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George T. Ames (born c.1926) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
barber; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1954; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Ethel Judson Babcock (1903-1996) —
also known as Ethel Babcock —
of Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis.; Burlington, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Lake Geneva, Walworth
County, Wis., April 5,
1903.
Republican. Cosmetologist; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948.
Female.
Died in April, 1996
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Wesley E. Babcock. |
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August Bakeberg (1889-1935) —
of Dupree, Ziebach
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fairfax, Renville
County, Minn., January
1, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
barber; Ziebach
County Sheriff, 1925-28; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 56th District, 1929-32.
Died in Ziebach
County, S.Dak., September
17, 1935 (age 46 years, 259
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick H. Barton —
of East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Republican. Barber; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Hampton, 1939-40.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Max Bedacht (1883-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
October
13, 1883.
Communist. Barber; president,
Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (19th District), 1936 (14th
District); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; national
secretary, International Workers Order; expelled from the
Communist Party in 1948 over factional differences.
German
ancestry.
Died July 4,
1972 (age 88 years, 265
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert W. Bowens Jr. (1922-2014) —
also known as Robert Bowens; Bob Bowens —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March
21, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; barber; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
2nd District, 1962; appointed 1962.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died, in the VA Medical
Center, Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
18, 2014 (age 92 years, 242
days).
Interment at Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Bowens, Sr. and Hattie (Hood) Bowens; married to Nellie
Joyce Cooley. |
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Thomas J. Coogan —
of Melvindale, Wayne
County, Mich.
Barber; mayor
of Melvindale, Mich., 1976-95.
Still living as of 1995.
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Juanine S. DePaolo (1914-1997) —
also known as Juanine Stavola —
of Plantsville, Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., October
15, 1914.
Democrat. Hairdresser; acting
postmaster; real
estate and insurance
business; bank
director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Southington, 1955-56,
1959-64; defeated, 1956; Southington town clerk, 1965-93.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died, in the Hospital
of St. Raphael, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
6, 1997 (age 82 years, 356
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Cemetery, Southington, Conn.
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Roscoe D. Dix (1839-1912) —
of Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 11,
1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; permanently
disabled by injuries suffered in the battle at Knoxville,
November 24, 1863; barber; real estate
business; banker; Michigan
land commissioner, 1887-90; Michigan
state auditor general, 1897-1900.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich., September
5, 1912 (age 73 years, 86
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs, Mich.
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John M. Donnelly (born c.1875) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1875.
Democrat. Barber; member of Connecticut
state senate 22nd District, 1907-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Bill Duncan —
of Newport, Jackson
County, Ark.
Democrat. Barbershop owner; mayor
of Newport, Ark.; elected 1959.
Still living as of 1959.
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Wallace L. Files (b. 1926) —
also known as Wally Files —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., February
19, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
barber; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1967-70, 1973-74;
defeated, 1974.
Brethren.
Member, Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1974.
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Thomas W. Fleming (b. 1874) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., May 13,
1874.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908,
1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Fleming and Lavinia Fleming; married, February
12, 1912, to Lethia Cousins. |
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Frank Lawrence Hafner (1891-1984) —
also known as Frank L. Hafner —
of Kadoka, Jackson
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Michigan, February
20, 1891.
Republican. Barber; hotel
proprietor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1933-36, 1939-44 (61st
District 1933-36, 48th District 1939-44); alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956;
member of South
Dakota state senate 15th District, 1961-62; appointed 1961.
Died in February, 1984
(age about
93 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Debbie Ann House (born c.1952) —
also known as Debbie House —
of Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla.
Born about 1952.
Republican. Hair stylist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oklahoma, 2004,
2008
(alternate).
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Eli George Lague (1881-1960) —
also known as Eli G. Lague —
of Jewett City, Griswold, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., May 22,
1881.
Republican. Barber; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Griswold, 1930.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., June 24,
1960 (age 79 years, 33
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eli Lague and Rosanna (Choquette) Lague; married to Sarah
Elizabeth Wilbur. |
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Joseph Lentol (b. 1875) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born September
25, 1875.
Democrat. Barber; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1919-20; member
of New
York Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Everett Libby (1867-1934) —
also known as Edward E. Libby —
of Waterboro, York
County, Maine.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, July 27,
1867.
Republican. Barbershop owner; postmaster at Waterboro,
Maine, 1898-1911.
Died in 1934
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterboro, Maine.
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Clayton B. Lucia (b. 1877) —
of Hinesburg, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Stowe, Lamoille
County, Vt., June 8,
1877.
Democrat. Barber; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Hinesburg, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold A. Lytie (1899-1961) —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Portage
County, Wis., June 9,
1899.
Democrat. Barber; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Brown County 1st District, 1937-42; defeated,
1958; member of Wisconsin
state senate 2nd District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948, 1952, 1956,
1960.
Died in 1961
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Fort
Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis.
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Donald John MacCormick (1888-1955) —
also known as Donald J. MacCormick —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Hillsgrove, Sullivan
County, Pa., July 24,
1888.
Democrat. Barber; candidate for Wisconsin
state assembly from Marathon County 2nd District, 1938; member of
Wisconsin
Democratic State Central Committee, 1944; acting postmaster at Wausau,
Wis., 1946-49; candidate for Wisconsin
state senate 25th District, 1950.
