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Wayne Norviel Aspinall (1896-1983) —
also known as Wayne N. Aspinall —
of Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Middleburg, Logan
County, Ohio, April 3,
1896.
Son of Mack Aspinall and Jessie Edna (Norviel) Aspinall.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1937-38; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1939-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1949-73.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo., October
9, 1983 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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John William Brown (1913-1993) —
of Medina, Medina
County, Ohio.
Born in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, December
28, 1913.
Republican. Mayor of
Medina, Ohio, 1950-52; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1953-57, 1963-75; Governor of
Ohio, 1957; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1959-60; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and Eight.
Died in Medina, Medina
County, Ohio, October
29, 1993 (age 79 years, 305
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Medina, Ohio.
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Thaddeus Harold Brown (b. 1887) —
also known as Thad H. Brown —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Lincoln Township, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
10, 1887.
Son of William Henry Brown and Ella Dell (Monroe) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1923-27; candidate in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1928;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1928;
member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1934-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Son of Samuel Prescott Bush (1863-1948) and Flora (Sheldon) Bush
(1872-1920).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
director, Pan American Airways;
director, Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Skull and
Bones.
Died, of lung
cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Melvin Carr Eaton (1891-1966) —
also known as Melvin C. Eaton —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., April 2,
1891.
Son of Robert D. Eaton and Maria E. (Smith) Eaton.
Republican. Chemist;
director, superintendent, later vice-president, president and
chairman, Norwich Pharmaceutical
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
chair
of Chenango County Republican Party, 1933; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New York
Republican state chair, 1934-36; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Rotary.
Died, following an apparent heart
attack, in St. Charles Hospital,
Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August 1,
1966 (age 75 years, 121
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Henry Elston (1891-1980) —
also known as Charles H. Elston —
of near Newtown, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August 1,
1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1939-53.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and Eight.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., September
25, 1980 (age 89 years, 55
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Gardens, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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William Howard Harsha, Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, January
1, 1921.
Son of William Howard Harsha and Imogene (Matthews) Harsha.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; Scioto
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-55; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1961-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club; Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Still living as of 1998.
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Arthur J. Kurtz (b. 1898) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
11, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1932 (primary, 21st District), 1938 (primary, 21st
District), 1944 (primary, 21st District), 1966 (5th District); member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1940 (Wayne County 1st District), 1948 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1952 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne County 8th District); Republican
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1956, 1958 (primary);
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 8th
District, 1961.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Woodmen;
American
Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Walter Mason (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles W. Mason —
of Nowata, Nowata
County, Okla.
Born in Stafford, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
11, 1887.
Son of Frank Mason and Mary O'Ella (Shankland) Mason.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nowata
County Attorney, 1914-16; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; district judge in Oklahoma 2nd District, 1919-23; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-31; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1929-31.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence A. Reid (1892-1978) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Saltcreek Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, December
11, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1941-48, 1951-52; defeated, 1934,
1938, 1948; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1953-54; defeated, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Eagles;
Elks;
Forty and Eight; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Thompson Secrest (1904-1994) —
also known as Robert T. Secrest —
of Caldwell, Noble
County, Ohio; Senecaville, Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Born in Senecaville, Guernsey
County, Ohio, January
22, 1904.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; member of Ohio state legislature, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1933-42, 1949-54,
1963-67; defeated, 1946; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1954-61.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Forty and Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Secrest Elementary School and the Secrest Senior Center are named for
him.
Died May 15,
1994 (age 90 years, 113
days).
Interment at Senecaville
Cemetery, Senacaville, Ohio.
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