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Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) —
also known as Florence E. Allen —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March 23,
1884.
Daughter of Clarence
Emir Allen and Corinne Marie (Tuckerman) Allen.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1921-22; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1922-34; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1926; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1934-59; took senior
status 1959.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa
Beta Pi; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
12, 1966 (age 82 years, 173
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Newton Allen (1858-1932) —
also known as Horace N. Allen —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, April 23,
1858.
Son of Horace Allen and Jane M. (Riley) Allen.
Physician;
medical missionary; went to China, then Korea in 1884; founded a
mission hospital
with Korean support; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Seoul, 1890-96; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Seoul, 1896-97; U.S. Consul General in Seoul, 1897-1905; U.S. Minister to Korea, 1897-1905; author of
books about Korea.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, December
11, 1932 (age 74 years, 232
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Ambler (b. 1876) —
of Pleasants
County, W.Va.; Ashland, Hanover
County, Va.; Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio, August
12, 1876.
Son of Lutellis Ambler and Ella Rebecca (Wells) Ambler.
Democrat. School
teacher; Pleasants
County Sheriff, 1900-01; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1951-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Sigma
Nu; Phi Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Barkley (1889-1986) —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Braceville, Trumbull
County, Ohio, September
2, 1889.
Son of John Barkley and Josephine A. (Kreitler) Barkley.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Shaker Heights, Ohio, 1952-54.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in September, 1986
(age about
96 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Son of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933, 1940; justice, New
York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Henry Mahan Beardsley (b. 1858) —
also known as Henry M. Beardsley —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
20, 1858.
Son of George Fitch Beardsley and Martha (Mahan) Beardsley.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1906-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Harold Boeker (1938-2003) —
also known as Paul H. Boeker —
of Ohio; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 2,
1938.
Son of Victor W. Boeker and Marie Dorothy (Bernthal) Boeker.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1977-80; Jordan, 1984-87.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, of a brain
tumor, in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., March 29,
2003 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Ernesto Branch (b. 1847) —
also known as Oliver E. Branch —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Lake
County, Ohio, July 19,
1847.
Son of William Witter Branch and Lucy J. (Bartram) Branch.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887, 1889; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1894-98.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz)
Burton.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Charles Henry Carey (b. 1857) —
also known as Charles H. Carey —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1857.
Son of Samuel Doak Carey and Martha Louisa (Felton) Carey.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for James J. Hill's railroad
lines; municipal judge in Oregon, 1892-95; member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1904-06; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1912,
1916,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hessin Clarke (1857-1945) —
also known as John H. Clarke —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
18, 1857.
Son of John Clarke and Melissa (Hessin) Clarke.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1912;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1914-16; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-22.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., March 22,
1945 (age 87 years, 185
days).
Interment at Lisbon
Cemetery, Lisbon, Ohio.
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Leo Calvin Crawford (b. 1896) —
also known as Leo C. Crawford —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Darke
County, Ohio, August
30, 1896.
Son of George Frederick Crawford and Jane (McClain) Crawford.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1939-44; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1946-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Erastus Davis (1905-2003) —
also known as Jacob E. Davis —
of Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Beaver, Pike
County, Ohio, October
31, 1905.
Son of George Omer Davis and Katheryne Rose (Leist) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1935-37; resigned 1937; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1941-43; vice-president,
Kroger Company (supermarkets),
1945-60; president and CEO, 1961-70.
Protestant.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Acacia.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
28, 2003 (age 97 years, 120
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Ker Davis (1882-1969) —
also known as John K. Davis —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born, in Soochow (Suzhou), China,
of American parents, March 5,
1882.
Son of John Wright Davis and Alice Irene (Schmucker) Davis.
Interpreter;
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1910-13; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Canton, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Chefoo, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Antung, 1915-19; Nanking, 1919-27; U.S. Consul General in London, 1928-30; Seoul, 1930-34; Vancouver, 1934-38.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in July, 1969
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Frank Kershner Dunn (b. 1854) —
also known as Frank K. Dunn —
of Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Mt. Gilead, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
13, 1854.
Son of Andrew
Kershner Dunn and Emily (Armentrout) Dunn.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois 5th Circuit, 1897-1903; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1907-33.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1882
to Alice Trimble. |
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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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Burton Lee French (1875-1954) —
also known as Burton L. French —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho; Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born near Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., August 1,
1875.
Son of Charles A. French and Mina P. (Fisher) French.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1903-09, 1911-15, 1917-33 (at-large
1903-09, 1911-15, 1st District 1917-33); defeated, 1934; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, September
12, 1954 (age 79 years, 42
days).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Fred Latimer Hadsel (b. 1916) —
also known as Fred L. Hadsel —
of Washington,
D.C.; Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, March 11,
1916.
