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Charles Thomas Aikens (b. 1862) —
also known as Charles T. Aikens —
of Pine Grove, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa.
Born in Siglerville, Mifflin
County, Pa., December
14, 1862.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Susquehanna University, 1905-27; president, Selinsgrove Realty
Co.; vice-president and treasurer, Nittany Real
Estate Co.; director, First National Bank of
Selinsgrove; director, Sunbury and Selinsgrove Electric
Railroad; director, Nittany Light, Heat
& Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens; married,
November
26, 1889, to Athalia Clara Gitt; married, February
3, 1915, to Carrie (Specht) Smith. |
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Idaho City, Boise
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho Territory, 1880
(not seated); delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
director, Roger Williams Bank;
president, First National Bank of
Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad;
organizer and president, United Traction and Electric
Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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John Peckworth Allmond (1835-1912) —
also known as John P. Allmond —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Brandywine (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., May 6,
1835.
Democrat. Grocer; bank
director; brick-making
business; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1878-82; vice-president, Peoples Railway Co.
(Peoples Trolley), 1901-12.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
24, 1912 (age 76 years, 323
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Theron Wilson Atwood (1854-1917) —
also known as Theron W. Atwood —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in White Oak, Ingham
County, Mich., January
3, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-94; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1896,
1912;
member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1899-1902; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 21st District,
1907-08; instrumental in building an electric railroad
connecting Jackson, Lansing, and Owosso.
Died, from pneumonia
and complications of appendicitis,
in Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., September
27, 1917 (age 63 years, 267
days).
Entombed at Indianfields
Township Cemetery, Caro, Mich.
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Joel Clarke Baker (1838-1904) —
also known as Joel C. Baker —
of Danby, Rutland
County, Vt.; Wallingford, Rutland
County, Vt.; Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Danby, Rutland
County, Vt., April
16, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; director, Rutland National Bank;
director, Rutland Street Railway Company; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1886.
Episcopalian.
Died in Rutland
County, Vt., 1904
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Simon Bamberger (1846-1926) —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Darmstadt, Germany,
February
27, 1846.
Democrat. Coal
business; hotel
owner; director and treasurer Bamberger Electric Railway;
member of Utah
state senate, 1903-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Utah, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1924;
Governor
of Utah, 1917-21.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died October
6, 1926 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at B'nai
Israel Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Louis Victor Baughman (1845-1906) —
also known as L. Victor Baughman; "Little Napoleon of
Western Maryland" —
of Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April
11, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; farmer; horseman;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1888;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1886; Maryland
state comptroller, 1888-92; president, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company; president, Frederick, Northern & Gettysburg Electric
Railway Company.
Died near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
30, 1906 (age 61 years, 233
days).
Interment at St.
John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Baughman and Mary Jane (Jamison) Baughman; married 1881 to Helen
Abell. |
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memorial |
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Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) —
also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery
Field —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
23, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
broker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1905-06; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers
and Merchants Bank;
president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway Co.; officer
of gas
and electric utilities.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 24,
1942 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Henry Alfred Bishop (1860-1934) —
also known as Henry A. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
4, 1860.
Democrat. Ticket agent, purchasing agent, and superintendent of
several railroads;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912
(alternate); candidate for secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1888; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1904; president, Clapp Fire Resisting
Paint Co., Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Power
Co., and Reed Carpet
Co.; vice-president, Brady Brass Co.,
Pacific Iron
Works, Connecticut National Bank, and
Consolidated Telephone
Co.; director, Westchester Street Railway Co., Western Union
Telegraph
Co.; director, Bridgeport Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Psi
Upsilon; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
22, 1934 (age 73 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Herbert Porter Bissell (1856-1919) —
also known as Herbert P. Bissell —
of East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
30, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1901; vice-president, Niagara Gorge Railroad;
also counsel to the Buffalo Traction Co.; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1912-19; died in office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar.
While presiding at a trial, in court,
in the Niagara County
Courthouse, he suffered a heart
attack and died, in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., April
30, 1919 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, East Aurora, N.Y.
