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Edward Newton Ament (1860-1949) —
also known as Edward N. Ament —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Arcata, Humboldt
County, Calif., July 30,
1860.
Furniture
business; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1932-39.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist. Member, Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in his dentist's
waiting room, Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., February
24, 1949 (age 88 years, 209
days).
Interment at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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Henry Clay Bates (1843-1909) —
also known as Henry C. Bates —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., January
29, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Caledonia
County State's Attorney, 1880-82, 1892-94; member of Vermont
state senate from Caledonia County, 1886-88; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896-97; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1898-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1900;
U.S. Judge for the Philippine Islands, 1901-07.
Congregationalist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., March 12,
1909 (age 66 years, 42
days).
Interment at Smithland
Cemetery, Smithland, Iowa.
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Katherine Thompson Becker (1916-1996) —
also known as Katherine Thompson Brown —
of Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., October
10, 1916.
Daughter of Charles Henry Brown (1865-1935) and Annette (Thompson)
Brown (1885-1959).
Republican. Member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-50; vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1948-50.
Female.
Congregationalist. Danish,
Dutch,
and English
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., February
25, 1996 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Casa
Bonita Mausoleum, Stockton, Calif.
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Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe (1874-1938) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bledsoe —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., February
8, 1874.
Son of Robert Emmett Bledsoe and Althea (Bottoms) Bledsoe.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1900-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1914-25;
resigned 1925; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1925.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in Crestline, San
Bernardino County, Calif., October
30, 1938 (age 64 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Harvey Brown (1906-1995) —
also known as James H. Brown —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak., April 22,
1906.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; vice-chair of
California Democratic Party, 1948-58; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
municipal judge in California, 1964-.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 10,
1995 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Camp Clark (b. 1883) —
also known as Harry C. Clark —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., June 8,
1883.
Son of Heman E. Clark and Melissa (Heath) Clark.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1927-31.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elmer Ellsworth Corfman (1863-1950) —
also known as Elmer E. Corfman —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Toledo, Tama
County, Iowa, March 2,
1863.
Son of John Corfman (1814-1892) and Catherine (Hufford) Corfman
(1818-1876).
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1917-23; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1919-23.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
2, 1950 (age 86 years, 337
days).
Interment at Pierce
Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles,
Calif.
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Albert Mercer Crawford (1894-1961) —
of Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in California, 1894.
Democrat. Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1927-28.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1961
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) —
also known as Dick Donovan —
of California.
Born in New Rochelle Hospital,
New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
24, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;
died in office 1971.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist. Member, Elks; Kiwanis.
A California state prison was named for
him.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, at Chula Vista Community Hospital,
Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1971 (age 45 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Thomas H. Doran (1848-1925) —
of Burwell, Garfield
County, Neb.
Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
August
15, 1848.
Son of Patrick Doran (1809-1865) and Catherine (Kealy) Doran
(1819-1855).
Republican. Banker; hardware
and furniture
business; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1905-08; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1908.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
25, 1925 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Cottonwood
Cemetery, Burwell, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Doran (1809-1865) and Catherine (Kealy) Doran (1819-1855);
married 1880
to Ettie E. Satterlee (1857-1906); married, May 20,
1908, to Elsie Amelia (Cram) Green (1863-1927). |
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Clyde Gilman Doyle (1887-1963) —
also known as Clyde Doyle —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; South Gate, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 11,
1887.
Son of Thomas Doyle and Nettie (Gilman) Doyle.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1945-47, 1949-63 (18th District
1945-47, 1949-53, 23rd District 1953-63); defeated, 1946; died in
office 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1948,
1960.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Kiwanis.
Died of a heart
attack in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., March 14,
1963 (age 75 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Kimball Fletcher (1902-1985) —
also known as Charles K. Fletcher —
of Del Mar, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
15, 1902.
Son of Ed Fletcher and Mary C. Fletcher.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 23rd District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Founder in 1934 of Home Federal Savings & Loan.
Died, of cancer, at
Mercy Hospital,
San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., September
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 288
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Houston Irving Flournoy (b. 1929) —
also known as Houston I. Flournoy —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
member of California
state assembly, 1961-66; California
state controller, 1967-; Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1974.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Political Science Association.
Still living as of 1974.
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Walter Francis Frear (1863-1948) —
also known as Walter F. Frear —
of Hawaii.
Born in Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif., October
29, 1863.
Republican. Circuit judge in Hawaii, 1893; justice of
Hawaii Republic supreme court, 1894-98; justice of
Hawaii territorial supreme court, 1900; Governor of
Hawaii Territory, 1907-13; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, January
22, 1948 (age 84 years, 85
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) —
also known as Buell G. Gallagher —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rankin, Vermilion
County, Ill., February
4, 1904.
