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Donald G. Batchelor (1895-1971) —
also known as Don G. Batchelor —
of Grand Blanc, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Hicksville, Defiance
County, Ohio, June 15,
1895.
Son of George Batchelor and Cora (Babb) Batchelor.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Genesee County
2nd District, 1961-62.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
National
Education Association.
Died in Grand Blanc, Genesee
County, Mich., September
25, 1971 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace F. Dibble. |
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Thomas McLelland Browne (1829-1891) —
also known as Thomas M. Browne —
of Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind.
Born in New Paris, Preble
County, Ohio, April 19,
1829.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1863; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1869-75; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1877-91 (5th District 1877-81, 6th
District 1881-91).
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind., July 17,
1891 (age 62 years, 89
days).
Interment at Fountain
Park Cemetery, Winchester, Ind.
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John Edward Burton (b. 1908) —
also known as John E. Burton —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in North Bloomfield, Trumbull
County, Ohio, March 2,
1908.
Son of Josh Henry Burton and Lena Eudora (Hyde) Burton.
Republican. Economist;
New York State Budget Director, 1943-50; chairman, New York State
Power Authority, 1950-54 vice-president, Cornell University; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Disciples of Christ.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Myers Young Cooper (1873-1958) —
also known as Myers Y. Cooper —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in St. Louisville, Licking
County, Ohio, November
25, 1873.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1920,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
Governor
of Ohio, 1929-31; defeated, 1926, 1930; Presidential Elector for
Ohio, 1956.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Exchange
Club.
Built
more than 2,000 homes in the Cincinnati area.
Died December
6, 1958 (age 85 years, 11
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Martin Luther Davey (1884-1946) —
also known as Martin L. Davey —
of Kent, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in Kent, Portage
County, Ohio, July 25,
1884.
Son of John Davey (father of tree surgery) and Bertha (Reeves) Davey.
Democrat. Mayor of
Kent, Ohio, 1914-18; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1918-21, 1923-29;
defeated, 1920; Governor of
Ohio, 1935-39; defeated, 1928, 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1932,
1940.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary; Moose; Eagles; Grange.
Died in Kent, Portage
County, Ohio, March 31,
1946 (age 61 years, 249
days).
Interment at Standing
Rock Cemetery, Kent, Ohio.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield
(1801-1888).
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state
senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
gold certificate in about 1898-1905.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Third
cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou)
Garfield (1801-1888); fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
third cousin once removed of Abial
Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer; father of James
Rudolph Garfield. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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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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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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Edwin Lowe Neville (1884-1944) —
also known as Edwin L. Neville —
of Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
16, 1884.
Son of Richard Neville and Agnes (Lowe) Neville.
U.S. Vice Consul in Dalny, 1909, 1911-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Seoul, 1911, 1912-13; U.S. Consul in Antung, 1913-14; Tamsui, 1914-16; Taihoku, 1916; Nagasaki, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Tokyo, 1925-27; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1937-40.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1944
(age about
59 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1922
to Betsey Coe Baird. |
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