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William Lysander Adams (1821-1906) —
also known as William L. Adams; Will Adams —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Forest Grove, Washington
County, Ore.; Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, February
5, 1821.
Son of Sebastian Adams (1789-1847) and Eunice (Harmon) Adams.
Republican. School
teacher; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; preacher; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Oregon; U.S. Collector of Customs;
physician.
Died in Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore., April 26,
1906 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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Horace P. Belknap (1890-1960) —
of Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Prineville, Crook
County, Ore., January
29, 1890.
Son of H. P. Belknap and Wilda (Ketchum) Belknap.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Idaho, 1940.
Protestant.
Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion; Rotary; Elks; Eagles; Freemasons.
Died May 19,
1960 (age 70 years, 111
days).
Interment at Kohlerlawn
Cemetery, Nampa, Idaho.
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Frank Edgar Fowler (b. 1898) —
also known as Frank E. Fowler —
of Astoria, Clatsop
County, Ore.
Born in Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Ore., June 10,
1898.
Son of William Henry Fowler and Ida (Waffle) Fowler.
Republican. Physician; surgeon; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1952.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Fowler and Ida (Waffle) Fowler; married 1921 to
Marguerite Gross; married 1948 to
Lorienne Morrow Conlee. |
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Durward Gorham Hall (1910-2001) —
also known as Durward G. Hall; "Dr.
No" —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Cassville, Barry
County, Mo., September
14, 1910.
Son of Thomas Clemens Hall and Omah Ellen (Neill) Hall.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
surgeon; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1961-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Died in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., March 15,
2001 (age 90 years, 182
days); his body was donated
to an Oregon teaching hospital.
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James McBride (1802-1875) —
also known as "Uncle Jim" —
of Oregon.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1802.
Physician; preacher; member
Oregon territorial council, 1850; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1863-66.
Died in St. Helens, Columbia
County, Ore., 1875
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, St. Helens, Ore.
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Vern W. Miller (1905-1984) —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Scio, Linn
County, Ore., November
7, 1905.
Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Salem, Ore., 1965-72.
Episcopalian.
Died November
6, 1984 (age 78 years, 365
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald E. Poage —
of Coos Bay, Coos
County, Ore.
Physician; mayor of
Coos Bay, Ore., 1979-81.
Still living as of 1981.
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Victor F. Snyder (b. 1947) —
also known as Vic Snyder —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Medford, Jackson
County, Ore., September
27, 1947.
Democrat. Physician; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1991-96; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Socrates H. Tryon —
of Marion, Linn
County, Iowa.
Republican. Physician; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Linn and Benton
counties, 1846; lumber
business.
Interment at Lone
Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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William H. Watkins (b. 1827) —
of Josephine
County, Ore.
Born in New York, 1827.
Republican. Physician; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Josephine County,
1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Watts (b. 1830) —
of Columbia
County, Ore.
Born in Missouri, 1830.
Republican. Physician; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Columbia County,
1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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