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Ansel Briggs (1806-1881) —
of Ohio; Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Vermont, February
3, 1806.
Democrat. Sheriff; member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1842-46; Governor of
Iowa, 1846-50.
Congregationalist.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 5,
1881 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Omaha, Neb.; reinterment in 1909 at Andrew
Cemetery, Andrew, Iowa.
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Samuel Leeper Devine (1915-1997) —
of Ohio.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
21, 1915.
Republican. FBI special agent; member of Ohio state
legislature, 1951-55; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1959-81.
Died June 27,
1997 (age 81 years, 188
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James H. Edgar (1925-2003) —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
29, 1925.
Son of James R. Edgar and Edith (Adams) Edgar.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police officer;
lawyer;
district judge in Michigan 55th District, 1965-68.
Died, in Sparrow Hospital,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
16, 2003 (age 78 years, 109
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Mich.
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William Golden (1799-1887) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Mifflin
County, Pa., October
5, 1799.
Farmer;
sheriff; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1870-78.
Died in 1887
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Oliver Raymond Greene (b. 1906) —
also known as William O. Greene —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, December
31, 1906.
Son of William Greene and Ethel (Glover) Greene.
Democrat. Deputy sheriff; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1956, 1958; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 3rd Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George J. Karb —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1891-94, 1912-19; sheriff.
Entombed at Green
Lawn Abbey, Columbus, Ohio.
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Michael Garver Oxley (b. 1944) —
also known as Michael G. Oxley —
of Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio.
Born in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio, February
11, 1944.
Republican. FBI agent; lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1972-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1976,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1981-.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bruce A. Taylor (born c.1952) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born about 1952.
Republican. Police officer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Anthony Traficant, Jr. (b. 1941) —
also known as James A. Traficant, Jr. —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, May 8,
1941.
Sheriff; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1985-2002; removed 2002;
defeated, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1996,
2000.
As sheriff in the 1980s, was charged
with accepting
bribes, tried and
acquitted. In May, 2001, he was indicted
on ten counts of bribery
and racketeering; tried and
convicted;
sentenced
to prison;
expelled
from the U.S. House of Representatives, July 24, 2002.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Stephen Wilson (1827-1898) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April 13,
1827.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; probate judge in
Ohio; sheriff; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1894-96.
Died March 5,
1898 (age 70 years, 326
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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