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Charles H. Ambler (b. 1876) —
of Pleasants
County, W.Va.; Ashland, Hanover
County, Va.; Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio, August
12, 1876.
Son of Lutellis Ambler and Ella Rebecca (Wells) Ambler.
Democrat. School teacher; Pleasants
County Sheriff, 1900-01; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1951-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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William T. Blankenship (b. 1904) —
also known as Bill Blankenship —
of Eckman, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Raven, Tazewell
County, Va., July 23,
1904.
Son of Patton Blankenship and Ida (Davis) Blankenship.
Democrat. School teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1941-44.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Woodrow Bonner (1902-1970) —
also known as John W. Bonner —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., July 16,
1902.
Son of Patrick J. Bonner and Kathleen (Kelly) Bonner.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Montana
state attorney general, 1941-42; Governor of
Montana, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 1952,
1956.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Elks; Eagles.
Died March 28,
1970 (age 67 years, 255
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone (1895-1983) —
also known as Reva Beck Bosone; Reva Zilpha
Beck —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in American Fork, Utah
County, Utah, April 2,
1895.
Daughter of Christian Matheus Beck and Zilpha Ann (Chipman) Beck.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1933-35; municipal judge in Utah,
1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1949-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1952,
1956.
Female.
Member, Utah Hall of
Fame.
Died in Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., July 21,
1983 (age 88 years, 110
days).
Interment at American
Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
The Blanche K. Bruce Foundation (arts and high-risk youth) is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Malone Bugg (1805-1887) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., January
20, 1805.
School teacher; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1853-55; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1871-72.
Died in Lynnville, Giles
County, Tenn., February
18, 1887 (age 82 years, 29
days).
Interment at McLaurine
Cemetery, Near Lynnville, Giles County, Tenn.
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Parker Wilson Buhrman (b. 1885) —
also known as Parker W. Buhrman —
of Botetourt
County, Va.
Born in Botetourt
County, Va., September
5, 1885.
Son of Joseph Blaine Buhrman and Sarah Elizabeth (Lemon) Buhrman.
School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Malmo, 1918; Helsingfors, 1919-20; Ceiba, 1920-21; Soerabaya, 1921-23; Aleppo, 1923-25; Berlin, 1928-29; Casablanca, 1930-34; Cologne, 1935; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1935; Sydney, 1938; Belfast, 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Williana Jones Burroughs (1882-1945) —
also known as Williana J. Burroughs; Williana Jones;
Mary Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Moscow, Russia.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., 1882.
Communist. School teacher; joined the Communist party in 1926;
used the pseudonym "Mary Adams"; in 1933, she led a demonstration
to the New York City Board of Education, and as a result, she was fired
from her teaching job; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; announcer and editor for the
English-language broadcasts of Radio
Moscow, 1937-45.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1945
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Minor Coleman (b. 1861) —
also known as Lewis M. Coleman —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in University, Charlottesville,
Va., May 20,
1861.
Son of Lewis Minor Coleman and Mary Ambler (Marshall) Coleman.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1913-17.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clement Cabell Dickinson (1849-1938) —
also known as Clement C. Dickinson —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., December
6, 1849.
Son of Asa Dupuy Dickinson and Sallie Cabell (Irvine) Dickinson.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876-82; Presidential Elector for
Missouri, 1896;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1900-02; member of Missouri
state senate, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1910-21, 1923-29, 1931-35 (6th
District 1910-21, 1923-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35); defeated,
1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Died in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., January
14, 1938 (age 88 years, 39
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Elizabeth Simpson Drewry (1887-1979) —
also known as Elizabeth Drewry; Elizabeth
Simpson —
of Northfork, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Motley, Pittsylvania
County, Va., September
22, 1887.
Daughter of H. Grant Simpson and Katherine (Douglass) Simpson.
Democrat. School teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1951-64.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Theta; National
Education Association; NAACP.
Died in September, 1979
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to William H. Drewry. |
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Clyde Taylor Ellis (1908-1980) —
also known as Clyde T. Ellis —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born near Garfield, Benton
County, Ark., December
21, 1908.
