The Political Graveyard: Major family of Missouri

Major family of Missouri

Note: This is just one of 643 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered separately are joined together here if linked by marriage or otherwise. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the state or lists of states of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

Benjamin Porter Major (born c.1815) — of Missouri. Cousin of Samuel Collier Major (1840-1894); second cousin once removed of Pryor J. Foree; first cousin once removed of Samuel Collier Major (1869-1931). Member of Missouri state senate. Burial location unknown.
Samuel Collier Major (1840-1894) — of Missouri. Born November 24, 1840. Cousin of Benjamin Porter Major; second cousin once removed of Pryor J. Foree; father of Samuel Collier Major (1869-1931). Member of Missouri state senate. Died April 12, 1894. Interment at Fayette City Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.
Pryor J. Foree (born c.1860) — of Missouri. Second cousin once removed of Benjamin Porter Major and Samuel Collier Major (1840-1894); third cousin of Samuel Collier Major (1869-1931). Member of Missouri state house of representatives. Burial location unknown.
Samuel Collier Major (1869-1931) — also known as Samuel C. Major; Sam C. Major — of Fayette, Howard County, Mo. Born in Fayette, Howard County, Mo., July 2, 1869. First cousin once removed of Benjamin Porter Major; son of Samuel Collier Major (1840-1894); third cousin of Pryor J. Foree; married, December 17, 1895, to Elizabeth M. Simpson. Democrat. Lawyer; Howard County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri state senate, 1907-11; U.S. Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1919-21, 1923-29; defeated, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928. Died in Fayette, Howard County, Mo., July 28, 1931. Interment at Fayette City Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.
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