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Abel Edward Blackmar (1852-1931) —
also known as Abel E. Blackmar —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., August
21, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated (Citizens
Judiciary), 1906; appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Division
of the New York Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, Interborough
Rapid Transit Company, 1922-31.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
14, 1931 (age 78 years, 177
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Francis Brown (1844-1929) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
12, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1874, 1880-82; Orange
County District Attorney, 1875-77; Orange
County Judge, 1878-82; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-96; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1889-92; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1893-96;
general counsel, Metropolitan Street Railway Co., 1897-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from an intestinal
malady, in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., June 19,
1929 (age 84 years, 280
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Brown (1846-1920) —
also known as "Farmer Frank" —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Sykesville, Carroll
County, Md., August
8, 1846.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1876-78; postmaster at Baltimore,
Md., 1886-90; Governor of
Maryland, 1892-96; president, Baltimore Street Railway
Lines.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
3, 1920 (age 73 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Jefferson Beale Browne (b. 1857) —
also known as Jefferson B. Browne —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June 6,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1879; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1888;
member of Florida
state senate, 1891-95; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1893-97; receiver, Key West Electric
Light and Street Car Co., 1898; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1904-08; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Florida; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1917-25; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1917-23; circuit judge in
Florida, 1925.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction Company, 1916-17; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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John Levi Cable (1884-1971) —
also known as John L. Cable —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Lima Telephone
and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone
Co., Lima Toledo Railroad,
Lima City Street Railway Co.; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;
defeated, 1912; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Grange;
Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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Maro Spaulding Chapman (1839-1907) —
also known as Maro S. Chapman —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postal
envelope manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1885-86; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Connecticut.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Instrumental in the establishment of the Hartford, Manchester,
Rockville Tramway Co. in 1895.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 2,
1907 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman; married 1861 to Lucy
Woodbridge; married 1871 to Helen
Robbins. |
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Thomas Perkins Cheney (b. 1891) —
also known as Thomas P. Cheney —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H., August
17, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
trustee, Laconia State Bank;
director, Peoples National Bank of
Laconia; director, Public
Service Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia Street
Railway; Belknap
County Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married, September
7, 1917, to Ella M. Wardner. |
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Stephen Fannin Chipley (1838-1898) —
also known as S. F. Chipley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., 1838.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; banker;
superintendent, Pensacola Street Railway; Vice-Consul
for Russia in Pensacola,
Fla., 1895-98.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., November
22, 1898 (age about 60
years).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Charles Hull Clark (b. 1832) —
also known as Charles H. Clark —
of Milldale, Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., October
23, 1832.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; nut and bolt
manufacturer; banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Southington, 1895-96,
1899-1900, 1905-06; president, Waterbury and Milldale Tramway
Company, 1907.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Sheridan J. Colby (1864-1909) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Woodhull Township, Shiawassee
County, Mich., December
2, 1864.
Republican. Streetcar conductor; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1904, 1907-09; died in office 1909.
Died May 19,
1909 (age 44 years, 168
days).
Interment somewhere
in Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Colby; married, August
3, 1893, to Eva Mitte. |
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William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) —
also known as William A. Comstock; Bill
Comstock —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., July 2,
1877.
Democrat. Builder and operator of electric railways,
1899-1922; president, State Savings Bank
(Alpena), 1906-09; real estate
business; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1914; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1914-16; defeated, 1913, 1925;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1924-30; Governor of
Michigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 16,
1949 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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John Connelly (b. 1857) —
also known as "Honest John" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ireland,
April
10, 1857.
Democrat. Plumber;
elevated railroad ticket agent; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1888-92;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1894.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Times, October 21, 1894 |
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George Redfield Curtis (1825-1893) —
also known as George R. Curtis —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., December
25, 1825.
School
teacher; treasurer, Meriden Britania
Company; president, Meriden Silver Plate
Company, the Meridan Horse Railroad Company, and the Meriden
Gas
Light Company; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1880-81.
Episcopalian.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., May 20,
1893 (age 67 years, 146
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Asahel Curtis and Mehitable (Redfield) Curtis; married, May 22,
1855, to Augusta Munson. |
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memorial |
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Connecticut (1908) |
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George Willets Davison (b. 1872) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
25, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Queens
County District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, Central Trust Co.;
director, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., New York Municipal Railways
Co., Third Avenue Railway
Co., Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Co., American Eagle Fire
Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison; married, April
24, 1895, to Harriet R. Baldwin. |
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Claude Ivan Dawson (b. 1877) —
also known as Claude I. Dawson —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, October
23, 1877.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; worked in
treasury department of Philippine Islands government, 1898-1904;
secretary of a traction company in South Carolina, 1904-08;
U.S. Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1910-12; Valencia, 1912-15; Tampico, 1915-19; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, as of 1922-24; Stockholm, as of 1926; Rio de Janeiro, as of 1927-31; Barcelona, as of 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Harrington Deavitt (b. 1871) —
also known as Edward H. Deavitt —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Moretown, Washington
County, Vt., December
1, 1871.
