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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians in the Meat Business</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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A. Abbott — of Salinas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-lived.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif. Born in Point Reyes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-born.html">Marin County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/03-16.html">March 16, 1862</a>. Butcher; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/salinas.html">mayor of Salinas, Calif.</a>, 1909-11. Died in Salinas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-died.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/03-28.html">March 28, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 12 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-buried.html# ">Garden of Memories Memorial Park</a>, Salinas, 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: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbott.html#299.35.58">Carlisle Stewart Abbott</a> and Alice Elizabeth (Merriman) Abbott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/09-04.html">September 4, 1884</a>, to Annabel Forester.</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0567.html">Abbott family</a> of Salinas, California (subsets 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/100559707">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> L. E. Adams (1913-1980) — also known as Barney Adams — of Norfolk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Neb. Born in Grinnell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PW-born.html">Poweshiek County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-21.html">September 21, 1913</a>. President, National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Foods</a>, Inc.; director, Midwestern Beef, Inc.; director, Prairie Maid Meat Products; director, Platte Valley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Packing</a> Co.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ryco.html">Nebraska railway commission</a> 3rd District, 1970-71; appointed 1970. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/index.html">1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/05-28.html">May 28, 1933</a>, to Helene L. Ainsworth.</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> Fred Ralph Albin (1872-1957) — also known as Fred Albin — of West Branch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CD-lived.html">Cedar County</a>, Iowa. Born near West Branch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CD-born.html">Cedar County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-05.html">August 5, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/auctioneer.html">Auctioneer</a>; meat merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/IA.html">1936</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/02-23.html">February 23, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 202 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CD-buried.html#cms07897">West Branch Municipal Cemetery</a>, West Branch, 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 Joseph Albin and Emily (Gruewell) Albin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/">1893</a> to Alice Rebecca Pennock.</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/15305124">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> George Anderson (1839-1916) — of Schodack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y.; Castleton (now Castleton-on-Hudson), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Born in Westerlo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/index.html">1839</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">builder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">farm implement manufacturer</a>; meat business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1896-97. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/index.html">1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-buried.html#cms02886">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y. <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/113046590">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> Herman Ossian Armour (1837-1901) — also known as Herman O. Armour — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/03-07.html">March 7, 1837</a>. Republican. Co-founder of Armour & Company meatpacking firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/NY.html">1892</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/09-08.html">September 8, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. <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 Danforth Armour and Julia Ann (Brooks) Armour.</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/Herman Ossian Armour">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1419">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> Wilmer Dean Aubrey (1904-1975) — also known as W. Dean Aubrey — of Ottumwa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WP-lived.html">Wapello County</a>, Iowa. Born in Munterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WP-born.html">Wapello County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/09-28.html">September 28, 1904</a>. Democrat. Meatpacking worker; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">secretary</a>, United Packinghouse Workers, Local 1; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">secretary</a>, Ottumwa Industrial Union Council (CIO); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">coal operator</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a> from Wapello County, 1945-46, 1949-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/index.html">1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-buried.html# ">New Altoona Cemetery</a>, Altoona, 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 William Aubrey and Rosa E. (Chrisman) Aubrey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/">1935</a> to Evelyn Juanita 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/74867222">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> Eugene Bailey — of Ottumwa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WP-lived.html">Wapello County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Packinghouse worker; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/artist.html">composer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">singer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952 /speakers.html">performed</a>, Republican National Convention, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. 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> Erroll Banks — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Socialist. Packinghouse worker; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html">mayor of Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1957; Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 23rd District, 1960. 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> Isaac Barnes (1830-1909) — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/06-08.html">June 8, 1830</a>. Meat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Burlington, 1867. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/03-29.html">March 29, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 294 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html# ">Center Cemetery</a>, Burlington, 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: Son of Amzi Barnes and Sophronia (Mills) Barnes; married to Theda Spencer and Nellie M. Smith.</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 Bittorf (born c.1834) — of Wyandotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, about 1834. Butcher; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/wyandotte.html">mayor of Wyandotte, Mich.</a>, 1876, 1878. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</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> Bernard J. Buenemeyer Jr. (1910-1974) — of Germantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CI-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Ill. Born in Germantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CI-born.html">Clinton County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/05-07.html">May 7, 1910</a>. Republican. Representative for Armour & Co. (meats); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">landscaping business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CI-parties.html">chair of Clinton County Republican Party</a>, 1942-50; alternate 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/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>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/10-07.html">October 7, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 153 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CI-buried.html# ">St. Boniface Cemetery</a>, Germantown, 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 Ben Buenemeyer and Mary (Bussmann) Buenemeyer; married to Evelyn L. McHugh.