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Charles Henry Abegg (1864-1958) —
also known as Charles Abegg; Carl Abegg —
of New York.
Born in Zurich, Switzerland,
April
15, 1864.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent in Port de Paix, 1896-1924.
Swiss ancestry.
Died, from cancer
of the larynx, in Port de Paix, Haiti,
June
12, 1958 (age 94 years, 58
days).
Interment at Cemetery of Port de Paix, Port de Paix, Haiti.
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John Anderegg (1811-1882) —
also known as Johannes Anderegg —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.
Born in Switzerland,
February
1, 1811.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1860.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., July 26,
1882 (age 71 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Johannes Anderegg and Anna (Abt) Anderegg; married to Felicitas
Renner. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Mary Bellamy (1861-1955) —
also known as Marie Godat; Mrs. Charles
Bellamy —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Richwoods, Washington
County, Mo., December
13, 1861.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1911; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1916.
Female.
Swiss, Dutch,
and English
ancestry.
First
woman legislator in Wyoming.
Died in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., January
28, 1955 (age 93 years, 46
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Augustus Godat and Catherine (Horine) Godat;
married 1886 to
Charles Bellamy. |
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Francis Berton (c.1830-1885) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Switzerland,
about 1830.
Banker;
Consul
for Switzerland in San
Francisco, Calif., 1867-85; Consul
for Portugal in San
Francisco, Calif., 1869-85.
Swiss ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from "impoverishment of the blood" (anemia),
in the Grand Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., April 1,
1885 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Carl Ferdinand Bertschinger (1868-1952) —
also known as Carl Bertschinger —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Winterthur, Switzerland,
February
24, 1868.
Democrat. Physician;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Switzerland in Chicago,
Ill., 1926; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1948.
Protestant.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in El Cajon, San Diego
County, Calif., November
24, 1952 (age 84 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, Calif.
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Charles Ferris Booher (1848-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Booher —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born in East Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
31, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1889, 1907-21; died in
office 1921.
German
and Swiss ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., January
21, 1921 (age 72 years, 356
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Savannah, Mo.
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Charles Fred Boshart (1860-1928) —
also known as C. Fred Boshart —
of Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., September
17, 1860.
Republican. Hop farmer; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1906-10; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
member, governing council, New York State Department of Farms and
Markets, 1921.
Swiss and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., October
16, 1928 (age 68 years, 29
days).
Interment at Lowville
Rural Cemetery, Lowville, N.Y.
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Paul E. Boslaugh (b. 1881) —
of Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Mapleton, Monona
County, Iowa, June 10,
1881.
Lawyer;
justice
of Nebraska state supreme court, 1949-.
Swiss and English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lane Buckley (b. 1923) —
also known as James L. Buckley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in an elevator at Women's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 9,
1923.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1971-77; defeated, 1968 (Conservative),
1976 (Republican); Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1980; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1985-96; took
senior status 1996.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss ancestry. Member, Skull
and Bones.
President, Radio Free
Europe/Radio
Liberty, 1982-85.
Still living as of 2018.
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William Frank Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1925.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss ancestry. Member, Skull
and Bones.
Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of
National Review magazine;
author
and lecturer; host of television
news show "Firing Line"; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.
Died, probably of diabetes
and emphysema,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Frank Buckley, Sr. and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley; brother
of James
Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo
Brent Bozell); married 1950 to
Patricia Alden Austin Taylor. |
| | | Political family: Buckley
family of New York and Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting
It Right (2003) — God
and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
(1951) — Spytime
: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer,
My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The
Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word
Lover (1998) — Airborne
: A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In
Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers
No More (1995) — Up
From Liberalism (1959) — The
Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis
in the Morning (2001) — Execution
eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four
reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude
: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —
Nuremberg
: the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive
: a personal documentary (1983) — United
Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The
unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero (2001) — The
Reagan I Knew (2008) |
| | | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained
Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel — Marco
Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Saving
the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — See
You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Tucker's
Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Mongoose,
R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — A
Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — High
Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Who's
on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — The
Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe
McCarthy |
| | | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:
John B. Judis, William
F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives —
Lee Edwards, William
F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement — Carl T.
Bogus, Buckley:
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American
Conservatism |
| | | Critical books about William F. Buckley,
Jr.: David Miller, Chairman
Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
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Travis Wayne Childers (b. 1958) —
also known as Travis W. Childers —
of Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss.
