Very incomplete list! | |  Carl Clyde Atkins (1914-1999) — also known asC. Clyde Atkins — of Stuart,MartinCounty, Fla.; Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.; Coral Gables,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born inWashington,D.C.,November23, 1914.Lawyer;founder-trustee, LawyersTitle Guaranty Fund, 1948-66;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1966-99;died in office 1999.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;KappaAlpha Order;PhiKappa Tau;PhiAlpha Delta;TauKappa Alpha;Kiwanis.Died in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,March11, 1999 (age84 years, 108days).Burial location unknown. | | William Beardall Jr. (1890-1984) — also known asWilliam Beardall;BillyBeardall —of Orlando,OrangeCounty, Fla.BornMay 5,1890.Lawyer;abstract and title business;mayorof Orlando, Fla., 1940-52.Died in1984(ageabout94 years).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Orlando, Fla.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Beardall and Florence (Bonsar) Beardall; married1922 to ShadieLivingston Hamer. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Thomas Beebe (1857-1928) — also known asGeorge T. Beebe — ofMadisonCounty, Ind.Born inSussexCounty, Del.,January23, 1857.Democrat.Abstractor; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Indiana,1904.Died inGeneseeCounty, Mich.,December6, 1928 (age71 years, 318days).Interment atMaplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.| | Relatives: Sonof John Selby Beebe and Elizabeth J. (Carey) Beebe; married toFlorence Eleanor Wright. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Chris Beutler (b. 1944) — of Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,November14, 1944.Democrat.Servedin the Peace Corps; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnamwar;lawyer;founder, BeutlerTitle Company; member ofNebraskaunicameral legislature 28th District, 1979-86, 1991-2006;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,2000,2008;mayorof Lincoln, Neb., 2007-.Still living as of 2011. | | Aaron Tyler Bliss (1885-1964) — also known asAaron T. Bliss — of Midland,MidlandCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Peterboro,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1885.MidlandCounty Clerk, 1919-32; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Midland District, 1935-36;abstract and title business.Died, in ahospitalat Midland,MidlandCounty, Mich.,April24, 1964 (age78 years, 234days).Interment atMidlandCemetery, Midland, Mich.; cenotaph atPeterboroCemetery, Peterboro, N.Y. | | Arthur Brown — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Democrat.Lawyer;president, WashtenawAbstract Co.;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1903-05; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1911.Burial location unknown.  | George W. Burrows (b. 1867) — of Breckenridge,WilkinCounty, Minn.Born inWrightCounty, Iowa,1867.Realestate business;abstractor; vice-president, BreckenridgeNationalBank;treasurer, BreckenridgeTelephoneCompany; director, Farmers' Co-OpElevatorCompany; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 60 1913-14,District 49 1915-18).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Hastings Carter (b. 1863) — also known asEdward H. Carter — of Bradentown (now part of Bradenton),ManateeCounty, Fla.Born in Chester,England,June22, 1863.Naturalized U.S. citizen;schoolteacher;abstractor; U.S. Vice Consul inSaint John, 1918-30;Fredericton, 1927, 1928, 1929;Charlottetown, 1929.Burial location unknown. | | Henry W. Chalfant (1855-1925) — of Linn Creek,CamdenCounty, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,April28, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;abstractor;farmer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Camden County, 1893-94,1919-22; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1904.DiedFebruary2, 1925 (age69 years, 280days).Interment atChalfant Cemetery, Camden County, Mo. | | La Monte Cowles (b. 1859) — of Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Oskaloosa,MahaskaCounty, Iowa,September30, 1859.Republican.Lawyer;abstractor; member ofIowastate senate, 1911-13; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Iowa,1912(alternate),1916.Burial location unknown. | | Dick Bland Dale (1893-1944) — also known asDick B. Dale — of Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.Born in Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.,October1, 1893.Democrat.Lawyer;abstractor;insurancebroker; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Ray County, 1921-24, 1933-38;member ofMissouristate senate 8th District, 1939-42; defeated, 1942.DiedDecember8, 1944 (age51 years, 68days).Interment atSunnySlope Cemetery, Richmond, Mo.  | Benjamin W. Diederich (b. 1903) — of Sheboygan,SheboyganCounty, Wis.Born in Manitowoc,ManitowocCounty, Wis.,September22, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;abstract and title business; member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Sheboygan County 1st District, 1939-40.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