Lawyer;
director, Barre and Montpelier Power
and Traction Co.; treasurer, Capital City Gas Co.;
Vermont
state treasurer, 1906-15.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Deavitt (b. 1840) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
17, 1840.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; director, Barre
and Montpelier Power
and Traction Co.
Burial location unknown.
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John Dykstra (1875-1959) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., January
16, 1875.
Republican. Street railway motorman; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Muskegon County 1st District,
1927-34; defeated, 1934, 1936; Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1940, 1951 (primary).
Died in 1959
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Bowman Elder (1888-1954) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 4,
1888.
Democrat. Real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1916,
1932,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; treasurer of
Indiana Democratic Party, 1924-26; treasurer, Indiana Office Furniture
Co., 1929-35; receiver who liquidated Indiana's interurban
railways, 1933-40; Consular
Agent for France in Indianapolis,
Ind., 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Zeta
Psi.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 10,
1954 (age 66 years, 98
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Charles Miller Floyd (1861-1923) —
also known as Charles M. Floyd —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Derry, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 5,
1861.
Republican. Clothing
business; director of banks, lumber
companies, and the Manchester Traction, Light &
Power Company; member of New
Hampshire state senate 17th District, 1899-1900; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1904; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1923 (age 61 years, 243
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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John Robert Foley (1917-2001) —
also known as John R. Foley —
of Maryland.
Born in Wabasha, Wabasha
County, Minn., October
16, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
orphan's court judge in Maryland, 1954-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1959-61; defeated,
1960, 1962.
Catholic.
Sponsored legislation to authorize the interstate compact to build
the Metrorail transit system in the Washington, D.C. area.
Died, of cardiac
arrest, in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., November
11, 2001 (age 84 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herman Arod Gager (1859-1923) —
also known as Herman A. Gager —
of Franklin, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Franklin, New London
County, Conn., October
16, 1859.
Republican. Carpenter;
electrician
for Shore Line Trolley Co.; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Franklin, 1919-20.
Died in Franklin, New London
County, Conn., January
28, 1923 (age 63 years, 104
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Hawkins Gager and Rosamond Maranda (Robinson) Gager;
married 1879 to Ella
Esther Parker; first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
R. Gager; first cousin four times removed of Samuel
Gager; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold and Samuel
Austin Gager; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington and Simeon
Baldwin; second cousin five times removed of Waightstill
Avery; third cousin once removed of George
Leffingwell Reed; third cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Zina
Hyde Jr., Albert
Haller Tracy and Harrison
Blodget; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Ebenezer
Huntington, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Eleazer
Pomeroy, Daniel
Packer, Roger
Sherman Baldwin and Asa
Packer; fourth cousin of Harry
Andrews Gager; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Hale Sill, Frederick
William Lord, John
Leslie Russell, Theodore
Sill, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Kingsbury, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Walter
Harrison Blodget and Daniel
Eleazer Pomeroy. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Elizur Stillman Goodrich (1834-1926) —
also known as Elizur S. Goodrich —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
28, 1834.
Republican. President, Hartford Street Railway Company; member
of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1895-96; member
of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1897-1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died June 1,
1926 (age 91 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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William Alexander Green (born c.1893) —
also known as William A. Green —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; East Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., about 1893.
Democrat. Trolley conductor; building
contractor; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haven, 1930, 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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William Walton Griest (1858-1929) —
also known as William W. Griest —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Christiana, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
22, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; president of electric railways and lighting
companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1909-29 (9th District 1909-23,
10th District 1923-29); died in office 1929.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., December
5, 1929 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Interment at Woodward
Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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Henry Allyn Haigh (1854-1942) —
also known as Henry A. Haigh —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of William
L. Carpenter, Flavius
L. Brooke, and John
Atkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and construction
of electric railways, and officer for several railroad
companies; director of the Alpena Power
Company; stockholder and director of the Peninsular Savings Bank;
director and counsel of Continental Casualty insurance
company; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Historical Association; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1942 (age 88 years, 64
days).
