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# John M. Stemmons

John Millard Stemmons (July 10, 1909 - July 20, 2001) was a real estate developer and civic leader in Dallas, Texas. He is best known for his efforts to develop the former flood plain of the Trinity River and his lucrative donation of land for the Stemmons Freeway that was named for his father, Leslie Stemmons.

## Early life

Stemmons attended public schools in Illinois and Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas in 1927 and attended Washington and Lee University, where he received a football injury that prevented his service in World War II. He is a Member of the Sunset High School Hall of Fame.

## Career

He joined his father's company, Industrial Properties Corporation, in 1931. The company's business was the development of the land recovered by the erection of a flood-controlling levee system. He continued with the company after his father's death in 1939, rising to become president of Industrial Properties Corporation in 1954 and Chairman/CEO in 1971. He retired in 1994 and was elected Chairman Emeritus.
Initial development of the recovered land was slowed by the onset of the Great Depression. Stemmons partnered with Trammell Crow in the years following World War II as the growing economy improved the value of the property. Their partnership ended when Crow's proposed Dallas Market Center project would involve considerable borrowing at the rate of 6% interest. Stemmons could not imagine carrying such expensive debt, and so sold his interest to Crow.
Stemmons's donation of 100 acres (0.40 km$^2$) of the recovered flood plain to the Texas Highway Department was beneficial in saving the state the cost of acquisition but was even more beneficial to Stemmons and IPC. In the terms of the gift, Stemmons stipulated that frontage roads be added to the project to provide freeway access that vastly increased the value of his property.
# John O'Connor (Archdeacon of Emly)

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John Hutton O'Connor was Archdeacon of Emly from 1880 to 1904.
Hutton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1854.
He served at Kilrush (Curate); Cappamore (Perpetual Curate);Grean (Rector) and Borris (Rector).
# John O'Connor (Australian politician)

John O'Connor (20 October 1878 – 22 September 1937) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Flinders from 1924 to 1927 for the Labor Party.
He was born and educated in Port Lincoln, and left school at twelve to work for a local farmer and grazier. He was a farmer and contractor at Tumby Bay prior to entering politics. He was a member of the Tumby Bay Hospital Board of Management and secretary of the Tumby Bay School Committee. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1924 election, but was defeated after one term at the 1927 election.
He later contested Flinders as an independent Labor candidate at the 1930 election after being barred from the Labor preselection due to a dispute about owed levies, but was defeated.
The Hundred of O'Connor cadastral division is named for him.
# John Polando

John Polando (1901–1985) was an early American aviation pioneer who, along with Russell Boardman, flew from Floyd Bennett Field to Istanbul in 1931 to set an aviation record for the longest continuous distance flown without refueling. Following this achievement, he was an officer in World War II.

## Biography
### Early life

Born in 1901 in Lynn, Massachusetts, Polando learned to fly in 1918. After joining the United States Army Air Corps in 1927, he met Russell Boardman at a "Wall of Death" motorcycle event in Revere. Deciding that Boardman would make a good co-pilot, the two teamed up and began to pursue a dream of breaking a world record.

### Record attempt

The two men trained at Hyannis Airport in preparation for their trip to Istanbul. While it was originally planned for them to fly to Teheran, and Rome and Moscow,were considered it was determined that Istanbul would be easier than Teheran as the distance was shorter , and that flying to Rome or Moscow were not far enough to beat the record..
The record breaking flight took place between July 28 and 30, 1931. Polando and Russell Boardman took off from Floyd Bennett Field in the aircraft Cape Cod.The plane was a Bellanca Special J6 monoplane. Eighteen minutes later, Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. took off from Floyd Bennett in an unsuccessful attempt to circumnavigate the world. Boardman and Polando then flew over Newfoundland and dropped the New York Times at lighthouses in the province. Along the way, they also flew over Ireland, Paris, and Munich. They also circled the Swiss Alps at night to avoid crashing into them.
The distance of 5,011.8 miles (8,065.7 km), over a total of forty nine hours and twenty minutes established a distance record, which was the first known non-stop flight whose distance surpassed either English (5,000 mi) or metric (8,000 km) mark.

