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Joseph Aiello Jr. —
also known as Joe Aiello —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.
Jeweler; candidate for mayor
of Monterey, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Frank Allee (1857-1938) —
also known as J. Frank Allee —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Dover, Kent
County, Del., December
2, 1857.
Republican. Jeweler; president, Bay State Gas
Company of Delaware; president, Staten Island Brick
Company; Delaware
Republican state chair, 1886-96; member of Delaware
state senate, 1899-1903 (Kent County 1st District 1899-1900, Kent
County 2nd District 1901-02, Kent County 3rd District 1903); resigned
1903; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., October
12, 1938 (age 80 years, 314
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Matthias William Baldwin (1795-1866) —
also known as Matthias W. Baldwin —
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., December
10, 1795.
Jeweler; inventor;
locomotive
manufacturer; abolitionist; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837.
Died in Wissinoming, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
7, 1866 (age 70 years, 271
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at Philadelphia City Hall Grounds, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Trish Bane —
of Bristol, Sullivan
County, Tenn.
Accountant;
jeweler; mayor
of Bristol, Tenn., 2002.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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William Bardel (1846-1926) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Nuremberg, Germany,
September
20, 1846.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; wholesale jewelry business; U.S.
Commercial Agent (Consul) in Bamberg, 1900-02; U.S. Consul in Bamberg, 1902-08; Rheims, 1908-15; St. Michaels, 1915-17; Nueva Gerona, 1918-19.
German
ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
31, 1926 (age 80 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles F. Baumrucker (b. 1884) —
of River Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 5,
1884.
Democrat. Jeweler; member of Illinois
state senate 7th District, 1935-39; defeated, 1934, 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Tom W. Beasley (1916-1974) —
of Lewisville, Denton
County, Tex.
Born June 17,
1916.
Jeweler; mayor
of Lewisville, Tex., 1957-58; resigned 1958.
Died October
9, 1974 (age 58 years, 114
days).
Interment at Old Hall Cemetery, Lewisville, Tex.
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Samuel Bell (1798-1882) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1798.
Silversmith;
jeweler; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1840-41, 1844-45.
Died in 1882
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Vermilye Brady (1811-1870) —
also known as William V. Brady —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 24,
1811.
Whig. Silversmith;
jeweler; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1847-48; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1849-53; insurance
business.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
31, 1870 (age 58 years, 250
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Joseph Peleg Burlingame (1858-1941) —
also known as Joseph P. Burlingame —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Rhode Island, January
22, 1858.
Republican. Jeweler; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1903-06;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1920
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1932.
Died in Lakewood, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., December
31, 1941 (age 83 years, 343
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Nancy (Sherman) Burlingame and Nelson Alonzo Burlingame;
married, January
19, 1881, to Julia Ann Eddy. |
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C. B. Collins (b. 1861) —
of Groton, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rockbridge, Richland
County, Wis., October
8, 1861.
Republican. Druggist;
jeweler; delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Dakota, 1900;
South
Dakota state treasurer, 1903-07.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1887 to Anna
M. Smith. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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C. C. Costello (born c.1884) —
of West Mystic, Groton, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Hope Valley, Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I., about 1884.
Republican. Jeweler; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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George Law Curry (1820-1878) —
also known as George L. Curry —
of Oregon.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 2,
1820.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; jeweler; member of Oregon
territorial legislature, 1848-49, 1851-52; secretary
of Oregon Territory, 1853-55; Governor
of Oregon Territory, 1853, 1854, 1854-59; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 28,
1878 (age 58 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lone
Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835-1899) —
also known as Roswell P. Flower —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Theresa, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
7, 1835.
Democrat. Jeweler; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1881-83, 1889-91 (11th District
1881-83, 12th District 1889-91); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888
(speaker),
1892,
1896;
Governor
of New York, 1892-95.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Eastport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12,
1899 (age 63 years, 278
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.; statue at Washington Street Median, Watertown, N.Y.
