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Jacob Leo Bachman (1861-1920) —
also known as Jacob L. Bachman —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Canal Winchester, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
11, 1861.
Son of Jacob Bachman and Margaret (Kolb) Bachman.
Socialist. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1910; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Ohio, 1920.
German ancestry.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, July 7,
1920 (age 58 years, 270
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Ray Charles Bliss (1907-1981) —
also known as Ray C. Bliss —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, December
16, 1907.
Son of Emil Bliss and Emilie (Wieland) Bliss.
Republican. Insurance
business; chair of
Summit County Republican Party, 1942-60; member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1944-65; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1949-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1952-80; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1965-69; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1960-64.
Episcopalian.
German ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Suffered a heart
attack at his office,
and died soon after at Akron City Hospital,
Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, August 6,
1981 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Mt.
Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.
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Henry G. Brunner (c.1885-1963) —
also known as Heinie Brunner; "Mr.
Mansfield" —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio.
Born about 1885.
Democrat. Insurance
business; newspaper
manager; banker; mayor
of Mansfield, Ohio, 1918-24; Ohio
Democratic state chair, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1932;
delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died January
2, 1963 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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Stephen Buhrer (1825-1907) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born near Zoar, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
25, 1825.
Son of Johann Casper Buhrer and Anna Maria (Miller) Buhrer.
Democrat. Cooper; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1867-71; defeated, 1871; candidate for Ohio
treasurer of state, 1870.
German ancestry.
Died December
9, 1907 (age 81 years, 349
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Johann Casper Buhrer and Anna Maria (Miller) Buhrer; married 1848 to Eva
Maria Schneider (died 1889); married, March 29,
1890, to Marguerite Patterson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles P. Cary (b. 1856) —
of Delavan, Walworth
County, Wis.
Born in Ohio, January
28, 1856.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Brown
County Superintendent of Schools, 1886; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1903-21.
German and English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) —
also known as A. S. Coutant —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Greenwich, Huron
County, Ohio, December
11, 1854.
Son of Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster.
French,
Dutch,
Scotch-Irish,
and German ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger (1836-1911) —
also known as Hubert Dilger —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Sulgen, Germany,
March
5, 1836.
Son of Eduard Dilger and Emmeline (Duerr) Dilger.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Illinois, 1869-73; appointed 1869.
German ancestry.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action in the Battle of Chancellorsville,
May 2, 1863.
Died in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., May 4,
1911 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Albert Joseph Engel (1888-1959) —
also known as Albert J. Engel —
of Lake City, Missaukee
County, Mich.; Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in New Washington, Crawford
County, Ohio, January
1, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; Missaukee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-20, 1925-26; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1921-22, 1927-32; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1935-51; defeated in
primary, 1922, 1924, 1932, 1954; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1950.
Alsatian ancestry.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., December
2, 1959 (age 71 years, 335
days).
Interment at Lake
City Cemetery, Lake City, Mich.
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as "Old Man Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Son of Samuel Essick (abolitionist; took part in the
"Underground Railroad" helping escaped slaves) and Grizella
(Todd) Essick.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
publisher; candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District,
1896.
Scottish,
German, and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Joseph James Frost (b. 1881) —
also known as Joseph J. Frost —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio, July 15,
1881.
Democrat. Cigar
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1917-18; defeated, 1908.
German ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Abraham Reuben Garver (1860-1944) —
of Tipp City, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Bethel Township, Clark
County, Ohio, December
20, 1860.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
senate, 1915-17.
Methodist.
German ancestry.
Owned the Garver Furniture
Factory in Tipp City, Ohio.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Tipp City, Miami
County, Ohio, October
30, 1944 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Tipp City, Ohio.
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Charles Henry Gaus (1840-1909) —
also known as Charles H. Gaus —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
1, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1902-08; New York
state comptroller, 1909; died in office 1909.
German ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hunting
lodge on Long Lake, in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec,
October
31, 1909 (age 69 years, 60
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Benjamin Franklin Heckert (1840-1911) —
also known as Benjamin F. Heckert —
of Paw Paw, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Wayne
County, Ohio, March, 1840.
Son of John David Heckert (1801-1844) and Salome (Hirsch) Heckert
(1808-1879).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
probate judge in Michigan; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 36th Circuit, 1899; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 8th District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Van Buren County, 1909-11;
died in office 1911.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 12,
1911 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Craig Olen Klopfleisch (b. 1949) —
also known as Craig O. Klopfleisch —
of Celina, Mercer
County, Ohio.
Born in Celina, Mercer
County, Ohio, March 24,
1949.
Mayor, Celina, Ohio, 1995-99.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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George Washington List (1871-1949) —
also known as George W. List —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
22, 1871.
Son of Frederick List and Elizabeth (Biegler) List.
Democrat. Steam laundry
owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1924
(alternate), 1928.
German ancestry.
Died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., December
21, 1949 (age 78 years, 90
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Mueller (1822-1905) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Alsenz, Germany,
March
9, 1822.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1872;
Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1872-74; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County,
1873; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1885-91.
German ancestry.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
31, 1905 (age 83 years, 175
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795-1831) —
of Ohio.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1795.
Son of John
Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg.
Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1828-29.
German ancestry.
Died in 1831
(age about
36 years).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio.
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William H. Nusbaum (1856-1928) —
of DeKalb
County, Ind.
Born in Crestline, Crawford
County, Ohio, April 16,
1856.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99.
German ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
8, 1928 (age 71 years, 298
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Washington Oakes (b. 1861) —
also known as George Washington Ochs —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1861.
Son of Julius Ochs and Bertha (Levy) Ochs.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Jewish.
German ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American
Historical Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
| | | Relatives: Son of Julius Ochs and
Bertha (Levy) Ochs; brother of Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935; publisher,
New York Times); married to Bertie Gans (died 1913). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Oscar L. Pulse (b. 1851) —
of Decatur
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
14, 1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; lumber
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883.
Methodist.
Dutch
and German ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Allen Shauck (1841-1918) —
also known as John A. Shauck —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born near Johnsville, Morrow
County, Ohio, March 26,
1841.
Republican. Circuit judge in Ohio 2nd Circuit, 1885-95; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1895-1913.
Swiss,
English,
and German ancestry.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
3, 1918 (age 76 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John M. Sheets (b. 1854) —
of Ottawa, Putnam
County, Ohio.
Born near Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio, May 26,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1894-98; Ohio
state attorney general, 1900-04.
German and English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Stallo (1823-1900) —
also known as Johann Bernhard Stallo —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Rome, Italy.
Born in Sierhausen (now Damme), Germany,
March
16, 1823.
Son of Johann Heinrich Stallo (1797-1840) and Anna Maria Adelheid
(Moormann) Stallo (1798-1861).
College
teacher; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-55; district judge in Ohio;
U.S. Minister to Italy, 1885-89.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died in Rome, Italy,
January
6, 1900 (age 76 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George John Urban (1906-1978) —
also known as George J. Urban —
of South Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 14,
1906.
Republican. Mayor
of South Euclid, Ohio, 1948-72.
Methodist.
German and Czech
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died, of cancer, in
a nursing
home at Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., March 25,
1978 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Knollwood
Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) —
also known as Wendell L. Willkie —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., February
18, 1892.
Son of Herman Francis Willkie and Henrietta (Trisch) Willkie.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924;
Republican candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Episcopalian.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1944 (age 52 years, 233
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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