenters
Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rudolph Stephen Tompos and Mary Martha (Dugan) Tompos; married, May 9,
1942, to Helen Bambrick. |
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