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Francis Alvin Abbott (1862-1935) —
also known as F. A. Abbott —
of Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Point Reyes, Marin
County, Calif., March
16, 1862.
Butcher; postmaster;
mayor
of Salinas, Calif., 1909-11.
Died in Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif., March
28, 1935 (age 73 years, 12
days).
Interment at Garden of Memories Memorial Park, Salinas, Calif.
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L. E. Adams (1913-1980) —
also known as Barney Adams —
of Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb.
Born in Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa, September
21, 1913.
President, National Foods, Inc.;
director, Midwestern Beef, Inc.; director, Prairie Maid
Meat Products; director, Platte Valley Packing Co.;
member of Nebraska
railway commission 3rd District, 1970-71; appointed 1970.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in August, 1980
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Ralph Albin (1872-1957) —
also known as Fred Albin —
of West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa.
Born near West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
5, 1872.
Republican. Auctioneer;
meat merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1936.
Died February
23, 1957 (age 84 years, 202
days).
Interment at West
Branch Municipal Cemetery, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Albin and Emily (Gruewell) Albin; married 1893 to Alice
Rebecca Pennock. |
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memorial |
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George Anderson (1839-1916) —
of Schodack, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Castleton (now Castleton-on-Hudson), Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Westerlo, Albany
County, N.Y., 1839.
Republican. Farmer; builder;
farm
implement manufacturer; meat business; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1896-97.
Died in 1916
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Herman Ossian Armour (1837-1901) —
also known as Herman O. Armour —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stockbridge, Madison
County, N.Y., March 7,
1837.
Republican. Co-founder of Armour & Company meatpacking firm;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1901 (age 64 years, 185
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Wilmer Dean Aubrey (1904-1975) —
also known as W. Dean Aubrey —
of Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa.
Born in Munterville, Wapello
County, Iowa, September
28, 1904.
Democrat. Meatpacking worker; secretary,
United Packinghouse Workers, Local 1; secretary,
Ottumwa Industrial Union Council (CIO); coal
operator; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Wapello County, 1945-46,
1949-51.
Methodist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in October, 1975
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Interment at New Altoona Cemetery, Altoona, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Aubrey and Rosa E. (Chrisman) Aubrey; married 1935 to Evelyn
Juanita Smith. |
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memorial |
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Eugene Bailey —
of Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa.
Republican. Packinghouse worker; composer;
singer;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
African
ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Erroll Banks —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Socialist. Packinghouse worker; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1957; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 23rd District, 1960.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Barnes (1830-1909) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 8,
1830.
Meat merchant; lumber
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1867.
Died March
29, 1909 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Amzi Barnes and Sophronia (Mills) Barnes; married to Theda Spencer
and Nellie M. Smith. |
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John Bittorf (born c.1834) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Germany,
about 1834.
Butcher; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1876, 1878.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard J. Buenemeyer Jr. (1910-1974) —
of Germantown, Clinton
County, Ill.
Born in Germantown, Clinton
County, Ill., May 7,
1910.
Republican. Representative for Armour & Co. (meats); landscaping
business; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1942-50; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972.
Died October
7, 1974 (age 64 years, 153
days).
Interment at St. Boniface Cemetery, Germantown, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Ben Buenemeyer and Mary (Bussmann) Buenemeyer; married to Evelyn
L. McHugh. |
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memorial |
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Róger Calero (b. 1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Nicaragua,
1969.
Socialist. Not U.S. citizen; meat packer; journalist;
convicted
of sale
of marijuana, 1988; arrested
in 2002, at the Houston airport, while returning from Cuba, and jailed,
while deportation
proceedings were started, but released in 2003; Socialist Workers
candidate for President
of the United States, 2004, 2008; Socialist Workers candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 2006; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 2010.
Nicaraguan
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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John J. Castenholz —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Progressive. Partner in Castenholz Bros. and Co., proprietors of the
Muskegon Stockyards; nominated in primary for mayor
of Muskegon, Mich. 1915, but withdrew before election.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert A. Catchpole (b. 1865) —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in London, England,
August
17, 1865.
