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Leslie Cornelius Arends (1895-1985) —
also known as Leslie C. Arends —
of Melvin, Ford
County, Ill.
Born in Melvin, Ford
County, Ill., September
27, 1895.
Son of George Teis Arends and Talea (Weiss) Arends.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker;
farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-74 (17th District 1935-73,
15th District 1973-74); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 17,
1985 (age 89 years, 293
days).
Interment at Melvin
Cemetery, Melvin, Ill.
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Erastus N. Bates (1845-1917) —
of Moline, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Geauga
County, Ohio, March 1,
1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County 2nd District,
1885-88; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1907-10.
Member, Grange.
Died in Lynn Haven, Bay
County, Fla., November
26, 1917 (age 72 years, 270
days).
Interment at Jones
Cemetery, Dorr Township, Allegan County, Mich.
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Charles Brand (1871-1966) —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, November
1, 1871.
Son of John F. Brand and Fannie E. (Patrick) Brand.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
banker;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1921-22; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1923-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Melbourne Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., May 23,
1966 (age 94 years, 203
days).
Interment at Melbourne
Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
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James Emilius Broome (1808-1883) —
also known as James E. Broome; "The Veto
Governor" —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamburg, Aiken
County, S.C., December
15, 1808.
Son of John Broome and Jeanette (Witherspoon) Broome.
Democrat. Merchant;
planter; lawyer;
probate judge in Florida, 1843-48; Governor of
Florida, 1853-57; member of Florida
state senate, 1861.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., November
23, 1883 (age 74 years, 343
days).
Original interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.; reinterment in 1897 somewhere
in Quincy, Fla.
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Courtney Warren Campbell (1895-1971) —
also known as Courtney W. Campbell —
of Florida.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., April 29,
1895.
Son of Thomas C. Campbell and Ellen (Minor) Campbell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; business
executive; citrus grower; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1953-55; defeated, 1954.
Christian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
22, 1971 (age 76 years, 237
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler.
Republican. Cowboy; school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, 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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Milton Buckingham Cooley (1840-1932) —
also known as Milton B. Cooley —
of Waterloo, Athens
County, Ohio; McArthur, Vinton
County, Ohio; Athens, Athens
County, Ohio; Lynn Haven, Bay
County, Fla.
Born in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, May 15,
1840.
Son of George Washington Cooley (1811-1889) and Lorena Luzany
(Stanley) Cooley (1814-1847).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
Greenback Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884;
People's candidate for Ohio state
house of representatives from Hocking and Vinton counties, 1897.
Died in Lynn Haven, Bay
County, Fla., June 9,
1932 (age 92 years, 25
days).
Interment at Lynn
Haven Cemetery, Lynn Haven, Fla.
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Herbert Jackson Drane (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert J. Drane —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky., June 20,
1863.
Son of Ossian A. Drane and Josephine F. (Dickey) Drane.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; insurance
and real
estate business; orange grower; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1888-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-05; member of Florida
state senate, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1917-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Power
Commission, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., August
11, 1947 (age 84 years, 52
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Harry Francis Farnham (1879-1950) —
also known as Harry F. Farnham —
of East Windsor Hill, South Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in South Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., October
17, 1879.
Son of Edgar Augustus Farnham (1848-1931) and Mary Louise (Osborne)
Farnham (1848-1915).
Republican. Farmer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from South Windsor; elected 1940,
1946; defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1944.
Died in Florida, December
14, 1950 (age 71 years, 58
days).
Interment at East
Windsor Hill Cemetery, East Windsor Hill, South Windsor, Conn.
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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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Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) —
also known as Albert W. Gilchrist —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., January
15, 1858.
Son of William
E. Gilchrist and Rhoda Elizabeth (Waller) Gilchrist.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; real estate
dealer; orange grower; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Florida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1912
(speaker);
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a tumor of the
thigh, in the Hospital
for the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 15,
1926 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Indian
Springs Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.
