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Samuel H. Caddy (c.1884-1959) —
also known as Sam Caddy; "The Grand Old Man of
Kentucky Labor" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
about 1884.
Democrat. Union organizer and labor leader; district
president, United Mine Workers of America; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
United
Mine Workers.
Died, at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
24, 1959 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Samuel Wahl Ezelle III (b. 1920) —
also known as Sam Ezelle —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 16,
1920.
Son of Samuel Ezelle and Augusta Mae (Culley) Ezelle.
Democrat. Official, Ironworkers Union, 1941-46;
secretary-treasurer, Kentucky State Federation of Labor, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1956,
1964.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Still living as of 1964.
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Leo Pierre Wagner (b. 1870) —
also known as Leo P. Wagner —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., April 18,
1870.
Democrat. Barber;
secretary, Saginaw Federation of Labor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1917-18; candidate for Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1922.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903
to Amelia B. D. Gehrls. |
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Al Whitehouse —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.; Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.; Park Hills, Kenton
County, Ky.
Democrat. Labor leader; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1952,
1960,
1964.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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