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Norman Whittlesey Adams (1894-1968) —
also known as Norman W. Adams —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, February
2, 1894.
Son of Fred W. Adams and Olive M. (Palmiter) Adams.
Republican. President and owner, Adams Insurance
Agency; director, Electric City Realty;
director, Youngstown Foundry and Machine Co.; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in November, 1968
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincent Henry Beckman (b. 1879) —
also known as Vincent H. Beckman —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in St. Henry, Mercer
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Son of John G. Beckman and Catherine (Romer) Beckman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary and director, National Theatre
Co.; director and member executive committee, Eagle Picher Mining and
Smelting Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1916,
1924,
1928
(alternate), 1940,
1948,
1956;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Justin De Witt Bowersock (1842-1922) —
also known as Justin D. Bowersock —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Columbiana, Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
19, 1842.
Son of I. Bowersock and Adaline (McDonald) Bowersock.
Republican. President, Lawrence National Bank,
Bowersock Mills and Power
Co., Kansas Water
Power Co., Lawrence Iron Works, Lawrence Paper
Manufacturing Co., Kansas and Colorado Railroad;
mayor
of Lawrence, Kan., 1881-85; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Kansas
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1899-1907.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., October
27, 1922 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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John T. Carmody (1861-1909) —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio; Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Ireland,
December, 1861.
Foundry owner; mayor
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1909; died in office 1909.
Shot
and badly
wounded in the abdomen by a burglar on May 23, and subsequently
died, probably due to infection,
in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, August 7,
1909 (age 47 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Todd Frederick (1834-1903) —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Marshalltown, Marshall
County, Iowa; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Fredericktown, Columbiana
County, Ohio, October
5, 1834.
Democrat. Foundry business; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1885-87.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., November
3, 1903 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Gus Hall (1910-2000) —
also known as Arvo Kustaa Halberg —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910.
Communist. Steelworker; union
organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers' strike in
1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled
to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Finnish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000 (age 90 years, 5
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Karl Moore Jones (b. 1908) —
also known as Karl M. Jones —
of Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Glen Roy (unknown
county), Ohio, May 13,
1908.
Son of Henry Charles Jones and Minnie Camellia (Moore) Jones.
Democrat. Steelworker; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1949-50;
defeated, 1950, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Eagles; United
Steelworkers of America.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Mitchell Morgan (1870-1935) —
also known as William M. Morgan —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Licking
County, Ohio, August 1,
1870.
Son of James M. Morgan and Mary Eleanor Morgan.
Republican. In carriage
and implement
business; later in wool and grain
business; president, Central Ohio Foundry Company; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1921-31.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in 1935
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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Charles Augustus Otis, Sr. (1827-1905) —
also known as Charles A. Otis —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum
County, Ohio, January
30, 1827.
Son of William Augustus Otis and Eliza (Proctor) Otis.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1873-75.
Founder, Otis Iron and Steel Co.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 28,
1905 (age 78 years, 149
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Loren Edmunds Souers, Jr. (b. 1882) —
also known as Loren E. Souers, Jr. —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Mineral City, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
4, 1882.
Son of Enos S. Souers and Celestia M. (Black) Souers.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president and general counsel, Continental Steel Corp.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Sigma Rho; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calvin William Verity, Jr. (1917-2007) —
also known as C. William Verity —
Born in Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio, January
26, 1917.
Son of Calvin William Verity, Sr. and Elizabeth (O'Brien) Verity.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chief executive officer,
Armco (steel industry), 1971-82; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., January
3, 2007 (age 89 years, 342
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Wilson Voetter (b. 1869) —
also known as Thomas W. Voetter —
of New Mexico.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 10,
1869.
Electrician;
foundry worker; railroad
employee; U.S. Consul in Saltillo, 1907-11; La Guaira, 1911-14; Antofagasta, 1915-21; Caracas, 1924; Curacao, 1926-29; Guaymas, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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