</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/194367915">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> Róger Calero (b. 1969) — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-born.html">Nicaragua</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/index.html">1969</a>. Socialist. Not U.S. citizen; meat packer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/illegal-drugs.html">sale of marijuana</a>, 1988; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in 2002, at the Houston airport, while returning from Cuba, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jailed</a>, while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">deportation</a> proceedings were started, but released in 2003; Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 2004, 2008; Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 2006; Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 15th District, 2010. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Nicaraguan</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2010. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3ger Calero">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=50998">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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 J. Castenholz — of Muskegon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-lived.html">Muskegon County</a>, Mich. Progressive. Partner in Castenholz Bros. and Co., proprietors of the Muskegon Stockyards; nominated in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/muskegon.html">mayor of Muskegon, Mich.</a> 1915, but withdrew before election. 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 A. Catchpole (b. 1865) — of Geneva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/08-17.html">August 17, 1865</a>. Republican. Meat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/geneva.html">mayor of Geneva, N.Y.</a>, 1922-23; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1925-33. <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/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</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 G. Catchpole and Elizabeth A. (Walsh) Catchpole; married to Helen F. McCarthy.</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 M. Cherivtch (1914-2001) — also known as "Uncle Simon" — of Millville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/04-16.html">April 16, 1914</a>. Butcher; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/millville.html">mayor of Millville, N.J.</a>, 1948-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in 1949 with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">federal income tax evasion</a>, based on his underreporting of income in 1944-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to a year and a day in federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; released after five months. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/03-26.html">March 26, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 344 days</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> William Dalton (b. 1852) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/02-02.html">February 2, 1852</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; butcher; manufacturer of butchers' supplies; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 17th District, 1886-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NY.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</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> Sam W. Dennison (1869-1950) — of South St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DA-lived.html">Dakota County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/07-07.html">July 7, 1869</a>. Meatpacking executive; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/southsaintpaul.html">mayor of South St. Paul, Minn.</a>, 1933-37; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 20th District, 1943-50; died in office 1950. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/03-24.html">March 24, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 260 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 Grace May Clough.</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.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12529">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> Max Eisner — of Wisconsin. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>. Socialist. Butcher; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Wisconsin, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</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> James La Fayette Evans (1825-1903) — also known as James L. Evans — of Noblesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ind. Born in Clayville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HI-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/03-27.html">March 27, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">grain elevator business</a>; meat packing business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 11th District, 1875-79; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/IN.html">1880</a>. Died in Noblesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/05-28.html">May 28, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 62 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HA-buried.html#cms03440">Crownland Cemetery</a>, Noblesville, Ind. <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=E000245">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403929">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James La Fayette Evans">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> Charles Farnicorn (b. 1835) — of Meadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/06-20.html">June 20, 1835</a>. Democrat. Butcher; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/meadville.html">mayor of Meadville, Pa.</a>, 1884. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</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 Francis K. Farnicorn; married to Barbara Dudenhoffer.</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> Mark Delos Flower (1842-1907) — also known as Mark D. Flower — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Chagrin Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/03-31.html">March 31, 1842</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Minnesota</a>, 1870-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad claims agent</a>; president and general manager, St. Paul Union Stockyards Co.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 36, 1905-06; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/saintpaul.html#3">St. Paul, Minn.</a>, 1905-07. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/02-03.html">February 3, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-buried.html#cms00693">Oakland Cemetery</a>, St. Paul, 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 Marcus Tullius Cicero Flower and Cybele (Brooks) Flower.</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/86201817">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12845">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> Christian Frederick Fox (1861-1933) — also known as Christian F. Fox — of Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/12-14.html">December 14, 1861</a>. Republican. Sausage manufacturer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Meriden, 1911-12. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</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/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/11-16.html">November 16, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 337 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms05332">Walnut Grove Cemetery</a>, Meriden, 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/1883/12-24.html">December 24, 1883</a>, to Emma R. Dason.</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/25722598">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> George Hamilton Garfield (1858-1931) — also known as George H. Garfield — of Brockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-lived.