Very incomplete list! | |  Horace Lincoln Abbe (1865-1916) — also known asHorace L. Abbe — of Enfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Enfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,July 26,1865.Piano and organ dealer; Prohibition candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from Enfield, 1902, 1906, 1910.Methodist.Died in Enfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November29, 1916 (age51 years, 126days).Interment atEnfieldStreet Cemetery, Enfield, Conn. | | Alexander Samuel Bacon (1853-1920) — also known asAlexander S. Bacon — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,November20, 1853.Lawyer;lecturer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1887; candidateforJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906 (Independence League),1915 (American); Independence League candidate for PresidentialElector for New York,1908;vice-president and director, WebsterPiano Company.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Attorney for New York Gov.WilliamSulzer at his impeachment trial in 1913.Died, from complications ofpneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1920 (age66 years, 191days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y. | | Rosalyn H. Baker — also known asRoz Baker — of Lahaina, Island of Maui,MauiCounty, Hawaii.Democrat.Sporting goods merchant; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Hawaii,1984,1992,1996(alternate),2000(alternate); member ofHawaiistate house of representatives; elected 1988; member ofHawaiistate senate; appointed 1993; elected 1994, 2002.Female.Member,Rotary;Soroptimists.Still living as of 2002. | | Robert A. Beckwith (1862-1946) — of East Hampton,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Connecticut, August,1862.Foreman inbell factory; Prohibition candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1904 (Chatham), 1906 (Chatham),1916 (East Hampton); member of Connecticut Prohibition Party StateCentral Committee, 1922-27.Died in1946(ageabout83 years).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, East Hampton, Conn. | | Berkley Warren Bedell (b. 1921) — also known asBerkley Bedell — of Spirit Lake,DickinsonCounty, Iowa.Born in Spirit Lake,DickinsonCounty, Iowa,March 5,1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; founderand owner of the Berkleyfishing tackle company;U.S.Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1975-87; defeated, 1972.Methodist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;IzaakWalton League.Still living as of 2014. | | John James Bell (1864-1929) — also known asJohn J. Bell — of Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.Born in Palmerston,Ontario,April6, 1864.Naturalized U.S. citizen;music store owner;mayorof Port Huron, Mich., 1907-12, 1927-28.Methodist;laterCongregationalist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;ModernMaccabees;Maccabeesof the World;Foresters;Woodmenof the World;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,April 1,1929 (age64 years, 360days).Interment atLakesideCemetery, Port Huron, Mich. | | Riley Alvin Bender (1890-1973) — also known asRiley A. Bender — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 8,1890.Prizefighter;hotelmanager;music store manager;seedwholesaler; candidate in Democratic primary forIllinoisstate senate 11th District, 1938; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1944,1948,1952.Churchof Christ.GermanandWelshancestry.Died, in Illinois CentralHospital,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 6,1973 (age82 years, 241days).Interment atOnargaCemetery, Onarga, Ill.| |  Relatives: Sonof Edward Bender and Rachel Josephine 'Josie' (Davis)Bender. |
| | Orison Blunt (1815-1879) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Gardiner,KennebecCounty, Maine,July 27,1815.Rifle manufacturer; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1862; Union candidateformayorof New York City, N.Y., 1863.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1879 (age63 years, 268days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Frederick W. Carberry (1875-1938) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,February3, 1875.Republican.Musicteacher;musical instrument dealer; director of communitysinging;performed, Republican National Convention, 1920 ;blindin his later years.Died, fromheartdisease, in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,January27, 1938 (age62 years, 358days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. | | Demarus Kay Carlson (born c.1938) — also known asDe Carlson — of Crofton,KnoxCounty, Neb.Born about 1938. Republican.Gun dealer; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Nebraska,1992,2004,2008;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Nebraska, 2008.Still living as of 2008. | | Marilyn Chambers (1952-2009) — also known asMarilyn Ann Briggs;Evelyn Lang;Marilyn Chambers Taylor —Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,April22, 1952.Model;Actressinpornographicmovies;gun dealer; Personal Choice candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 2004.Female.Bisexual.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage and ananeurysm,in Santa Clarita,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April12, 2009 (age56 years, 355days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean. | | Alexis U. Coates (1858-1943) — also known asA. U. Coates — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Excelsior,RichlandCounty, Wis.,June 21,1858.Schoolteacher;music store manager;grocer;real estatedealer; Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofIowa, 1901; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Senator from Iowa, 1936.Churchof Christ.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,January21, 1943 (age84 years, 214days).Interment atGlendaleCemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Harvey Coates and Anna French (Knowlton) Coates; married,August31, 1875, to Isabel Lein. |
