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Elizabeth Clement Amig (1929-2003) —
also known as Elizabeth C. Amig —
of New Cumberland, Cumberland
County, Pa.; St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Upper Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., November
8, 1929.
Daughter of Fred C. Clement and Adele (Murphy) Clement.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; school teacher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Female.
Member, Delta
Gamma; Humane
Society.
Died December
19, 2003 (age 74 years, 41
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sarah A. Anderson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Daughter of Dr. Henry A. Anderson and Maude (Smith) Anderson.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1954-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Female.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives:
Married to Dr. A. W. Anderson, Sr. |
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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 Andrew Cherberg (1910-1992) —
also known as John A. Cherberg —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., October
17, 1910.
Son of Frank Cherberg and Annie (Rand) Cherberg.
School teacher; athletic
coach; Lieutenant
Governor of Washington, 1957-89; candidate for mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1964; account executive, KIRO-TV television
station.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Sigma Nu.
Died April 8,
1992 (age 81 years, 174
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Faye Culp (b. 1939) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born December
6, 1939.
Republican. School teacher; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1987; member of Florida
state house of representatives 57th District, 1995-98, 2003-10;
defeated, 1992.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Bert Fish (1875-1943) —
of Florida.
Born in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., October
8, 1875.
Superintendent of schools; county judge in Florida, 1910-17,
1931-33; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1933; Saudi Arabia, 1939-41; Portugal, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
Fish Memorial Hospital (now Florida Hospital Fish Memorial) is named for
him.
Died in Lisbon, Portugal,
July
21, 1943 (age 67 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
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Eligius Fromentin (c.1767-1822) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in France,
about 1767.
Catholic
priest; school teacher; lawyer;
clerk of the Orleans Territory House of Representatives, 1807-11; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-19; criminal court judge in
Louisiana, 1821; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1821.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
6, 1822 (age about 55
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bob Goff (born c.1948) —
of Casselberry, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born about 1948.
School teacher; real estate
agent; mayor
of Casselberry, Fla., 2004-08; defeated, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) —
also known as Bibb Graves —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 1,
1873.
Son of David Graves and Mattie (Bibb) Graves.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Governor of
Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 14,
1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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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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Robert Alexis Green (1892-1973) —
also known as R. A. 'Lex' Green —
of Starke, Bradford
County, Fla.
Born near Lake Butler, Bradford County (now Union
County), Fla., February
10, 1892.
Son of William Henry Green and Mary Emma (Andreu) Green.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1918-20; Bradford
County Judge, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1925-44 (2nd District 1925-43,
at-large 1943-44); resigned 1944; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., February
9, 1973 (age 80 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
River Cemetery, Near New River, Bradford County, Fla.
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Cary Augustus Hardee (1876-1957) —
also known as Cary A. Hardee —
of Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla.
Born in Taylor
County, Fla., November
13, 1876.
Son of James Blacksher Hardee and Amanda Catherine (Johnson) Hardee.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-17; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1917; Governor of
Florida, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died November
21, 1957 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Fla.
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Robert E. Jackson —
of Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H.
School principal; mayor of
Largo, Fla., 2000-06; defeated, 2006.
Still living as of 2007.
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Charles Fletcher Johnson (1859-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Johnson —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
14, 1859.
Son of William F. Johnson and Ruth S. (Boulter) Johnson.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1892, 1894; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1893; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1904,
1912,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1916; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1917-29.
Unitarian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
15, 1930 (age 71 years, 1
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson.
School principal; author; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma Pi
Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Cary D. Landis (b. 1873) —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Claypool, Kosciusko
County, Ind., May 10,
1873.
Son of David Landis and Elizabeth Landis.
Democrat. School principal; superintendent of schools;
lawyer;
law
professor; Florida
state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lemuel W. Livingston (b. 1861) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla., 1861.
Republican. School principal; physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1896;
U.S. Consul in Cape Hatien, 1898-1919.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sadye Gibbs Martin (d. 1999) —
of Plant City, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
School teacher and principal; mayor
of Plant City, Fla., 1985-89, 1991-92.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died December
6, 1999.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Martinez (b. 1934) —
also known as Bob Martinez —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., December
25, 1934.
Republican. School teacher; mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1979-86; resigned 1986; Governor of
Florida, 1987-91; defeated, 1990.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Donald Ray Matthews (1907-1997) —
also known as Donald R. Matthews; Billy
Matthews —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Micanopy, Alachua
County, Fla., October
3, 1907.
Son of D. H. Matthews and Flora A. Matthews.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1935; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 8th District, 1953-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., October
26, 1997 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Interment at Hawthorne
Cemetery, Hawthorne, Fla.
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Marion T. McCarthy (1909-1978) —
of Blackford, Webster
County, Ky.
Born in Blackford, Webster
County, Ky., June 25,
1909.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; elected 1933, 1935, 1937;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1936.
Methodist.
Died May 4,
1978 (age 68 years, 313
days).
Interment at Fred
Hunter Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, Fla.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Son of James F. Park and Emma A. (Bailey) Park.
Democrat. School teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
Son of Henry W. Schnare and Anna M. (Hefling) Schnare.
School teacher; newspaper
editor; stenographer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Everett R. Shafer (1911-2005) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Esty, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., October
3, 1911.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; school teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1951-52,
1955-58.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Moose;
Blue
Key; National
Education Association.
Died August 9,
2005 (age 93 years, 310
days).
Interment at Eden Cemetery, Crescent City, Fla.
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