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass.; West Dennis, Dennis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-lived.html">Barnstable County</a>, Mass. Born in West Dennis, Dennis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-born.html">Barnstable County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/07-18.html">July 18, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; meat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1892-93, 1900-04; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> Second Plymouth District, 1905-08; member, Massachusetts Fisheries and Game Commission, 1908-13. Died in West Dennis, Dennis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-died.html">Barnstable County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/12-19.html">December 19, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 154 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-buried.html# ">West Dennis Cemetery</a>, West Dennis, Dennis, 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">Relatives: Son of Lyman Garfield and Erzelia (Baker) Garfield; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-17.html">September 17, 1885</a>, to Mary Gertrude Bruce; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faull-faxon.html#434.66.96">Benjamin Alden Faunce</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/22152.html">Faunce-Garfield-Krider family</a> of East Lansing, 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/35222046">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> Herbert Lincoln Greer (1892-1941) — also known as Herbert L. Greer — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Lanesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI-born.html">Fillmore County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/05-29.html">May 29, 1892</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad clerk</a>; traffic manager for meat packing company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 37, 1927-28. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/11-06.html">November 6, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI-buried.html# ">Lanesboro Cemetery</a>, Lanesboro, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#624.88.67">Robert R. Greer</a> and Sadie Marie (Roberts) Greer; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#506.83.00">Harry M. Greer</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/27337.html">Greer family</a> of Lanesboro, Minnesota.</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/150649440">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13093">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> Max B. Haibach (1883-1967) — of Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Born in Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/11-11.html">November 11, 1883</a>. Democrat. Meat packing business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-officials.html">Erie County Sheriff</a>, 1913-18; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 25th District, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/index.html">1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-buried.html#cms06568">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Erie, Pa. <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 Ben Haibach and Anna (Bosch) Haibach.</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/9511169">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> Benjamin A. Hammell (d. 1869) — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J. Sausage maker; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/camden.html">mayor of Camden, N.J.</a>, 1848-49, 1857-58. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/08-26.html">August 26, 1869</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> Thomas Hammond (1843-1909) — of Hammond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ind. Born in Fitchburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/02-27.html">February 27, 1843</a>. Democrat. Assistant superintendent of the G. H. Hammond meat packing plant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/hammond.html">mayor of Hammond, Ind.</a>, 1888-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 10th District, 1893-95. Died in Hammond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/09-21.html">September 21, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-buried.html#cms00225">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Hammond, Ind. <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=H000134">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405016">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> Jack F. Heath — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MS-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, Ky.; Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Republican. Butcher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/KY.html">1924</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> Harry Heyman — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Butcher; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 21st District, 1911-13; defeated, 1909; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 9th District, 1915. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/553/35.92.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Harry B. Hickey"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry B. Hickey (1875-1945) — of Fredonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/01-21.html">January 21, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Furniture business</a>; meat merchant; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1923; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/fredonia.html#2">Fredonia, N.Y.</a>, 1936-42 (acting, 1936-37). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-union-vets.html">Sons of Union Veterans</a>. Died, in the Silver Creek <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Silver Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-died.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/03-20.html">March 20, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 58 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-buried.html#cms02846">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Fredonia, N.Y. <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 Hickey and Anna Maria (Hammond) Hickey; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickey.html#355.10.55">Harry B. Hickey Jr.</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/24262902">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: Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer, March 21, 1945</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 Robert Hogg (1863-1934) — also known as Jim Hogg — of Poplar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JN-born.html">Jennings County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/01-04.html">January 4, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; meat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">distillery</a> owner; produced Jim Hogg's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">Corn Whiskey</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-officials.html">Butler County Sheriff</a>, 1892-96, 1902-06, 1920-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/poplarbluff.html">mayor of Poplar Bluff, Mo.</a>, 1897-99. 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/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Fell into the Black River, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a>, in Poplar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-died.html">Butler County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/07-12.html">July 12, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-buried.html#cms06072">Poplar Bluff City Cemetery</a>, Poplar Bluff, 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 Marion Hogg and Mary Belle (Winslow) Hogg; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/09-05.html">September 5, 1880</a>, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; divorced); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-13.html">December 13, 1884</a>, to Susan S. 'Susie' Klutts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-19.html">November 19, 1887</a>, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; died); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-07.html">December 7, 1889</a>, to Clara Catherine Smith; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/08-14.html">August 14, 1914</a>, to Naoma Ruth Hawas.</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: "Peace be thy silent slumber."</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/84343184">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 Henry Hornidge (b. 1848) — also known as William H. Hornidge — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/11-03.html">November 3, 1848</a>. Democrat. Butcher; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1887-89, 1903-05 (New York County 20th District 1887-89, New York County 22nd District 1903-05). 