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William Lysander Adams (1821-1906) —
also known as William L. Adams; Will Adams —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Forest Grove, Washington
County, Ore.; Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, February
5, 1821.
Son of Sebastian Adams (1789-1847) and Eunice (Harmon) Adams.
Republican. School
teacher; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; preacher;
newspaper editor; probate judge in Oregon; U.S. Collector of Customs;
physician.
Died in Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore., April 26,
1906 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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Daniel Brainard Ainger (1844-1913) —
also known as Daniel B. Ainger —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio; Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio; Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, March 9,
1844.
Son of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1868,
1876;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878, 1894; postmaster of
Washington, D.C., until 1882; Adjutant
General of Michigan, 1887-91; Michigan state banking
commissioner, 1896-97.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 2,
1913 (age 69 years, 24
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger; married, November
29, 1866, to Fannie Rhodes; married 1896 to Kittie
Rose Savage. |
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Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March 17,
1850.
Republican. Newspaper editor; book
publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery Light and
Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general
of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented
in 1893 and patented a
railroad
car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leland Charles Altaffer (b. 1896) —
also known as Leland C. Altaffer —
Born in West Unity, Williams
County, Ohio, January
12, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Vice Consul in Rangoon, 1929-32; Amoy, 1938; Antigua, 1943.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Milan Ashbrook (1928-1982) —
also known as John M. Ashbrook; "The Small Paul
Revere" —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, September
21, 1928.
Son of William
Albert Ashbrook and Marie Swank Ashbrook.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1957-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1961-82; died in office
1982; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Elks; Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a massive
gastrointestinal bleed, and died soon after, in Licking Memorial
Hospital,
Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April 24,
1982 (age 53 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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William Albert Ashbrook (1867-1940) —
also known as William A. Ashbrook —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born near Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, July 1,
1867.
Son of William Ashbrook and Lucy (Pratt) Ashbrook.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
banker;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1905-06; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1907-21, 1935-40;
defeated, 1920, 1922; died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Woodmen.
Died in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, January
1, 1940 (age 72 years, 184
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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Lewis Baker (1832-1899) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, November
11, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1871-72; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1872; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1872-76; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1884-88; Minnesota
Democratic state chair, 1892; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1892;
U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1893-97; Salvador, 1893-97; Nicaragua, 1893-97.
Died, from pernicious
anemia, in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1899 (age 66 years, 170
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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William Robinson Barrington (1796-1844) —
also known as William R. Barrington —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born August
25, 1796.
Son of Henry Barrington (1771-1839) and Catherine (Robinson)
Barrington.
Newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of
Piqua, Ohio, 1840, 1843.
Died January
4, 1844 (age 47 years, 132
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio.
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Edward Lewis Bartlett (1904-1968) —
also known as E. L. 'Bob' Bartlett —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 20,
1904.
Son of Edgar C. Bartlett and Ida F. (Doverspike) Bartlett.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; gold miner;
secretary
of Alaska Territory, 1939-44; resigned 1944; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1945-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1959-68; died in office 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960.
Member, Elks.
Died, following heart
surgery, in the Cleveland Clinic hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
11, 1968 (age 64 years, 235
days).
Interment at Northern
Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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James Adam Bede (1856-1942) —
also known as J. Adam Bede —
of Pine City, Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Eaton Township, Lorain
County, Ohio, January
13, 1856.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper reporter; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1903-09.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 11,
1942 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Interment at Birchwood
Cemetery, Pine City, Minn.
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Son of Charles D. Berry and Elizabeth (Murphy) Berry.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone
directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone
companies; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1956,
1972;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone
Hall
of Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Son of Nelson Richard Bolles and Malvina Belle (Whitford) Bolles.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) —
also known as Oliver P. Bolton —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
22, 1917.
Son of Chester
Castle Bolton and Frances
Payne Bolton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
13, 1972 (age 55 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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William Hartshorn Bonsall (1846-1905) —
also known as William H. Bonsall —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1846.
