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Bernard Cohn (1835-1889) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in 1835.
Democrat. Grocer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1878.
Jewish.
Died in 1889
(age about
54 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex
County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., September
5, 1855.
Grocer; invented
and manufactured
the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex
County Freeholder; real estate
business; New York representative for Union Oil Company
of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital
1924; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27.
Methodist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance
business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Son of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper
editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor of
Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Son of Thomas Henry Merry and Candida (Xavier) Merry.
Steamship
captain; wholesale grocer; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Charles Krath Moser (b. 1877) —
also known as Charles K. Moser —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Lewinsville, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., August
27, 1877.
Manager of a fruit drying company in California; newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Aden, 1909-11; Colombo, 1911-14; Harbin, 1914-19; Tiflis, 1921.
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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Sharon Percy Rockefeller (b. 1944) —
also known as Sharon Percy —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., December
10, 1944.
Daughter of Charles
Harting Percy.
Democrat. President and CEO of WETA public radio and
television in Washington, D.C.; director of PepsiCo (food
and beverage
maker); delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 2010.
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Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) —
also known as Norton Simon; Norton
Glickman —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
5, 1907.
Republican. President, Val Vita Food Products, 1931-42;
subsequently president and chairman of Hunt Foods; director,
Wheeling Steel
Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway,
and McCall's Publishing
Co.; art collector; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Myra Tanner Weiss (1917-1997) —
also known as Myra Tanner —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born May 17,
1917.
Cannery worker; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1945, 1949; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 19th District, 1948, 1950;
Socialist Workers candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960.
Female.
Died September
13, 1997 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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