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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Son of John A. Ainslie.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz)
Burton.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction Company, 1916-17; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Richard Gardner Shoup (1923-1995) —
also known as Richard G. Shoup —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Salmon, Lemhi
County, Idaho, November
29, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; laundry and dry
cleaning business; mayor
of Missoula, Mont., 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1971-75; director,
Union Pacific Railroad, 1975-84.
Died in 1995
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Everett Bailey Taylor (1899-1990) —
also known as Everett B. Taylor —
of Sun Valley, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
21, 1899.
Son of Harry Taylor and Myrtle E. (Bailey) Taylor.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented Travelers' Insurance,
banks,
and the Union Pacific Railroad; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1960.
Member, American
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died March 2,
1990 (age 90 years, 132
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Travers Wood (1878-1954) —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Wakefield, England,
November
25, 1878.
Republican. School
teacher; physician;
surgeon for Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, 1910-50;
mayor
of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1951-53.
Died in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho, November
2, 1954 (age 75 years, 342
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
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