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Ural Stebbins Acker (1879-1950) —
also known as Ural S. Acker —
of Cooper Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich., May 28,
1879.
Republican. Papermaker; deputy
sheriff; Kalamazoo
County Treasurer, 1919-22; Kalamazoo
County Clerk, 1925-28; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1939-50; died in office 1950.
Died June 18,
1950 (age 71 years, 21
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Acker and Marie (Thornton) Acker; married to Luella
Munger. |
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Robert Atcheson Alberts (b. 1872) —
also known as Robert A. Alberts —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., October
19, 1872.
Republican. President, C. B. Hewitt & Bros. paper and glue;
vice-president, Albowe Realty
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932;
delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Charles Alberts and Sarah Jane (Atcheson) Alberts; married,
November
27, 1913, to Grace Marshall. |
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David Minott Anderson (1855-1935) —
also known as David M. Anderson —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
9, 1855.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; bank
director; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in a hospital
at La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., February
10, 1935 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Irvin Neil Anderson (1923-2008) —
also known as Irvin N. Anderson; Irv
Anderson —
of International Falls, Koochiching
County, Minn.
Born in International Falls, Koochiching
County, Minn., June 18,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; paper
inspector; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1965-82, 1991-2006 (District 64
1965-66, District 64-B 1967-72, District 3-A 1973-82, 1991-2006); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1993-96; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1976.
Catholic.
Died in Mercy Hospital,
Coon Rapids, Anoka
County, Minn., November
17, 2008 (age 85 years, 152
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, International Falls, Minn.
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James Arkell (1829-1902) —
also known as "Father of the Paper Sack
Industry" —
of Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Oxford, England,
October
16, 1829.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; manufacturer and printer
of flour
bags, originally from cotton,
then when cotton became scarce during the Civil War, he innovated the
use of paper bags as a substitute for cotton; his inventions
received dozens of U.S. patents; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1884-85; in 1885, former General and
President Ulysses
S. Grant died at Arkell's summer home in Mt. McGregor.
Died in Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
11, 1902 (age 72 years, 299
days).
Interment at Canajoharie Falls Cemetery, Canajoharie, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Arkell and Mary (Carter) Arkell; married, July 23,
1853, to Sarah Hall Bartlett; father-in-law of Bernhard
Gillam. |
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Gordon Auchincloss (c.1887-1943) —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1887.
Lawyer;
assistant treasurer, Democratic National Committee, 1916; secretary
to his father-in-law, Col. Edward M. House, during negotiations of
the Armistice in 1918 and the Paris Peace Conference in 1919;
director, Chase National Bank and
International Paper Company; bankruptcy trustee and receiver.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, from Hodgkin's
disease, in the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1943 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Herbert Babbitt (1859-1931) —
also known as Fred H. Babbitt —
of Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., November
23, 1859.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Rockingham, 1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1931
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Vt.
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William D. Barnes (b. 1856) —
of Brainard, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., April 4,
1856.
Cotton
manufacturer; paper mill business; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1902-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Clifford Betz (b. 1877) —
also known as Eugene C. Betz —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Ash Township, Monroe
County, Mich., January
15, 1877.
Republican. School
teacher; Monroe
County Clerk, 1903-06; paper manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1945-54;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Near Monroe, Monroe County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip D. Betz and Eliza Betz; married to Matilda J. Knapp and
Margaret Hunter. |
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Charles Sumner Bird (1855-1927) —
of East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., 1855.
Progressive. Paper manufacturer; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1912, 1913.
Died October
9, 1927 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Justin De Witt Bowersock (1842-1922) —
also known as Justin D. Bowersock —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Columbiana, Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
19, 1842.
Republican. President, Lawrence National Bank,
Bowersock Mills and Power
Co., Kansas Water
Power Co., Lawrence Iron Works,
Lawrence Paper Manufacturing Co., Kansas and Colorado Railroad;
mayor
of Lawrence, Kan., 1881-85; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Kansas
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1899-1907.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., October
27, 1922 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Curtis Palmer Brown (1875-1968) —
also known as Curtis P. Brown —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.
Born in South Coventry, Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn., March 5,
1875.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Colchester, 1915-16, 1925-28;
member of Connecticut
state senate 20th District, 1931-36.
Died in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., November
5, 1968 (age 93 years, 245
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, East Haddam, Conn.
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John Wilson Cassingham (1840-1930) —
also known as John W. Cassingham —
of Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio.
Born in Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, June 22,
1840.
Democrat. Merchant;
coal mining
business; paper manufacturer; banker; Coshocton
County Auditor, 1880-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1901-05.
