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Don Alan Tabbert (b. 1928) —
also known as Don Tabbert —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August
21, 1928.
Son of George Emmett Tabbert and Anna Margaret (Hermann) Tabbert;
married, August
24, 1952, to Cynthia Marie Harrington.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1957-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1961.
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Gustav Tafel (1830-1908) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
October
13, 1830.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1866-68; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1897-1900.
Died November
12, 1908 (age 78 years, 30
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Charles Phelps Taft (1843-1929) —
also known as Charles P. Taft; Charlie
Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
21, 1843.
Grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; son of Alphonso
Taft and Fannie (Phelps) Taft (1823-1852); married, December
4, 1873, to Annie Sinton; half-brother of William
Howard Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft, Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; granduncle of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft, Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-granduncle of Robert
Alphonso Taft II.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1871-73; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1895-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1900,
1908,
1912;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1904.
Philanthropist; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball
team.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
31, 1929 (age 86 years, 10
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983) —
also known as Charles P. Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
20, 1897.
Great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandson of Alphonso
Taft; nephew of Charles
Phelps Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft; first cousin of Walbridge
S. Taft; brother of Robert
Alphonso Taft; married, October
6, 1917, to Eleanor K. Chase; uncle of William
Howard Taft III and Robert
Taft, Jr.; father of Seth
Chase Taft; granduncle of Robert
Alphonso Taft II.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Hamilton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member, Cincinnati City
Council, 1938-42; Republican candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1952, 1958 (primary); mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1955-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Skull and
Bones; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died June 24,
1983 (age 85 years, 277
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907); half-brother of
Charles
Phelps Taft; brother of William
Howard Taft; married, March 28,
1883, to Julia Walbridge Smith (died 1942); father of Walbridge
S. Taft; uncle of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; granduncle of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft, Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-granduncle of Robert
Alphonso Taft II.
Republican. Lawyer; counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of New
York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull and
Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Kingsley Arter Taft (1903-1970) —
also known as Kingsley A. Taft —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 19,
1903.
Son of Frederick L. Taft and Mary Alice (Arter) Taft; married, September
14, 1927, to Louise Dakin.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1933-34; major in the U.S. Army during
World War II; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1946-47; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1948-62, 1962-70; died in office 1970.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 28,
1970 (age 66 years, 252
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Robert Taft, Jr. (1917-1993) —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
26, 1917.
Second great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso
Taft; grandnephew of Charles
Phelps Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; grandson of William
Howard Taft; first cousin once removed of Walbridge
S. Taft; son of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Martha (Bowers) Taft; nephew of Charles
Phelps Taft II; distant relative of Ezra
Taft Benson; brother of William
Howard Taft III; married 1939 to Blanca
Noel (died); married 1969 to
Katharine W. Perry; first cousin of Seth
Chase Taft; father of Robert
Alphonso Taft II.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1963-65, 1967-71 (at-large 1963-65, 1st
District 1967-71); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1971-76; defeated, 1964, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died December
7, 1993 (age 76 years, 284
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandson of Alphonso
Taft; nephew of Charles
Phelps Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft; first cousin of Walbridge
S. Taft; married, October
17, 1914, to Martha Wheaton Bowers (1889-1958; granddaughter of
Thomas
Wilson; daughter of Lloyd
Wheaton Bowers); brother of Charles
Phelps Taft II; distant relative of Ezra
Taft Benson; father of William
Howard Taft III and Robert
Taft, Jr.; uncle of Seth
Chase Taft; grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft II.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1944;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Seth Chase Taft (b. 1922) —
also known as Seth C. Taft —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
31, 1922.
Second great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso
Taft; grandnephew of Charles
Phelps Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; grandson of William
Howard Taft; first cousin once removed of Walbridge
S. Taft and Robert
Alphonso Taft II; nephew of Robert
Alphonso Taft; son of Eleanor (Chase) Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; first cousin of William
Howard Taft III and Robert
Taft, Jr.; married, June 19,
1943, to Frances Prindle.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for Ohio state
senate, 1962; candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1967; Cuyahoga
County Commissioner, 1971; candidate in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1982.
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Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857) —
of Ohio.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 25,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate from Trumbull County, 1803-04; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1816-23;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1826; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1832;
U.S.
District Judge for Ohio, 1833; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1839-45.
