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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 16,
1863.
Son of Waldo Abbot and Julia (Holmes) Abbot.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Benjamin Phillip Alschuler (b. 1876) —
also known as Benjamin P. Alschuler; Ben
Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., November
8, 1876.
Son of Jacob Alschuler (1825-1896) and Caroline (Stiefel) Alschuler
(1839-1933).
Democrat. Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Court of Claims, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
vice-president and counsel, Western United Gas and
Electric Co.; director, publishing
companies and newspapers.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elmer Lee Andersen (1909-2004) —
also known as Elmer L. Andersen —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1909.
Son of Arne Andersen and Jennie Olivia (Johnson) Andersen.
Republican. Glue
manufacturing business; dairy farmer;
newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1964;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1949-59; Governor of
Minnesota, 1961-63; defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, in a hospital
at St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
15, 2004 (age 95 years, 151
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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George Everett Anderson (1869-1940) —
also known as George E. Anderson —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August
20, 1869.
Son of Orson B. Anderson and Harriet V. (Smith) Anderson.
Newspaper editor and publisher; economist;
U.S. Consul in Hangchow, 1904-05; Amoy, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1906-10; Hong Kong, 1910-20; Rotterdam, 1920-24.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1940 (age 70 years, 210
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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Eladio Armesto Garcia (1936-2003) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba, November
27, 1936.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1993-94; defeated,
1976.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Died, of respiratory
arrest and cancer, in
Zion, Lake
County, Ill., March 24,
2003 (age 66 years, 117
days).
Interment at Miami
Memorial Park, Miami, Fla.
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Carlos Avery (1868-1930) —
of Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn.; Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Minooka, Grundy
County, Ill., January
25, 1868.
Newspaper editor and publisher; naturalist;
Minnesota Fish and Game Commissioner; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1924.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
4, 1930 (age 62 years, 252
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minn.
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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 T. Barnett (b. 1869) —
of Silverton, San Juan
County, Colo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Ouray
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 22,
1869.
Son of John Barnett and Katherine Barnett.
Democrat. School
principal; newspaper editor; lawyer; Ouray
County Attorney, 1898-1910; Colorado
state attorney general, 1909-10; secretary of
Colorado Democratic Party, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1913-20.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Barnett and Katherine Barnett; married, January
24, 1906, to Sue Sayre Nash (died 1911); married, March 7,
1917, to Myrtle Louise Emily Schlessiner. |
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Arnold Philip Benson (1896-1974) —
also known as Arnold P. Benson —
of Batavia, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Batavia, Kane
County, Ill., March 5,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Illinois
state senate 14th District, 1933-45; candidate for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1944.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1974
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) —
also known as Katharine C. Blow; Katharine Rowland
Cooke; Mrs. George W. Blow —
of Yorktown, York
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 21,
1897.
Daughter of George Joseph Cooke and Mary Elizabeth (Kerwin) Cooke.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1948,
1956;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1949; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1950.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Staff writer for
The New Yorker magazine, 1936-42.
Died in Yorktown, York
County, Va., March 25,
1965 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Boeschenstein (b. 1864) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Madison
County, Ill., October
27, 1864.
Son of Charles Boeschenstein and Louisa (Leder) Boeschenstein.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; banker; mayor
of Edwardsville, Ill., 1887-89; organized Edwardsville Water
Co., 1897; member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1900-12; Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1904-12; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1912-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940.
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Edwardsville, Ill.
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Samuel Evan Boys (b. 1871) —
also known as Samuel E. Boys —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.; Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born in Lacon, Marshall
County, Ill., June 20,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936
(alternate), 1940.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) —
also known as Orlo M. Brees —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April 13,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; printing
business; author; lecturer;
poet;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in November, 1980
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1933
to Frances W. Freeman. |
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Son of Samuel S. Brooks (newspaper editor).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
newspaper editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married 1852
to Mary Ann Bray (1833-1903). |
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William Bross —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Co-founder of Chicago Tribune newspaper; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1865-69.
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Lot Brown (b. 1855) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Morton Park (now Cicero), Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., December
25, 1855.
Son of William A. Brown and Abigail Brown.
Republican. Newspaper editor; freight agent, later commercial
agent, for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1904;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Brownlow (b. 1879) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., August
20, 1879.
