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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Farmer Politicians in Illinois</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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L. Abel"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Lincoln Abel (1860-1927) — also known as E. L. Abel — of Carbondale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ill.; Bridgewater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MC-lived.html">McCook County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/11-19.html">November 19, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; livestock grower; mayor of Bridgewater, S.D.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 10th District, 1903-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1913-15. Died in Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/index.html">1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html# ">Sunnyside Cemetery</a>, Long Beach, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-25.html">December 25, 1883</a>, to Ella C. Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6359896">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Cullen Adams (1850-1906) — also known as Henry C. Adams — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born in Verona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/11-28.html">November 28, 1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Dairy</a> farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1883-86; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/WI.html">1888</a>; Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commissioner, 1895-1902; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 2nd District, 1903-06; died in office 1906. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">intestinal illness</a>, in Auditorium <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/07-09.html">July 9, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-buried.html#cms00116">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Madison, Wis. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Adams and Caroline Melissa Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-15.html">October 15, 1878</a>, to Anna B. Norton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000037">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400698">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Cullen Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/064/000208437">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6404657">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Hall Alexander (b. 1902) — also known as Edward H. Alexander — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-born.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/07-09.html">July 9, 1902</a>. Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/IL.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Paschal Allen (1870-1954) — also known as George P. Allen — of Strool, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PR-lived.html">Perkins County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Wheaton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DP-born.html">DuPage County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/09-04.html">September 4, 1870</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 60th District, 1923-26. Died in September, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/index.html">1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PE-buried.html#cms00685">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Rapid City, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/09-15.html">September 15, 1906</a>, to Jessie Agnes Sandusky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31902839">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/25109457246/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/887/44.94.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Marion D. Allen"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marion Duff Allen (1863-1944) — also known as Marion D. Allen — of Nebo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LC-lived.html">Laclede County</a>, Mo. Born in Knob Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/05-09.html">May 9, 1863</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Laclede County, 1915-18. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/12-16.html">December 16, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LC-buried.html#cms00513">Lebanon Cemetery</a>, Lebanon, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Gord Allen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/11-13.html">November 13, 1881</a>, to Elizabeth Jane McGinnis.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7853019">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elmer Lee Andersen (1909-2004) — also known as Elmer L. Andersen — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-17.html">June 17, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Glue manufacturing business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">dairy</a> farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MN.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/MN.html">1964</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 42nd District, 1949-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1961-63; defeated, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-psi.html">Alpha Kappa Psi</a>. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/11-15.html">November 15, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00811">Hillside Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Arne Andersen and Jennie Olivia (Johnson) Andersen; married to Eleanor Johnson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/elmer-lee-anderson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer L. Andersen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/827/000167326">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9909518">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10948">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Elmer L. Andersen: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816637385/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0816637385&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Man's Reach</a>, with Lori Sturdevant (2000) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193247207X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=193247207X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">I Trust To Be Believed: Speeches And Reflections</a> (2004)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Leslie Cornelius Arends (1895-1985) — also known as Leslie C. Arends — of Melvin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FO-lived.html">Ford County</a>, Ill. Born in Melvin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FO-born.html">Ford County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/09-27.html">September 27, 1895</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1935-74 (17th District 1935-73, 15th District 1973-74); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IL.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/IL.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/IL.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/IL.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/IL.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/IL.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CO-died.html">Collier County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/07-17.html">July 17, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 293 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FO-buried.html#cms00196">Melvin Cemetery</a>, Melvin, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Teis Arends and Talea (Weiss) Arends; married to Betty Tychon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "His greatest gift was the love of people, and he gave it with compassion, dignity, and unerring grace. Elected forty years to the halls of the U.S. Congress, he served his fellow man, this district and the nation with wisdom and vision. For thirty-two years as Repubican Whip, serving with seven presidents, he was primary architect of a history-making bipartisan coalition in the House. Above all ws this noble man's love and devotion to his Creator, which guided his life, and is his greatest lasting legacy."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000216">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400915">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7129213">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Orville Elbridge Atwood (1880-1939) — also known as Orville E. Atwood — of Newaygo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-lived.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich.; Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-lived.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich.; Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Morgan Park (now part of Chicago), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/02-23.html">February 23, 1880</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Newaygo County, 1919-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 26th District, 1923-26, 1929-30; defeated in primary, 1926; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MI.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1935-36; defeated, 1936; director, Michigan Sales Tax Division, 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-upsilon.html">Delta Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. While driving east on U.S. Highway 16, from Lansing to Detroit, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">collided</a> with a westbound bus, was badly injured, and died an hour later in McPherson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Howell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LI-died.html">Livingston County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/06-15.html">June 15, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 112 days</a>). His passenger, auto executive Frank D. Longyear (1879-1939), was also killed. Four passengers on the bus were injuried, including <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erickson.html#977.89.51">Claud Erickson</a> of Lansing, and State Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#273.57.78">Martin R. Kronk</a> of Detroit. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-buried.html#cms00774">Deepdale Memorial Park</a>, Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Orville Elbridge Atwood, Sr. and Martha Elvira (Townsend) Atwood; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/">1910</a> to Evelyn May Forman (1881-1968); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/10-01.html">October 1, 1910</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atwood.html#950.03.07">Evelyn May Forman (1881-1968)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/229568310">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Backlund (1893-1978) — also known as Ed Backlund — of Mitchell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DA-lived.html">Davison County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-11.html">December 11, 1893</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 13th District, 1953-56. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farmers-union.html">Farmers Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died in November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/index.html">1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Gladys Pear Lowrie.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Martin Brachall Bailey (b. 1858) — also known as M. B. Bailey — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-lived.html">Vermilion County</a>, Ill. Born in Indianola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-born.html">Vermilion County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/index.html">1858</a>. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">silver miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining superintendent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>; elected 1894; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1901-03, 1903-05, 1909-33 (18th District 1901-03, 22nd District 1903-05, 1909-33). