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Walter Friar Dexter (1886-1945) —
also known as Walter F. Dexter —
of Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
21, 1886.
Son of Harry Dexter and Margaret (Bell) Dexter.
Republican. President, Whittier College, 1923-34; secretary to
Gov. Frank
F. Merriam; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1937-45; appointed 1937;
died in office 1945.
Quaker.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Lions.
Died October
21, 1945 (age 58 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England,
December
13, 1835.
Republican. Minister;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1870-74; president,
Wesleyan University, 1874; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist;
later Reformed
Episcopal Church. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1922 (age 86 years, 266
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy Bethia Huntington (1840-1916). |
| | | Personal motto: "Do with your might
what your hands find to do." |
| | | Epitaph: "He walked with God - God took
him." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) —
also known as Buell G. Gallagher —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rankin, Vermilion
County, Ill., February
4, 1904.
Son of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; college
professor; president, Talladega College, 1933-43;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in August, 1978
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1856-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Gunsaulus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chesterville, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
1, 1856.
Son of Joseph
Gunsaulus and Mary (Hawley) Gunsaulus.
Republican. Pastor; lecturer;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
president, Armour Institute of Technology, 1893-1921.
Congregationalist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 17,
1921 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Harlan (1820-1899) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Clark
County, Ill., August
26, 1820.
Republican. Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1847; president of
Iowa Wesleyan College, 1853-55, 1869-70; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1855-57, 1857-65, 1867-73; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1865-66; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1868.
Methodist.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, October
5, 1899 (age 79 years, 40
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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Enoch Arden Holtwick —
also known as Enoch A. Holtwick —
of Illinois.
Prohibition candidate for Illinois
state treasurer, 1936; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1950;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952; Prohibition candidate for
President
of the United States, 1956.
president, Los Angeles Pacific Junior College.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ira Landrith (1865-1941) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Ellis
County, Tex., March 23,
1865.
Son of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith.
Presbyterian
minister; president, Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12;
president, Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance
Council, 1928-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Hirsch Levi (1911-2000) —
also known as Edward H. Levi —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 26,
1911.
Son of Gerson B. Levi and Elsa B. (Hirsch) Levi.
Lawyer;
law
professor; president of the University of Chicago,
1968-75; first
Jewish president of a major U.S. university; U.S.
Attorney General, 1975-77.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 7,
2000 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Nelson (b. 1865) —
of Kansas; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Andover, Henry
County, Ill., December
14, 1865.
Son of Charles M. Nelson and Caroline Nelson.
Republican. Kansas
superintendent of public instruction, 1899-1903;
president, Minnesota College, from 1907; candidate in primary
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1920.
Lutheran.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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William Edwards Stevenson (1900-1985) —
also known as William E. Stevenson —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1900.
Won Olympic
gold medal in 1600 meter relay, 1924; Rhodes
scholar; president of Oberlin College, 1946-61; U.S.
Ambassador to Philippines, 1961-64.
Died in 1985
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Ransom Wood (1907-2001) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born near Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., February
3, 1907.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president,
University of Alaska, 1960-73; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1978-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital,
Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, February
25, 2001 (age 94 years, 22
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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