Son of Fred Latimer Hadsel and Mary (Perine) Hadsel.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, 1969-71; Ghana, 1971.
Protestant.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Eta
Sigma.
Still living as of 1991.
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Perry Brooks Jackson (b. 1896) —
also known as Perry B. Jackson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, January
27, 1896.
Son of Brooks Cary Jackson and Ida May (Hogan) Jackson.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1944;
municipal judge in Ohio.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma Pi
Phi; American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Urban
League; NAACP.
Burial
location unknown.
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Married to Fern Payne. |
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Harry Palmer Jeffrey (1901-1997) —
also known as Harry P. Jeffrey —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, December
26, 1901.
Son of Samuel E. Jeffrey and Grace (Wilson) Jeffrey.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1943-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Co-author of G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, January
4, 1997 (age 95 years, 9
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Thomas Alfred Jones (b. 1859) —
also known as Thomas A. Jones —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Oak Hill, Jackson
County, Ohio, March 4,
1859.
Son of Eben Jones and Ann (Williams) Jones.
Republican. Lawyer;
mayor of Jackson, Ohio, 1885-87; circuit judge in Ohio 4th Circuit,
1901-13; Judge, Ohio Court
of Appeals 4th District, 1913-15; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1915-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Foy David Kohler (1908-1990) —
also known as Foy D. Kohler —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Oakwood, Paulding
County, Ohio, February
15, 1908.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Athens, 1938; U.S. Consul in Moscow, 1947; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1962-66.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Jupiter, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
23, 1990 (age 82 years, 311
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Albert Lacey (1917-2002) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1917.
Son of Roscoe Byron Lacey and Vera (Hauver) Lacey.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1964-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March 25,
2002 (age 84 years, 284
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ohio.
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Edwin McCammon Martin (1908-2002) —
also known as Edwin M. Martin —
of Ohio; Paris, France.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, May 21,
1908.
Son of Harry Judson Martin and Clara (McCammon) Martin.
Economist;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations; Audubon
Society; Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., January
12, 2002 (age 93 years, 236
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Eugene Masters (b. 1924) —
also known as Edward E. Masters —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 21,
1924.
Son of George Henry Masters and Ethel Verena (Shaw) Masters.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, 1976-77; Indonesia, 1977.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Delta
Phi Epsilon.
Still living as of 1997.
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Son of William McClain.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law
professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy,
in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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William Harvey McSurely (b. 1865) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, January
27, 1865.
Son of Rev. William Jasper McSurely and Hulda (Taylor) McSurely.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Illinois
state senate 5th District, 1894; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1905-06; superior
court judge in Illinois, 1907-12; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1912-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Estus McVey (1885-1958) —
also known as William E. McVey —
of Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December
13, 1885.
Republican. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1958 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Dawn Clark Netsch (b. 1926) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
16, 1926.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1969-70; member of Illinois
state senate, 1973-91 (13th District 1973-83, 4th District
1983-91); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980,
1996;
Illinois
state comptroller, 1991-; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1994.
Female.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; League of Women
Voters; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2000.
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Relatives:
Married to Walter A. Netsch (architect). |
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C. William O'Neill (1916-1978) —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, February
14, 1916.
Son of Charles Thompson O'Neill and Jessie (Arnold) O'Neill.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1939-50; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1947-48; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; Ohio
state attorney general, 1951-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1952,
1956;
Governor
of Ohio, 1957-59; defeated, 1958; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1960.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Delta; Delta
Upsilon; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Grange; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
20, 1978 (age 62 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Eugene Peter Ruehlmann (b. 1925) —
also known as Eugene P. Ruehlmann —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
23, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967-71; resigned 1971.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; American Bar
Association; Lions; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1980.
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Murray Seasongood (1878-1983) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1878.
Son of Alfred Seasongood and Emily Fechheimer Seasongood.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926-29.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
21, 1983 (age 104 years,
117 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eleanor Smeal (b. 1939) —
also known as Eleanor Marie Cutri —
Born in Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 30,
1939.
Daughter of Peter Anthony Cutri and Josephine E. (Agresti) Cutri.
Democrat. President, National Organization for Women, 1977-82,
1985-87; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
Italian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Garfield Stewart (b. 1881) —
also known as James G. Stewart —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, November
17, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1938-47; resigned 1947; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1944; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1957.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft.
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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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.
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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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.
Son of Eleanor (Chase) Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II.
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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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Son of William Morrow Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas)
Washington.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1970.
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Ann Womer Benjamin (born c.1954) —
of Aurora, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born about 1954.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 2002; Ohio state
insurance director, 2003-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2007.
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