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William Wright Arnold (1877-1957) —
also known as William W. Arnold —
of Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill.
Born in Oblong, Crawford
County, Ill., October
14, 1877.
Son of Berzelius M. Arnold and Mary Catherine (Baker) Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 23rd District, 1923-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill., November
23, 1957 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Interment at Robinson
New Cemetery, Robinson, Ill.
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Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) —
also known as Leroy G. Augenstein —
of Holt, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., March 6,
1928.
Son of Roy H. Augenstein.
Republican. Biophysicist;
university
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.
Protestant.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Killed when his twin-engine plane crashed
during the landing approach to Beech Airport,
near Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., November
8, 1969 (age 41 years, 247
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Paul Fouts Jones (b. 1898) —
also known as Paul F. Jones —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., November
6, 1898.
Son of Oliver Morton Jones and Emma (Fouts) Jones.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1931-35.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks.
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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Henry Merritt Paulson, Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Henry M. Paulson; Hank
Paulson —
of Barrington, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 28,
1946.
Son of Henry Merritt Paulson and Marianna (Gallaeur) Paulson.
Investment
banker; chief executive officer of Goldman, Sachs; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2006-.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Payne Harry Ratner (1896-1974) —
also known as Payne Ratner —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Casey, Clark
County, Ill., October
3, 1896.
Son of Harry Ratner and Julia (Miller) Ratner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Labette
County Attorney, 1923-27; member of Kansas
state senate, 1929, 1937-39; Governor of
Kansas, 1939-43.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., December
27, 1974 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Wichita
Park Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Charles F. Wennerstrum (1889-1986) —
of Chariton, Lucas
County, Iowa.
Born in Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill., October
11, 1889.
Son of Charles F. Wennerstrum and Anna Mathilda (Vinstrand)
Wennerstrum.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in Iowa
2nd District, 1930-40; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1941-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Died in June, 1986
(age 96
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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