Very incomplete list! | |  Margaret Andrews (1901-1990) — also known asMargaret Susanna Bringgold;Mrs. R. C.Andrews —of Lindstrom,ChisagoCounty, Minn.Born in Pine Island,GoodhueCounty, Minn.,April28, 1901.Republican.Lawyer;librarian;secretary ofMinnesota Republican Party, 1945-50; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Minnesota,1948,1952(alternate).Female.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion Auxiliary.DiedOctober1, 1990 (age89 years, 156days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Lindstrom, Minn.| |  Relatives:Daughter of Jacob A. Bringgold, Jr. and Mary Alice (Finn) Bringgold;married,June 30,1927, to Raymond Charles Andrews. | | | | Epitaph: "Wife -Mother" | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Hannah Diggs Atkins (b. 1923) — of Oklahoma. Born in Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.,November2, 1923.Reporter;schoolteacher;librarian; member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1969-80;secretaryof state of Oklahoma, 1987-91.Female.Africanancestry.Still living as of 1999.| | Relatives:Daughter of James Thackeray Diggs and Mabel Kennedy Diggs; married toCharles N. Atkins. |
| | Frank W. Ballance Jr. (b. 1942) — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born in Windsor,BertieCounty, N.C.,February15, 1942.Democrat.Lawyer;librarian;collegeprofessor; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1982-85; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1989-2002; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1996,2000;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 2003-04;resigned 2004;indictedin federal court in September 2004 on federalmoneylaunderingchargesfordivertingstate funds through a charitable foundation;pleadedguilty to one count,sentencedto four years inprison,fined$10,000, ordered to payrestitution,anddisbarred.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Benjamin H. Barrows (1847-1910) — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born near Davenport,ScottCounty, Iowa,December30, 1847.Newspaperreporter; member ofUniversityof Nebraska board of regents, 1875-76; U.S. Consul inDublin, 1876-86;librarian;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Omaha, Neb., Nebraska, 1903-10; died inoffice 1910.Died, frombronchitisandheartdisease, in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,December30, 1910 (age63 years, 0days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.| | Relatives: Sonof Willard Barrows and Ann Barrows; brother of Caroline Barrows (whomarriedJosephHopkins Millard); married1878 to LizziePhelan; married to Gertrude Carpenter Fitzpatrick. | | | | Political family:Millardfamily of Omaha, Nebraska. |
| | Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) — also known asS. G. W. Benjamin — of New York;Washington,D.C.; Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born, of American parents, at Argos,Greece,February13, 1837.Librarian;author;artist;U.S. Minister toPersia, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General inTeheran, as of 1883-85.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;PhiBeta Kappa;AmericanForestry Association;NavyLeague.Died in Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,July 19,1914 (age77 years, 156days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Burlington, Vt. | | Laura Bush (b. 1946) — also known asLaura Lane Welch — Born, in Midland MemorialHospital,Midland,MidlandCounty, Tex.,November4, 1946.Republican.Schoolteacher;librarian; First Lady of Texas, 1995-2000;First Ladyof the United States, 2001-09.Female.Still living as of 2024. | | Lillain Symes Clements — also known asLillian B. Symes — of California. Socialist.Librarian; delegate to Socialist NationalConvention from California, 1920; candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1938.Female.Burial location unknown. | | Willye Dennis (1926-2012) — also known asWillye F. Clayton — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,March14, 1926.Democrat.Librarian; civil rights leader; in December, 1989,she was the target ofattemptedmurder when a mail bomb was sent to her office; she did not openthe package, and the bomb was defused; member ofFloridastate house of representatives 15th District, 1993-99; resigned1999; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1996.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;DeltaSigma Theta.DiedMarch 9,2012 (age85 years, 361days).Interment atJacksonville National Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | Theodore Frelinghuysen Dwight (1846-1917) — also known asTheodore F. Dwight — ofWashington,D.C.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,June 11,1846.Librarian; director, Boston Public Library, 1892-94; U.S.Consular Agent inVevey, 1904-14.Bisexual.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February3, 1917 (age70 years, 237days).Interment atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Salem, Mass. | | James Lorimer Graham (c.1832-1876) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y., about 1832.Editor, Putnam'smagazine;librarian; U.S. Consul inFlorence, 1869-76.DiedApril30, 1876 (ageabout 44years).Interment atPortaa Pinti or English Cemetery, Firenze, Italy.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathan Burr Graham, Jr. and Marie Antoinette (McCoskry)Graham. |