Republican. Meat merchant; mayor of
Geneva, N.Y., 1922-23; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1925-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John G. Catchpole and Elizabeth A. (Walsh) Catchpole; married to
Helen F. McCarthy. |
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Simon M. Cherivtch (1914-2001) —
also known as "Uncle Simon" —
of Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born April
16, 1914.
Butcher; automobile
dealer; mayor
of Millville, N.J., 1948-53.
Charged
in 1949 with federal
income tax evasion, based on his underreporting of income in
1944-45; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to a year and a day in federal prison;
released after five months.
Died March
26, 2001 (age 86 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Dalton (b. 1852) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1852.
Democrat. Carpenter;
butcher; manufacturer of butchers' supplies; member of
New
York state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1886-88;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Sam W. Dennison (1869-1950) —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Ontario,
July
7, 1869.
Meatpacking executive; mayor
of South St. Paul, Minn., 1933-37; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1943-50; died in office 1950.
Died March
24, 1950 (age 80 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Max Eisner —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Germany.
Socialist. Butcher; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1920.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James La Fayette Evans (1825-1903) —
also known as James L. Evans —
of Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind.
Born in Clayville, Harrison
County, Ky., March
27, 1825.
Republican. Merchant;
grain
elevator business; meat packing business; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1875-79; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1880.
Died in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., May 28,
1903 (age 78 years, 62
days).
Interment at Crownland
Cemetery, Noblesville, Ind.
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Charles Farnicorn (b. 1835) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Germany,
June
20, 1835.
Democrat. Butcher; mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1884.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis K. Farnicorn; married to Barbara
Dudenhoffer. |
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Mark Delos Flower (1842-1907) —
also known as Mark D. Flower —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
31, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Minnesota, 1870-75; railroad
claims agent; president and general manager, St. Paul Union
Stockyards Co.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 36, 1905-06; postmaster
at St.
Paul, Minn., 1905-07.
Died February
3, 1907 (age 64 years, 309
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Christian Frederick Fox (1861-1933) —
also known as Christian F. Fox —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Germany,
December
14, 1861.
Republican. Sausage manufacturer; merchant;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1911-12.
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., November
16, 1933 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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George Hamilton Garfield (1858-1931) —
also known as George H. Garfield —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.; West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 18,
1858.
Republican. Grocer;
meat merchant; real estate
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1892-93, 1900-04; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Plymouth District, 1905-08; member,
Massachusetts Fisheries and Game Commission, 1908-13.
Died in West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass., December
19, 1931 (age 73 years, 154
days).
Interment at West Dennis Cemetery, West Dennis, Dennis, Mass.
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Herbert Lincoln Greer (1892-1941) —
also known as Herbert L. Greer —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., May 29,
1892.
Railroad
clerk; traffic manager for meat packing company; insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 37, 1927-28.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., November
6, 1941 (age 49 years, 161
days).
Interment at Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro, Minn.
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Max B. Haibach (1883-1967) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
11, 1883.
Democrat. Meat packing business; Erie
County Sheriff, 1913-18; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1920.
Catholic.
Died in 1967
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Benjamin A. Hammell (d. 1869) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Sausage maker; mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1848-49, 1857-58.
Died August
26, 1869.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Hammond (1843-1909) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
27, 1843.
Democrat. Assistant superintendent of the G. H. Hammond meat
packing plant; real estate
business; banker; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1888-93; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1893-95.
Died in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., September
21, 1909 (age 66 years, 206
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Jack F. Heath —
of Birmingham, Marshall
County, Ky.; Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Butcher; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Heyman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Butcher; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1911-13;
defeated, 1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 9th District, 1915.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry B. Hickey (1875-1945) —
of Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Brant, Erie
County, N.Y., January
21, 1875.
Democrat. Furniture
business; meat merchant; candidate for New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1923;
postmaster at Fredonia,
N.Y., 1936-42 (acting, 1936-37).
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died, in the Silver Creek Hospital,
Silver Creek, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
20, 1945 (age 70 years, 58
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y.
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James Robert Hogg (1863-1934) —
also known as Jim Hogg —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in Jennings
County, Ind., January
4, 1863.