Son of Robert Sims Brownlow and Ruth Adelia (Amis) Brownlow.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1915-20; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1917-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); city manager, Petersburg, Va.,
1920-23; city manager, Knoxville, Tenn., 1924-26.
Member, American
Public Health Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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James F. Bryan (b. 1857) —
of Creston, Union
County, Iowa.
Born in Illinois, October, 1857.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lecturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March 19,
1860.
Son of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896).
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896);
married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird (1860-1930); cousin of William
Sherman Jennings; brother of Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (1873-1962; who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown. See Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan |
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M. J. Burke (c.1857-1905) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Carleton County, Ontario,
about 1857.
Newspaper work; U.S. Consul in SAINT Thomas, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Thomas, Ontario,
March
15, 1905 (age about 48
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Festus Orestes Butt (1875-1972) —
also known as Festus O. Butt; F. O. Butt —
of Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born near Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1875.
Son of William Alvin Butt.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives; member of Arkansas
state senate.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 30,
1972 (age about 96
years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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James Romulus Campbell (1853-1924) —
also known as James R. Campbell —
of McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill.
Born in Crook Township, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 4,
1853.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884-88; member of Illinois
state senate, 1888-96; newspaper publisher; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1897-99; defeated
(Democratic), 1918.
Died in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., August
12, 1924 (age 71 years, 100
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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Roy Clippinger (1886-1962) —
of Carmi, White
County, Ill.
Born in Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., January
13, 1886.
Son of Anthony Clinton Clippinger (1858-1919) and Eliza Belle
(Donahey) Clippinger.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1946-49.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Union
League.
Died in Carmi, White
County, Ill., December
24, 1962 (age 76 years, 345
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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Harold Reginald Collier (1915-2006) —
also known as Harold R. Collier —
of Berwyn, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
12, 1915.
Republican. Newspaper editor; candidate in primary for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1957-75 (10th District 1957-73, 6th
District 1973-75).
Methodist.
Member, Moose; Elks.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
17, 2006 (age 90 years, 36
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963) —
also known as Chauncey S. Conger —
of Carmi, White
County, Ill.
Born in Carmi, White
County, Ill., October
1, 1882.
Son of Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1838-?) and Ellen (Stewart) Conger.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
White
County Judge, 1934-42; director, First National Bank of
Carmi.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Carmi, White
County, Ill., April 16,
1963 (age 80 years, 197
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Corlett (c.1871-1951) —
of Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Will
County, Ill., about 1871.
Lawyer;
Mayor of Wilmington, Ill., 1899; newspaper publisher; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 41st District,
1920-22.
Died, in Silver Cross Hospital,
Joliet, Will
County, Ill., December
4, 1951 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Edward Coyne (1881-1929) —
also known as Clarence E. Coyne —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., December
23, 1881.
Son of Foster Coyne and Mary (McGavaran) Coyne.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Stanley
County Sheriff, 1911-14; secretary of
state of South Dakota, 1922-27; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1929; died in office 1929.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died May 27,
1929 (age 47 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Throckmorton-Gird. |
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Shelby Cullom Davis (1909-1994) —
also known as Shelby Davis —
of New York.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., 1909.
Journalist; economist;
investment
banker; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1969-75.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., May 29,
1994 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph
operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,
Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper publisher;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died February
14, 1908 (age 67 years, 171
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Elizabeth Robertson. |
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Arthur Edwards (1834-1901) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. Clergyman;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; editor,
Northwestern Christian Advocate magazine, 1872-1901; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 20,
1901 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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India Edwards —
also known as India Gillespie; India Moffett; Mrs.
Herbert Threlkeld Edwards —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Daughter of John A. Gillespie and India H. (Thomas) Gillespie.
Democrat. Society editor, Chicago Tribune newspaper, 1918-36;
woman's page editor, 1936-42; executive director, Women's Division,
Democratic National Committee; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1950-56.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John A. Gillespie and India H. (Thomas) Gillespie;
married, March 6,
1920, to John F. Moffett (divorced 1937); married, June 19,
1942, to Herbert Threlkeld Edwards. |
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J. Louis Engdahl (1884-1932) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
11, 1884.