### Death and legacy

Polando died in 1985 as a result of injuries sustained in an aircraft accident. In 1981, on the 50th anniversary of their record flight, Barnstable Municipal Airport added Boardman-Polando Field to its name to recognize their accomplishment.
# John Paxton (disambiguation)

John Paxton (1911–1985) was an American screenwriter.
John Paxton may also refer to:
* John Paxton (cricketer) (1819–1868), English cricketer
* John Paxton Norman (1819–1871), English jurist
* J. F. Paxton (John Franklin; 1857–1936), Canadian ice hockey administrator
* John Paxton (footballer) (born 1890), English footballer
* John L. Paxton (1920–2011), father of Bill Paxton and occasional actor
* John Paxton (ichthyologist) (born 1938), United States-born Australian ichthyologist at the Australian Museum, Sydney
* John M. Paxton Jr. (born 1951), American Marine Corps general
# John S. Russwurm House

The John S. Russwurm House is a house with Federal architecture, dating from 1819, in Triune, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing was for one contributing building on a 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) that also included are two non-contributing buildings.
It was built by John Russwurm, an early settler of the Williamson County. As of a 1988 study, the house was deemed to be the best surviving example of either a single or double cell brick residence from its era. It was built first as a one-story brick residence, and "was later enlarged with a two-story double, cell addition. This double cell arrangement is the only remaining example of this type of construction in Williamson County."$^{:38}$
The Constantine Sneed House, also NRHP-listed, seems to have had a double cell plan but has since been altered.$^{:38}$
The Russwurm house was delisted from the National Register on November 18, 2011. Delistings usually occur after a building has been demolished or otherwise lost historic integrity.
# John R. Cumpson

John R. Cumpson (August 30, 1866 – March 15, 1913) was an American stage and film actor. On Broadway, he appeared in Up York State in 1901. With regard to his screen career, Cumpson appeared in at least 124 films between 1905 and 1912. A 1910 newspaper item described him as "the famous Swedish dialect comedian."
Silent film star Florence Lawrence enjoyed working often with Cumpson at the Biograph Company in 1908 and 1909, although later, in an interview with Photoplay, she described him as essentially a humorless comedian:
   "Mr. Cumpson was the most serious comedian I have ever known. Nothing was ever funny to him, and he never tried to be funny....When all the rest of the company would laugh at something he had said or did, he would become indignant, thinking we were making fun of him."
Cumpson died of pneumonia and diabetes at Washington Heights Hospital in New York City. He was survived by a brother and two sisters.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1905 | The White Caps | | |
| 1908 | Romance of a Jewess | Customer | |
| 1908 | The Zulu's Heart | Zulu warrior | |
| 1908 | The Call of the Wild | Chinese servant | |
| 1908 | A Calamitous Elopement | | |
| 1908 | Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court | Justice McPheeney | |
| 1908 | A Smoked Husband | Mr. Benjamin Bibbs | |
| 1908 | Mr. Jones at the Ball | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | Mrs. Jones Entertains | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | Mr. Jones Has a Card Party | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | Jones and His New Neighbors | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | His Wife's Mother | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | Jones and the Lady Book Agent | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | Her First Biscuits | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | The Peachbasket Hat | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | Jones' Burglar | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | Mrs. Jones' Lover or I Want My Hat | Mr. Eddie Jones | |
| 1909 | The Road to the Heart | Chinese cook | |
| 1909 | Trying to Get Arrested | Tramp | |
| 1909 | A Sound Sleeper | Tramp | |
| 1909 | Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade | Mr. Schneider | |
| 1909 | Those Awful Hats | Theatre audience member | Alternative title: Those Darn Hats |
| 1909 | The Lonely Villa | | "At the Inn" |
| 1910 | How Bumptious Papered the Parlor | Bumptious | |
| 1910 | Two Men | Miner | |
| 1910 | Bumptious as a Fireman | Bumptious | |
| 1911 | Mr. Bumptious, Detective | Bumptious | |
| 1911 | Billy's Séance | Billy | |
| 1911 | The Child and the Tramp | 3rd tramp | |
| 1912 | Percy Learns to Waltz | Percy | |
| 1912 | A Millionaire for a Day | Fred Dudley | |
| 1912 | How Shorty Won Out | Shorty | |
| 1912 | A Case of Dynamite | Jonathan Jay | |
| 1912 | Ferdie, Be Brave | Ferdie | |
# John Todd (author)