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William E. Gilchrist —
Planter; member of Florida
state senate.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rhoda Fox Graves (1877-1950) —
of Gouverneur, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Fowler town, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., 1877.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1925-32;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
member of New York
state senate, 1935-48 (34th District 1935-44, 39th District
1945-48).
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Order of the
Eastern Star.
First
woman elected to the New York State Senate.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., January
25, 1950 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Gouverneur, N.Y.
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Holly Eugene Hubbell (1893-1969) —
also known as Holly E. Hubbell —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Hemlock, Saginaw
County, Mich., March 31,
1893.
Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 2nd District,
1951-60; candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Saginaw County
2nd District, 1961.
Methodist.
Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
27, 1969 (age 76 years, 271
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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Harry Guyer Leslie (1878-1937) —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., April 6,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1923-27; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1925-27; Governor of
Indiana, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., December
10, 1937 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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James Hardin Peterson (1894-1978) —
also known as J. Hardin Peterson —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Batesburg, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 1894.
Son of Newton Fay Peterson and Willa E. (Geiger) Peterson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; citrus grower; Polk
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1933-51; chairman,
First State Bank of
Lakeland.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., March 28,
1978 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Audley Rawson (1893-1981) —
also known as William Audley Rawson —
of Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born near Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich., April 5,
1893.
Son of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson.
Republican. Farmer; Elkland Township Supervisor, 1931-36;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1935-42;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1943-46; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Tuscola County Republican Party, 1950; lobbyist
for the Michigan Association of Insurance
Companies.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
27, 1981 (age 88 years, 175
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson; married, December
22, 1914, to Mary Lena Day (died 1969); married 1971 to Mildred
Hutchinson. |
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John Tyler Rich (1841-1926) —
also known as John T. Rich —
of Elba, Lapeer
County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich.
Born in Conneautville, Crawford
County, Pa., April 23,
1841.
Son of John W. Rich and Jerusha (Treadway) Rich.
Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1873-80 (Lapeer County 2nd
District 1873-76, Lapeer County 1st District 1877-80); Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1877-80; member of
Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1881; resigned 1881; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1881-83; defeated,
1882; Governor of
Michigan, 1893-96; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1898-1906; Michigan
state treasurer, 1908; appointed 1908; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1909.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 28,
1926 (age 84 years, 339
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lapeer, Mich.
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Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. (1908-1982) —
of Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., May 12,
1908.
Republican. Fruit farmer; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-59,
1961-63; defeated, 1948; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Member, Grange; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets; Order of
Ahepa; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 9,
1982 (age 73 years, 332
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Conn.
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James Bennett Stone (1823-1895) —
also known as James B. Stone —
of Calhoun
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ala., November
29, 1823.
Son of David Cruger Stone and Lucinda (Evans) Stone.
Farmer; sawmill
owner; Calhoun
County Sheriff, 1855-59; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1868-70, 1877; delegate to
Florida state constitutional convention, 1885.
He lost
a leg in a sawmill accident.
Died in Calhoun
County, Fla., February
25, 1895 (age 71 years, 88
days).
Interment at Old
Shiloh Cemetery, Calhoun County, Fla.
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Russell H. Strange, Jr. (1934-2001) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., September
18, 1934.
Republican. Tree farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-70 (Isabella District
1957-64, 100th District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1970; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi; American
Political Science Association; Rotary; Grange; Elks.
Died in North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
6, 2001 (age 67 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Stansel Taylor (1871-1936) —
also known as John S. Taylor —
of Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Hillsborough County (part now in Pinellas
County), Fla., March 21,
1871.
Democrat. Citrus grower; banker;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1905-10; mayor of
Largo, Fla., 1911; member of Florida
state senate; elected 1912; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1928; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla., August
15, 1936 (age 65 years, 147
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Elmer Ward (b. 1909) —
also known as David E. Ward —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Florida, September
26, 1909.
Son of David Thomas Ward and Mollie Ethel (Cox) Ward.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; county judge in Florida, 1932-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 3,
1937, to Martha Catherine Carlton. |
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