| | Edwin Stapleton Conway (b. 1850) — also known asEdwin S. Conway — of Oak Park,CookCounty, Ill.Born inOntario,1850.Republican. Secretary and general superintendent, W. W. KimballPiano Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1896;Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois,1901.Baptist.Member,UnionLeague.Burial location unknown. | | Edmond Cote (b. 1863) — of Fall River,BristolCounty, Mass.Born in Beaumont,Quebec,February22, 1863.Republican.Piano dealer; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council 1st District, 1931-36.Member,Freemasons;Elks;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown. | | Joseph H. Dickinson (b. 1855) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born, of American parents, at Chatham,Ontario,June22, 1855.Republican.Organ manufacturer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1897-1900.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Dickinson and Jane Dickinson. |
| | Jacob Estey (1814-1890) — of Vermont. Born in Hinsdale,CheshireCounty, N.H.,September30, 1814.Republican.Organ manufacturer; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1869-70; member ofVermontstate senate, 1872; candidate forGovernor ofVermont, 1876; Republican Presidential Elector for Vermont,1876(voted forRutherfordB. Hayes andWilliamA. Wheeler).Died in Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,April15, 1890 (age75 years, 197days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt. | | Lawrence J. Fitzgerald — of Cortland,CortlandCounty, N.Y.President, Cortland Wagon Co.manfacturersof carriages, wagons, andbicycles; vice-president, NationalBank ofCortland;villagepresident of Cortland, New York, 1882;New Yorkstate treasurer, 1886-89.Burial location unknown. | | Rea Hanna (b. 1878) — of Hollywood, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Aurora,KaneCounty, Ill.,March11, 1878.Musical instrument salesman;customhousebroker; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inAmoy, 1906-07; U.S. Consul inIquique, 1907-11;Georgetown, 1913.Interment atCementerio de Santa Inés, Viña del Mar, Chile.| | Relatives: Sonof George Hanna and Julia (Mandigo) Hanna. |
| | Andrew George Katcher (1905-1966) — also known asAndrew G. Katcher — of Ambridge,BeaverCounty, Pa.Born in Ambridge,BeaverCounty, Pa.,December10, 1905.Democrat.Furnitureandpiano merchant; candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1942, 1944, 1946,1948.Catholic.Member,Elks;Eagles;Knightsof Columbus.Died in1966(ageabout60 years).Interment atSts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, AmbridgeHeights, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Frank Katcher and Julia (Panchura) Katcher; married to AgnesFedorchak. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Kaye (1813-1890) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Yorkshire,England,February13, 1813.Machinist;founder and owner of the Kaye & Companybrass works;bell manufacturer;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1863-65.DiedNovember19, 1890 (age77 years, 279days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.  | John T. Kostuck (1892-1960) — of Stevens Point,PortageCounty, Wis.Born in Stevens Point,PortageCounty, Wis.,October7, 1892.Piano dealer;piano tuner; member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Portage County, 1931-60.A blasting accident made himblindat age 14.Died in1960(ageabout67 years).Interment atGuardian Angel Cemetery, Stevens Point, Wis. | | Jonas B. Lambert (1845-1927) — of Hastings,DakotaCounty, Minn.Born in Bucksport,HancockCounty, Maine,May 17,1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;musicteacher;music store owner;mayorof Hastings, Minn., 1878-80.Died in Hastings,DakotaCounty, Minn.,1927(ageabout82 years).Interment atSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Cemetery, Hastings, Minn.  | Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) — also known asHarold W. Mason — of Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April21, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;boot and shoebusiness; vice-president, Brattleboro MemorialHospital;director forpowercompanies,insurancecompanies, the Central VermontRailway,and the EsteyOrgan Co.; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Vermont,1932;Convention Secretary,1940,1944;secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary,1940;speaker,1940;Republican Presidential Elector for Vermont,1933(voted forHerbertHoover andCharlesCurtis);delegateto Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Vermont, 1936-44;Secretaryof Republican National Committee, 1937-44.Member,AmericanLegion;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;UnionLeague;SigmaNu.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at the Savoy-PlazaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November3, 1944 (age49 years, 196days).Interment atMorningsideCemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.| | Relatives: Sonof William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;married,March17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Official Report of the22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
