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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Sphinx, politicians</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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Tapley Bennett, Jr.</b>; <b>Tap Bennett</b> — of Georgia. Born in Griffin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/SP-born.html">Spalding County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/04-01.html">April 1, 1917</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-diplomats.html ">Dominican Republic</a>, 1964-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1966-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/index.html">1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Tapley Bennett and Annie Mem (Little) Bennett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/06-23.html">June 23, 1945</a>, to Margaret Rutherfurd White (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white5.html#482.41.39">John Campbell White</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#417.35.96">Jay Pierrepont Moffat</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#880.40.54">Abbot Low Moffat</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 families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0403.html">White-Moffat family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0183.html">Choate family</a> of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets 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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bennett-william-tapley ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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>Bristoe Bryant (1906-1986)</b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Huntingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CR-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/02-27.html">February 27, 1906</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 2nd District, 1951-52; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 16th District, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">African Methodist Episcopal</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/index.html">1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 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>Harrison Conway (b. 1903)</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Born in Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/07-13.html">July 13, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-officials.html">Marion County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1937-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Marion County, 1959-60. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>. 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>Joel Benedict Erhardt (1838-1909)</b> — also known as <b>Joel B. Erhardt</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Pottstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/02-21.html">February 21, 1838</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1888; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nNY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1889-91. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/spca.html">Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals</a>. 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/1909/09-08.html">September 8, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, 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 Joel Erhardt and Louisa (Benedict) Erhardt; married to Nora Belle Jewett.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel Erhardt">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73998456">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 Lively (b. 1887)</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-13.html">August 13, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; secretary to U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neale-neese.html#523.97.70">Matthew M. Neely</a>, 1913-14; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/weston.html#2">Weston, W.Va.</a>, 1914-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">vice-chair of West Virginia Democratic Party</a>, 1928-39; Clerk of the West Virginia Senate, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>. 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 William E. Lively and Emily North (Shaw) Lively; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-16.html">November 16, 1920</a>, to Mamie Williams.</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>Jacob Elmer Long (1880-1955)</b> — also known as <b>J. Elmer Long</b> — of Graham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AL-lived.html">Alamance County</a>, N.C.; Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-lived.html">Durham County</a>, N.C. Born in Yanceyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CS-born.html">Caswell County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/07-31.html">July 31, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; private secretary to U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steck-steel.html#627.09.50">Charles M. Stedman</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Alamance County, 1911-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 18th District, 1917-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1925-29; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NC.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary occlusion</a>, in Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-died.html">Durham County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/04-28.html">April 28, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 271 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-buried.html#cms05929">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Durham, N.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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jacob Alson Long and Esta (Teague) Long; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/11-10.html">November 10, 1909</a>, to Lessie Ermine Peay.</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/101236044">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>Morris B. Payne (b. 1885)</b> — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Waterford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/01-19.html">January 19, 1885</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">Architect</a>; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New London, 1921-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 18th District, 1939-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CT.html">Connecticut Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1940. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>. 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 Charles W. Payne and Ellen (Gillen) Payne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-14.html">October 14, 1909</a>, to Jeannie Grandall Nash.</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>Dwight Laing Rogers (1886-1954)</b> — also known as <b>Dwight L. Rogers</b> — of Fort Lauderdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-lived.html">Broward County</a>, Fla. Born near Reidsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TA-born.html">Tattnall County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/08-17.html">August 17, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1930-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 6th District, 1945-54; died in office 1954; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/FL.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Fort Lauderdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-died.html">Broward County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/12-01.html">December 1, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-buried.html#cms01920">Lauderdale Memorial Park</a>, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. <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 William Millard Rogers and Augusta (Laing) Rogers; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-15.html">November 15, 1916</a>, to Florence Roberts; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers7.html#651.95.41">Paul Grant Rogers</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000391">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409359">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7274913">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>Owen S. Schaffer (b. 1908)</b> — of Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GA-lived.html">Grant County</a>, W.Va. Born in Bayard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GA-born.html">Grant County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/03-31.html">March 31, 1908</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Grant County, 1941-45; resigned 1945. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>. 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 G. P. Schaffer and Zella (Duling) Schaffer.</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>Jesse Isidor Straus (1872-1936)</b> — 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/1872/06-25.html">June 25, 1872</a>. Democrat. President, R. H. Macy & Co. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">department stores</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-diplomats.html ">France</a>, 1933-36. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <b>Sphinx</b>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/10-04.html">October 4, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 101 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#369.88.99">Isidor Straus</a> and Ida (Blum) Straus; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/11-20.html">November 20, 1895</a>, to Irma S. Nathan; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#575.76.31">Oscar Solomon Straus</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schauber-schemanske.html#366.74.81">Stuart Scheftel</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#770.49.32">Nathan Straus Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#363.05.73">Ronald Peter Straus</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/10001-0218.html">Straus family</a> of New York City, 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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/straus-jesse-isidor ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7643091">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>Sterry Robinson Waterman (1901-1984)</b> — also known as <b>Sterry R. Waterman</b> — of St. Johnsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-lived.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt. Born in Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-12.html">June 12, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/VT.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit</a>, 1955-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <b>Sphinx</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zeta-psi.html">Zeta Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/index.html">1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-buried.html#cms00213">Mt. Pleasant Cemetery</a>, St. Johnsbury, 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 Zeno Sterry Waterman and Sarah W. 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