| |  Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) — also known asLoren M. Berry;"Mr. YellowPages" —of Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.; Oakwood,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio.Born in Wabash,WabashCounty, Ind.,July 24,1888.Republican.Newspaperreporter;advertisingsalesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section intelephone directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.;director oftelephone companies; Republican PresidentialElector for Ohio,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon); alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Florida,1960,1964;Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis.Elected toTelephoneHall ofFame in 1982.Died in Oakwood,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,February10, 1980 (age91 years, 201days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | John Levi Cable (1884-1971) — also known asJohn L. Cable — of Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio.Born in Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio,April15, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;director and counsel, LimaTelephone and Telegraph Co.,NapoleonTelephone Co., Lima ToledoRailroad,Lima CityStreetRailway Co.;AllenCounty Prosecuting Attorney;U.S.Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;defeated, 1912; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,1936.EpiscopalianorPresbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Elks;Moose;Grange;JuniorOrder;Kiwanis.Died in Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio,September15, 1971 (age87 years, 153days).Entombed atSt.Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.  | Daniel Richard Crissinger (1860-1942) — also known asDaniel R. Crissinger — of Marion,MarionCounty, Ohio.Born in Tully Township,MarionCounty, Ohio,December10, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;MarionCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-94; Marion city solicitor,1895-1900; one of the organizers of the Marion CountyTelephone Company; candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1904, 1906;banker;U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1921-23; member, board ofgovernors, Federal Reserve, 1923-27; in December 1929, he, along withU.S. Rep.FrederickN. Zihlman, and five others, officers of the F. H. Smith Company,which had promoted and sold apparently worthless securities, wereindictedon federalchargesof using the mails to commitfraud;most of those indicted went to prison, but Crissinger and Zihlmanwere never tried, and charges against them were dismissed in 1932.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;KnightsTemplar;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Eagles.Died in Marion,MarionCounty, Ohio,July 12,1942 (age81 years, 214days).Interment atMarionCemetery, Marion, Ohio. | | Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) — also known asAlanson W. Edwards — of Bunker Hill,MacoupinCounty, Ill.; Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.Born inLorainCounty, Ohio,August27, 1840.Expressagent;telegraph operator; major in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; warden, Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72;newspaperpublisher;mayor ofFargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member ofNorthDakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. ConsulGeneral inMontreal, 1903-06.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,February8, 1908 (age67 years, 165days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Fargo, N.Dak. | | Joseph Flesheim (1848-1900) — of South Haven,Van BurenCounty, Mich.; Menominee,MenomineeCounty, Mich.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,April 8,1848.Republican.Insurancebusiness; president, Menominee Electric Company,manufactureroftelephone switchboards and equipment;mayorof Menominee, Mich., 1888; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1891-94 (31st District 1891-92, 30th District1893-94).Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Facing the failure of his business enterprises, he died byself-inflictedgunshot,in Menominee,MenomineeCounty, Mich.,February26, 1900 (age51 years, 324days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Menominee, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof Samuel Flesheim and Babette (Straus) Flesheim; married,February25, 1875, to Delia Isabella 'Belle' Stephenson. |
| | Harvey Cable Garber (1866-1938) — also known asHarvey C. Garber — of Greenville,DarkeCounty, Ohio.Born in Hill Grove,DarkeCounty, Ohio,July 6,1866.Democrat.Telegraph operator; superintendent, Central UnionTelephone Company for Ohio; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1899-1902;vice-chair ofOhio Democratic Party, 1900;OhioDemocratic state chair, 1902;U.S.Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1903-07.Died in Naples,CollierCounty, Fla.,March23, 1938 (age71 years, 260days).Interment atGreenvilleCemetery, Greenville, Ohio. | | Sherman Moorhead Granger (b. 1870) — also known asSherman M. Granger — of Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio.Born in Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,June 16,1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Ohio, 1912-16; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1912;member ofOhioRepublican State Central Committee, 1912-14; vice-president,ZanesvilleTelephone & Telegraph Co.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;ThetaNu Epsilon.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Moses Moorhead Granger and Mary Hoyt (Reese) Granger; married,February7, 1900, to Wanda Dawson Follett. |
| | Wilfred Eugene Harmon (1856-1933) — also known asWilfred E. Harmon — of Bozeman,GallatinCounty, Mont.Born in Fayette,FultonCounty, Ohio,February7, 1856.Republican.Telegraph operator;schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;Montanasuperintendent of public instruction, 1905-13; member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1920;Montanastate treasurer, 1925-29;secretaryof state of Montana, 1929-32.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died, frompneumonia,in Bozeman,GallatinCounty, Mont.,August15, 1933 (age77 years, 189days).Interment atSunsetHills Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont. | | Martin Rossiter Hoke (b. 1952) — also known asMartin R. Hoke — of Ohio. Born in Lakewood,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,May 18,1952.Republican.Lawyer;founder and president of a cellulartelephone company;U.S.Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1993-97; defeated, 1996.Still living as of 2014. | | Benjamin Bryant Jarrett (1881-1944) — also known asBenjamin Jarrett — of Farrell,MercerCounty, Pa.Born in Sharon,MercerCounty, Pa.,July 18,1881.Republican.Telegraph operator;steel millforeman;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1911-14;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1937-43.Died in Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,July 20,1944 (age63 years, 2days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Sharon, Pa. | | John George Steinkamp (1864-1930) — also known asJohn G. Steinkamp — of Elmore,OttawaCounty, Ohio.Born inSanduskyCounty, Ohio,April22, 1864.Republican. President and general manager, Sandusky HomeTelephone Company;chair ofOttawa County Republican Party, 1916; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1920;Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio,1920.Died in Elmore,OttawaCounty, Ohio,January12, 1930 (age65 years, 265days).Interment atHarris-Elmore Union Cemetery, Elmore, Ohio. | | Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) — also known asTheodore N. Vail — of Lyndonville, Lyndon,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.Born in Minerva,StarkCounty, Ohio,July 16,1845.Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,1876-79; president, AmericanTelephone andTelegraphCo., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of BellLabs; built anelectricrailway system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1890-1904;farmer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1916.Member,UnionLeague.Died, fromkidneyandcardiaccomplications, in Johns HopkinsHospital,Baltimore,Md.,April16, 1920 (age74 years, 275days).Interment atVailMemorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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