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Harold Griffith Baker (b. 1899) —
also known as Harold G. Baker —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., February
16, 1899.
Son of Martin D. Baker and Gertrude (McLean) Baker.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1926-31.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Henry Bartlett (1872-1941) —
also known as Charles H. Bartlett —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
4, 1872.
Son of Charles T. Bartlett and Martha (Cronkhite) Bartlett.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Evanston, Ill., 1925-37.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Sigma Chi.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., January
21, 1941 (age 68 years, 139
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1929
to Gwendolyn Williams. |
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George Hugo Boldt (1903-1984) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
28, 1903.
Son of George F. Boldt and Christine (Carstensen) Boldt.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1953-71;
took senior status 1971.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March 18,
1984 (age 80 years, 81
days).
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." |
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memorial |
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Lott Russell Herrick (1871-1937) —
also known as Lott R. Herrick —
of Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill., December
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1902-04; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1933-37; died in office 1937; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1936.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
18, 1937 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Farmer City, Ill.
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Samuel Owen Lane (1914-1974) —
also known as Samuel O. Lane —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Flora, Clay
County, Ill., July 20,
1914.
Son of Volney Dorsey Lane and Catherine Virginia (Todd) Lane.
Economist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Vienna, 1954-55; Seoul, 1955-57; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1962; Quito, 1962-66; Hermosillo, 1966.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Died July 4,
1974 (age 59 years, 349
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Harvey McSurely (b. 1865) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, January
27, 1865.
Son of Rev. William Jasper McSurely and Hulda (Taylor) McSurely.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Illinois
state senate 5th District, 1894; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1905-06; superior
court judge in Illinois, 1907-12; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1912-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert C. Underwood (b. 1915) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Gardner, Grundy
County, Ill., October
27, 1915.
Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1946-62; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1962-84 (3rd District 1962-63, 4th
District 1964-84).
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sigma Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Still living as of 1984.
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