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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, Galesburg, Ill.
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Riley Alvin Bender (1890-1973) —
also known as Riley A. Bender —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1890.
Son of Edward Bender and Rachel Josephine 'Josie' (Davis) Bender.
Prize
fighter; hotel
manager; music
store manager; seed wholesaler; candidate in Democratic
primary for Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1938; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1944,
1948,
1952.
Church
of Christ. German and
Welsh
ancestry.
Died, in Illinois Central Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 6,
1973 (age 82 years, 241
days).
Interment at Onarga
Cemetery, Onarga, Ill.
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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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Alvan V. Burch (b. 1887) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Crawford
County, Ill., May 27,
1887.
Republican. Railway
conductor; merchant;
president, Blount Plow Works; Indiana State Highway
Commissioner, 1921-27; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Deere (1804-1886) —
of Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., February
7, 1804.
Son of William Rinold Deere and Sarah (Yates) Deere (1780-1826).
Blacksmith;
inventor
of the first successful steel plow; founder of John Deere &
Company, manufacturers of farm implements; president, National
Bank of
Moline; mayor of
Moline, Ill., 1873-75.
Died in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 17,
1886 (age 82 years, 99
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Moline, Ill.; statue at John
Deere Historic Site, Grand Detour, Ill.
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Reuben Ellwood (1821-1885) —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Illinois.
Born in Minden, Montgomery
County, N.Y., February
21, 1821.
Republican. Farm implement manufacturer; hardware
business; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1883-85; died in
office 1885.
Died in Sycamore, DeKalb
County, Ill., July 1,
1885 (age 64 years, 130
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Sycamore, Ill.
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Frank Everett Furst (1874-1936) —
also known as Frank Furst —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Lancaster Township, Stephenson
County, Ill., March 12,
1874.
Son of Samuel Furst and Harriet (Grimes) Furst.
Republican. Co-founder of the Furst-McNess Company, maker of
livestock feed and medicine;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Died in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., September
7, 1936 (age 62 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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R. M. Hutchinson (b. 1858) —
of Delmont, Douglas
County, S.Dak.
Born in Henderson
County, Ill., September
8, 1858.
Democrat. Farmer; grain and
livestock dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 8th District, 1899-1900,
1903-04; defeated, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) —
also known as Cyrus H. McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., February
15, 1809.
Son of Robert McCormick (1780-1846) and Mary Ann 'Polly' (Hall)
McCormick.
Democrat. One of the inventors
of the McCormick reaper, and the founder of the farm implement
manufacturing company which became International Harvester;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1876.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 13,
1884 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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W. L. Montgomery (b. 1872) —
of Chamberlain, Brule
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rock Island
County, Ill., July 7,
1872.
Son of Daniel Montgomery and Martha (Parks) Montgomery.
Republican. Real estate
business; livestock dealer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 14th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, January
1, 1899, to Lorene M. King. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Charles Otis Nason (b. 1828) —
also known as Charles O. Nason —
of Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., September
20, 1828.
Son of Horace Nason and Mary (Lamb) Nason.
Republican. Superintendent of wood department, John Deere Co. Plow
Works; director and treasurer, Moline Plow Works;
treasurer, People's Power
Company; mayor of
Moline, Ill., 1887-89.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew F. Warga (b. 1919) —
of Phillips, Price
County, Wis.
Born in Thayer, Sangamon
County, Ill., February
12, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; garage
business; farm implement dealer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Price and Taylor counties; elected 1958.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1960.
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O. Lloyd Welsh (1899-1968) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born near Sciota, McDonough
County, Ill., June 29,
1899.
Son of Henry Byron Welsh (died 1949) and Dora (Hauser) Welsh (died
1933).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
president and general manager of Prairie Lumber and
Fuel Company, which sells feed and fertilizer, coal,
and building materials; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 1953-57.
Christian.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Normal, McLean
County, Ill., December
17, 1968 (age 69 years, 171
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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