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Arthur Henry Almendinger (1891-1953) —
also known as Arthur H. Almendinger —
of West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill., March 9,
1891.
Son of Henry W. Almendinger (1863-1935) and Barbara Almendinger
(1868-1953).
Railroad signal foreman; electrical
contractor; mayor
of West Chicago, Ill., 1935-38.
Died in 1953
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Glen
Oak Cemetery, West Chicago, Ill.
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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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Edgar Addison Bancroft (1857-1925) —
also known as Edgar A. Bancroft —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., November
20, 1857.
Son of Addison N. Bancroft (1820-1879) and Catharine (Blair) Bancroft
(1822-1874).
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor in Illinois for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad; vice-president and general solicitor for Chicago and
Western Indiana Railroad and the Belt Railway Company;
general counsel, International Harvester Company, farm
equipment and truck
manufacturer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1888;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1924-25, died in office 1925.
Died, from an intestinal
hemorrhage, in Karuizawa, Japan,
July
27, 1925 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Charles Wesley Bouck (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles W. Bouck —
of Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., February
29, 1852.
Carpenter;
employed building bridges for the Northern Pacific Railroad,
1880-85; hardware
and farm
implement business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1915-18.
Died in Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn., June 4,
1920 (age 68 years, 96
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Royalton, Minn.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary L. Ball (1853-1933). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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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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Edward Jackson Brundage (b. 1869) —
also known as Edward J. Brundage —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Campbell, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 13,
1869.
Son of Victor D. Brundage and Maria L. (Armstrong) Brundage.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1928
(alternate); Illinois
state attorney general, 1917-25; corporate counsel, Chicago,
Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, December
17, 1913, to Germaine Vernier. |
| | | Image source: Illinois Blue Book,
1919 |
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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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William James Calhoun (1848-1916) —
also known as William J. Calhoun —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
5, 1848.
Son of Robert Calhoun and Sarah (Knox) Calhoun.
Republican. Lawyer;
western counsel, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1898-99; U.S. Minister to China, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916.
Died September
19, 1916 (age 67 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Calhoun and Sarah (Knox) Calhoun; married, December
26, 1875, to Alice D. Harmon (died 1898); married 1904 to Lucy
Monroe. |
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Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) —
also known as Julian S. Carr; Jule Carr —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., October
12, 1845.
Son of John Wesley Carr (1814-1889) and Elizabeth Pannill (Bullock)
Carr (1815-1906).
Democrat. Co-owner and president of the company which made "Bull
Durham" tobacco;
founder of the Durham Cotton
Manufacturing Company and Durham Hosiery
Mills; involved in railroads, utilities,
and banking;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1888,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 29,
1924 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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John King Cowen (1844-1904) —
also known as John K. Cowen —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Millersburg, Holmes
County, Ohio, October
28, 1844.
Son of Washington Cowen.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
counsel, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1872-76; general counsel,
1876-96; president, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1895-97.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 26,
1904 (age 59 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Ohio.
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Mortimer A. Cullen —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Harvel, Montgomery
County, Ill.
Democrat. Employee of New York Central Railroad; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1941-44; member
of New
York state senate 35th District, 1945-46.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter J. Cummings (b. 1879) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., June 24,
1879.
Son of Walter J. Cummings and Mary (Doyle) Cummings.
Democrat. Banker;
trustee, chair of finance committee, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
Railroad; director, Western Union Telegraph
Co.; director, Commonwealth Edison
Co.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932;
first chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1933-34; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1934-36.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chester Mitchell Dawes (b. 1855) —
also known as Chester M. Dawes —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 14,
1855.
Son of Henry
Laurens Dawes and Electa S. Dawes.
Republican. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1896;
general solicitor, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad,
1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) —
also known as Eugene V. Debs —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
5, 1855.
Son of Daniel Debs and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs.
Locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis
Railroad; secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; founder in
1893 and president
(1893-97) of the American Railway Union; arrested
during a strike
in 1894 and charged
with conspiracy
to commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he was jailed
for six months for contempt
of court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate for President
of the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),
1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a
founder of
the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to
organize all workers in "One Big Union"; convicted
under the Sedition
and Espionage Act for an anti-war
speech he made in 1918, and sentenced
to ten years in federal prison;
released in 1921.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Lindlahr Sanitarium,
Elmhurst, DuPage
County, Ill., October
20, 1926 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Son of Henry Dickinson and Anna (McGavock) Dickinson.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Died December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Arthur Dixon (b. 1837) —
also known as "Watch-Dog of the City
Treasury" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 27,
1837.