John Todd (October 9, 1800 – August 24, 1873) was an American minister and author of over thirty books, including the popular work of moralistic advice, The Student's Manual (1835).
Todd, youngest child of Dr. Timothy and Phebe (Buel) Todd, was born in Rutland, Vt., October 9, 1800. In his childhood, his father died, and it was only by his own exertions that he was able to secure a liberal education. He graduated from Yale College in 1822. From college he went to Andover Seminary, where he completed the three years' course, and afterwards remained for nearly a year engaged in advanced study. On the 3d of Jan., 1827, he was ordained first pastor of the Union Church in Groton, Mass., and in the following March was married to Mary S., daughter of Rev. Joab Brace, of Newington, Conn. He resigned his charge at Groton, Jan. 8, 1833, and on the 30th of the same month was installed over the Edwards Church, Northampton, Mass. Here he remained until Nov. 4, 1836, when he removed to Philadelphia, where he was installed pastor of the First Congregational Church, on the 17th of the same month. This position he resigned in Nov, 1841, and soon after removed to Pittsfield, Mass., where he took charge of the First Congregational Church, Jan. 1, 1842, and was installed, February 22. In 1870, he proposed to the church to lay down the active duties of pastor, but at their request, his resignation was deferred, until in March, 1872, impaired health enforced his retirement.
Todd originated the charity for Pittsfield's House of Mercy cottage hospital. He died in Pittsfield, after an illness of three months August 24, 1873, in his 73d year. His widow survived him, with five of their nine children, one of whom graduated Yale in 1855. In 1845 Mr. Todd received the degree of D.D. from Williams College, and was elected one of the trustees of that institution, which office he held until 1872. Dr. Todd was remarkably successful as a pastor, and also wielded a powerful influence as an author. He published over thirty volumes, besides many sermons and pamphlets. His most widely known book, "The Student's Manual," was first published in 1835.
The Reverend Doctor Was also notable for having taken part of the Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah on May 10, 1869. During the event, Dr. Todd gave a prayer that was broadcast throughout the nation.
# John Turpin (boxer)

John Turpin is a male former boxer who competed for England.
He started his career as a coal miner and went on to work for BT as a telephone engineer.
A father to Julie, Jayne and Jonathan.
A Grandfather to Oliver, Alex, Robert, Abbey, Jacob, Charlotte & Henry

## Boxing career

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 75 kg middleweight, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.
He was a member of the Rothwell Colliery ABC and was 1966 Light Welterweight ABA champion runner-up.
# John Shawe (died 1431)

John Shawe (born 1401-1431), also referred as John Shawe II, of Oxford, was an English politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of England (MP) for Oxford in April 1414.
# John Rogers (dean of Llandaff)

John Rogers (27 November 1934 – 16 February 2023) was Dean of Llandaff from 1993 to 1999.

## Biography

John Rogers was born on 27 November 1934 and educated at the University of Wales, Oriel College, Oxford and St Stephen's House, Oxford. Ordained in 1960 his first post was at St Martin, Roath. He served the church in Guyana from 1963 until 1971. He held incumbencies at Caldicot, Monmouth and Ebbw Vale before his appointment as Dean.
Rogers retired to Myddfai, continuing to officiate in parishes around the upper Tywi valley. He died at a care home in Llandovery on 16 February 2023, at the age of 88.
# John Siddons

John Royston Siddons AO (5 October 1927 – 22 September 2016) was an Australian politician. He was a businessman and the executive chairman of Siddons Industries Ltd. before entering politics.