| | Brooks J. Dunwiddie (1890-1966) — of Monroe,GreenCounty, Wis.Born in Atlantic,CassCounty, Iowa,December6, 1890.Abstract and title business;mayor ofMonroe, Wis., 1952-58; defeated, 1958.Died in ahospitalat Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.,November15, 1966 (age75 years, 344days).Interment atGreenwood Cemetery, Monroe, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof William Dunwiddie and Margaret B. (Moore) Dunwiddie; married toEmma Marty. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Oscar Willard Edmonds (b. 1890) — also known asO. W. Edmonds — of Coeur d'Alene,KootenaiCounty, Idaho.Born in Caledonia,TraillCounty, N.Dak.,February4, 1890.Republican.Abstract and title business;mayorof Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1923-27, 1943-45.Protestant.Member,SigmaChi;Rotary;Elks;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Arthur Edmonds and Anna S. (Olson) Edmonds; married,June 21,1911, to Kathryn M. Sturtevant. |
| | Michael Gahan Fahey (b. 1943) — also known asMike Fahey — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,December10, 1943.Democrat.Abstract and title business;mayor ofOmaha, Neb., 2001-09; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Nebraska,2008.Still living as of 2009. | | Charles Carroll Fitch (1842-1899) — also known asCharles C. Fitch — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cuylerville,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1842.Democrat.Abstractor;hardwarebusiness; president, MasonWater andElectric Light Company;InghamCounty Register of Deeds, 1885-88; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1889-92.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Died suddenly, ofheartdisease,June 28,1899 (age56 years, 344days).Burial location unknown. | | John F. Forward Jr. (b. 1876) — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,November18, 1876.Republican.Abstractor; president, UnionTitleInsurance Co.; president, UnionTrust Co.;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1932;mayorof San Diego, Calif., 1932-34; resigned 1934.Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Ferree Forward and Ella Francis (Dillon) Forward; married,June 29,1901, to Alberta Fairbanks; married,June 15,1920, to Martha Thompson. |
| | Cadman H. Frederick (b. 1880) — of Babylon,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born, in the British West Indies,May 22,1880.Republican.Real estatedeveloper; one of the founders of the SuffolkTitle andGuarantee Company, 1925;banker;mayorof Babylon, N.Y., 1937-38.Resignedin 1956 as president and director of the Suffolk County FederalSavings and Loan Association, in the midst of aninvestigationof the sale of tax-foreclosed properties by Suffolk County. He andotherssharedprofits on the sale of these properties with Deputy CountyTreasurerJohnA. Britting.Burial location unknown. | | Frank Maurice Frisby (1888-1952) — also known asFrank M. Frisby — of Bethany,HarrisonCounty, Mo.Born in Bethany,HarrisonCounty, Mo.,March 8,1888.Republican.Lawyer;HarrisonCounty Prosecuting Attorney;abstractor; member ofMissouristate senate, 1943-52 (4th District 1943-46, 14th District1947-52); died in office 1952; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Missouri,1948.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, a few days after aheartattack, in ahospitalat Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,July 25,1952 (age64 years, 139days).Interment atMiriam Cemetery, Bethany, Mo.  | William Gelineau (born c.1959) — also known asBill Gelineau — of Lowell,KentCounty, Mich.; Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan, about 1959. Libertarian.Restauranteur;title agency manager; Libertarian candidate for PresidentialElector for Michigan,2000;Michigan Libertarian state chair, 2003-04, 2016-17; candidate forMichiganstate senate 29th District, 2010; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 2012; Libertariancandidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,2012(on behalf ofGaryE. Johnson); candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 2018.Member,Jaycees.Still living as of 2018. | | Willis T. Harbison — of Plattsburg,ClintonCounty, Mo.Born in Plattsburg,ClintonCounty, Mo.Democrat.Lawyer;abstractor; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Clinton County, 1945-48;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1956.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Vivian V. Beard. |
| | H. O. Harrawood (b. 1882) — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born in McLeansboro,HamiltonCounty, Ill.,July 4,1882.Republican.Lawyer;abstractor;ButlerCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1915-19; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Butler County, 1921-22.Burial location unknown. | | William T. Hiering — of Toms River,OceanCounty, N.J.Republican.Land title agent; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1960-65; memberofNewJersey state senate, 1966-71 (District 5 1966-67, District 4-A1968-71); delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1968;Sponsor of a proposed state constitutional amendment in 1969 whichwould have stripped the state's title to hundreds of square miles oftidelands; summoned for aninquiryby a legislative commission into possibleconflictof interest because he might personally benefit from this change;he denied having any financial interest in tidal land properties. The amendment, strongly opposed by Gov.RichardJ. Hughes, was withdrawn a few days later.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.  | Floy Davis Hopkins (1879-1929) — also known asFloy D. Hopkins — of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Greenburgh,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1879.Republican.Title insurance business; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1914-17.Member,Freemasons.Died in White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 2,1929 (age49 years, 306days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Cornelia (Davis) Hopkins and Edwin Richard Hopkins; married,January25, 1906, to Blanche A. Gedney. