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Jean Pierre Roman Bureau (1770-1854) —
also known as Jean P. R. Bureau —
of Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio.
Born in France,
March
21, 1770.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant; postmaster;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1807-08, 1832-35; member of Ohio state
senate, 1809-12.
French
ancestry.
Died in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio, December
31, 1854 (age 84 years, 285
days).
Interment at Pine
Street Cemetery, Gallipolis, Ohio.
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Isaac B. Cameron —
of Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in Nairn, Scotland.
Republican. Merchant; Columbiana
County Treasurer, 1894-97; Ohio
treasurer of state, 1900-04; chair of
Columbiana County Republican Party, 1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1875
to Laura A. Irwin. |
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John Wilson Cassingham (1840-1930) —
also known as John W. Cassingham —
of Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio.
Born in Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, June 22,
1840.
Son of George F. Cassingham and Elizabeth C. Cassingham.
Democrat. Merchant; coal mining
business; paper
manufacturer; banker; Coshocton
County Auditor, 1880-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1901-05.
Died in Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, March 14,
1930 (age 89 years, 265
days).
Interment at South
Lawn Cemetery, Coshocton, Ohio.
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Clifford C. Cornell —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Merchant; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1938-41.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sally Florkiewicz (born c.1944) —
of Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born about 1944.
Republican. Gift shop owner; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Havillah Gunn (1786-1867) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Connecticut, 1786.
Son of Samuel Gunn and Joanna Gunn.
Merchant; Scioto
County Treasurer, 1828-30; mayor
of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1830-31.
Died in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., September
8, 1867 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Amos Henry Jackson (1846-1924) —
also known as Amos H. Jackson —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Born near Franklin, Delaware
County, N.Y., May 10,
1846.
Son of George W. Jackson and Roxanna (Ripley) Jackson.
Republican. Street vendor; undergarments
manufacturer; mayor of
Fremont, Ohio, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1903-05.
Died in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, August
30, 1924 (age 78 years, 112
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio.
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John Johnson (1805-1867) —
of Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio.
Born near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1805.
Tanner;
merchant; banker;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1843-44; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Coshocton County,
1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1851-53.
Died in Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, February
5, 1867 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Coshocton, Ohio.
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James Kilbourne (1770-1850) —
of Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., October
19, 1770.
Son of Josiah Kilbourne (1730-1814) and Anna (Neal) Kilbourne
(1734-1832).
Democrat. Surveyor;
merchant; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1813-17; Presidential
Elector for Ohio, 1820;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1823.
Episcopalian.
Died April 9,
1850 (age 79 years, 172
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Worthington, Ohio.
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Charles H. Laflamboy (b. 1856) —
of McBride, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, 1856.
Republican. Merchant; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Montcalm County 1st District,
1899-1902; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Logan (1832-1913) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Alexander Township, Athens
County, Ohio, November
21, 1832.
Farmer;
merchant; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1902-06.
Died in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, November
21, 1913 (age 81 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas C. Mahon (b. 1860) —
of Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio.
Born in Marseilles, Wyandot
County, Ohio, July 4,
1860.
Son of James Mahon and Phebe (Waples) Mahon.
Democrat. Merchant; lawyer; Hardin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1903; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1910.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guido Marx (1827-1899) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Germany,
June
28, 1827.
Republican. Merchant; mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, 1875-77.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
1, 1899 (age 71 years, 218
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Miles Conway Moore (1845-1920) —
of Walla Walla, Walla Walla
County, Wash.
Born in Rix Mills, Muskingum
County, Ohio, April 17,
1845.
Republican. Merchant; banker; mayor
of Walla Walla, Wash., 1877; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1889; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Washington, 1896.
Died in Walla Walla, Walla Walla
County, Wash., December
18, 1920 (age 75 years, 245
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Wash.
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Joseph Morris (1795-1854) —
of Ohio.
Born in Greene
County, Pa., October
16, 1795.
Democrat. Greene
County Sheriff, 1824; merchant; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1833-34; Monroe
County Treasurer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1843-47.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, October
23, 1854 (age 59 years, 7
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
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Isaac N. Norton (d. 1837) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Merchant; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1836-37.
Died in 1837.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March 29,
1816.
Republican. Merchant; lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; coal mining
business; railroad
builder; banker; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.
Died in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., April 8,
1903 (age 87 years, 10
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Streator, Ill.
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James Brown Ray (1794-1848) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., February
19, 1794.
Lawyer;
merchant; tavern
owner; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1822-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1831, 1837; Governor of
Indiana, 1825-31.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August 4,
1848 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Henry St. John (1783-1869) —
of Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington
County, Vt., July 16,
1783.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; farmer; miller;
merchant; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1843-47.
Died in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, May, 1869
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. B. Skinner (born c.1841) —
of Hardy, Nuckolls
County, Neb.
Born in Ohio, about 1841.
Republican. Merchant; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Dennison Stephens (1859-1944) —
also known as William D. Stephens —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Eaton, Preble
County, Ohio, December
26, 1859.
Republican. Merchant; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909; U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-16 (7th District 1911-13,
10th District 1913-16); resigned 1916; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1916-17; Governor of
California, 1917-23.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Santa Fe Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 25,
1944 (age 84 years, 121
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Franz L. Woodworth (1875-1968) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in 1875.
Merchant; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1942-47.
Died in 1968
(age about
93 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Yellen —
of Ohio.
Socialist. Merchant; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Ohio, 1920; candidate for Ohio
treasurer of state, 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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