Very incomplete list! | |  Par B. Anderson (b. 1868) — also known asP. B. Anderson — of Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio; Kane,McKeanCounty, Pa.; Caibarien,Cuba.Born inSweden,March27, 1868.Naturalized U.S. citizen;lawyer;steamshipagent;banker;sugar business; U.S. Consular Agent inCaibarien, 1903-17.Swedishancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Robert B. Asher (b. 1937) — also known asBob Asher — of Souderton,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.BornSeptember7, 1937.Republican. Co-chairman, Asher'sChocolates;chair ofMontgomery County Republican Party, 1978-86; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1980,1984,2000,2008,2016;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1983-86; along with state treasurerR.Budd Dwyer, wasconvictedin federal court in 1986, onbriberyandperjurycharges;served one year inprison;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1998-2020; Republicancandidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,2012(on behalf ofMittRomney andPaulRyan); Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,2016(voted forDonaldTrump andMikePence); Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forPennsylvania,2020(on behalf ofDonaldTrump andMikePence).Still living as of 2020. | | Henry Alexander Baldwin (1871-1946) — also known asHenry A. Baldwin — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii; Makawao, Island of Maui,MauiCounty, Hawaii.Born in Paliuli, Island of Maui,MauiCounty, Hawaii,January12, 1871.Republican.Sugarplanter;delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory,1912,1920;member ofHawaiiterritorial senate, 1913-21, 1934-37;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory, 1922-23; member ofHawaiiterritorial House of Representatives, 1933.Member,Chi Phi.Died in Paia, Island of Maui,MauiCounty, Hawaii,October8, 1946 (age75 years, 269days).Interment atMakawaoCemetery, Makawao, Island of Maui, Hawaii. | | William James Behan (1840-1928) — also known asWilliam J. Behan — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.; White Castle,IbervilleParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September25, 1840.Republican. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;sugarplanter;merchant;manufacturer;grocerybusiness;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1882-84; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Louisiana,1896,1900,1908;LouisianaRepublican state chair, 1900-12; candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1904; postmaster atNewOrleans, La., 1909-11.Irishancestry. Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.Died, from aheartattack, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,May 4,1928 (age87 years, 222days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, New Orleans, La.  | Sosthenes Behn (1884-1957) — also known asLouis Richard Sosthenes Behn — of San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (nowVirginIslands),January30, 1884.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;sugar business; memberof Republican National Committee from Puerto Rico, 1912; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Puerto Rico,1912;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; he and his brotherHernand bought atelephonecompany in Puerto Rico, and went on to establish InternationalTelephone and Telegraph (ITT), which rapidly expanded worldwide.Danish,French, andItalianancestry.Died, from aheartailment, in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1957 (age72 years, 342days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | | John Black (1800-1854) — of Monroe,FranklinCounty, Miss.;Winchester,Va.Born in Virginia,August11, 1800.Schoolteacher;lawyer;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1826-32;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38; resigned 1838;sugar caneplanter.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inWinchester,Va.,August29, 1854 (age54 years, 18days).Interment atSt. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Innis, La. | | Charles Boettcher (1852-1948) — of Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.; Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.; Leadville,LakeCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.Born in Kölleda,Germany,April8, 1852.Republican.Hardwarebusiness; co-founder and vice-president, Great WesternSugar Co.; co-founder and president IdealCementCompany; vice-president, Brown PalaceHotelCompany;real estateinvestor; delegate to Republican National Convention fromColorado,1916(alternate),1928.Germanancestry.Died, in his suite at the Brown PalaceHotel,Denver,Colo.,July 2,1948 (age96 years, 85days).Entombed in mausoleum atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Claudius Kedzie Boettcher (1875-1957) — also known asClaude K. Boettcher — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.,January10, 1875.Republican.Packingbusiness;banker;major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, Denver andIntermountainRailway;president, Brown PalaceHotel;director, Great WesternSugar Co.; director, DenverDry GoodsCo.; vice-president of severalelectricutilities; delegate to Republican National Convention fromColorado,1936(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1944.Episcopalian.Germanancestry.Died inDenver,Colo.,June 9,1957 (age82 years, 150days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Edward Cole Bryan (1919-1997) — also known asEdward C. Bryan;Ed Bryan — of Ewa, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,August22, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;surveyor;electricalengineer;businessexecutive;delegateto Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950, 1968;HawaiiTerritory Republican Party chair, 1957-58; housing director, EwaSugar Company; board member, St. FrancisHospital.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;HumaneSociety.Died in Johnson City,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.,May 27,1997 (age77 years, 278days).Cremated;ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean.| |  Relatives: Sonof Kenneth Cole Bryan and Mary (Hayes) Bryan; married to Shada I.Pflueger. |
| | Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984) — also known as"The Refrigerator";"The SlyFox" —of New York; Dummerston,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 11,1894.Director and officer, NationalSugar Refining Company;director, American-HawaiianSteamshipCompany; U.S. Ambassador toArgentina, 1951-52;Italy, 1952-53;India, 1956-61;Nepal, 1956-59;, 1966-67, 1973-78;Vietnam, 1967-73.Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Recipient of twoPresidentialMedals of Freedom, in 1963 and in 1967.Died, in Brattleboro MemorialHospital,Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,September27, 1984 (age90 years, 139days).Intermentsomewherein Dummerston, Vt. | | Claude Ernest Cady (1878-1953) — also known asClaude E. Cady — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,May 28,1878.Democrat.Grocer; ownerof threemovietheaters; member of Lansing city council, 1910-17; member ofLansing Police and Fire Commission, 1918-28;wholesale candydealer; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1926;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1933-35; defeated,1934; postmaster atLansing,Mich., 1935-43 (acting, 1935).Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,November30, 1953 (age75 years, 186days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich. | | Donelson Caffery (1835-1906) — of Franklin,St. MaryParish, La.Born near Franklin,St. MaryParish, La.,September10, 1835.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;sugarplanter;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1892-93;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1892-1901; Populist candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1900.Slaveowner. Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December30, 1906 (age71 years, 111days).Interment atFranklinCemetery, Franklin, La. | | Etienne Joseph Caire (1868-1955) — also known asEtienne J. Caire — of Edgard,St. Johnthe Baptist Parish, La.Born in Edgard,St. Johnthe Baptist Parish, La.,September17, 1868.Republican.Merchant;pharmacist;sugar caneplanter;banker;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1928.Catholic.Frenchancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in Edgard,St. Johnthe Baptist Parish, La.,July 16,1955 (age86 years, 302days).Entombed atSt. John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, La. | | Albert E. Carlton (born c.1862) — of Cripple Creek,TellerCounty, Colo.; Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.Born in Indiana, about 1862. Republican.Banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,1916(alternate),1920;sugar executive.Burial location unknown. | | Adrial Hebard Case (1892-1966) — also known asA. Hebard Case — of Lihue, Island of Kauai,KauaiCounty, Hawaii.Born in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,November20, 1892.Republican.Chemistfor asugarplantation;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from HawaiiTerritory,1936.Died in Lihue, Island of Kauai,KauaiCounty, Hawaii,May 16,1966 (age73 years, 177days).Interment atNationalMemorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,Hawaii. | | Horace Fay Casey (1890-1961) — also known asHorace F. Casey — of Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.; Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,May 9,1890.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;wholesalecandy dealer; member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1931;Montanastate treasurer, 1957-61.Died, in St. Peter'sHospital,Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,October11, 1961 (age71 years, 155days).Interment atSunset Memorial Gardens, Helena, Mont. | | Thomas Withers Chinn (1791-1852) — also known asThomas W. Chinn — of Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.Born near Cynthiana,HarrisonCounty, Ky.,November22, 1791.Physician;lawyer;sugar caneplanter;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1839-41.Slaveowner. Died inWest BatonRouge Parish, La.,May 22,1852 (age60 years, 182days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.;reinterment atLiveOaks Plantation Cemetery, Iberville Parish, La.; cenotaph atMagnoliaCemetery, Baton Rouge, La. | | William Patrick Connery Jr. (1888-1937) — also known asWilliam P. Connery, Jr. — of Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.,August24, 1888.Democrat. Professionalactor,1908-16;candy manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War I;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died inoffice 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1932.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;Moose;Eagles;Elks;Redmen;Kiwanis.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 15,1937 (age48 years, 295days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass. | | Clarence Hyde Cooke (1876-1944) — also known asClarence H. Cooke — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,April17, 1876.Republican.Banker;president or vice-president ofplantationandsugar companies; member ofHawaiiterritorial House of Representatives, 1912-28;Speakerof Hawaii Territory House of Representatives, 1923-24, 1927-28;delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory,1924(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Congregationalist.DiedAugust23, 1944 (age68 years, 128days).Interment atKawaiahoChurch Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. | | Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) — also known asChanning H. Cox — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,February28, 1879.