Censured
by the Senate on May 10, 1844, over his disclosure
to the New York Evening Post of a secret
message from President John
Tyler outlining terms for the annexation of Texas.
Died in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, April 20,
1857 (age 83 years, 330
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr. (1883-1961) —
of Cleves, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
19, 1883.
Son of Charles F. W. Tatgenhorst and Amelia (Streidelmeyer)
Tatgenhorst; married, August
19, 1914, to Clara Strebel.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1927-29; Judge, Ohio Court of
Appeals, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons.
Died January
13, 1961 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert Walker Tayler (1852-1910) —
also known as Robert W. Tayler —
of Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
26, 1852.
Son of Robert
Walker Tayler (1811?-1878) and Louisa Maria (Woodbridge) Tayler.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
editor; lawyer; Columbiana
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1895-1903; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1905.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died November
25, 1910 (age 57 years, 364
days).
Interment at Lisbon
Cemetery, Lisbon, Ohio.
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Everett Bailey Taylor (1899-1990) —
also known as Everett B. Taylor —
of Sun Valley, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
21, 1899.
Son of Harry Taylor and Myrtle E. (Bailey) Taylor; married, September
14, 1931, to Dorice E. Neiman.
Republican. Lawyer; represented Travelers' Insurance,
banks,
and the Union Pacific Railroad;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1960.
Member, American
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died March 2,
1990 (age 90 years, 132
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Taylor (1784-1854) —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Charlton, Saratoga
County, N.Y., March 26,
1784.
Married to Jane Hodge (1786-1838).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1811-13; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1813-33 (11th District 1813-23,
17th District 1823-33); defeated, 1832; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1820-21, 1825-27; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1841-42; resigned 1842.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
18, 1854 (age 70 years, 176
days).
Interment at Ballston
Spa Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
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Samuel M. Taylor (1856-1916) —
of Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, July 24,
1856.
Son of John Taylor (1818-1898) and Miriam (Daniel) Taylor
(1822-1893).
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1887-91; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1893-97; U.S. Consul in Glasgow, 1897-1906; Nottingham, 1910-11; Birmingham, 1916; U.S. Consul General in Callao, 1906-10.
Died in Birmingham, England,
December
7, 1916 (age 60 years, 136
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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William Richard Thom (1885-1960) —
also known as William R. Thom —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, July 7,
1885.
Son of Louis Thom and Katherine (Roemhild) Thom.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1933-39, 1941-43,
1945-47; defeated, 1946; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,
1956.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Moose;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
28, 1960 (age 75 years, 52
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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Seth Thomas —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born in Ohio.
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1935-.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Thompson (1853-1937) —
also known as William H. Thompson; W. H.
Thompson —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Born in Perrysville, Ashland
County, Ohio, December
14, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1890; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1892,
1904,
1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932;
mayor
of Grand Island, Neb., 1895-98; member of Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska, 1896-1900, 1920-24; candidate
for Governor of
Nebraska, 1902; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1924-31; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1933-34.
Died in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., June 6,
1937 (age 83 years, 174
days).
Interment at Grand
Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Neb.
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Allen Granberry Thurman (1813-1895) —
also known as Allen G. Thurman; "The Old
Roman" —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., November
13, 1813.
Son of Pleasant Thurman and Mary Granberry (Allen) Thurman; nephew of
William
Allen; father-in-law of Richard
Cunningham McCormick; uncle of Edwin
Dun.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1845-47; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1852-56; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1864;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1867; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1869-81; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1884;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1888.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
12, 1895 (age 82 years, 29
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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George Brown Tingley (1814-1862) —
also known as George B. Tingley —
of Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Clermont
County, Ohio, August
11, 1814.
Son of Benjamin Jennings Tingley (1779-1852) and Susanna (Brown)
Tingley (1785-1872); married 1836 to
Margaret Walker.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; member
of California
state assembly from Sacramento District, 1849-50.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August 2,
1862 (age 47 years, 356
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Emmett Tompkins (1853-1917) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, September
1, 1853.
Grandson-in-law of John
Welch; son of Cydnor
Bailey Tompkins.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1878-79; resigned 1879; member of Ohio state
legislature, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1901-03.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
18, 1917 (age 64 years, 108
days).