| | | Charles W. Masterson (c.1862-1958) — of Washington. Born about 1862. Democrat.Piano tuner; candidate forU.S.Representative from Washington 4th District, 1916.Blindfrom age eight, due to an overdose of quinine (used to treat cholera).Died in Walla Walla,Walla WallaCounty, Wash.,1958(ageabout96 years).Intermentsomewherein Walla Walla, Wash. | | Vernon Ream McMillan (1892-1968) — also known asVernon R. McMillan — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Morrill,BrownCounty, Kan.,September15, 1892.Foundedsporting goods business;inventedthe football face mask and the basketball inflator;mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1943-48.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,December1, 1968 (age76 years, 77days).Interment atHighlandLawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. | | Gerald L. Murphy (1912-1976) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September25, 1912.Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, E. E. WilsonSporting Goods,Inc.; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1941-46, 1951-54; defeated, 1938, 1946; candidate forMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1954.Died in1976(ageabout63 years).Burial location unknown. | | William B. Ormsbee (1873-1942) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Maple Grove,SaginawCounty, Mich.,August3, 1873.Republican.Sporting goods merchant; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,1915-18, 1923-26; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1936.Died in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,July 4,1942 (age68 years, 335days).Interment atAventine Cemetery, Flint, Mich. | | William Merritt Osband (b. 1836) — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Arcadia,WayneCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1836.Republican.Collegeprofessor;furniturebusiness;newspapereditor;pipe organ manufacturer;chair ofWashtenaw County Republican Party, 1886-90.Methodist.Englishancestry.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Wilson Osband and Susanna (Sherman) Osband; married,August7, 1861, to Lucy Aldrich. |
| | David Perry Otis (1809-1890) — also known asDavid P. Otis — of Salem,New LondonCounty, Conn.; Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.; Niantic, East Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in East Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,February28, 1809.Merchant;piano manufacturing business; member ofConnecticutstate senate 9th District, 1860.DiedDecember30, 1890 (age81 years, 305days).Burial location unknown. | | John G. Roy (b. 1859) — of East Barnet, Barnet,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.Born in Barnet,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,1859.Democrat.Croquet set manufacturer; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Barnet, 1910.Burial location unknown. | | Forest Sale (1911-1985) — also known asAggie Sale — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Lawrenceburg,AndersonCounty, Ky.,June 25,1911.Democrat. Famed college basketball player; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II;schoolteacher;athleticcoach;sporting goods merchant; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 55th District, 1972-83.Christian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Lions.Died, following aheartattack, in St. JosephHospital,Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December4, 1985 (age74 years, 162days).Burial location unknown. | | Don William Samuelson (1913-2000) — also known asDon W. Samuelson — of Sandpoint,BonnerCounty, Idaho.Born in Woodhull,HenryCounty, Ill.,July 27,1913.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;sportinggoods merchant; member ofIdahostate senate, 1960-66;Governor ofIdaho, 1967-71; defeated, 1970; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Idaho,1968(delegation chair).Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Elks;Kiwanis;NationalRifle Association.Died, of aheartattack, at the SwedishMedicalCenter, Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,January20, 2000 (age86 years, 177days).Interment atPinecrestMemorial Park, Sandpoint, Idaho.  | Allen Arthur Shepherd (1918-2008) — also known asAllen A. Shepherd — of Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born in Seymour,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,March20, 1918.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;sporting goodsmerchant; candidate formayor ofWausau, Wis., 1968.Member,Rotary.Died in Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.,July 17,2008 (age90 years, 119days).Entombed in mausoleum atRestlawnMemorial Park, Wausau, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof William A. Shepherd and Minnie M. (Mattis) Shepherd; married,February22, 1942, to Dorothy H. Schaller. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Wausau (Wis.) DailyHerald, March 4, 1968 |
