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Walter C. Adams, Jr. (b. 1936) —
of Kent, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in Newtown, Bucks
County, Pa., August
22, 1936.
Son of Walter C. Adams and Hazel (Worthington) Adams.
Democrat. Scientist;
university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1972.
Protestant.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1962
to Nancy L. Baier. |
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Carol Mueller Alexander (1925-1998) —
also known as Carol M. Alexander; Carol
Mueller —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Hayward, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1925.
Daughter of Hans F. Mueller and Laura (Portmann) Mueller.
Democrat. College
instructor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1972.
Female.
Protestant. Member, League of Women
Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Died April 2,
1998 (age 72 years, 288
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1947
to Thomas R. Alexander. |
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William Loren Batt, Jr. (b. 1916) —
also known as William L. Batt, Jr. —
of Montgomery
County, Pa.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
30, 1916.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1946.
Protestant. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1950.
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George Harrison Bender (1896-1961) —
also known as George H. Bender —
of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
29, 1896.
Republican. Insurance
executive; member of Ohio state
senate, 1920-30; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1939-49, 1951-54 (at-large 1939-49,
1951-53, 23rd District 1953-54); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1954-57.
Protestant.
Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1961 (age 64 years, 262
days).
Interment at Knollwood
Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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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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Gust G. Brenda, Jr. (1920-1988) —
of Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Bush Run (unknown
county), Ohio, September
4, 1920.
Son of Gust G. Brenda, Sr. and Ella (Ellis) Brenda.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1969-70, 1973-82 (Hancock
County 1969-70, 1973-74, 1st District 1975-82).
Protestant. Member, Moose; National Rifle
Association; American
Legion.
Died May 1,
1988 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lowell Huntington Brown (1885-1965) —
also known as Lowell H. Brown —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 10,
1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1940; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1945-46.
Protestant. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in February, 1965
(age 79
years, 0 days).
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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Thomas Dunlap (1832-1885) —
of Sutter Creek, Amador
County, Calif.
Born in West Salem, Wayne
County, Ohio, March 30,
1832.
Member of California
state assembly 16th District, 1875-80.
Protestant. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),
in Bieber, Lassen
County, Calif., September
15, 1885 (age 53 years, 169
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, McArthur, Calif.
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Sherry Biggers Gardiner (b. 1918) —
also known as Sherry B. Gardiner; Sherry
Biggers —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, December
30, 1918.
Daughter of John David Biggers and Mary (Kelsey) Biggers.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1968
(alternate), 1972.
Female.
Protestant. Member, Junior
League; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1973.
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Chester Karl Gillespie (b. 1897) —
also known as Chester K. Gillespie —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Sayler Park, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 4,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1933-44; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1948,
1964
(alternate).
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Justin Woodward Harding (b. 1888) —
also known as Justin W. Harding —
of Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, December
19, 1888.
Son of Clarence H. Harding and Lilly (Woodward) Harding.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-27; U.S.
Attorney for the 1st District of Alaska Territory, 1927-29; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1929-33.
Protestant. Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ronald Everett Lykens (b. 1937) —
also known as Ronald E. Lykens; Ron Lykens —
of Danville,
Va.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in a hospital
at Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
23, 1937.
Republican. Candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1967; member, School Board,
Westerville, Ohio, 1994-96.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2003.
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Hugo Henry Saneholtz (b. 1895) —
also known as Hugo H. Saneholtz —
of near Napoleon, Henry
County, Ohio.
Born in Napoleon, Henry
County, Ohio, January
15, 1895.
Democrat. Farmer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Protestant. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward L. Schrock (b. 1941) —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio, April 6,
1941.
Republican. Stockbroker;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1995-2001; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 2001-.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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Oscar Leslie Teagarden (1896-1987) —
also known as O. L. Teagarden —
of Oak Harbor, Ottawa
County, Ohio.
Born in West Virginia, February
24, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; owner and
operator of canning
plants; banker;
mayor of Oak Harbor, Ohio, 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1944
(alternate), 1956,
1964;
member of Ohio
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1948-49.
Protestant. Member, Eagles; Elks; American
Legion.
Died in 1987
(age about
91 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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