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> Oliver Cromwell Jennings (1864-1944) — also known as Oliver C. Jennings — of Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a>. Republican. Butcher; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Fairfield, 1903-04. Died in Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/03-20.html">March 20, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms05539">Oak Lawn Cemetery</a>, Fairfield, 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Oliver Cromwell</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 Harriet Helen (Morris) Jennings and Horace Jennings; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/">1889</a> to Sarah Stewart 'Sadie' Forsyth; sixth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#024.71.41">Robert Treat</a>; seventh great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#111.95.76">Thomas Welles</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/merrell-merrifield.html#456.12.69">Nathaniel Merriam</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#733.39.35">Daniel Lockwood</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#167.73.63">Gershom Birdsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#972.80.44">Benjamin Hard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#867.49.50">Hanford Nichols Lockwood</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#747.56.87">David Munson Osborne</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0006.html">Conger family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0453.html">Lockwood-Lanning family</a> of New Jersey (subsets 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/115060617">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> Ervin Stephen Joslin (b. 1870) — also known as E. S. Joslin — of Waitsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Vt. Born in Waitsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/index.html">1870</a>. Republican. Meat and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">grain</a> dealer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Waitsfield, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</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> Joseph Kelley (b. 1854) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MI-lived.html">Mifflin County</a>, Pa. Born in Reedsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MI-born.html">Mifflin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-24.html">January 24, 1854</a>. Meat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">sawmill operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">furniture manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Mifflin County, 1909. 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> Heinrich Andreas Knollmann (1876-1968) — also known as Henry A. Knollmann; "Doc" — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Born in Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-born.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/09-23.html">September 23, 1876</a>. Meat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/covington.html">mayor of Covington, Ky.</a>, 1936-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1940. Died in Vandalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/10-15.html">October 15, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 22 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-buried.html#cms06478">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Fort Mitchell, Ky. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bradford R. Lansing (1860-1912) — of Rensselaer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Born in Niskayuna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-born.html">Schenectady County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/index.html">1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; pork dealer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rensselaer.html">mayor of Rensselaer, N.Y.</a>, 1901; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1906-12 (Rensselaer County 3rd District 1906, Rensselaer County 2nd District 1907-12); died in office 1912. Died in Rensselaer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-died.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/02-04.html">February 4, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-buried.html#cms02883">Greenbush Cemetery</a>, Rensselaer, N.Y. <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 Austin Y. Lansing and Sarah Eliza (Patterson) Lansing; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-08.html">June 8, 1887</a>, to Alice R. Crannell; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#790.50.30">Abraham Jacob Lansing</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#999.98.53">Abraham Robertse Yates</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#345.62.17">Ebenezer Lakin Brown</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#029.86.17">Cornelius Lansing</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#613.13.84">Arthur Brown</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#583.19.14">Addison Makepeace Brown</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#419.52.01">Gerrit Yates Lansing</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#060.29.76">Abraham Lansing</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown4.html#689.11.31">Garry Eldridge Brown</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#578.71.10">Abram Wendell Lansing</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/10001-0024.html">Lansing family</a> of New York (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/111937316">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=r7o-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP6"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/842/34.11.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="George L. Lilley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Leavens Lilley (1859-1909) — also known as George L. Lilley — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/08-03.html">August 3, 1859</a>. Republican. Meat dealer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Waterbury, 1901-02; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> at-large, 1903-09; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CT.html">Connecticut Republican State Committee</a>, 1904-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1909; died in office 1909. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, in the Connecticut <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gov-mansion.html">Executive Mansion</a>, Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-21.html">April 21, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms01477">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Waterbury, 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: Son of John Leavens Lilley and Caroline W. (Adams) Lilley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/06-17.html">June 17, 1884</a>, to Anna E. H. Steele.</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=L000308">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406802">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-leavens-lilley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George L. Lilley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/552/000209922">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7067552">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: Connecticut Legislative History and Souvenir (1909)</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 Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) — also known as Robert E. O'Brian — of Grand Forks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/GF-lived.html">Grand Forks County</a>, N.Dak.; Sioux City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WO-lived.html">Woodbury County</a>, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Calif. Born in Bryant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/07-22.html">July 22, 1895</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive fireman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">automobile mechanic</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Iowa</a>, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938; president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a meat packing plant), 1944-59; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 5th District, 1958. <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/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-pi-zeta.html">Alpha Pi Zeta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Killed when he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">hit by a car</a> on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/10-25.html">October 25, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 95 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 William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/">1920</a> to Mabel Day.