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Paul Arnold (1893-1973) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Neckerwestheim, Wurttemberg, Germany,
June
29, 1893.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant; building
contractor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1932,
1936;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952.
German
ancestry.
Died in 1973
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Royal
Palm South Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Albert Edwin Beech (1904-1973) —
also known as Albert E. Beech —
of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
15, 1904.
Republican. Merchant; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in April, 1973
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Florian Beiter (1894-1974) —
also known as Alfred F. Beiter —
of Williamsville, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y., July 7,
1894.
Son of Nicholas I. Beiter and Elizabeth (Wyman) Beiter.
Democrat. Merchant; U.S.
Representative from New York 41st District, 1933-39, 1941-43;
defeated, 1942.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 11,
1974 (age 79 years, 247
days).
Interment at Boca
Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, 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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Harold Lawrence Frankel (1916-2002) —
also known as Harold L. Frankel —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Cape Coral, Lee
County, Fla.
Born October
25, 1916.
Son of A. H. Frankel.
Hotel
owner; merchant; mayor
of Huntington, W.Va., 1957-59, 1974-75, 1977-78; Cabell
County Sheriff and Treasurer, 1961-64.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died, in a hospice
at Pembroke Pines, Broward
County, Fla., February
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Jackson (1809-1887) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in County Monaghan, Ireland,
1809.
Surveyor;
merchant; mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1862.
Died November
4, 1887 (age about 78
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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H. Wallace Knapp (1869-1929) —
of Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y., March 31,
1869.
Son of H. F. Knapp.
Republican. Merchant; member and chairman of the Clinton
County Board of Supervisors; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1903-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904;
member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1907-10; president, National
Commercial Bank,
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., April 4,
1929 (age 60 years, 4
days).
Interment at Old
Protestant Cemetery, Mooers, N.Y.
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E. George Sewell (c.1875-1940) —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Hartwell, Hart
County, Ga., about 1875.
Merchant; mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1927-29, 1933-35, 1939-40; died in office 1940.
Died April 2,
1940 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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