Son of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; college
professor; president,
Talladega College, 1933-43; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1948.
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in August, 1978
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Son of Cyrus Lester Jackson and Betina Phoebe (Ames) Jackson.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist. Member, Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Dan Able Kimball (1896-1970) —
also known as Dan A. Kimball —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 1,
1896.
Son of John H. Kimball and Mary (Able) Kimball.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; vice-president,
General Tire & Rubber Co.; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1951-53;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964;
president and chairman, Aerojet
General Corporation; director, Continental Airlines.
Congregationalist.
Died July 30,
1970 (age 74 years, 151
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Albert Makinson (b. 1886) —
also known as George A. Makinson —
of San Anselmo, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 18,
1886.
Son of George Henry Makinson and Mary (Saul) Makinson.
Machinist;
U.S. Consular Agent in Sorau, 1909-11; Cardenas, 1918; U.S. Vice Consul in Tampico, 1915-16; Santo Domingo, 1919-22; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1922-25; Callao-Lima, 1925-29; Birmingham, 1932; U.S. Consul General in Osaka, 1938; Barcelona, 1943.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac A. Manning (1864-1942) —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Abington, Wayne
County, Ind., January
14, 1864.
Son of William Manning (1832-1914) and Sarah Jane (Hunt) Manning
(1835-1875).
Republican. Telegraph
operator; newspaper
reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; coffee planter;
U.S. Consular Agent in Matagalpa, 1899-1905; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1907-09; La Guaira, 1909-11; Barranquilla, 1911-16.
Congregationalist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
17, 1942 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Manning (1832-1914) and Sarah Jane (Hunt) Manning
(1835-1875); married, July 6,
1887, to Alice Hatch (died 1912); married, March 22,
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John Griffith McCullough (1835-1915) —
also known as John G. McCullough —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Newark, New Castle
County, Del., September
16, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1862-63; California
state attorney general, 1863-67; member of Vermont
state senate, 1898; Governor of
Vermont, 1902-04.
Congregationalist.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1915 (age 79 years, 255
days).
Interment at Old
Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Harry Webster Musselwhite (1868-1955) —
also known as Harry W. Musselwhite —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born near Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., May 23,
1868.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1933-35; defeated,
1934.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in San Lorenzo, Alameda
County, Calif., December
14, 1955 (age 87 years, 205
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Charles Pashayan, Jr. (b. 1941) —
also known as Chip Pashayan —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., March 27,
1941.
Son of Charles Pashayan, Sr. and Lillie (Aghijanian) Pashayan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1979-91; defeated,
1990.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jerry Mumford Patterson (b. 1934) —
also known as Jerry M. Patterson —
of Santa Ana, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., October
25, 1934.
Democrat. Mayor
of Santa Ana, Calif., 1973-74; U.S.
Representative from California 38th District, 1975-85.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 7,
1907.
Son of Herman P. Rankin and Lois (Gable) Rankin.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General,
1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City
Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 28,
1996 (age 88 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
editor; candidate for secretary of
state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist. Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Addison Whiting (1827-1903) —
also known as George A. Whiting —
of California.
Born in Holliston, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
20, 1827.
Member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1871-73.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of heart
disease, in Holliston, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
14, 1903 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Lake
Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Mass.
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Curtis Dwight Wilbur (1867-1954) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boonesboro, Boone
County, Iowa, May 10,
1867.
Superior court judge in California, 1903-18; justice of
California state supreme court, 1919-24; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1923-24; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1924-29; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1929-31.
Congregationalist.
Died in Los Altos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., September
8, 1954 (age 87 years, 121
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949) —
also known as Ray L. Wilbur —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Boonesboro, Boone
County, Iowa, April 13,
1875.
Son of Dwight Locke Wilbur and Edna Maria (Lyman) Wilbur.
Republican. Physician;
dean of
Stanford University Medical School, 1911-16; president
of Stanford University, 1916-43; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1929-33.
Congregationalist. Member, American Medical
Association; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 26,
1949 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Clement Calhoun Young (1869-1947) —
also known as C. C. Young —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Lisbon, Grafton
County, N.H., April 28,
1869.
Republican. Banker;
member of California
state assembly, 1909-18; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1913-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912,
1928;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1919-27; Governor of
California, 1927-31; defeated, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., December
24, 1947 (age 78 years, 240
days).
Interment at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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Jesse Arthur Younger (1893-1967) —
also known as J. Arthur Younger —
of San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., April 11,
1893.
Son of Charles Hardin Younger and Lena (Galbraith) Younger.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-67 (9th District 1953-63,
11th District 1963-67); died in office 1967; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Legion; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, of leukemia,
at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1967 (age 74 years, 70
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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