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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians: Death in County Courthouses and City Halls</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Groton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1741/05-10.html">May 10, 1741</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1776, 1782-83, 1793; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/attygn.html">North Carolina state attorney general</a>, 1777-79; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1796. Fought a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">pistol duel</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a> in 1788; neither man was injured. Died in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">judge's chambers</a> at the Burke County Courthouse, Morganton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-died.html">Burke County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/03-13.html">March 13, 1821</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-buried.html#cms05117">Swan Ponds Plantation Cemetery</a>, Morganton, 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">Relatives: Son of Jerusha (Morgan) Avery and Humphrey Avery; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/10-03.html">October 3, 1778</a>, to Leah Probart Franks; father of Elizabeth Avery (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#162.81.37">William Ballard Lenoir</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#598.86.23">Isaac Thomas Lenoir</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#865.71.31">William Waigstill Avery</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#387.67.72">Horace Billings Packer</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#507.91.46">Noyes Barber</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#667.54.47">Daniel Packer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#447.86.48">Asa Packer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#427.99.59">Edwin Barber Morgan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#898.52.04">Christopher Morgan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#425.96.48">Edwin Denison Morgan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#134.52.56">Alfred Avery Burnham</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#845.11.77">Judson B. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#017.20.15">Morgan Gardner Bulkeley</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#154.19.52">William Henry Bulkeley</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#677.69.99">Robert Asa Packer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowland.html#044.24.89">William Frederick Morgan Rowland</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#673.35.18">Henry Brewster Stanton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#034.21.08">Jonathan R. Herrick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#906.07.86">Erskine Mason Phelps</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#489.72.71">Spencer Gale Frink</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#808.73.93">D-Cady Herrick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#645.80.14">Herman Arod Gager</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#595.94.66">Walter Richmond Herrick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#088.49.95">Burdette Burt Bliss</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/belcher.html#815.11.79">Nathan Belcher</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglass.html#013.40.96">Samuel Townsend Douglass</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#626.06.48">Silas Hamilton Douglas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#530.93.34">George Mortimer Beakes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#073.50.89">George Douglas Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#348.93.66">Chauncey C. Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#469.63.20">Daniel Parrish Witter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#595.36.76">Albert Lemando Bingham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#488.81.57">Cornelia Cole Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barc-barhite.html#657.31.50">Llewellyn James Barden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#594.08.58">Henry Woolsey Douglas</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/10001-2654.html">Douglas family</a> of Ann Arbor, Michigan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1323.html">Douglas family</a> of Greensboro, North Carolina (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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AV.html">Avery County, N.C.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waightstill Avery">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15027938">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Marshall (1784-1835) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-born.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/07-21.html">July 21, 1784</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1829. During a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">storm</a>, he took shelter in the burned ruins of the Baltimore County Courthouse, and was struck in the head by a brick dislodged by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">lightning</a>; he suffered a fractured skull, and died a week later, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/06-29.html">June 29, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 343 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a> and Mary Willis (Ambler) Marshall; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/10-19.html">October 19, 1809</a>, to Margaret W. Lewis; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#122.98.15">James Markham Marshall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#178.56.77">Alexander Keith Marshall</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#323.09.41">Jacquelin Ambler</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#312.31.91">Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780)</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#533.48.40">Richard Randolph</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#391.36.91">John Augustine Marshall</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#072.12.75">Alexander Scott Bullitt</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#175.56.31">Richard Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgibbon-fitzmaurice.html#155.08.74">William Fitzhugh</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#163.23.61">William Marshall Ambler</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph (1779-1828)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#409.35.97">Carter Bassett Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#953.82.95">Peter Myndert Dox</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#872.48.41">Richard Bland Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#591.07.02">Burwell Bassett</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#929.47.78">John Scott Harrison (1804-1878)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#141.99.20">John Gardner Coolidge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#689.77.06">Francis Beverley Biddle</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee9.html#398.72.85">William Henry Fitzhugh Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#535.97.29">John Breckinridge Castleman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#435.15.96">John Scott Harrison (1844-1926)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#745.54.86">John Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#221.89.01">Fitzhugh Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#618.52.82">Connally Findlay Trigg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#829.98.96">Russell Benjamin Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#640.84.55">Richard Evelyn Byrd</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#833.19.22">Frederick Madison Roberts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</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:Four Thousand Related Politicians</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> Damien Marchessault (1818-1868) — also known as Damien Marchesseau — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/04-01.html">April 1, 1818</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html">Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1859-60, 1861-65, 1867. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French Canadian</a> ancestry. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wound</a>, in the Council Room of Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-20.html">January 20, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 294 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien Marchessault">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/937/000164445">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Buchanan Marcum (1858-1903) — also known as J. B. Marcum — of Kentucky. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/01-09.html">January 9, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/KY.html">Kentucky Republican state chair</a>, 1903. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a>, by Curtis Jett and Tom White, at the behest of county judge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hare-harju.html#925.03.89">James H. Hargis</a>, on the steps of the Breathitt County Courthouse, Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BH-died.html">Breathitt County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/05-04.html">May 4, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 115 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BH-buried.html#cms05575">Sewell 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#094.14.57">James Buchanan</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: Nephew by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hare-harju.html#481.21.55">Thomas Frazier Hargis</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/10324.html">Cockrell-South family</a> of Kentucky.</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 Noble Adam (1842-1912) — also known as James N. Adam — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Peebles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/03-01.html">March 1, 1842</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry goods merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1906-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke of apoplexy</a>, while visiting his successor's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> in Buffalo City Hall, and died the next day, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/02-09.html">February 9, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-buried.html# ">St. Cuthbert's Churchyard</a>, Edinburgh, Scotland. <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 Thomas Adam and Isabella (Borthwick) Adam; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-09.html">January 9, 1872</a>, to Margaret L. Paterson.</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/45264399">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 Porter Bissell (1856-1919) — also known as Herbert P. Bissell — of East Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/08-30.html">August 30, 1856</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1901; vice-president, Niagara Gorge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; also counsel to the Buffalo <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Traction</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1912-19; died in office 1919. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. While presiding at a trial, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">court</a>, in the Niagara County Courthouse, he suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> and died, in Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-died.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/04-30.html">April 30, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-buried.html#cms07417">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, East Aurora, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#059.92.24">Amos Alanson Bissell</a> and Amelia Susan (Willse) Bissell; married to Lucy Agnes Coffey.</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/147688562">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> Lyman McCarl (1859-1920) — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ill. Born in Richfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-born.html">Adams County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/05-03.html">May 3, 1859</a>. Democrat. County judge in Illinois, 1910-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IL.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> at the Adams County Courthouse, Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/04-13.html">April 13, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-buried.html#cms01707">Woodland Cemetery</a>, Quincy, 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-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#949.40.41">Benjamin F. Berrian</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/398/98.97.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="James Cowgill"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Cowgill (1848-1922) — also known as Jim Cowgill — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CD-lived.html">Caldwell County</a>, Mo.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HN-born.html">Henry County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/04-02.html">April 2, 1848</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">stockman</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Caldwell County, 1891-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/rwc.html">Missouri railroad and warehouse commissioner</a>, 1893-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trea.html">Missouri state treasurer</a>, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MO.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MO.html">Missouri Democratic state chair</a>, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1918-22; died in office 1922. Died suddenly, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> at City Hall, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-20.html">January 20, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 293 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-buried.html#cms00622">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Kansas City, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William M. Cowgill and Roda Cowgill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-22.html">September 22, 1867</a>, to Ella Myers.</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/James Cowgill">Wikipedia article</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: Souvenir of the Missouri Legislature 1897</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> David Fulton Rice (1889-1929) — of Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AP-lived.html">Appanoose County</a>, Iowa. Born near Exline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AP-born.html">Appanoose County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/09-13.html">September 13, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1925. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by a disgruntled law client, George Domyancich, as he was leaving the Appanoose County Courthouse, Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AP-died.html">Appanoose County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/02-28.html">February 28, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 168 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AP-buried.html#cms01203">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Centerville, Iowa. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3568042735/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/051/18.66.jpg" width=70 height=89 border=0 alt="Joseph W. Bailey"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Weldon Bailey (1862-1929) — also known as Joseph W. Bailey — of Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CK-lived.html">Cooke County</a>, Tex.; Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Born near Crystal Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/CP-born.html">Copiah County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/10-06.html">October 6, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Presidential Elector for Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/pr1888-meeting.html">1889</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 5th District, 1891-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1901-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/TX.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1920. