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Very incomplete list! John Bird Finch (1852-1887) — also known as John B. Finch — of Nebraska; Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Lincklaen, Chenango County, N.Y., March 17, 1852. Orator; Chairman of Prohibition National Committee, 1884-87. Member, Good Templars. Died, in the Eastern Railroad Depot, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 3, 1887 (age 35 years, 200 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.   Relatives: Married to Uretta Lemira Coy and Frances E. Manchester.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Prohibition Year Book 1910   Francis A. Freer (1843-1908) — also known as Frank A. Freer — of Galesburg, Knox County, Ill. Born in Pennsylvania, April 6, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school teacher; postmaster at Galesburg, Ill., 1889-93, 1897-1908. Presbyterian. French Huguenot and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Good Templars; Sons of Temperance; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Died, from heart disease, in Galesburg, Knox County, Ill., December 16, 1908 (age 65 years, 254 days). Interment at Hope Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Abram Freer and Mary (McKimens) Freer; married, December 26, 1871, to Jennie E. Christy.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George White Hawxhurst (1848-1932) — of Falls Church, Va. Born in Fairfax County, Va., June 2, 1848. Republican. Banker; mayor of Falls Church, Va., 1906; postmaster at Falls Church, Va., 1906-07. Member, Odd Fellows; Good Templars. Died October 2, 1932 (age 84 years, 122 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.   Relatives: Son of Maria Whelan (Leeds) Hawxhurst and Job Hawxhurst; married to Sarah La Feore and Ida Jeanette Quick.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Job Hawxhurst (1823-1906) — of Fairfax, Va. Born in Jamaica (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y., March 30, 1823. Republican. Farmer; miller; merchant; postmaster at Fairfax Court House, Va., 1865-85, 1889-93; Fairfax, Va., 1897-1903; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1870; mayor of Fairfax, Va., 1892. Member, Good Templars. Died in Falls Church, Va., February 7, 1906 (age 82 years, 314 days). Interment at Fairfax City Cemetery, Fairfax, Va.   Relatives: Son of Townsend Hawxhurst and Rebecca (Searing) Hawxhurst; married to Maria Whelan Leeds and Margaret Davies Borden; father of George White Hawxhurst.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James W. Hood (b. 1831) — Born in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pa., May 30, 1831. Republican. Minister; bishop; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1872. African Methodist Episcopal. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Good Templars. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Hannah L. Ralph and Sophia J. Nugent; married 1877 to Mrs. K. P. McKoy.   Edwin Jay Pinney (b. 1847) — also known as E. Jay Pinney — of Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Hartsgrove, Ashtabula County, Ohio, May 26, 1847. School teacher and principal; lawyer; Prohibition candidate for justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1897; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1902. Baptist. Member, Good Templars. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Philo Pinney and Delia (Griswold) Pinney; married, December 25, 1869, to Mary E. Gist.   Caleb Seymour Pitkin (b. 1854) — also known as Caleb S. Pitkin — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., January 13, 1854. Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887; vice-chair of Michigan Prohibition Party, 1887; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1890. Member, Good Templars. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Elnathan A. Pitkin and Lucy A. (Seymour) Pitkin; married, July 7, 1874, to Lucy T. Boughton; fifth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; fifth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; first cousin once removed of David Lowrey Seymour; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas Seymour; first cousin five times removed of William Pitkin; first cousin six times removed of Roger Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of Moses Seymour; second cousin four times removed of Josiah Cowles and Daniel Pitkin; second cousin five times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Thomas Henry Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; third cousin thrice removed of Timothy Pitkin and Ela Collins; fourth cousin of Clarence Horatio Pitkin, Carroll Peabody Pitkin and Eldred C. Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Robert Sherman, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah Cook Seymour, George Seymour, McNeil Seymour, Henry William Seymour, Frederick Walker Pitkin, Luther S. Pitkin and George Eastman.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Otis Jerome Range (1840-1914) — also known as Otis J. Range — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn.; Essex, Middlesex County, Conn.; Southbury, New Haven County, Conn.; Guilford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., September, 1840. Pastor; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1882; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Guilford, 1884-85, 1895-96, 1911-12. Methodist. Member, Good Templars. Died in 1914 (age about 73 years). Interment at East Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.   Relatives: Son of John Range and Charlotte Range; married to Maria Jeanette Kellam.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Harrah Judson Reynolds (b. 1835) — also known as Harrah J. Reynolds — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Granville, Washington County, N.Y., September 30, 1835. School principal; Prohibition candidate for New York state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1909. Baptist. Member, Good Templars. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Harrah Reynolds and Hannah White (Savage) Reynolds; married, April 24, 1867, to Mary Desiah Broughton. John Russell (1822-1912) — of Milton, Macomb County, Mich. Born near Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y., September 20, 1822. Methodist minister; newspaper publisher; Chairman of Prohibition National Committee, 1869; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1872; member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1890; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1892; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Methodist. Member, Good Templars. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 3, 1912 (age 90 years, 44 days). Interment at Hart Cemetery, Chesterfield Township, Macomb County, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Jesse Russell and Catherine Russell; married 1844 to Catherine Pulver; married 1852 to Mary Jane Herriman.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Prohibition Year Book 1912

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