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Par B. Anderson (b. 1868) —
also known as P. B. Anderson —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Kane, McKean
County, Pa.; Caibarien, Cuba.
Born in Sweden,
March
27, 1868.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; steamship
agent; banker;
sugar business; U.S. Consular Agent in Caibarien, 1903-17.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Alexander Baldwin (1871-1946) —
also known as Henry A. Baldwin —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii; Makawao, Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii.
Born in Paliuli, Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii, January
12, 1871.
Republican. Sugar planter;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1912,
1920;
member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1913-21, 1934-37; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory, 1922-23; member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1933.
Member, Chi Phi.
Died in Paia, Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii, October
8, 1946 (age 75 years, 269
days).
Interment at Makawao
Cemetery, Makawao, Island of Maui, Hawaii.
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William James Behan (1840-1928) —
also known as William J. Behan —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; White Castle, Iberville
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
25, 1840.
Republican. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
sugar planter; merchant;
manufacturer;
grocery
business; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1882-84; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1896,
1900,
1908;
Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1900-12; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1904; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1909-11.
Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, from a heart
attack, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 4,
1928 (age 87 years, 222
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Sosthenes Behn (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis Richard Sosthenes Behn —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin
Islands), January
30, 1884.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; sugar business; member
of Republican National Committee from Puerto Rico, 1912; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1912;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; he and his brother
Hernand bought a telephone
company in Puerto Rico, and went on to establish International
Telephone and Telegraph (ITT), which rapidly expanded worldwide.
Danish,
French,
and Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
6, 1957 (age 72 years, 342
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Black (1800-1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Virginia, August
11, 1800.
School
teacher; lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38; resigned 1838;
sugar cane planter.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854 (age 54 years, 18
days).
Interment at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Innis, La.
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Charles Boettcher (1852-1948) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kölleda, Germany,
April
8, 1852.
Republican. Hardware
business; co-founder and vice-president, Great Western
Sugar Co.; co-founder and president Ideal Cement
Company; vice-president, Brown Palace Hotel
Company; real estate
investor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1916
(alternate), 1928.
German
ancestry.
Died, in his suite at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver,
Colo., July 2,
1948 (age 96 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Claudius Kedzie Boettcher (1875-1957) —
also known as Claude K. Boettcher —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo., January
10, 1875.
Republican. Packing
business; banker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, Denver and
Intermountain Railway;
president, Brown Palace Hotel;
director, Great Western Sugar Co.; director, Denver Dry Goods
Co.; vice-president of several electric
utilities; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1944.
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry.
Died in Denver,
Colo., June 9,
1957 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Edward Cole Bryan (1919-1997) —
also known as Edward C. Bryan; Ed Bryan —
of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
22, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; surveyor;
electrical
engineer;
business
executive; delegate
to Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950, 1968; Hawaii
Territory Republican Party chair, 1957-58; housing director, Ewa
Sugar Company; board member, St. Francis Hospital.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., May 27,
1997 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean.
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Relatives: Son
of Kenneth Cole Bryan and Mary (Hayes) Bryan; married to Shada I.
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Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984) —
also known as "The Refrigerator"; "The Sly
Fox" —
of New York; Dummerston, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 11,
1894.
Director and officer, National Sugar Refining Company;
director, American-Hawaiian Steamship
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1951-52; Italy, 1952-53; India, 1956-61; Nepal, 1956-59; , 1966-67, 1973-78; Vietnam, 1967-73.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Recipient of two Presidential
Medals of Freedom, in 1963 and in 1967.
Died, in Brattleboro Memorial Hospital,
Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., September
27, 1984 (age 90 years, 139
days).
Interment somewhere
in Dummerston, Vt.
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Claude Ernest Cady (1878-1953) —
also known as Claude E. Cady —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., May 28,
1878.