Interment at Northview
Cemetery, Dearborn, Mich.
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Henry Miller Hammond (1874-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Hammond —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1874.
Republican. Streetcar conductor; building
materials business; postmaster at Alameda,
Calif., 1916, 1921-34 (acting, 1916).
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Killed in an automobile
accident in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
10, 1941 (age 66 years, 309
days). His wife was injured in the crash, and died the next day.
Cremated.
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Benjamin Sawtelle Hanchett (1868-1933) —
also known as Benjamin S. Hanchett —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
1, 1868.
Republican. President and general manager, Grand Rapids Traction
System; built and led the Grand Rapids, Holland, and Lake
Michigan interurban railway; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1911-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1916
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in 1933
(age about
64 years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Graceland
Memorial Park, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928) —
also known as George Harvey —
of Deal, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., February
16, 1864.
Newspaper
reporter; New Jersey Insurance Commissioner, 1890-91; builder and
president of electric railroads, 1894-98; editor and
publisher, North American Review and Harper's
Weekly; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1921-23.
Died, from a heart
attack and asthma,
in Dublin, Cheshire
County, N.H., August
20, 1928 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Peacham
Cemetery, Peacham, Vt.
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Joshua Taylor Heald (1821-1887) —
also known as Joshua T. Heald —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., May 26,
1821.
Republican. Bookbinder;
real
estate developer; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Delaware, 1860,
1868;
President of the Wilmington City Railway Company, which built the
city's first trolley line; later, he was president of the
Wilmington and Western Railroad;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Delaware, 1870.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 23,
1887 (age 66 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Joseph Hogan (1877-1944) —
also known as Frank J. Hogan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Capital Traction Company; general counsel,
Riggs National Bank;
attorney for Albert
B. Fall, Edward
L. Doheny during the Teapot Dome trials; delegate to Republican
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; member, Resolutions
Committee); president, American Bar Association, 1938-39.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1944 (age 67 years, 124
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice E. Hogan and Mary (McSwiney) Hogan; married 1899 to Mary
Cecile Adair; first cousin of James
Francis Byrnes. |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 11,
1935 |
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Citizens Title
and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927) —
also known as Henry E. Huntington —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
27, 1850.
Republican. Owned and expanded the streetcar and trolley
system in Southern California; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from kidney
disease and pneumonia,
in Lankenau Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 23,
1927 (age 77 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Solon Huntington and Harriet (Saunders) Huntington; married 1873 to Mary
Alice Prentice; married 1913 to
Arabella Duval 'Belle' (Yarrington) Huntington. |
| | | The city
of Huntington
Beach, California, is named for
him. — The city
of Huntington
Park, California, is named for
him. — Huntington Lake,
in Fresno
County, California, is named for
him. — The Huntington Hotel
(built 1907 as Hotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as the
Huntington Hotel; demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntington
hotel) in Pasadena,
California, is named for
him. — The Huntington Library,
Art
Museum, and Botanical
Gardens, on his former estate, in San
Marino, California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1961) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William H. Jones (b. 1855) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
28, 1855.
Republican. Shoe
merchant; streetcar conductor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1889 to Ida L.
Gray. |
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Charles H. Judd (1900-1973) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born near Lake Beulah, Walworth
County, Wis., May 11,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; electric
railroad worker; salesman;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 8th District, 1939-40.
Died March
16, 1973 (age 72 years, 309
days).
Interment at Oak Knoll Cemetery, Mukwonago, Wis.
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John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) —
also known as John B. Kimberly —
of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1855.
Republican. Merchant;
hotel
owner; steamship
agent; postmaster;
director of banks and
electric railways; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly; married, October
28, 1888, to Leonora V. Allen. |
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Frederick Palmer Latimer (b. 1875) —
of Groton, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Montville, New London
County, Conn., November
13, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Groton, 1907-08; secretary,
New London and East Lyme street railway.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph S. Latimer and Arabella (Palmer) Latimer; married 1901 to Grace
Hamilton. |
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Charles Freeman Libby (1844-1915) —
also known as Charles F. Libby —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Limerick, York
County, Maine, January
31, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1882-83; member of Maine
state senate, 1889-92; counsel, director, president, Portland
Street Railway; also involved with steamship
companies.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 3,
1915 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Jesse Felt Libby (1857-1936) —
also known as Jesse F. Libby —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood, Oxford
County, Maine, February
12, 1857.
