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Thomas Bradford Curtis (1911-1993) —
also known as Thomas B. Curtis —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 14,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1951-69 (12th District 1951-53, 2nd
District 1953-69); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1968, 1974.
Unitarian. Member, American
Political Science Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Lions; American
Legion.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., January
10, 1993 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Francis Ford (1873-1958) —
also known as Thomas F. Ford —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
18, 1873.
Son of Thomas Ford and Ellen (Ferris) Ford.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1933-45; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Unitarian.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
26, 1958 (age 85 years, 311
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Arthur Garrels (b. 1873) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
3, 1873.
Son of William Garrels and Antonie (Wiebe) Garrels.
U.S. Consul in Zanzibar, 1908; Catania, 1910-12; Alexandria, 1912-19; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1924-26; Melbourne, 1926-30; Tokyo, 1930-32.
Unitarian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1923
to Elinor McEwen Norfleet. |
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Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (1919-2006) —
also known as Sam Goddard —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., August 8,
1919.
Son of Samuel Pearson Goddard, Sr.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Arizona
Democratic state chair, 1960-62, 1979-89; Governor of
Arizona, 1965-67; defeated, 1962, 1966, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1972.
Unitarian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in Paradise Valley, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
1, 2006 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vard R. Johnson (b. 1939) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 11,
1939.
Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 8th District, 1979.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 1979.
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Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh (1862-1944) —
also known as Arba S. Van Valkenburgh —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
22, 1862.
Son of Lawrence Van Valkenburgh and Sarah A. (Seymour) Van
Valkenburgh.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1905-10; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1910-.
Unitarian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1944
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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