Democrat. Grocer; owner
of three movie
theaters; member of Lansing city council, 1910-17; member of
Lansing Police and Fire Commission, 1918-28; wholesale candy
dealer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1926; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1933-35; defeated,
1934; postmaster at Lansing,
Mich., 1935-43 (acting, 1935).
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
30, 1953 (age 75 years, 186
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Donelson Caffery (1835-1906) —
of Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., September
10, 1835.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
sugar planter; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1892-93; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1892-1901; Populist candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
30, 1906 (age 71 years, 111
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, La.
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Etienne Joseph Caire (1868-1955) —
also known as Etienne J. Caire —
of Edgard, St. John
the Baptist Parish, La.
Born in Edgard, St. John
the Baptist Parish, La., September
17, 1868.
Republican. Merchant;
pharmacist;
sugar cane planter; banker;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1928.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Edgard, St. John
the Baptist Parish, La., July 16,
1955 (age 86 years, 302
days).
Entombed at St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, La.
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Albert E. Carlton (born c.1862) —
of Cripple Creek, Teller
County, Colo.; Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Indiana, about 1862.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1916
(alternate), 1920;
sugar executive.
Burial location unknown.
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Adrial Hebard Case (1892-1966) —
also known as A. Hebard Case —
of Lihue, Island of Kauai, Kauai
County, Hawaii.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., November
20, 1892.
Republican. Chemist
for a sugar plantation;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii
Territory, 1936.
Died in Lihue, Island of Kauai, Kauai
County, Hawaii, May 16,
1966 (age 73 years, 177
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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Horace Fay Casey (1890-1961) —
also known as Horace F. Casey —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 9,
1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wholesale
candy dealer; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1931; Montana
state treasurer, 1957-61.
Died, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., October
11, 1961 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Helena, Mont.
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Thomas Withers Chinn (1791-1852) —
also known as Thomas W. Chinn —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born near Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., November
22, 1791.
Physician;
lawyer;
sugar cane planter; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1839-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in West Baton
Rouge Parish, La., May 22,
1852 (age 60 years, 182
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.;
reinterment at Live
Oaks Plantation Cemetery, Iberville Parish, La.; cenotaph at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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William Patrick Connery Jr. (1888-1937) —
also known as William P. Connery, Jr. —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1888.
Democrat. Professional actor,
1908-16; candy manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died in
office 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles;
Elks; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1937 (age 48 years, 295
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Clarence Hyde Cooke (1876-1944) —
also known as Clarence H. Cooke —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, April
17, 1876.
Republican. Banker;
president or vice-president of plantation
and sugar companies; member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1912-28; Speaker
of Hawaii Territory House of Representatives, 1923-24, 1927-28;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1924
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Congregationalist.
Died August
23, 1944 (age 68 years, 128
days).
Interment at Kawaiaho
Church Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928
(speaker);
Honorary
Consul for Japan in Boston,
Mass., 1929; president, Old Colony Trust
Company; director, United Fruit
Co., Revere Sugar Co., First National Bank of
Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper);
board member, Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) —
also known as Fred L. Crawford —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born near Dublin, Erath
County, Tex., May 5,
1888.
Republican. Accountant;
builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar mills;
director, Michigan National Bank;
director, Petroleum
Transit Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in
primary, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1957 (age 68 years, 343
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Arthur J. Donner (born c.1850) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Germany,
about 1850.
Banker;
commission
merchant; steamship
agent; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Boston,
Mass., 1882-88; Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Boston,
Mass., 1883-1907; Consul
for Germany in Boston,
Mass., 1894-99; treasurer, American Sugar Refining Company.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Dunbar (1805-1861) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; St.
Bernard Parish, La.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1853-55; sugar
cane planter.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Bernard
Parish, La., March
18, 1861 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Howard Earle III (1890-1974) —
also known as George H. Earle —
of Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Devon, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; sugar business; U.S.
Minister to Austria, 1933-34; Bulgaria, 1940-41; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1939.
Episcopalian.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Elks.
Died December
30, 1974 (age 84 years, 25
days).