Son of Samuel Bonsall and Mary (Mills) Bonsall.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1892.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in California, July, 1905
(age 59
years, 0 days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838-1871) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, August
31, 1838.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1861-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1864-70;
resigned 1870.
Died, in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1871 (age 32 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Son of Samuel S. Brooks (newspaper editor).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
newspaper editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married 1852
to Mary Ann Bray (1833-1903). |
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John Kristensen Brostuen (1884-1938) —
also known as John K. Brostuen; Johannes Kristensen
Brostuen —
of Alexander, McKenzie
County, N.Dak.
Born near Ringebu, Norway,
August
28, 1884.
Republican. Farmer; rancher;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of North
Dakota state senate; North Dakota
Republican state chair, 1937-38.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in an airplane
crash near Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1938
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williston, N.Dak.
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Clarence J. Brown (1893-1965) —
of Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio, July 14,
1893.
Son of Owen Brown and Ellen Barrere (McCoppin) Brown.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1919-23; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1927-33; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1936,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1939-65; died in office
1965; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1944-64; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Junior
Order; Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
23, 1965 (age 72 years, 40
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Blanchester, Ohio.
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Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Bud Brown —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 18,
1927.
Son of Clarence
J. Brown and Ethel (McKinney) Brown.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1965-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Robert Burns Brown (1844-1916) —
also known as Robert B. Brown —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in New Concord, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
2, 1844.
Son of Alexander Brown and Margaret (Lorimer) Brown.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1912; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1916.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1890 for actions at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee,
November 25, 1863.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, July 30,
1916 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Seth W. Brown (1841-1923) —
of Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio.
Born near Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, January
4, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper business; lawyer; Warren
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-83; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1883-87; Presidential Elector for Ohio,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1897-1901.
Died in Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, February
24, 1923 (age 82 years, 51
days).
Interment at Miami
Cemetery, Waynesville, Ohio.
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William Lee Brown (d. 1906) —
also known as William L. Brown —
of Montana; Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1872,
1876;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1875; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1884;
member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1890-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1893; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
Died in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
13, 1906.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Henrietta Jeffries. |
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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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Harlan Willis Brush (1865-1942) —
also known as Harlan W. Brush —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Nelson, Portage
County, Ohio, May 27,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Niagara Falls, 1897-1903; Milan, 1905.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., December
24, 1942 (age 77 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Annette Hamilton (born 1867). |
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William Edgar Bundy (1866-1903) —
also known as William E. Bundy —
of Norwood, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Wellston, Jackson
County, Ohio, October
4, 1866.
Son of William Sanford Bundy and Kate (Thompson) Bundy.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1898-1903.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Sons
of Veterans.
Died in 1903
(age about
36 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Cable (1801-1880) —
of Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ohio; Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio; Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio; Paulding, Paulding
County, Ohio.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, April 17,
1801.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1849-53.
Died in Paulding, Paulding
County, Ohio, May 1,
1880 (age 79 years, 14
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Paulding, Ohio.
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James McClure Coffinberry (1818-1891) —
also known as James M. Coffinberry —
of Maumee, Lucas
County, Ohio; Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, May 16,
1818.
Son of Andrew Coffinberry (1788-1858) and Mary 'Polly' (McClure)
Coffinberry.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lucas
County Prosecuting Attorney; newspaper editor and
publisher; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1861; chair of
Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, 1861.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
29, 1891 (age 73 years, 197
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Paul V. Collins (b. 1860) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, July 22,
1860.
Son of Samuel Collins and Abigail Jane (Patton) Collins.
Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1888;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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William B. Colver (1870-1926) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wellington, Lorain
County, Ohio, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
editorial director, Scripps-Howard newspapers; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1917-20; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1918-19.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1926 (age about 55
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Pauline Simmons (c.1874-1964). |
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Son of Thomas Cooley (1778-1847) and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley
(1790-1869).
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64; law
professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. is named for
him.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Thomas Valentine Cooper (1835-1909) —
also known as Thomas V. Cooper —
of Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, January
16, 1835.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1870-72; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1874-89 (5th District 1874, 9th District 1875-89);
resigned 1889.
Died in 1909
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Media
Cemetery, Media, Pa.
