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Samuel Shaw Arentz (1879-1934) —
also known as Samuel S. Arentz; Ulysses
Arentz —
of Simpson (unknown
county), Nev.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1879.
Son of Andrew Charles Arentz and Mary M. (Shaw) Arentz.
Republican. Surveyor;
engineer;
mining superintendent; chief engineer for several Western railroads;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1921-23, 1925-33; defeated,
1932; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1922; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 17,
1934 (age 55 years, 160
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Martin Brachall Bailey (b. 1858) —
also known as M. B. Bailey —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Indianola, Vermilion
County, Ill., 1858.
Son of Joseph Bailey and Sarah Ann (Brachall) Bailey.
Farmer;
school
teacher; silver miner; mining superintendent; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives; elected 1894; member of Illinois
state senate, 1901-03, 1903-05, 1909-33 (18th District 1901-03,
22nd District 1903-05, 1909-33).
Member, Elks; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Delta Theta; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899
to Lucia Payne. |
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Cecil William Bishop (1890-1971) —
also known as C. W. 'Runt' Bishop —
of Carterville, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born near West Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill., June 29,
1890.
Son of William C. Bishop and Belle Z. (Ragsdale) Bishop.
Republican. Tailor; laundry
business; coal miner; professional football
and baseball
player and manager; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1941-55 (25th District 1941-49,
26th District 1949-53, 25th District 1953-55); defeated, 1954.
Christian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
21, 1971 (age 81 years, 84
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Carterville, Ill.
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Donald A. Callahan (b. 1876) —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., September
8, 1876.
Son of Thomas Callahan and Mary Jennings (Rowe) Callahan.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of Idaho
state senate, 1923-33; president, Callahan Consolidated
Mines, 1937; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1938; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Idaho, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Lester Garey (1891-1953) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
28, 1891.
Son of Eugene Francis Garey and Ellen Frances (O'Boyle) Garey.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Butte Copper and Zinc Co. (mining); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1938.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died May 20,
1953 (age 61 years, 265
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Adolph Germer (1881-1964) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wehlau, East Prussia (now Znamensk, Kaliningrad
Oblast), January
15, 1881.
Socialist. Miner; union
official in various capacities for the United Mine Workers of
America, 1906-16; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; National Executive Secretary,
Socialist Party of America, 1916-19; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried and
convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
Died in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., 1964
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry LeRoy Heer (1873-1962) —
also known as Harry L. Heer —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
22, 1873.
Son of David H. Heer (1836-1908) and Martha (Evans) Heer (1838-1922).
Mining engineer;
lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925.
German
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., November
12, 1962 (age 89 years, 294
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Galena, Ill.
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Kent Ellsworth Keller (1867-1954) —
also known as Kent E. Keller —
of Ava, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born near Campbell Hill, Jackson
County, Ill., June 4,
1867.
Son of Philip Jacob Keller and Harriet Elizabeth (Bradley) Keller.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
mining business; member of Illinois
state senate 44th District, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 25th District, 1931-41; defeated,
1940 (25th District), 1942 (25th District), 1944 (25th District),
1948 (26th District), 1950 (26th District).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died September
3, 1954 (age 87 years, 91
days).
Interment at Ava
Evergreen Cemetery, Ava, Ill.
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Robert Rutherford McCormick (1880-1955) —
also known as Robert R. McCormick; Bertie McCormick;
Robert Sanderson McCormick, Jr.; "Colonel
McCormick"; "Colonel McCosmic" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 30,
1880.
Son of Robert
Sanderson McCormick.
Republican. Longtime publisher, Chicago Tribune newspaper;
creator of the Tribune's paper
manufacturing and aluminum mining operations in Canada;
president, Chicago Sanitary Commission (which built the Chicago
Sanitary and Ship Canal
connecting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system); delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1940,
1948,
1952.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch
ancestry.
Died April 1,
1955 (age 74 years, 245
days).
Interment at Cantigny
Estate, Wheaton, Ill.
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Charles McGavin (1874-1940) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Riverton, Sangamon
County, Ill., January
10, 1874.
Son of James McGavin and Mary Ann (Farley) McGavin.
Republican. Coal mining superintendent; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1905-09; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Died December
17, 1940 (age 66 years, 342
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Berwyn, Ill.
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Walter Nesbit (1878-1938) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., May 1,
1878.
Son of Charles Nesbit and Helen (Green) Nesbit.
Coal miner; Secretary-Treasurer,
District 12, United Mine Workers of America; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1930
(Democratic), 1934 (National Progressive).
Member, United
Mine Workers.
Died in 1938
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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Ben Wilson Olcott (1872-1952) —
also known as Ben W. Olcott; B. W. Olcott —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Keithsburg, Mercer
County, Ill., October
15, 1872.
Son of Hiram Wallace Olcott and Mary Jane (Wilson) Olcott.
Republican. Miner; secretary of
state of Oregon, 1911-20; appointed 1911; resigned 1920; Governor of
Oregon, 1919-23; president, American Savings Bank, Long
Beach, 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 21,
1952 (age 79 years, 280
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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William H. Packwood (1832-1917) —
of Curry
County, Ore.; Baker
County, Ore.
Born in Illinois, 1832.
Democrat. Miner; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Curry County, 1857.
Died in 1917
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.
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Merritt E. Paddock (1867-1937) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Prophetstown, Whiteside
County, Ill., June 3,
1867.
Mining engineer;
mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1933-34.
Member, Elks.
Died in May, 1937
(age 69
years, 0 days).
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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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner; lawyer; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker;
mining business; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (1869-1940) —
also known as Oliver H. Shoup —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Champaign
County, Ill., December
13, 1869.
Son of William R. Shoup and Delia J. (Ferris) Shoup.
Republican. Oil
business; mining business; banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died September
30, 1940 (age 70 years, 292
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Son of John Dean Waterman (1785-1837) and Mary Graves (Waldo)
Waterman (1787-1843).
Postmaster;
newspaper
publisher; involved in silver and gold mining; president,
San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April 12,
1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Fred W. Wenschoff —
of Illinois.
Born in Germany.
Socialist. Miner; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1920 (21st District), 1922
(at-large).
Burial
location unknown.
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