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary embolism</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">courtroom</a> while defending a client, in the Grayson County Courthouse, Sherman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GY-died.html">Grayson County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/04-13.html">April 13, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CK-buried.html#cms00462">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Gainesville, Tex. <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 Weldon Bailey (1835-1906) and Harriett Lucinda (Dees) Bailey; married to Ellen Beaty Murray; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey5.html#031.04.24">Joseph Weldon Bailey 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"> Political families: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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000044">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401049">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Weldon Bailey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7785562">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: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1902</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> Motley H. Flint (1864-1930) — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Somerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/02-19.html">February 19, 1864</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html#2">Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1904-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; provided critical support for the Warner Brothers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Movie studio</a> in its early years; one of the promoters of Julian Petroleum Corporation, a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">Ponzi scheme</a> which collapsed in 1927; about 40,000 investors lost their money; tainted by the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a>, he moved to Europe for a time. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Called as a witness in a civil suit involving <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#523.60.93">David O. Selznick</a>; after his testimony, as he returned to the audience section of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">courtroom</a>, in Los Angeles City Hall, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by Frank Keaton, in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/07-14.html">July 14, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 145 days</a>). Keaton, who had lost his money in Julian Petroleum, was immediately arrested, and subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged. Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00954">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Glendale, 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 Francis Eaton Flint and Althea Louise (Hewes) Flint; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#807.37.45">Frank Putnam Flint</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dana.html#889.25.06">Judah Dana</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#803.40.72">Benjamin Dexter Sprague</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: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/8977">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/52833014885/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/325/11.77.jpg" width=70 height=121 border=0 alt="Leon L. Fancher"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Leon Livermore Fancher (1867-1930) — also known as Leon L. Fancher — of Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Born in Yorkshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-born.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/08-15.html">August 15, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">auditor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1916-17. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> and died, while auditing, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> of the Receiver of Taxes, in the Village Hall, Tuckahoe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/12-23.html">December 23, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 130 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-buried.html#cms00671">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Jamestown, 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 Calista Dayton (Livermore) Fancher and George Washington Fancher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/08-07.html">August 7, 1895</a>, to Katherine Eleanor 'Kate' Waters; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#464.50.65">Andrew Bell Fancher</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#651.52.25">Albert Thomas Fancher</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/45917.html">Fancher family</a> of New York.</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/138257830">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: New York Red Book 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Stanley Addis (1889-1937) — also known as John S. Addis — of New Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in New Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/04-04.html">April 4, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New Milford, 1911-16; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/CT.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> 32nd District, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/trea.html">Connecticut state treasurer</a>, 1935-37; died in office 1937. 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 the town clerk's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a>, New Milford Town Hall, New Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-died.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/09-29.html">September 29, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 178 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html#cms00042">Center Cemetery</a>, New Milford, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#673.98.13">John Frederick Addis</a> and Harriet (Warner) Addis; married to Dorothy Crowell; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#184.57.68">Roger Sherman</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#660.44.61">Roger Sherman Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#175.75.17">Sherman Day</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#694.38.00">Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#905.67.06">William Maxwell Evarts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#657.30.33">George Frisbie Hoar</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#707.40.36">Simeon Eben Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#529.19.33">Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#149.45.68">Sherman Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#720.99.92">Maxwell Evarts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#821.98.10">Arthur Outram Sherman</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#266.79.92">Chauncey Mitchell Depew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#783.42.92">Henry de Forest Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#573.12.50">Roger Sherman Hoar</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/10001-1051.html">Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoar family</a> of Massachusetts (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/104428464">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> Raymond L. Jaegers (1903-1946) — of New Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-lived.html">Floyd County</a>, Ind. Born in New Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-born.html">Floyd County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-23.html">June 23, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-officials.html">Floyd County Sheriff</a>, 1939-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/newalbany.html">mayor of New Albany, Ind.</a>, 1943-46; died in office 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. 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 his City Hall <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a>, New Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-died.html">Floyd County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/09-05.html">September 5, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 74 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-buried.html#cms00102">Fairview Cemetery</a>, New Albany, 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 to Virginia M. Huckeby.</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/85190995">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> Patrick F. Calpin (1872-1948) — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Bellevue, Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/03-25.html">March 25, 1872</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 20th District, 1903-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-officials.html">Lackawanna County Sheriff</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> at Scranton City Hall, and died later the same day at State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/12-03.html">December 3, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 253 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-buried.html#cms00035">Cathedral Cemetery</a>, Scranton, 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 Patrick M. Calpin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674224861/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/517/61.64.