Son of Cecil Oscar Ellis and Minerva Jane (Taylor) Ellis.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1980 (age 71 years, 50
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Abram Fulkerson (1834-1902) —
of Virginia.
Born in Washington
County, Va., May 13,
1834.
School teacher; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-73, 1888; member of Virginia
state senate, 1877-79; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1881-83; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Virginia, 1896.
Died in Bristol,
Va., December
17, 1902 (age 68 years, 218
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, Va.
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M. O. Litz (1874-1955) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Tazewell
County, Va., August
13, 1874.
Republican. School principal; lawyer; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1923-36; appointed 1923;
defeated, 1936.
Died December
1, 1955 (age 81 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Barrett Lowe (1902-1972) —
Born in Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak., July 8,
1902.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1953-56; Governor of
Guam, 1956-59.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., April 16,
1972 (age 69 years, 283
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Madison, S.Dak.
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) —
also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean
Gene" —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Watkins, Meeker
County, Minn., March 29,
1916.
Son of Michael J. McCarthy and Anna (Baden) McCarthy.
School teacher; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1968,
1972,
1992;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent).
Catholic.
Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in the Georgetown Retirement
Residence, Washington,
D.C., December
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, 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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De Witt W. Perdue (b. 1870) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Big Spring, Montgomery
County, Va., January
9, 1870.
School teacher; real estate
business; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in SAINT Thomas, 1911-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jared Peyton (1777-1851) —
of Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., June 16,
1777.
School teacher; farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-33; probate judge in
Indiana, 1834-38.
Baptist.
Died in Clay
County, Ind., September, 1851
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gladys Noon Spellman (1918-1988) —
also known as Gladys Blossom Noon —
of Maryland.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1918.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1975-81.
Female.
Jewish.
Removed from Congress in February 1981 by House resolution, due to
incapacitating illness.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., June 19,
1988 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederick Steiwer (1883-1939) —
of Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born near Jefferson, Marion
County, Ore., October
13, 1883.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
District Attorney, 1913-16; member of Oregon
state senate, 1917; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1927-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Died February
3, 1939 (age 55 years, 113
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Oscar Talle (1892-1969) —
also known as Henry O. Talle —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born near Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn., January
12, 1892.
Son of John Talle and Anna (Ovri) Talle.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; superintendent of schools; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1939-59 (4th District 1939-43, 2nd
District 1943-59); defeated, 1936 (4th District), 1958 (2nd District).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 14,
1969 (age 77 years, 61
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richard Wigginton Thompson (1809-1900) —
also known as Richard W. Thompson —
of Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born near Culpeper Court House, Culpeper
County, Va., June 9,
1809.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1834-36; member of Indiana
state senate, 1836-38; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Indiana, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1841-43, 1847-49 (2nd District
1841-43, 7th District 1847-49); U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 7th Indiana District, 1864-66; circuit judge in
Indiana, 1867-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1876,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1877-80; chairman of the American
Committee of the Panama
Canal Company, 1881; director of the Panama Railroad
Company, 1881-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., February
9, 1900 (age 90 years, 245
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (1891-1943) —
also known as N. J. Webb —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., April 25,
1891.
Son of James Duncan Webb (1848-1933) and Helen Howerton (Rives) Webb
(1851-1930).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; athletic
coach; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1936-39.
Methodist.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Isle of
Wight County, Va., July 18,
1943 (age 52 years, 84
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Newport News, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of James Duncan Webb (1848-1933) and Helen Howerton (Rives) Webb
(1851-1930); married to Lalie Lett (1899-1992; niece of Robert
Walker Perkins). |
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Junius Edgar West (1866-1947) —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.; Suffolk,
Va.
Born near Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 12,
1866.
Son of Henry Thomas West and Susan (Cockes) West.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; insurance
business; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896,
1936;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1902; member of Virginia
state senate, 1912-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1922-30.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary; Junior
Order; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of cancer, in
a hospital
at Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1947 (age 80 years, 173
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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