## Early life

Siddons was born in Melbourne on 5 October 1927. He was the second of three children born to Agnes Emily (née Smith) and Royston Siddons. His father was an industrialist who founded the Sidchrome line of tools.
Siddons spent his early years in the suburb of Ivanhoe, attending Ivanhoe State School and Preston Technical School. He completed his secondary education at Wesley College from 1943 to 1945, but did not matriculate as he had always intended on joining his father's business.

## Business career

In 1945, Siddons began working for one of his father's firms, Siddons Drop Forging Pty Ltd, drop forging hammers at its factory in Clifton Hill. He was groomed to take over the business and worked across all departments of his father's conglomerate, starting at factory level to gain an understanding of manual labour.
Siddons was sent to the United States on a research tour in 1949, where he was introduced to the newly created Ramset gun – "a powder-actuated tool gun that greatly sped up the process of fastening slabs of concrete or steel". He acquired the Australian franchise rights and in 1952 incorporated Ramset Fasteners (Australia) Pty Ltd as a division of Siddons Drop Forging, with himself as general manager. Due to import restrictions the firm had to manufacture Ramset guns in Australia, quickly ramping up production and later establishing subsidiaries in New Zealand and South Africa. By 1955 profits from the Ramset line had surpassed the rest of the Siddons' tool-making divisions.

## Politics

Siddons' first involvement in politics was through the Australia Party. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the party at three federal elections, standing for the House of Representatives in the seat of Diamond Valley at the 1972 election and for the Senate at the 1974 and 1975 elections. He was elected to succeed Gordon Barton as national convenor of the Australia Party in December 1974, defeating Ian Gilfillan.
In 1980, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Democrats senator for Victoria. He was defeated at the 1983 election, when he was required to take second place on the Democrats ticket in deference to party leader Don Chipp. He was, however, re-elected in the 1984 election, when seven places were up for election due to the expansion of the Parliament. In 1986, he left the Democrats, claiming that the party had moved too far to the left. In 1987, he registered the Unite Australia Party, amalgamating two other minor parties, the Advance Australia Party and the remnants of the Australia Party. He was joined in the Senate by South Australian Democrat David Vigor. The new party contested the 1987 election but received under 1% in all states contested. Siddons and Vigor were both defeated.
He died in 2016, aged 88.
# John Ross Key (artist)

John Ross Key (16 July 1832, Hagerstown, Maryland – 24 March 1920, Baltimore) was an American artist most known for his frontier landscapes.
Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star-Spangled Banner".

## Career

From 1853 to 1856, Key was a draughtsman and map maker for the US Coast Survey in Washington, D.C.
In 1859, he was a cartographer working for the Lander Expedition where he drew trails of Nevada and Wyoming.
In 1863, Key was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers at Charleston, where he recorded the federal siege in his paintings.
In 1869, Key moved to the East Coast and became a member of the Society of Washington Artists and the Boston Art Club.
From 1870 to 1873, Key had a studio in San Francisco. In May 1871,his work was part of the first exhibition by the San Francisco Art Association.
Between 1873 and 1875, Key studies in Munich, Germany and Paris, France. When he returned to the United States, he worked in Chicago, St. Louis, New York, Baltimorem and Boston. In 1876, his painting "The Golden Gate, San Francisco" won a gold medal in the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The next year one hundred of his paintings were on display in the Boston Athenaeum.
Many of Key's works are panoramic views, landscapes, and outdoor scenes.

## Retirement and Death

Key moved to Washington, D.C., in 1908. He stayed in the city until 1917 and moved to Baltimore. He lived in Baltimore until his death in 1920, aged 88.

