Obituary of Colonel Harmon L. Remmel, Sr., Jackson Co, Ar

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New York Times, Oct. 28, 1927 - Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 14 - Colonel Harmon
Liveright Remmel, Sr., for 28 years Chairman of the State Republican Committee,
died at a local hospital today, after a long illness. Pneumonia developed after
a paralytic stroke last summer. He was Internal Revenue Collector for Arkansas
at time of his death, a position he had held for five administrations. He had
also served as U. S. Marshall, and was a candidate for Governor three times. He
came to Arkansas in 1876 from Indiana. He made his home in Newport for many
years, visiting Little Rock every day, for there he maintained his offices as
general agent of the Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York. At one time he was
superintendent of agencies in five states for the Mutual. Born in Stratford,
Fulton Co., N. Y. on Jan. 15, 1852, he moved to Ft. Wayne, Ind. In 1871,
remaining for five years. At Newport, he also had a manufacturing plant for
staves and headings in addition to his insurance interests. 

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