Born in Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss., March
29, 1958.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; Prentiss
County Chancery Clerk, 1991-2008; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 2008-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 2008.
Baptist.
French,
English,
Spanish,
Italian,
Swiss, Chickasaw
Indian, and Choctaw
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) —
also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower;
"Ike" —
Born in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., October
14, 1890.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president
of Columbia University, 1948-53; President
of the United States, 1953-61.
Presbyterian.
German
and Swiss ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Loyal
Legion.
Died, after a series of heart
attacks, at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1969 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Eisenhower
Center, Abilene, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;
brother of Milton
Stover Eisenhower; married, July 1,
1916, to Mamie
Eisenhower; father of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower
II (son-in-law of Richard
Milhous Nixon). |
| | | Political family: Eisenhower-Nixon
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sherman
Adams — Carter
L. Burgess — Woodrow
Wilson Mann — Jacqueline
C. Odlum — George
E. Allen — Meyer
Kestnbaum — Bernard
M. Shanley |
| | | The Eisenhower Expressway,
from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, in Cook
County, Illinois, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Tunnel
(opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the Continental
Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, from Clear
Creek County to Summit
County, Colorado, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Range of mountains,
in Victoria
Land, Antarctica, is named for
him. — Mount
Eisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "I Like
Ike." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower:
Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower
: Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein, The
Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlo
d'Este, Eisenhower
: A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk, Dwight
D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T.
Buchanan, Jr., Red
Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the
Eisenhower Administration — Jim Newton, Eisenhower:
The White House Years — William Lee Miller, Two
Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous
World |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1969) |
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Charles Enge (1869-1945) —
of Troy town, Sauk
County, Wis.
Born in Sauk
County, Wis., February, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Sauk County, 1939-40.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Troy town, Sauk
County, Wis., August
30, 1945 (age 76 years, 0
days).
Interment at Salem Honey Creek Cemetery, Prairie du Sac, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Enge and Louisa (Schoephoerster) Enge; married, June 13,
1900, to Mina Gasser. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) —
also known as Abraham Albert Alphonse de Gallatin —
of Fayette
County, Pa.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland,
January
29, 1761.
Democrat. Delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1790-92; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister to France, 1815-23; Great Britain, 1826-27.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
12, 1849 (age 88 years, 195
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin;
married 1789 to Sophie
Allègre; married, November
11, 1793, to Hannah Nicholson; second great-grandfather of May
Preston Davie; cousin by marriage of Joseph
Hopper Nicholson. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Davie
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: John
L. Dawson |
| | | Gallatin counties in Ill., Ky. and Mont. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Gallatin,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — The village
of Galatia,
Illinois, is named for
him. — The Gallatin River,
which flows through Gallatin
County, Montana, is named for
him. — Gallatin Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Albert Gallatin (built 1941 at Terminal
Island, Los Angeles, California; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in the
Arabian
Sea) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Albert
Galliton Harrison
— Albert
G. Jewett
— Albert
G. Hawes
— Albert
G. Wakefield
— Albert
Gallatin Talbott
— Albert
G. Dow
— Albert
G. Dole
— Albert
Gallatin Kellogg
— Albert
Gallatin Marchand
— Albert
G. Brown
— Albert
G. Brodhead, Jr.
— Albert
G. Allison
— Albert
G. Riddle
— Albert
Galiton Watkins
— Albert
G. Porter
— Albert
Gallatin Egbert
— Albert
Gallatin Jenkins
— Albert
Gallatin Calvert
— Albert
G. Lawrence
— Albert
G. Foster
— Albert
G. Simms
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appeared on the U.S. $500 note in 1862-63. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Albert Gallatin: John
Austin Stevens, Albert
Gallatin: An American Statesman — L. B. Kuppenheimer,
Albert
Gallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability — Nicholas
Dungan, Gallatin:
America's Swiss Founding Father — Raymond Walters, Albert
Gallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Ettie Garner (1869-1948) —
also known as Mariette Elizabeth Rheiner —
Born in Sabinal, Uvalde
County, Tex., July 17,
1869.
Democrat. Second Lady
of the United States, 1933-41.
Female.
Swiss ancestry.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Uvalde, Uvalde
County, Tex., September
17, 1948 (age 79 years, 62
days).
Interment at Uvalde
Cemetery, Uvalde, Tex.
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James William Good (1866-1929) —
also known as James W. Good; "Jimmy
Good" —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born near Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, September
24, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1909-21; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1929; died in office 1929.