| | | Freeborn Garretson Smith (c.1827-1911) — also known asFreeborn G. Smith — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in alogcabin, near Baltimore (unknowncounty), Md., about 1827.Piano manufacturing business; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1890 (3rd District), 1894 (2ndDistrict); Prohibition candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1891, 1895; Prohibition candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1896.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1911 (ageabout 84years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Homer Peter Snyder (1863-1937) — also known asHomer P. Snyder — of Little Falls,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.Born in Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,December6, 1863.Republican. Manufacturer ofknittingmachinery andbicycles as Homer P. Snyder Manufacturing Co.;vice-president, Little Falls NationalBank;director, Little Falls and JohnstownRailroad;director, Little FallsHotelCo.;U.S.Representative from New York 33rd District, 1915-25; defeated,1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1916,1920;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Died in Little Falls,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,December30, 1937 (age74 years, 24days).Interment atChurchStreet Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y. | | Albert Morris Steinert (1868-1927) — also known asAlbert M. Steinert — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,1868.Democrat.Musical instrument dealer; Democratic PresidentialElector for Rhode Island,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall); Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forRhode Island,1916.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,1927(ageabout59 years).Burial location unknown. | | Oramel Whittlesey (born c.1802) — of Salem,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born about 1802. Whig.Pianoforte maker; member ofConnecticutstate senate 9th District, 1847.Interment atMosswoodGlen Cemetery, Salem, Conn.  | Arthur H. Wicks (1887-1985) — also known asA. H. Wicks — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.; Lake Katrine,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December24, 1887.Republican. Worked inpiano manufacturing business; employedin the engineering department of the New York City Board ofWaterSupply, and then in construction ofsubways;owner and operator ofsteamlaundry in Kingston; director, Governor ClintonHotel;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948,1952(HonoraryVice-President),1956;resignedin November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting LieutenantGovernor, whileunder threatof ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convictedextortionistand labor leader Joseph S. Fay.Member,Freemasons;JuniorOrder;Rotary.Died in Lake Katrine,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1985 (age97 years, 56days).Interment atFairview Cemetery, Stone Ridge, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Mabel Everett. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | | Horace C. Wilcox (1824-1890) — of Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.BornJanuary24, 1824.President, MeridenBritanniaCompany; president, Wilcox & WhiteOrgan Company; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1874, 1877;mayorof Meriden, Conn., 1875-76.DiedAugust27, 1890 (age66 years, 215days).Interment atWilcox Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Elisha B. Wilcox and Hepzibah (Cornwall) Wilcox; married toCharlotte Smith and Ellen M. Parker. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas E. Willmott — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Piano maker; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1912-13; Americancandidate forNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1916.Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Winslow (1827-1894) — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February28, 1827.Republican. Manufacturer ofskates;mayorof Worcester, Mass., 1886-89.Died in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October21, 1894 (age67 years, 235days).Interment atHopeCemetery, Worcester, Mass.  | Samuel Ellsworth Winslow (1862-1940) — also known asSamuel E. Winslow — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April11, 1862.Republican. President, Samuel WinslowSkate Manufacturing Co.;director, U.S. Envelope Co., State MutualLifeAssurance Co. of Worcester, Mass., and Mechanics NationalBank;trustee, Worcester CityHospital;chairman, U.S. Board of Railway Labor Mediation; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Massachusetts,1892,1908;speaker,1924;MassachusettsRepublican state chair, 1893-94;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1913-25.Unitarian.Died in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,July 11,1940 (age78 years, 91days).Cremated;ashes interred atHopeCemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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