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Knights of Honor Politicians

James Harrison Ashcraft (1840-1920) — also known asJames H. Ashcraft — of Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.Born in Brandenburg,MeadeCounty, Ky.,May 4,1840.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmasteratPaducah,Ky., 1876-86.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;AncientOrder of United Workmen;Knights of Honor;Rotary;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.,January19, 1920 (age79 years, 260days).Entombed in mausoleum atOakGrove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.

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Edward Berton Almon (1860-1933) — also known asEdward B. Almon — of Tuscumbia,ColbertCounty, Ala.Born near Moulton,LawrenceCounty, Ala.,April18, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate senate, 1892-94; Democratic Presidential Elector forAlabama,1897;circuit judge in Alabama, 1898-1906; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1910-15;Speaker ofthe Alabama State House of Representatives, 1911;U.S.Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1915-33; died in office1933.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen;Elks;Maccabees;Knights of Honor.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 22,1933 (age73 years, 65days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
 
 Relatives: Sonof George W. Almon and Nancy (Eubank) Almon; married,December13, 1887, to Luie Clopper.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
 
 Relatives: Sonof Absalom Ashcraft and Delilah (Allen) Ashcraft; married1865 to MaryEmerine Brown.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
John C. BillheimerJohn C. Billheimer (1857-1918) — of Washington,DaviessCounty, Ind.Born inWayneCounty, Ind.,March 3,1857.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;chair ofDaviess County Republican Party, 1886; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Indiana,1888;U.S. Consul inZanzibar, 1898-99;Indianastate auditor, 1906-10.Methodist.Germanancestry. Member,OddFellows;Redmen;Knights of Honor.Died in1918(ageabout61 years).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Washington, Ind.
 Relatives: Sonof Solomon Billheimer and Margaret (Gephat) Billheimer; married1879 to SusanKimball.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 Image source: Moore's HoosierCyclopedia (1905)
 Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (1862-1944) — also known asEzekiel S. Candler, Jr. — of Corinth,AlcornCounty, Miss.Born in Belleville,HamiltonCounty, Fla.,January18, 1862.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Mississippi,1889;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1901-21;Presidential Elector for Mississippi,1933;mayorof Corinth, Miss., 1933-37.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Woodmen;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Knights of Honor.Died in Corinth,AlcornCounty, Miss.,December18, 1944 (age82 years, 335days).Interment atHenryCemetery, Corinth, Miss.
 Relatives: Sonof Ezekiel Samuel Candler and Julia (Bevill) Candler; married,April26, 1883, to Nancy Priscilla Hazlewood; married,January14, 1924, to Effie Merrill Neuhardt; married,June 21,1933, to Ottie (Doan) Hardenstein; nephew ofMiltonAnthony Candler,AsaGriggs Candler andJohnSlaughter Candler; grandson ofSamuelCharles Candler; grandnephew ofDanielGill Candler andEzekielSlaughter Candler; second great-grandson ofWilliamCandler; first cousin ofCharlesMurphey Candler; first cousin once removed ofAllenDaniel Candler,WilliamEzekiel Candler andGeorgeScott Candler; second cousin ofThomasSlaughter Candler; second cousin twice removed ofMarkAnthony Cooper; fourth cousin ofJosephMeriwether Terrell.
 Political family:Candlerfamily of Georgia.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
 John Henry Colvin (b. 1839) — also known asJohn H. Colvin — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Little Falls,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Chicagoalderman, 1882-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIllinois,1904.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Foresters;RoyalArcanum;Knights of Honor.Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Nancy Colvin andHarveyDoolittle Colvin; married,March 7,1872, to Anna Wickliffe.
 Albert Augustus Fletcher (1835-1907) — also known asAlbert A. Fletcher — of Bridport,AddisonCounty, Vt.; Middlebury,AddisonCounty, Vt.Born in Bridport,AddisonCounty, Vt.,August17, 1835.Republican.Farmer;banker;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1871-72; member ofVermontstate senate from Addison County, 1882-84.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knights of Honor.Died in Middlebury,AddisonCounty, Vt.,October2, 1907 (age72 years, 46days).Interment atMiddleburyCemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
 Relatives: Sonof Paris Fletcher and Anna (Miner) Fletcher; married,March 4,1857, to Delia G. Murray.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 Henry Clay Foster (1843-1890) — also known asH. Clay Foster — Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,November2, 1843.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1870-72.Member,OddFellows;Knights of Honor.DiedAugust27, 1890 (age46 years, 298days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Augusta, Ga.
 Presumably namedfor:HenryClay
 Relatives: Son ofJohnFoster and Jane Eleanor Martin (Zinn) Foster; brother of LouisaMaria Foster (who marriedFosterBlodgett Jr.); married to Mary E. Jones and Adelia Key; uncle ofEdwinFord Blodgett.
 Political family:Blodgettfamily of Augusta, Georgia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 Henry Augustus Gaillard (1837-1921) — of Winnsboro,FairfieldCounty, S.C.;FairfieldCounty, S.C.Born in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston District (now part ofBerkeleyCounty), S.C.,November26, 1837.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Fairfield County,1877-80; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Fairfield County, 1880-84;chair ofFairfield County Democratic Party, 1886.Episcopalian.Member,Knights of Honor.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,October8, 1921 (age83 years, 316days).Interment atSt. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
