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Homer Morrison Byington, Jr. (1908-1987) —
also known as Homer M. Byington, Jr. —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Naples, Italy of
American parents, May 31,
1908.
Son of Homer
Morrison Byington.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Naples, 1938-39; U.S. Ambassador to Malaya, 1957-61; U.S. Consul General in Naples, 1963-73.
Protestant.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946.
Died, of a heart
attack, aboard
the Vista Fjord, a Norwegian cruise ship, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, November
2, 1987 (age 79 years, 155
days).
Interment at St.
Georges Cemetery, St. Georges, Del.
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William Gaston (b. 1899) —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1899.
Son of William
Alexander Gaston.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; playwright;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1948.
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Edward Gauss (1887-1960) —
also known as Clarence E. Gauss —
of Connecticut; Washington,
D.C.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
12, 1887.
Son of Herman Gauss and Emile J. (Eisenman) Gauss.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1912-15; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1916; Amoy, 1916-20; Tsinan, 1920-23; U.S. Consul General in Mukden, 1923-24; Tsinan, 1924-26; Shanghai, 1926-27, 1935-38; Tientsin, 1927-31; Paris, 1935; U.S. Minister to Australia, 1940-41; U.S. Ambassador to China, 1941-44.
Protestant.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1960 (age 73 years, 87
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Edward Wheeler Goss (1893-1972) —
also known as Edward W. Goss —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., April 27,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; manufacturer;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1926-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1928,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1930-35; defeated,
1934.
Protestant. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., December
27, 1972 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Debby P. Sanderson (b. 1941) —
of Florida.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
28, 1941.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 91st District, 1983-.
Female.
Protestant.
Still living as of 1999.
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