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1910-18;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1919-21;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1924,1928(speaker);HonoraryConsul for Japan inBoston,Mass., 1929; president, Old ColonyTrustCompany; director, UnitedFruitCo., RevereSugar Co., First NationalBank ofBoston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper);board member, DeaconessHospital.Episcopalian.Member,HumaneSociety;Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals.DiedAugust20, 1968 (age89 years, 174days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. | | Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) — also known asFred L. Crawford — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born near Dublin,ErathCounty, Tex.,May 5,1888.Republican.Accountant;builder, financier, and operator ofbeet sugar mills;director, Michigan NationalBank;director,PetroleumTransit Corporation;U.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated inprimary, 1952.Methodist.Member,Elks.Died inWashington,D.C.,April13, 1957 (age68 years, 343days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Suitland, Md. | | Arthur J. Donner (born c.1850) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born inGermany,about 1850.Banker;commissionmerchant;steamshipagent;Vice-Consulfor Argentina inBoston,Mass., 1882-88;Consulfor Austria-Hungary inBoston,Mass., 1883-1907;Consulfor Germany inBoston,Mass., 1894-99; treasurer, AmericanSugar Refining Company.Germanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | William Dunbar (1805-1861) — ofAlexandria,Va.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.;St.Bernard Parish, La.Born in Virginia,1805.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofLouisiana state supreme court, 1852-53;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1853-55;sugarcaneplanter.Slaveowner. Died inSt. BernardParish, La.,March18, 1861 (ageabout 55years).Burial location unknown.  | George Howard Earle III (1890-1974) — also known asGeorge H. Earle — of Haverford,DelawareCounty, Pa.; Bryn Mawr,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Devon,ChesterCounty, Pa.,December5, 1890.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served inthe U.S. Navy during World War I;sugar business; U.S.Minister toAustria, 1933-34;Bulgaria, 1940-41;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1936;candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1939.Episcopalian.Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick;Freemasons;Shriners;TallCedars of Lebanon;Elks.DiedDecember30, 1974 (age84 years, 25days).Interment atChurchof the Resurrection Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa. | | Robert Frazer Jr. (1878-1947) — of Salinas,SalinasMunicipio, Puerto Rico.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December8, 1878.Bankemployee;sugar caneplanter;U.S. Consul inValencia, 1909-12;Malaga, 1912-14;Bahia, 1914-16;Kobe, 1916-19; U.S. Consul General in, 1919-24;Zurich, 1924-27;Calcutta, 1927-30;Mexico City, 1930-32;London, 1932-33; U.S. Minister toEl Salvador, 1937-38.Died in1947(ageabout68 years).Burial location unknown. | | Gerald Michael Gabbard (b. 1948) — also known asMike Gabbard — Born in Fagatogo,AmericanSamoa,January15, 1948.Schoolteacher;restauranteur;candy manufacturer; Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 2004; member ofHawaiistate senate, 2007-20 (19th District 2007-12, 20th District2013-20).Samoanancestry.Still living as of 2021.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Harrison Gabbard, Jr. and Aknesis Agnes (Yandall)Gabbard; father ofTulsiGabbard. |
| | Edward James Gay (1816-1889) — also known asEdward J. Gay — of Plaquemine,IbervilleParish, La.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,February3, 1816.Democrat.Planter;president, LouisianaSugar Exchange, New Orleans;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1885-89; died inoffice 1889.Slaveowner. Died inIbervilleParish, La.,May 30,1889 (age73 years, 116days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) — also known asAlfred L. M. Gottschalk — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1873.Newspapercorrespondent;sugargrower;U.S. Consul inCallao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General inCallao, 1905-06;Mexico City, 1906-08;, 1908-11;Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy shipCyclops, duringWorldWar I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers whoperishedwhen the shipsank, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean, March,1918(age45years, 0 days). The wreckage wasneverfound.| | Relatives: Sonof L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher)Gottschalk. |
| | Charles F. Gunther (1837-1920) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.BornMarch 6,1837.Democrat.Confectioner; candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1908.Germanancestry.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February10, 1920 (age82 years, 341days).Entombed atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill.  | Francis Russell Hart (1868-1938) — also known asFrancis R. Hart — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,January16, 1868.Engineer;vice-president, Cartagena-MagdalenaRailway;director, Costa Rica NorthernRailway;director, Boston and ProvidenceRailroad;director, MayanSteamshipCorporation director, RevereSugar Refinery;Vice-Consulfor Colombia inBoston,Mass., 1905-07;banker;president, UnitedFruitCompany, 1933-38.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanAntiquarian Society.Died, from aheartattack, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January18, 1938 (age70 years, 2days).Interment atRuralCemetery, New Bedford, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Mandell Hart and Sarah Davis (Watson) Hart; married,June 4,1896, to Helen Bronson Hobbey. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 19,1938 |