Died in Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, March
14, 1930 (age 89 years, 265
days).
Interment at South
Lawn Cemetery, Coshocton, Ohio.
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Person Colby Cheney (1828-1901) —
also known as Person C. Cheney —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Holderness (part now in Ashland), Grafton
County, N.H., February
25, 1828.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1853-54; served in the
Union Army during the Civil War; New Hampshire Railroad Commissioner,
1864-67; president, People's Savings Bank; mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1871-72; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1875-77; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1886-87; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1888;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1888-1900; U.S. Minister
to Switzerland, 1892-93.
Died in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., June 19,
1901 (age 73 years, 114
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Clarence Ambrose Clough (1883-1947) —
also known as Clarence A. Clough —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa., April 3,
1883.
Republican. Papermaking executive; mayor
of Englewood, N.J., 1940.
Died in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., February
24, 1947 (age 63 years, 327
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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Herbert R. Coffin (born c.1872) —
of Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1872.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor Locks, 1907-10;
defeated, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Andrew Cook (1849-1918) —
also known as Samuel A. Cook —
of Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Ontario,
January
28, 1849.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
mayor
of Neenah, Wis., 1889; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1891-92; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1895-97; president,
Alexandria Paper Company.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., April 4,
1918 (age 69 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wis.
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Zenas Crane (1777-1845) —
of Dalton, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 9,
1777.
Paper manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1820; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1836-37.
Died in Dalton, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 20,
1845 (age 68 years, 42
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Zenas Marshall Crane (1815-1887) —
also known as Z. M. Crane —
of Dalton, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Dalton, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
21, 1815.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1856-57; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1862-63.
Died March
12, 1887 (age 72 years, 50
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Zenas
Crane and Lucinda (Brewer) Crane; married, August
29, 1839, to Caroline E. Laflin; married to Louise F.
Laflin. |
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James Henry Roberts Cromwell (1896-1990) —
also known as James H. R. Cromwell —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; vice-president,
Peerless Motor Car
Company; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1940; president, Chemwood Corporation,
pulp and paper manufacturers.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Marine
Corps League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1990
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Day (b. 1831) —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in West Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
12, 1831.
Republican. Rubber goods
manufacturer; paper manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Seymour, 1874; member of Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1884-85; president, Seymour Electric
Light Company.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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John Alden Dix (1860-1928) —
also known as John A. Dix —
of Thomson, Washington
County, N.Y.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., December
25, 1860.
Democrat. Banker; lumber
business; paper manufacturer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1908; New York
Democratic state chair, 1910; Governor of
New York, 1911-12; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Died, from heart
disease, in Harbor Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1928 (age 67 years, 106
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Edgar Jared Doolittle (1845-1926) —
also known as Edgar J. Doolittle —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Hebron, Tolland
County, Conn., January
29, 1845.
Republican. Paper box manufacturer; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1882-86; member of Connecticut
state senate 6th District, 1887-88; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1912.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., March
30, 1926 (age 81 years, 60
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Timothy Edwards Ellsworth (b. 1836) —
also known as Timothy E. Ellsworth —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in East Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., September
21, 1836.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1874-78; member of New York
state senate, 1882-85, 1896-1902 (30th District 1882-85, 45th
District 1896-1902); president, National Exchange Bank;
vice-president, Niagara County National Bank;
director, Niagara Paper Mills; director, Hartford Paper
Company.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Woodard Emerson (1857-1924) —
also known as Louis W. Emerson —
of Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y., July 25,
1857.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; woollen
manufacturer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1888,
1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1890-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1899-1903.
Died in Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y., June 10,
1924 (age 66 years, 321
days).
Interment at Warrensburg
Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
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Robert Gray —
of Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Merchant;
cotton mill
business; paper manufacturer; mayor
of Winston, N.C., 1861-62.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Father of Eugene
E. Gray. |
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family of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. |
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Thomas Casey Greene (b. 1896) —
of Potowomut, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Cranford, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1896.
Republican. Paper box manufacturer; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956;
Rhode
Island Republican state chair, 1946-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Francis Greene and Margaret (Ladd) Greene; married, September
15, 1922, to Anne Buckley. |
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Fred B. Greenleaf (b. 1883) —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, August
15, 1883.
Republican. Engineer
for International Paper Co.; treasurer and manager, Greenleaf
Construction
Co.; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1923-29; member of Maine
state senate 4th District, 1929-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Greenleaf and Etta M. (Knight) Greenleaf; married, June 10,
1914, to Mary Margaret Jones; father of Laurie
Jones. |
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Charles B. Hays (1862-1958) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., November
15, 1862.