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="N. J. Holmberg"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nathaniel John Holmberg (1878-1951) — also known as N. J. Holmberg — of Renville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RE-lived.html">Renville County</a>, Minn. Born near Renville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RE-born.html">Renville County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/07-24.html">July 24, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 22, 1907-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 23rd District, 1915-18; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> at-large, 1932; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1934 (Republican), 1936 (Independent); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/rwc.html">Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission</a>, 1941-47. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, right after having given a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">speech</a> about city parks, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">City Council</a> Chambers, City Hall, St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/06-13.html">June 13, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 324 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">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13397">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Allison D. Wade (1902-1954) — of Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Pa. Born in Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/09-17.html">September 17, 1902</a>. Republican. District judge in Pennsylvania 37th District, 1942-54; died in office 1954; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by Norman W. Moon, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">courtroom</a> of the Warren County Courthouse, Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/01-13.html">January 13, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 118 days</a>). Moon, who attempted suicide at the time of his arrest, believed the judge was involved with his ex-wife, and would personally benefit from ordering payment of alimony. Moon was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death; the sentence was commuted to a mental institution by Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leader-leak.html#700.28.90">George M. Leader</a>, and then to life imprisonment. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WR-buried.html#cms01108">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Warren, 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 Harrison Douglas Wade and Alice Cary (Jones) Wade; married to Ruth Tillotson.</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/44324441">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764015642/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/737/88.60.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="W. E. Flannery"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilburn Elmer Flannery (1904-1958) — also known as W. E. 'Bill' Flannery — of Man, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va. Born in Jacobs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CT-born.html">Carter County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-06.html">August 6, 1904</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Logan County, 1945-58; died in office 1958; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the West Virginia State House of Delegates</a>, 1949-58; died in office 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, at the Logan County Courthouse, Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-died.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/03-07.html">March 7, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 213 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-buried.html#cms06361">Highland Memory Gardens</a>, Godby, W.Va. <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 H. Flannery and Mollie (Porter) Flannery; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/">1932</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#779.23.55">Mildred Burton Davis</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: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Paul Allen Wallace (1901-1958) — also known as Paul A. Wallace — of Wallace, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MR-lived.html">Marlboro County</a>, S.C. Born in Bennettsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MR-born.html">Marlboro County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/07-15.html">July 15, 1901</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Marlboro County, 1947-58; died in office 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/SC.html">1956</a>. On the night of the 1958 Democratic primary, he and others gathered in the sheriff's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> at the Marlboro County Courthouse to hear election returns on the radio; he had just learned he had won renomination, when Court Clerk Henry A. Rogers entered the room and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> him four times; he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">died</a> about twenty minutes later, in the emergency room of a nearby <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a>, in Bennettsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MR-died.html">Marlboro County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/06-10.html">June 10, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 330 days</a>). On June 27, Rogers hanged himself in the South Carolina state mental hospital. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MR-buried.html# ">Wallace Baptist Church Cemetery</a>, Wallace, S.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 James Percy Wallace and Lillie (Allen) Wallace; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/05-25.html">May 25, 1920</a>, to Ethelyne Gardner; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#591.03.83">William Paul Wallace</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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Lake</a> Paul Wallace, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MR-names.html">Marlboro County</a>, South Carolina, 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">Epitaph: "With forgetfulness of self, humility of spirit, and nobility of character, he followed in his Master's footsteps in service to his fellowman."</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/138428273">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/659/47.55.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Bernard Austin"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bernard Austin (1896-1959) — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-born.html">Russia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/index.html">1896</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 4th District, 1935-59; died in office 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</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/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>. After giving a short speech at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">swearing-in</a> of City Court Justice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heisel-hellyer.html#235.97.61">Louis B. Heller</a>, he collapsed and died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in the Central Courts Building, Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/01-06.html">January 6, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-buried.html#cms04598">Beth-David Cemetery</a>, Elmont, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/142709887">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: New York Red Book 1936</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> Michael J. Montesano (c.1895-1961) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 48th District, 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-officials.html">Erie County Surrogate</a>, 1939-40; circuit judge in New York 8th District, 1955-56; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1956; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Collapsed and died, apparently of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, while appearing in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">court case</a> in City Hall, Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/08-24.html">August 24, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/693/86.32.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="George J. Allen"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Jackson Allen (1907-1964) — also known as George J. Allen — of Livingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/PA-lived.html">Park County</a>, Mont. Born in Livingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/PA-born.html">Park County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-07.html">October 7, 1907</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1941; district judge in Montana 6th District, 1956-64; appointed 1956; died in office 1964. