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Very incomplete list!   Samuel Gordon Heiskell (1858-1923) — also known as Samuel G. Heiskell — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Monroe County, Tenn., August 7, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; historian; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1892; mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., 1896-97, 1900-01, 1906-07, 1910-12, 1912-15. Episcopalian. German and Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Eagles; Sigma Kappa. Died in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., September 17, 1923 (age 65 years, 41 days). Interment at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.   Relatives: Son of William Heiskell and Julia Josephine (Gahagan) Heiskell; brother of Tyler Davis Heiskell (1823-1897); married to Irene Kuhn; nephew of Frederick Steidinger Heiskell; uncle of Tyler Davis Heiskell (1850-1921); first cousin of Joseph Brown Heiskell and Carrick White Heiskell; first cousin once removed of Harrison Holt Riddleberger and John Netherland Heiskell; first cousin thrice removed of James Williams Riddleberger and Raymond Walker Riddleberger; second cousin four times removed of Edgar Frank Heiskell III.   Political family: Heiskell-Riddleberger family of Knoxville, Tennessee.   Heiskell Elementary School (built 1897, now gone), in Knoxville, Tennessee, was named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Nora Lynch Kearns (1902-1991) — also known as Nora Mary Lynch; Mrs. Carroll D. Kearns — of Greenville, Mercer County, Pa.; Sharon, Mercer County, Pa.; Conneaut Lake, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Greenville, Mercer County, Pa., June 26, 1902. Republican. School teacher; actress; president, National Federation of Republican Women; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956. Female. Lutheran. Member, American Legion Auxiliary; American Association of University Women; Phi Alpha Theta; Delta Kappa Gamma; Sigma Kappa; Order of the Eastern Star; White Shrine of Jerusalem. Died February 27, 1991 (age 88 years, 246 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of William Halloran Lynch and Matilda Catherine (Hartman) Lynch; married, August 30, 1933, to Carroll Dudley Kearns.   Leslie Ferris Lokken (1926-2012) — also known as Leslie Lokken; Leslie Gene Ferris — of Okemos, Ingham County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Colfax, Whitman County, Wash., April 3, 1926. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1972; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1973. Female. Unitarian. Member, Theta Sigma Phi; Sigma Kappa; Common Cause; National Organization for Women; American Civil Liberties Union. Died in Prescott, Yavapai County, Ariz., September 18, 2012 (age 86 years, 168 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of Robert Donald Ferris and Leslie (Smith) Ferris; married to George Stanley Lokken.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) — also known as Margaret Chase — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, December 14, 1897. Republican. School teacher; business executive for Maine Telephone & Telegraph Co., for a country newspaper, and for the Cummings Woolen Co.; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1930-36; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964. Female. Member, Sigma Kappa. Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1973; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1989. Died May 29, 1995 (age 97 years, 166 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.   Relatives: Daughter of George Emery Chase and Carrie (Murray) Chase; married, May 14, 1930, to Clyde Harold Smith.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — National Women's Hall of Fame   Books about Margaret Chase Smith: Janann Sherman, No Place for a Woman : A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith — Eric R. Crouse, An American Stand: Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the Communist Menace, 1948-1972   Clara Towle Dockum Van Auken (1890-1977) — also known as Clara Van Auken; Clara Towle Dockum; Mrs. Howell Van Auken — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., September 12, 1890. Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936, 1940, 1944 (co-chair, Committee on Permanent Organization; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1936-47. Female. Presbyterian. Member, American Association of University Women; League of Women Voters; Sigma Kappa. Died in St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, Mich., February 13, 1977 (age 86 years, 154 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of Russel Myers Dockum and Catherine (Towle) Dockum; married to Howell Van Auken.

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