Writer
and editor for Socialist and Communist newspapers; 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; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924 (Workers), 1926 (Workers Communist);
Communist candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930; Communist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1931.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Moscow, Russia,
November
21, 1932 (age 48 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis William Fairfield (1858-1930) —
also known as Louis W. Fairfield —
of Angola, Steuben
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, October
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; college
teacher; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1917-25.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., February
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Charles Wilson Faltz —
also known as Charlie Faltz —
of Somonauk, DeKalb
County, Ill.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marshall Field (1893-1956) —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
28, 1893.
Son of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948.
Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
Died, of brain
cancer, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1956 (age 63 years, 41
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field; married 1916 to Evelyn
Marshall; married 1930 to Audrey
(Janes) Coats; married 1936 to Ruth
(Pruyn) Phipps. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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John Frederick Finerty (1846-1908) —
of Illinois.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
September
10, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
correspondent; newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1883-85.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1908 (age 61 years, 274
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Daniel Fish (b. 1848) —
of Delano, Wright
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Cherry Valley, Winnebago
County, Ill., January
31, 1848.
Son of Daniel Fish and Parmelia (Adams) Fish.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; probate judge in Minnesota, 1876-77,
1879; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1880;
district judge in Minnesota 4th District, 1914-20.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Anson Ford (1883-1983) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; advertising
business; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1937-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California, 1956.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1983
(age about
100 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Goldsmith (1884-1975). |
| | | Epitaph: "Public Servant -
Humanitarian." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Philip Bond Fouke (1818-1876) —
also known as Philip B. Fouke —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., January
23, 1818.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; newspaper publisher; lawyer;
prosecuting attorney for 2nd circuit, 1846-50; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1859-63; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
3, 1876 (age 58 years, 254
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nathan Frank (1852-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
23, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Jewish.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 5,
1931 (age 79 years, 41
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Ashley Greene (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Grove, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Ashville, St. Clair
County, Ala., January
15, 1898.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles; American Bar
Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nicolay Andrew Grevstad (1851-1940) —
also known as Nicolay A. Grevstad —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norway,
June
2, 1851.
Son of Nels K. Grevstad and Birgitte (Schetlein) Grevstad.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1911-14; Uruguay, 1911-14.
Lutheran.
Died in 1940
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) —
also known as Henry C. Hansbrough —
of San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis.; Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph
County, Ill., January
30, 1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1889-91; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1891-1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1933 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 28,
1868.
Son of Charles H. Hapgood and Fanny Louise (Powers) Hapgood.
Lawyer;
editor, Collier's Weekly magazine, 1903-12; Harper's Weekly,
1913-16; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1919.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 29,
1937 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Guy Urban Hardy (1872-1947) —
also known as Guy U. Hardy —
of Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo.
Born in Abingdon, Knox
County, Ill., April 4,
1872.
Son of U. W. Hardy and Virginia (Moorehead) Hardy.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died January
26, 1947 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Canon City, Colo.
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Carter Henry Harrison II (1860-1953) —
also known as Carter H. Harrison —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 23,
1860.
Son of Carter
Henry Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1897-1905, 1911-15; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1932,
1936.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Society
of Colonial Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died December
25, 1953 (age 93 years, 246
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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George Horton (b. 1859) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairville, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
11, 1859.
Son of Peter Davis Horton and Mary Sophia (Aiken) Horton.
U.S. Consul in Athens, 1893-98, 1905-06; Salonika, 1910-11; literary editor, Chicago Times-Herald
newspaper, 1899-1901; editor, literary supplement, Chicago
American newspaper, 1901-03; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1906-10; Smyrna, 1911-17, 1919-22; Budapest, 1924.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909
to Catherine Sacopoulo. |
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Don Irving (b. 1898) —
of Chambersburg, Pike
County, Ill.
Born in Chambersburg, Pike
County, Ill., September
20, 1898.
Son of Wade Hampton Irving and Martha (Hume) Irving.
Democrat. Farmer; insurance
business; newspaper columnist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1944, 1946; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1949-65.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Farmers
Union.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Halsey Jenison (1907-1996) —
also known as Edward H. Jenison —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 27,
1907.
Son of Ernest Manley Jenison and Laura (Hinsey) Jenison.
Republican. Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1947-53 (18th District 1947-49,
23rd District 1949-53); defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died June 22,
1996 (age 88 years, 331
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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Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) —
also known as Charles C. Kearns —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio; Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., February
11, 1869.
Son of Barton Kearns and Amanda (Salisbury) Kearns.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died December
17, 1931 (age 62 years, 309
days).