Democrat. Builder;
real
estate developer; paper manufacturer; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1912.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., May 31,
1958 (age 95 years, 197
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1889 to Luella
Phillips. |
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Gideon M. Hazen (1810-1880) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1810.
Merchant;
paper mill business; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1842.
Died in 1880
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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John M. Hurd (1832-1886) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., 1832.
Bookbinder;
paper bag manufacturer; wheelbarrow
manufacturer; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1869.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1886
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Hulan Edwin Jack (1906-1986) —
also known as Hulan E. Jack —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Lucia, December
29, 1906.
Democrat. Paper box manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-53, 1968-72 (New York County 17th District
1941-44, New York County 14th District 1945-53, 70th District
1968-72); defeated in primary, 1972; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1954-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1956;
indicted
in 1960 on charges
of conspiracy to obstruct
justice and violation of the City Charter, over acceptance
of $4,400 from a real estate developer; the indictment was
dismissed, but then reinstated on appeal; a trial,
in June and July 1960, resulted in a hung jury; at a second trial
was convicted;
his sentence
was suspended, but he was automatically removed from
office as Borough President; indicted
in 1970 on federal charges
of conspiracy and conflict
of interest; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to three months in prison,
and fined
$5,000.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1986 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Almira Wilkinson. |
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Edward Lawrence Katzenbach (1878-1934) —
also known as Edward L. Katzenbach —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
21, 1878.
Lawyer;
counsel for banks and
paper companies; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1924-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
18, 1934 (age 56 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Ralph Eugene Kronenwetter (1899-1950) —
also known as Ralph E. Kronenwetter —
of Mosinee, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Mosinee, Marathon
County, Wis., November
5, 1899.
Democrat. Paper mill foreman; candidate for Wisconsin
state assembly from Marathon County 1st District, 1938; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1948.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died in Mosinee, Marathon
County, Wis., May 6,
1950 (age 50 years, 182
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Michael Kronenwetter and Frances (Conniff) Kronenwetter;
married to Mildred Werner; grandson of Sebastian
Kronenwetter. |
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Stuart Douglas Lansing (1866-1927) —
also known as Stuart D. Lansing —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., November
21, 1866.
Republican. President, Bagley Sewall Co., manufacturers of
paper-making machines; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, from heart
disease, in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
3, 1927 (age 60 years, 286
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Edward Brooke Lee Jr. (1917-2004) —
also known as E. Brooke Lee, Jr. —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
25, 1917.
Real
estate developer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1944,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); marketing and accounting executive with Scott
Paper Company; candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1982; pleaded
guilty in July 1995 to misdemeanor child abuse after being charged
with fondling
a babysitter; reportedly fined
and given a suspended sentence; later settled a
civil suit against him by the babysitter's parents.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., August
20, 2004 (age 86 years, 300
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Frederick Luecke (1889-1952) —
also known as John Luecke —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich., July 4,
1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; paper mill
worker; secretary,
and president,
Local 209, International Brotherhood of Paper Makers; president,
Escanaba Trades and Labor Council; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1937-39; defeated,
1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich., March
21, 1952 (age 62 years, 261
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Escanaba, Mich.
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Henry Edmund Machold (1880-1967) —
also known as H. Edmund Machold —
of Ellisburg, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., July 5,
1880.
Republican. Dairy farmer; banker; utility
executive; member of New York
state assembly, 1912-24 (Jefferson County 1st District 1912-17,
Jefferson County 1918-24); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1921-24; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1924;
New York
Republican state chair, 1928-29; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; executive committee chairman, St. Regis
Paper Company.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Upstate Medical
Center, Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
6, 1967 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Ellisburg
Cemetery, Ellisburg, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Bernard P. Machold and Martha (Mehlman) Machold; married, November
14, 1900, to Jennie Ella Ward. |
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Frederic Rand Mann (1903-1987) —
also known as Frederic R. Mann —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Gomel, Russia (now Belarus),
September
13, 1903.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cardboard box
manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, 1967-69; philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur D. Markley (1832-1896) —
of Hatboro, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia, Lancaster
County, Pa., April
28, 1832.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1865-67; president, Perkiomen Railroad;
paper manufacturer; postmaster at Hatboro,
Pa., 1886-88; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1891-94.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died April
19, 1896 (age 63 years, 357
days).
Interment at Hatboro
Cemetery, Hatboro, Pa.
