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David Muir Amacker (1897-1985) —
also known as David M. Amacker —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Lake Providence, East Carroll
Parish, La., February
26, 1897.
Son of Amos Kent Amacker (1866-1918) and Elizabeth Chalmers (Muir)
Amacker (1871-1949).
Democrat. College professor; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936.
Died in Lake Providence, East Carroll
Parish, La., November
2, 1985 (age 88 years, 249
days).
Interment at Lake
Providence Cemetery, Lake Providence, La.
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Tom Cole (b. 1949) —
of Moore, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., April 28,
1949.
Republican. University faculty; staff, U.S. Rep. Mickey
Edwards, 1982-84; Oklahoma
Republican state chair, 1985-89; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1988-91; secretary of
state of Oklahoma, 1995-99; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 2003-.
Methodist.
Chickasaw
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lawrence William Cramer (1897-1978) —
also known as Lawrence W. Cramer —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
26, 1897.
Son of Carl J. Cramer and Emma E. (Steuber) Cramer.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; Lieutenant
Governor of Virgin Islands, 1931-35; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935-40; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Member, Chi Psi;
American
Legion.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., October
18, 1978 (age 80 years, 296
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883) —
also known as Tobias Guarneriius —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
7, 1805.
Newspaper
editor; college professor; linguist;
as a young man, took part in several duels;
Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1848-51; U.S. Minister to
Costa Rica, 1859-61; Nicaragua, 1859-61.
Greek
and Alabama
Indian ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
30, 1883 (age 77 years, 357
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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Paul Raymond Lamonica (b. 1944) —
also known as P. Raymond Lamonica —
of Louisiana.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., June 10,
1944.
Son of Leonard Lamonica and Olivia (Frank) Lamonica.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1986-94.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Wilbert John LeMelle (b. 1931) —
also known as Wilbert J. LeMelle —
of New York.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., November
11, 1931.
Son of Eloi Sabas LeMelle and Therese (Francis) LeMelle.
Democrat. University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1977-80; Seychelles, 1977-80.
Catholic.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1991.
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Relatives:
Married 1958
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Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898.
Son of Howell
Morgan and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of
state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil Company;
dean, Tulane University Law School, 1963-68.
Member, American
Legion.
He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old
Louisiana state capitol.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999 (age 100 years,
298 days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Vernon Valentine Palmer —
also known as Vernon Palmer —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Law professor; candidate in primary for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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