Presbyterian.
Swiss ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
18, 1929 (age 63 years, 55
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Julius Hartmann (b. 1864) —
of Lucerne, Switzerland.
Born in Münster, Switzerland,
December
26, 1864.
Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent in Lucerne, 1900-02, 1909-17; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Lucerne, 1902-08.
Swiss ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter L. Hert (1888-1964) —
of California, Moniteau
County, Mo.
Born in California, Moniteau
County, Mo., October
14, 1888.
Republican. Postmaster at California,
Mo., 1924-36.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., November
24, 1964 (age 76 years, 41
days).
Interment at California Masonic Cemetery, California, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Hert and Louisa Wilhelmina (Messerli) Hert; married to Lela
Morris. |
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memorial |
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1952,
1960.
Quaker.
Swiss and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,
February
10, 1899, to Lou
Hoover; father of Herbert
Clark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** of Charles
Lewis Hoover. |
| | | Political family: Hoover
family of Palo Alto, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss — Clarence
C. Stetson |
| | | Hoover Dam
(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River
between Clark
County, Nevada, and Mohave
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Glendale,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Des
Moines, Iowa, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Elkview,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — The minor
planets (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and
1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert
Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — Glen
Jeansonne, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —
Kendrick A. Clements, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,
1918-1928 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1965) |
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Rudolph Koradi (1824-1907) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Zurich, Switzerland,
December
24, 1824.
Consul
for Switzerland in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1864-1907.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
12, 1907 (age 82 years, 19
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Stanley Sebastian Kresge (1900-1985) —
also known as Stanley S. Kresge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1900.
Republican. Philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1952.
Swiss ancestry.
Died June 30,
1985 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sebastian Spering Kresge and Anna E. (Harvey)
Kresge. |
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Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles B. Landis —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,
1908.
Swiss and German
ancestry.
Died, from uremia
due to interstital
nephritis, in Meriwether Hospital,
Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., April
24, 1922 (age 63 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Frederick Daniel Landis (1872-1934) —
also known as Frederick Landis; Fred
Landis —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Sevenmile, Butler
County, Ohio, August
18, 1872.
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1903-07; defeated
(Republican), 1906; Progressive candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1912; candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Indiana, 1928.
Swiss and German
ancestry.
Died in a hospital
at Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., November
6, 1934 (age 62 years, 80
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Frederick Daniel Landis Jr. (1912-1990) —
also known as Frederick Landis —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., January
17, 1912.
Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1965-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-83; took senior status 1983.
German
and Swiss ancestry.
Died in Carmel, Hamilton
County, Ind., March 1,
1990 (age 78 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, November
20, 1866.
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1905-22;
resigned 1922; Commissioner of Baseball,
1920-44.
Swiss and German
ancestry.
Elected to National Baseball Hall of
Fame, 1944.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
25, 1944 (age 78 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Walter Kumler Landis (1856-1917) —
also known as Walter K. Landis —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, April
15, 1856.
Republican. Postmaster at San
Juan, Puerto Rico, 1900-12.
Swiss and German
ancestry.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., November
5, 1917 (age 61 years, 204
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Warner Leedy (1856-1937) —
also known as David W. Leedy —
of Scottville, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Union, Montgomery
County, Ohio, November
16, 1856.
Republican. School
teacher; traveling
salesman; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1921-24;
defeated in primary, 1924.
Dutch,
Swiss, and English
ancestry.
Died in Riverton Township, Mason
County, Mich., October
2, 1937 (age 80 years, 320
days).
Interment at Germantown Cemetery, Germantown, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Catherine H. (Warner) Leedy and Jacob Hart Leedy; married 1906 to Ida
Jane Hetzler; married 1931 to Martha
Jane Blaine. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) —
also known as Frank E. McKee —
of North Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
22, 1877.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,
1944; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish,
Swiss, German,
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
13, 1951 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Mary Velene Metschan (1878-1969) —
also known as Mary V. Metschan; Mary Valene Kubli;
Mrs. Phil Metschan —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Oregon, 1878.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1940.
Female.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Oregon, 1969
(age about
91 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ulrich Müller (1854-1921) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Winterthur, Switzerland,
May
26, 1854.