| | Robert Allen Haden (b. 1908) — also known asR. Allen Haden — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Kiangyin (Jiangyin),China,June2, 1908.Librarian; U.S. Vice Consul inGenoa, 1931-32;Singapore, 1932;Buenos Aires, as of 1938.Burial location unknown.  | Eric Hass (1905-1980) — of Oregon; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,1905.Socialist.Advertisingbusiness; Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Senator from Oregon, 1936;editorofThe Weekly People, 1938-68; Socialist Labor candidate forNewYork state attorney general, 1942; Industrial Governmentcandidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1944; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1945 (Socialist Labor), 1949 (IndustrialGovernment), 1957 (Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965(Socialist Labor); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; resigned orexpelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969;librarian.GermanandDanishancestry.Died, from aheartattack, in CommunityHospital,Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.,October2, 1980 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown. | | | Marie Hilson Katzenbach (1882-1970) — also known asMarie H. Katzenbach;Marie Louise HuntHilson —of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,December8, 1882.Librarian; member, New Jersey State Board of Education,1921-64;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,1947.Female.Frenchancestry. Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;ColonialDames.Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,February4, 1970 (age87 years, 58days).Interment atEwingCemetery, Ewing, N.J. | | Robert Woodrow Levering (1914-1989) — also known asRobert W. Levering — of Fredericktown,KnoxCounty, Ohio.Born near Fredericktown,KnoxCounty, Ohio,October3, 1914.Democrat.Librarian;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1959-61; defeated, 1948,1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Ohio,1964.Died in Fredericktown,KnoxCounty, Ohio,August11, 1989 (age74 years, 312days).Cremated. | | James Logue — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Schoolprincipal;librarian;mayorof Lexington, Ky., 1842-45.Burial location unknown. | | Evelyn Silliman Malone (1905-1981) — also known asEvelyn Malone;Evelyn I. Silliman;Mrs. M. W. Malone —of Windom,CottonwoodCounty, Minn.Born in Windom,CottonwoodCounty, Minn.,December25, 1905.Democrat.Schoolteacher;librarian; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Minnesota,1948,1952(alternate),1960;Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1960-62.Female.Methodist.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;Order of theEastern Star;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Struckby a car while walking in Sun City, Arizona, and died soon after,in ahospitalat Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,February18, 1981 (age75 years, 55days).Interment atLakeview Cemetery, Windom, Minn. | | Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) — also known asThomas H. Norton — of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Rushford,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1851.Republican.Chemist;newspapereditor;universityprofessor;librarian; U.S. Consul inHarput, 1900-05;Smyrna, 1905-06;Chemnitz, 1906-14.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;DeltaKappa Epsilon;AmericanChemical Society.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton;married,December27, 1883, to Edith Eliza Ames. |
| | Rosemary Mason Ogden (b. 1909) — also known asRosemary Ogden — of Romeo,MacombCounty, Mich.Born in Fairmont,MarionCounty, W.Va.,January6, 1909.Republican.Librarian; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1947-49.Female.Episcopalian.Burial location unknown. | | Major Robert Odell Owens (1936-2013) — also known asMajor R. Owens — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Collierville,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,June 28,1936.Democrat.Librarian; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 17th District, 1975-82; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1980,1984,1988,1996,2000,2004;U.S.Representative from New York, 1983-2007 (12th District 1983-93,11th District 1993-2007).Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Died, fromrenalfailure andheartfailure, in New York University LangoneMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October21, 2013 (age77 years, 115days).Burial location unknown. | | William Palmer (1907-1991) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Sycamore,DeKalbCounty, Ill.,January6, 1907.Democrat.Librarian; member ofMichiganstate senate 13th District, 1933-37; resigned 1937; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 59th District, 1972.Died in1991(ageabout84 years).Interment atEastLawn Memory Gardens, Okemos, Mich.  | Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) — also known asJames Whitelaw Reid;"Agate" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cedarville,GreeneCounty, Ohio,October27, 1837.Republican.Newspapereditor;librarian;cottonplanter;U.S. Minister toFrance, 1889-92; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.Died in London,England,December15, 1912 (age75 years, 49days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | | Dorothy H. Rose (b. 1920) — of Angola,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1920.Democrat.Librarian; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1965-68 (Erie County 8th District 1965, 163rdDistrict 1966, 147th District 1967-68).Female.Catholic.Member,League of WomenVoters;Grange;DeltaKappa Gamma.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Thomas A. Rose. |
| | Byrd Fanita Sawyer (b. 1895) — also known asByrd Fanita Wall;Mrs. Harry W.Sawyer —of Fallon,ChurchillCounty, Nev.; Sparks,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,May 5,1895.Democrat.Schoolteacher;librarian; Democratic Presidential Elector forNevada,1940;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada,1948(member,CredentialsCommittee),1952.Female.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;NationalEducation Association;PhiBeta Kappa;GammaPhi Beta;BetaSigma Phi.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Henry J. Wall and Burd (McIlvaine) Wall; married,September11, 1923, to Harry W. Sawyer. |
| | Miles Osborne Sherill (b. 1841) — ofCatawbaCounty, N.C.Born inCatawbaCounty, N.C.,July 26,1841.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost aleg at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House, 1864; probatejudge in North Carolina, 1868; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1882-83; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1885-86, 1893-94; North Carolina statelibrarian, 1913.Methodist.Member,OddFellows.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Hiram Sherill and Sarah Sherill; married1867 to SarahR. Bost. |
| | Mary A. Sleeth (born c.1876) — of Rushville,RushCounty, Ind.Born in Indiana, about 1876. Republican.Librarian; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Indiana,1924,1936;farm administrator forWendellWillkie.Female.Burial location unknown. | | Foster Waterman Stearns (1881-1956) — also known asFoster Stearns — of Hancock,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Hull,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,July 29,1881.Republican.Librarian; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1937;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1939-45; delegateto Republican National Convention from New Hampshire,1940(HonoraryVice-President),1948.DiedJune 4,1956 (age74 years, 311days).Interment atExeterCemetery, Exeter, N.H. | | William Swift (b. 1794) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Massachusetts,1794.Candlemanufacturer;librarian;mayorof Lexington, Ky., 1855-58.Englishancestry.Burial location unknown. | | James Hammond Trumbull (1821-1897) — also known asJ. Hammond Trumbull — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Stonington,New LondonCounty, Conn.,December20, 1821.Philologist;Connecticut StateLibrarian, 1854-55;secretaryof state of Connecticut, 1861-66.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August5, 1897 (age75 years, 228days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | Allura E. Ulch (1852-1936) — of Ceres,StanislausCounty, Calif.Born in1852.Librarian; postmaster atCeres,Calif., 1901-05.Female.Died in1936(ageabout84 years).Interment atCeres Memorial Park, Ceres, Calif. | | James William Zevely (1861-1927) — also known asJ. W. Zevely — of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.;Washington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Linn,OsageCounty, Mo.,October8, 1861.Democrat.Librarian;secretary ofMissouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.Department of the Interior;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1912,1916;as attorney for the Sinclair ConsolidatedOilCorporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the TeapotDome scandal of the 1920s.Died, ofperniciousanemia andlivercirrhosis, in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 10,1927 (age65 years, 245days).Intermentsomewherein Paris, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married,June 23,1908, to Janie C. Clay. | | | | The championracehorse"Zev" (1920-1943) wasnamed forhim by Harry F. Sinclair. |
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