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Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) —
also known as Roger W. Babson; "The Seer of Wellesley
Hills" —
of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 6,
1875.
Son of Nathaniel Babson (1850-1927) and Ellen (Stearns) Babson
(1850-1929).
Statistician;
economist;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Author
of many books on business and religion; famed for predicting the 1929
stock market crash; founder
of Babson Institute (now Babson College), in Wellesley, Mass.; Webber
College (now Webber International University), in Babson Park, Fla.,
and Utopia College (now defunct), in Eureka, Kan.
Died in Mountain Lake, Polk
County, Fla., March 5,
1967 (age 91 years, 242
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Max Berking (1917-1997) —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.; North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1917.
Democrat. Advertising
executive; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1965; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1971-75.
Congregationalist. Member, Urban
League.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
24, 1997 (age 80 years, 59
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Noyes and Frances Bauman. |
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Jefferson Beale Browne (b. 1857) —
also known as Jefferson B. Browne —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June 6,
1857.
Son of Joseph Beverly Browne and Mary Nieves (Ximenez) Browne.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1888;
member of Florida
state senate, 1891-95; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1893-97; receiver, Key West Electric
Light and Street
Car Co., 1898; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1904-08; Presidential Elector
for Florida, 1912;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1917-25; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1917-23; circuit judge in
Florida, 1925.
Congregationalist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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John Christensen (1890-1970) —
of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 25,
1890.
Son of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947).
Republican. Vegetable
grower; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1933-42; member of
Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1943.
Congregationalist. Danish
and German
ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
24, 1970 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947);
married to Mathilde Lassen (1892-1918); married, November
4, 1922, to Gladys Oliver Lawson (1901-1995). |
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memorial |
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Joseph Edward Davies (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Davies —
of Wisconsin; Washington,
D.C.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., November
29, 1876.
Son of Edward Davies and Rahel (Paynter) Davies.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1912; law partner of Timothy
T. Ansberry; member,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1915-16; economic advisor to President Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1936-38; Belgium, 1938-39; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1938-39.
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia following a stroke, in
Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1958 (age 81 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Edgar Clarence Ellis (1854-1947) —
also known as Edgar C. Ellis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich., October
2, 1854.
Son of Elmer Eugene Ellis and Jane Maria (Halstead) Ellis.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1905-09, 1921-23,
1925-27, 1929-31; defeated, 1922, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 15,
1947 (age 92 years, 164
days).
Cremated.
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Francis Finch (1917-1999) —
of Mattawan, Van Buren
County, Mich.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., June 30,
1917.
Son of Charles Finch and Hettie (Palmer) Finch.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Van Buren
County, 1961-62.
Congregationalist. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Died July 14,
1999 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Geraldine Halsted. |
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Daniel Robert Graham (b. 1936) —
also known as Bob Graham —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
9, 1936.
Son of Ernest
Graham.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1967-71; member of Florida
state senate, 1971-79; Governor of
Florida, 1979-87; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1987-2005; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edward John Gurney (1914-1996) —
also known as Edward J. Gurney —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
12, 1914.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Winter Park, Fla., 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-69 (11th District 1963-67, 5th
District 1967-69); defeated, 1978; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1969-74; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1972
(speaker).
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died May 14,
1996 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lars A. Hafner (b. 1961) —
of Florida.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 9,
1961.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1989-.
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Theta Kappa; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1999.
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Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;
defeated, 1946.
Congregationalist. Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Mark R. Ogles (b. 1962) —
of Florida.
Born in Seoul Air Force Base, Seoul, South
Korea, January
5, 1962.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 67th District, 1993-.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Charles Phelps (1852-1940) —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1852.
Son of Rev. Benjamin Clark Phelps (1810-1896) and Sarah Parker
(Humphrey) Phelps (1812-1888).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1893-94; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1897-99; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1899-1903; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; Tolland
County State's Attorney, 1904-15; bank
director.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
3, 1940 (age 87 years, 177
days).
Entombed at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Benjamin Clark Phelps (1810-1896) and Sarah Parker (Humphrey)
Phelps (1812-1888); married, October
19, 1881, to Leila Loomis Bill (1861-1888); married, March 28,
1900, to Elsie Edith Sykes (1870-1965). |
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memorial |
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George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) —
also known as George A. Smathers; "Georgeous
George" —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
14, 1913.
Son of Franklin Smathers and Lura (Jones) Smathers.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1951-69; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1968;
lobbyist.
Methodist;
later United Church of Christ. Member, Jaycees;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Indian Creek, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
20, 2007 (age 93 years, 67
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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