Son of Arthur Dixon and Jane (Allen) Dixon.
Republican. Grocer; transfer
business; member, Chicago Common Council, 1867-91; president of
council, 1874-80; director, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
director, Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway, 1900-17; director,
Metropolitan National Bank;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 96th District, 1871-73; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1880;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1904.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew H. Dolton (born c.1823) —
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, about 1823.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 60th District, 1865; director,
Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway, 1880-87.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., December
30, 1830.
Son of John Adams Drake and Harriet Jane (O'Neal) Drake.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
railroad builder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1888;
Governor
of Iowa, 1896-98.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa is named for
him.
Died, of diabetes,
in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, November
20, 1903 (age 72 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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William Henry Dunphy (b. 1860) —
of Walla Walla, Walla Walla
County, Wash.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., June 29,
1860.
Son of Robert Dunphy and Catharine Dunphy.
Democrat. Locomotive engineer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1892,
1900;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Washington, 1900-01.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
also known as R. V. Fletcher —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; appointed 1908; general
attorney, Illinois Central Railroad, 1911.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad, 1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 21,
1866.
Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord
(c.1840-1923).
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Peter Michael Hoffman (b. 1863) —
also known as Peter M. Hoffman —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill., March 23,
1863.
Son of Michael Hoffman and Annette (Nimsgarn) Hoffman.
Republican. Worked in grocery
business; chief clerk and cashier for Chicago and Northwestern
Railway; village
president of Des Plaines, Illinois, 1893-94; Cook
County Coroner, 1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1889
to Emma May Peet. |
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Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden (1827-1905) —
also known as Charles C. P. Holden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Groton, Grafton
County, N.H., August 9,
1827.
Son of Phineas Hemmenway Holden (1792-1872) and Elizabeth 'Betsey'
(Parker) Holden (1792-1869).
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; land agent for
Illinois Central Railroad; helped to organize and build the
Chicago and Illinois River Railroad; Republican candidate for
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1862, 1871; Democratic candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1872;
Cook
County Commissioner, 1874.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Matteson, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1905 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Samuel Insull (1859-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.; near Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in London, England,
November
11, 1859.
Son of Samuel Insull and Emma (Short) Insull.
Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive of electric
utilities; one of the founders of the company that became General
Electric; also had major holdings in railroads; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the
stockholders, he fled
the country; indicted
in 1932 on fraud and
embezzlement
charges;
ultimately extradited
from Turkey in 1934; tried in
Chicago and found not guilty.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
Died from a heart
attack, in the Place de la Concorde station
on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, France,
July
16, 1938 (age 78 years, 247
days).
Interment at Putney
Vale Cemetery, London, England.
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Joseph Russel Jones (1823-1909) —
also known as J. Russel Jones —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Conneaut, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, February
17, 1823.
Republican. Secretary-treasurer, Galena and Minnesota Packet
Co.; founder and president, Chicago West Division Railway;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1860; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1868-70; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1869-75; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1875-77.
Died in 1909
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Son of Benjamin Kestnbaum (1872-1965) and Julia (Weintraub) Kestnbaum
(1876-1943).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western
Railway; chair,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special
assistant to Pres. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Kestnbaum (1872-1965) and Julia (Weintraub) Kestnbaum
(1876-1943); married, June 2,
1925, to Gertrude Dana (1895-1982); granduncle of Lawrence
Kestenbaum. |
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Fred L. Kircher (1891-1960) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cissna Park, Iroquois
County, Ill., November
18, 1891.
Republican. Railway yardmaster; oil
business; real estate
business; candidate for mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1932, 1933, 1934, 1941 (primary); member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1939-46; defeated in primary, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1954; candidate in
primary for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1957.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1960
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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T. W. Lane (b. 1857) —
of Gann Valley, Buffalo
County, S.Dak.
Born in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., 1857.
Republican. Railway brakeman; railway conductor; rancher; stockman;
member of South
Dakota state senate 19th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., August 1,
1843.
