Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Lewis Baker (1832-1899) — of Wheeling,OhioCounty, W.Va.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born inBelmontCounty, Ohio,November11, 1832.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofWestVirginia state senate 1st District, 1871-72;Presidentof the West Virginia State Senate, 1872;West VirginiaDemocratic state chair, 1872-76; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from West Virginia, 1884-88;MinnesotaDemocratic state chair, 1892; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Minnesota,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee); U.S. Minister toCosta Rica, 1893-97;Salvador, 1893-97;Nicaragua, 1893-97.Died, frompernicious anemia, inWashington,D.C.,April30, 1899 (age66 years, 170days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Wheeling, W.Va. | | Charles James Hughes Jr. (1853-1911) — also known asCharles J. Hughes, Jr. — ofArapahoeCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.Born in Kingston,CaldwellCounty, Mo.,February16, 1853.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado,1888;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,1904(secretary,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1908;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1909-11; died in office 1911.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died, frompernicious anemia andmyelitis,inDenver,Colo.,January11, 1911 (age57 years, 329days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Charles J. Rayner (1856-1911) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,September14, 1856.Republican.Businessman;bankdirector; candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1892.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Died, frompernicious anemia, in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,January22, 1911 (age54 years, 130days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.  | Michel Herrmann (1850-1919) — also known asMichel Hermann — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Wingersheim, Bas-Rhin,France,May28, 1850.Distiller;wholesaleliquor dealer;ConsularAgent for France inLouisville,Ky., 1898-1907;Vice-Consulfor Belgium inLouisville,Ky., 1917-19.Alsatianancestry.Died, frompernicious anemia, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 18,1919 (age69 years, 21days).Interment atSt.Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | | Edward Kellogg Emery (1851-1919) — also known asEdward K. Emery — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 29,1851.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 5th District, 1887-88;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 8th District, 1907-19; died in office 1919.Member,Freemasons;Elks.Died, frompernicious anemia, in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1919 (age68 years, 107days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, East Aurora, N.Y. | | Robert Bruce McCoy (1867-1926) — also known asRobert McCoy — of Sparta,MonroeCounty, Wis.Born in Kenosha,KenoshaCounty, Wis.,September5, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;MonroeCounty Judge; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-AmericanWar; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in theU.S. Army during World War I; candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1920.Died, ofpernicious anemia, in Sparta,MonroeCounty, Wis.,January5, 1926 (age58 years, 122days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Sparta, Wis. | | James William Zevely (1861-1927) — also known asJ. W. Zevely — of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.;Washington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Linn,OsageCounty, Mo.,October8, 1861.Democrat.Librarian;secretaryof Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.Department of the Interior;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1912,1916;as attorney for the Sinclair ConsolidatedOilCorporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the TeapotDome scandal of the 1920s.Died, ofpernicious anemia andlivercirrhosis, in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 10,1927 (age65 years, 245days).Intermentsomewherein Paris, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married,June 23,1908, to Janie C. Clay. | | | | The championracehorse"Zev" (1920-1943) wasnamed forhim by Harry F. Sinclair. |
| | James Findley LaFavor (1869-1930) — also known asJames F. LaFavor — of Parnell,NodawayCounty, Mo.Born inMarionCounty, Iowa,October29, 1869.Republican.Merchant;undertaker;postmaster;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Nodaway County, 1895-96;member ofMissouristate senate 1st District, 1921-24; defeated in primary, 1916.Died, frompernicious anemia, in Parnell,NodawayCounty, Mo.,September22, 1930 (age60 years, 328days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, Parnell, Mo.  | Richard Franklin Brammer (1856-1931) — also known asR. F. Brammer — of Milton,CabellCounty, W.Va.Born in Millville (now Willow Wood),LawrenceCounty, Ohio,July 2,1856.Republican.School teacherand principal; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1901-02,1907-10, 1919-20, 1929-30.Methodist.Died, frompernicious anemia, in Milton,CabellCounty, W.Va.,July 29,1931 (age75 years, 27days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.| | Relatives: Sonof John L. Brammer and Elizabeth (Pinkerman) Brammer; married,November28, 1880, to Nancy V. Blake. | | | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1929 |
| | Loren Edgar Wheeler (1862-1932) — also known asLoren E. Wheeler — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Havana,MasonCounty, Ill.,October7, 1862.Republican.Mayorof Springfield, Ill., 1897-1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1900;postmaster atSpringfield,Ill., 1901-14;U.S.Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1915-23, 1925-27;defeated, 1922, 1926.Died, ofpernicious anemia, in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,January8, 1932 (age69 years, 93days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | Cyrenus Garritt Darling (1856-1933) — also known asCyrenus G. Darling — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Bethel,SullivanCounty, N.Y.,1856.Republican.Physician;universityprofessor;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1894-95; defeated, 1889, 1909, 1911.Member,American MedicalAssociation.Died, frompernicious anemia,April21, 1933 (ageabout 76years).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Walter Darling and Eliza (Starr) Darling; married1884 toAugusta M. Payne. |
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