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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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John Cutler Covert (b. 1839) —
also known as John C. Covert —
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
11, 1839.
Son of Jacob Covert and Phebean (Cutler) Covert.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives; U.S. Consul in Lyon, 1897-1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Minnie Dutcher. |
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James Middleton Cox (1870-1957) —
also known as James M. Cox —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Jacksonburgh, Butler
County, Ohio, March 31,
1870.
Son of Gilbert Cox and Eliza A. Cox.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1909-13; Governor of
Ohio, 1913-15, 1917-21; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Episcopalian
or Brethren.
Suffered a stroke,
and died three days later, in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 15,
1957 (age 87 years, 106
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Charles S. Crandall (b. 1840) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Erie
County, Ohio, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper editor; hardware store
owner; postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 12th District, 1874; member of Minnesota
state senate 12th District; elected 1886, 1890.
Burial
location unknown.
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José de Olivares (1867-1942) —
also known as Jesse Scott Oliver —
of South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Ohio, November
26, 1867.
Son of Joseph Campbell Oliver and Martha Washington (Gatch) Oliver.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Managua, 1906-09; Madras, 1911-14; Hamilton, 1915-24; Kingston, 1924-29; Leghorn, 1929-32.
Catholic.
Died September
30, 1942 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Campbell Oliver and Martha Washington (Gatch) Oliver;
married, November
2, 1896, to Berta Lillian Owen; married, February
15, 1907, to Maria Teresa Ramirez y Jerez. |
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Clarence Cleveland Dill (1884-1978) —
also known as C. C. Dill; "Father of the Grand Coulee
Dam"; "Father of the Radio Act" —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born near Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, September
21, 1884.
Son of Theodore Marshall Dill and Amanda (Kunkel) Dill.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1915-19; defeated,
1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1923-35.
Methodist
or Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Woodmen;
Phi
Kappa Psi.
Instrumental in developing Grand Coulee Dam.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., January
14, 1978 (age 93 years, 115
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March 29,
1868.
Son of Stephen Eaton and Mary D. (Parker) Eaton.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine editor; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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James Arthur Edgerton (b. 1869) —
also known as James A. Edgerton —
of Nebraska; Denver,
Colo.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Plantsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, January
30, 1869.
Son of Richard Edgerton and Tamar (Vernon) Edgerton.
Newspaper editor; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, March 21,
1895, to Blanche Edgerton (second cousin). |
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph
operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,
Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper publisher;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died February
14, 1908 (age 67 years, 171
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Elizabeth Robertson. |
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Arthur Edwards (1834-1901) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. Clergyman;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; editor,
Northwestern Christian Advocate magazine, 1872-1901; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 20,
1901 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate (Blackburn) Ellis.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Louis William Fairfield (1858-1930) —
also known as Louis W. Fairfield —
of Angola, Steuben
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, October
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; college
teacher; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1917-25.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., February
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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James John Faran (1808-1892) —
also known as James J. Faran —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
29, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1835-39; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1838-39; member of Ohio state
senate, 1839-43; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1845-49; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1855-57.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
12, 1892 (age 83 years, 349
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Paul Faust (1929-1995) —
also known as William Faust —
of Westland, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, March 29,
1929.
Son of Paul Joseph Faust and Teresa (Johnson) Faust.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; supervisor
of Nankin Township, Michigan, 1963-65; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1964; member of Michigan
state senate, 1967-94 (13th District 1967-82, 12th District
1983-94).
Catholic.
Member, Civitan.
Died in 1995
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Len W. Feighner (1862-1948) —
of Nashville, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, June 5,
1862.
Son of William Feighner and Henrietta (Stauffer) Feighner.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1929-32;
defeated, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Nashville, Mich.
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David Fisher (1794-1886) —
of Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Somerset
County, Pa., December
3, 1794.
Son of Adam Fisher and Susannah (Jones) Fisher.
Whig. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1834; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1847-49.
Died near Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, May 7,
1886 (age 91 years, 155
days).
Interment at Wesleyan
Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Rufus Fleming (1852-1920) —
of Avondale, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Indiana, 1852.