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Robert Rutherford McCormick (1880-1955) —
also known as Robert R. McCormick; Robert Sanderson
McCormick Jr.; "Colonel McCormick";
"Colonel McCosmic" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 30,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
longtime publisher, Chicago Tribune newspaper;
creator of the Tribune's paper manufacturing and aluminum
mining operations in Canada; president, Chicago Sanitary
Commission (which built the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
connecting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system); delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1940,
1948,
1952;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch
ancestry.
Died April 1,
1955 (age 74 years, 245
days).
Interment at Cantigny
Estate, Wheaton, Ill.
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George Wilson Mead (1871-1961) —
also known as George W. Mead —
of Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), Wood
County, Wis.; Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
22, 1871.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; banker; mayor
of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 1926-32; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Theta
Delta Chi; Union
League.
Died in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis., October
2, 1961 (age 90 years, 222
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
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Warner Miller (1838-1918) —
of Herkimer, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Oswego
County, N.Y., August
12, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; paper
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1872,
1892,
1896;
member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1879-81; resigned
1881; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1881-87.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
21, 1918 (age 79 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Herkimer, N.Y.
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Daniel Howe Newton (1827-1911) —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.; Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hubbardston, Worcester
County, Mass., June 22,
1827.
Paper mill business; Franklin
County Treasurer, 1862-65; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1869; president, Hoosac Tunnel &
Wilmington Railroad
Co., 1887-1905.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1911 (age 83 years, 331
days).
Interment at Green
River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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Paul Henry O'Neill (1935-2020) —
also known as Paul H. O'Neill —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
4, 1935.
Republican. Computer
systems analyst; president, International Paper Company,
1985-87; chairman and CEO of Alcoa Aluminum,
1987-99; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2001-02.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
18, 2020 (age 84 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Andrew Outterson (1858-1922) —
also known as James A. Outterson —
of Carthage, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., October
18, 1858.
Paper manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1902-03;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 6,
1922 (age 63 years, 200
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Carthage, N.Y.
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Rufus L. Patterson —
of Salem (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Banker;
owned a combined cotton, flour and
paper mill; mayor
of Salem, N.C., 1875-76.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Louis Frisbie Payn (1835-1923) —
also known as Louis F. Payn —
of Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Ghent, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
27, 1835.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; founder of the Chatham
Republican newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
New York State Insurance Commissioner, 1897-1900.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., March
19, 1923 (age 88 years, 51
days).
Interment at Chatham
Rural Cemetery, Chatham, N.Y.
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Henry J. Pierson (b. 1872) —
of Lititz, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, N.J., August
1, 1872.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1933-40.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis J. Powers (1837-1915) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., January
15, 1837.
Paper manufacturer; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1879-80.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., September
15, 1915 (age 78 years, 243
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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John W. Purtill Jr. (born c.1889) —
of South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1889.
Democrat. Paper manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Glastonbury, 1919-20;
defeated, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Lace Quirk (1818-1910) —
also known as Daniel L. Quirk —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.; Sterling, Whiteside
County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Isle of
Man, June 15,
1818.
Democrat. Wayne
County Auditor, 1852-54; postmaster at Belleville,
Mich., 1853-54; hotelier;
co-founder and later president, First National Bank of
Ypsilanti, the first national bank incorporated in Washtenaw County;
he and others organized the Ypsilanti Woolen
Manufacturing Company, which later became the Ypsilanti Underwear
Company; founder and president, Peninsular Paper Company; railroad
builder.
Manx
ancestry.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
3, 1910 (age 92 years, 171
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Daniel Trowbridge Quirk (1903-1969) —
also known as Daniel T. Quirk; Dan T.
Quirk —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 8,
1903.
President and treasurer, Peninsular Paper Company; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1947-53.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died October
21, 1969 (age 66 years, 135
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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John Reid (1857-1922) —
of Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y., September
5, 1857.
Republican. Paper box manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bethel, 1915-16.
Died in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
16, 1922 (age 65 years, 72
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Parsons) Reid and Hugh Sands Reid; married, June 27,
1908, to Mabel V. Underhill. |
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J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Germany,
October
26, 1868.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; meat
merchant; real estate
business; president, Lansing Ice and
Fuel; vice-president, Weissinger Paper Co.; mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1912-18; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Struck
by a car, badly injured, and died two weeks later, in a hospital
at Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
20, 1954 (age 85 years, 359
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Alexander C. Robertson (born c.1850) —
of Montville, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Greeneville, Norwich, New London
County, Conn., about 1850.
Democrat. Paper manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1875, 1889; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888;
member of Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1891-94; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Lawson Rose (1804-1877) —
of New York.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., October
2, 1804.
Whig. Farmer;
paper manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1847-51.
Died in Pleasant Grove, Washington
County, Md., March
14, 1877 (age 72 years, 163
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.
