Very incomplete list! | |  Bertram Calvin Benham (1871-1944) — also known asBert C. Benham — of Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa.Born in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,December5, 1871.Democrat.Banker;MuscatineCounty Auditor, 1894; candidate forIowa stateauditor, 1894; Muscatine city clerk, 1896-1902;mayorof Muscatine, Iowa; elected 1926.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Royal and Select Masters;Order of theEastern Star.Died in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,August25, 1944 (age72 years, 264days).Entombed atGreenwoodCemetery, Muscatine, Iowa. | | Ernest Temple Cameron (1879-1950) — also known asErnest T. Cameron — of Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born in Leith,Ontario,April14, 1879.Republican.Schoolteacher;IsabellaCounty School Commissioner, 1907-11; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1916.Member,Knights ofthe Maccabees;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;Shriners.Died inInghamCounty, Mich.,March 3,1950 (age70 years, 323days).Interment atChapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Watertown Township, ClintonCounty, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof John R. Cameron and Anna (Morrison) Cameron; married to MattieJohnson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Wallace Chace (1872-1930) — also known asWilliam W. Chace — of Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,March11, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1915-17.ChristianReformed. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar;Woodmen;Sonsof Veterans.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January19, 1930 (age57 years, 314days).Interment atCedar Park Cemetery, Hudson, N.Y. | | Edwin F. Conely (b. 1847) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September7, 1847.Democrat.Lawyer;lawprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1880,1892(member,CredentialsCommittee); member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1887; member of Michigan GoldDemocratic State Central Committee, 1899.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;American BarAssociation.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William S. Conely and Eliza (O'Connor) Conely; married,December9, 1873, to Achsah Butterfield; married,May 9,1882, to Fanny Butterfield. |
| | M. L. Evens (b. 1865) — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.Born in Butler Township,BranchCounty, Mich.,February24, 1865.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Branch County, 1915-16;defeated, 1912.Member,Freemasons;Royal and Select Masters;Elks;Grange.Burial location unknown.  | Frank Lavergne Gardner (1876-1947) — also known asFrank L. Gardner — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Towanda,BradfordCounty, Pa.,April11, 1876.Republican.Insurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1916-21;president, Poughkeepsie SavingsBank,1929-46.Presbyterian.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;Shriners;OddFellows;Elks;RoyalArcanum.Died in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1947 (age71 years, 199days).Interment atPoughkeepsieRural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Frances Adeline (McNutt) Gardner and Lavergne F. Gardner; marriedto Edith Young. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Charles Fremont Griffin (1857-1902) — also known asCharles F. Griffin — of Hammond,LakeCounty, Ind.Born in Crown Point,LakeCounty, Ind.,June 10,1857.Republican.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Indiana, 1887-91; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1892.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar;ScottishRite Masons;Sonsof Veterans.Died in Hammond,LakeCounty, Ind.,December21, 1902 (age45 years, 194days).Interment atMaplewood Historic Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind. | | John Edward Hopley (1850-1927) — also known asJohn E. Hopley — of Bucyrus,CrawfordCounty, Ohio.Born in Elkton,ToddCounty, Ky.,August25, 1850.Republican.Newspapereditor;lawyer;campaign manager and then private secretary to U.S. Rep.StephenR. Harris, 1895-97; U.S. Consul inSouthampton, 1898-1903;Montevideo, 1903-05; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for Ohio,1912;candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1914.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;Order of theEastern Star;KnightsTemplar;Elks.As a bedridden invalid, smoking a pipe, he accidentally dropped thepipe, hisclothes caughtfire, and he was badly burned; his burns becameinfected,leading to his death a few days later, in Bucyrus,CrawfordCounty, Ohio,July 10,1927 (age76 years, 319days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio. | | John Jacob Kamm (1835-1877) — also known asJohn J. Kamm — of Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.Born in Marburg,Germany,April11, 1835.Republican.Painter;postmaster atFortWayne, Ind., 1869-77.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar;OddFellows.Died in Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.,September5, 1877 (age42 years, 147days).Interment atLindenwoodCemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind. | | Albert Linxwiler (1878-1943) — of Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.Born in Hillsboro,MontgomeryCounty, Ill.,January30, 1878.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; postmaster atJeffersonCity, Mo., 1934-43.Presbyterian.Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,April15, 1943 (age65 years, 75days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) — also known asJ. C. Looney — of Edinburg,HidalgoCounty, Tex.Born in Kossuth,AlcornCounty, Miss.,May 18,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;director of many firms involved in activities such asbanking,bus transit,concrete,lumber,radiobroadcasting,automobileservice, and operating ahotel;chairof Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68;HidalgoCounty Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Texas,1956,1960,1964,1968.Protestant.Member,PiKappa Alpha;American BarAssociation;Kiwanis;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Royal and Select Masters;Shriners.Died in March,1977(age73years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married,June 15,1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery. |