Interment at Church
of the Resurrection Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Robert Frazer Jr. (1878-1947) —
of Salinas, Salinas
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
8, 1878.
Bank
employee; sugar cane planter;
U.S. Consul in Valencia, 1909-12; Malaga, 1912-14; Bahia, 1914-16; Kobe, 1916-19; U.S. Consul General in , 1919-24; Zurich, 1924-27; Calcutta, 1927-30; Mexico City, 1930-32; London, 1932-33; U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1937-38.
Died in 1947
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Gerald Michael Gabbard (b. 1948) —
also known as Mike Gabbard —
Born in Fagatogo, American
Samoa, January
15, 1948.
School
teacher; restauranteur;
candy manufacturer; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 2004; member of Hawaii
state senate, 2007-20 (19th District 2007-12, 20th District
2013-20).
Samoan
ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Harrison Gabbard, Jr. and Aknesis Agnes (Yandall)
Gabbard; father of Tulsi
Gabbard. |
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Edward James Gay (1816-1889) —
also known as Edward J. Gay —
of Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., February
3, 1816.
Democrat. Planter;
president, Louisiana Sugar Exchange, New Orleans; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1885-89; died in
office 1889.
Slaveowner.
Died in Iberville
Parish, La., May 30,
1889 (age 73 years, 116
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) —
also known as Alfred L. M. Gottschalk —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1873.
Newspaper
correspondent; sugar grower;
U.S. Consul in Callao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Callao, 1905-06; Mexico City, 1906-08; , 1908-11; Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy ship
Cyclops, during World
War I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers who perished
when the ship sank, in
the North
Atlantic Ocean, March, 1918
(age 45
years, 0 days). The wreckage was never
found.
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Relatives: Son
of L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher)
Gottschalk. |
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William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874) —
also known as William F. Havemeyer —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1804.
Democrat. Sugar refining business; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1845-46, 1848-49, 1873-74; defeated,
1859; died in office 1874.
German
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1874 (age 70 years, 291
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) —
also known as Samuel W. Hopkins —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Exeter, Washington
County, R.I., April 1,
1845.
School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
developer; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80;
candidate for village
president of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877; chair of
Isabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884;
president, Mount Pleasant Sugar Company; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic),
1914 (Progressive).
Unitarian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., August
20, 1923 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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John Middleton Huger (1809-1894) —
also known as John M. Huger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., 1809.
Sugar cane planter;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Consul
for Turkey in New
Orleans, La., 1872-82.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
24, 1894 (age about 84
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Henry W. Hupfauf (b. 1885) —
of Calumet
County, Wis.
Born in Harrison town, Calumet
County, Wis., August
11, 1885.
Democrat. Farmer;
sugar company field man; general store
operator; tavern
owner; organizer of cooperative telephone
company; treasurer of a butter and
cheese cooperative; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Calumet County; elected 1936; defeated, 1938,
1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Frederic Jones (1891-1960) —
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 30,
1891.
Employed with United Sugar Company in Mexico; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consular Agent in Los Mochis, 1919-32.
Died December
4, 1960 (age 69 years, 188
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Brockton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Willie Herbert Jones and Harriet Aurila (Lakin) Jones; married to
Rita Clarke Page. |
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Luigi Felice Lastreto (1841-1913) —
also known as Luis F. Lastreto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Paris, France.
Born in Santa Margherita, Italy,
1841.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; importer
and exporter; chocolate maker; Consul
for Ecuador in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1901; Consul
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1899-1900; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-02.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Audubon
Society.
Died in Paris, France,
May
27, 1913 (age about 71
years).
Entombed at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Fowler Smith Loftin (born c.1868) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, about 1868.
Democrat. Confectionary business; contractor;
candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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John Harvey Lowery (1860-1941) —
also known as J. H. Lowery —
of Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La.
Born in Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La., October
18, 1860.
Republican. Physician;
sugar grower;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1940.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, in Flint-Goodridge Hospital,
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
25, 1941 (age 80 years, 342
days).
