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George Calvert Andes (1891-1985) —
also known as George C. Andes —
of Timberville, Rockingham
County, Va.; Fayette
County, W.Va.; Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Shenandoah
County, Va., January
25, 1891.
Son of Benjamin Andes and Rebecca Andes.
Republican. Physician;
worked for a coal mining company; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1934, 1936.
Died in October, 1985
(age 94
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tennyson M. Bates (1892-1957) —
of Wise, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Letcher
County, Ky., July 15,
1892.
Democrat. Farmer;
coal operator; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died March 29,
1957 (age 64 years, 257
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849-1918) —
also known as Alexander O. Brodie —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Edwards, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., November
13, 1849.
Son of Joseph Brodie and Margaret (Brown) Brodie.
Republican. Civil and mining engineer;
Yavapai
County Recorder, 1893-94; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1898; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1902-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona Territory, 1904.
Died in Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J., May 10,
1918 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Cooper (1873-1928) —
of Bramwell, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Trevorton, Northumberland
County, Pa., February
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
coal mining business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1915-19.
Died in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., March 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 4
days).
Entombed at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Fred E. Counts (b. 1912) —
of Bartley, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Counts, Dickenson
County, Va., August
26, 1912.
Son of Ezra V. Counts and Chloe (Grizzle) Counts.
Democrat. Coal miner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1959-62;
appointed 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
United
Mine Workers.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. M. Cyphers (b. 1874) —
of Gary, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Smyth
County, Va., January
19, 1874.
Son of G. W. Cyphers and Marildy (Christian) Cyphers.
Democrat. Farmer;
coal miner; timber
contractor; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1941-42,
1949-50.
Member, Junior
Order; United
Mine Workers.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Farmer (1912-1995) —
of West Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., September
13, 1912.
Republican. Miner; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member, National Labor
Relations Board, 1953-55; chair, National Labor Relations
Board, 1953-55.
Died October
4, 1995 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John D. Hale (b. 1847) —
of Madison
County, Neb.; Tilford, Meade
County, S.Dak.; Sturgis, Meade
County, S.Dak.
Born in Grayson
County, Va., 1847.
Democrat. Miner; farmer; Madison
County Sheriff, 1877; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1881; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1903-04, 1907-10 (46th
District 1903-04, 1907-08, 49th District 1909-10); alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1908;
member of South
Dakota state senate 41st District, 1913-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Augustine Bernard Kelley (1883-1957) —
also known as Augustine B. Kelley —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in New Baltimore, Somerset
County, Pa., July 9,
1883.
Son of Abraham Francis Kelley and Mary Elizabeth (Kegg) Kelley.
Democrat. Owner and operator of coal mines; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-57 (28th District 1941-45,
27th District 1945-53, 21st District 1953-57); died in office 1957.
Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
20, 1957 (age 74 years, 134
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William R. Maloney (1869-1937) —
Born in Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah
County, Va., 1869.
Democrat. Miner; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1918.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 27,
1937 (age about 67
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Belle Campbell. |
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Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) —
also known as Mike Mansfield —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1903.
Son of Patrick Mansfield and Josephine (O'Brien) Mansfield.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining
engineer;
university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1996,
2000;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2001 (age 98 years, 203
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Allen Overton, Jr. (b. 1921) —
also known as J. Allen Overton, Jr. —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., April 17,
1921.
Son of Joseph Allen Overton and Edith (Wharton) Overton.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1949-50;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1959-62; vice-president, American
Mining Congress.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Kappa Psi; Elks.
Still living as of 1964.
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Richard Cunningham Patterson, Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Son of Richard Cunningham Patterson and Martha Belle (Neiswanger)
Patterson.
Democrat. Gold miner; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatamala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Campbell Peery (1873-1952) —
also known as George C. Peery —
of Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va.
Born in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell
County, Va., October
28, 1873.
Son of James Peery (M.D.) and Mary Letitia (Spotts) Peery.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer;
vice-president, Norton Hardware
Company; director of coal mining companies and a railroad;
Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1916;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1923-29; Governor of
Virginia, 1934-38.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Richlands, Tazewell
County, Va., October
14, 1952 (age 78 years, 352
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Near Bluefield, Tazewell County, Va.
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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) —
also known as Thomas F. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson
County, Va.
Born in Nelson
County, Va., October
17, 1851.
Son of George Ryan and Lucinda (Fortune) Ryan.
Democrat. Financier;
organizer and consolidator of streetcar
companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable
Life
Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco
Company; engaged in mining development in Africa; one of the
richest men in America at the time; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1928
(age about
76 years).
Entombed at Oak
Ridge Estate, Nelson County, Va.
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Jacob Yost (1853-1933) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Staunton,
Va., April 1,
1853.
Republican. Printer;
civil
engineer; mayor
of Staunton, Va., 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1887-89, 1897-99;
mining business.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
25, 1933 (age 79 years, 299
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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