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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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Harvey Sandburg Amerson (1875-1943) —
also known as Harvey S. Amerson —
of Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Illinois, November
29, 1875.
Son of William Amerson (1841-1922) and Matilda Harriet (Schaubel)
Amerson (1846-1906).
Republican. Merchant; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Antrim County, 1911-12.
German
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Elk Rapids, Mich.
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Paul Babich (1911-1983) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Silvis, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 16,
1911.
Son of George Babich and Mary (Saich) Babich.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;
merchant; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1956.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died in 1983
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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H. Clarence Baldridge (1868-1947) —
of Parma, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Carlock, McLean
County, Ill., November
24, 1868.
Son of William John Baldridge and Caroline (Wright) Baldridge.
Republican. Grain dealer;
merchant; banker;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1911-13; member of Idaho
state senate, 1913-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho, 1916
(alternate), 1936;
Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1923-27; Governor of
Idaho, 1927-31; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Parma, Canyon
County, Idaho, June 8,
1947 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment at Parma
Cemetery, Parma, Idaho.
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Albert L. Brown (b. 1828) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt., January
12, 1828.
Republican. Merchant; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Nelson Brown (b. 1848) —
also known as William N. Brown —
of Concord Township, Iroquois
County, Ill.; Woonsocket, Sanborn
County, S.Dak.
Born in Anderson
County, Tenn., June 17,
1848.
Son of William Brown (1813-1870) and Malinda Katherine (Overton)
Brown (1814-1888).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 14th District, 1903-06.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Abel Buffum (1870-1936) —
also known as Charles A. Buffum —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in La Fayette, Stark
County, Ill., January
30, 1870.
Merchant; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1921-24.
Died, of a heart
ailment, November
29, 1936 (age 66 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
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John Buford, Sr. (1779-1848) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., 1779.
Son of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford (born 1760) and Simeon
Buford, Sr..
Farmer;
merchant; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824-27; postmaster;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1843-47.
Presbyterian.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., March 25,
1848 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Chippiannock
Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford (born 1760) and Simeon
Buford, Sr.; married, September
6, 1799, to Nancy Hickman (died 1824); married, January
4, 1825, to Ann Bannister (Howe) Watson (died 1835); father of
John Buford, Jr. (Civil War general), Napoleon Bonaparte Buford
(Civil War general), Thomas
Jefferson Buford and James
Monroe Buford. See Buford
family of Illinois. |
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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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Wilbur J. Cash (b. 1887) —
of Towanda, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Gridley, McLean
County, Ill., March 23,
1887.
Republican. Merchant; farmer;
director of McLean County Bank;
member of Illinois
state senate 26th District, 1941-53.
Member, Shriners;
Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909
to Ruby E. Jones. |
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) —
also known as Everett M. Dirksen; "The Wizard of
Ooze" —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., January
4, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
merchant; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, of lung
cancer, at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1969 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glendale
Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill.
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Walter Roy Donohoo (1881-c.1969) —
also known as W. Roy Donohoo —
of Pearl, Pike
County, Ill.
Born in Pike
County, Ill., February
20, 1881.
Democrat. Merchant; postmaster;
coal
dealer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 36th District, 1941-47, 1949-53.
Member, Eagles; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died about 1969 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Green
Pond Cemetery, Pearl, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Anna Pettit. |
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Louis Lincoln Emmerson (1863-1941) —
also known as Louis L. Emmerson; Lou
Emmerson —
of Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Edwards
County, Ill., December
27, 1863.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1917-29; Governor of
Illinois, 1929-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Woodmen;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill., February
4, 1941 (age 77 years, 39
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
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Havillah Gunn (1786-1867) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Connecticut, 1786.
Son of Samuel Gunn and Joanna Gunn.
Merchant; Scioto
County Treasurer, 1828-30; mayor
of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1830-31.
Died in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., September
8, 1867 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Grover Cleveland Helm (1884-1955) —
also known as Grover C. Helm —
of Mackinaw, Tazewell
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., November
2, 1884.
Son of Alexander Helm and Marguerite (Rankin) Helm.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
mayor of Mackinaw, Ill., 1912.; wholesale produce
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1952.
