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Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March 17,
1850.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; book
publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery
Light and Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90;
quartermaster-general of the District of Columbia National Guard,
1890-92; invented
in 1893 and patented a
railroad
car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Justin De Witt Bowersock (1842-1922) —
also known as Justin D. Bowersock —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Columbiana, Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
19, 1842.
Son of I. Bowersock and Adaline (McDonald) Bowersock.
Republican. President, Lawrence National Bank,
Bowersock Mills and Power Co., Kansas Water Power Co.,
Lawrence Iron Works,
Lawrence Paper
Manufacturing Co., Kansas and Colorado Railroad;
mayor
of Lawrence, Kan., 1881-85; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Kansas
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1899-1907.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., October
27, 1922 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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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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Rufus Cutler Dawes (1867-1940) —
also known as Rufus C. Dawes —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, July 30,
1867.
Son of Rufus
R. Dawes and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes.
Republican. Organizer and manager of gas and electric light
utilities; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 6th District,
1920-22; president of the 1933 Chicago world's fair (A Century of
Progress Exposition); also president of the Chicago Museum of Science
and Industry.
Died January
8, 1940 (age 72 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Wood Halfhill (b. 1861) —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Ohio, March 1,
1861.
Son of Moses Halfhill and Elanor Maria (Wood) Halfhill.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, The Old National Bank of
Lima, Ohio, First National Bank of
Ada, Ohio, Ada Heat, Water and Light Company, Ohio State Life
Insurance Company; delegate to
Ohio state constitutional convention, 1911-12.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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