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Edward F. Blewitt (b. 1859) —
of Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
2, 1859.
Son of Patrick Blewitt.
Democrat. Civil engineer; Scranton city engineer, 1883-93;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1907-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Blewitt; married to Mary E. Stanton (died 1887) and Mary
Ann "Anna" Blackwell. |
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Ernest Lee Jahncke (1877-1960) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
13, 1877.
Son of Frederick Jahncke and Margaret (Lee) Jahncke.
Republican. Engineer; president, Jahncke Dry Docks,
New Orleans; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1932,
1936
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the Hoover Administration. Expelled
from the International Olympic Committee in July 1936 after taking a
strong
stand against the Nazi-organized Berlin Games.
Died November
16, 1960 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Jahncke and Margaret (Lee) Jahncke; married to Cora Van
Voorhis Stanton (granddaughter of Edwin
McMasters Stanton). |
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William Van Slooten (c.1857-1901) —
also known as "The Mysterious Van
Slooten" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1857.
Son of John Van Slooten.
Democrat. Mining
engineer; candidate for New York
state senate 5th District, 1893.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
14, 1901 (age about 44
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Erwin Wilson (1890-1961) —
also known as Charles E. Wilson; "Engine
Charlie" —
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 18,
1890.
Electrical
engineer; president, General
Motors, 1941-53; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1953-57.
Famed for saying, during his confirmation hearings, that "for years I
thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and
vice versa.".
Died in Norwood, East
Feliciana Parish, La., September
26, 1961 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Acacia
Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Mich.
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