| | | William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874) — also known asWilliam F. Havemeyer — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1804.Democrat.Sugar refining business;banker;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1844;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1845-46, 1848-49, 1873-74; defeated,1859; died in office 1874.Germanancestry. Member,TammanyHall.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1874 (age70 years, 291days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) — also known asSamuel W. Hopkins — of Coventry,TollandCounty, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born in Exeter,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,April 1,1845.Schoolteacher;lawyer;real estatedeveloper;IsabellaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80; candidate forvillagepresident of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877;chair ofIsabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1884;president, Mount PleasantSugar Company; member ofMichiganstate senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic),1914 (Progressive).Unitarian.Englishancestry.Died in Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.,August20, 1923 (age78 years, 141days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. | | John Middleton Huger (1809-1894) — also known asJohn M. Huger — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,1809.Sugar caneplanter;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Consulfor Turkey inNewOrleans, La., 1872-82.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1894 (ageabout 84years).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Mobile, Ala. | | Henry W. Hupfauf (b. 1885) — ofCalumetCounty, Wis.Born in Harrison town,CalumetCounty, Wis.,August11, 1885.Democrat.Farmer;sugar company field man;general storeoperator;tavernowner; organizer of cooperativetelephonecompany; treasurer of abutter andcheese cooperative; member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Calumet County; elected 1936; defeated, 1938,1940.Burial location unknown. | | Harold Frederic Jones (1891-1960) — Born in Brockton,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,May 30,1891.Employed with UnitedSugar Company in Mexico; served in theU.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consular Agent inLos Mochis, 1919-32.DiedDecember4, 1960 (age69 years, 188days).Interment atMelroseCemetery, Brockton, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Willie Herbert Jones and Harriet Aurila (Lakin) Jones; married toRita Clarke Page. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Lemuel Theophilus Jones Sr. (1896-1975) — also known asLem T. Jones, Sr. — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Ebensburg,CambriaCounty, Pa.,January23, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;schoolteacher; president and partner, Russell StoverCandies;bankdirector;MissouriRepublican state chair, 1963; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Missouri,1964.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died, from aheartattack, in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,September20, 1975 (age79 years, 240days).Interment atMt.Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo. | | Luigi Felice Lastreto (1841-1913) — also known asLuis F. Lastreto — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Paris,France.Born in Santa Margherita,Italy,1841.Naturalized U.S. citizen;importerand exporter;chocolate maker;Consulfor Ecuador inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1898-1901;Consulfor Nicaragua inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1899-1900;Consul-Generalfor Nicaragua inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1901-02.Italianancestry. Member,AudubonSociety.Died in Paris,France,May27, 1913 (ageabout 71years).Entombed atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | George William Loft (1865-1943) — also known asGeorge W. Loft — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February6, 1865.Democrat.Candy manufacturer; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1908;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall);U.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1913-17; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1924,1928(alternate),1932(alternate),1936(alternate),1940;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1933.Catholic.Died in Baldwin,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November6, 1943 (age78 years, 273days).Entombed atSt.Raymond's Old Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Fowler Smith Loftin (born c.1868) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Kentucky, about 1868. Democrat.Confectionary business;contractor;candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1924.Burial location unknown. | | John Harvey Lowery (1860-1941) — also known asJ. H. Lowery — of Donaldsonville,AscensionParish, La.Born in Plaquemine,IbervilleParish, La.,October18, 1860.Republican.Physician;sugargrower;delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana,1916(alternate),1920,1924,1928,1940.