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Alonzo Abernethy (1836-1915) —
of Crawford
County, Iowa; Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, April 14,
1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1866; president, Des
Moines College, 1871; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1872-76; president
of the original University of Chicago (now defunct), 1876-78.
Died in 1915
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Osage
Cemetery, Osage, Iowa.
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Charles Leroy Anspach (1895-1977) —
also known as Charles L. Anspach —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, March 5,
1895.
Son of Philip Anspach and Amanda (Loose) Anspach.
Republican. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Isabella
District, 1961-62.
Brethren.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners.
President, Central Michigan University.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., October
25, 1977 (age 82 years, 234
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Fisher. |
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Henry Augustus Buchtel (1847-1924) —
also known as Henry A. Buchtel —
of Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, September
30, 1847.
Son of Dr. Jonathan B. Buchtel.
Republican. Ordained
minister; chancellor, University of Denver, 1900-21; Governor of
Colorado, 1907-09.
Methodist.
Died October
22, 1924 (age 77 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Richard Frank Celeste (b. 1937) —
also known as Richard F. Celeste; Dick
Celeste —
of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
11, 1937.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1971-75; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1975-79; Governor of
Ohio, 1983-91; defeated, 1978; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1996;
U.S. Ambassador to India, 1997; president, Colorado College.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Oran Faville (1817-1872) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1817.
Son of Thomas Faville (1788-1860) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West)
Faville (1794-1877).
College
professor; president, Wesleyan Female College, Delaware,
Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.
Died in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, November
2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Faville (1788-1860) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville
(1794-1877); married to Maria M. Peck (1815-1903); uncle of Frederick
F. Faville. |
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Simeon Davison Fess (1861-1936) —
also known as Simeon D. Fess —
of Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born near Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, December
11, 1861.
Son of Henry Fess and Barbara (Herring) Fess.
Republican. University
professor; author; editor;
president of Ohio Northern University; president of
Antioch College 1907-17; delegate to
Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1913-23 (6th District 1913-15, 7th
District 1915-23); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1923-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1924;
Temporary Chair, 1928;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1930-32.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1936 (age 75 years, 12
days).
Interment at Glen
Forest Cemetery, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president, Howard Female College, Gallatin,
Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1864;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1872.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield
(1801-1888).
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president, Eclectic University (now Hiram
College); member of Ohio state
senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
gold certificate in about 1898-1905.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Third
cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou)
Garfield (1801-1888); fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
third cousin once removed of Abial
Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer; father of James
Rudolph Garfield. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1856-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Gunsaulus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chesterville, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
1, 1856.
Son of Joseph
Gunsaulus and Mary (Hawley) Gunsaulus.
Republican. Pastor; lecturer;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
president, Armour Institute of Technology, 1893-1921.
Congregationalist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 17,
1921 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvin Orlando McLaughlin (1876-1928) —
also known as Melvin O. McLaughlin —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; York, York
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, August 8,
1876.
Son of William D. McLaughlin and Jane (Creger) McLaughlin.
Republican. School
teacher; minister;
president, York College, York, Nebraska, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1919-27.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1928
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, York, Neb.
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Donna Edna Shalala (b. 1941) —
also known as Donna E. Shalala —
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
14, 1941.
Daughter of Joseph Abraham Shalala and Edna (Smith) Shalala.
Served
in the Peace Corps; university
professor; president, Hunter College, City University of
New York, 1980-88; chancellor, University of Wisconsin,
1988-92; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993; president,
University of Miami, 2001-.
Female.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; American
Federation of Teachers.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Closson Spencer (b. 1829) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in East Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 22,
1829.
Son of Platt R. Spencer.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
president, Spencerian Business College; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Edwards Stevenson (1900-1985) —
also known as William E. Stevenson —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1900.
Won Olympic
gold medal in 1600 meter relay, 1924; Rhodes
scholar; president of Oberlin College, 1946-61; U.S.
Ambassador to Philippines, 1961-64.
Died in 1985
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
Son of William White Watkins and Rebecca J. (Elliott) Watkins.
School
teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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