Crowell, Willard (1885-1963). Webster County farmer. Born in Indiana, Willard Crowell came to Webster County after 1900, probably to join his elder brothers Henry and Omer; he lived and farmed in the Batin area from 1910 into the 1930s. He and his wife, Adelma (known as Lulu), had four children, Clarence, Robert, Howard, and Geraldine. Crowell was elected sheriff in the 1930s. He also helped Cather manage Webster County properties she owned or had mortgages on; they sometimes had differences of opinion on these business matters, but she was concerned when he had suffered a disabling fall in August 1943.

Lehman, Herbet H. (1878-1963). American politician. Herbert H. Lehman was born in New York City, the youngest child of Maher and Babetta Lehman. Lehman graduated from Williams College in 1899, after which he briefly worked for a textile manufacturer before joining his family’s investment banking firm in 1908. Lehman became increasingly involved in the Democratic Party during the 1920s, and in 1928 he successfully ran for Lieutenant Governor in New York on the same ticket as Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In 1933 Lehman became the first Jewish Governor of New York, a position which he resigned from in 1942 to serve as the first Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1949, where he represented New York until 1957. Lehman died of heart failure in New York City.