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Bailey and Sarah Ann (Brachall) Bailey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/">1899</a> to Lucia Payne.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.federalreservehistory.org/-/media/images/bailey_willis.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/643/38.63.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Willis J. Bailey"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willis Joshua Bailey (1854-1932) — also known as Willis J. Bailey — of Baileyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/NM-lived.html">Nemaha County</a>, Kan.; Atchison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/AT-lived.html">Atchison County</a>, Kan. Born in Mt. Carroll, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CR-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/10-12.html">October 12, 1854</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a>, 1888; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> at-large, 1899-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kansas</a>, 1903-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/KS.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/KS.html">1920</a>; governor, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1922-32. Died in Mission Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-died.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-19.html">May 19, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/AT-buried.html#cms00806">Mt. Vernon Cemetery</a>, Atchison, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-09.html">June 9, 1903</a>, to Mrs. Ida B. Weed.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000051">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401056">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/willis-joshua-bailey/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis J. Bailey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6353486">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.federalreservehistory.org/people/willis-j-bailey">Federal Reserve History</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Federal Reserve History</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles W. Baker (1876-1963) — also known as "Hand Shaking Charlie" — of Monroe Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/OG-lived.html">Ogle County</a>, Ill.; Davis Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/OG-lived.html">Ogle County</a>, Ill.; Rockford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WN-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Ill. Born in Monroe Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/OG-born.html">Ogle County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/07-10.html">July 10, 1876</a>. Republican. Farmer; cattle breeder; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1917-25, 1927-29; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 10th District, 1929-57. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grotto.html">Grotto</a>. Died, in St. Anthony <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Rockford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WN-died.html">Winnebago County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/02-26.html">February 26, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WN-buried.html#cms02982">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Rockford, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53338122">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank J. Balcer Sr. (1896-1992) — of Millington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-lived.html">Tuscola County</a>, Mich. Born in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/08-16.html">August 16, 1896</a>. Democrat. Farmer; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Tuscola County, 1958, 1960. Died, in Hills and Dales <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Cass City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-died.html">Tuscola County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/06-25.html">June 25, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-buried.html#cms07786">Millington Township Cemetery</a>, Millington, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Perkins Bass (1873-1960) — also known as Robert P. Bass — of Peterborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/09-01.html">September 1, 1873</a>. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1905-09; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 15th District, 1909-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1911-13. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-forestry-assoc.html">American Forestry Association</a>. Died in Peterborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-died.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/07-29.html">July 29, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-buried.html#cms00271">Pine Hill Cemetery</a>, Peterborough, N.H. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Perkins Bass and Clara (Foster) Bass; married to Edith Harland Bird; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#440.67.29">Perkins Bass (1912-2011)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#853.43.19">Robert Perkins Bass Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#533.29.51">Charles Foster Bass</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13644.html">Bass family</a> of Peterborough, New Hampshire.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-perkins-bass/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/41750126">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ole E. Benson (1866-1952) — of Ottawa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LS-lived.html">La Salle County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-23.html">January 23, 1866</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 39th District, 1913-19, 1923-25, 1929-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 39th District, 1939-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen</a>. Died in Ottawa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LS-died.html">La Salle County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/03-02.html">March 2, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 39 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LS-buried.html#cms00265">Ottawa Avenue Cemetery</a>, Ottawa, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Bjornson Runestad Benson and Bertha Benson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Louise Benson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/">1912</a> to Lena Hovda.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/236074222">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Howard Berkey (1874-1952) — also known as William H. Berkey — of Cassopolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CS-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-born.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/02-24.html">February 24, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MI.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MI.html">1940</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sba.html">Michigan state board of agriculture</a>, 1930-47; Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Cass County, 1933. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/03-22.html">March 22, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 27 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CS-buried.html#cms06157">Prospect Hill Cemetery</a>, Cassopolis, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joshua Berkey and Barbara (Mahan) Berkey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-08.html">June 8, 1911</a>, to Olive K. Gard.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Berkey Hall, a classroom and office <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">building</a> at Michigan State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-names.html">East Lansing, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/203336693">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Shields Adams Blaine (b. 1865) — also known as S. A. Blaine — of Champaign, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-lived.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AR-born.html">Armstrong County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/03-20.html">March 20, 1865</a>. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/champaign.html">mayor of Champaign, Ill.</a>, 1906-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Wiggins Blaine and Nancy (Adams) Blaine; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-05.html">August 5, 1902</a>, to Elizabeth Temperance Fairclo.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George H. Blodgett (b. 1885) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WR-lived.html">Wright County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HE-born.html">Henry County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/index.html">1885</a>. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 27, 1927-30. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farmers-union.html">Farmers Union</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11286">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Henry Booth (b. 1849) — also known as William H. Booth — of Louisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Mo.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BN-born.html">Bond County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/09-15.html">September 15, 1849</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DA-officials.html">Dallas County Sheriff</a>, 1893-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Dallas County, 1899-1900, 1903-04, 1919-20; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 19th District, 1909-12. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/10-31.html">October 31, 1871</a>, to Mary Ellen Moran.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert L. Brown (b. 1828) — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Lunenburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Vt. Born in Lunenburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/01-12.html">January 12, 1828</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Lunenburgh, 1888. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674236095/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/916/71.98.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Richard T. Buckler"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Thompson Buckler (1865-1950) — also known as Richard T. Buckler — of Crookston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Minn. Born near Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CL-born.html">Coles County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/10-27.html">October 27, 1865</a>. Farmer; director, Farmers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Elevator</a> Company (Crookston, Minn.); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 66th District, 1915-18, 1923-26, 1931-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 9th District, 1935-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farmers-union.html">Farmers Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died in Crookston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/PO-died.html">Polk County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/01-23.html">January 23, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 88 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/PO-buried.html#cms01618">Oakdale Cemetery</a>, Crookston, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Buckler and Harriet (Davis) Buckler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/11-27.html">November 27, 1890</a>, to Addie Ball.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#884.00.68">Harold C. Hagen</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001023">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401973">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6922780">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11475">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Buford, Sr. (1779-1848) — of Versailles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-lived.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky.; Rock Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-lived.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BN-born.html">Barren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/index.html">1779</a>. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1824-27; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1843-47; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/rockisland.html#2">Rock Island, Ill.</a>, 1843-47. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Rock Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-died.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/03-25.html">March 25, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-buried.html#cms03241">Chippiannock Cemetery</a>, Rock Island, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#319.11.63">Simeon Buford, Sr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/09-06.html">September 6, 1799</a>, to Nancy Hickman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/01-04.html">January 4, 1825</a>, to Ann Bannister (Howe) Watson; father of John Buford, Jr., Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#118.78.61">Thomas Jefferson Buford</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#997.59.33">James Monroe Buford</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15732.html">Buford family</a> of Rock Island, Illinois.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ben Franklin Caldwell (1848-1924) — of Chatham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born near Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GE-born.html">Greene County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/08-02.html">August 2, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1882-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1890-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1899-1905, 1907-09 (17th District 1899-1903, 21st District 1903-05, 1907-09); defeated, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IL.html">1912</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">miocarditis</a>, in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-died.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/12-29.html">December 29, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-buried.html#cms00230">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Caldwell and Mary J. Caldwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-27.html">May 27, 1873</a>, to Julia F. Cloyd.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000029">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402190">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA220"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/547/56.07.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="Douglas F. Carlin"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Douglas F. Carlin (b. 1855) — of Leslie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ST-lived.html">Stanley County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GE-born.html">Greene County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/index.html">1855</a>. Democrat. Rancher; stockman; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 25th District, 1903-04. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilbur J. Cash (b. 1887) — of Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born in Gridley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/03-23.html">March 23, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; farmer; director of McLean County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 26th District, 1941-53. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/">1909</a> to Ruby E. Jones.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Homer Caton (b. 1887) — of Stanford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MC-born.html">Macon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/07-01.html">July 1, 1887</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 26th District, 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA236"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/633/32.61.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="M. J. Chaney"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Morris J. Chaney (1858-1940) — of Newell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BV-lived.html">Buena Vista County</a>, Iowa; Wakonda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak. Born in White Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/OG-born.html">Ogle County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/10-01.html">October 1, 1858</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 2nd District, 1903-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives</a>, 1905-10. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Palm Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-died.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/02-08.html">February 8, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 130 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-buried.html#cms02033">Bluff View Cemetery</a>, Vermillion, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Osborn Chaney and Amanda (Rice) Chaney; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/">1886</a> to Helen McFarline.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62281167">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/24505108134/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/567/72.03.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="James S. Clapper"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Sherman Clapper (1863-1942) — also known as James S. Clapper — of Greentop, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SY-lived.html">Schuyler County</a>, Mo. Born in Lima, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-born.html">Adams County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/11-21.html">November 21, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Schuyler County, 1909-12, 1917-20. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Greentop, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SY-died.html">Schuyler County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/04-10.html">April 10, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 140 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SY-buried.html# ">Greentop Memorial Park</a>, Greentop, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Clapper and Amanda (Ettleman) Clapper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/04-05.html">April 5, 1895</a>, to Elsie May Purvine.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/45814696">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hyatt Elmer Covey (b. 1875) — also known as H. E. Covey — of Hamill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TR-lived.html">Tripp County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Le Roy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/09-01.html">September 1, 1875</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 26th District, 1919-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1927-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farmers-union.html">Farmers Union</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TR-buried.html#cms07571">Winner Cemetery</a>, Winner, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James R. Covey and Lizzie Fox (Jones) Covey; married to Della Lois Baldwin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Milton Deatherage (1863-1936) — of Rio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ill. Born in Rio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/08-07.html">August 7, 1863</a>. Democrat. Farmer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IL.html">1920</a>. Died in Rio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/02-17.html">February 17, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/SC-buried.html#cms08480">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Davenport, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/161465171">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Chauncey Dewey (1877-1959) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Brewster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/TH-lived.html">Thomas County</a>, Kan. Born in Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-19.html">May 19, 1877</a>. Republican. Rancher; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">livestock dealer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IL.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1910; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kansas</a>, 1944. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-died.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-04.html">November 4, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 169 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/GE-buried.html#cms00415">Highland Cemetery</a>, Junction City, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Paulson Dewey and Emma (Scott) Dewey; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewey.html#924.75.10">Charles Schuveldt Dewey</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13529.html">Alger family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/236613341">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ernest R. Dexter (b. 1875) — of Mt. Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IS-lived.html">Isabella County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/02-23.html">February 23, 1875</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Isabella County, 1923-28. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/welsh.html">Welsh</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Goforth J. Ditch (b. 1856) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SG-lived.html">Ste. Genevieve County</a>, Mo. Born in Waterloo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/10-08.html">October 8, 1856</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Ste. Genevieve County, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/02-28.html">February 28, 1881</a>, to Julia A. Hipes.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Amos F. Dixon (b. 1877) — of Stillwater Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, N.J. Born near Victoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-05.html">December 5, 1877</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a> and executive in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Bell System</a>, 1902-40; granted more than 60 patents for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">inventions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">dairy</a> farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Sussex County, 1945-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Sussex County, 1947. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Ebbert (1839-1919) — of Prairie Green Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/IR-lived.html">Iroquois County</a>, Ill.; Doland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/SP-lived.html">Spink County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/GR-born.html">Greene County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/10-26.html">October 26, 1839</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 36th District, 1895-98. Died in Doland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/SP-died.html">Spink County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/03-22.html">March 22, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 147 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Andrew Ebbert and Mary Catherine (Shank) Ebbert; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/01-20.html">January 20, 1862</a>, to Emily Elizabeth Bradford; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#730.86.37">Edwin Lincoln Ebbert</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George M. Eberle (b. 1884) — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Ill. Born in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/09-03.html">September 3, 1884</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Grain business</a>; farm manager; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO-officials.html">Logan County Treasurer</a>, 1931-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/lincoln.html">mayor of Lincoln, Ill.</a>, 1935-38. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Wallace Eberle and Margaret (Heinz) Eberle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/08-06.html">August 6, 1928</a>, to Sarah A. Reed.