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) — also known asRobert F. Hopwood — of Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.Born in Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.,July 24,1856.Republican.Lawyer;director, CitizensTitle and Trust Co.; director, UniontownStreetRailway Co.;FayetteCounty Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, UniontownHospital,1905-20;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;defeated, 1916.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons.Died in St. Petersburg,PinellasCounty, Fla.,March 1,1940 (age83 years, 221days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.  | Gilbert Erle Ingram (b. 1883) — also known asG. Erle Ingram — of Eau Claire,Eau ClaireCounty, Wis.Born in Eau Galle,DunnCounty, Wis.,April 1,1883.Schoolteacher;insuranceagent;abstractor;lawyer;member ofWisconsinRepublican State Central Committee, 1928-29; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1931-32; member ofWisconsinstate senate 28th District, 1933-40.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Ingram and Mary Ingram; married,November9, 1902, to Theresa Wurtz. | | | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book1940 |
| | R. J. King Jr. (b. 1913) — also known asBus King — of St. Clair,FranklinCounty, Mo.; Clayton,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born in St. Clair,FranklinCounty, Mo.,September28, 1913.Republican.Insurancebroker;abstractor; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1943-48, 1959-72 (Franklin County1943-48, St. Louis County 5th District 1959-62, St. Louis County 10thDistrict 1963-66, 39th District 1967-72); delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Missouri,1968.Catholic.Burial location unknown. | | Howard Randolph Maness (1904-1970) — also known asHoward R. Maness — of Doniphan,RipleyCounty, Mo.Born in Frankford,PikeCounty, Mo.,March19, 1904.Democrat.Lawyer;abstractor; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Ripley County, 1931-32,1939-40.Died in Doniphan,RipleyCounty, Mo.,September9, 1970 (age66 years, 174days).Burial location unknown. | | Macye Maness (1904-1993) — also known asMacye Dona Jones — of Doniphan,RipleyCounty, Mo.Born in Blue Springs,UnionCounty, Miss.,June 5,1904.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;abstractor; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Missouri,1940;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Ripley County, 1941-42;chair ofRipley County Democratic Party, 1949.Female.Died in Doniphan,RipleyCounty, Mo.,March18, 1993 (age88 years, 286days).Interment atDoniphan Oak Ridge Cemetery, Doniphan, Mo. | | Albert Wadel Moursund III (1919-2002) — also known asA. W. Moursund — of Johnson City,BlancoCounty, Tex.; Round Mountain,BlancoCounty, Tex.Born in Johnson City,BlancoCounty, Tex.,May 23,1919.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; close friend andadvisor toLyndonB. Johnson; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1948-52;BlancoCounty Judge, 1953-59; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Texas,1956(alternate),1960;banker;insurancebusiness;abstract and title business;rancher.Member,Freemasons.Died in Round Mountain,BlancoCounty, Tex.,April22, 2002 (age82 years, 334days).Intermentsomewherein Round Mountain, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert Wadel Moursund, Jr. and Mary Frances (Stribling) Moursund;married1941 to MaryAllen Moore. |
| | John Willis Noble (b. 1904) — also known asJohn W. Noble — of Kennett,DunklinCounty, Mo.Born inNodawayCounty, Mo.,February26, 1904.Democrat.Lawyer;abstract and title business; member ofMissouristate senate, 1945-60 (21st District 1945-48, 23rd District1949-60).Presbyterian.Member,Lions.Burial location unknown. | | Warren Olney (1841-1921) — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born inDavisCounty, Iowa,March11, 1841.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896;director, CaliforniaTitle Insurance and Trust Company;president, South San FranciscoDockCompany;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1903-05.Member,American BarAssociation;LoyalLegion.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,June 2,1921 (age80 years, 83days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Edwin S. Palmiter (1854-1925) — of Hart,OceanaCounty, Mich.BornJune 20,1854.Newspaperpublisher;abstractor; Prohibition candidate forsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1890; member of Michigan Prohibition PartyState Central Committee, 1899; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1902.Died in1925(ageabout71 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Judson Palmiter and Harriet S(tow) Palmiter; married1877 to LydiaJ. Garver. |
 | Oscar Peterson Jr. (1891-1963) — of Stratford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Wallingford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 25,1891.Republican.Abstract and title business; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Stratford; elected 1946;member ofConnecticutstate senate 25th District, 1953.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Redmen.Died in Stratford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,March30, 1963 (age71 years, 248days).Interment atUnion Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.| | Relatives:Married1912 to MaldaGendron; father of Norval Oscar Peterson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Connecticut Register &Manual 1953 |