Interment at Clarence
E. Combs Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Amelia, Ohio.
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Theron Preston Keator (1850-1917) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rosendale, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
1, 1850.
Son of Simon Peter Snyder Keator (1827-1899) and Hannah (Coutant)
Keator (1832-1898).
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; lecturer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1884.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1917 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Eugene Kelly (b. 1870) —
also known as Harry E. Kelly —
of Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill.; Sullivan, Moultrie
County, Ill.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
27, 1870.
Son of Michael Joseph Kelly and Margery A. (Lytle) Kelly.
Republican. Newspaper editor; school
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1906-08; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1912-14.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Joseph Kelly and Margery A. (Lytle) Kelly; married 1893 to Jessie
L. Speer (died 1899); married 1903 to Edna
(McElravy) Smalley. |
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Alan Lee Keyes (b. 1950) —
also known as Alan L. Keyes —
of Maryland.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 7,
1950.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1988, 1992; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2004; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Syndicated newspaper columnist;
radio
talk show host.
Still living as of 2009.
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Julius Klein (1901-1984) —
also known as "Dutch" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1932; general in the U.S.
Army during World War II; public
relations business; lobbyist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1960;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1954.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish
War Veterans.
Died, in the Great Lakes Naval Hospital,
Great Lakes, Lake
County, Ill., April 6,
1984 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helene von Holstein (died 1976). |
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Frank A. Knight (b. 1907) —
of South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
4, 1907.
Son of Charles Edgar Knight and Charlotte (Stanmeyer) Knight.
Democrat. Sports
editor, later managing editor, The Charleston Gazette
newspaper; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1941-52;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edgar Knight and Charlotte (Stanmeyer) Knight; married, July 21,
1930, to Orpha Regina Thomas; father of Thomas
A. Knight. |
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William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) —
also known as Frank Knox —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1920;
candidate for nomination for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1924; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Washington,
D.C., April 28,
1944 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Christian Cecil Kohlsaat (b. 1844) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Edwards
County, Ill., January
8, 1844.
Son of Reimer Kohlsaat and Sarah (Hall) Kohlsaat.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1890-99; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1899-1905;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1905.
Member, Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871
to Frances S. Smith. |
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P. D. Kribs (b. 1856) —
of Leola, McPherson
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Columbia, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., July 5,
1856.
Republican. Druggist; postmaster;
newspaper publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 35th District, 1903-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
8, 1887, to Hattie M. Cavanagh. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Louis Abraham Lerner (1935-1984) —
also known as Louis A. Lerner —
of Illinois.
Born in 1935.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1977-80.
Died in 1984
(age about
49 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Looney (1865-1947) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Son of Patrick Looney and Margaret Looney.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1947
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Will Leonard Lowrie (1869-1944) —
also known as Will L. Lowrie —
of Illinois.
Born in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., March 8,
1869.
Son of A. H. Lowrie and Mattie Beckwith (Pease) Lowrie.
Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in
Rio de Janeiro, 1899-1901; U.S. Consul in Hobart, 1906; Weimar, 1906-08; Erfurt, 1908-09; Carlsbad, 1909-12; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1912-20; Athens, 1920-22; Wellington, 1926-29; Frankfort, 1931-32.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died April 2,
1944 (age 75 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Curtis Daniel MacDougall (1903-1985) —
also known as Curtis D. MacDougall —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., February
11, 1903.
Son of Gilbert Thomas MacDougall and Isabella (McCollum) MacDougall.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Pi
Kappa Delta; Acacia.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., November
10, 1985 (age 82 years, 272
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Genevieve Rockwood. |
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Karl de Giers MacVitty (1883-1959) —
also known as Karl MacVitty —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
27, 1883.
Son of Frank Dow MacVitty and Kateryn (de Giers) MacVitty.
Newspaper reporter; theatrical
manager; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-19; Belfast, 1919; Nassau, 1919-20; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1920; Sydney, 1921; Auckland, 1921-22; Teheran, 1925; Stockholm, 1926-27; Leghorn, 1928-29, 1929; Malta, 1929; Nairobi, 1932; Sofia, 1938; Nouméa, 1942; U.S. Consul General in Nouméa, 1942; Alexandria, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1959
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; Public Ownership
candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908;
founder and editor, Minnesota Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Anthony, Minn.
