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John Clayton Allen (1860-1939) —
also known as John C. Allen —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill.
Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
14, 1860.
Son of John H. Allen and Elizabeth (Burns) Allen.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
secretary
of state of Nebraska, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., January
12, 1939 (age 78 years, 332
days).
Interment at Vermont
Cemetery, Vermont, Ill.
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Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) —
also known as Louis H. Aymé —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1855.
Son of Dr. Henry Aymé and Elizabeth Geraldine (Fitzgerald)
Aymé.
Republican. Ethnologist;
newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.
Member, Loyal Legion; Sons
of Veterans.
Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis),
in Lisbon, Portugal,
May
16, 1912 (age 56 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Charles Black (1839-1915) —
also known as John C. Black —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Lexington, Holmes
County, Miss., January
27, 1839.
Son of Rev. John Black and Josephine (Culbertson) Black.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1872; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884;
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, 1885-89; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1893-95; defeated
(Democratic), 1866, 1880, 1884; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1895-99; delegate
to Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896; member, U.S. Civil Service
Commission, 1903-07.
Member, Loyal Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7,
1862.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
17, 1915 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) —
also known as Henry S. Boutell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 14,
1856.
Son of Lewis Henry Boutell and Anna (Greene) Boutell.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903,
9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1908;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law
professor.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal Legion.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy,
March
11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow
(Dudley) Breckinridge (1849-1911).
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Loyal Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of John
Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
(1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley) Breckinridge (1849-1911);
second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman (divorced 1925); married, August 5,
1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root (divorced 1947); married, March 27,
1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Howland Butler (1894-1967) —
also known as George H. Butler —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
6, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1927-29; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1946-48.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Died in 1967
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Amasa Cobb (1823-1905) —
of Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Palestine, Crawford
County, Ill., September
27, 1823.
Son of John Cobb and Nancy (Briggs) Cobb.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1855-56; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1860-61; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1863-71; mayor of
Lincoln, Neb., 1875-76; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1878-92; chief
justice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1884-86, 1890-92.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 5,
1905 (age 81 years, 281
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., December
30, 1830.
Son of John Adams Drake and Harriet Jane (O'Neal) Drake.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; railroad
builder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1888;
Governor
of Iowa, 1896-98.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa is named for
him.
Died, of diabetes,
in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, November
20, 1903 (age 72 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) —
also known as Ulysses S. Grant; "Savior of the
Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The
Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional
Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner";
"The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent
General" —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont
County, Ohio, April 27,
1822.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President
of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $50
bill, and also appeared on $1
and $5 silver certificates in 1887-1927.
Died of throat
cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1885 (age 63 years, 87
days).
Interment at General
Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, August
22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of Frederick
Dent Grant and Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married William
Pigott Cronan). See Grant
family of Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
Porter — Ayres
Phillips Merrill — Robert
Martin Douglas |
| | | Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Ulysses
G. Denman
— S. U.
G. Rhodes
— U.
S. Grant Leverett
|
| | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,
fight." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean
Edward Smith, Grant —
Frank J. Scaturro, President
Grant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely, Grant
: A Biography — William S. McFeely, Ulysses
S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, Emancipator,
Writer — Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses
S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — Brooks
D. Simpson, Let
Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and
Reconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (out of
print) — Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses
S. Grant — Michael Korda, Ulysses
S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,
A
Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military
Genius — Harry J. Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana |
| | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt
Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant
Comes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1840.
Son of Rev. David Greene and Mary (Evarts) Greene.
Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1870-79; chief
justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1888; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Washington, 1890.
Baptist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
17, 1930 (age 89 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Johnson (1869-1957) —
of Hoquiam, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., March 5,
1869.
Son of Charles W. Johnson and Anna E. (Ogden) Johnson.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1913-33 (2nd District 1913-15,
3rd District 1915-33); defeated, 1932.
Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in the American Lake veterans hospital,
Fort Lewis, Pierce
County, Wash., January
17, 1957 (age 87 years, 318
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, Hoquiam, Wash.
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William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918) —
also known as William P. Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Orwell, Addison
County, Vt., December
8, 1830.
Son of Rev. Sherman K. Kellogg.
Republican. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1860;
justice
of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; colonel
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1865-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana,
1868,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1868-72, 1877-83; Governor of
Louisiana, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1883-85.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1918 (age 87 years, 245
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Arthur Paddock (1885-1964) —
also known as George A. Paddock —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill., March 24,
1885.
Son of George Laban Paddock and Caroline Matilda (Bolles) Paddock.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1941-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Loyal Legion; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons.
Died December
29, 1964 (age 79 years, 280
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Charles W. Raymond —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Indian Territory (now Okla.).
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Son of William M. Raymond (killed at Civil War Battle of Nashville)
and Mary Ellen (Myers) Raymond.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1900;
U.S.
District Judge for Indian Territory, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indian Territory, 1904.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) —
also known as John M. Schofield —
Born in Gerry, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
29, 1831.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1868-69.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1892 for action at Wilsons Creek, Mo., August 10,
1861.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., March 4,
1906 (age 74 years, 156
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) —
also known as Henry J. Taylor —
of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1902.
Son of Henry Noble Taylor and Eileen Louise (O'Hare) Taylor.
Republican. Pulp and
paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank;
director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; author; newspaper
correspondent; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Loyal Legion.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Noble Taylor and Eileen Louise (O'Hare) Taylor; married, March 2,
1928, to Olivia Fay Kimbro; married, July 3,
1970, to Marion J. E. Richardson. |
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