Cotton
exporter;
Consul
for Switzerland in Galveston,
Tex., 1893-1914.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., May 17,
1921 (age 66 years, 356
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Ralph Waldo Muncy (1902-1992) —
also known as Ralph W. Muncy —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Monument, El Paso
County, Colo.; Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Cedar, Leelanau
County, Mich., April
26, 1902.
Socialist. Forester;
engineer;
Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1960; Socialist Labor
candidate for Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1951; member of Michigan
Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1953, 1965; secretary of
Michigan Socialist Labor Party, 1953; Socialist Labor candidate for
Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1953, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1958; Socialist Labor candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1959; Michigan Socialist Labor
state chair, 1961-69; Socialist Labor candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County
1st District, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1962 (at-large), 1968 (2nd
District); Socialist Labor candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1964; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1966.
English,
Scottish,
and Swiss ancestry.
Died, following myocardial
infarction, at University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
28, 1992 (age 89 years, 337
days). His body was
donated to the University of Michigan medical school.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.
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James Scott Negley (1826-1901) —
also known as James S. Negley —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in East Liberty (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., December
22, 1826.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1869-75, 1885-87;
active in promotion and construction of railroads;
president of several railroad
companies.
Swiss ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., August
7, 1901 (age 74 years, 228
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Emanuel Lorenz Philipp (1861-1925) —
also known as Emanuel L. Philipp —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sauk
County, Wis., March
25, 1861.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; telegraph
operator; railway
station agent; lumber
business; member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1908; Milwaukee Police
Commissioner, 1909-14; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1915-21; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1916.
Swiss ancestry. Member, Humane
Society; Freemasons.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., June 15,
1925 (age 64 years, 82
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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John Vanneman Porch (1806-1859) —
also known as John V. Porch —
of Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Gloucester
County, N.J., March
12, 1806.
Farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1853.
English
and Swiss ancestry.
Died September
12, 1859 (age 53 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Porch and Hannah (Fisler) Porch; married 1830 to
Catherine Hartman. |
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Samuel William Raymond (1872-1950) —
also known as Samuel W. Raymond —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Fairfield Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., March
23, 1872.
Democrat. Farmer; automobile
dealer; banker; inventor;
member of Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Swiss and Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1950
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Charles F. Renich (1871-1947) —
of Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill.
Born December
19, 1871.
Republican. Postmaster at Woodstock,
Ill., 1899-1911; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Swiss and German
ancestry.
Died March
13, 1947 (age 75 years, 84
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakland
Cemetery, Woodstock, Ill.
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Frederick Schilplin (1868-1949) —
also known as Fred Schilplin —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., May 27,
1868.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1916;
postmaster at St.
Cloud, Minn., 1918-19 (acting, 1918).
Swiss ancestry.
Died in New York, April
28, 1949 (age 80 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Schlesinger (b. 1852) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Switzerland,
February
15, 1852.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Munich, 1904-14.
Swiss ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth Albert Schmied (1911-1973) —
also known as Kenneth A. Schmied —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born July 11,
1911.
Republican. Furniture
business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1965-69; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1972.
Swiss ancestry.
Died April 5,
1973 (age 61 years, 268
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Otto Schule (b. 1871) —
Born March
10, 1871.
Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent in Penang, 1897-1906, 1907-11.
Swiss ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Allen Shauck (1841-1918) —
also known as John A. Shauck —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born near Johnsville, Morrow
County, Ohio, March
26, 1841.
Republican. Circuit judge in Ohio 2nd Circuit, 1885-95; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1895-1913.
Swiss, English,
and German
ancestry.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
3, 1918 (age 76 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Samuel F. Snively (1859-1952) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., November
24, 1859.
Mayor
of Duluth, Minn., 1921-37.
Swiss and German
ancestry.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., 1952
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Sunrise
Memorial Park, Hermantown, Minn.
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Gottfried Stamm (1842-1907) —
also known as Johann Gottfried Stamm —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Bibern (now part of Thayngen), Schaffhausen, Switzerland,
November, 1842.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
Honorary
Consul for Switzerland in St.
Paul, Minn., 1889-1905.
Swiss ancestry.
Died, from intestinal
cancer, in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
15, 1907 (age 64 years, 0
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Adolph Gottlwald Studer (1831-1900) —
also known as Adolph G. Studer —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Switzerland,
December
30, 1831.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in Singapore, as of 1874-84; Sorrento, 1899-1900, died in office 1900.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Sorrento, Italy,
1900
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Rukenbrod Suppes (d. 1964) —
also known as Walter R. Suppes —
of Southmont, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1944.