Republican. Farmer;
meat merchant; distillery
owner; produced Jim Hogg's Corn
Whiskey; Butler
County Sheriff, 1892-96, 1902-06, 1920-24; mayor
of Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1897-99.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Fell into the Black River, and drowned,
in Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo., July 12,
1934 (age 71 years, 189
days).
Interment at Poplar
Bluff City Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Marion Hogg and Mary Belle (Winslow) Hogg; married, September
5, 1880, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; divorced); married, December
13, 1884, to Susan S. 'Susie' Klutts; married, November
19, 1887, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; died); married, December
7, 1889, to Clara Catherine Smith; married, August
14, 1914, to Naoma Ruth Hawas. |
| | | Epitaph: "Peace be thy silent
slumber." |
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memorial |
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William Henry Hornidge (b. 1848) —
also known as William H. Hornidge —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1848.
Democrat. Butcher; member of New York
state assembly, 1887-89, 1903-05 (New York County 20th District
1887-89, New York County 22nd District 1903-05).
Burial location unknown.
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Oliver Cromwell Jennings (1864-1944) —
also known as Oliver C. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1864.
Republican. Butcher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1903-04.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
20, 1944 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Ervin Stephen Joslin (b. 1870) —
also known as E. S. Joslin —
of Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., 1870.
Republican. Meat and grain
dealer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Waitsfield, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Kelley (b. 1854) —
of Mifflin
County, Pa.
Born in Reedsville, Mifflin
County, Pa., January
24, 1854.
Meat merchant; sawmill
operator; furniture
manufacturer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Mifflin County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Heinrich Andreas Knollmann (1876-1968) —
also known as Henry A. Knollmann;
"Doc" —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., September
23, 1876.
Meat merchant; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1936-39; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940.
Died in Vandalia, Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
15, 1968 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Bradford R. Lansing (1860-1912) —
of Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Niskayuna, Schenectady
County, N.Y., 1860.
Republican. Grocer;
pork dealer; mayor
of Rensselaer, N.Y., 1901; member of New York
state assembly, 1906-12 (Rensselaer County 3rd District 1906,
Rensselaer County 2nd District 1907-12); died in office 1912.
Died in Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
4, 1912 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Rensselaer, N.Y.
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George Leavens Lilley (1859-1909) —
also known as George L. Lilley —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., August
3, 1859.
Republican. Meat dealer; real estate
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1903-09; member of Connecticut
Republican State Committee, 1904-09; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909; died in office 1909.
Member, Union
League.
Died, in the Connecticut Executive
Mansion, Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April
21, 1909 (age 49 years, 261
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) —
also known as Robert E. O'Brian —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Fulton
County, Ill., July 22,
1895.
Democrat. Locomotive
fireman; automobile
mechanic; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pastor; president,
Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938;
president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a meat packing plant),
1944-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Killed when he was hit by a
car on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., October
25, 1977 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married 1920 to Mabel
Day. |
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Fred J. Olds (b. 1867) —
of Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn.; Andover, Tolland
County, Conn.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Wales, Hampden
County, Mass., July, 1867.
Democrat. Butcher; miller;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; elected 1906; defeated, 1922
(Andover).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Coventry, Conn.
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Fred Harvey Packard (b. 1855) —
also known as Fred H. Packard —
of Braintree, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Braintree, Orange
County, Vt., August
19, 1855.
Republican. Auctioneer;
meat merchant; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Braintree, 1910.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Loren Lewis Park (1845-1919) —
also known as Loren L. Park —
of Groton, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, March
22, 1845.
Democrat. Meat merchant; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Groton, 1918.
Died in Connecticut, October
9, 1919 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry G. Parks Jr. (born c.1917) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., about 1917.
Democrat. Founder and chairman, H. G. Parks Inc. (meat
products); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1964.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Virginia Byrd. |
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Howard F. Pellant (1911-1977) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., July 23,
1911.
Democrat. Foundry
worker; meat cutter; insurance
agent; tavern
proprietor; international
representative, United Auto Workers; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 17th District, 1953-60;
defeated, 1950.
Member, Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
22, 1977 (age 66 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Pellant and Elizabeth (Gough) Pellant; married 1932 to Mary
Kazmierczak. |
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article |
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Frederick Henry Prince (1859-1953) —
also known as Frederick H. Prince —
of Wenham, Essex
County, Mass.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Biarritz, France.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1859.
