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Albert N. Barber (1858-1940) —
of Esmond, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Davis Junction, Ogle
County, Ill., May 16,
1858.
Son of Nelson F. Barber (1830-1921) and Jane (Brooks) Barber
(1830-1908).
Republican. Grain elevator
business; druggist; banker; lumber
merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1911-12.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., August
29, 1940 (age 82 years, 105
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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Thomas E. Caldecott (1878-1951) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Chester, England,
July
27, 1878.
Pharmacist; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1930-32.
Welsh
ancestry.
The Caldecott Tunnel in Oakland, Calif. is named for
him.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., July 23,
1951 (age 72 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Djerassi (b. 1923) —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
October
29, 1923.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; university
professor; chemist
and pharmaceutical researcher;
helped develop the oral contraceptive pill; playwright;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972.
Austrian
and Bulgarian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted into National Inventors Hall of
Fame, 1978.
Still living as of 2006.
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Levi Richard Ellert (1857-1901) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., October
20, 1857.
Druggist; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1893-95.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 21,
1901 (age 43 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Thomas D. Hamilton, Jr. (c.1930-1994) —
also known as Tom Hamilton —
of Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pecos, Reeves
County, Tex., about 1930.
Pharmacist; mayor
of Chula Vista, Calif., 1970-74.
Methodist.
Died, of diabetes
and strokes,
at Sharp Medical
Center, Chula Vista, San Diego
County, Calif., March 26,
1994 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Fred B. Mack (b. 1890) —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., December
7, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
druggist; dry goods
merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Philip Ohliger (1843-1923) —
also known as Lewis P. Ohliger —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born in Rheinpfalz, Germany,
January
3, 1843.
Democrat. Wholesale druggist; grocer; Wayne
County Treasurer, 1875-79; trustee, Wooster and Lodi Railway;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884;
postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1892-93.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., January
9, 1923 (age 80 years, 6
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio.
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Anthony Joseph Principi (b. 1944) —
also known as Anthony J. Principi —
of Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April 16,
1944.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; lawyer;
staff director for U.S. Sen. Alan
Simpson, 1984-86; U.S.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2001-05; resigned 2005; lobbyist
for Pfizer drug company; chairman, QTC Management.
Still living as of 2006.
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Kent Doak Pursel (b. 1904) —
also known as Kent D. Pursel —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
7, 1904.
Republican. Pharmacist; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ray LeGrande Riley (c.1874-1953) —
also known as Ray L. Riley —
of California; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1874.
Republican. Druggist; California
state controller, 1921-37; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1938.
Died in a hospital
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1953 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred W. Taliaferro (d. 1885) —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va.
Physician;
druggist; member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1852-53; member of California
state senate.
Died, of pneumonia,
1885.
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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Epitaph: "His
virtue was generosity, his friends are legion, his enemies none
— one of nature's noblemen." |
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Clarence E. Wagner (1896-1979) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis., September
6, 1896.
Son of Katherine (Scharmann) Wagner (1859-1940) and Daniel Wagner
(born 1858).
Pharmacist; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1938-39, 1942-45.
German
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 26,
1979 (age 82 years, 323
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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