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Axtell J. Byles (1880-1941) —
of Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa., October
21, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908;
president, Tide Water Oil Company, 1924-26, and of its
successor, Tide Water Associated Oil Company, 1926-33;
president, American Petroleum Institute, 1933-41.
Presbyterian.
Died in Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
28, 1941 (age 60 years, 342
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Florence Payne. |
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Guy Edgar Campbell (1871-1940) —
also known as Guy E. Campbell —
of Crafton, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Fetterman, Taylor
County, W.Va., October
9, 1871.
Son of William W. Campbell and Elmina (Straight) Campbell.
Insurance
business; oil and gas business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1917-33 (32nd District 1917-23,
36th District 1923-33).
Died in Willoughby, Lake
County, Ohio, February
17, 1940 (age 68 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mt.
Union Cemetery, Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pa.
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Kenneth W. Cunningham (1896-1981) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Texas, September
23, 1896.
Sales manager, Sun Oil Company; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1957-64; resigned 1964.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 27,
1981 (age 84 years, 307
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) —
also known as George B. Delamater —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., January
14, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; oil producer; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1871-73.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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John Joseph Dempsey (1879-1958) —
also known as John J. Dempsey —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in White Haven, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Oil producer; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1935-41, 1951-58; died
in office 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Mexico, 1940,
1944,
1952;
Governor
of New Mexico, 1943-47.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 11,
1958 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Rosario
Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Edwin C. Ewing (1902-1967) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
26, 1902.
Son of Edward J. Ewing and Etta (Clark) Ewing.
Republican. Petroleum engineer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 15th
District, 1939-40, 1943-64; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1965-67; died in office 1967.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 3,
1967 (age 64 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward J. Ewing and Etta (Clark) Ewing; married to Gertrude
Sherlock; father of Wayne
S. Ewing. |
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Charles Isiah Faddis (1890-1972) —
also known as Charles I. Faddis —
of Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Loudonville, Ashland
County, Ohio, June 13,
1890.
Son of Samuel C. Faddis and Edna (Moredock) Faddis.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; contractor;
oil and gas business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1933-42;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1942; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Mazatlan, Sinaloa,
April
1, 1972 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Rogersville, Pa.
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Joseph F. Guffey (1875-1959) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., December
29, 1875.
Son of John Guffey and Barbaretta (Hough) Guffey.
Democrat. Utility
executive; oil business; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1920-36; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47; defeated, 1946; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate).
Died in 1959
(age about
83 years).
Interment at West
Newton Cemetery, West Newton, Pa.
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John L. Hanna (b. 1869) —
of Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa., December
16, 1869.
Son of John Lindsay Hanna and Emily (Roberts) Hanna.
Republican. Road
builder; oil producer; chair of
Venango County Republican Party, 1927; Pennsylvania Secretary of
Welfare, 1931.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Clara Elizabeth Moore. |
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Willis James Hulings (1850-1924) —
also known as Willis J. Hulings —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Clarion
County, Pa., July 1,
1850.
Son of Marcus H. Hulings.
Oil operator; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Venango County, 1881-86;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1913-15, 1919-21;
defeated (Prohibition), 1920.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1924
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Pa.
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Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) —
also known as Alf M. Landon —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in West Middlesex, Mercer
County, Pa., September
9, 1887.
Son of John Manuel Landon and Anne (Mossman) Landon.
Republican. Oil producer; Governor of
Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President
of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., October
12, 1987 (age 100 years, 33
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Ernest Whitworth Marland (1874-1941) —
also known as Ernest W. Marland —
of Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1933-35; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1935-39.
Owner and president of Marland Oil Company.
Died in Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla., October
3, 1941 (age 67 years, 148
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Okla.
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Edward Martin (1879-1967) —
also known as Ed Martin —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in a log
cabin, Ten Mile, Washington Township, Greene
County, Pa., September
18, 1879.
Son of Joseph T. Martin and Hannah M. (Bristor) Martin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Dunn Mar
Oil and Gas Company; president, Consumers Fuel Company;
director, Citizens National Bank;
director, Washington County Fire
Insurance Co.; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1925-29; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1928-34; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932;
Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1939-43; general in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1947-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., March 19,
1967 (age 87 years, 182
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa.
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James A. McKean (b. 1845) —
of Smethport, McKean
County, Pa.
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
11, 1845.
Republican. Oil and lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from McKean County, 1907-09.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Smethport, Pa.
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John C. Myers (1879-1934) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Greene
County, Pa., December
3, 1879.
Democrat. Oil and gas business; chair of
Marshall County Democratic Party, 1912-20; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1931-32;
member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1933-34; died in office 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va., September
4, 1934 (age 54 years, 275
days).
Interment at Mt.
Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, W.Va.
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Joseph Newton Pew, Jr. (b. 1886) —
also known as Joseph N. Pew, Jr. —
of Ardmore, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
12, 1886.
Republican. Oil executive; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alberta Hensel. |
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Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) —
also known as Herbert B. Shonk —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
28, 1881.
Son of George
Washington Shonk.
Republican. Lawyer;
oil business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30;
died in office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, following a heart
attack, in White Plains Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., 1930
(age about
48 years).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Edward Peter Theobald (b. 1875) —
Born in Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa., November
10, 1875.
Oil company manager; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Rotterdam, 1908-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born near West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., October
20, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; magazine
publisher; oil producer; land, lumber, and
coal
mining business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83; chemist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1903 (age 65 years, 60
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) —
also known as Lewis F. Watson —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April 14,
1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; oil producer; railroad
builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of heart
disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1890 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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