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Bennett Archambault —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Son of Albert Joseph Archambault and May (Smales) Archambault.
Republican. Manufacturer; president, Stewart-Warner Corp.;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Henrietta Morgan. |
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Jacob Bunn, Jr. (1864-1926) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
21, 1864.
Son of Jacob Bunn (1814-1897; industrialist) and Elizabeth (Ferguson)
Bunn.
Republican. President, Illinois Watch Co. (watch
manufacturers); president, Sangamo Electric Co.; president,
Springfield Marine Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924.
Died, from cirrhosis of
the liver, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 10,
1926 (age 61 years, 201
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Mildred Jeffress. |
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Charles Richard Crane (1858-1939) —
also known as Charles R. Crane —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 7,
1858.
Son of Richard Teller Crane and Mary (Prentiss) Crane.
President, Crane Company, valves and fittings manufacturer;
director, National Bank of the
Republic, Chicago; U.S. Minister to China, 1920-21.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in 1939
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Teller Crane and Mary (Prentiss) Crane; married 1881 to
Cornelia W. Smith; father of Richard
Crane. |
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Charles Francis Craver (1842-1925) —
of Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Franklinville, Gloucester
County, N.J., September
3, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1876.
Methodist.
One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment
manufacturers; invented
the first
successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain;
later, he was an oil producer
based in Oklahoma.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., May 12,
1925 (age 82 years, 251
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla.
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Clifton DeBerry (1924-2006) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Union City, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., 1924.
Painter;
factory worker; Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1964, 1980; Socialist Workers candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970.
African
ancestry.
Died, from heart
failure, in a hospital
in Alameda
County, Calif., March 24,
2006 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Alexander Hewitt (1914-1998) —
Born in 1914.
Manufacturer; chief executive of John Deere & Co., 1955-82;
U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, 1982-85.
Died May 16,
1998 (age about 83
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvan Kidder (1801-1871) —
of Randolph, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., February
12, 1801.
Son of John Kidder (1772-1813) and Ruth (Mann) Kidder (1779-1834).
Democrat. Manufacturer; merchant;
real
estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
18, 1871 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Milton Beckwith Kirk (b. 1880) —
also known as Milton B. Kirk —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
17, 1880.
Soap manufacturer; U.S. Deputy Consul in Paris, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Boma, 1908-09; Callao, 1910-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Johannesburg, 1910; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1911; SAINT Johns, 1914; Orillia, 1916; Nantes, 1917; Rouen, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Melville W. Mix (b. 1865) —
of Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill., November
16, 1865.
Son of Walter W. Mix and Mary E. (Dodge) Mix.
Democrat. Manufacturer; mayor
of Mishawaka, Ind., 1902-05.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1887
to Zella Louise Kenyon. |
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Walter H. Nill (1891-1964) —
of Muskegon Heights, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 13,
1891.
Democrat. Patternmaker; real estate
sales; Muskegon
County Register of Deeds, 1937-46; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Muskegon County 2nd
District 1949-54, Muskegon County 1st District 1955-62); candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose; Woodmen;
Foresters.
Died in 1964
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Bliss Pine (1877-1942) —
also known as William B. Pine; W. B. Pine —
of Okmulgee, Okmulgee
County, Okla.
Born in Bluffs, Scott
County, Ill., December
30, 1877.
Republican. Farmer; oil
producer; manufacturer; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1925-31; defeated, 1930; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1936.
Methodist.
Died in 1942
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Okmulgee
Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okla.
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William Thomas Rawleigh (b. 1870) —
also known as William T. Rawleigh —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born near Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis., December
3, 1870.
Son of Charles David Rawleigh and Sarah Malinda (Babcock) Rawleigh.
Republican. Merchant;
newspaper
editor; manufacturer; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1909-11; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1911-12; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles David Rawleigh and Sarah Malinda (Babcock) Rawleigh;
married, November
16, 1890, to Minnie B. Trevillian; married, March 14,
1923, to M. Marguerite Schneider. |
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William Converse Staley (b. 1899) —
also known as W. Converse Staley —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., September
28, 1899.
Son of Edward E. Staley and Elsie (Converse) Staley.
Republican. President, Baker Manufacturing Company, makers of
heavy equipment; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1944,
1948.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Jennie Barnes (divorced). |
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