Interment at Ascension
Catholic Cemetery, Donaldsonville, La.
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Adolph Meyer (1842-1908) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., October
19, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; cotton and
sugar planter; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1891-1908; died in
office 1908.
Jewish.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 8,
1908 (age 65 years, 141
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Frank J. Migas (b. 1888) —
of East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
28, 1888.
Democrat. Owner, Sweet Corn Candy Co., 1921-31;
vice-president, American State Bank of
Gary; deputy
sheriff; mayor
of East Chicago, Ind., 1939-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Polish
National Alliance.
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Calumet City, Ill.
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George M. Miller (c.1911-1972) —
of Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born about 1911.
Office manager and accountant
for the Merchants Candy and Tobacco
Company; later, accountant
for the federal Bureau of Reclamation; mayor
of Takoma Park, Md., 1954-72; died in office 1972.
Died July 17,
1972 (age about 61
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Johnston Mixson (1874-1954) —
also known as Benjamin J. Mixson —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Allendale, Allendale
County, S.C., February
3, 1874.
Republican. Grocer; deputy
U.S. marshal; wholesale candy dealer; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1936.
Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., July 19,
1954 (age 80 years, 166
days).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) —
also known as Robert C. Nicholas —
of Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., January
10, 1787.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; sugar
cane planter; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1836-41; secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1845; Louisiana Superintendent of
Education, 1849-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Terrebonne
Parish, La., December
24, 1857 (age 70 years, 348
days).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.
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Henry Thomas Oxnard (1860-1922) —
also known as Henry T. Oxnard —
of Oxnard, Ventura
County, Calif.; Upperville, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Marseille, France,
June
22, 1860.
Republican. President, later vice-president, American Beet
Sugar Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1908.
Died, from a heart
attack, at the University Club, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 8,
1922 (age 61 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William L. Petriken (b. 1871) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Muncy, Lycoming
County, Pa., February
17, 1871.
Republican. Sugar executive; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Eloise N. Delbridge. |
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Henry Newton Pharr (1872-1966) —
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., July 19,
1872.
Republican. Sugar cane planter; engineer;
manufacturer;
bank
director; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1908.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Died October
28, 1966 (age 94 years, 101
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, La.
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John Newton Pharr (1829-1903) —
Born March
19, 1829.
Republican. Sugar cane planter; lumberman;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1896.
Died in Berwick, St. Mary
Parish, La., November
21, 1903 (age 74 years, 247
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, La.
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Gustavo Preston (1856-1918) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Swampscott, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Arroyo
Municipio, Puerto Rico, August
1, 1856.
Sugar and molasses importer;
Consul
for Ecuador in Boston,
Mass., 1889-1907; Consul
for Argentina in Boston,
Mass., 1898.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
15, 1918 (age 62 years, 14
days).
Interment at Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, Mass.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton and
sugar planter;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Slaveowner.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery),
and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Glen N. Richey —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Candy store owner; candidate in primary for mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1951, 1953.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick August Schaefer (1836-1920) —
also known as Frederick A. Schaefer —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Bremen, Germany,
September
19, 1836.
Sugar magnate; trustee, secretary, vice-president of The
Queen's Hospital;
Consul
for Italy in Honolulu,
Hawaii, 1868-1915; Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Honolulu,
Hawaii, 1898-1914.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, March
11, 1920 (age 83 years, 174
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Relatives:
Married 1879 to
Elizabeth Robertson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Honolulu Advertiser,
March 12, 1920 |
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David Sloan —
of Michigan.
Born in Poland.
Socialist. Confectioner; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Smith (1887-1961) —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Fairgrove, Tuscola
County, Mich., April
25, 1887.
Republican. Field man and superintendent, Michigan Sugar Co.;
farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1935-42;
member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1943-44; defeated in primary, 1944,
1958.
Died in 1961
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Wallace Smith (1830-1913) —
also known as William W. Smith —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
1830.
