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Andrew Jackson Bentley (1827-1895) —
also known as Andrew J. Bentley —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., January
10, 1827.
Son of Leticia (Gardiner) Bentley (1784-1853) and Rev. David Niles
Bentley (1785-1885).
Sailor; shipbroker; lumber
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1894.
Died, of pneumonia,
March
18, 1895 (age 68 years, 67
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (1857-1910) —
also known as Napoleon B. Broward —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Duval
County, Fla., April 19,
1857.
Son of Napoleon Bonaparte Broward and Mary Dorcas (Parsons) Broward.
Democrat. Steamboat business; phosphate mining
business; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1900; Governor of
Florida, 1905-09; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1908; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1908.
Died October
1, 1910 (age 53 years, 165
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Joseph Edward Curran (1906-1981) —
also known as Joseph Curran; Joe Curran; "Big
Joe" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1906.
Merchant seaman; president,
National Maritime Union (NMU), 1937-73; vice-president,
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 1940-55; American Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1940; vice-chair of
New York American Labor Party, 1945.
Died, of cancer, in
Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
14, 1981 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Anthony C. Hill, Sr. (b. 1957) —
also known as Tony Hill —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
9, 1957.
Democrat. Longshoreman; member of Florida
state house of representatives 14th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Anthony Tony Tarracino (1916-2008) —
also known as Tony Tarracino; "Captain Tony";
"The Conscience of Key West" —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., August
10, 1916.
Beaten
and left for dead by Mafia colleagues in New Jersey in the 1940s;
charter boat captain; saloon
keeper; mayor of
Key West, Fla., 1989-91; defeated, 1991.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart and
lung
condition, in Lower Keys Medical
Center, Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., November
1, 2008 (age 92 years, 83
days).
Cremated.
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