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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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Amos F. Dixon (b. 1877) —
of Stillwater Township, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born near Victoria, Knox
County, Ill., December
5, 1877.
Engineer
and executive in the Bell System, 1902-40; granted more than
60 patents for inventions;
dairy farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1945-49; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Sussex County,
1947.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph operator; major in the Union Army during
the Civil War; warden, Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died February
14, 1908 (age 67 years, 171
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Elizabeth Robertson. |
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William Pickering (1798-1873) —
Born in Yorkshire, England,
March
15, 1798.
Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1842-52; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860;
Governor
of Washington Territory, 1862-66.
On September 4, 1864, he sent the first
message over a transcontinental telegraph line.
Died in Illinois, April 22,
1873 (age 75 years, 38
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Thomas N. Sammons (1863-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Son of John Sammons (1826-1888) and Julia (Flynn) Sammons
(1828-1881).
Telegraph operator; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul General in Newchwang, 1905-06; Seoul, 1907-09; Yokohama, 1909-11; Shanghai, 1913-19; Melbourne, 1919-23.
Died October
15, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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