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Edward A. Burke —
of Louisiana.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; Louisiana
state treasurer, 1878-88; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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John D. Ewing (died c.1952) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1940.
Died about 1952.
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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William Joseph O'Hara (b. 1891) —
also known as William J. O'Hara —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
14, 1891.
Son of Joseph
Aloysius O'Hara.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
Judge, Criminal District Court, Orleans Parish, 1932.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gertrude Richard. |
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of California.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Son of Maxwell L. Rafferty and DeEtta (Cox) Rafferty.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James McIlhany Thomson (1878-1959) —
also known as James M. Thomson —
of Norfolk,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Summit Point, Jefferson
County, W.Va., February
13, 1878.
Son of Augustus Pembroke Thomson (1847-1920) and Elizabeth (McIlhany)
Thomson (born 1854).
Editor of the Norfolk Dispatch, 1900-06;
publisher, New Orleans Item, 1906-41; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1920,
1924,
1944;
Constitution candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va., September
25, 1959 (age 81 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michel Vidal (b. 1824) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Carcassonne, France,
October
1, 1824.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1868-69; U.S. Consul
in Tripoli, 1870-76.
Burial
location unknown.
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