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Landon Carter Schmitt
Landon Carter Schmitt

Nov 11, 1980 - Jun 04, 2009

Washington, District of Columbia

Age: 28 yrs. 6 mos. 24 dys. S/O Richard Creagh Schmitt & Lucile Dabney (Waters) Schmitt Last Residen...

Louise Smyth Adams
Louise Smyth Adams

Jan 10, 1925 - Mar 31, 2013

Mount Washington, Ohio

Louise (Smyth) (nee Murray) beloved wife of the late William K. Smyth & the late Donald C. Adams, de...

Frances Maude Vize
Frances Maude Vize

Dec 07, 1882 - Nov 29, 1971

Washington, District of Columbia

Born to William Henry Wilson and Frances Elizabeth Nichols, Frances Maude Wilson came to the United...

Eva Walkes
Eva Walkes

Mar 27, 1910 - Jan 29, 1997

Washington, District of Columbia

Born in 1910 in Offenbach-am-Main near Frankfurt, Germany, Eva was the daughter of Benjamin Preminge...

Harold Augustus Wood
Harold Augustus Wood

May 20, 1910 - Sep 22, 1985

Washingtonville, New York

He attended Newburgh Free Academy and graduated from the School of Engineering at the University of...

Solomon Abate
Solomon Abate

May 01, 1960 - Mar 02, 2013

Washington, District of Columbia

Plat Book F, Page 488

Murray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton

Mar 24, 1923 - Sep 01, 1986

Washington, North Carolina

Actor. Born in Washington, North Carolina, he was a familiar character actor in theatre, films and t...

George Grizzard
George Grizzard

Apr 01, 1928 - Oct 02, 2007

Washington, Connecticut

Actor. A performer of stage, films and television, he was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina and...

Robert Prosky
Robert Prosky

Dec 13, 1930 - Dec 08, 2008

Washington, District of Columbia

Actor. A character performer of television, stage and films, he is best known to many for his role a...

Troy Neil Abbott
Troy Neil Abbott

May 16, 1973 - May 30, 1993

New Washington, Indiana

Son of Joe & Roxy Abbott.

Thomas Philip Tip
Thomas Philip Tip

Dec 09, 1912 - Jan 05, 1994

Washington, District of Columbia

US Congressman. The son of Thomas Philip O'Neill, Sr., a former bricklayer turned local politico, an...

Edith White Bolling
Edith White Bolling

Oct 15, 1872 - Dec 28, 1961

Washington, District of Columbia

United States Presidential First Lady. She was born Edith Bolling in Wytheville, Virginia, the daugh...

John William Boehne
John William Boehne

Mar 02, 1895 - Jul 05, 1973

Washington, District of Columbia

U.S. Congressman. Born the son of Congressman John William Boehne, he graduated from the University...

Burton Kendall Wheeler
Burton Kendall Wheeler

Feb 27, 1882 - Jan 06, 1975

Washington, District of Columbia

US Senator. He served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1923 to 1947. Also served as a Me...

Dean Gooderham Acheson
Dean Gooderham Acheson

Apr 11, 1893 - Oct 12, 1971

Washington, District of Columbia

Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Educated at the Harvard Law School. Early in his career he clerked f...

Blair Lee III
Blair Lee III

May 19, 1916 - Oct 25, 1985

Washington, District of Columbia

Maryland Governor. He served as Governor of Maryland from 1977 to 1979. He was the grandson of Senat...

Dow Watters Harter
Dow Watters Harter

Jan 02, 1885 - Sep 04, 1971

Washington, District of Columbia

U.S. Congressman. Educated at the University of Michigan, he graduated from the law department of th...

Patricia Roberts Harris
Patricia Roberts Harris

May 31, 1924 - Mar 23, 1985

Washington, District of Columbia

Presidential Cabinet Member. Ms. Harris was the United States Ambassador to Luxumbourg from 1965-196...

Hale Boggs
Hale Boggs

Feb 15, 1914 - Oct 16, 1972

Washington, District of Columbia

US Congressman. He was representing the State of Louisiana as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Repres...

David Kirkpatrick Este
David Kirkpatrick Este

Feb 12, 1898 - Dec 05, 1977

Washington, District of Columbia

US Diplomat. He was the son of United States Senator William Cabell Bruce and served in both the Mar...

George Venable Allen
George Venable Allen

Nov 03, 1903 - Jul 11, 1970

Washington, District of Columbia

US Diplomat. Served as the United States Ambassador to Iran from 1946 to 1948, United States Ambassa...

Henry P. Smith
Henry P. Smith

Sep 29, 1911 - Oct 01, 1995

Washington, District of Columbia

U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Dartmouth College Hew Hampshire, in 1933, graduated from Cornell...

Effiegene Locke Wingo
Effiegene Locke Wingo

Apr 14, 1883 - Aug 18, 1962

Washington, District of Columbia

U.S. Congresswoman. She served as a Democrat to the U.S. Congress from Arkansas. Born in Lockesburg,...

Arkady Nikolayevich Shevchenko
Arkady Nikolayevich Shevchenko

Oct 11, 1930 - Feb 28, 1998

Washington, District of Columbia

Soviet Diplomat. He was a top political advisor to both Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, as we...

Nick Begich
Nick Begich

Apr 06, 1932 - Oct 16, 1972

Washington, District of Columbia

U.S. Congressman. Born Nicholas Joseph Begich, the son of Croatian immigrants, he graduated from St....

