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Latham Castle (1900-1986) —
of Sandwich, DeKalb
County, Ill.
Born in Sandwich, DeKalb
County, Ill., February
27, 1900.
Son of John B. Castle and Mollie (Latham) Castle.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; DeKalb
County State's Attorney, 1928-40; Illinois
state attorney general, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1956;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1959-80.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died March 10,
1986 (age 86 years, 11
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 1,
1931, to Georgiana Whitcomb. |
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Edwin Van Meter Champion (1890-1976) —
also known as Edwin V. Champion —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Mansfield, Piatt
County, Ill., September
18, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Peoria
County State's Attorney, 1932-36; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1937-39.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
11, 1976 (age 85 years, 146
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Ralph Edwin Church (1883-1950) —
also known as Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Catlin, Vermilion
County, Ill., May 5,
1883.
Son of Henry George Church and Lola (Douglas) Church.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1917-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District
1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent),
1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Delta
Chi; Phi Kappa Psi; American
Society for International Law.
Died in a committee
meeting in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., March 21,
1950 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Caswell J. Crebs (b. 1912) —
of Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill.
Born in Carmi, White
County, Ill., January
14, 1912.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1945-64; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1969-70, 1975-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Moose;
Grange;
Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Edward Day (1914-1996) —
also known as J. Edward Day —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
11, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1961-63.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Psi.
Implemented the ZIP code.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Hunt Valley, Prince
George's County, Md., October
29, 1996 (age 82 years, 18
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Allan Cathcart Durborow, Jr. (1857-1908) —
also known as Allan C. Durborow, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1857.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1891-95.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 10,
1908 (age 50 years, 121
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Hamilton Glover Ewart (1849-1918) —
also known as Hamilton G. Ewart —
of Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
23, 1849.
Son of James B. Ewart and Mary Ann Ewart.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1876;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1887-89, 1895-97,
1911-13; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1889-91;
defeated, 1890, 1904; circuit judge in North Carolina, 1897; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1898-99, 1899-1900.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 28,
1918 (age 68 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Hendersonville, N.C.
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Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911) —
also known as Thomas J. Henderson —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., November
29, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854-56; member of Illinois
state senate, 1856-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (6th District 1875-83, 7th
District 1883-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in 1911
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.
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James McKinney (1852-1934) —
of Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill.
Born in Oquawka, Henderson
County, Ill., April 14,
1852.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1905-13.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died September
29, 1934 (age 82 years, 168
days).
Interment at Aledo
Cemetery, Aledo, Ill.
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William Ellery Sweet (1869-1942) —
also known as William E. Sweet —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
27, 1869.
Son of Channing Sweet.
Democrat. Investment
banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1923-25; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1926, 1936 (primary).
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 9,
1942 (age 73 years, 102
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Robert Williams (1850-1923) —
also known as James R. Williams; Bob
Williams —
of Carmi, White
County, Ill.
Born in Illinois, 1850.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1889-95, 1899-1905 (19th District
1889-95, 20th District 1899-1903, 24th District 1903-05); candidate
for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1904;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1912.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in 1923
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Maple
Ridge Cemetery, Carmi, Ill.
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Francis Everett Yerly (1901-1968) —
also known as Everett Yerly —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Braidwood, Will
County, Ill., September
16, 1901.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1943-47; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948,
1960,
1964;
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in October, 1968
(age 67
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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