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Wedemeyer, A. J. B. —
of Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1905-06.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wedemeyer, Herman John
(1924-1999) —
also known as Herman Wedemeyer; "Squirmin'
Herman"; "Hula Hips"; "The
Hula-Hipped Hawaiian"; "The Hawaiian
Hurricane"; "The Hawaiian
Centipede" —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born near Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, May 20,
1924.
College football star; elected to the National Football Foundation
College Hall of
Fame and the Hawaii Sports Hall of
Fame; played pro football
for the Los Angeles Dons and the Baltimore Colts in 1948-49; played
pro baseball
for the Salt Lake City Bees (farm team for the San Francisco Seals)
in 1950; member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1971-74; as an actor,
he was a regular on the television
series "Hawaii Five-O," playing the role of Duke Lakela, 1971-80.
Hawaiian,
German,
Irish,
English,
Chinese,
French,
and Tahitan
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, at Queens Hospital,
Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, January
25, 1999 (age 74 years, 250
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Wedemeyer, William Walter
(1873-1913) —
also known as William W. Wedemeyer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Washtenaw
County, Mich., March 22,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Martin
J. Cavanaugh, from 1896; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1905; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1911-13; defeated,
1912; died in office 1913.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Accidentally drowned
in the harbor at Colón, Panama,
January
2, 1913 (age 39 years, 286
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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See also
Willis
Joshua Bailey —
William
Barnes, Jr. —
Samuel
Greene Wheeler Benjamin —
Perry
B. Duryea, Jr. —
Louis
Bret Hart —
Henry
Theodore Kellogg —
M.
Teresa Paiva-Weed |
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Weed, Abner —
of Dunsmuir, Siskiyou
County, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Albert (1855-1938) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., January
10, 1855.
Son of Joseph Weed and Mary (Hay) Weed.
Republican. Carpenter;
druggist;
fire
insurance business; partner in a clothing
store; director, First National Bank of
Ticonderoga; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1895-96; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., November
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ticonderoga, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Ida A. Stevens. |
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Weed, Alonzo R. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Mayor
of Newton, Mass., 1904-05.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Charles H. —
of Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 1st District, 1868-69.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Elbert D. —
of Montana.
U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1889-94.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Koeze See Ella
Demmink Koeze |
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Weed, Fred M. —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
National Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,
1896.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, George L. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1890, 1892.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, George L. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, George N. —
U.S. Consul in Pictou, 1897.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, George S. —
of Clinton
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1887-88.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Gideon A. —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1876-78.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Hanford S. —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Hiram (d. 1850) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1850; died in office 1850.
Died June 7,
1850.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Jane —
of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Santa Cruz, Calif., 1986-87.
Female.
Still living as of 1987.
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Weed, John, Jr. —
of Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Darien, 1823, 1834.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, John W. —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1915.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Joseph S. (born
c.1805) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1805.
Member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1831.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Arthur. |
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Weed, LeRoy J. —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County, 1914; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Marion (b. 1897) —
of West Burke, Burke, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Wheelock, Caledonia
County, Vt., January
23, 1897.
Republican. Farmer; musician;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-66.
Methodist.
Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Mason N. —
Prohibition candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Weed,
McNary See T. McNary
Weed |
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Weed, Nathan S. —
of Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1962.
Still living as of 1962.
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Weed, Newell P., Jr. —
of Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1952
(alternate), 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Weed, Smith M. —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1865-67, 1871, 1873-74;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876
(speaker).
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Spencer —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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Weed, T. McNary —
of Washington
County, Ore.
Republican. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1938.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, Thurlow (1797-1882) —
of New York.
Born in Greene
County, N.Y., November
15, 1797.
Newspaper
publisher; member of New York
state assembly, 1829.
Influential political leader in New York State from the 1820s through
the 1860s; supported John
Quincy Adams in 1820s; led the New York Whigs in the 1840s;
joined the Republican Party in the 1850s and supported William
H. Seward for president in 1860.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1882 (age 85 years, 7
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Weed, Walter —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Village
president of Auburn, New York, 1827-28.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, William G. —
of New York.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1868.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, William M. —
of Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Burial
location unknown.
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Weed, William W. —
of Erie
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1854-55.
Burial
location unknown.
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