Thomas Peter Lantos
Thomas Peter Lantos

Feb 01, 1928 - Feb 11, 2008

Washington, District of Columbia

US Congressman. He was born Lantos Tamás Péter in Budapest, into a Jewish family. During World War...

Robert Adam Mosbacher
Robert Adam Mosbacher

Mar 11, 1927 - Jan 24, 2010

Washington, District of Columbia

Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He served as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1989 to 1992,...

Stephen Joshua Solarz
Stephen Joshua Solarz

Sep 12, 1940 - Nov 29, 2010

Washington, District of Columbia

US Congressman. He received a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University in 1962 and a master's degr...

Charles Harting Percy
Charles Harting Percy

Sep 27, 1919 - Sep 17, 2011

Washington, District of Columbia

US Senator. A member of the Republican Party, he served the state of Illinois in the US Senate from...

Harry C. McPherson
Harry C. McPherson

Aug 22, 1929 - Feb 16, 2012

Washington, District of Columbia

Presidential Advisor. A member of President Lyndon Johnson's inner-circle, he served at various capa...

George Stanley McGovern
George Stanley McGovern

Jul 19, 1922 - Oct 21, 2012

Washington, District of Columbia

U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Presidential Candidate, Author. During his lengthy career in pu...

Mary Fuller
Mary Fuller

Oct 05, 1888 - Dec 09, 1973

Washington, District of Columbia

Actress. Fuller was a major early movie star who, by 1914, rivaled Mary Pickford in popularity. Fu...

Elizabeth Norment
Elizabeth Norment

Dec 31, 1952 - Oct 13, 2014

Washington, District of Columbia

Actress. A versatile performer over her 30 year career, she shall probably be remembered as Nancy, K...

Howard Kingsbury Smith
Howard Kingsbury Smith

May 12, 1914 - Feb 15, 2002

Washington, District of Columbia

Famed Pioneer Television Newscaster. His many awards include an Emmy and a Peabody. Attended Tulane...

Henry M. Abraham
Henry M. Abraham

1934 - Mar 06, 2013

Washington, District of Columbia

Plat Book F, Page 266

Don Joseph Gutteridge
Don Joseph Gutteridge

Jun 19, 1912 - Sep 07, 2008

Washington Township, Kansas

Major League Baseball Player, Manager. He was an infielder for twelve seasons (1936 to 1940, 1942 to...

Morrie Lefty Martin
Morrie Lefty Martin

Sep 03, 1922 - May 25, 2010

Washington, Missouri

Major League Baseball Player. For ten seasons (1949, 1951 to 1959), he was a left-handed pitcher wit...

Jim Jerome O'Toole
Jim Jerome O'Toole

Jan 10, 1937 - Dec 26, 2015

Mount Washington, Ohio

Major League Baseball Player. For ten seasons (1958 to 1967), he was a left-handed pitcher with the...

Willie Wood
Willie Wood

Dec 23, 1936 - Feb 03, 2020

Washington, District of Columbia

Hall of Fame Professional Football Player, Coach. For twelve seasons (1960 to 1971), he played at th...

Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair

Sep 20, 1878 - Nov 25, 1968

Washington, District of Columbia

Author, Pulitzer Prize Recipient. Upton Sinclair was a 20th century American author. He received th...

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

Oct 28, 1875 - Feb 04, 1966

Washington, District of Columbia

Journalist. He was the first full time editor of "National Geographic Magazine", serving in that cap...

Philip Leslie Graham
Philip Leslie Graham

Jul 28, 1915 - Aug 03, 1963

Washington, District of Columbia

Newspaper Editor. He was the publisher of Washington "Post" in early 1960s, and husband of Katherine...

Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal

Oct 03, 1925 - Jul 31, 2012

Washington, District of Columbia

Author, Screenwriter, and Playwright. Born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, he is known for writing the scr...

Fulton Lewis Jr.
Fulton Lewis Jr.

Apr 30, 1903 - Aug 20, 1966

Washington, District of Columbia

Journalist. He was the "Nightly News" commentator on national affairs for the Mutual Broadcasting Sy...

Ernest Ralph Tidyman
Ernest Ralph Tidyman

Jan 01, 1928 - Jul 14, 1984

Washington, Connecticut

Author, Screenwriter. His screenplay for "The French Connection" (1971) won the Academy Award for "b...

Ben Bradlee
Ben Bradlee

Aug 26, 1921 - Oct 21, 2014

Washington, District of Columbia

Journalist. He served as Editor of The Washington Post from 1965 until 1991 and during his leadershi...

Melville Bell Grosvenor
Melville Bell Grosvenor

Nov 26, 1901 - Apr 22, 1982

Washington, District of Columbia

Journalist. Grandson of inventor Alexander Graham Bell , he was editor-in-Chief of "National Geogra...

Edward Sidney Aarons
Edward Sidney Aarons

Sep 11, 1916 - Jun 16, 1975

Washington, Connecticut

Author. He will be best remembered for his spy thrillers including the "Assignment" series which int...

Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts

Dec 27, 1943 - Sep 17, 2019

Washington, District of Columbia

American Journalist and Author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for...

J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover

Jan 01, 1895 - May 02, 1972

Washington, District of Columbia

American law figure. J. Edgar Hoover served as the first director of the United States Federal Burea...