 |  Martin Grove Brumbaugh (1862-1930) — also known asMartin G. Brumbaugh;"Hercules of theEducational World" —ofHuntingdonCounty, Pa.; Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Penn Township,HuntingdonCounty, Pa.,April14, 1862.Republican.HuntingdonCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1884-90;universityprofessor;president,Juniata College, 1895-1906; Puerto Rico Commissioner of Education,1900-02; Philadelphia superintendent of schools, 1906-15;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1915-19; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1916;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916.Brethren.German ancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died in Pinehurst,MooreCounty, N.C.,March14, 1930 (age67 years, 334days).Interment atValleyView Cemetery, McConnellstown, Pa.| |  Relatives: Sonof George Boyer Brumbaugh and Martha (Peightal) Brumbaugh; married1884 to AnnaKonigmacher; married,January29, 1916, to Flora Belle Parks. | | | | Brumbaugh Hall, a residence hall atPennsylvania StateUniversity,University Park,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Martin Grove Brumbaugh:Earl C. Kaylor, Jr.,MartinGrove Brumbaugh : A Pennsylvanian's Odyssey from Sainted Schoolman toBedeviled World War I Governor, 1862-1930 | | | | Image source: Smull's Legislative HandBook and Manual 1916 |
| | Ian T. Kaplan (b. 1946) — also known asTed Kaplan — of Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.Born in St. Leo'sHospital,Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,December26, 1946.Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1977-82; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1985-94; defeated, 1994.Jewish.German andRussianancestry.Still living as of 2003.  | John Elwin Kehl (1870-1936) — also known asJohn E. Kehl — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,October10, 1870.Bookkeeper;printer;U.S. Consul inStettin, 1897-1908;Sydney, 1908-11;Salonika, 1911-18;Aarhus, 1918-20;Stuttgart, as of 1926-29; U.S. Consul General inHamburg, as of 1931-32.German ancestry. Died, in Johns Hopkins UniversityHospital,Baltimore,Md.,April 2,1936 (age65 years, 175days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof John Kehl and Louise (Buckley) Kehl. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1921) |
|  | John Peter LaFrenz (1876-1935) — also known asJohn P. LaFrenz;John PeterLaFrenza —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,February1, 1876.Democrat.Cooperagebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1914-17.Catholic.FrenchandGerman ancestry.Died, fromerysipelas,in Kings CountyHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April26, 1935 (age59 years, 84days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.  | Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) — also known asCharles B. Landis — of Delphi,CarrollCounty, Ind.Born in Millville,ButlerCounty, Ohio,July 9,1858.Republican.Newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,1908.SwissandGerman ancestry.Died, fromuremiadue tointerstitalnephritis, in MeriwetherHospital,Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,April24, 1922 (age63 years, 289days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind. | | Charles A. Lehrer (1860-1924) — of Sandusky,ErieCounty, Ohio.Born in Sandusky,ErieCounty, Ohio,October18, 1860.Republican. Postmaster atSandusky,Ohio, 1898-1904.German ancestry. Died inMooreCounty, N.C.,November4, 1924 (age64 years, 17days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Sandusky, Ohio. | | William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) — also known asWilliam E. Rothery — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.; Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March25, 1851.Newspapereditor and publisher;Consulfor Liberia inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1888-95;manufacturers'agent;food broker.German ancestry. Died, following aheartattack, in St. Peter'sHospital,Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,July 8,1932 (age81 years, 105days).Interment atCataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass. | | Frederick W. Wurster (1850-1917) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Plymouth,WashingtonCounty, N.C.,April 1,1850.Republican. Manufacturer ofaxles;owner of abrassfoundry;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1896-97; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1896.Presbyterian.German ancestry.DiedJune 27,1917 (age67 years, 87days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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