John Glenn Beall Jr. Canal Development Act, establishing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, among others." Beall served as the President and Chairman of the charity The League for Crippled Children from 1978 until the time of his death. Beall resumed the insurance business in Cumberland, and was very active in the local community until his death as a result of cancer. He is interred in Frostburg Memorial Park Cemetery. John Glenn Beall Jr. John Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927March 24, 2006), known as J. Glenn Beall Jr., was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of
John Ford (New York state senator) John Ford (New York state senator) John Ford (July 28, 1862 – July 1941) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Born in Orleans County, New York, he attended occasionally the district schools, and worked as a farm laborer. While working in the stone quarries of Medina, he learned privately, and attended Medina Academy for five months, so that he could go to college. In a competitive examination, he won a free tuition scholarship at Cornell University, and graduated four years later. While at Cornell, he wrote the essay which won the first prize offered nationwide to senior