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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians: Death in Retail Stores and Shops</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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R. Swafford</b> — Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/12-27.html">December 27, 1849</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1884; died in office 1884; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">shot</a> through his arm by Jeff Dibrell, brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#384.11.30">George G. Dibrell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">injured</a> in several other gun and knife fights, in one of which he wounded two attackers and accidentally killed his father-in-law. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> during an armed confrontation with Monroe Hudson, shopkeeper, who had ordered him to leave his <b>store</b>, in Sparta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WH-died.html">White County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-17.html">October 17, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">34 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WH-buried.html#cms03377">Old Sparta Cemetery</a>, Sparta, Tenn. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/60056143">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>James Balbirnie (1838-1899)</b> — of Muskegon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-lived.html">Muskegon County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/index.html">1838</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/muskegon.html">mayor of Muskegon, Mich.</a>, 1899; died in office 1899. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by John W. Tayer, who had been ousted as city poor director, in his <b>store</b> in his store at Muskegon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-died.html">Muskegon County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/06-29.html">June 29, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Tayer died by suicide at the scene; he shot himself, then swallowed carbolic acid. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-buried.html#cms00751">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Muskegon, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Ellen T. Watson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62367169">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Charles Smith Havens (1834-1906)</b> — also known as <b>Charles S. Havens</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, N.Y. Born in Patchogue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/08-26.html">August 26, 1834</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Suffolk County, 1878. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his <b>general store</b>, Center Moriches, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/04-23.html">April 23, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-buried.html# ">Mt. Pleasant Cemetery</a>, Center Moriches, Long Island, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Havens and Elizabeth (Ketcham) Havens; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/havens.html#230.27.06">John Scudder Havens</a>; married to Nancy Matilda Williamson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/havens.html#270.55.01">John Lewis Havens</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#199.87.50">Henry Scudder</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/havens.html#465.06.94">Wickham Sayre Havens</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/havens.html#975.82.23">Jonathan Nicoll Havens</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#565.78.49">Caleb Scudder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#053.18.96">Henry Joel Scudder</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22825018">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>James Henderson Hargis (1862-1908)</b> — also known as <b>James H. Hargis</b>; <b>"Big Jim"</b> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BH-lived.html">Breathitt County</a>, Ky. Born in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BH-born.html">Breathitt County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/10-13.html">October 13, 1862</a>. Democrat. County judge in Kentucky, 1890; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/KY.html">Kentucky Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1899-1907. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Tried</a> and acquitted for the 1902-03 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">murders</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mara-margolis.html#564.29.76">J. B. Marcum</a> and two others, but found liable for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">plotting the killings</a> in a 1904 civil suit for money damages by surviving family members. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by his son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothers <b>general store</b>, Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BH-died.html">Breathitt County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/02-06.html">February 6, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BH-buried.html#cms05569">Hargis Family Cemetery</a>, Jackson, Ky. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hare-harju.html#078.16.55">John Seldon Hargis</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hare-harju.html#787.84.52">Alexander Hamilton Hargis</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hare-harju.html#235.60.23">John Louis Hargis</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hare-harju.html#481.21.55">Thomas Frazier Hargis</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10326.html">Cockrell-South family</a> of Kentucky.</span></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> <b>Alfred James Brown (1856-1913)</b> — of Colorado. Born in Binghamton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-born.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/03-23.html">March 23, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">druggist</a>; member of Colorado state legislature, 1890. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral apoplexy</a>, at his <b>drugstore</b> in Higbee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RA-died.html">Randolph County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/02-17.html">February 17, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 331 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WH-buried.html#cms06024">Eel River Cemetery</a>, Columbia City, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of David Brown.</span></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> <b>Lansing Edgar Lincoln (1842-1916)</b> — also known as <b>Lansing E. Lincoln</b> — of Mason, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich.; Harbor Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HU-lived.html">Huron County</a>, Mich.; Omer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AR-lived.html">Arenac County</a>, Mich. Born in Groton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-born.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-23.html">November 23, 1842</a>. Progressive. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">livestock dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Huron County, 1885-88; defeated, 1914. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. While entering a <b>country store</b>, he slipped and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell</a>, never regained consciousness, and died soon after, in Omer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AR-died.html">Arenac County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-04.html">November 4, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AR-buried.html# ">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Omer, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Milton Luvane Lincoln and Sarah (Carpenter) Lincoln; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/07-23.html">July 23, 1879</a>, to Philura Buchanan; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#074.72.10">Burr Buchanan Lincoln</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#097.60.34">James Helme Lincoln</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#954.69.03">Levi Lincoln</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#300.55.99">Levi Lincoln Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#019.12.46">Enoch Lincoln</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74538458">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://thefleaglegangbetrayedbyafingerprint.worldsecuresystems.com/about-n.t.-betz.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/709/58.44.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="John F. Parrish"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Festus Parrish (1887-1928)</b> — also known as <b>John F. Parrish</b>; <b>Jaddo Parrish</b> — of Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-lived.html">Prowers County</a>, Colo. Born in Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/07-08.html">July 8, 1887</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CO.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a>, along with his father <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#372.05.42">Amos N. Parrish</a>, by the Fleagle Gang, who were robbing the First National <b>Bank</b>, in Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-died.html">Prowers County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/05-23.html">May 23, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 320 days</a>). The gang members were captured in 1929, tried, convicted, sentenced to death and excuted. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-buried.html# ">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Lamar, Colo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#372.05.42">Amos Newton Parrish</a> and May (Labrick) Parrish; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#267.86.17">Harry Wayne Hamilton Sr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23012.html">Parrish family</a> of Lamar, Colorado.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/66205500">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> The Fleagle Gang: Betrayed by a Fingerprint</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://thefleaglegangbetrayedbyafingerprint.worldsecuresystems.com/about-n.t.-betz.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/372/05.42.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Amos N. Parrish"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Amos Newton Parrish (1851-1928)</b> — also known as <b>A. Newton Parrish</b> — of Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-lived.html">Prowers County</a>, Colo. Born in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/04-02.html">April 2, 1851</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Rancher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/CO.html">1908</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/CO.html">1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a>, along with his son, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#709.58.44">John F. Parrish</a>, by the Fleagle Gang, who were robbing the First National <b>Bank</b>, in Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-died.html">Prowers County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/05-23.html">May 23, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 51 days</a>). The gang members were captured in 1929, tried, convicted, sentenced to death and excuted. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-buried.html# ">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Lamar, Colo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Comley Parrish and Mary Ann (Prichard) Parrish; married to May Labrick; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#709.58.44">John Festus Parrish</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#267.86.17">Harry Wayne Hamilton Sr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23012.html">Parrish family</a> of Lamar, Colorado.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/66205423">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> The Fleagle Gang: Betrayed by a Fingerprint</span></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> <b>Edwin S. Norton (1864-1933)</b> — also known as <b>Ed S. Norton</b> — of Varna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MZ-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, Ill.; Pomona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Riverside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-lived.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry goods merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">shoe merchant</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1932. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in the back room of his <b>shoe store</b>, Riverside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-died.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/06-23.html">June 23, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 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> <b>Franklin Swift Billings (1862-1935)</b> — also known as <b>Franklin S. Billings</b> — of Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-lived.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt. Born in New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/05-11.html">May 11, 1862</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Woodstock, 1910-12, 1921-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Vermont State House of Representatives</a>, 1921-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1923-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1925-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Joseph Carbino's <b>repair shop</b>, Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-died.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/01-16.html">January 16, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 250 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-buried.html# ">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Woodstock, Vt. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Franklin Noble Billings and Nancy (Swift) Billings; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/07-12.html">July 12, 1892</a>, to Bessie Hewitt Vail; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/">1919</a> to Gertrude (Curtis) Todd; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/billings.html#768.49.96">Franklin Swift Billings Jr.</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/billings.html#779.07.79">Frederick H. Billings</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/38394.html">Billings family</a> of Woodstock, Vermont.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/franklin-swift-billings/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin S. Billings">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13200889">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Peter A. Abeles (1886-1952)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Born in Oltenitza, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RM-born.html">Romania</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/02-15.html">February 15, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 22nd District, 1919-20; defeated, 1920, 1922; magistrate. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, apparently of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in a <b>stationery store</b> on Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/09-12.html">September 12, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 210 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Aron Abeles and Rebecca (Isser) Abeles; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-11.html">November 11, 1913</a>, to Minerva Lobel.</span></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> <b>Loring Milton Black Jr. (1886-1956)</b> — also known as <b>Loring M. Black, Jr.</b>; <b>"The Kid Senator"</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings 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/1886/05-17.html">May 17, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1911-12, 1919-20 (4th District 1911-12, 6th District 1919-20); defeated, 1920; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 5th District, 1923-35; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1933. One of the leaders of the "wet bloc" in Congress, which opposed Prohibition. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in a <b>drugstore</b> at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/05-21.html">May 21, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms00507">Fort Lincoln Cemetery</a>, Brentwood, Md. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Loring M. Black and Elizabeth Black; married to Beatrice M. Eddy and Loy Spencer.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000505">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401484">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loring M. Black, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a></span></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> <b>Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956)</b> — of Forest Hills, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Born in Revisch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HU-born.html">Hungary</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/index.html">1884</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1922; among the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">founders</a> and a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">vice-president</a> of the American Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists in the union. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>. Collapsed and died in a <b>barber shop</b>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/11-07.html">November 7, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms07073">somewhere</a> in Queens, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas David Craven (1900-1961)</b> — of Laramie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, Wyo. Born in Chaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CA-born.html">Carver County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/03-11.html">March 11, 1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/laramie.html">mayor of Laramie, Wyo.</a>, 1945. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">pulmonary embolus</a>, at Kassis <b>Department Store</b>, Laramie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/08-14.html">August 14, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-buried.html#cms03460">Green Hill Cemetery</a>, Laramie, Wyo. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craven.html#636.51.50">Joseph William Craven</a>.</span></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> <b>Gilbert J. DiNello (1935-1996)</b> — of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich.; Clinton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/02-28.html">February 28, 1935</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 73rd District, 1973-78; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 26th District, 1979-94; defeated (Republican), 1994; candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, on an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/elevator.html">escalator</a> at the Somerset Mall <b>shopping center</b>, Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-died.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/index.html">1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). 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