Restaurant
business; co-owner of Smith Brothers, cough drop
manufacturers; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1890 (16th District), 1908 (21st
District); Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New York, 1896; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
15, 1913 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James Smith and Ann (Anderson) Smith; married to Huldah
Gilbert. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) —
also known as "The Sugar King of Hawaii";
"His Royal Saccharinity" —
Born in Lamstedt, Germany,
July
9, 1828.
Republican. Sugar magnate; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
German
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
26, 1908 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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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George Walter Staley (1879-1969) —
also known as G. Walter Staley —
of Prichard, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Wayne
County, W.Va., August
13, 1879.
Democrat. Confectionary merchant; chair of
Wayne County Democratic Party, 1940-50.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., August
2, 1969 (age 89 years, 354
days).
Interment at Staley Cemetery, Wayne County, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. 'Charley' Staley and Belvedora (Gilkeson) Staley;
married, December
26, 1900, to Sallie G. Wilkinson; married 1916 to Anna
Irby. |
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Elmer Teal —
of Milan, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Confectioner; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Odin Tilton (b. 1885) —
also known as Henry O. Tilton —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 1,
1885.
Republican. Electrical
engineer;
local sales manager, General Electric; director, Stratton and Co.,
Concord, N.H.; director, New England Confectionary Co.,
Cambridge, Mass.; candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1933; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Odin Tilton and Hattie (French) Tilton; married, September
30, 1914, to Olive Northrop Fobes. |
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Dwight Townsend (1826-1899) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1826.
Democrat. Sugar refining business; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1864-65, 1871-73;
defeated (Independent Democratic), 1882; telegraph
business.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1899 (age 73 years, 34
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Jacques Philippe Villere (1761-1830) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Louisiana, April
28, 1761.
Sugar cane planter; Governor of
Louisiana, 1816-20; defeated, 1824.
Catholic.
Slaveowner.
Died in Conseil Plantation, St. Bernard
Parish, La., March 7,
1830 (age 68 years, 313
days).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.
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Heinrich Martens von Holt (1863-1927) —
also known as Harry M. von Holt —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, September
15, 1863.
Officer in many corporations including the First National Bank of
Honolulu, the Oahu Railway,
Hamakua Mill Company (sugar producer), and the Hawaiian Pineapple
Company; Consul
for Netherlands in Honolulu,
Hawaii, 1903.
Episcopalian.
Died in London, England,
July
3, 1927 (age 63 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Relatives: Son
of Hermann J. F. von Holt and Alice (Brown) von Holt; married, December
8, 1889, to Ida E. Knudsen. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Honolulu Advertiser, July
4, 1927 |
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George Augustus Waggaman (c.1782-1843) —
also known as George A. Waggaman —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Caroline
County, Md., about 1782.
Lawyer;
sugar cane planter;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; circuit judge in
Louisiana, 1818; secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1830-32; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1831-35.
Slaveowner.
Mortally
wounded in a duel, and
died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
31, 1843 (age about 61
years).
Original interment at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
reinterment in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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Robert Henry Winborne Welch (1899-1985) —
also known as Robert Welch —
Born in Chowan, Chowan
County, N.C., December
1, 1899.
Republican. Confectionary business; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1950; founder, in 1958, of the John
Birch Society.
Died in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1985 (age 85 years, 36
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William John White (1850-1923) —
also known as William J. White —
of West Cleveland (now part of Cleveland), Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Rice Lake, Ontario,
October
7, 1850.
Republican. Candy and chewing
gum manufacturer; mayor
of West Cleveland, Ohio, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1893-95.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
16, 1923 (age 72 years, 132
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Theodore Stark Wilkinson (1847-1921) —
also known as Theodore S. Wilkinson —
of Plaquemines
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Plaquemines
Parish, La., December
18, 1847.
Democrat. Sugar cane planter; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1887-91; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1893-98; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916
(alternate).
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
1, 1921 (age 73 years, 45
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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