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Ross Bass (1918-1993) —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., March 17,
1918.
Son of Rev. William Arch Bass and Ethel (Shook) Bass.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; florist; soft drink
bottler; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1955-64; defeated,
1976; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1964-67.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died January
1, 1993 (age 74 years, 290
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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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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Charles Barnard Collingwood (1860-1937) —
also known as Charles B. Collingwood —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 1,
1860.
Son of Rebecca Wyman (Richardson) Collingwood (1815-1886) and Joseph
Walworth Collingwood (1822-1862).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1899-1900; postmaster; circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1909-35; appointed 1909;
defeated, 1935.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a few hours later, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
24, 1937 (age 76 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, August
18, 1887, to Harriet Campbell Thomas (1861-1921). |
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Joseph Tarr Copeland (1813-1893) —
also known as Joseph T. Copeland —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Orchard Lake, Oakland
County, Mich.; Orange Park, Clay
County, Fla.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, May 6,
1813.
Son of Royal Copeland (1790-1861) and Alice (Davis) Copeland
(1797-1877).
Lawyer;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1850-51; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Clay
County Judge, 1881.
Died in Orange Park, Clay
County, Fla., May 7,
1893 (age 80 years, 1
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Orange Park, Fla.
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David Alvaro Felt (1820-1892) —
also known as David A. Felt —
of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire
County, N.H.; Beresford, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., December
21, 1820.
Son of Joseph Felt (1789-1871) and Lefy (Woods) Felt (1792-1849).
Sullivan
County Commissioner; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives; postmaster.
Died in Beresford, Volusia
County, Fla., December
4, 1892 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Beresford
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
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Claudius Buchanan Grant (1835-1921) —
also known as Claudius B. Grant —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Lebanon, York
County, Maine, October
25, 1835.
Son of Joseph Grant and Mary (Merrill) Grant.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1871-74 (Washtenaw County 2nd
District 1871-72, Washtenaw County 1st District 1873-74); member of
University
of Michigan board of regents, 1872-79; Houghton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877; circuit
judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1882-89; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1890-1909; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1898-99, 1908.
English
ancestry.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
28, 1921 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Jared Irwin (1768-1818) —
of Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Georgia, January
19, 1768.
Democrat. Postmaster; Northumberland
County Sheriff, 1808-12; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1813-17.
In 1817, assisted in the establishment of a short-lived revolutionary
government on Amelia Island, Fla.
Died in Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla., September
20, 1818 (age 50 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Archibald Lybrand (1840-1910) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio.
Born in Tarlton, Pickaway
County, Ohio, May 23,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
partner, Delaware Chair
Company; mayor
of Delaware, Ohio, 1869-71; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1897-1901.
Died in Daytona (now part of Daytona Beach), Volusia
County, Fla., February
7, 1910 (age 69 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
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John T. Wilder (1830-1917) —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hunter, Greene
County, N.Y., January
31, 1830.
Son of Reuben Wilder and Mary (Merritt) Wilder.
Millwright;
foundry
owner; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
manufacturer of railroad
rails; railroad
promoter; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1871-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1876; postmaster; hotel
owner.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
20, 1917 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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