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Robert Rolland Armstrong (1910-1995) —
also known as R. Rolland Armstrong —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska; Juneau,
Alaska; Sitka,
Alaska; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born in Grapeville, Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
21, 1910.
Son of Robert Armstrong and Charlotte (Kinnear) Armstrong.
Ordained
minister; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Died December
16, 1995 (age 85 years, 56
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Roswell, N.M.
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Doris Marian Barnes (1891-1977) —
also known as Doris M. Barnes; Doris Marian Plummer;
Mrs. Frank Scott Barnes —
of Wrangell,
Alaska; Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
27, 1891.
Daughter of Oakes M. Plummer and Jessie B. (Kribs) Plummer.
Republican. Insurance
agent; mayor of Wrangell, Alaska, 1946-48, 1960-62; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1949-52;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 1st District, 1953-56; member of Republican
National Committee from Alaska Territory, 1955-57; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1960;
vice-chair
of Alaska Republican Party, 1960-62; Presidential Elector for
Alaska, 1968.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Sigma Phi.
Died in April, 1977
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, March 20,
1912, to Frank Scott Barnes (died 1940). |
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John Green Brady (1848-1918) —
also known as John G. Brady —
of Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1848.
Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1897-1906.
Presbyterian.
Forced to
resign as governor in 1906, after an inquiry
about his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company.
Ill with diabetes,
he suffered a stroke and
died in Sitka,
Alaska, December
17, 1918 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
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Walter Eli Clark (1869-1950) —
also known as Walter E. Clark —
of Washington,
D.C.; Alaska; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., January
7, 1869.
Son of Oren Andrus Clark and Emily Jeannette (Jones) Clark.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; Governor of
Alaska District, 1909-12; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1912-13; newspaper
editor.
Presbyterian or Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died of a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
4, 1950 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Clarence Cash Cole (1891-1959) —
also known as Cash Cole —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Washington, 1891.
Republican. Member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1923-24; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1923-24; candidate
for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1959
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard J. Greuel (b. 1928) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Wisconsin, 1928.
Democrat. Real estate
business; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1953-58; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1957-58; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1960.
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Benjamin F. Grussendorf (b. 1942) —
of Sitka,
Alaska.
Born in Minnesota, 1942.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1981-; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1985-88, 1991-92.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1992.
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Joseph L. Hayes (b. 1930) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Missouri, 1930.
Republican. Engineer;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1977-84; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1981-84.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1984.
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James Simpson MacKinnon (b. 1897) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Juneau,
Alaska, 1897.
Son of Lockie MacKinnon and Martha (Lokke) MacKinnon.
Republican. Laundry and dry
cleaning business; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1951-52.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Nerland (1870-1956) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Molda, Norway,
April
18, 1870.
Republican. Furniture
merchant; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1915; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1917-18,
1931-38; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1921-22; trustee,
Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, 1929-35, continuing
as regent, University of Alaska, 1935-56; member of Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1945-50.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, February
6, 1956 (age 85 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Sheakley (1829-1917) —
of Greenville, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Sheakleyville, Mercer
County, Pa., April 24,
1829.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1875-77; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1892;
Governor
of Alaska District, 1893-97.
Presbyterian.
Died in Greenville, Mercer
County, Pa., December
10, 1917 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Interment at Shenango
Valley Cemetery, Greenville, Pa.
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William Jennings Sheffield (b. 1928) —
also known as Bill Sheffield —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., June 26,
1928.
Democrat. Governor of
Alaska, 1982-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alaska, 1984,
1996.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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