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John Bartlow Martin (1915-1987) —
of Illinois.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August 3,
1915.
Son of John Martin and Laura Martin.
Journalist; author;
speechwriter for Adlai
E. Stevenson, John
F. Kennedy, Robert
F. Kennedy, and Hubert
Humphrey; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1962-63.
Died, from throat
cancer, in Highland Park Hospital,
Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., January
3, 1987 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Herman
Cemetery, Herman, Mich.
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John Alexander McClernand (1812-1900) —
also known as John A. McClernand —
of Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Breckinridge
County, Ky., May 30,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; newspaper
publisher; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1840,
1852;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46, 1852-56; member of Illinois
state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1859-61 (2nd District
1843-51, 6th District 1859-61); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1876
(Convention
President; member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker).
Died in 1900
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, 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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John Irving McNeil (b. 1877) —
of Wessington, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., May 22,
1877.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Medill (1823-1899) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near St. John, New
Brunswick, April 6,
1823.
Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune newspaper; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 16,
1899 (age 75 years, 344
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Anders Christian Nelson (1858-1929) —
also known as Anders C. Nelson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Denmark,
May
11, 1858.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper work; U.S. Consular Agent
in Schiedam, 1903-10; Scheveningen, 1910-11; U.S. Vice Consul in The Hague, 1922-29.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Netherlands,
October
26, 1929 (age 71 years, 168
days).
Interment at Begraafplaats Oud Eik en Duinen, Den Haag, Netherlands.
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James A. Nowlan (1873-1942) —
of Toulon, Stark
County, Ill.
Born in Toulon, Stark
County, Ill., April 12,
1873.
Son of James Nowlan (born 1836) and Helen Nowlan.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1920;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1928.
Died in Wyoming, Stark
County, Ill., July 2,
1942 (age 69 years, 81
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, April 15,
1903, to Cora Demarch Townsend (1883-1961). |
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Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003) —
also known as Frank L. O'Bannon —
of Indiana.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., January
30, 1930.
Son of Faith (Dropsey) O'Bannon and Robert
Presley O'Bannon.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1971-89; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; Governor of
Indiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Suffered a major
stroke, and subsequently died, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 2003 (age 73 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue at Old
Courthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.
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Frances J. O'Meara —
also known as Frances Jacobi —
of Martinsburg, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Daughter of Francis G. Jacobi and Jane Frances (Frieling) Jacobi.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1932-42; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1940
(alternate), 1952;
chair
of Audrain County Republican Party, 1942-49; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1944.
Female.
Catholic.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dr. Thomas O'Meara. |
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Frank Edward Packard (1880-1961) —
of Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Renwick, Humboldt
County, Iowa, November
18, 1880.
Son of Frank D. Packard and Harriet (Olden) Packard.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper reporter; lawyer;
North Dakota state tax commissioner, 1911-18; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1918-20; attorney for Standard Oil Company,
1921-46.
Congregationalist.
Died February
9, 1961 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Ill.
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Joseph Medill Patterson (1879-1946) —
also known as Joseph M. Patterson —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
6, 1879.
Son of Joseph Wilson Patterson, Jr. and Elinor (Medill) Patterson.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1903; editor of the
Chicago Tribune, 1910-25; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; founder (1919) and publisher of the New York Daily
News, the first successful American tabloid newspaper.
Died, from a liver
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1946 (age 67 years, 140
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Johnson Pickett (1821-1891) —
also known as Thomas J. Pickett —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Rock Island
County, Ill.; Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 17,
1821.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856;
member of Illinois
state senate; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ashland, Saunders
County, Neb., December
24, 1891 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; newspaper editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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De Witt Clinton Poole, Jr. (b. 1885) —
also known as De Witt C. Poole, Jr. —
of East Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash., October
28, 1885.
Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Vice Consul
in Berlin, 1914; U.S. Consul General in Cape Town, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Perry F. Powers (1858-1945) —
of Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio, September
5, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1899-1900; Michigan
state auditor general, 1901-04; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1920-21; postmaster;
vice-president, Peoples Savings Bank.
Died in 1945
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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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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Samuel C. Reat (b. 1868) —
of Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill.
Born in Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill., June 14,
1868.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Port Louis, 1908-09; Tamsui, 1909-11; Calgary, 1914, 1919-32; Rangoon, 1916; Guatemala City, 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clyde Martin Reed (1871-1949) —
also known as Clyde M. Reed —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
19, 1871.