Son of Dr. Jackson F. Fleming.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S.
Consul in Edinburgh, 1897-1920.
Died April 3,
1920 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas Brooks Fletcher (1879-1945) —
also known as Brooks Fletcher —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Mechanicstown, Carroll
County, Ohio, October
10, 1879.
Son of Emmett Hiram Fletcher and Katherine (Culp) Fletcher.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1925-29, 1933-39.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1945 (age 65 years, 264
days).
Interment at Mechanicstown
Cemetery, Mechanicstown, Ohio.
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John Robert French (1819-1890) —
also known as John R. French —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Lake
County, Ohio; Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., May 28,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1858-59; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1867-69;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. Senate, 1869-79.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
2, 1890 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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James William Gazlay (1784-1874) —
also known as James W. Gazlay —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1784.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1823-25; newspaper
editor.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 8,
1874 (age 89 years, 320
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Randolph Goodin (1836-1885) —
of Humboldt, Allen
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, December
14, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1867; district judge in Kansas
7th District, 1868-76; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1875-77; newspaper
editor.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., December
18, 1885 (age 49 years, 4
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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James Bradshow Griffith (1880-1962) —
also known as James B. Griffith —
of Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
31, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Wyoming
Republican state chair, 1938-43; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wyoming, 1948.
Died in 1962
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lusk
Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Son of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor of
Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Edwin Norton Gunsaulus (b. 1859) —
also known as Edwin N. Gunsaulus —
of London, Madison
County, Ohio.
Born in West Liberty, Logan
County, Ohio, December
13, 1859.
Son of Dr. Calvin Gunsaulus and Eliza (Norton) Gunsaulus.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Pernambuco, 1900-01; Toronto, 1901-05; Queenstown, 1905-06; Rimouski, 1906-08; Johannesburg, 1908-16; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1917-20; Halifax, 1920-22.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Calvin Gunsaulus and Eliza (Norton) Gunsaulus; married, March 28,
1899, to Harriet N. Mitchell (died 1901); married, July 6,
1910, to Maud Schooley. |
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Albert Halstead (b. 1867) —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
19, 1867.
Son of Murat Halstead and Mary (Banks) Halstead.
Colonel and aide-de-camp on staff of Gov. William
McKinley, 1892-96; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Birmingham, 1906-15; U.S. Consul General in Vienna, 1915-17; Stockholm, 1918-19; Montreal, 1920-27; London, 1929-32.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Alene Wilcos. |
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Son of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding (1843-1910) and George
Tryon Harding (1844-1928).
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Ohio state
senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 57 years, 273
days); the claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Original interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Tomb, Marion, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married, July 8,
1891, to Florence Mabel Kling (1860-1924). |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His Times (out of
print) — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding (out of
print) — John W. Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
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Russell Benjamin Harrison (1854-1936) —
also known as Russell Lord Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, August
12, 1854.
Son of Caroline (Scott) Harrison and Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901).
Republican. Newspaper work; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1921-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1925-28.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
13, 1936 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Frank Hatton (1846-1894) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April 28,
1846.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1884-85.
Died, from a stroke, in
his office at
the Washington Post, Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1894 (age 48 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Max S. Hayes (b. 1866) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Havana, Huron
County, Ohio, May 25,
1866.
Son of Joseph Hayes and Elizabeth (Borer) Hayes.
Printer;
newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1900; Socialist candidate
for secretary of
state of Ohio, 1902; Farmer-Labor candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Lawrence Heffernan (b. 1887) —
also known as Joseph L. Heffernan —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
8, 1887.
Son of John Heffernan and Rose Ann (Flynn) Heffernan.
Democrat. Newspaper correspondent; lawyer;
municipal judge in Ohio, 1923-27; mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1928-31; legal counsel, Federal
Communications Commission, 1935; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Heffernan and Rose Ann (Flynn) Heffernan; married, October
27, 1914, to Catherine O'Connor (died 1917); married, May 8,
1920, to Beatrice Mary Jones. |
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) —
also known as Frank H. Hitchcock —
of Massachusetts; Arizona.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
5, 1867.
