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Clinton S. Bailey (b. 1890) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1890.
Son of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
Texas Republican Party, 1923-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1926, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi
Gamma Delta; Theta
Nu Epsilon; American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Mae Nicholson. |
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Martin Brachall Bailey (b. 1858) —
also known as M. B. Bailey —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Indianola, Vermilion
County, Ill., 1858.
Son of Joseph Bailey and Sarah Ann (Brachall) Bailey.
Farmer;
school
teacher; silver
miner; mining
superintendent; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives; elected 1894; member of Illinois
state senate, 1901-03, 1903-05, 1909-33 (18th District 1901-03,
22nd District 1903-05, 1909-33).
Member, Elks; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Delta Theta; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899
to Lucia Payne. |
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William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962) —
also known as William S. Bennet —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Port Jervis, Orange
County, N.Y., November
9, 1870.
Son of James Bennet and Alice Leonora (Stiles) Bennet.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1901-02;
municipal judge in New York, 1903; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1905-11, 1915-17 (17th District
1905-11, 23rd District 1915-17); defeated, 1910, 1916, 1936, 1944;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Moose;
Delta
Chi.
Died in Falkirk Hospital,
Central Valley, Orange
County, N.Y., December
1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) —
also known as Henry S. Boutell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 14,
1856.
Son of Lewis Henry Boutell and Anna (Greene) Boutell.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903,
9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1908;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law
professor.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy,
March
11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow
(Dudley) Breckinridge (1849-1911).
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of John
Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
(1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley) Breckinridge (1849-1911);
second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman (divorced 1925); married, August 5,
1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root (divorced 1947); married, March 27,
1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1882-1980) —
also known as Charles S. Dewey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, November
10, 1882.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1938, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was
responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.
Died December
27, 1980 (age 98 years, 47
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Paul Farthing (b. 1887) —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Odin, Marion
County, Ill., April 12,
1887.
Son of William D. Farthing and Sarah Boyd (Phillips) Farthing.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Clair County Judge, 1930-33; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1933-42; defeated, 1924; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1937-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Optimist
Club; Sons of the Revolution; Redmen.
Blind.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) —
also known as Albert W. Hawkes —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
20, 1878.
Republican. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sons of the American Revolution; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., May 9,
1971 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, N.J.
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Wilber H. Hickman —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1926; member of Illinois
state senate 22nd District, 1933-41.
Christian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) —
also known as Edgar W. Hiestand —
of Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1888.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1960.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Rotary; John
Birch Society.
Died, of a kidney
infection and pneumonia,
at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1970 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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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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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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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
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Charles W. Raymond —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Indian Territory (now Okla.).
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Son of William M. Raymond (killed at Civil War Battle of Nashville)
and Mary Ellen (Myers) Raymond.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1900;
U.S.
District Judge for Indian Territory, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indian Territory, 1904.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Son of Rev. Joseph A. Russell and Sarah (Parker) Russell.
Lawyer;
Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate to
Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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John Timothy Stone (b. 1868) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Massachusetts, September
7, 1868.
Son of Timothy Dwight Porter Stone and Susan Margaret (Dickinson)
Stone.
Republican. Pastor; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Floyd Eugene Thompson (b. 1887) —
also known as Floyd E. Thompson —
of East Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Roodhouse, Greene
County, Ill., December
25, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Rock
Island County State's Attorney, 1913-19; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1919-28; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Modern
Woodmen; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Illinois Blue Book, 1919 |
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Robert Joseph Twyman (1897-1976) —
also known as Robert J. Twyman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 18,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., June 28,
1976 (age 79 years, 10
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Roy Owen West (1868-1958) —
also known as Roy O. West —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Georgetown, Vermilion
County, Ill., October
27, 1868.
Son of Pleasant West and Helen Anna West.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Cook County Board of Review, 1898-1914; Illinois
Republican state chair, 1904-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1928;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1912-16, 1928-32; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
29, 1958 (age 90 years, 33
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis O. Williams (1874-1937) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in DeWitt
County, Ill., February
22, 1874.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate 28th District, 1933-37; died in office 1937;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
collision, March 19,
1937 (age 63 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Servis Wilson (1872-1951) —
also known as Francis S. Wilson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
7, 1872.
Son of David
M. Wilson and Grisselda E. (Campbell) Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Illinois,
1920-27; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1927-35; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 7th District, 1935-51; died in
office 1951.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in 1951
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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