Son of Abraham
Lincoln and Mary (Todd) Lincoln.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1881-85; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1889-93; president (1897-1911) and chairman
(1911-26) of the Pullman Palace Car Company, makers of railroad
cars; part owner of Chicago Edison Company electric
utility.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., July 25,
1926 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Hopkins Mason (b. 1870) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
16, 1870.
President, Cali Tramway Company; U.S. Consular Agent in Cali, 1910-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Edward McAllister (1888-1948) —
also known as Frank E. McAllister —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., August
30, 1888.
Son of Frederick N. McAllister and Margaret A. (Owens) McAllister
(1860-1954).
Railway supply business; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1939-41.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a
train in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
30, 1948 (age 60 years, 61
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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James Brady McCahey, Jr. (1920-1998) —
also known as James B. McCahey, Jr. —
of Skokie, Cook
County, Ill.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 17,
1920.
Son of James
Brady McCahey.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; campaign
manager for John
F. Kennedy in Wisconsin and West Virginia presidential primaries,
1960; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960;
part owner of the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Braves professional
baseball teams, 1962-65; president, Chicago South Shore and South
Bend Railroad; vice-president of CSX railroad after
consolidation.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
9, 1998 (age 78 years, 145
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Brown McKinley (1856-1926) —
also known as William B. McKinley —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Petersburg, Menard
County, Ill., September
5, 1856.
Son of George McKinley and Hannah (Finley) McKinley.
Republican. Banker; electric
utility and street railway executive; University
of Illinois trustee, 1903-05; resigned 1905; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1905-13, 1915-21;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1916,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1921-26; died in office 1926.
Died December
7, 1926 (age 70 years, 93
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Ill.
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George Pierson Morehouse (b. 1859) —
of Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., July 28,
1859.
Son of Horace Morehouse and Lavinia F. (Strong) Morehouse.
Republican. Lawyer; Morris
County Attorney, 1894-97; local attorney, Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad, 1894-1915; member of Kansas
state senate, 1901-05; historian.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) —
also known as Lewis B. Parsons —
of Flora, Clay
County, Ill.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April 5,
1818.
Son of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons.
Democrat. Lawyer;
treasurer and president, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons; married, September
21, 1847, to Sarah Green Edwards (died 1850); married, July 5,
1852, to Julia Maria Edwards (died 1857); married, December
28, 1869, to Elizabeth Darrah (died 1887). |
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Delos Porter Phelps (1837-1914) —
also known as Delos P. Phelps —
of Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Warren
County, Ill., November
16, 1837.
Son of Porter Phelps and Mary Ellen (Rees) Phelps.
Democrat. Lawyer;
railroad builder; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1878; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1888.
Died June 28,
1914 (age 76 years, 224
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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Kenneth Mills Regan (1893-1959) —
also known as Kenneth M. Regan; Ken Regan —
of Pecos, Reeves
County, Tex.; Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Morris, Ogle
County, Ill., March 6,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; oil
producer; mayor of
Pecos, Tex., 1929-32; member of Texas
state senate, 1933-37; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1947-55; lobbyist
for Texas railroads.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., August
15, 1959 (age 66 years, 162
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Memorial Park, Midland, Tex.
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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Son of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting
Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel
Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lorenzo P. Sanger (1809-1875) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., March 2,
1809.
Son of David Sanger, Jr. (1782-1851) and Mary 'Polly' (Palmer) Sanger
(1783-1854).
Contractor;
built canals and
railroads; member of Illinois
state senate; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; stone quarry
proprietor.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 23,
1875 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of David Sanger, Jr. (1782-1851) and Mary 'Polly' (Palmer) Sanger
(1783-1854); married, February
3, 1830, to Rachel Mary Denniston; father of Frances Louise
Sanger (1842-1880; who married William
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Richard M. Stadden (1856-1918) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 27,
1856.
Civil
engineer and contractor
on railways and harbor
projects in the U.S. and Mexico; Hawaiian consul at Manzanillo,
1886-87; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Manzanillo, 1906-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, 1916-17.
Died, of influenza,
1918
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Victoria Carbajal. |
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August 1,
1833.
Lawyer;
Governor
of Virginia, 1870-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; president,
New York Underground Railroad Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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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 McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Son of David
Meade Woodson and Lucy Nash (McDowell) Woodson.
Engineer;
lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1862;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial
location unknown.
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