</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> Fred J. Olds (b. 1867) — of Bolton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn.; Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn.; Daytona Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-lived.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla. Born in Wales, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-born.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/index.html">1867</a>. Democrat. Butcher; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">miller</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>; elected 1906; defeated, 1922 (Andover). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-buried.html# ">Center Cemetery</a>, Coventry, 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 to Annie M. Tyler.</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/51358160">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> Fred Harvey Packard (b. 1855) — also known as Fred H. Packard — of Braintree, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Vt. Born in Braintree, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/08-19.html">August 19, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/auctioneer.html">Auctioneer</a>; meat merchant; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Braintree, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</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> Loren Lewis Park (1845-1919) — also known as Loren L. Park — of Groton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/03-22.html">March 22, 1845</a>. Democrat. Meat merchant; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Groton, 1918. Died in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-09.html">October 9, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 201 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/1873/04-02.html">April 2, 1873</a>, to Almeda Ashley.</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 G. Parks Jr. (born c.1917) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., about 1917. Democrat. Founder and chairman, H. G. Parks Inc. (meat products); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MD.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. 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: Married to Virginia Byrd.</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> Howard F. Pellant (1911-1977) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/07-23.html">July 23, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Foundry worker</a>; meat cutter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tavern-biz.html">tavern proprietor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">international representative</a>, United Auto Workers; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WI.html">1952</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Milwaukee County 17th District, 1953-60; defeated, 1950. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/11-22.html">November 22, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 122 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 George Pellant and Elizabeth (Gough) Pellant; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/">1932</a> to Mary Kazmierczak.</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/Howard F. Pellant">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> Frederick Henry Prince (1859-1953) — also known as Frederick H. Prince — of Wenham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass.; Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I.; Biarritz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-lived.html">France</a>. Born in Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/index.html">1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">Financier</a>; owned or controlled stockyards, meatpacking plants, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a>; one of the world's wealthiest men; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MA.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Biarritz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/02-03.html">February 3, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">about 93 years</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms02220">Washington National Cathedral</a>, Washington, D.C. <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/prince.html#082.62.40">Frederick Octavius Prince</a> and Helen (Henry) Prince; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/">1884</a> to Abigail Kingsley Norman; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#164.90.63">Bernard Henry</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/24566.html">Prince-Henry family</a> of Winchester, Massachusetts.</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/Frederick H. Prince">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/109664889">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 Washington Rath (1872-1951) — also known as John W. Rath — of Waterloo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BH-lived.html">Black Hawk County</a>, Iowa. Born in Ackley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HA-born.html">Hardin County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/02-26.html">February 26, 1872</a>. Republican. Meatpacking executive; president, First National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Waterloo; director, Illinois Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/IA.html">1944</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/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral thrombosis</a>, in Waterloo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BH-died.html">Black Hawk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/12-22.html">December 22, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BH-buried.html#cms07410">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Waterloo, 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 John Rath and Elizabeth (Moser) Rath; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#278.15.33">William Tecumseh Sherman Rath</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/08-21.html">August 21, 1895</a>, to Maud Harbin.</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/66124586">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> Valentine Rettig (1846-1917) — of Corning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/06-11.html">June 11, 1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; meat dealer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotelier</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">beer bottler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/corning.html">mayor of Corning, N.Y.</a>, 1905-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <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/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pancreatic-cancer.html">pancreatic cancer</a>, in Corning <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Corning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-died.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/03-17.html">March 17, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 279 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 Valentine Rettig and Anna (Olenslager) Rettig; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/">1870</a> to Mary Kriger.</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> J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-26.html">October 26, 1868</a>. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; meat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; president, Lansing <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Ice and Fuel</a>; vice-president, Weissinger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/papermaking.html">Paper</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing.html">mayor of Lansing, Mich.</a>, 1912-18; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MI.html">1940</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/death/automobile.html">Struck by a car</a>, badly injured, and died two weeks later, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/10-20.html">October 20, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms00206">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Lansing, 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: Married to Mary Anna Schoettle and Blanche M. Bennett.