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David Barton (1783-1837) —
also known as "Little Red" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn., December
14, 1783.
Son of Isaac Barton and Keziah (Murphy) Barton.
Missouri
territory attorney general, 1813; circuit judge in Missouri,
1815-17; member of Missouri
territorial House of Representatives, 1818; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-31; member of Missouri
state senate, 1834-35.
Died in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., September
28, 1837 (age 53 years, 288
days).
Original interment at City Cemetery;
reinterment in 1858 at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Lawrence Vest Stephens (1858-1923) —
also known as Lon Vest Stephens —
of Cooper
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., December
21, 1858.
Son of Joseph L. Stephens (1826-1881) and Martha (Gibson) Stephens
(1835-1877).
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; banker;
director, St. Louis and Southern Railroad;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1890-97; Governor of
Missouri, 1897-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1912,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
10, 1923 (age 64 years, 20
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Dorsey William Shackleford (1853-1936) —
also known as Dorsey W. Shackleford —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Missouri, August
27, 1853.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1899-1919.
Died in 1936
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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John Cosgrove (1839-1925) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born near Alexandria, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
12, 1839.
Son of James Cosgrove.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1883-85.
Died, from acute
nephritis and influenza,
in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., August
15, 1925 (age 85 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Jacob Friedrich Gmelich (1839-1914) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born July 23,
1839.
Republican. Jeweler;
member of Missouri state legislature; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1900;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1905-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1909-13.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died February
21, 1914 (age 74 years, 213
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Elston Joseph Melton —
also known as E. J. Melton —
of Missouri.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1930.
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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