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Bertram Calvin Benham (1871-1944) —
also known as Bert C. Benham —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, December
5, 1871.
Democrat. Banker; Muscatine
County Auditor, 1894; candidate for Iowa state
auditor, 1894; Muscatine city clerk, 1896-1902; mayor
of Muscatine, Iowa; elected 1926.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Royal and Select Masters; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, August
25, 1944 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Entombed at Greenwood
Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Ernest Temple Cameron (1879-1950) —
also known as Ernest T. Cameron —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Leith, Ontario,
April
14, 1879.
Republican. School
teacher; Isabella
County School Commissioner, 1907-11; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916.
Member, Knights of
the Maccabees; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Shriners.
Died in Ingham
County, Mich., March 3,
1950 (age 70 years, 323
days).
Interment at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Watertown Township, Clinton
County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Cameron and Anna (Morrison) Cameron; married to Mattie
Johnson. |
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Edwin F. Conely (b. 1847) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
7, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1880,
1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Michigan Gold
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William S. Conely and Eliza (O'Connor) Conely; married, December
9, 1873, to Achsah Butterfield; married, May 9,
1882, to Fanny Butterfield. |
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M. L. Evens (b. 1865) —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Butler Township, Branch
County, Mich., February
24, 1865.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1915-16;
defeated, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal and Select Masters; Elks; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Fremont Griffin (1857-1902) —
also known as Charles F. Griffin —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind., June 10,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1887-91; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1892.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons
of Veterans.
Died in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., December
21, 1902 (age 45 years, 194
days).
Interment at Maplewood Historic Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind.
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John Edward Hopley (1850-1927) —
also known as John E. Hopley —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., August
25, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
campaign manager and then private secretary to U.S. Rep. Stephen
R. Harris, 1895-97; U.S. Consul in Southampton, 1898-1903; Montevideo, 1903-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Elks.
As a bedridden invalid, smoking a pipe, he accidentally dropped the
pipe, his clothes caught
fire, and he was badly burned; his burns became infected,
leading to his death a few days later, in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, July 10,
1927 (age 76 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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John Jacob Kamm (1835-1877) —
also known as John J. Kamm —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Marburg, Germany,
April
11, 1835.
Republican. Painter;
postmaster at Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1869-77.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., September
5, 1877 (age 42 years, 147
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Albert Linxwiler (1878-1943) —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill., January
30, 1878.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; postmaster at Jefferson
City, Mo., 1934-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights
Templar.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., April
15, 1943 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) —
also known as J. C. Looney —
of Edinburg, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Kossuth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 18,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director of many firms involved in activities such as banking,
bus transit, concrete,
lumber,
radio
broadcasting, automobile
service, and operating a hotel;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68; Hidalgo
County Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Protestant.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal and Select Masters; Shriners.
Died in March, 1977
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married, June 15,
1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery. |
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Charles McKenzie Oerting (1843-1933) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Denmark,
September
16, 1843.
Ship
chandler; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Pensacola,
Fla., 1895-1907.
Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights
Templar.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., December
16, 1933 (age 90 years, 91
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Milton Robert Palmer (1878-1932) —
also known as Milton R. Palmer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
25, 1878.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1921-32; died in office 1932.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters.
Died in a hospital
in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
10, 1932 (age 54 years, 198
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Milton Josiah Palmer and Jane (Bayne) Palmer. |
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August Carl Polster (1885-1942) —
also known as August Polster —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., September
24, 1885.
Railway
freight clerk; banker; mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1938-42; died in office 1942.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal and Select Masters; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Moose; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., February
1, 1942 (age 56 years, 130
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of August F. Polster and Anna (Rubritins) Polster. |
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Augustus W. Schwartz (b. 1867) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
4, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper
advertising manager; fire
fighter; coal
and masons'
supplies dealer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1909-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal and Select Masters; Shriners;
Independent
Order of Foresters; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Plymouth Warren Snyder (1851-1943) —
also known as Plymouth W. Snyder —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., March 1,
1851.
Republican. Druggist;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Blair County 2nd District,
1911-14; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 30th District, 1915-26.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal and Select Masters.
Died in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., December
19, 1943 (age 92 years, 293
days).
Interment at Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Snyder and Sarah C. (Bowers) Snyder; married to Cora Eleanor
Moore. |
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memorial |
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Albert Marion Spradling Jr. (1920-2004) —
also known as Albert M. Spradling, Jr. —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., March
13, 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; FBI
special agent; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1952-76; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Kiwanis.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
20, 2004 (age 84 years, 221
days).
Interment at Cape
County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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John Stanyarne Wilson (1859-1928) —
also known as Stanyarne Wilson —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Yorkville, York District (now York, York
County), S.C., January
10, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton goods
manufacturer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Spartanburg County,
1884-86, 1890-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Spartanburg County, 1892-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1895-1901; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from
Spartanburg County, 1895; chair of
Spartanburg County Democratic Party, 1896.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal and Select Masters; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
14, 1928 (age 69 years, 35
days).
Interment at Church
of the Advent Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Delbert Ernest Woolley (b. 1887) —
also known as Delbert E. Woolley —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Owendale, Huron
County, Mich., November
7, 1887.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,
1927-28.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Clifton Yates (1878-1953) —
also known as Harry C. Yates —
of Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
12, 1878.
Democrat. School
teacher; banker; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 3rd District,
1909-12, 1923-26; Buchanan
County Recorder of Deeds, 1915-23; Buchanan
County Judge, 1927-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, kidney
disease, diverticulitis,
and intestinal
hemorrhage, in Missouri Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
5, 1953 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Yates Cemetery, Faucett, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah Jane 'Sallie' (Williams) Yates and Henry R. Yates; married
to Lora Jane Means and Edith M. Arnold; married, March
18, 1915, to Waunetta Bruce. |
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memorial |
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