Son of Martin V. Reed and Mary A. Reed.
Republican. Secretary to Gov. Henry
J. Allen, 1919; newspaper publisher; Governor of
Kansas, 1929-31; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1939-49; died in office 1949.
Methodist.
Died in Parsons, Labette
County, Kan., November
8, 1949 (age 78 years, 20
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Parsons, Kan.
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Thomas N. Sammons (1863-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Son of John Sammons (1826-1888) and Julia (Flynn) Sammons
(1828-1881).
Telegraph
operator; newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; U.S. Consul General in Newchwang, 1905-06; Seoul, 1907-09; Yokohama, 1909-11; Shanghai, 1913-19; Melbourne, 1919-23.
Died October
15, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Owen Scott (1848-1928) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Jackson Township, Effingham
County, Ill., July 6,
1848.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1882; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1891-93; insurance
business.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., December
21, 1928 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Thomas Jefferson Selby (1840-1917) —
also known as Thomas J. Selby —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.; Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, December
4, 1840.
Democrat. Jersey
County Sheriff, 1864-66; newspaper publisher; Jersey
County Clerk, 1869-77; lawyer; Calhoun
County State's Attorney, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1901-03.
Died in Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill., March 10,
1917 (age 76 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hardin
Cemetery, Hardin, Ill.
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Roscoe Conkling Simmons (d. 1951) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Mississippi.
Republican. Orator,
writer,
columnist
for the Chicago Tribune; first
African-American columnist for a Chicago daily newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936,
1948;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1951.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Roscoe
Conkling |
| | | Relatives: Nephew by marriage of Booker
T. Washington. |
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Frederick Simpich (b. 1878) —
of Wenatchee, Chelan
County, Wash.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill., November
21, 1878.
Stenographer;
newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1909-11; Ensenada, 1911; Nogales, 1916-17; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, 1914.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Harvey Slater (1826-1899) —
of Corvallis, Benton
County, Ore.
Born near Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
28, 1826.
Son of Jay Slater (1795-1860) and Lucretia (Carman) Slater
(1806-1853).
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1857-58; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1859; District Attorney 5th
District, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1871-73; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1879-85.
Died in La Grande, Union
County, Ore., January
28, 1899 (age 72 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, La Grande, Ore.
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Abraham E. Smith (1839-1915) —
of Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill.; Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in England,
1839.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; postmaster;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Victoria, 1897-1914.
Died January
18, 1915 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Smith (1833-1896) —
also known as William H. Smith —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., 1833.
Newspaper editor; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1865-68; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1877-79.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., July 27,
1896 (age about 63
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick E. Sterling (b. 1869) —
also known as Fred E. Sterling —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Dixon, Lee
County, Ill., June 29,
1869.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1920;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1914-16; Illinois
Republican state chair, 1916; Illinois
state treasurer, 1919-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1921-33.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Moose; Kiwanis;
Elks; Royal
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Illinois Blue Book, 1919 |
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Charles L. Stevens (b. 1867) —
of Warren, Marshall
County, Minn.
Born near Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill., February
1, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 67th District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Thomas Johnston Turner (1815-1874) —
also known as Thomas J. Turner —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 5,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1842; postmaster;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1847-49; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 56th District,
1869-70.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 4,
1874 (age 58 years, 364
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Charles Wesley Vursell (1881-1974) —
also known as Charles W. Vursell —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., February
8, 1881.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 42nd District, 1914-16; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1943-59 (23rd District 1943-49,
24th District 1949-53, 23rd District 1953-59); defeated, 1958.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., September
21, 1974 (age 93 years, 225
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Ill.
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 11,
1866.
Son of Henry Wallace and Nannie (Cantwell) Wallace.
Farmer;
college
professor; magazine editor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24; died in office 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1924 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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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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John McClelland Work (1869-1961) —
also known as John M. Work —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Washington
County, Iowa, January
3, 1869.
Son of John H. Work and Roseanna (McClelland) Work.
Socialist. Lawyer; lecturer;
writer;
candidate for mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1902; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1914; candidate for
Governor
of Illinois, 1916; editorial page editor for the Socialist
Milwaukee Leader newspaper, 1917-42; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1925; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Wisconsin, 1956.
Died in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
5, 1961 (age 92 years, 2
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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