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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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Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) —
also known as Frank H. Buck —
of Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif.
Born near Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif., September
23, 1887.
Son of Frank Henry Buck and Annie Elizabeth (Stevenson) Buck.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
grower; director of oil and
lumber companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in
office 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Theta
Delta Chi.
Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke),
in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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Burton W. Chace (1901-1972) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb., July 6,
1901.
Republican. Lumber dealer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1947-53; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1952;
member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1953-72.
A park in Marina del Rey, Calif., is named for
him.
Died in a car
accident, August
22, 1972 (age 71 years, 47
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Alden Dix (1860-1928) —
also known as John A. Dix —
of Thomson, Washington
County, N.Y.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., December
25, 1860.
Son of James Lawton Dix and Laura (Stevens) Dix.
Democrat. Banker;
lumber business; paper
manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1904,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1908; New York
Democratic state chair, 1910; Governor of
New York, 1911-12.
Died, from heart
disease, in Harbor Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1928 (age 67 years, 106
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Coert du Bois (b. 1881) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., November
10, 1881.
Son of John C. du Bois and Eva (Kimball) du Bois.
Forester; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Consul in Paris, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; Port Said, 1922; U.S. Consul General in Batavia, 1927-30; Genoa, 1931; Naples, 1931-35; Havana, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Asa E. Fickling (1877-1963) —
also known as "Earthquake Mayor" —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill., July 12,
1877.
Son of Edward A. Fickling and Mary I. (Shannon) Fickling.
Lumber dealer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1930-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Toastmasters.
Died November
14, 1963 (age 86 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Mills Houston (1890-1975) —
also known as John M. Houston —
of Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Formoso, Jewell
County, Kan., September
15, 1890.
Son of Samuel J. Houston and Dora (Nieves) Houston.
Democrat. Actor;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumber
dealer; mayor of
Newton, Kan., 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1935-43; defeated, 1942;
member, National Labor
Relations Board, 1943-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., April 29,
1975 (age 84 years, 226
days).
Interment at Melrose
Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, Calif.
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James Henry MacLafferty (1871-1937) —
also known as James H. MacLafferty —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., February
27, 1871.
Son of Rev. B. S. MacLafferty and Antha (Taylor) MacLafferty.
Republican. Lumber business; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1922-25.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Lions.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 9,
1937 (age 66 years, 102
days).
Cremated.
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John H. McCallum —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Ontario.
Republican. Lumber business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 12,
1821.
Republican. First principal,
in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich.
(later Eastern Michigan University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber
mill at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president,
in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later
Iowa State University); college
professor; author.
Welch Hall, at Eastern Michigan University, is named for him.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 14,
1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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