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ernest C. Engle (b. 1871) — of Centreville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SJ-lived.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Mich. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/01-27.html">January 27, 1871</a>. Democrat. Farmer; dealer in essential oils; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from St. Joseph County, 1933-34; defeated, 1922, 1924, 1934, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MI.html">1940</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph Erdwin (1894-1981) — of near Concordia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Mo. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/06-23.html">June 23, 1894</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/auctioneer.html">auctioneer</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Johnson County, 1941-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 17th District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/04-02.html">April 2, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LA-buried.html# ">Evangelical Cemetery</a>, Concordia, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Fanita S. Burrow.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38889308">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clinton L. Ewing (1879-1953) — of Douglas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ill. Born in Yates City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/12-07.html">December 7, 1879</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 3rd District, 1927-31; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 43rd District, 1931-43. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/01-23.html">January 23, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-buried.html# ">Yates City Cemetery</a>, Yates City, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Oliver Ewing.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/89012440">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas W. Ewing (b. 1935) — of Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LI-lived.html">Livingston County</a>, Ill. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-19.html">September 19, 1935</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1975-91; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/IL.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/IL.html">1984</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 15th District, 1991-2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000282">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400581">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Abbot Fancher (1855-1931) — also known as John Fancher; Jack Fancher — of Espanola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-lived.html">Spokane County</a>, Wash.; Spokane, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-lived.html">Spokane County</a>, Wash. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/OG-born.html">Ogle County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/12-28.html">December 28, 1855</a>. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/sthse.html">Washington state house of representatives</a>, 1905-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Spokane, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-died.html">Spokane County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-02.html">April 2, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-buried.html#cms04569">Riverside Memorial Park</a>, Spokane, Wash. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Fancher and Sarah (Johnson) Fancher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/02-20.html">February 20, 1884</a>, to Nellie Thompson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#320.11.57">John Thomas Fancher</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Walter Louis Finn (1875-1936) — also known as Walter L. Finn — of Iuka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-15.html">April 15, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; farmer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Iuka, Ill.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 42nd District, 1929-36; died in office 1936. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>. Died in Iuka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/11-07.html">November 7, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-buried.html#cms04049">East Lawn Cemetery</a>, Salem, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alfred C. Finn and Art (Mercer) Finn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/12-31.html">December 31, 1912</a>, to Kate M. Ward.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/25109454496/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/994/26.82.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="John A. Floyd"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John A. Floyd (b. 1881) — of Linn Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-lived.html">Camden County</a>, Mo. Born in Hopedale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/TA-born.html">Tazewell County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/08-20.html">August 20, 1881</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Camden County, 1915-18. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-25.html">December 25, 1902</a>, to Eva J. Richards.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert T. Forth (1813-1886) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ill. Born in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/09-15.html">September 15, 1813</a>. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1859-61, 1873-75 (10th District 1859-61, 44th District 1873-75). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/index.html">1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WY-buried.html#cms06029">a private or family graveyard</a>, Wayne County, Ill. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Ernest Foulkes (1878-1960) — also known as George E. Foulkes — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/12-25.html">December 25, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 4th District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-died.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/12-13.html">December 13, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-buried.html#cms00684">Hartford Cemetery</a>, Hartford, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000317">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404266">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7437960">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John W. Fribley (1906-2002) — of Pana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CX-lived.html">Christian County</a>, Ill. Born in Assumption, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CX-born.html">Christian County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/08-03.html">August 3, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 40th District, 1934-53. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/03-20.html">March 20, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CX-buried.html#cms06793">Rosamond Cemetery</a>, Rosamond, Ill. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Claude Albert Fuller (1876-1968) — also known as Claude A. Fuller — of Eureka Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CL-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ark. Born in Prophetstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WH-born.html">Whiteside County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-20.html">January 20, 1876</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1903-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/AR.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/AR.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/AR.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/AR.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AR.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/AR.html">1960</a>; prosecuting attorney, 4th circuit, 1910-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 3rd District, 1929-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Eureka Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CL-died.html">Carroll County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/01-08.html">January 8, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 353 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CL-buried.html#cms04403">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Eureka Springs, Ark. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to May Obenshain.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000408">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404349">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John W. Gaebe (1878-1945) — of Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SF-lived.html">St. Francois County</a>, Mo. Born in Addieville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/12-02.html">December 2, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Ordained minister</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Francois County, 1943-45; died in office 1945. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Evangelical and Reformed Church</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/04-20.html">April 20, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 139 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-16.html">December 16, 1902</a>, to Emma M. Detring.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Franklin Garner (1862-1930) — also known as Robert F. Garner — of San Bernardino, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-lived.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/index.html">1862</a>. Democrat. Rancher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/CA.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/CA.html">1912</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/index.html">1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-buried.html# ">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, San Bernardino, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garner.html#936.32.96">Anna B. Garner</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34446142">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/162/13.65.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Joseph F. Glidden"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph F. Glidden (b. 1813) — of DeKalb, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ill. Born in Charlestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/01-18.html">January 18, 1813</a>. Democrat. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DK-officials.html">DeKalb County Sheriff</a>, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel proprietor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">inventor</a> of the barbed-wire fence; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/IL.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/IL.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/dekalb.html">mayor of DeKalb, Ill.</a>, 1881-83. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Glidden and Polly (Hurd) Glidden; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/">1837</a> to Clarissa Foster; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/">1851</a> to Lucinda Warne.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of De Kalb County (1885)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Josiah Grout (1841-1925) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-lived.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill.; Derby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-lived.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt.; Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-lived.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt. Born in Compton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/05-28.html">May 28, 1841</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1872-74, 1884-88, 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Vermont State House of Representatives</a>, 1874, 1886-88; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1896-98. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/07-19.html">July 19, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 52 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Josiah Grout ; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grossi-grout.html#720.09.33">William Wallace Grout</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/">1868</a> to Harriet Hinman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/josiah-grout/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank K. Haines (1876-1954) — of Pomfret Center, Pomfret, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Born in New Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-born.html">Will County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-02.html">October 2, 1876</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Pomfret; elected 1918. Died in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/02-24.html">February 24, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 145 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-buried.html# ">Grove Street Cemetery</a>, Putnam, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/02-25.html">February 25, 1908</a>, to Caroline Mackintosh.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/116960730">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William S. Harden (b. 1866) — of Stanberry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GE-lived.html">Gentry County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-born.html">Adams County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/04-07.html">April 7, 1866</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">factory manager</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Gentry County, 1921-22; defeated, 1922. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-12.html">August 12, 1891</a>, to Emmogene L. Hall.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Alexander Harris (1841-1909) — also known as William A. Harris — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan.; Linwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-lived.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan. Born near Luray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-born.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/10-29.html">October 29, 1841</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">civil engineer</a>; farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> at-large, 1893-95; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/stsen.html">Kansas state senate</a>, 1895-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kansas</a>, 1897-1903; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/index.html">1904</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/KS.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/KS.html">1908</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kansas</a>, 1906; vice-president, Denver, Laramie & Northwestern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-20.html">December 20, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-buried.html#cms00756">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Lawrence, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris9.html#135.47.94">William Alexander Harris (1805-1864)</a> and Frances (Murray) Harris; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/">1863</a> to Mary A. Lionberger; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/">1894</a> to Cora M. Mackey.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000258">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405135">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William A. Harris (Kansas politician)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willis A. Heydenberk (1889-1968) — of Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BR-lived.html">Barton County</a>, Mo. Born in Ashkum, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/IR-born.html">Iroquois County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/10-10.html">October 10, 1889</a>. Democrat. Farmer; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Barton County, 1942; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BR-parties.html">chair of Barton County Democratic Party</a>, 1945. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/02-09.html">February 9, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BR-buried.html# ">Lake Cemetery</a>, Lamar Heights, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Thomas Heydenberk and Alice (Hatcher) Heydenberk; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/01-24.html">January 24, 1937</a>, to Dorothy Ruth Deininger.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/201460193">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Emil A. Hinz (b. 1889) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SK-lived.html">Saskatchewan</a>; Merrill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, Wis. Born in Proviso (now Hillside), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/02-21.html">February 21, 1889</a>. Republican. Farmer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Lincoln County, 1947-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin (1828-1923) — also known as Bushrod E. Hoppin — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/09-02.html">September 2, 1828</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Madison County 1st District, 1867. Died in Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-20.html">April 20, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-buried.html#cms00230">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Curtis Hoppin and Mary (Buck) Hoppin; married to Mary Parmenter; fifth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#024.71.41">Robert Treat</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#300.46.46">Benjamin Trumbull</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#679.80.55">Lyman Trumbull</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.22.09">Lancelot Phelps</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#929.47.54">Noah Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#779.42.84">Chauncey Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#850.68.26">Elizur Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#658.04.77">Edwin Carpenter Pinney</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#727.36.22">Charles Robert Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#879.06.51">Alvah Nash</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#677.23.35">James Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#000.59.60">Samuel DeWitt Maltby</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#538.47.53">Benjamin Josiah Maltby</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#875.21.09">Claude Carpenter Pinney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1197.html">Seymour family</a> of New York and Connecticut (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/40213760">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert Richards Howe (1840-1884) — of Como, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/PA-lived.html">Panola County</a>, Miss.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/01-01.html">January 1, 1840</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton</a> planter; delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/MS.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Mississippi state constitutional convention</a>, 1868; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/PA-officials.html">Panola County Treasurer</a>, 1869; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/sthse.html">Mississippi state house of representatives</a>, 1870-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 2nd District, 1873-75. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/06-01.html">June 1, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-buried.html#cms02465">Brookfield Cemetery</a>, Brookfield, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000850">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405697">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA246"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/578/36.49.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="R. M. Hutchinson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> R. M. Hutchinson (b. 1858) — of Delmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HN-born.html">Henderson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/09-08.html">September 8, 1858</a>. Democrat. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">grain</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">livestock</a> dealer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 8th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04; defeated, 1900. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Don Irving (b. 1898) — of Chambersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Ill. Born in Chambersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PI-born.html">Pike County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/09-20.html">September 20, 1898</a>. Democrat. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">columnist</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 20th District, 1944, 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PI-parties.html">chair of Pike County Democratic Party</a>, 1949-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farmers-union.html">Farmers Union</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Wade Hampton Irving and Martha (Hume) Irving; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-25.html">November 25, 1920</a>, to Marjorie Lindsey.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harold D. Kelsey — of Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Born in Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-born.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Republican. Farmer; elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 8th District 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Kelsey and Ellen Kelsey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/">1920</a> to Theresa Brandt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert C. Kinney (b. 1832) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/YA-lived.html">Yamhill County</a>, Ore. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/index.html">1832</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Oregon state constitutional convention</a> from Yamhill County, 1857. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Evert Harris Kittell (1856-1937) — of near Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SR-lived.html">Sherman County</a>, Neb.; Cortez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/MN-lived.html">Montezuma County</a>, Colo.; Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SJ-lived.html">San Juan County</a>, N.M. Born in Shabbona Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DK-born.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-14.html">November 14, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/sthse.html">Nebraska state house of representatives</a> 57th District, 1903-04. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Durango, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LP-died.html">La Plata County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/04-05.html">April 5, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 142 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/MN-buried.html# ">Cortez Cemetery</a>, Cortez, Colo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George W. Kittell and Rachel Melinda (Porter) Kittell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/07-11.html">July 11, 1889</a>, to Eva Callen; father of Arthur Callen Kittell (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#174.64.24">Virginia Anna Harmon</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#494.45.40">Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#127.62.71">Henry Waggaman Edwards</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#285.84.13">Ezra H. Frisby</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherwood.html#334.84.04">George Isaac Sherwood</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherwood.html#506.02.16">David B. Sherwood</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#263.07.32">Frank Maurice Frisby</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/41671723">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA247"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/921/17.69.