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,OddFellows.Died, in Flint-GoodridgeHospital,New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September25, 1941 (age80 years, 342days).Interment atAscensionCatholic Cemetery, Donaldsonville, La. | | Adolph Meyer (1842-1908) — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,October19, 1842.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;cotton andsugarplanter;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1891-1908; died inoffice 1908.Jewish.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March 8,1908 (age65 years, 141days).Interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | Frank J. Migas (b. 1888) — of East Chicago,LakeCounty, Ind.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November28, 1888.Democrat. Owner, Sweet CornCandy Co., 1921-31;vice-president, American StateBank ofGary;deputysheriff;mayorof East Chicago, Ind., 1939-51; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Indiana,1940,1948;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana,1944.Catholic.Member,Moose;PolishNational Alliance.Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Calumet City, Ill. | | George M. Miller (c.1911-1972) — of Takoma Park,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born about 1911. Office manager andaccountantfor the MerchantsCandy andTobaccoCompany; later,accountantfor the federal Bureau of Reclamation;mayorof Takoma Park, Md., 1954-72; died in office 1972.DiedJuly 17,1972 (ageabout 61years).Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin Johnston Mixson (1874-1954) — also known asBenjamin J. Mixson — of Orangeburg,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.Born in Allendale,AllendaleCounty, S.C.,February3, 1874.Republican.Grocer;deputyU.S. marshal;wholesale candy dealer; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Carolina,1924,1928(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1936.Died in Orangeburg,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.,July 19,1954 (age80 years, 166days).Interment atSunnysideCemetery, Orangeburg, S.C. | | Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) — also known asRobert C. Nicholas — of Donaldsonville,AscensionParish, La.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,January10, 1787.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;sugarcaneplanter;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1836-41;secretaryof state of Louisiana, 1845; Louisiana Superintendent ofEducation, 1849-53.Slaveowner. Died inTerrebonneParish, La.,December24, 1857 (age70 years, 348days).Entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives: SonofGeorgeNicholas and Mary (Smith) Nicholas; brother of Henrietta MorrisonNicholas (who marriedRichardHawes); married to Susan Adelaide Vinson; nephew ofWilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; grandson ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780); granduncle ofHarryBartow Hawes; first cousin ofPeytonRandolph; first cousin once removed ofPeterMyndert Dox andEdmundRandolph; first cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791),WilliamFitzhugh andEdmundRandolph Cocke; first cousin thrice removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin once removed ofCarterBassett Harrison,WilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841),ThomasMarshall andJamesKeith Marshall; third cousin ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); third cousin once removed ofBurwellBassett,CarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin twice removed ofConnallyFindlay Trigg,RussellBenjamin Harrison,CarterHenry Harrison II,RichardEvelyn Byrd andWilliamWelby Beverley; third cousin thrice removed ofHarryFlood Byrd andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); fourth cousin once removed ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | William J. O'Bryant — of Idaho Falls,BonnevilleCounty, Idaho.Sugar executive;mayorof Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1959-63.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.  | Henry Thomas Oxnard (1860-1922) — also known asHenry T. Oxnard — of Oxnard,VenturaCounty, Calif.; Upperville,FauquierCounty, Va.Born in Marseille,France,June22, 1860.Republican. President, later vice-president, AmericanBeetSugar Company; delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1908.Died, from aheartattack, at the University Club, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 8,1922 (age61 years, 351days).Burial location unknown. | | William L. Petriken (b. 1871) — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Muncy,LycomingCounty, Pa.,February17, 1871.Republican.Sugar executive; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Colorado,1924.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Eloise N. Delbridge. |
| | Henry Newton Pharr (1872-1966) — Born in New Iberia,IberiaParish, La.,July 19,1872.Republican.Sugar caneplanter;engineer;manufacturer;bankdirector; candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1908.Methodist.Member,AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers.DiedOctober28, 1966 (age94 years, 101days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, La. | | John Newton Pharr (1829-1903) — BornMarch19, 1829.Republican.Sugar caneplanter;lumberman;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1896.Died in Berwick,St. MaryParish, La.,November21, 1903 (age74 years, 247days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, La. | | Gustavo Preston (1856-1918) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Swampscott,EssexCounty, Mass.Born inArroyoMunicipio, Puerto Rico,August1, 1856.Sugar and molassesimporter;Consulfor Ecuador inBoston,Mass., 1889-1907;Consulfor Argentina inBoston,Mass., 1898.Died, fromstomachcancer, in Massachusetts HomeopathicHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August15, 1918 (age62 years, 14days).Interment atSwampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, Mass. | | John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) — also known asJohn A. Quitman — of Mississippi. Born in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,September1, 1799.Democrat.Lawyer;cotton andsugarplanter;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1826-27;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member ofMississippistate senate, 1835-36;Governor ofMississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1848,1856;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died inoffice 1858.