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Charles Edward Bartlett (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles E. Bartlett —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 16,
1887.
Republican. Electrician;
worked for the Chicago Telephone Company, the Michigan State
Telephone Company, and Detroit Edison (electric
utility); member, legislative
committee, Detroit Federation of Labor and Michigan State
Federation of Labor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-32; defeated, 1932, 1934; elected (Wet) delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District 1933, but did not serve; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1936.
Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Walpole Carpentier (1824-1918) —
also known as Horace W. Carpentier —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Galway, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1824.
Son of James Carpenter and Henrietta Carpenter.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; banker;
member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1853, 1853-54; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1854-55; president of telegraph companies
which developed a system of telegraph lines in California and
connecting to the Eastern U.S.
Philanthropist; also left more than $1 million to Columbia University
and to Barnard College on his death in 1918.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1918 (age about 93
years).
Interment somewhere
in Galway, N.Y.
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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah W. (Bradley) Henderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Elko
County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936;
president and director, Elko Telephone and Telegraph Company;
director, Western Pacific Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
The city of Henderson, Nevada, is named for
him.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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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,
1913, to Lia Curiel. |
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Lee Mantle (1851-1934) —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Birmingham, England,
December
13, 1851.
Son of Joseph H. Mantle (died 1851) and Mary Susan Mantle.
Republican. Telegrapher; newspaper
publisher; real
estate and mining
business; member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1882; mayor of
Butte, Mont., 1892; Montana
Republican state chair, 1892-94, 1904; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1904,
1916
(alternate).
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
18, 1934 (age 82 years, 340
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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