Died in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., February
9, 1955 (age 66 years, 200
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
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Robert H. Menegay (c.1904-1951) —
of Louisville, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born about 1904.
Barber; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1947-48.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Mercy Hospital,
Louisville, Stark
County, Ohio, August
2, 1951 (age about 47
years).
Interment at St.
Louis Catholic Church Cemetery, Louisville, Ohio.
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George A. Myers (1859-1930) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 5,
1859.
Republican. Barber; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1892,
1900;
member of Ohio
Republican State Executive Committee, 1897-98.
African
ancestry.
Died at the New York Central Railroad ticket
office in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
17, 1930 (age 70 years, 318
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Sam J. Nahil (1905-1982) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., October
3, 1905.
Republican. Barber; real estate
business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Claremont 2nd Ward,
1951-67.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died in October, 1982
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacqueline Cochran Odlum (1906-1980) —
also known as Jacqueline C. Odlum; Jackie Odlum;
Bessie Lee Pittman; Jacqueline Cochran —
Born in Muscogee, Escambia
County, Fla., May 11,
1906.
Republican. Beautician; airplane
pilot; during World War II, she trained many women pilots for
duty ferrying supplies; she was the first
woman ever to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, the first
woman pilot ever to break the sound barrier, and to exceed Mach 2; in
1952, she was one of the leaders of the "Draft Ike" movement to
nominate Dwight
D. Eisenhower for president; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 29th District, 1956; elected to
Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1971.
Female.
Died in Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., August
7, 1980 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Interment at Coachella
Valley Public Cemetery, Coachella, Calif.
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Charles J. Parsons (born c.1867) —
of Warehouse Point, East Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Moosup, Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., about 1867.
Republican. Barber; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Windsor, 1907-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond J. Petroni —
of Melvindale, Wayne
County, Mich.
Barber; mayor
of Melvindale, Mich., 1951-54.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry J. Phillips (1904-1984) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Red Deer, Alberta,
October
27, 1904.
Republican. Barber; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1943-62 (St. Clair County 1st
District 1943-44, St. Clair County 1945-54, St. Clair District
1955-62); defeated in primary, 1962 (St. Clair District), 1964 (76th
District).
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1984
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert L. Phillips and Bertha Ann (Dewey) Phillips; married, July 4,
1933, to Marion Gertrude Hamilton. |
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Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887) —
also known as Joseph H. Rainey —
of Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in slavery
in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., June 21,
1832.
Republican. Barber; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Georgetown
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state senate from Georgetown County, 1868-70; resigned
1870; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1870-79.
African
ancestry.
First
Black member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., August
2, 1887 (age 55 years, 42
days).
Interment at Baptist
Cemetery, Georgetown, S.C.
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Robert H. Samson (born c.1876) —
of Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1876.
Democrat. Barber; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Glastonbury, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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John L. Sieb (b. 1864) —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Michigan City, LaPorte
County, Ind., November
6, 1864.
Barber; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Racine County 1st District, 1931-32, 1935-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Ernest G. Strand (b. 1883) —
of Two Harbors, Lake
County, Minn.
Born in Smaland, Sweden,
August
8, 1883.
Barber; secretary, North Shore Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company; mayor of Two Harbors, Minn., 1916; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives District 57, 1917-18.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Andrew C. Thomas (b. 1902) —
of Portvue, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
8, 1902.
Democrat. Barber; deputy
sheriff; investigator;
justice of the peace; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 16th
District, 1953-56.
Member, Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Thomas and Anna Thomas. |
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Otis Asel Tooze (1892-1972) —
also known as Otis A. Tooze —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ross, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., May 28,
1892.
Republican. Barber; supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1942-49; defeated, 1940, 1941,
1949, 1951, 1953, 1955.
Died in Van Buren Township, Wayne
County, Mich., December
29, 1972 (age 80 years, 215
days).
Interment at Alban Cemetery, Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Hugo E. Vogel (b. 1888) —
of Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis.
Born in Newton town, Manitowoc
County, Wis., August
29, 1888.
Democrat. Barber; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Manitowoc County 1st District, 1955-62.
Burial location unknown.
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Otto A. Vogel (1886-1951) —
of Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis.
Born in Newton town, Manitowoc
County, Wis., October
10, 1886.
Progressive. Barber; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Manitowoc County 1st District, 1935-36,
1939-40, 1943-48.
Died September
19, 1951 (age 64 years, 344
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wis.
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Leo Pierre Wagner (b. 1870) —
also known as Leo P. Wagner —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., April
18, 1870.
Democrat. Barber; secretary,
Saginaw Federation of Labor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1917-18; candidate for Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1922.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903 to Amelia
B. D. Gehrls. |
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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) —
also known as John L. Waller —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in slavery
in New
Madrid County, Mo., January
12, 1850.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military
takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was arrested
by French forces and tried in
a French military court, purportedly for the offense of corresponding
with (or spying
for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had
granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; sentenced
to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international
cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;
ultimately pardoned
in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed
after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to
French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
13, 1907 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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John E. Youngs (b. 1883) —
of Oconto, Oconto
County, Wis.
Born in Plainfield, Waushara
County, Wis., August
2, 1883.
Republican. Barber; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Oconto County, 1939-50.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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