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John Friggeri —
of Kansas.
Born in Italy.
Socialist. Jeweler; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Kansas, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Niles E. Gladding (born c.1863) —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn., about 1863.
Republican. Jeweler; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Essex, 1909-10, 1923-24,
1927-28; defeated, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Friedrich Gmelich (1839-1914) —
also known as Jacob F. Gmelich —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
July
23, 1839.
Republican. Jeweler; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cooper County, 1895-96;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1900;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1905-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1909-13.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., February
21, 1914 (age 74 years, 213
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Image source:
Missouri Official Manual 1907 |
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Jeremiah Grinnell (1843-1892) —
also known as Jerry Grinnell —
of Kasson, Dodge
County, Minn.
Born in Lapeer
County, Mich., November
21, 1843.
Republican. Druggist;
jeweler; Dodge
County Auditor; member of Minnesota
state senate 13th District, 1891-92; died in office 1892.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Kasson, Dodge
County, Minn., January
24, 1892 (age 48 years, 64
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Mantorville, Minn.
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John Frederick Hartsfield (1884-1953) —
also known as John F. Hartsfield —
of Illiopolis, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Monticello, Piatt
County, Ill.; Homewood, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., January
3, 1884.
Democrat. Jeweler; postmaster at Monticello,
Ill., 1934-46 (acting, 1934-35).
According to published
reports, he had an argument with his daughter-in-law over
disciplining two small children; he then shot
her in the chest (she survived), and then shot and
killed
himself, in Homewood, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 9,
1953 (age 69 years, 126
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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John Adam Henneman (1835-1891) —
also known as J. A. Henneman —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Kronach, Bavaria (now Germany),
1835.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; jeweler;
mayor
of Spartanburg, S.C., 1891; died in office 1891.
German
ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
John Williams, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., September
27, 1891 (age about 56
years). Williams was hanged for the murder on October 7, 1892.
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Louisa Rate. |
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Frank Charles Lee (b. 1891) —
also known as Frank C. Lee —
of Salida, Chaffee
County, Colo.
Born in Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb., August
14, 1891.
Jeweler; watchmaker;
U.S. Vice Consul in Bordeaux, 1916; Petrograd, 1916-18; Moscow, 1918; Malmo, 1918; U.S. Consul in Bradford, 1923-25; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1927-29; Halifax, 1930-31; Prague, 1931-34.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John T. Lee and Agnes (Greenwald) Lee; married, November
17, 1923, to Olga Pilson. |
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Alexander M. MacKay (1881-1952) —
also known as Sandy MacKay —
of West Branch, Ogemaw
County, Mich.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
13, 1881.
Republican. Jeweler; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1937-52 (Arenac District 1937-44,
Gladwin District 1945-52); died in office 1952.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died December
9, 1952 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1901 to Cora
E. Winslow; married, July 7,
1924, to Mrs. Anna Bowman. |
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Haskell Harold Marks (b. 1880) —
also known as Haskell H. Marks —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
24, 1880.
Republican. Jeweler; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1929-33;
defeated, 1933.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Marks and Anna (Aronberg) Marks. |
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Otto Mueller (b. 1875) —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., December
19, 1875.
Republican. Jeweler; member of Wisconsin
state senate 25th District, 1927-36, 1939-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Joseph F. Pieper (1877-1959) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., 1877.
Jeweler; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1932-35.
Died in 1959
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Noah Allen Plympton (1841-1911) —
also known as Noah A. Plympton —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., September
7, 1841.
Watchmaker;
jeweler; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1880;
Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1884; insurance
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Ninth Norfolk District, 1905.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died September
9, 1911 (age 70 years, 2
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wellesley, Mass.