 | Walter Scott McNab (1885-1963) — also known asWalter S. McNab — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1885.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1915-19 (Schenectady County 1915-17, SchenectadyCounty 1st District 1918-19); defeated, 1913;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 32nd District, 1938.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,Kiwanis;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;AlphaZeta;BetaTheta Pi.Died in Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,August15, 1963 (age78 years, 216days).Interment atValeCemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.| | Presumably namedfor:WalterScott | | | | Relatives: Son of Duncan McNab andSarah Florella (Osborn) McNab; married1911 toRebecca Swan Henning. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Charles McKenzie Oerting (1843-1933) — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born inDenmark,September16, 1843.Shipchandler;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inPensacola,Fla., 1895-1907.Presbyterian.Danishancestry. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar.Died in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,December16, 1933 (age90 years, 91days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla. | | Milton Robert Palmer (1878-1932) — also known asMilton R. Palmer — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,January25, 1878.Republican.Newspaperreporter; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1921-32; died in office 1932.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters.Died in ahospitalin Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August10, 1932 (age54 years, 198days).Interment atWoodmereCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Milton Josiah Palmer and Jane (Bayne) Palmer. |
| | August Carl Polster (1885-1942) — also known asAugust Polster — of Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born in Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.,September24, 1885.Railwayfreight clerk;banker;mayor ofWausau, Wis., 1938-42; died in office 1942.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Royal and Select Masters;Shriners;Order of theEastern Star;WhiteShrine of Jerusalem;Moose;RoyalArcanum;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Died, in St. Mary'sHospital,Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,February1, 1942 (age56 years, 130days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis. | | Augustus W. Schwartz (b. 1867) — of Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,January4, 1867.Republican.Newspaperadvertising manager;firefighter;coalandmasons'supplies dealer; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1909-10.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Royal and Select Masters;Shriners;IndependentOrder of Foresters;Elks.Burial location unknown. | | Plymouth Warren Snyder (1851-1943) — also known asPlymouth W. Snyder — of Hollidaysburg,BlairCounty, Pa.Born in Hollidaysburg,BlairCounty, Pa.,March 1,1851.Republican.Druggist;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Blair County 2nd District,1911-14; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 30th District, 1915-26.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Royal and Select Masters.Died in Hollidaysburg,BlairCounty, Pa.,December19, 1943 (age92 years, 293days).Interment atHollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Snyder and Sarah C. (Bowers) Snyder; married to Cora EleanorMoore. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Albert Marion Spradling Jr. (1920-2004) — also known asAlbert M. Spradling, Jr. — of Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.Born in Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.,March13, 1920.Democrat.Lawyer;FBIspecial agent; member ofMissouristate senate 27th District, 1952-76; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Missouri,1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar;Kiwanis.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,October20, 2004 (age84 years, 221days).Interment atCapeCounty Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo. | | John Stanyarne Wilson (1859-1928) — also known asStanyarne Wilson — of Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.;Richmond,Va.Born in Yorkville, York District (now York,YorkCounty), S.C.,January10, 1859.Democrat.Lawyer;cotton goodsmanufacturer; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Spartanburg County,1884-86, 1890-92; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Spartanburg County, 1892-95;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1895-1901;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention fromSpartanburg County, 1895;chair ofSpartanburg County Democratic Party, 1896.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Royal and Select Masters;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,February14, 1928 (age69 years, 35days).Interment atChurchof the Advent Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C. | | Delbert Ernest Woolley (b. 1887) — also known asDelbert E. Woolley — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Owendale,HuronCounty, Mich.,November7, 1887.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,1927-28.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows.Burial location unknown. | | Harry Clifton Yates (1878-1953) — also known asHarry C. Yates — of Faucett,BuchananCounty, Mo.Born in Faucett,BuchananCounty, Mo.,October12, 1878.Democrat.Schoolteacher;banker;farmer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Buchanan County 3rd District,1909-12, 1923-26;BuchananCounty Recorder of Deeds, 1915-23;BuchananCounty Judge, 1927-31.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;Royal and Select Masters;KnightsTemplar;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners.Died, fromcoronaryocclusion,kidneydisease,diverticulitis,andintestinalhemorrhage, in Missouri MethodistHospital,St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,December5, 1953 (age75 years, 54days).Interment atYates Cemetery, Faucett, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Sarah Jane 'Sallie' (Williams) Yates and Henry R. Yates; marriedto Lora Jane Means and Edith M. Arnold; married,March18, 1915, to Waunetta Bruce. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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