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Edgar Addison Bancroft (1857-1925) —
also known as Edgar A. Bancroft —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., November
20, 1857.
Son of Addison N. Bancroft (1820-1879) and Catharine (Blair) Bancroft
(1822-1874).
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor in Illinois for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
vice-president and general solicitor for Chicago and Western Indiana
Railroad
and the Belt Railway
Company; general counsel, International Harvester Company, farm
equipment and truck
manufacturer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1888;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1924-25, died in office 1925.
Died, from an intestinal
hemorrhage, in Karuizawa, Japan,
July
27, 1925 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Clark Ezra Carr (1836-1919) —
also known as Clark E. Carr —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Boston Corners, Erie
County, N.Y., May 20,
1836.
Son of Clark M. Carr and Delia Ann (Torrey) Carr.
Postmaster;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1889-93.
Died in 1919
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Edward John King (1867-1929) —
also known as Edward J. King —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 1,
1867.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1915-29; died in
office 1929.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1929 (age 61 years, 231
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope Cemetery.
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Philip Sidney Post (1833-1895) —
also known as Philip S. Post —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in New York, 1833.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1887-95; died in
office 1895.
Died in 1895
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Alfred Babcock (1805-1871) —
of Gaines, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., April 15,
1805.
Whig. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1841-43.
Died May 16,
1871 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Omer N. Custer (b. 1873) —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Illinois
state treasurer, 1925-27, 1929-31; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940.
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope Cemetery.
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