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="August Koenig"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> August Koenig — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HA-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Iowa; Tyndall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BH-lived.html">Bon Homme County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Mainz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Bricklayer</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1891-94, 1903-04 (4th District 1891-92, 7th District 1893-94, 1903-04). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA223"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/742/39.19.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="T. W. Lane"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> T. W. Lane (b. 1857) — of Gann Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BF-lived.html">Buffalo County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Freeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ST-born.html">Stephenson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/index.html">1857</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway brakeman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railway conductor</a>; rancher; stockman; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 19th District, 1903-04. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Simon E. Lantz — of Congerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WO-lived.html">Woodford County</a>, Ill. Born in Carlock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 16th District, 1915-17; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 16th District, 1917-55; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1938. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James A. Larson (b. 1860) — of Walnut Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-lived.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/index.html">1860</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1897-1902 (District 9 1897-98, District 19 1899-1902); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MN.html">1916</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/pr1916-election.html">1916</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-buried.html#cms05909">Roselawn Cemetery</a>, Roseville, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13538">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Floyd J. Mattheeussen (1930-2005) — of Benton Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/03-29.html">March 29, 1930</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">fruit</a> farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 44th District, 1965-66; defeated, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">United Church of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/08-26.html">August 26, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 150 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Barbara Marie Schindler.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur L. May (b. 1901) — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/01-06.html">January 6, 1901</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 26th District, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/WI.html">1944</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/pr1956-meeting.html">1956</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#075.91.63">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> J. S. McCornack (b. 1862) — of Bancroft Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FR-lived.html">Freeborn County</a>, Minn. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/index.html">1862</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 6th District, 1931-34; defeated, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13755">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ira D. McVicker (1853-1938) — of Eagle Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WG-lived.html">Wright County</a>, Iowa. Born in Henry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MZ-born.html">Marshall County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/01-27.html">January 27, 1853</a>. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>; elected 1912. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Eagle Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WG-died.html">Wright County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/11-20.html">November 20, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 297 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WG-buried.html#cms05375">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Eagle Grove, Iowa. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Jacob Mecherle (b. 1877) — also known as George J. Mecherle — of Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-07.html">June 7, 1877</a>. Republican. Farmer; founder (1922), president (1922-37), and chairman, State Farm Mutual <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Automobile Insurance</a> Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/IL.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IL.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Christian Thomas Mecherle and Susan Johnson (Hull) Mecherle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/11-06.html">November 6, 1901</a>, to May Edith Perry; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/01-08.html">January 8, 1944</a>, to Sylvia H. Caldwell.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John S. Mowat Jr. (b. 1927) — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/01-12.html">January 12, 1927</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">fruit</a> farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 40th District, 1971-78; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/MI.html">1976</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 19th District, 1979-82; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 4th District, 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Washington Murray (1853-1926) — also known as George W. Murray — of Sumter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-lived.html">Sumter County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> at Rembert, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-born.html">Sumter County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/09-22.html">September 22, 1853</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">customs inspector</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a>, 1893-97 (7th District 1893-95, 1st District 1895-97). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/04-21.html">April 21, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms02812">Lincoln Cemetery</a>, Blue Island, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001106">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408070">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8588343">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank T. O'Brien (b. 1904) — of Amarillo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PT-lived.html">Potter County</a>, Tex. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-03.html">August 3, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; rancher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 18th District, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/TX.html">1956</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3410670358/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/701/81.88.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="John G. Oglesby"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Gillett Oglesby (1878-1938) — also known as John G. Oglesby — of Elkhart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Ill. Born in Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MC-born.html">Macon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/03-19.html">March 19, 1878</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; iron inspector, Republic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron and Steel</a> Company; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 28th District, 1905-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a>, 1909-13, 1917-21; defeated, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/IL.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/IL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IL.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/IL.html">1932</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1920; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Died near Elkhart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO-died.html">Logan County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/05-27.html">May 27, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO-buried.html#cms00764">Elkhart Cemetery</a>, Elkhart, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#692.16.62">Richard James Oglesby</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10902.html">Oglesby family</a> of Elkhart and Decatur, Illinois.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Illinois Blue Book 1919</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ray Paddock (b. 1877) — of Round Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-born.html">Lake County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/index.html">1877</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 8th District, 1929-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-buried.html#cms06767">Fort Hill Cemetery</a>, Round Lake, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/">1912</a> to Irma Grace Huson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) — also known as Claude V. Parsons — of Golconda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PO-lived.html">Pope County</a>, Ill. Born near McCormick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PO-born.html">Pope County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-07.html">October 7, 1895</a>. Democrat. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 24th District, 1930-41; defeated, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/05-23.html">May 23, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 228 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JO-buried.html#cms02742">Zion Church Cemetery</a>, Near Ozark, Johnson County, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000086">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408496">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Abraham Penman (1884-1959) — also known as T. A. Penman — of Portageville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NM-lived.html">New Madrid County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-born.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-15.html">December 15, 1884</a>. Democrat. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton gin operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NM-officials.html">New Madrid County Judge</a>, 1923-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from New Madrid County, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1949-59; died in office 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/12-07.html">December 7, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 357 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Penman and Emma Jeanette (Waite) Penman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-30.html">June 30, 1917</a>, to Hazel Mae Cole.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merle Francis Peterson (1916-2004) — also known as Merle F. Peterson — of Dumas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DE-lived.html">Desha County</a>, Ark. Born in Mt. Carmel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WB-born.html">Wabash County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-06.html">March 6, 1916</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/stsen.html">Arkansas state senate</a>, 1960-66; Democratic Presidential Elector for Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/pr1996-meeting.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Pine Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/03-19.html">March 19, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DE-buried.html#cms06881">Walnut Lake Cemetery</a>, Dumas, Ark. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Bliss Pine (1877-1942) — also known as William B. Pine; W. B. Pine — of Okmulgee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OM-lived.html">Okmulgee County</a>, Okla. Born in Bluffs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SO-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-30.html">December 30, 1877</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil producer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1925-31; defeated, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/OK.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/OK.html">1936</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/index.html">1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OM-buried.html#cms00776">Okmulgee Cemetery</a>, Okmulgee, Okla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-18.html">June 18, 1912</a>, to Laura Hamilton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#968.92.46">Herbert K. Hyde</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000360">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408756">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6876254">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Thomas Rainey (1860-1934) — also known as Henry T. Rainey — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ill. Born in Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GE-born.html">Greene County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/08-20.html">August 20, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 20th District, 1903-21, 1923-34; defeated, 1920; died in office 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1933-34; died in office 1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IL.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IL.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/08-19.html">August 19, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GE-buried.html#cms02056">Carrollton Cemetery</a>, Carrollton, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Rainey and Catherine 'Kate' (Thomas) Rainey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/06-27.html">June 27, 1889</a>, to Ella McBride.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry T. Rainey (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1973) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000014">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408996">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Thomas Rainey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11741">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Henry T. Rainey: Robert A. Waller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/025200647X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=025200647X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Rainey of Illinois: A political biography, 1903-34</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> H. Carlyle Ralston (1893-1954) — of Caledonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Ill. Born in Caledonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/10-10.html">October 10, 1893</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-parties.html">chair of Boone County Republican Party</a>, 1950; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IL.html">1952</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/index.html">1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-buried.html#cms08451">Scottish Cemetery</a>, Caledonia, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53434736">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8412923520/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/213/54.75.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Roy Rawlings"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roy Rawlings (b. 1883) — of Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-born.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/03-08.html">March 8, 1883</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1923-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1927-33; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/RI.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Rhode Island Manual 1931</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaac Stuart Raymond (1849-1915) — also known as Isaac S. Raymond — of Raymond Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-lived.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/01-29.html">January 29, 1849</a>. Democrat. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/uofi.html">University of Illinois trustee</a>, 1893-99. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-died.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/07-15.html">July 15, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-buried.html#cms07021">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Urbana, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Raymond and Melissa (Stuart) Raymond; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/10-27.html">October 27, 1875</a>, to Edith Eaton; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvie-hasenfratz.html#253.59.08">Stuart Edmond Haseltine</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#874.75.74">Thomas Chandler</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#701.00.48">Zachariah Chandler</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#149.55.75">George Byron Chandler</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#099.44.25">Frederick Hale</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html#427.19.36">Gordon Woodbury</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html#768.29.37">Levi Woodbury</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#195.69.41">George Anson Starkweather</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#559.93.09">Samuel Starkweather</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#943.19.01">David Austin Starkweather</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#075.36.54">Florence H. Pendleton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1100.html">Lee family</a> of Silver Spring, Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/69217600">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Louis C. Romell (b. 1899) — of near Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Wis. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/04-07.html">April 7, 1899</a>. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>; defeated, 1942 (Progressive, Adams and Marquette counties); elected unopposed 1948; elected 1950, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1964. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Logan Holt Roots (1841-1893) — also known as Logan H. Roots — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Born near Tamaroa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PR-born.html">Perry County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/03-26.html">March 26, 1841</a>. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; planter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/AR.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/AR.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/AR.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/committees.html">Committee to Notify Nominees</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/AR.html">1892</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 1st District, 1868-71; defeated, 1870. Died in Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-died.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/05-30.html">May 30, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-buried.html#cms01457">Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park</a>, Little Rock, Ark. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000434">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409399">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6727650">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph W. Russell (b. 1900) — of Roberts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FO-lived.html">Ford County</a>, Ill. Born near Roberts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FO-born.html">Ford County</a>, Ill., July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/index.html">1900</a>. Democrat. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1941. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Carfield Sanborn (1885-1968) — also known as John C. Sanborn — of Hagerman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/GO-lived.html">Gooding County</a>, Idaho. Born in Chenoa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-28.html">September 28, 1885</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/sthse.html">Idaho state house of representatives</a>, 1921-30; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/stsen.html">Idaho state senate</a>, 1939-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Idaho</a> 2nd District, 1947-51; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Idaho</a>, 1950, 1956; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/ID.html">1952</a>; Presidential Elector for Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/pr1960-meeting.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-died.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/05-16.html">May 16, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/GO-buried.html#cms04359">Hagerman Cemetery</a>, Hagerman, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Orville D. Sanborn and Frances (Carfield) Sanborn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/11-06.html">November 6, 1912</a>, to Jessie Margaret McNabb.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000029">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409548">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Levi Scott (b. 1797) — of Umpqua County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>), Ore. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/index.html">1797</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Oregon state constitutional convention</a> from Umpqua County, 1857. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Tate Sedam (1839-1929) — also known as Robert T. Sedam — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/OG-lived.html">Ogle County</a>, Ill.; St. Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HN-lived.html">Hand County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/02-15.html">February 15, 1839</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 24th District, 1893-94. Died in St. Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HN-died.html">Hand County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/09-06.html">September 6, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 203 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Eve Dinges and Robert Sedam; married to Emerett Miller Bulkley; father of Carrie Almeda Sedam (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#819.75.02">John Terrence McCullen</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger (1862-1938) — also known as Ashton C. Shallenberger — of Alma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/HR-lived.html">Harlan County</a>, Neb. Born in Toulon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SK-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-23.html">December 23, 1862</a>. Democrat. Farmer; cattle raiser; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a>, 1901-03, 1915-19, 1923-29, 1931-35 (5th District 1901-03, 1915-19, 1923-29, 1931-33, 4th District 1933-35); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1909-11; defeated, 1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NE.html">1920</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/02-22.html">February 22, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/HR-buried.html#cms01793">Alma Cemetery</a>, Alma, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Martin Shallenberger and Eliza (Hall) Shallenberger; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/">1885</a> to Eliza Zilg.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000280">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409779">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ashton-cockayne-shallenberger/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Guy Loren Shaw (1881-1950) — also known as Guy L. Shaw — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CS-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Ill. Born in Summer Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PI-born.html">Pike County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-16.html">May 16, 1881</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 30th District, 1920-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 20th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922, 1924. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Normal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-died.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/05-19.html">May 19, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-buried.html#cms01383">Evergreen Memorial Cemetery</a>, Bloomington, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Fred Shaw and Clara (Sanderson) Shaw; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-14.html">September 14, 1910</a>, to Bessie Dillon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000306">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409804">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53153343">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Simpson Jr. (1905-1960) — of Wadsworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/index.html">1905</a>. Republican. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 10th District, 1933-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/IL.html">1936</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1943. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/index.html">1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00128">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000431">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409925">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lennington Small (1862-1936) — also known as Len Small — of Kankakee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KN-lived.html">Kankakee County</a>, Ill. Born near Kankakee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KN-born.html">Kankakee County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-16.html">June 16, 1862</a>. Republican. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1899, 1919; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 16th District, 1901-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1905-07, 1917-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IL.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/IL.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1921-29. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/05-17.html">May 17, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 336 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KN-buried.html#cms01063">Mound Grove Cemetery</a>, Kankakee, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/">1883</a> to Ida Moore.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/lennington-small/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/644/000206026">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Melvin Thomas (1885-1942) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CL-lived.html">Coles County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-born.html">Mason County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-12.html">May 12, 1885</a>. Democrat. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 34th District, 1937-41; defeated, 1940. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CL-died.html">Coles County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/01-31.html">January 31, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 264 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CL-buried.html# ">Roselawn Cemetery</a>, Charleston, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Margery Helen Scriven.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/64145387">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4H0fAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA132"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/076/13.81.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Henry Cantwell Wallace"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) — of Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Born in Rock Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-born.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/05-11.html">May 11, 1866</a>. Farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">magazine editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>, 1921-24; died in office 1924. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/10-25.html">October 25, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-buried.html#cms00889">Woodland Cemetery</a>, Des Moines, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry Wallace and Nannie (Cantwell) Wallace; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-24.html">November 24, 1887</a>, to Carrie May Brodhead; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#626.41.83">Henry Agard Wallace</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#255.86.06">Ilo Browne</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry C. Wallace (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, California</a>; sold and renamed SS California Sun; after explosion and fire, sank in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/IN-names.html">Indian Ocean</a>, 1967) was originally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Cantwell Wallace">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/544/000168040">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=104967">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Review of Reviews, February 1922</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew F. Warga (b. 1919) — of Phillips, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PR-lived.html">Price County</a>, Wis. Born in Thayer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/02-12.html">February 12, 1919</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">garage business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">farm implement dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Price and Taylor counties; elected 1958. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> O. Lloyd Welsh (1899-1968) — of Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born near Sciota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MD-born.html">McDonough County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/06-29.html">June 29, 1899</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; president and general manager of Prairie <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber</a> and Fuel Company, which sells <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">feed and fertilizer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">coal</a>, and building materials; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/bloomington.html">mayor of Bloomington, Ill.</a>, 1953-57. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>. Died in Normal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-died.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/12-17.html">December 17, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-buried.html#cms01610">Park Hill Cemetery</a>, Bloomington, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry Byron Welsh and Dora (Hauser) Welsh; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-16.html">June 16, 1921</a>, to Hazel Jury.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44761286">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/25135810645/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/722/87.81.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="T. L. Wiley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> T. L. Wiley (b. 1863) — of Cameron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Mo. Born in Sullivan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MT-born.html">Moultrie County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/10-18.html">October 18, 1863</a>. Democrat. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Clinton County, 1913-18, 1933-34. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/02-20.html">February 20, 1884</a>, to Ella M. Crumbaugh.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Arthur Williams (b. 1864) — also known as George A. Williams — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/FI-lived.html">Fillmore County</a>, Neb. Born in La Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SK-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/08-17.html">August 17, 1864</a>. Farmer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/sthse.html">Nebraska state house of representatives</a>, 1919-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1925-31. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/adventist.html">Seventh-Day Adventist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-union-vets.html">Sons of Union Veterans</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-25.html">October 25, 1888</a>, to Mabel Lucretia Grubb.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lee T. Witty (1859-1931) — of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SD-lived.html">Scotland County</a>, Mo. Born in Newmansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CS-born.html">Cass County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/05-20.html">May 20, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; immigration agent for Missouri Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Scotland County, 1903-06, 1923-24, 1927-31; died in office 1931. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-died.html">Cole County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/05-08.html">May 8, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 353 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SD-buried.html#cms05265">Memphis Cemetery</a>, Memphis, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William J. Witty and Sarah Harris (Munsey) Witty; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-30.html">August 30, 1883</a>, to Eudorah 'Dora' Struble.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76736092">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Wood (1809-1890) — of Little Fort (now Waukegan), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill.; Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Wis. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/10-16.html">October 16, 1809</a>. Farmer; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/waukegan.html#4">Little Fort, Ill.</a>, 1841-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/wisconsinrapids.html#4">Grand Rapids, Wis.</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotelier</a>; Wisconsin state lands commissiner, 1848-52; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1856; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-officials.html">Wood County Judge</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/wisconsinrapids.html#3">mayor of Grand Rapids, Wis.</a>, 1870. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-died.html">Wood County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/02-05.html">February 5, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-buried.html# ">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Daniel Wood; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/">1833</a> to Hester Jane Kirtland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/11-21.html">November 21, 1844</a>, to Matilda Compton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO.html">Wood County, Wis.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/103650397">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles O. Zollar (1914-1988) — of Benton Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich.; Benton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/01-06.html">January 6, 1914</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">Fruit</a> farmer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 22nd District, 1965-78; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 4th District, 1972; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/benton-twp.html">supervisor of Benton Township, Michigan</a>, 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">Fraternal Order of Police</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died in St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-died.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/02-24.html">February 24, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 49 days</a>). 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