School
principal; lawyer; real estate
business; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Company
and Cascade Light and
Power Company; director, president, Lancaster and Jefferson Electric
Light Company; director, Gorham National Bank;
promoter, director, Berlin Street Railway; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1936
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Evans Cemetery, Gorham, N.H.
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Alfred Henry Littlefield (1829-1893) —
also known as Alfred H. Littlefield —
of Lincoln, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Scituate, Providence
County, R.I., April 2,
1829.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; thread and
yarn
manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1876-77; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1878-79; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1880-83; president, First National Bank of
Pawtucket; president, Pawtucket Gas
Company; president, Pawtucket Street Railway.
Died in Central Falls, Providence
County, R.I., December
21, 1893 (age 64 years, 263
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Joseph Edwin Lowes (1848-1905) —
also known as Joseph E. Lowes —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born near Brantford, Ontario,
July
25, 1848.
Republican. Physician;
president, Dayton Lighting
Company; led the building of streetcar lines around Dayton;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896
(alternate), 1900,
1904.
English
ancestry.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 24,
1905 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Entombed at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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George E. Macomber (b. 1853) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 6,
1853.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1886-89; built first
electric railway in Maine, 1890; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Maine
state senate, 1900; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1928
(Convention
Vice-President).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick William Magrady (1863-1954) —
also known as Frederick W. Magrady —
of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
24, 1863.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
vice-president, Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Transit Co.; director
and solicitor for First National Bank of
Mt. Carmel; director, Mt. Carmel Water
Co.; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1925-33.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., August
27, 1954 (age 90 years, 276
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
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Vincent Albert Martin (1870-1951) —
also known as Vincent A. Martin —
of Fruitport, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., February
17, 1870.
Republican. Train master of the Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and
Muskegon electric railway; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1917-18, 1925-28; defeated in
primary, 1922, 1940; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Muskegon
County 2nd District, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., September
22, 1951 (age 81 years, 217
days).
Interment at Ottawa Center Cemetery, Coopersville, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of George S. Martin and Harriet E. (Phelps) Martin; married to Sarah
E. Smith; married 1919 to Mary
Augusta (Neuman) Kinney; married 1934 to Addie
L. (Carter) Robinson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Hopkins Mason (b. 1870) —
also known as Edward H. Mason —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
16, 1870.
President, Cali Tramway Company; U.S. Consular Agent in Cali, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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William Brown McKinley (1856-1926) —
also known as William B. McKinley —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Petersburg, Menard
County, Ill., September
5, 1856.
Republican. Banker; electric
utility and street railway executive; University
of Illinois trustee, 1903-05; resigned 1905; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1905-13, 1915-21;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1916,
1924
(chair, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1921-26; died in office 1926.
Died December
7, 1926 (age 70 years, 93
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Ill.
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Malcolm J. McLeod (b. 1868) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Huron County, Ontario,
January
22, 1868.
Republican. Streetcar conductor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900; Michigan labor commissioner, 1905-07; foundry
business; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Michigan
District, 1909.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John McLeod and Flora (McKinnon) McLeod; married, May 19,
1890, to Christina Darvux. |
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William Larimer Mellon (1868-1949) —
also known as William L. Mellon; W. L.
Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 1,
1868.
Republican. President, Monongahela Street Railway;
vice-president, National Union Fire
Insurance Company; vice-president, Mellon National Bank and
Trust; founder and chairman, Gulf Oil
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1926-28.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
8, 1949 (age 81 years, 129
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Moody Merrill —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of a street railway; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1890.
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Newhall (1850-1923) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
24, 1850.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; shoe
manufacturer; president, Lynn Street Railway Company;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95, 1906-08, 1923
(Seventeenth Essex District 1894-95, Twelfth Essex District 1906-08,
Fourteenth Essex District 1923); died in office 1923; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1913-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., November
4, 1923 (age 73 years, 11
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Benjamin Barker Odell Jr. (1854-1926) —
also known as Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., January
14, 1854.