Son of Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris) Hitchcock.
Republican. Lawyer; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1908-09; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1909-13; newspaper publisher; member
of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
25, 1935 (age 67 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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George Bunce Holt (1790-1871) —
also known as George B. Holt —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 12,
1790.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1824-25; member of Ohio state
senate, 1828-30; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1828-36,
1843-49; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Montgomery County,
1850-51.
Presbyterian.
Died October
30, 1871 (age 81 years, 140
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) —
of Ohio; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio, March 1,
1837.
Son of William Cooper Howells and Mary (Dean) Howells.
U.S. Consul in Rome, 1861; Venice, 1861-65; author;
editor, Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1872-81.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1920 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Son of Simon Hughes (1778-1858) and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes
(1780-1851).
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Ohio state legislature,
1838-39; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Lyman Underwood Humphrey (1844-1915) —
also known as Lyman U. Humphrey —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born in New Baltimore, Stark
County, Ohio, July 25,
1844.
Son of Lyman Humphrey and Elizabeth (Everhart) Humphrey.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; banker;
candidate for Kansas
state house of representatives, 1871; member of Kansas
state senate, 1876; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1877-81; Governor of
Kansas, 1889-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1892.
Died in Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan., September
12, 1915 (age 71 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kan.
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Lewis Morris Iddings (1850-1921) —
also known as Lewis M. Iddings —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rome, Italy.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 23,
1850.
Son of Lewis J. Iddings and Jane (Chesney) Iddings.
Republican. Worked at New York Tribune and New York Evening
Post newspapers, 1876-91; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1905-10; representative of American Red Cross in Italy
during World War I; director, American War Relief Clearing House in
Italy.
Episcopalian.
Died December
26, 1921 (age 71 years, 247
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Sinton Ingalls (1899-1985) —
also known as David S. Ingalls —
of Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Hunting Valley, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
28, 1899.
Son of Albert Stimson Ingalls and Jane (Taft) Ingalls.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1927-29; U.S. Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Aeronautics, 1929-32; director, City of Cleveland
Department of Public Health and Welfare, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1940,
1952,
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1940; vice-president and general
manager, Pan American Air
Ferries, 1941-42; commander, Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station;
executive, Pan American World
Airways; newspaper publisher.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Skull
and Bones.
Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 26,
1985 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) —
also known as Charles C. Kearns —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio; Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., February
11, 1869.
Son of Barton Kearns and Amanda (Salisbury) Kearns.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died December
17, 1931 (age 62 years, 309
days).
Interment at Clarence
E. Combs Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Amelia, Ohio.
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Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) —
also known as M. Clyde Kelly; "Father of Air
Mail" —
of Edgewood, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August 4,
1883.
Son of William B. Kelly and Mary C. (Clark) Kelly.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1910-13; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District
1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
On returning from a frog
hunting trip, was injured when a rifle he
was cleaning accidentally
fired; he died one week later, in a hospital
at Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., April 29,
1935 (age 51 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mahoning
Union Cemetery, Marchand, Pa.
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Samuel S. Knabenshue (b. 1845) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born near Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, November
1, 1845.
Son of Joseph N. Knabenshue and Nancy (Prentice) Knabenshue.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Belfast, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1909-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles B. Landis —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,
1908.
Died April 24,
1922 (age 63 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Benjamin Franklin Langworthy (1822-1907) —
also known as B. F. Langworthy —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, January
20, 1822.
Son of Cyrus
Langworthy and Charlotte (Drake) Langworthy (1794-1876).
Farmer;
newspaper editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 13th District, 1859-60.
Died in Brownsdale, Mower
County, Minn., January
23, 1907 (age 85 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) —
also known as Alice Roosevelt Longworth; Alice Lee
Roosevelt; "Princess Alice" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1884.
Daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt (1861-1884).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940;
newspaper columnist.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
emphysema,
and cardiac
arrest, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1980 (age 96 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; great-grandniece of James
I. Roosevelt; grandniece of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt (1861-1884);
married, February
17, 1906, to Nicholas
Longworth; first cousin of Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles; half-sister of Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.; first cousin once removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth:
Carol Felsenthal, Princess
Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth |
| | | Image source: Time magazine, February
7, 1927 |
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Francis Butler Loomis (1861-1948) —
also known as Francis B. Loomis —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, July 27,
1861.
Ohio state librarian, 1886-90; U.S. Consul in SAINT Etienne, 1890-93; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister
to Venezuela, 1897-1901; Portugal, 1901-02.
Died in 1948
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Bartlow Martin (1915-1987) —
of Illinois.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August 3,
1915.
Son of John Martin and Laura Martin.
Journalist; author;
speechwriter for Adlai
E. Stevenson, John
F. Kennedy, Robert
F. Kennedy, and Hubert
Humphrey; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1962-63.
Died, from throat
cancer, in Highland Park Hospital,
Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., January
3, 1987 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Herman
Cemetery, Herman, Mich.
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Frank Holcomb Mason (1840-1916) —
also known as Frank H. Mason —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 24,
1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Basel, 1880-84; Marseille, 1884-89; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1889-97; Berlin, 1898-1905; Paris, 1905-13.
Died in Paris, France,
June
21, 1916 (age 76 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilbur D. Matson (b. 1888) —
of McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio.
Born in McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, March 2,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Burial
location unknown.
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William H. Michael (1845-1916) —
of Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa; Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, July 14,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; served in the Union
Navy during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Consul General in Calcutta, 1905-11.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1916 (age 70 years, 308
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Charles Moley (1886-1975) —
also known as Raymond Moley; Ray Moley —
Born in Berea, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
27, 1886.
Son of Felix James Moley and Agnes (Fairchild) Moley.
Mayor of Olmsted Falls, Ohio; university
professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1933; broke with
Roosevelt in 1936, and later became senior advisor to Republicans Wendell
Willkie, Barry
Goldwater, and Richard
Nixon; columnist
for Newsweek magazine; received the Medal
of Freedom in 1970.
Irish
and French
ancestry.
Died February
18, 1975 (age 88 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Relatives: Son
of Felix James Moley and Agnes (Fairchild) Moley; married 1916 to Eva
Dall (divorced 1948); married 1949 to Frances
Hebard. |
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article |
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James Remley Morris (1819-1899) —
also known as James R. Morris —
of Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio.
Born in Rogersville, Greene
County, Pa., January
10, 1819.
Son of Joseph
Morris.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1843; newspaper editor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1861-65 (17th District 1861-63, 5th
District 1863-65); defeated, 1864; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864;
probate judge in Ohio, 1872-77; postmaster.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
24, 1899 (age 80 years, 348
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
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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 |
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Bertha (Levy) Ochs; brother of Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935; publisher,
New York Times); married to Bertie Gans (died 1913). |
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article |
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Horace Mann Oren (1859-1912) —
also known as Horace M. Oren —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Oakland, Clinton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1859.
Newspaper editor; lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1899-1902; circuit
judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1911-12; appointed 1911; died in
office 1912.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., 1912
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Washington
County, Ohio, February
10, 1837.
Son of Sarah (Dyer) Otis (1789-1879) and Stephen Otis (born 1784).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1860;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War.
Died, from a rupture of the
heart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 30,
1917 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald James Pease (1931-2002) —
also known as Donald J. Pease; Don Pease —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, September
26, 1931.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio state
senate, 1965-67, 1975-77; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1969-75; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1977-93.
Methodist.
Served five years on the board of directors of Amtrak.
Died, of a heart
attack, July 28,
2002 (age 70 years, 305
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Ritter Peters (1842-1910) —
also known as Samuel R. Peters —
of Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo.; Marion, Marion
County, Kan.; Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Walnut Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, August
16, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1872;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1874-75; district judge in Kansas, 1875-83; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 7th
District 1885-91).
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., April 21,
1910 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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Hjalmar Petersen (1890-1968) —
of Askov, Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Eskildstrup, Denmark,
January
2, 1890.
Son of Lauritz Petersen and Anna Petersen.
Newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1926, 1928; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1935-36; Governor of
Minnesota, 1936-37; defeated, 1940, 1942; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1937; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 29,
1968 (age 78 years, 87
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Lutheran Cemetery, Askov, Minn.
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Perry F. Powers (1858-1945) —
of Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio, September
5, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1899-1900; Michigan
state auditor general, 1901-04; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1920-21; postmaster;
vice-president, Peoples Savings Bank.
Died in 1945
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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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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Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) —
also known as James Whitelaw Reid;
"Agate" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cedarville, Greene
County, Ohio, October
27, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper editor; librarian;
cotton planter;
U.S. Minister to France, 1889-92; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.
Reid Hall, a dormitory at Miami University (built 1948, demolished
2006) was named for
him.
Died in London, England,
December
15, 1912 (age 75 years, 49
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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James Linn Rodgers (b. 1861) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, September
10, 1861.
Son of Andrew Denny Rodgers and Eliza (Sullivan) Rodgers.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1905-07; Havana, 1907-17; Montreal, 1919-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Selby (1840-1917) —
also known as Thomas J. Selby —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.; Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, December
4, 1840.
Democrat. Jersey
County Sheriff, 1864-66; newspaper publisher; Jersey
County Clerk, 1869-77; lawyer; Calhoun
County State's Attorney, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1901-03.
Died in Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill., March 10,
1917 (age 76 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hardin
Cemetery, Hardin, Ill.
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Robert Peet Skinner (1866-1960) —
also known as Robert P. Skinner —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio, February
24, 1866.
Son of August T. Skinner and Cecelia (van Rensselaer) Skinner.
Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1897-1901; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1901-08; Hamburg, 1908-14; Berlin, 1914; London, 1914-24; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1926-32; Estonia, 1931-33; Latvia, 1931-33; Lithuania, 1931-33; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1933-36.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
Died in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, 1960
(age about
94 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Smith (1833-1896) —
also known as William H. Smith —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., 1833.
Newspaper editor; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1865-68; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1877-79.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., July 27,
1896 (age about 63
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Peter Swineford (1836-1909) —
also known as Alfred P. Swineford —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.; Alaska.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, September
14, 1836.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette District, 1871-72;
mayor
of Marquette, Mich., 1874-75; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1878; Governor of
Alaska District, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1904;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1906.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, October
26, 1909 (age 73 years, 42
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska.
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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.
Son of Alphonso
Taft and Fannie (Phelps) Taft (1823-1852).
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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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 (1812-1878) 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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James Alfred Taylor (1878-1956) —
also known as J. Alfred Taylor —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born near Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, September
25, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1917-18,
1921-22, 1931-32, 1937-38; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1923-27;
defeated, 1926 (6th District), 1938 (3rd District); candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1928; Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1932;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Junior
Order; Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Moose.
Died in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., June 9,
1956 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Interment at Huse
Memorial Park, Fayetteville, W.Va.
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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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Charles James Thompson (1862-1932) —
also known as Charles J. Thompson —
of Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio.
Born in Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, January
24, 1862.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1893-94; candidate for mayor
of Defiance, Ohio, 1915; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1919-31.
Died in 1932
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio.
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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).
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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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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Aaron R. Van Cleaf —
of Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio state
senate 10th District, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Madison Miner Walden (1836-1891) —
also known as Madison M. Walden —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Adams
County, Ohio, October
6, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Iowa state
house of representatives 4th District, 1866-67, 1890; member of
Iowa
state senate 4th District, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1871-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., July 24,
1891 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) —
also known as Albert B. White —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
22, 1856.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker;
vice-president, George Washington Life Insurance
Company; Governor of
West Virginia, 1901-05; West Virginia State Tax Commissioner,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1924;
member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1927-30.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 3,
1941 (age 84 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Dudley Allen White (1901-1957) —
also known as Dudley A. White —
of Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio.
Born in New London, Huron
County, Ohio, January
3, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1928,
1932
(alternate), 1948,
1956
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1957
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Son of John H. Willis and Abigail (Slavens) Willis.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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