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Richard Hanson Weightman (1816-1861) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1816.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1851; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed
while commanding troops at the battle of Wilson's Creek, near
Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861 (age 44 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Wilson's Creek Battlefield; reinterment at Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Benjamin Johnson Brown (d. 1861) —
of Missouri.
Member of Missouri
state senate; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Killed
in the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861.
Original interment at Wilson's Creek Battlefield; reinterment at Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Courtney Walker Hamlin (1858-1950) —
also known as Courtney W. Hamlin —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C., October
27, 1858.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1903-05, 1907-19.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
16, 1950 (age 91 years, 112
days).
Interment at East Lawn Cemetery.
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James Edward Ruffin (1893-1977) —
also known as James E. Ruffin —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn., July 24,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1933-35.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April 9,
1977 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at East Lawn Cemetery.
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Reuben Terrell Wood (1884-1955) —
also known as Reuben T. Wood —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., August 7,
1884.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1933-41 (at-large 1933-35, 6th
District 1935-41); defeated, 1940; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1943-44.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., July 16,
1955 (age 70 years, 343
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Orland Kay Armstrong (1893-1987) —
also known as Orland K. Armstrong —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo., October
2, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; newspaper
correspondent; author;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1932-36, 1942-44; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1951-53.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April 15,
1987 (age 93 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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John Smith Phelps (1814-1886) —
also known as John S. Phelps —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., December
22, 1814.
Son of Elisha
Phelps.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1845-63 (at-large 1845-47, 5th
District 1847-53, 6th District 1853-63); colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Governor of
Missouri, 1877-81.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
20, 1886 (age 71 years, 333
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914-2000) —
also known as Marion T. Bennett —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., June 6,
1914.
Son of Philip
Allen Bennett.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1972-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Delta
Theta Phi.
Co-author of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 2000 (age 86 years, 92
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (1828-1894) —
also known as Sempronius H. Boyd —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Nashville, Williamson
County, Tenn., May 28,
1828.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; Greene
County Clerk of Court, 1854-56; mayor
of Springfield, Mo., 1856; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1863-65, 1869-71;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864;
member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1864-68; district judge in
Missouri 14th District, 1865; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1891-92.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., June 22,
1894 (age 66 years, 25
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Philip Allen Bennett (1881-1942) —
also known as Philip A. Bennett —
of Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., March 5,
1881.
Son of Marion F. Bennett and Mary (O'Bannon) Bennett.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1912;
member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1925-29; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Missouri, 1928; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1941-42; defeated,
1922, 1938; died in office 1942.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
7, 1942 (age 61 years, 277
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898) —
of Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, 1819.
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1853-57; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1861-65.
Died April 25,
1898 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Ira Sherwin Hazeltine (1821-1899) —
Born in Andover, Windsor
County, Vt., July 13,
1821.
Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1881-83.
Died January
13, 1899 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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John Plank Tracey (1836-1910) —
also known as John P. Tracey —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Ohio, 1836.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1895-97; member of
Missouri state legislature, 1903.
Died in 1910
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery.
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Roscoe Conkling Patterson (1876-1954) —
also known as Roscoe C. Patterson —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., September
15, 1876.
Son of John A. Patterson and Louise Mildred (Bridwell) Patterson.
Republican. Lawyer; Greene
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-07; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1912-20; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1925-29; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1929-35; defeated, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., October
22, 1954 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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De Witt Clinton Leach (1822-1909) —
also known as De Witt C. Leach —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y., November
23, 1822.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County, 1850; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1857-61; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., December
21, 1909 (age 87 years, 28
days).
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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Jean Paul Bradshaw (d. 1970) —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1964; board chairman, Ozark Air Lines.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., 1970.
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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William Henry Wade (1835-1911) —
also known as William H. Wade —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, November
3, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1881-84; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1885-91.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., January
13, 1911 (age 75 years, 71
days).
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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Paul Ludwig Bradshaw (d. 1986) —
also known as Paul L. Bradshaw —
of Missouri.
Son of Jean
Paul Bradshaw.
Republican. Chair of
Greene County Republican Party, 1965-70; member of Missouri
state senate, 1971-84.
Died in 1986.
Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.
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Richard Hanson Weightman (1816-1861) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1816.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1851; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed
while commanding troops at the battle of Wilson's Creek, near
Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861 (age 44 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Wilson's Creek
Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment at
Springfield National Cemetery.
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Benjamin Johnson Brown (d. 1861) —
of Missouri.
Member of Missouri
state senate; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Killed
in the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861.
Original interment at Wilson's Creek
Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment at
Springfield National Cemetery.
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