Republican. Ice
business; president, Newburgh Electric
Light Co.; treasurer, Central Hudson Steamboat
Co.; president Orange County Traction Co.; banker;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1884-96; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1924;
New York
Republican state chair, 1898-1900, 1904-06; Governor of
New York, 1901-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., May 9,
1926 (age 72 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Payne —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
23, 1843.
Republican. Postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1876-85; president, Wisconsin Telephone
Company; president, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
Company; president, American Street Railway Association;
receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad;
member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Horace Garvin Platt (1852-1910) —
also known as Horace G. Platt —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; orator;
member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1881-83; Vice-Consul
for Russia in San
Francisco, Calif., 1892-1903; president of a San Francisco
streetcar line.
Died, in Adler Sanatorium,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
29, 1910 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Henry Samuel Priest (1853-1930) —
also known as Henry S. Priest —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Ralls
County, Mo., February
7, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel for railroad
and streetcar companies; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1894-95;
resigned 1895; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1920; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1924.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in St.
Louis, Mo., July 9,
1930 (age 77 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Mo.
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Edward Hughes Randolph (b. 1858) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Bossier
Parish, La., March
12, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and general attorney, Louisiana Railway
and Navigation
Co.; director and attorney, Houston & Shreveport Railway;
divisional counsel, Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway;
general counsel, Shreveport Traction Co.; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1884; member of Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee, 1895-96; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1910-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward G. Randolph and Mary E. (Thompson) Randolph; married, October
14, 1884, to Annie M. Jeffries; married, July 22,
1911, to Mary Rose Youree. |
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Frank James Rice (1869-1917) —
also known as Frank J. Rice —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
5, 1869.
Republican. Streetcar conductor; grocer; real estate
business; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Redmen;
Order
of Heptasophs; Knights
of Pythias; Union
League.
Died January
18, 1917 (age 47 years, 348
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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John S. Rilling (b. 1860) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Millcreek Township, Erie
County, Pa., July 22,
1860.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1894; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1904
(alternate); one of the organizers and directors of the Conneaut and
Erie Traction Company; president of St. Vincent Hospital.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Rilling and Elizabeth (Ackerman) Rilling; married, October
20, 1887, to Stella Armstrong. |
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Richard Brevard Russell (1861-1938) —
also known as Richard B. Russell —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Russell, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., April
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter; newspaper
editor; president, Hoschton Telephone
Co.; organizer, Athens Street Railway Co.; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-88; circuit judge in
Georgia, 1898-1906; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1906; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1907-16; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1923-38; died in office 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died December
3, 1938 (age 77 years, 220
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.
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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) —
also known as Thomas F. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson
County, Va.
Born in Lovingston, Nelson
County, Va., October
17, 1851.
Democrat. Financier;
organizer and consolidator of streetcar companies in New York
City; owned controlling interest in Equitable Life
Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco
Company; engaged in mining
development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1928 (age 77 years, 37
days).
Entombed at Oak
Ridge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va.
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Edmund William Samuel (1857-1930) —
also known as Edmund W. Samuel —
of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales,
November
27, 1857.
Republican. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1905-07;
president and general manager, Shamokin-Mount Carmel Transit
Company, 1908-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Mt. Carmel, Northumberland
County, Pa., March 7,
1930 (age 72 years, 100
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
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Clarence J. Shearn (c.1870-1953) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Leeds, Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., about 1870.
Lawyer;
counsel and political associate to William
Randolph Hearst; counsel for Brooklyn Manhattan Transit, now part
of the New York City subway system; Independence League
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1908; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1915-19; defeated, 1911;
appointed 1915; resigned 1919; Justice of the Appellate Division of
the New York Supreme Court, 1918-19; commissioner for Gov. Alfred
E. Smith in a 1928 investigation of sewer graft in the borough of
Queens, New York City, which resulted in the conviction of Maurice
E. Connolly.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1953 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Albert Arnold Sprague (1874-1946) —
also known as Albert A. Sprague —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 13,
1874.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman,
Consolidated Grocers
Corporation; director, Continental Illinois National Bank and
Trust, International Harvester
Co., Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
and other companies; receiver and co-trustee, Chicago Rapid
Transit; Chicago commissioner of public works, 1923-27, 1931-33;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 6,
1946 (age 71 years, 328
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) —
also known as Adolph B. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
5, 1857.