| | Robert B. Petts — of Warsaw,BentonCounty, Mo.Republican.Abstractor;insurancebusiness;chair ofBenton County Republican Party, 1925-41;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 15th District,1943-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1944.Burial location unknown. | | John George Regan (b. 1872) — also known asJohn G. Regan — of Adel,DallasCounty, Iowa.Born inPlatteCounty, Neb.,June 3,1872.Democrat.Schoolteacher;insuranceandrealestate business;abstractor;lawyer;mayor of Adel, Iowa, 1920-24, 1928-30; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Iowa,1936,1940.Member,Rotary.Burial location unknown. | | Alison J. Shumway (1869-1926) — of Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.Born in New Windsor,MercerCounty, Ill.,May 1,1869.Newspapereditor;abstractor.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;ModernWoodmen.Died, duringgallbladder surgery, in ahospitalat Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,February16, 1926 (age56 years, 291days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb. | | Floyd L. Snyder Sr. (1901-1983) — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Stonington,BacaCounty, Colo.,February27, 1901.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;abstract andtitle business; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Jackson County 11th District,1947-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1960.Presbyterian.Member,Forty andEight;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in1983(ageabout82 years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Independence, Mo.  | Harry E. Sprague (b. 1876) — of Kirkwood,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,March13, 1876.Republican.Abstractor;lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis County 2ndDistrict, 1915-18.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married,October3, 1904, to Ethel Nye Gibbs. | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | Almor Stern (1854-1935) — of Logan,HarrisonCounty, Iowa.Born inChesterCounty, Pa.,April21, 1854.Republican.HarrisonCounty Auditor, 1878-83;banker;abstract and title business; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Iowa,1920.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died, fromheartdisease, in Logan,HarrisonCounty, Iowa,November1, 1935 (age81 years, 194days).Interment atLogan Cemetery, Logan, Iowa. | | Talbert Taylor — of Houston,TexasCounty, Mo.Democrat.Abstractor; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Texas County, 1911-14.Burial location unknown. | | Ingebert J. Thomsen (b. 1873) — also known asI. J. Thomsen — of Minden,KearneyCounty, Neb.Born in North Albid,Denmark,August4, 1873.Republican.Farmer;inventorof Nu-Matichorsecollar;KearneyCounty Clerk, 1916-23;postmaster;realestate dealer;abstractor;chair ofKearney County Republican Party, 1940.Presbyterian.Danishancestry.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter H. Thomsen and Marie (Johansen) Thomsen; married,November18, 1903, to Hedvig E. Holstein. |
| | David Alan Trott (b. 1960) — also known asDavid A. Trott — of Bingham Farms,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.,October16, 1960.Republican.Lawyer;abstract and title business;U.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 2015-.Still living as of 2018. | | Theodore Francis Turner (1868-1951) — also known asTheo F. Turner;"Father of Idaho StateCollege" —of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Ringgold,MorganCounty, Ohio,May 4,1868.Republican.Abstract and title business; member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1901-02;mayorof Pocatello, Idaho, 1913-15;Idaho stateauditor, 1903-05; in March 1915, the commissioner of the U.S.General Land Officefound himguilty ofirregularpractices in land office transactions; later, in August 1915, theDepartment of the Interior announced that he had been exonerated;acting postmaster atPocatello,Idaho, 1932-33.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho,April17, 1951 (age82 years, 348days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho. | | E. H. Vance — of Huron,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.Abstractor; member ofSouthDakota state senate 22nd District, 1899-1902.Burial location unknown. | | William A. Wallace (b. 1867) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Maryland,June 6,1867.Democrat.Postalworker;land title worker;merchant;member ofIllinoisstate senate 3rd District; elected 1938; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1940.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;NAACP.Burial location unknown. | | Halbert Owen Woodward (1918-2000) — also known asHalbert O. Woodward;HalWoodward —of Coleman,ColemanCounty, Tex.Born in Coleman,ColemanCounty, Tex.,April 8,1918.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;land titlesupervisor, HumbleOil andRefining Company, 1945-49; member, Texas State HighwayCommission, 1959-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1964;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1968-86; tooksenior status 1986.Methodist.Died in Brownwood,BrownCounty, Tex.,October3, 2000 (age82 years, 178days).Burial location unknown.
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