## Exhibitions

Source:
* White House Historical Association
* Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
* University of Michigan Art Museum
* Missouri History Museum
* Morris Museum of Art
* Greenville County Museum of Art
* National Academy of Design
* The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
* The Boston Athenaeum
* Mechanics Institute
* The Boston Art Club
* Corcoran Gallery
* Society of Independent Artists
# John Ross House

John Ross House may refer to:
* John Ross House (Rossville, Georgia), listed on the NRHP in Georgia
* John Ross House (Branson, Missouri), listed on the NRHP in Taney County, Missouri
* John Ross House (Durban, South Africa), a skyscraper
# John T. Jordan

John Tenny Jordan (January 1, 1832 – March 3, 1886) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Seattle from 1871 to 1872 and again in 1873. Jordan arrived in Seattle around 1860 to work as a stonemason and plasterer, playing a key role in building the first campus of the University of Washington in modern Downtown Seattle. He was elected as the city's first police marshal in 1869 and served on the common council in 1870.
After his two stints as mayor, Jordan served as the grand chancellor of the Washington Territory grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He was also a grand master of the Seattle Freemasons lodge and a regent of the University of Washington. Jordan died of a heart attack on March 3, 1886.
# Joint Helicopter Support Squadron

The Joint Helicopter Support Squadron (JHSS) is a joint organisation of the British Army and the Royal Air Force, located at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire.

## History

Following the introduction of the Boeing Chinook HC.1, the unit was formed in July 1982 during the Falklands War as the Joint Helicopter Support Unit (JHSU). Personnel were drawn from the Royal Corps of Transport and Royal Army Ordnance Corps (both now amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps) plus the Royal Corps of Signals and the Royal Air Force. After the war the unit was officially formed at RAF Odiham in Hampshire and RAF Gütersloh in Germany.
In September 2009, the unit became the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron (JHSS) following its merger with the RAF's Mobile Air Operations Team (MAOT).
During 2016 the squadron moved from RAF Odiham to RAF Benson in Oxfordshire.

## Role and operations

The squadron is tasked with providing a ground support capability to Joint Aviation Command's support helicopter force, including specialist skills in under-slung load operations and preparation of landing sites. It has two teams on very high readiness which are able to contribute to contingent operations at short notice, such as natural disaster relief.
# John Smith Walker

John Smith Walker (1826 – May 29, 1893) was Minister of Finance of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and interim Attorney General of the Kingdom of Hawaii, under King Kalākaua.

## Early life

He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. As a teenager, he relocated to the United States. He tried his hand at various trades, including gold mining, eventually settling in California, where he became engaged in the mercantile business. In 1854, he sailed for Hawaii, intending to return to California. He eventually worked for Hackfield & Co. in Honolulu, and then Thomas Spencer, and became successful with his own import and export business in the kingdom.

## Cabinet minister

King Kalākaua appointed him Minister of Finance on November 7, 1874, during which he was a member of the House of Nobles in the legislature. The announcement cited Walker's business success in Hawaii as the factor in his being appointed. Within the next month, Walker publicly released "Statement of the Revenues and Expenditures of the Hawaiian Kingdom for eighteen years." In 1876, Walker left the cabinet to work for William G. Irwin. Along with Zephaniah Swift Spalding, Walker and Irwin organized William G. Irwin & Co.
In 1890, Kalākaua once again named him Minister of Finance, as well as ad interim Attorney General until William Nevins Armstrong accepted the position. He remained Minister of Finance until 1882. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1886 and named as Auditor-General. Appointed once again to the House of Nobles, he became President of the legislature, and once again in 1890–1893.
During the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Walker was the one charged with delivering the message to Liliʻuokalani that her abdication was expected by the Provisional Government of Hawaii.

## Personal life

In 1866, he married Jane McIntyre of Hawaii, she also being of Scottish ancestry. The couple had five sons and five daughters. The Walker family remained friends with the Queen, and she commented in her book Hawaii's Story, that Walker's 1893 death within 4 months of the kingdom's overthrow was the result of "the treatment he received from the hands of the revolutionists."