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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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John Levi Cable (1884-1971) —
also known as John L. Cable —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April 15,
1884.
Son of Davis J. Cable and Mary (Harnley) Cable.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Lima Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
Napoleon Telephone Co., Lima Toledo Railroad,
Lima City Street
Railway Co.; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;
defeated, 1912; candidate in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1936.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Grange; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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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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Joseph Flesheim (1847-1900) —
of South Haven, Van Buren
County, Mich.; Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1847.
Son of Samuel Flesheim and Babette (Straus) Flesheim.
Republican. President, Menominee Electric Company, manufacturer
of telephone switchboards and equipment; mayor
of Menominee, Mich., 1888; member of Michigan
state senate, 1891-94 (31st District 1891-92, 30th District
1893-94).
Committed suicide,
February
26, 1900 (age about 52
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harvey Cable Garber (1866-1938) —
also known as Harvey C. Garber —
of Greenville, Darke
County, Ohio.
Born in Hill Grove, Darke
County, Ohio, July 6,
1866.
Son of J. L. Garber and Margaret A. (Miller) Garber.
Democrat. Telegraph operator; superintendent, Central Union
Telephone Company for Ohio; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1899-1902; vice-chair of
Ohio Democratic Party, 1900; Ohio
Democratic state chair, 1902; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1903-07.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., March 23,
1938 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Greenville
Cemetery, Greenville, Ohio.
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Sherman Moorhead Granger (b. 1870) —
also known as Sherman M. Granger —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, June 16,
1870.
Son of Moses Moorhead Granger and Mary Hoyt (Reese) Granger.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1912-16; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1912;
member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1912-14; vice-president,
Zanesville Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Rossiter Hoke (b. 1952) —
also known as Martin R. Hoke —
of Ohio.
Born in Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 18,
1952.
Republican. Lawyer;
founder and president of a cellular telephone company; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1993-97; defeated, 1996.
Still living as of 2009.
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Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) —
also known as Theodore N. Vail —
of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 16,
1845.
Son of Davis Vail and Phebe (Quinby) Vail.
Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,
1876-79; president, American Telephone and Telegraph
Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell
Labs; built an electric
railway system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1890-1904; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from kidney and
cardiac
complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April 16,
1920 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Vail
Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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