Republican. Financier;
owned or controlled stockyards, meatpacking plants, and
railroads;
one of the world's wealthiest men; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died in Biarritz, France,
February
3, 1953 (age about 93
years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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John Washington Rath (1872-1951) —
also known as John W. Rath —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Ackley, Hardin
County, Iowa, February
26, 1872.
Republican. Meatpacking executive; president, First National
Bank of
Waterloo; director, Illinois Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1944.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Newcomen
Society; Union
League; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis, in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, December
22, 1951 (age 79 years, 299
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
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Valentine Rettig (1846-1917) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
June
11, 1846.
Republican. Grocer;
meat dealer; hotelier;
beer
bottler; mayor
of Corning, N.Y., 1905-07.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Corning Hospital,
Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., March
17, 1917 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Rettig and Anna (Olenslager) Rettig; married 1870 to Mary
Kriger. |
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J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Germany,
October
26, 1868.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; meat merchant; real estate
business; president, Lansing Ice and
Fuel; vice-president, Weissinger Paper
Co.; mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1912-18; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Struck
by a car, badly injured, and died two weeks later, in a hospital
at Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
20, 1954 (age 85 years, 359
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Charles R. Santos (1923-1990) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., March
15, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
meat business; postmaster at Lowell,
Mass., 1967-79 (acting, 1967-68).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from complications of heart
surgery, in University Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 11,
1990 (age 67 years, 118
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Santos and Mary Santos; married to Ruth E.
Cassidy. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edwin Martin Schaefer (1887-1950) —
also known as Edwin M. Schaefer —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., May 14,
1887.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer,
and later general superintendent, Morris & Co. meat
packers; St.
Clair County Treasurer, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1933-43; director,
Griesediech-Western Brewery
Co.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
8, 1950 (age 63 years, 178
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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Floyd E. Shurbert (b. 1900) —
of Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Winnebago
County, Wis., October
30, 1900.
Republican. Meat merchant; mink
raiser; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Winnebago County 2nd District; elected 1958.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest R. Siewert —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Butcher; mayor
of Oshkosh, Wis., 1947-53; defeated, 1939, 1953.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur D. Smith (b. 1896) —
of Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., December
9, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; meat
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 2nd District,
1945-48, 1957-58; defeated, 1948, 1958.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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William J. Smith —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Democrat. Meat merchant; nominated in primary for mayor
of Muskegon, Mich. 1916.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Wesley J. Stearns (1868-1966) —
of Stanton, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Iowa, May 20,
1868.
Republican. Meat merchant; farmer; Montcalm
County Treasurer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1917-20.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1966
(age about
98 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Marcus M. Towle (1841-1910) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
12, 1841.
Co-founder of the G. H. Hammond meat packing plant, and of the
city of Hammond; financed and built railroads
and port
facilities; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1884-88.
Died, in Longcliffe Asylum for
the Insane, Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., September
6, 1910 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Peter Van Hoven (b. 1855) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Oost (now part of Eijsden-Margraten), Limburg, Netherlands,
March
7, 1855.
Democrat. Meat packing business; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-22 (35th District 1911-14, 39th District
1915-22).
Dutch
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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W. R. Walker (b. 1900) —
also known as Fred Walker —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Carroll
County, Mo., March
13, 1900.
Republican. Grocer;
meat dealer; office
equipment salesman; member of Missouri
state senate, 1943-54 (8th District 1943-46, 16th District
1947-54); delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1948;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Carroll County, 1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph H. Whitcomb (born c.1864) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Peru, Miami
County, Ind., about 1864.
Democrat. Butcher; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred M. Willey (b. 1874) —
of Cambridge, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Cambridge, Lamoille
County, Vt., December
22, 1874.
Republican. Grocer;
meat merchant; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Cambridge, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Elias Williams (1830-1904) —
of Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., January
19, 1830.
Republican. Meat business; lumberman;
wagon
master; surveyor;
farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stonington, 1880, 1896.
Congregationalist.
Died in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., 1904
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Stanton Williams and Julia Ann (Gallup) Williams; married
1885 to
Sarah Palmer. |
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