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Beriah Brown (1815-1900) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., February
23, 1815.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin, 1852;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1857; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1878-79.
Died in Anaconda, Deer Lodge
County, Mont., February
8, 1900 (age 84 years, 350
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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William Lee Brown (d. 1906) —
also known as William L. Brown —
of Montana; Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1872,
1876;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1875; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1884;
member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1890-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1893; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
Died in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
13, 1906.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
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Kim S. Elton (b. 1948) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Havre, Hill
County, Mont., April 9,
1948.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
newspaper editor; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1995-98; member of Alaska
state senate District B, 1999-.
Still living as of 2001.
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Lee Mantle (1851-1934) —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Birmingham, England,
December
13, 1851.
Son of Joseph H. Mantle (died 1851) and Mary Susan Mantle.
Republican. Telegrapher;
newspaper publisher; real
estate and mining
business; member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1882; mayor of
Butte, Mont., 1892; Montana
Republican state chair, 1892-94, 1904; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1904,
1916
(alternate).
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
18, 1934 (age 82 years, 340
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) —
also known as Carl W. Riddick —
of Winamac, Pulaski
County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
25, 1872.
Son of Isaac Hancock Riddick (1846-1931) and Alice Esther (Wood)
Riddick (1848-1873).
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus
County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1922.
Methodist.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., July 9,
1960 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.
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