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in the Park County Courthouse, Livingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/PA-died.html">Park County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/12-18.html">December 18, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/PA-buried.html#cms02948">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Livingston, Mont. <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 Elbert Fisher Allen and Faith Lenora (Jackson) Allen; married to Doris May Ward.</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/40283318">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: Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune, December 20, 1964</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/247/80.97.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="David Scull"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Scull (1917-1968) — of Silver Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Born in Overbrook, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/09-16.html">September 16, 1917</a>. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-parties.html">chair of Montgomery County Republican Party</a>, 1958-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MD.html">Maryland Republican state chair</a>, 1962-64; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> at-large, 1964; member and chair, Montgomery County Council, 1967-68. Prominent civil rights advocate; successfully fought for a Montgomery County law against racial discrimination in housing. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> during the noon recess of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">County Council meeting</a>, in the Montgomery County Building, Rockville; never regained consciousness; died soon after in Suburban <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/01-23.html">January 23, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 129 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-buried.html# ">Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery</a>, Sandy Spring, 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">Relatives: Son of Edward Marshall Scull and Anna Price (Johnson) Scull; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/">1942</a> to Elizabeth Lee (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a>); second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#689.47.53">Samuel Scull</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#278.52.40">Edward Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#737.88.95">Charles Biddle</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#416.99.59">John Scull</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/10001-1100.html">Lee family</a> of Silver Spring, Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1059.html">Lee-Mason family</a> of Virginia (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://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=55360">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Washington Post, January 24, 1968</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> Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) — also known as Francis M. Bistline; F. M. Bistline — of Pocatello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BA-lived.html">Bannock County</a>, Idaho. Born in Ransom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/NS-born.html">Ness County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-25.html">March 25, 1896</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/sthse.html">Idaho state house of representatives</a>, 1937-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Idaho State House of Representatives</a>, 1941-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/ID.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/ID.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/ID.html">Democratic National Committee from Idaho</a>, 1944-48. <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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed and died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">courtroom</a> at the Bingham County Courthouse, Blackfoot, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BI-died.html">Bingham County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/01-20.html">January 20, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BA-buried.html#cms00215">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Pocatello, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#596.92.65">Francis Marion</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#916.97.23">John McClintock Bistline</a> and Martha (Shellenberger) Bistline; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/08-16.html">August 16, 1921</a>, to Anne Glindemann; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#921.22.61">Beverly Barbara Bistline</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#650.61.49">Joseph B. Bistline</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/17051.html">Bistline family</a> of Pocatello, Idaho.</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/43057934">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 Richard Moscone (1929-1978) — also known as George Moscone — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-24.html">November 24, 1929</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1960; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1966-75 (10th District 1966-74, 6th District 1974-75); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CA.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1976-78; died in office 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a>, along with Supervisor Harvey Milk, by Supervisor Dan White, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> in San Francisco City Hall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/11-27.html">November 27, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, 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 George Joseph Moscone and Lena Moscone; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/">1954</a> to Gina Bondanza.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The George R. Moscone <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Convention Center</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-names.html">San Francisco, California</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Moscone">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/863/000047722">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3247">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=9825">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> Gustav J. Akerland (1920-1981) — of Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-lived.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/09-14.html">September 14, 1920</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/annapolis.html">Mayor of Annapolis, Md.</a>, 1981. A month after becoming acting mayor, he was found wounded by a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, on the floor of his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> in the Annapolis municipal building, and died a few days later without regaining consciousness, in Anne Arundel General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-died.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/04-15.html">April 15, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 213 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> Howard R. Stinehour (1922-1984) — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-25.html">February 25, 1922</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/vanburen-twp.html#2">mayor of Belleville, Mich.</a>, 1983-84; died in office 1984. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, during an argument in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">city council meeting</a>, in the Bellville City Hall, Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/10-01.html">October 1, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms07349">Hillside Cemetery</a>, Belleville, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#907.26.27">Beverly Stinehour</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/63401055">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> David J. Dwork (c.1941-1997) — of Mahwah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born about 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/mahwah.html">Mayor of Mahwah, N.J.</a>, 1991-97; died in office 1997. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> in the Town Hall, Mahwah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-died.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/08-18.html">August 18, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">about 56 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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