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Kafer, Oswald Ottmar (1880-1951 )

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Kellenberger, May Gordon Latham (1893-1978)

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Kennedy, Henry Pearson (1884 - ?)

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King, Francis Parker (1922-2003)

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Lancaster, Lacy E. (1885-1950)

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Lancaster, Nathaniel Macon (1880-1952)

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Lane, Oscar Wallace (1884 - 1927)

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Lane, Richard Berry (1879 - ?)

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Lansche, William Joseph, Jr. (1912-1957)

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LaPierre, John (1681-ca.1755)

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Latham, James Edwin (1866-1946)

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Latham, Maude Moore (1871-1951)

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Lawrence, William Warwick (1858 - ?)

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Lawson, John (d. 1711)

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Lente, Frederick Divoux (Devereaux) (1823 – 1883)

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Lewis, Ethel Mae (b. 1913)

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Lovick, Thomas (1680-1759)

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Lowe, Sadie Greene McManus (1905 - 1992)

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