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James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921) —
also known as Champ Clark; "The Lion of
Democracy" —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, Ky., March 7,
1850.
Son of John Hampton Clark and Aletha Jane (Beauchamp) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1880;
Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-89; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1893-95, 1897-1921;
defeated, 1894, 1920; died in office 1921; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 2,
1921 (age 70 years, 360
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Elliot Woolfolk Major (1864-1949) —
of Pike
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Edgewood, Lincoln
County, Mo., October
20, 1864.
Son of James Reed Major and Sarah T. (Woolfolk) Major.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 11th District, 1897-1901; Missouri
state attorney general, 1909-13; Governor of
Missouri, 1913-17.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Eureka, St. Louis
County, Mo., July 9,
1949 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Ratliff Boon (1781-1844) —
of Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin
County, N.C., January
18, 1781.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Indiana
state senate, 1818-19; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1819-22, 1822-24; Governor of
Indiana, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1825-27, 1829-39;
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1828;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1838.
Presbyterian.
Boonville, Indiana is named for
him.
Died in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
20, 1844 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Original interment at Lousiana Cemetery;
reinterment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Lloyd Crow Stark (1886-1972) —
also known as Lloyd C. Stark —
of Missouri.
Born near Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
23, 1886.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Missouri, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
17, 1972 (age 85 years, 299
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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William Alexander Harris (1805-1864) —
also known as William A. Harris —
of Luray, Page
County, Va.
Born near Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., August
24, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 16th District, 1841-43; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Argentina, 1846-51.
Died in Pike
County, Mo., March 28,
1864 (age 58 years, 217
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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