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Jedediah Sanger (1751-1829) —
of Jaffrey, Cheshire
County, N.H.; Whitestown, Herkimer County (part now in New
Hartford, Oneida
County), N.Y.; New Hartford, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Sherborn, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
28, 1751.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; farmer; tavern
keeper; paper mill business; member of New York
state assembly, 1793-95 (Herkimer County 1793-94, Herkimer and
Onondaga counties 1794-95); member of New York
state senate Western District, 1796-1804.
Died June 6,
1829 (age 78 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George John Schneider (1877-1939) —
also known as George J. Schneider —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.
Born in Grand Chute, Outagamie
County, Wis., October
30, 1877.
Republican. Papermaker; second
vice-president, International Brotherhood of Paper Makers; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1923-33, 1935-39 (9th District
1923-33, 8th District 1935-39); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1924.
Died while attending a labor
meeting in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, March
12, 1939 (age 61 years, 133
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Appleton, Wis.
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Carmi Reddick Smith (1862-1939) —
also known as Carmi R. Smith —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Girard, Branch
County, Mich., May 19,
1862.
Republican. Supplier of straw and pulp for paper mills; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1898; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1903, 1912-13; resigned 1903; defeated, 1913;
postmaster at Niles,
Mich., 1903-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1939
(age about
77 years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Mahlon A. Smith and Louise (Reddick) Smith; married 1890 to Mary
E. Stafford. |
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George Spafford (c.1794-1849) —
of Windham, Windham
County, Conn.
Born about 1794.
Papermaker; banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham, 1826, 1832; member
of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1834, 1838.
Died in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., November
5, 1849 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Stewart (1836-1903) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., April 9,
1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; paper
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1891-93.
Died in Stewarton, Fayette
County, Pa., November
9, 1903 (age 67 years, 214
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
also known as William H. H. Stowell —
of Burkeville, Nottoway
County, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in West Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp Co., Atlas
Paper Co., Duluth Iron and
Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Thaddeus Campbell Sweet (1872-1928) —
also known as Thaddeus C. Sweet —
of Phoenix, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Phoenix, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
16, 1872.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1910-20; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1914-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1916,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1923-28; died in
office 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died as result of an airplane
accident in Whitney Point, Broome
County, N.Y., May 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 167
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Phoenix, N.Y.
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Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) —
also known as Henry J. Taylor —
of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1902.
Republican. Pulp and paper industry; trustee, Manhattan
Savings Bank;
director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel;
author;
newspaper
correspondent; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander P. Tutton (c.1823-1909) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1823.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1876-80; manufacturer of paper mill machinery.
Died February
12, 1909 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell (1852-1904) —
also known as Cassius M. C. Twitchell —
of Milan, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Milan, Coos
County, N.H., October
12, 1852.
Lumberman;
bank
director; director, Brompton Pulp and Paper Mills; part
owner, Cascade Light and
Power Company; member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1901-02.
Died in Milan, Coos
County, N.H., June 9,
1904 (age 51 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ebenezer William Walbridge (1779-1856) —
also known as Ebenezer W. Walbridge —
of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., October
28, 1779.
Lawyer;
banker;
paper mill business; village
president of Lansingburgh, New York, 1809-10, 1838; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1816-17, 1819-20.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March
23, 1856 (age 76 years, 147
days).
Interment at Troy
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Charles E. Welling (b. 1823) —
of North Bennington, Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in New York, October
16, 1823.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bennington, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Armstrong Wilson (b. 1862) —
also known as Edward A. Wilson —
of Absecon, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 2,
1862.
Paper bag manufacturer; mayor, Absecon, N.J.; member of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1908-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles B. Wing (1853-1923) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
22, 1853.
Republican. Paper manufacturer; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896.
Member, Elks.
Died in Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 12,
1923 (age 70 years, 20
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Charles Augustus Woodcock (1875-1923) —
also known as Charles A. Woodcock —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in North Argyle, Washington
County, N.Y., July 27,
1875.
Progressive. Paper mill manager; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
March
18, 1923 (age 47 years, 234
days).
Original interment at Cimetière Mont-Royal, Outremont, Montreal, Quebec;
reinterment at Glens
Falls Cemetery, Glens Falls, N.Y.
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James David Zellerbach (1892-1963) —
also known as J. D. Zellerbach —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
17, 1892.
Executive vice president and director of Crown Zellerbach
Corporation, manufacturers of paper products; director Wells
Fargo Bank and
Union Trust
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1956-60.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
3, 1963 (age 71 years, 198
days).
Interment at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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