Cremated.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee
(1814-1889); married 1863 to Emma
Doiska Kilbourne; uncle of Clyde
Carlos Tourgee.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Ray Trucks (b. 1884) —
of Baldwin, Lake
County, Mich.
Born in Montpelier, Williams
County, Ohio, November
27, 1884.
Lawyer; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-20; Lake
County Probate Judge, 1921-24.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949-2008) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
10, 1949.
Married, November
27, 1976, to Mervyn L. Jones, Sr. (died 2003).
Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1983-91;
candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1990; Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1999-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 2004-08.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta; NAACP.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day, in a hospital
at East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
20, 2008 (age 58 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Crawford Turner (1872-1950) —
also known as Edward C. Turner —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 26,
1872.
Son of Robert M. Turner and Jane L. (Crawford) Turner; married, December
11, 1902, to Nan A. Jahn.
Republican. Lawyer; Franklin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-15; Ohio
state attorney general, 1915-17, 1927-29; candidate in primary
for Governor of
Ohio, 1928; candidate in primary for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
13, 1950 (age 78 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Michael R. Turner (b. 1960) —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, January
11, 1960.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Dayton, Ohio, 1994-2002; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 2003-.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Johnston Turner (1815-1874) —
also known as Thomas J. Turner —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 5,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Illinois, 1842; postmaster;
newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1847-49; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 56th District,
1869-70.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 4,
1874 (age 58 years, 364
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Mell Gilbert Underwood (1892-1972) —
also known as Mell G. Underwood —
of New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio.
Born in Morgan
County, Ohio, January
30, 1892.
Married to Flora E. Lewis.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1923-36; defeated, 1920;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 1936-67.
Died near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, March 8,
1972 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, New Lexington, Ohio.
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William Hanford Upson (1823-1910) —
also known as William H. Upson —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
11, 1823.
Son of Polly (Wright) Upson (1786-1872) and Daniel
Upson; third cousin once removed of Charles
Upson, Harvey
Washington Upson, Gad
Ely Upson and Andrew
Seth Upson; married, May 20,
1856, to Julia Ann Ford (1835-1926); third cousin twice removed
of James
Wesley Upson; grandfather of William
Hazlett Upson.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Sidney
Edgerton; member of Ohio state
senate, 1854-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1864,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1869-73; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1883; circuit judge in Ohio, 1885-93
(6th Circuit 1885-88, 8th Circuit 1888-93).
Congregationalist.
Died in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, April 13,
1910 (age 87 years, 92
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.
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Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) —
also known as Clement L. Vallandigham —
of Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 29,
1820.
Uncle of John
A. McMahon.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1845-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1856,
1864,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852,
1854, 1862; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1863.
Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the Civil War; arrested
by the Union military authorities in 1863 for treasonable
utterances, and banished
to the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada.
Accidentally
shot
himself, while practicing a courtroom
demonstration he planned as part of a defense in a murder trial (not
actually in court at the time, contrary to legend), and died of his
wound the next day, in the Lebanon House hotel,
Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, June 17,
1871 (age 50 years, 323
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
newspaper
editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97); member
of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station, Clay
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Henry Clay Van Voorhis (1852-1927) —
also known as H. Clay Van Voorhis —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Licking Township, Muskingum
County, Ohio, May 11,
1852.
Son of Jane (Roberts) Van Voorhis and Daniel
Van Voorhis (1833?-?); married, December
15, 1875, to Mary A. Brown (1854-1918); father of Daniel Van
Voorhis (1878-1956; U.S. Army General).
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1893-1905.
Died December
12, 1927 (age 75 years, 215
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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William Henry Vodrey, Jr. (1873-1954) —
also known as William H. Vodrey —
of East Liverpool, Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in East Liverpool, Columbiana
County, Ohio, March 4,
1873.
Son of Col. William H. Vodrey and Elizabeth Jackman Vodrey; married,
May
16, 1902, to Dorothy Kelley.
Republican. Lawyer; Columbiana
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Christian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association.
Died in 1954
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, East Liverpool, Ohio.
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George Victor Voinovich (b. 1936) —
also known as George V. Voinovich —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 15,
1936.
Married to Janet
Voinovich.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1967-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1979; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1979-89; defeated in primary, 1971; Governor of
Ohio, 1991-98; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1999-; defeated, 1988.
Catholic.
Serbian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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