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Slaveowner. While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of PresidentJamesBuchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributedtopoison,but probablydysentery),and subsequently died, near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,July 17,1858 (age58 years, 319days).Interment atNatchezCity Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Glen N. Richey — of Casper,NatronaCounty, Wyo.Candy store owner; candidate in primary formayor ofCasper, Wyo., 1951, 1953.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.  | Frederick August Schaefer (1836-1920) — also known asFrederick A. Schaefer — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Bremen,Germany,September19, 1836.Sugar magnate; trustee, secretary, vice-president of TheQueen'sHospital;Consulfor Italy inHonolulu,Hawaii, 1868-1915;Consulfor Austria-Hungary inHonolulu,Hawaii, 1898-1914.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,March11, 1920 (age83 years, 174days).Interment atOahuCemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.| | Relatives:Married1879 toElizabeth Robertson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Honolulu Advertiser,March 12, 1920 |
| | David Sloan — of Michigan. Born inPoland.Socialist.Confectioner; delegate to Socialist NationalConvention from Michigan, 1920.Burial location unknown. | | John B. Smith (1887-1961) — of Alma,GratiotCounty, Mich.Born in Fairgrove,TuscolaCounty, Mich.,April25, 1887.Republican. Field man and superintendent, MichiganSugar Co.;farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1935-42;member ofMichiganstate senate 25th District, 1943-44; defeated in primary, 1944,1958.Died in1961(ageabout74 years).Burial location unknown. | | William Wallace Smith (1830-1913) — also known asWilliam W. Smith — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born inScotland,1830.Restaurantbusiness; co-owner of Smith Brothers,cough dropmanufacturers; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1890 (16th District), 1908 (21stDistrict); Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1896; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Electorfor New York,1900;Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1908;Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1912.Scottishancestry.Died in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1913 (ageabout 83years).Interment atPoughkeepsieRural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof James Smith and Ann (Anderson) Smith; married to HuldahGilbert. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) — also known asAdolph B. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January5, 1857.Republican. President, SpreckelsSugar Company; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1884;angered by an article in the San FranciscoChronicle, onNovember 19, 1884, heshotand badly wounded the paper's publisher,M.H. de Young;arrestedandchargedwithattemptedmurder; pleaded temporary insanity;tried in1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San MateoElectricRailway; vice-president, WesternSugar Company;vice-president, OceanicSteamshipCompany.Germanancestry.Died, frompneumoniaandsyphilis,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 28,1924 (age67 years, 175days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofJohnDiedrich Spreckels; married to Alma deBretteville. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | SpreckelsLake,in Golden Gate Park,SanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) — also known as"The Sugar King of Hawaii";"His Royal Saccharinity" —Born in Lamstedt,Germany,July9, 1828.Republican.Sugar magnate; Republican Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1872(voted forUlyssesS. Grant andHenryWilson); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1897(voted forWilliamMcKinley andGarretA. Hobart).Germanancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December26, 1908 (age80 years, 170days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) — also known asJohn D. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,August16, 1853.Republican. Founder and president, OceanicSteamshipCompany; president, WesternSugar Company; owned theHotel deCoronado, the San DiegoElectricRailway,newspapersin San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and ArizonaRailway,from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1896,1924;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1896.Germanancestry.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,June 7,1926 (age72 years, 295days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofAdolphBernard Spreckels; married1877 to LillieC. Siebein. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | The SpreckelsTheatre,inSanDiego, California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsElementarySchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsPark,inCoronado,California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Walter Staley (1879-1969) — also known asG. Walter Staley — of Prichard,WayneCounty, W.Va.Born inWayneCounty, W.Va.,August13, 1879.Democrat.Confectionary merchant;chair ofWayne County Democratic Party, 1940-50.Died in Huntington,CabellCounty, W.Va.,August2, 1969 (age89 years, 354days).Interment atStaley Cemetery, Wayne County, W.Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles E. 'Charley' Staley and Belvedora (Gilkeson) Staley;married,December26, 1900, to Sallie G. Wilkinson; married1916 to AnnaIrby. |