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Reutter <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-names.html">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/24723567">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 R. Santos (1923-1990) — of Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-15.html">March 15, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; meat business; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/lowell.html#2">Lowell, Mass.</a>, 1967-79 (acting, 1967-68). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart</a> surgery, in University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/07-11.html">July 11, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms06606">St. Patrick's Cemetery</a>, Lowell, 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">Relatives: Son of Charles Santos and Mary Santos; married to Ruth E. Cassidy.</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/132763970">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> Edwin Martin Schaefer (1887-1950) — also known as Edwin M. Schaefer — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/05-14.html">May 14, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemical</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>, and later general superintendent, Morris & Co. meat packers; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-officials.html">St. Clair County Treasurer</a>, 1930-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 22nd District, 1933-43; director, Griesediech-Western <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">Brewery</a> Co. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/11-08.html">November 8, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 178 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-buried.html#cms00330">Walnut Hill Cemetery</a>, Belleville, 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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#804.10.04">Melvin Price</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=S000110">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409619">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> Floyd E. Shurbert (b. 1900) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-born.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/10-30.html">October 30, 1900</a>. Republican. Meat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">mink raiser</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Winnebago County 2nd District; elected 1958. 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> Ernest R. Siewert — of Oshkosh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis. Butcher; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/oshkosh.html">mayor of Oshkosh, Wis.</a>, 1947-53; defeated, 1939, 1953. 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> Arthur D. Smith (b. 1896) — of Webb City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Born in Webb City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-born.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/12-09.html">December 9, 1896</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; meat business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jasper County 2nd District, 1945-48, 1957-58; defeated, 1948, 1958. 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: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-02.html">December 2, 1937</a>, to Josie Elliott.</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 J. Smith — of Muskegon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-lived.html">Muskegon County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Meat merchant; nominated in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/muskegon.html">mayor of Muskegon, Mich.</a> 1916. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</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> Wesley J. Stearns (1868-1966) — of Stanton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MN-lived.html">Montcalm County</a>, Mich. Born in Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/05-20.html">May 20, 1868</a>. Republican. Meat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MN-officials.html">Montcalm County Treasurer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Montcalm County, 1917-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/index.html">1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/98.html">about 98 years</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> Marcus M. Towle (1841-1910) — of Hammond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ind. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/01-12.html">January 12, 1841</a>. Co-founder of the G. H. Hammond meat packing plant, and of the city of Hammond; financed and built <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">port facilities</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/hammond.html">mayor of Hammond, Ind.</a>, 1884-88. Died, in Longcliffe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/asylum.html">Asylum for the Insane</a>, Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-died.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-06.html">September 6, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-buried.html#cms00225">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Hammond, Ind. <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/1866/12-05.html">December 5, 1866</a>, to Irena Dow.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674230221/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/700/26.33.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Peter Van_Hoven"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peter Van Hoven (b. 1855) — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Oost (now part of Eijsden-Margraten), Limburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-born.html">Netherlands</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/03-07.html">March 7, 1855</a>. Democrat. Meat packing business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1911-22 (35th District 1911-14, 39th District 1915-22). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</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: 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> W. R. Walker (b. 1900) — also known as Fred Walker — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CR-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/03-13.html">March 13, 1900</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; meat dealer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">office equipment salesman</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1943-54 (8th District 1943-46, 16th District 1947-54); delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MO.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Carroll County, 1956. 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/1920/06-09.html">June 9, 1920</a>, to Eunice Bricken.</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 H. Whitcomb (born c.1864) — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Peru, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MI-born.html">Miami County</a>, Ind., about 1864. Democrat. Butcher; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 23rd District, 1913-14. 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> Fred M. Willey (b. 1874) — of Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/LA-lived.html">Lamoille County</a>, Vt. Born in Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/LA-born.html">Lamoille County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/12-22.html">December 22, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; meat merchant; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Cambridge, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</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> Elias Williams (1830-1904) — of Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/01-19.html">January 19, 1830</a>. Republican. Meat business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumberman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">wagon master</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Stonington, 1880, 1896. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-died.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/index.html">1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</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 Stanton Williams and Julia Ann (Gallup) Williams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/">1885</a> to Sarah Palmer.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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