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Jess J. Present (b. 1921) —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 28,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
jeweler; director, First National Bank of
Jamestown; chair of
Chautauqua County Republican Party, 1964-66; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-68 (164th District 1966, 150th District
1967-68).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Grotto.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elaine Coates. |
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Joseph Reich (born c.1894) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; jeweler;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1923-25; member of
New York
Democratic State Committee, 1936.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Order of the
Eastern Star; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Berger Rossdale (1878-1968) —
also known as Albert B. Rossdale —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1878.
Republican. Postal
worker; jeweler; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922, 1924; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1924.
Jewish.
Died in Eastchester, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
17, 1968 (age 89 years, 177
days).
Interment at Maimonides
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Lloyd Emerson Roulet (1891-1985) —
also known as Lloyd E. Roulet —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, September
15, 1891.
Republican. Jeweler; mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, 1943-47, 1952-53; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1952.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
6, 1985 (age 93 years, 144
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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James F. Safford (b. 1844) —
of Farmington, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Maine, November, 1844.
Jeweler; optician;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James P. Safford and Mary (Gilkey) Safford. |
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Morris Schreiber (1901-1951) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New York, October
3, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; customs
inspector; laundry and
dry cleaning business; jeweler; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1947; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Jewish.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., June 2,
1951 (age 49 years, 242
days).
Interment at Beth
Jacob Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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James Oscar Simpkins (b. 1923) —
also known as James O. Simpkins —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
29, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
jeweler; member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1959.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
Civitan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Melvin Simpkins and Willie Mae (Fickling) Simpkins; married
1944 to
Evelyn Christine Brewer. |
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Frank Crawford Sites (1864-1935) —
also known as Frank C. Sites —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
24, 1864.
Democrat. Watchmaker;
jeweler; postmaster at Harrisburg,
Pa., 1913-22; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1923-25;
defeated, 1924, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1924.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., May 23,
1935 (age 70 years, 150
days).
Interment at East
Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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William W. Tamplin (1881-1965) —
of Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 23,
1881.
Socialist. Optometrist;
jeweler; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1946.
Died in Larned, Pawnee
County, Kan., September
9, 1965 (age 84 years, 48
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Tamplin and Mary Elizabeth (Thornhill) Tamplin; married
1906 to
Haida Myrtle Day; married 1945 to
Margaret Bramhall. |
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memorial |
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Ronald John Thompson (b. 1934) —
also known as Ronnie Thompson; "Machine-Gun
Ronnie" —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 21,
1934.
Republican. Jeweler; country music
singer; gospel
singer; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 1968-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1972; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1974.
Still living as of 2001.
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Relatives: Son
of Remus Warren Thompson and Mattie Lou (Watkins)
Thompson. |
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Andrew F. Toepel (b. 1866) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 5,
1866.
Republican. Jeweler; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1917-20.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Ephraim Tweedy (1831-1895) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ireland,
September
29, 1831.
Republican. Jeweler; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1868.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March
18, 1895 (age 63 years, 170
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Charles C. Wallace (b. 1888) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 8,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; jeweler;
real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1945-46.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Monrad Charles Wallgren (1891-1961) —
also known as Monrad C. Wallgren; Mon C.
Wallgren —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, April
17, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; jeweler;
optician;
U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1933-40; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1940-45; Governor of
Washington, 1945-49; chair, Federal Power Commission, 1950-51.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died, from injuries suffered in an automobile
accident, in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
18, 1961 (age 70 years, 154
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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Frank B. Warner (b. 1868) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
5, 1868.
Republican. Broker;
jeweler; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1907-08, 1911-12; member of Missouri
state senate 29th District, 1913-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Missouri Official Manual 1917 |
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William H. Wickham (1832-1893) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Smithtown, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30,
1832.
Democrat. Ticket agent for a steamship
company; diamond dealer; president of New-York Fire
Department, 1860; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1875-76; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1876.
Died, of heart
disease and Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1893 (age 60 years, 167
days).
Interment somewhere
in Smithtown, Long Island, N.Y.
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