Republican. President, Spreckels Sugar
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1884;
angered by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, on
November 19, 1884, he shot
and badly wounded the paper's publisher, M.
H. de Young; arrested
and charged
with attempted
murder; pleaded temporary insanity; tried in
1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San Mateo
Electric Railway; vice-president, Western Sugar
Company; vice-president, Oceanic Steamship
Company.
German
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia
and syphilis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., June 28,
1924 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of John
Diedrich Spreckels; married to Alma de
Bretteville. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | Spreckels Lake,
in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship
Company; president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de
Coronado, the San Diego Electric Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German
ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | The Spreckels Theatre,
in San
Diego, California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park,
in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frank Maxmillian Steinhart (1864-1938) —
also known as Frank Steinhart —
of Havana (La Habana), Cuba.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
May
12, 1864.
Republican. U.S. Consul General in Havana, 1903-07; president and general manager, Havana
Electric Railways, Light and
Power Company.
Died in 1938
(age about
74 years).
Entombed at Necropolis
Cristobal Colon, La Habana, Cuba.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon Steinhart and Regina (Levinger) Steinhart; married, February
8, 1890, to Alice Florence Ledden. |
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Harry Clay Trexler (1854-1933) —
also known as Harry C. Trexler —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Lumber
business; cement
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904;
director of electric railroads, telephone
companies, and electric
utilities.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Union
League.
Badly injured when his car
collided with an oil truck on the William Penn Highway, and died
the next day in Easton Hospital,
Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., November
17, 1933 (age 79 years, 214
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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Vincent Tuero (1881-1953) —
also known as Vicente Sifuentes Tuero —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Durango,
January
26, 1881.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; streetcar conductor; financial
secretary and Treasurer,
Street Carmen's Union; candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1918; during a
railway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train line
was dynamited,
wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Tuero and
others were indicted
in federal court for conspiring to steal, transport, and place the
dynamite; a trial
was held in January 1926, but the charges against Tuero were
dismissed by the judge at the end of the prosecution's case.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Laurelwood Rest
Home, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 9,
1953 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment somewhere
in San Antonio, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Mariano Tuero and Dolores (Sifuentes) Tuero. |
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Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) —
also known as Theodore N. Vail —
of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 16,
1845.
Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,
1876-79; president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell
Labs; built an electric railway system in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 1890-1904; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from kidney
and cardiac
complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April
16, 1920 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Vail
Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) —
also known as Adoniram J. Warner —
of Ohio.
Born in Wales, Erie
County, N.Y., January
13, 1834.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1879-81, 1883-87 (13th District
1879-81, 15th District 1883-85, 17th District 1885-87); defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
engaged in street railway construction in Washington, D.C.,
and railroad
construction in Ohio; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
12, 1910 (age 76 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Erastus Wells (1823-1893) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
2, 1823.
Democrat. Street railway business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1869-77, 1879-81 (1st District
1869-73, 2nd District 1873-77, 1879-81); defeated, 1876.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
2, 1893 (age 69 years, 304
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Rolla Wells (1856-1944) —
also known as Rollo Wells —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 1,
1856.
Democrat. Foundry
business; general manager and receiver of street railways;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1901-09; governor, Federal Reserve Bank of
St. Louis, 1914-19.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
30, 1944 (age 88 years, 182
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Arthur H. Wicks (1887-1985) —
also known as A. H. Wicks —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Lake Katrine, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1887.
Republican. Worked in piano
manufacturing business; employed in the engineering department of
the New York City Board of Water
Supply, and then in construction of subways; owner and
operator of steam
laundry in Kingston; director, Governor Clinton Hotel;
member of New York
state senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District
1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956;
resigned
in November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting Lieutenant
Governor, while under threat
of ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convicted extortionist
and labor leader Joseph S. Fay.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Lake Katrine, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
18, 1985 (age 97 years, 56
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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George Wood Wingate (1840-1928) —
also known as George W. Wingate —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 1,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; led
construction of elevated railways in Brooklyn; marksmanship
promoter; president, National Rifle Association, 1886-1900; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
22, 1928 (age 87 years, 265
days).
Interment at Friends
Burying Ground, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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