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William Lysander Adams (1821-1906) —
also known as William L. Adams; Will Adams —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Forest Grove, Washington
County, Ore.; Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, February
5, 1821.
Son of Sebastian Adams (1789-1847) and Eunice (Harmon) Adams.
Republican. School
teacher; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; preacher; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Oregon; U.S. Collector of Customs;
physician.
Died in Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore., April 26,
1906 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) —
of Missouri.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
4, 1828.
School
teacher; college
professor; pastor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., April 3,
1877 (age 48 years, 181
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March 16,
1838.
Son of Samuel G. Arnett and Mary Louisa Arnett.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained minister; member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African,
Scottish,
American
Indian, and Irish
ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia, in
Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
9, 1906 (age 68 years, 207
days).
Interment at Tarbox
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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Rufus Budd Bement —
also known as Rufus B. Bement —
of Michigan; Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.; Clyde, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Civil
engineer; minister; Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843.
Interment at Clyde
Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio.
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Herbert Seely Bigelow (1870-1951) —
of Mt. Washington, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., January
4, 1870.
Son of Alpheus A. Bigelow and Emma M. Bigelow.
Democrat. Pastor; candidate for secretary of
state of Ohio, 1902; delegate to
Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1913-14; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1937-39.
Congregationalist.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
11, 1951 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Son of Samuel S. Brooks (newspaper editor).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married 1852
to Mary Ann Bray (1833-1903). |
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Henry Augustus Buchtel (1847-1924) —
also known as Henry A. Buchtel —
of Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, September
30, 1847.
Son of Dr. Jonathan B. Buchtel.
Republican. Ordained minister; chancellor,
University of Denver, 1900-21; Governor of
Colorado, 1907-09.
Methodist.
Died October
22, 1924 (age 77 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Gilbert DeLaMatyr (1825-1892) —
of Indiana.
Born in Pharsalia, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 8,
1825.
Methodist minister; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1879-81.
Died in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, May 17,
1892 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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James Denver Driskill (1888-1959) —
of Waldron, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, March 11,
1888.
Son of Joseph Driskill and Arabella (Shepard) Driskill.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hillsdale
County, 1933.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Thorn Memorial Hospital,
Hudson, Lenawee
County, Mich., June 25,
1959 (age 71 years, 106
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March 29,
1868.
Son of Stephen Eaton and Mary D. (Parker) Eaton.
Republican. Baptist minister; magazine
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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Arthur Edwards (1834-1901) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. Clergyman; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; editor, Northwestern Christian Advocate magazine,
1872-1901; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 20,
1901 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Son of John L. Gardner and Sarah (Goodin) Gardner.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
minister; college
professor; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 31,
1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Philip Gatch —
of Clermont
County, Ohio.
Methodist minister; abolitionist; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Clermont County,
1802.
Methodist.
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Milford, Ohio.
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Patrick Gaines Goode (1798-1862) —
of Ohio.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., May 10,
1798.
Whig. Lawyer;
preacher; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1837-43; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1844-51.
Methodist.
Died in Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, October
17, 1862 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Sidney, Ohio.
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Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1856-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Gunsaulus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chesterville, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
1, 1856.
Son of Joseph
Gunsaulus and Mary (Hawley) Gunsaulus.
Republican. Pastor; lecturer;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
president,
Armour Institute of Technology, 1893-1921.
Congregationalist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 17,
1921 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Herbert Hudnut III (b. 1932) —
also known as William H. Hudnut III —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Ohio, October
17, 1932.
Republican. Ordained minister; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1973-75; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1976-91; candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1990; mayor of the town of Chevy Chase, Md.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James W. Humphrey (1846-1905) —
of Wayland, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Powell, Delaware
County, Ohio, August
19, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; ordained minister; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1899-1902.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died May 11,
1905 (age 58 years, 265
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Saul Kornfeld (1876-1943) —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Montreal, Quebec;
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Austria-Hungary,
February
12, 1876.
Son of Herman Kornfeld and Emilie (Gross) Kornfeld.
Rabbi; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1921-24.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Luther Franklin McKinney (1841-1922) —
also known as Luther F. McKinney —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April 25,
1841.
Son of Alexander McKinney and Elizabeth (Miller) McKinney.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
Universalist minister; furniture
merchant; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1887-89, 1891-93;
candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1892; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1893-96; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1898, 1899; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1907.
Universalist.
Died July 30,
1922 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Bridgton, Maine.
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Melvin Orlando McLaughlin (1876-1928) —
also known as Melvin O. McLaughlin —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; York, York
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, August 8,
1876.
Son of William D. McLaughlin and Jane (Creger) McLaughlin.
Republican. School
teacher; minister; president,
York College, York, Nebraska, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1919-27.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1928
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, York, Neb.
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Marvin A. McMickle —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Baptist minister; member of Ohio state
house of representatives; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 2000; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Walter Henry Moeller (1910-1999) —
of Ohio.
Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 15,
1910.
Democrat. Lutheran minister; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1959-63, 1965-67.
Lutheran.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died April 13,
1999 (age 89 years, 29
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Son of Rev. Joseph A. Russell and Sarah (Parker) Russell.
Lawyer;
Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate to
Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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Samuel Scott (1819-1909) —
of Ohio.
Born in 1819.
Methodist minister; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1869.
Methodist.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, 1909
(age about
90 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Thom Smith (b. 1843) —
also known as George T. Smith —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
16, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; bookkeeper;
machinist;
minister; U.S. Consular Agent in Bremerhaven, 1909-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Willson Temple (1864-1955) —
also known as Henry W. Temple —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Belle Center, Logan
County, Ohio, March 31,
1864.
Son of John B. Temple and Martha (Jameson) Temple.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1915-33 (24th District
1913-15, 1915-23, 25th District 1923-33).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
11, 1955 (age 90 years, 286
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968) —
also known as Norman Thomas —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, November
20, 1884.
Socialist. Ordained minister; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1925 (Socialist), 1929; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; candidate for President
of the United States, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died December
19, 1968 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1910
to Frances Violet Stewart. |
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David D. Turpeau —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Republican. Ordained minister; member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1939.
African
ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
Son of William White Watkins and Rebecca J. (Elliott) Watkins.
School
teacher; lawyer;
Methodist minister; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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H. M. Wyrick —
of Barberton, Summit
County, Ohio.
Republican. Pastor; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1948.
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