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William Lamont Abbott (b. 1861) —
also known as William L. Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Whiteside
County, Ill., February
14, 1861.
Son of Asa M. Abbott and Sarah (Sperry) Abbott.
Republican. Machinist;
president, National Electric Construction Co.; chief engineer,
power
house, Chicago Edison Co.; later, chief operating engineer;
president, Lake Lawn Hotel
Co.; director, Chicago Bank of
Commerce; University
of Illinois trustee, 1905-23.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Wesley Bouck (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles W. Bouck —
of Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., February
29, 1852.
Carpenter; employed building bridges for the Northern Pacific
Railroad,
1880-85; hardware
and farm
implement business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1915-18.
Died in Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn., June 4,
1920 (age 68 years, 96
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Royalton, Minn.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary L. Ball (1853-1933). |
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memorial |
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Manual 1917 |
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Frederick Albert Britten (1871-1946) —
also known as Frederick A. Britten; Fred A.
Britten —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
18, 1871.
Son of Michael Britten and Eva (Fey) Britten.
Republican. Builder; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1913-35; defeated,
1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 4,
1946 (age 74 years, 167
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Fahle Burman —
of Illinois.
Born in Sweden.
Socialist. Carpenter; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Illinois, 1920.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Ogden Clark (b. 1944) —
of Cedar, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Berwyn, Cook
County, Ill., December
29, 1944.
Architect;
builder; Natural Law candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1992 (11th District), 1994 (15th
District), 1996 (2nd District), 1998 (10th District).
Member, American
Institute of Architects.
Still living as of 1998.
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Marvin Robert Dee (1917-1975) —
also known as Doc Dee —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
21, 1917.
Republican. Lawyer; engineer;
appraiser;
construction executive; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 20th District, 1973-74.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Phi.
Died January
11, 1975 (age 57 years, 143
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Johanik (1927-2007) —
of Westmont, DuPage
County, Ill.; Lombard, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in 1927.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; carpenter; hardware store
owner; village
president of Westmont, Illinois, 1961-65.
Czech
ancestry. Member, Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in Central DuPage Hospital,
Winfield, DuPage
County, Ill., May 4,
2007 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick H. Kelly (b. 1890) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 13,
1890.
Democrat. Automobile
plant foreman; carpenter; general contractor;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 10th District; elected 1958.
Member, Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Christian Krueger (b. 1836) —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Prussia,
April
24, 1836.
Carpenter; contractor; village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1880-83.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Catharine Koch. |
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Joe E. Lehmann (b. 1887) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Scotland, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Worthington, Dubuque
County, Iowa, January
2, 1887.
Democrat. Contractor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1937-38;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Dakota, 1948;
member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1949-52, 1955-60.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1913
to Clara Bisenius. |
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William Lorimer (1861-1934) —
also known as "The Blond Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
27, 1861.
Republican. Real estate
business; contractor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1901, 1903-09 (2nd District
1895-1901, 6th District 1903-09); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1909-12.
He was accused
of bribery
in winning election to the Senate; in 1912, the Senate invalidated
his election.
Died September
13, 1934 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Lorenzo P. Sanger (1809-1875) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., March 2,
1809.
Son of David Sanger, Jr. (1782-1851) and Mary 'Polly' (Palmer) Sanger
(1783-1854).
Contractor; built canals and
railroads;
member of Illinois
state senate; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; stone quarry
proprietor.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 23,
1875 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of David Sanger, Jr. (1782-1851) and Mary 'Polly' (Palmer) Sanger
(1783-1854); married, February
3, 1830, to Rachel Mary Denniston; father of Frances Louise
Sanger (1842-1880; who married William
Alexander Steel). |
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Richard M. Stadden (1856-1918) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 27,
1856.
Civil
engineer and contractor on railways
and harbor
projects in the U.S. and Mexico; Hawaiian consul at Manzanillo,
1886-87; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Manzanillo, 1906-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, 1916-17.
Died, of influenza,
1918
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Victoria Carbajal. |
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George W. Wright —
of Illinois.
Socialist. Contractor; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Young (b. 1859) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Augusta, Hancock
County, Ill., August
11, 1859.
Republican. Carpenter; general
organizer, Carpenter's Union, 1906-16; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Muskegon County, 1917-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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