Presbyterian;
later Christian
Scientist. Swiss ancestry.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., 1964.
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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John Augustus Sutter (1803-1880) —
also known as John A. Sutter; Johann August
Sutter —
of Lititz, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Kandern, Baden (now Germany),
February
23, 1803.
Established a Swiss settlement in California called New Helvetia, and
built Sutter's Fort; became famous following the 1848 discovery of
gold at his mill, which started the California Gold Rush; candidate
for Governor of
California, 1849.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1880 (age 77 years, 116
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery, Lititz, Pa.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Max Voelcker (b. 1864) —
Born in Paris, France,
October
7, 1864.
Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent in Manta, 1907-11.
Swiss ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Wirt (1772-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born near Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, Md., November
8, 1772.
Lawyer;
prosecuting attorney at the treason trial of Aaron
Burr, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17; U.S.
Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for President
of the United States, 1832.
Presbyterian.
German
and Swiss ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1834 (age 61 years, 102
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married, May 28,
1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; aunt of Thomas
Walker Gilmer); married, September
7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law of William
Henry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who married Alexander
Randall); grandfather of John
Wirt Randall; great-grandfather of Hannah
Parker Randall (who married William
Bladen Lowndes). |
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W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Wirt
Adams
— William
Wirt Virgin
— William
Wirt Watkins
— William
Wirt Vaughan
— William
W. Warren
— William
Wirt Culbertson
— William
Wirt Herod
— William
W. Dixon
— William
Wirt Henderson
— William
W. Hastings
— W.
Wirt Courtney
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| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William Wirt: Gregory Kurt
Glassner, Adopted
Son: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt,
1772-1834 |
| | | Image source: The South in the Building
of the Nation (1909) |
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Martin Washington Yencer (1871-1960) —
of Boston, Wayne
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Greenfield Township, Fairfield
County, Ohio, December
27, 1871.
Republican. Physician;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1903-06; served
in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Protestant.
Swiss and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Sons
of Veterans.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., February
22, 1960 (age 88 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911 to
Jeanette May Hill. |
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Jonathan Stoltzfus Yoder (1881-1959) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Weilersville, Wayne
County, Ohio, September
13, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Elkhart County, 1917-20;
president of two milk
condensing firms.
Methodist.
German
and Swiss ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died in Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., April
22, 1959 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911 to Nelle
Catherine Colburn; married 1920 to Mrs.
Laura Ethel Cole. |
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Bartley Francis Yost (1877-1963) —
also known as Bartley F. Yost —
of Osborne, Osborne
County, Kan.
Born in Switzerland,
September
20, 1877.
Co-owner of a newspaper;
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1909-13; U.S. Consular Agent in Almeria, 1913-16; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-18; Santa Rosalia, 1918; U.S. Consul in Guaymas, 1918-21; Torreon, as of 1924-26; Sault Ste. Marie, as of 1927-29; Nogales, as of 1932.
Swiss ancestry.
Died September
8, 1963 (age 85 years, 353
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth (Fluetsch) Yost and George Yost; married to Irma C.
Blau. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frederick Nicholas Zihlman (1879-1935) —
also known as Frederick N. Zihlman —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
2, 1879.
Republican. Glass
blower; president,
Maryland Federation of Labor, 1906-07; member of Maryland
state senate, 1910-17; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1917-31; defeated,
1914, 1930; investigated
in 1924 by the U.S. House over an accusation
that he accepted a
bribe of $5,000 from a "fixer"; the charges were not
substantiated; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); in December 1929, he, Daniel
R. Crissinger, and five others, officers of the F. H. Smith
Company, which had promoted and sold apparently worthless securities,
were indicted
on federal charges
of using the mails to commit fraud;
most of those indicted went to prison, but Zihlman and Crissinger
were never tried, and charges against them were dismissed in 1932.
Methodist.
Swiss ancestry. Member, Moose.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., April
22, 1935 (age 55 years, 202
days).
Interment at St.
John the Evangelist Cemetery, Forest Glen, Md.
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John Joachim Zubly (1724-1781) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in St. Gall, Switzerland,
August
27, 1724.
Ordained
minister; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775-76; accused
of treason
against the Continental Congress and banished
in 1777; half of his estate was confiscated;
returned to Savannah in 1779.
Presbyterian.
Swiss ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 23,
1781 (age 56 years, 330
days).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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