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William Joseph Akers (b. 1845) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in England,
August
2, 1845.
Son of John Akers (c.1815-1858; builder) and Catherine (O'Leary)
Akers (died 1894).
Republican. Proprietor of restaurants,
hotels
and flour
mills; candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1892, 1901.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maud M. Miller. |
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Walter Hugh Albaugh (1890-1942) —
also known as Walter H. Albaugh —
of Troy, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Phoneton, Miami
County, Ohio, January
2, 1890.
Son of Clifford Lincoln Albaugh and Frances (Anderson) Albaugh.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-25; president, Shelby Oil and Gas
Company; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1938-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, January
21, 1942 (age 52 years, 19
days).
Interment at Dayton
Memorial Park, Dayton, Ohio.
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John Striker Andrews (1919-2001) —
also known as John S. Andrews —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 25,
1919.
Son of Burton Richardson Andrews and Cora (Striker) Andrews.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
underwriter and manager, Travelers Insurance;
director of public
relations, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); chair of
Lucas County Republican Party, 1958-66; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1965-73; Presidential Elector for Ohio,
1972.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Jaycees.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Adamstown, Frederick
County, Md., February
25, 2001 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wayne Norviel Aspinall (1896-1983) —
also known as Wayne N. Aspinall —
of Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Middleburg, Logan
County, Ohio, April 3,
1896.
Son of Mack Aspinall and Jessie Edna (Norviel) Aspinall.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1937-38; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1939-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1949-73.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo., October
9, 1983 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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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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Cliff Clevenger (1885-1960) —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio.
Born near Long Pine, Brown
County, Neb., August
20, 1885.
Son of John Lemuel Clevenger and Mary Elizabeth (Stemen) Clevenger.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1939-59.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, December
13, 1960 (age 75 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wis.
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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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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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Roy Gerald Fitzgerald (1875-1962) —
also known as Roy G. Fitzgerald —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
25, 1875.
Son of M. G. Fitzgerald and Cornelia M. (Avery) Fitzgerald.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Merchants National Bank;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1921-31.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American
Legion.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, November
16, 1962 (age 87 years, 83
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, July 23,
1894.
Chemist;
executive vice-president, Parke Davis pharmaceutical
company; village
president of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton Hotel,
Montreal, Quebec,
April
8, 1957 (age 62 years, 259
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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W. H. Gardiner (b. 1889) —
of Hartford City, Blackford
County, Ind.
Born in Fredericksburg, Wayne
County, Ohio, June 21,
1889.
Cleaning,
pressing and tailoring
business; mayor
of Hartford City, Ind., 1935-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. 1921) —
also known as John Glenn —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, July 18,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Astronaut;
in February 1962, first
American to orbit the earth; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1975-99; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1984;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Jones —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cairo, Allen
County, Ohio, June 25,
1907.
Son of Jenkin Charles Jones and Josephine (Devine) Jones.
Republican. Lawyer; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1947-52.
Methodist;
later Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Died June 22,
1968 (age 60 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lima
Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Robert Erastus McKisson (1863-1915) —
also known as Robert E. McKisson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Northfield, Summit
County, Ohio, January
30, 1863.
Son of Martin Van Buren McKisson (died 1891) and Finette Adeline
(Eldridge) McKisson.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1895-98.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1915
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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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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Bayard Henry Paine (1872-1955) —
also known as Bayard H. Paine —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Born near Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, April 27,
1872.
Son of Ira Tuttle Paine and Ella Myra (Huston) Paine.
Lawyer;
author;
district judge in Nebraska 11th District, 1916-30; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1931-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., April 19,
1955 (age 82 years, 357
days).
Interment at Grand
Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Neb.
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Luther Karl Plummer (1923-1980) —
also known as Luther K. Plummer —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born in Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., March 25,
1923.
Son of Oscar Mitchell Plummer (1882-1958) and Stella Lee (Burriss)
Plummer (1890-1968).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state senate 18th District, 1970-73; defeated, 1973.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died, of heart
disease, in Mercy Hospital,
Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, December
29, 1980 (age 57 years, 279
days).
Interment at Lewis
County Memory Gardens, Vanceburg, Ky.
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George C. Porter (1903-1967) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Athens
County, Ohio, December
9, 1903.
Son of Carl Porter and Atta (Archer) Porter.
Democrat. Theater
owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1961;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1961-67; appointed 1961; died
in office 1967.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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