 Relatives: Sonof David Gaillard and Louisa Caroline (Dubose) Gaillard; married,February19, 1867, to Harriet Gascoigne White (daughter ofSimsWhite); nephew of Anna Maria DuBose (who marriedWilliamCain); first cousin ofPeterCharles Gaillard,PeterGaillard Snowden andFranklinGaillard; first cousin once removed ofJohnGaillard; first cousin twice removed ofThomasPorcher Stoney; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnPalmer Gaillard Jr.; second cousin ofTheodoreGaillard Hunt andPeterPorcher Bonneau; fourth cousin ofFrancisJames Porcher andWilliamPorcher Miles.
 Political family:Gaillardfamily of Charleston, South Carolina.
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 Franklin Darius Hale (1854-1940) — also known asFranklin D. Hale — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine; Lunenburg,EssexCounty, Vt.; Lyndon Center, Lyndon,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.Born in Barnet,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,March 7,1854.Republican.Lawyer;EssexCounty State's Attorney, 1883-89; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1884; member ofVermontstate senate from Essex County, 1886;Vermontstate auditor of accounts, 1892-98; U.S. Consul inCoaticook, 1902-08;Charlottetown, 1908-09;Trinidad, 1909-12;Huddersfield, 1912-17.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Knights of Honor.Died, fromuremia,due tochronicnephritis, in Lyndon Center, Lyndon,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,April21, 1940 (age86 years, 45days).Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Sprague Taylor Hale and Nancy May (Moulton) Hale; married,November2, 1881, to Adeline 'Addie' Silsby; married,November26, 1907, to Jennie A. Silsby; fourth cousin once removed ofMorrisWoodruff,AnsonLevi Holcomb,JamesSamuel Wadsworth andCyrusOrlando Godfrey.
 Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians).
 Abial Lathrop (1845-1930) — of Orangeburg,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.; Eutaw,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.Born in Stafford,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1845.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for South Carolina, 1889-93, 1896-1901; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,1900.Member,Knights of Honor. Died in Orangeburg,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.,February10, 1930 (age84 years, 93days).Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof John Lathrop and Elizabeth Harriet (Moody) Lathrop; married1875 to MarthaFredrika Heidtman; second cousin thrice removed ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,SamuelH. Huntington,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),SamuelLathrop andPeterBuell Porter; third cousin thrice removed ofHenryScudder; fourth cousin ofJohnHall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,ElijahAbel,ZinaHyde Jr.,TheodoreDavenport,NathanielHuntington,ErastusCorning,WilliamAugustus Bird,JamesHuntington,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),JosephLyman Huntington,PeterBuell Porter Jr.,ElishaMills Huntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,PeterAugustus Porter,CharlesA. Hungerford,WilliamBarret Ridgely,ClaytonHyde Lathrop andAustinEugene Lathrop.
 Political families:Huntingtonfamily of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntingtonfamily of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
 Edwin Marshall Lovelace (b. 1854) — of Brewton,EscambiaCounty, Ala.Born in Pleasant Hill,DallasCounty, Ala.,July 14,1854.Democrat.Lumber andtimber business; director,Bank ofBrewton;EscambiaCounty Commissioner, 1904-10; member ofAlabamastate senate 21st District, 1911.Baptist.Englishancestry. Member,Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Knights of Honor.Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Basil Manly Lovelace and Amanda (Lovelace) Lovelace; married toFrances McKenzie; father ofWilliamYancey Lovelace.
 Hugh Shepperd Darby Mallory (1848-1920) — also known asH. S. D. Mallory — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born inTalladegaCounty, Ala.,February6, 1848.Democrat.Lawyer;mayor ofSelma, Ala., 1885-87; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Alabama,1904,1912.Baptist.Scottish,English,andWelshancestry. Member,Freemasons;Knights of Honor;OddFellows.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,March10, 1920 (age72 years, 33days).Interment atLiveOak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
 Relatives: Sonof James Mallory and Ann Maria (Darby) Mallory; married,October15, 1872, to Jacqueline Louisa Billingslea.
 James Andrew Nighbert (1832-1898) — Born inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,July 23,1832.Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1863;merchant;lumber andtimber business; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWest Virginia,1888.Germanancestry. Member,Knights of Honor.Died in Logan,LoganCounty, W.Va.,December17, 1898 (age66 years, 147days).Interment atNighbert Family Cemetery, Logan County, W.Va.
 Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth (Scaggs) Nighbert and George W. Nighbert; married,September7, 1876, to Juliantes (Lawson) Morgan; married,December14, 1889, to Vicie (Straton) Ferguson (daughter ofWilliamStraton).
 See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
 Oliver E. Thompson (born c.1841) — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born about 1841. Republican.Mayorof Ypsilanti, Mich., 1901-02; defeated, 1902.Member,Maccabees;Knights of Honor.Burial location unknown. Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) — also known asEdmund W. Wakelee — of Demarest,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1869.Republican.Lawyer;utilityexecutive; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900;member ofNewJersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member ofNew JerseyRepublican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Jersey,1940.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;DeltaUpsilon;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Elks;RoyalArcanum;Knights of Honor;JuniorOrder.Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee.

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