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John Moore Allison (1905-1978) —
also known as John M. Allison —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Holton, Jackson
County, Kan., April 7,
1905.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kobe, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Tsinan, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1953-57; Indonesia, 1957-58; Czechoslovakia, 1958-60.
Member, Acacia.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, October
28, 1978 (age 73 years, 204
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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Jay Rogers Benton (1885-1953) —
also known as Jay R. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
18, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-18; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1923-27; insurance
executive.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Acacia; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
3, 1953 (age 68 years, 16
days).
Interment at Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Mass.
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William Gilmer Bray (1903-1979) —
also known as William G. Bray —
of Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind.
Born near Mooresville, Morgan
County, Ind., June 17,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; Morgan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-31; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1951-75 (7th District 1951-67, 6th
District 1967-75).
Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis;
Tau
Kappa Alpha; Acacia.
Died in Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind., June 4,
1979 (age 75 years, 352
days).
Interment at White
Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Ind.
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Benjamin Beuhring Brown (b. 1893) —
also known as Ben B. Brown —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
14, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1925-26;
defeated, 1928; president, Lewis Land
and Coal
Company; director, Kanawha Valley Bank;
director, Slab Fork Coal
Company; director, Scotia Coal and
Coke Company; director, Eagle Land
Company.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Acacia; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Frederick Brown and Jennie Morgan (Woodbridge) Brown;
married, August
22, 1917, to Hester Moulton Newhall. |
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Haslett Platt Burke (b. 1874) —
also known as Haslett P. Burke —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Monona
County, Iowa, April
28, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; district
judge in Colorado 13th District, 1907-19; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1919-49; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1927-28, 1937-39, 1947-49.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Acacia; Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Thomas Burke and Clara Jane (Hardy) Burke; married, March
16, 1904, to Rose M. Sanner. |
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Wilburn Cartwright (1892-1979) —
of McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Georgetown, Meigs
County, Tenn., January
12, 1892.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1915-18; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1927-43; major in the
U.S. Army during World War II; secretary
of state of Oklahoma, 1947-51; Oklahoma
state auditor, 1951-55.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Acacia; Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., March
14, 1979 (age 87 years, 61
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956
(speaker).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia; Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Sidna Poage Dalton (1892-1965) —
also known as S. P. Dalton —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Vernon
County, Mo., November
16, 1892.
Lawyer;
Cape
Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28, 1931-34; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1950-65; appointed 1950; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1956-58.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Acacia.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., April
26, 1965 (age 72 years, 161
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Jacob Erastus Davis (1905-2003) —
also known as Jacob E. Davis —
of Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Beaver, Pike
County, Ohio, October
31, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1935-37; resigned 1937; common
pleas court judge in Ohio, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1941-43; vice-president,
Kroger Company (supermarkets),
1945-60; president and CEO, 1961-70.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Acacia.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
28, 2003 (age 97 years, 120
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ovie Clark Fisher (1903-1994) —
also known as O. Clark Fisher —
of San Angelo, Tom Green
County, Tex.
Born in Junction, Kimble
County, Tex., November
22, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1935-37; U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1943-75.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
Acacia.
Died December
9, 1994 (age 91 years, 17
days).
Interment at Junction
Cemetery, Junction, Tex.
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Curtis Daniel MacDougall (1903-1985) —
also known as Curtis D. MacDougall —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., February
11, 1903.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Pi
Kappa Delta; Acacia.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., November
10, 1985 (age 82 years, 272
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rienzi
Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Gilbert Thomas MacDougall and Isabella (McCollum) MacDougall;
married to Genevieve Rockwood. |
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memorial |
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James Wheaton Mott (1883-1945) —
also known as James W. Mott —
of Clatsop
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near New Washington, Clearfield
County, Pa., November
12, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1922-26, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1933-45; defeated in
primary, 1928; died in office 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Elks; Kiwanis;
Acacia.
Died in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
12, 1945 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at City
View Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Floyd E. Page (1896-1967) —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa.
Born in Arthur, Ida
County, Iowa, November
5, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Acacia.
Died in 1967
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie Earnest Salter (1895-1964) —
also known as Leslie E. Salter —
of Flossmoor, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Alva, Woods
County, Okla., May 10,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1920-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1948; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1953-64.
Baptist.
Member, Acacia; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Flossmoor, Cook
County, Ill., February
20, 1964 (age 68 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Albert Sink (1879-1972) —
also known as Charles A. Sink —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Westernville, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 4,
1879.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1919-20, 1925-26; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1921-22, 1927-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1932; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Acacia; Phi Mu
Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from a stroke,
in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
17, 1972 (age 93 years, 166
days).
Entombed at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman Sink and Caroline (Gleasman) Sink; married, June 18,
1923, to Alva Joanna Gordon. |
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October 8, 1928 |
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Harry A. Spencer (b. 1903) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Bishops, Walton, England,
September
16, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1936,
1940
(Honorary
Vice-President); vice-chair of
Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-38; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Acacia.
Burial location unknown.
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C. Tracey Stagg (1878-1939) —
of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
16, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1935-39; died in office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Acacia; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 14,
1939 (age 60 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Hubert Utterback (1880-1942) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Hayesville, Keokuk
County, Iowa, June 28,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 9th District, 1915-27; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1932-33; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1935-37; defeated, 1938;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1936;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1939.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Acacia; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Phi Omega; Delta
Theta Phi; Lions.
Died in 1942
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) —
also known as Ralph W. Yarborough —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Chandler, Henderson
County, Tex., June 8,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Texas, 1936-41; candidate for nomination for Texas
state attorney general, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1952, 1954, 1956; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957-71; defeated in primary, 1970, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1980.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Acacia.
Died January
27, 1996 (age 92 years, 233
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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