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Robert Raymond Barry (1915-1988) —
also known as Robert R. Barry —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 15,
1915.
Son of Ralph Barry and Ethel (Tamanosian) Barry.
Republican. President, Plumas Mining Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-65 (27th District 1959-63,
25th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Redwood City, San Mateo
County, Calif., June 14,
1988 (age 73 years, 30
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Henry Dern (1872-1936) —
also known as George H. Dern —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Dodge
County, Neb., September
8, 1872.
Son of John Dern and Elizabeth (Dern) Dern.
Democrat. General Manager of the Mercur Gold Mining and
Milling Company; joint inventor,
with Theodore P. Holt, of the Holt-Dern ore roaster; member of Utah state
senate, 1915-23; Governor of
Utah, 1925-33; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1933-36; died in office 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital,
of influenza
and kidney
failure, August
27, 1936 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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John D. Hale (b. 1847) —
of Madison
County, Neb.; Tilford, Meade
County, S.Dak.; Sturgis, Meade
County, S.Dak.
Born in Grayson
County, Va., 1847.
Democrat. Miner; farmer; Madison
County Sheriff, 1877; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1881; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1903-04, 1907-10 (46th
District 1903-04, 1907-08, 49th District 1909-10); alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1908;
member of South
Dakota state senate 41st District, 1913-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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William Henry Harrison Llewellyn (b. 1854) —
also known as William H. H. Llewellyn —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Las Cruces, Dona Ana
County, N.M.
Born in Monroe, Green
County, Wis., September
9, 1854.
Son of Joseph Howard Llewellyn (1817-1909) and Louisa (Fry) Llewellyn
(born 1816).
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory,
1884,
1896,
1904;
U.S. Indian Agent for Apache Indians, 1881-85; director and attorney
for mining companies; attorney for Western Union Telegraph
Co.; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1897, 1901-03; Speaker
of New Mexico Territory House of Representatives, 1897; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1905-07; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Cunningham Patterson, Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Son of Richard Cunningham Patterson and Martha Belle (Neiswanger)
Patterson.
Democrat. Gold miner; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatamala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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