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Thomas Jasper Akins (b. 1852) —
also known as Thomas J. Akins —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cedar
County, Mo., August
14, 1852.
Son of John Akins and Mary J. (Halbert) Akins.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
Missouri
Republican state chair, 1898-1902; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1904-12; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1914.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Franklin Alder (1896-1977) —
also known as Bert Alder —
of Taylor, Loup
County, Neb.
Born in Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo., August 8,
1896.
Son of Simon Alder and Nancy (Leeper) Alder.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; postmaster; lawyer; Loup
County Judge, 1929-34; Loup
County Attorney; chair of
Loup County Republican Party, 1940.
Died in June, 1977
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) —
also known as Orville S. Basford —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
29, 1848.
Son of Samuel Basford (1808-1877) and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford
(1810-1889).
Republican. Methodist
minister; postmaster; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper
editor and publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner,
1907.
Methodist.
Died in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., October
27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
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Frederick Bates (1777-1825) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Belmont, Goochland
County, Va., June 23,
1777.
Son of Thomas Fleming Bates (1742-1803) and Caroline Matilda
(Woodson) Bates (born 1751).
Postmaster; secretary
of Missouri Territory, 1805; delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1820; Governor of
Missouri, 1824-25; died in office 1825.
Died in Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., August 4,
1825 (age 48 years, 42
days).
Interment at Thornhill
Cemetery in Faust Park, Near St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo.
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Homer Franklin Bedford (1880-1968) —
also known as Homer F. Bedford —
of Weld
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Balltown (unknown
county), Mo., March 16,
1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster; Weld
County Assessor, 1922-32; Colorado
state treasurer, 1933-34, 1937-38, 1941-42, 1945-46, 1949-50,
1953-54, 1957-58, 1963-66; defeated, 1966; Colorado
state auditor, 1935-37, 1939-41, 1947-49, 1951-53, 1955-57,
1959-63; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1942.
Protestant.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., March 26,
1968 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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John Lawrence Bittinger (b. 1833) —
also known as John L. Bittinger —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
28, 1833.
Republican. Postmaster; newspaper
editor; member of Missouri state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1872,
1896;
U.S. Consul General in Montreal, 1897-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herman Rudolph Dietrich (1862-1938) —
also known as Herman R. Dietrich —
of Utica, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Utica, Livingston
County, Mo., January
6, 1862.
Son of Martin Anthony Dietrich (1825-1884) and Wilhelmina M. (Kurth)
Dietrich (1836-1911).
Farmer;
merchant;
postmaster; newspaper
editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S. Consul General in
Guayaquil, 1903-12.
German
ancestry.
Died in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., January
21, 1938 (age 76 years, 15
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married to Cora Helena Boschert (1873-1904). |
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Rufus Easton (1774-1834) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 4,
1774.
Postmaster; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1814-16; Missouri
state attorney general, 1821-26.
Died in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., July 5,
1834 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
College Cemetery, St. Charles, Mo.
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Joseph Clifford Hendrix (1853-1904) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., May 25,
1853.
Democrat. Banker;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1893-95.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died in 1904
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Clarence Edward Macy (1886-1984) —
also known as Clarence E. Macy —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
9, 1886.
Railway
mail clerk; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Vice Consul in Coblenz, 1921-25; Dakar, 1925-27; Monrovia, 1927-28; U.S. Consul in Port Elizabeth, 1928-30; Tampico, 1932; Kabul, 1938; Karachi, 1938-43.
Died April 16,
1984 (age 97 years, 159
days).
Interment at Fort
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Clare Magee (1899-1969) —
of Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo.
Born near Livonia, Putnam
County, Mo., March 31,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
postmaster; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1949-53.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Rotary.
Died in Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo., August 7,
1969 (age 70 years, 129
days).
Interment at Unionville
Cemetery, Unionville, Mo.
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Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) —
also known as Ada Belle Mills —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ill., October
6, 1882.
Daughter of Joseph L. Mills and Lavina E. (Allyn) Mills.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster; member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee.
Female.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March 4,
1947 (age 64 years, 149
days).
Interment at Sierra
View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97); member
of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station, Clay
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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