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Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) —
also known as Henry T. Blow —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., July 15,
1817.
Son of Peter Blow and Elizabeth (Taylor) Blow.
Republican. Lead products business; president, Iron Mountain
Railroad;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1854-58; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1869-70; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Son of David Dows (1857-1899) and Jane (Strahan) Dows (1859-1945).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in
iron and steel mills; supervised construction
of steel mills overseas; studied foreign industries as
representative of a steamship
line; horse
breeder; bank
director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1956.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Meyer Robert Guggenheim (1885-1959) —
also known as M. Robert Guggenheim —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1885.
Son of Daniel Guggenheim and Florence (Schloss) Guggenheim.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive, American
Smelting and Refining Corporation; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1953-54.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1959 (age 74 years, 183
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 27,
1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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