Christian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Bankers Association; Union
League.
Died in 1955
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Grover
Cleveland |
| | | Relatives: Married to Anna Puterbaugh
(born 1888). |
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Byron Holkenbrink (1903-2002) —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., November
30, 1903.
Merchant; mayor
of Jacksonville, Ill., 1963-69.
Christian.
Member, Rotary; American
Association of Retired Persons.
Died in Barton W. Stone nursing
home, Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., April 26,
2002 (age 98 years, 147
days); body donated
to science.
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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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William Kinney (1781-1843) —
of St.
Clair County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1781.
Baptist
minister; merchant; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1830, 1834.
Baptist.
Died near Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
1, 1843 (age about 62
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Clair County, Ill.
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James H. Madden (born c.1842) —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born about 1842.
University
professor; merchant; U.S. Consul in Smyrna, 1893-97.
Burial
location unknown.
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C. L. McCormick (b. 1919) —
of Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill.
Born in McCormick, Pope
County, Ill., December
1, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
merchant; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1957-65, 1965-67, 1967-75,
1981-83 (59th District 1957-65, at-large 1965-67, 59th District
1967-75, 1981-83).
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Interment at Vienna
Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Ill.
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Chauncey H. Norris (born c.1836) —
of Table Rock, Pawnee
County, Neb.
Born in Illinois, about 1836.
Republican. Merchant; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1887-88.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March 29,
1816.
Republican. Merchant; lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; coal mining
business; railroad
builder; banker; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.
Died in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., April 8,
1903 (age 87 years, 10
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Streator, Ill.
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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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Alexander Hamilton Revell (b. 1858) —
also known as Alexander H. Revell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
6, 1858.
Son of David Revell and Margaret (Dorgan) Revell.
Republican. Merchant; furniture
manufacturer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 29th District,
1920-22.
Member, Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cyrus Baldwin Sammons (1825-1881) —
also known as Cyrus B. Sammons —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
15, 1825.
Son of Johannis Sammons (1786-1845) and Abigail (Smith) Sammons
(1795-1864).
Merchant; postmaster;
village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1872-73.
Universalist.
Died in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., May 31,
1881 (age 55 years, 197
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman Schmitt (b. 1832) —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
September
23, 1832.
Painter;
merchant; village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1873-74.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1855
to Theresa Mihm. |
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Henry Christian Senne (1826-1911) —
also known as Henry C. Senne —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norde Branke, Hessen, Germany,
October
26, 1826.
Merchant; banker; lumber
business; village
president of Des Plaines, Illinois, 1870-71, 1875-77, 1881-83,
1888-91, 1892-93; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1871-75.
Died in Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill., February
8, 1911 (age 84 years, 105
days).
Interment at Immanuel
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1848
to Dorothea Linnemann. |
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Bradford Newcomb Stevens (1813-1885) —
also known as Bradford N. Stevens —
of Tiskilwa, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
3, 1813.
School
teacher; merchant; mayor of Tiskilwa, Ill.; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1871-73.
Died in Tiskilwa, Bureau
County, Ill., November
10, 1885 (age 72 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Bloom Cemetery, Tiskilwa, Ill.
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J. Sedgwick Tracy (born c.1873) —
of Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Elmwood, Peoria
County, Ill., about 1873.
Republican. Merchant; elected Connecticut
state house of representatives from Canaan 1926.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Scadden Vessey (1858-1929) —
also known as Robert S. Vessey —
of Wessington Springs, Jerauld
County, S.Dak.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 16,
1858.
Son of Charles Vessey and Jane Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Vessey.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Governor of
South Dakota, 1909-13.
Methodist.
Died October
18, 1929 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Erasmus Winslow —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.; Peru, La Salle
County, Ill.
Merchant; physician;
village
president of Niles, Michigan, 1839.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Elkington Wood (1879-1969) —
also known as Robert E. Wood —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 13,
1879.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I;
vice-president (1924-39) and chairman (1939-54), Sears, Roebuck &
Company department stores; one of the founders of the America
First Committee (1940), opposed to U.S. involvement in World War II;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Died November
6, 1969 (age 90 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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