| | Elmer Teal — of Milan,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Republican.Confectioner; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1912.Burial location unknown. | | Henry Odin Tilton (b. 1885) — also known asHenry O. Tilton — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Lexington,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 1,1885.Republican.Electricalengineer;local sales manager, General Electric; director, Stratton and Co.,Concord, N.H.; director, New EnglandConfectionary Co.,Cambridge, Mass.; candidate formayorof Worcester, Mass., 1933; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1952.Congregationalist.Member,KappaSigma;Freemasons;Grotto;Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Josiah Odin Tilton and Hattie (French) Tilton; married,September30, 1914, to Olive Northrop Fobes. |
| | Dwight Townsend (1826-1899) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September25, 1826.Democrat.Sugar refining business;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1864-65, 1871-73;defeated (Independent Democratic), 1882;telegraphbusiness.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1899 (age73 years, 34days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Jacques Philippe Villere (1761-1830) — of Louisiana. Born in Louisiana,April28, 1761.Sugar caneplanter;Governor ofLouisiana, 1816-20; defeated, 1824.Catholic.Slaveowner. Died in Conseil Plantation,St. BernardParish, La.,March 7,1830 (age68 years, 313days).Entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.  | Heinrich Martens von Holt (1863-1927) — also known asHarry M. von Holt — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,September15, 1863.Officer in many corporations including the First NationalBank ofHonolulu, the OahuRailway,Hamakua Mill Company (sugar producer), and the HawaiianPineappleCompany;Consulfor Netherlands inHonolulu,Hawaii, 1903-04.Episcopalian.Died in London,England,July3, 1927 (age63 years, 291days).Interment atOahuCemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.| | Relatives: Sonof Hermann J. F. von Holt and Alice (Brown) von Holt; married,December8, 1889, to Ida E. Knudsen. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Honolulu Advertiser, July4, 1927 |
| | George Augustus Waggaman (c.1782-1843) — also known asGeorge A. Waggaman — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inCarolineCounty, Md., about 1782.Lawyer;sugar caneplanter;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; circuit judge inLouisiana, 1818;secretaryof state of Louisiana, 1830-32;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1831-35.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in aduel, anddied in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March31, 1843 (ageabout 61years).Original interment atGirodStreet Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;reinterment in 1957 atHopeMausoleum, New Orleans, La.  | Charles Abner Warrick (1855-1937) — also known asCharles A. Warrick — ofDeKalbCounty, Mo.Born inBentonCounty, Ind.,April18, 1855.Republican.Farmer;molasses manufacturer; justice of the peace; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1917-18.Died, fromendocarditis,in near Amity,DeKalbCounty, Mo.,January16, 1937 (age81 years, 273days).Interment atAmity Cemetery, Amity, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Herrod Sutton Warrick and Ann (Elliott) Warrick; married1876 to JennieBradbury; married,October14, 1908, to Ella Hanna. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | Robert Henry Winborne Welch (1899-1985) — also known asRobert Welch — Born in Chowan,ChowanCounty, N.C.,December1, 1899.Republican.Confectionary business; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1950; founder, in 1958, of the JohnBirch Society.Died in Winchester,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January6, 1985 (age85 years, 36days).Burial location unknown. | | William John White (1850-1923) — also known asWilliam J. White — of West Cleveland (now part of Cleveland),CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Rice Lake,Ontario,October7, 1850.Republican.Candy andchewinggum manufacturer;mayorof West Cleveland, Ohio, 1889;U.S.Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1893-95.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February16, 1923 (age72 years, 132days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Theodore Stark Wilkinson (1847-1921) — also known asTheodore S. Wilkinson — ofPlaqueminesParish, La.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inPlaqueminesParish, La.,December18, 1847.Democrat.Sugar caneplanter;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1887-91;U.S.Collector of Customs at New Orleans, La., Louisiana, 1893-98;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1912(HonoraryVice-President),1916(alternate).Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,February1, 1921 (age73 years, 45days).Interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.
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