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Edward Bates (1793-1869) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Belmont, Goochland
County, Va., September
4, 1793.
Son of Thomas Fleming Bates (1742-1803) and Caroline Matilda
(Woodson) Bates (born 1751).
Republican. Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; Missouri
state attorney general, 1820-21; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1822, 1834; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1827-29; member of Missouri
state senate, 1830; state court judge in Missouri, 1853-56;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1860;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1861-64.
Quaker.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 25,
1869 (age 75 years, 202
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (1821-1875) —
also known as Francis P. Blair, Jr. —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., February
19, 1821.
Son of Francis
Preston Blair and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair (1794-1877).
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1846; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1852-56; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1857-59, 1860,
1861-62, 1863-64; resigned 1860; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1868; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1871-73.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., July 8,
1875 (age 54 years, 139
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Willock Noble (1831-1912) —
also known as John W. Noble —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, October
26, 1831.
Son of Col. John Noble and Catherine McDill Noble.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1867-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died March 22,
1912 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Charles Nagel (1849-1940) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bernardo, Colorado
County, Tex., August 9,
1849.
Son of Dr. Hermann Nagel and Friederike (Litzmann) Nagel.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1881-83; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1908-12; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1909-13.
German
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1940 (age 90 years, 149
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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David Rowland Francis (1850-1927) —
also known as David R. Francis —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., October
1, 1850.
Son of John B. Francis and Eliza (Rowland) Francis.
Democrat. Grain
merchant; banker; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1885-89; Governor of
Missouri, 1889-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1896-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker);
U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1916-17.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
15, 1927 (age 76 years, 106
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911) —
also known as Norman J. Colman —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 16,
1827.
Son of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; defeated, 1868; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1889.
Member, Freemasons.
Editor and publisher of an agricultural newspaper.
Died, of apoplexy,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
3, 1911 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter (died 1863); married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright (died 1897). |
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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March 14,
1782.
Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him. His portrait appeared on
the U.S. $100
gold certificate from the 1880s until the 1920s.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Carr Lane (1789-1863) —
Born near Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., December
1, 1789.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1823-29, 1837-40; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1826-30; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1852-53; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1853.
Baptist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
6, 1863 (age 73 years, 36
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George Graham Vest (1830-1904) —
also known as George G. Vest —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., December
6, 1830.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1860; Presidential Elector for
Missouri, 1860;
Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1865; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879-1903.
Died in Sweet Springs, Saline
County, Mo., August 9,
1904 (age 73 years, 247
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Selden Palmer Spencer (1862-1925) —
also known as Selden P. Spencer —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., September
16, 1862.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1895-96; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1897-1903; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1918-25; died in office 1925.
Died at Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., May 16,
1925 (age 62 years, 242
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, 1760.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10; Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12; Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1812-13.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
18, 1814 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Old Grace Church
Cemetery; reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Clark (1770-1838) —
of Missouri.
Born in Caroline
County, Va., August 1,
1770.
Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1813-20; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1820.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Commanded expedition with Meriwether
Lewis to Oregon, 1803-04. His portrait (along with Lewis)
appeared on the $10
U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
1, 1838 (age 68 years, 31
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Miller (1781-1846) —
of Missouri.
Born in Virginia, November
25, 1781.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of
Missouri, 1826-32; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1837-43.
Died March 18,
1846 (age 64 years, 113
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Hamilton Rowan Gamble (1789-1864) —
of Missouri.
Born November
29, 1789.
Secretary
of state of Missouri, 1824-26; Governor of
Missouri, 1861-64; died in office 1864.
Died January
31, 1864 (age 74 years, 63
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Trusten Polk (1811-1876) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Delaware, May 29,
1811.
Democrat. Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,
1845-46; Governor of
Missouri, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession.
Died April 16,
1876 (age 64 years, 323
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Forrest C. Donnell (1884-1980) —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Quitman, Nodaway
County, Mo., August
20, 1884.
Son of John Cary Donnell and Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Missouri, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1945-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 3,
1980 (age 95 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Henry Sheffie Geyer (1790-1859) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., September
9, 1790.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Missouri
territorial House of Representatives, 1818; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1820-24, 1834-35; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1851-57.
Attorney for the defendant slave-owner in the Dred Scott case.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 5,
1859 (age 68 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Semple (1798-1866) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Green
County, Ky., January
5, 1798.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Illinois
state house of representatives, 1828-33; Illinois
state attorney general, 1833-34; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to New Grenada, 1837-42; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1843-47.
Died in Elsah, Jersey
County, Ill., December
20, 1866 (age 68 years, 349
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Butler Bowlin (1804-1874) —
also known as James B. Bowlin —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania
County, Va., January
16, 1804.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1836; state court judge in
Missouri, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1843-51 (at-large 1843-47, 1st
District 1847-51); U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1854-57.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., July 19,
1874 (age 70 years, 184
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John M. Wimer (1810-1863) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., May 8,
1810.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1843-44, 1857-58; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Killed
in action at Hartville, Wright
County, Mo., January
11, 1863 (age 52 years, 248
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Sterling Price (1809-1867) —
of Keytesville, Chariton
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, September
20, 1809.
Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1845-46; resigned 1846; Governor of
Missouri, 1853-57; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Died September
29, 1867 (age 58 years, 9
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Luther Martin Kennett (1807-1873) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Falmouth, Pendleton
County, Ky., March 15,
1807.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1850-53; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1855-57.
Died in Paris, France,
April
12, 1873 (age 66 years, 28
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Charles Daniel Drake (1811-1892) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 11,
1811.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1859-60; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1865; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1867-70; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1870.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1892 (age 80 years, 356
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Thomas Clement Fletcher (1827-1899) —
of De Soto, Jefferson
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born January
21, 1827.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1860,
1868,
1884
(alternate); Governor of
Missouri, 1865-69.
Died March 25,
1899 (age 72 years, 63
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Cyrus Packard Walbridge (1849-1921) —
also known as Cyrus P. Walbridge —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Madrid, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., July 20,
1849.
Son of Orlo Judson Walbridge (1814-1880) and Althea Maria (Packard)
Walbridge.
Republican. Carpenter;
lawyer;
druggist;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1893-97; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1921 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Dee Becker (1876-1943) —
also known as William D. Becker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
23, 1876.
Son of John Philip Becker and Anna A. (Cammann) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1916-40; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1941-43; died in office 1943.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Was a passenger in an experimental Army glider, towed by an airplane;
the glider's wings suddenly fell off, and it crashed
at Lambert-St. Louis Airfield,
St. Louis
County, Mo., August 1,
1943 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Walter Christian Ploeser (1907-1993) —
also known as Walter C. Ploeser —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
7, 1907.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1941-49; defeated,
1948; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1957-59; Costa Rica, 1970-72.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Lions.
Died November
17, 1993 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Sharpenstein Hager (1818-1890) —
also known as John S. Hager —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., March 12,
1818.
Son of Lawrence Hager and Mary (Sharpenstein) Hager.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1852-54, 1865-71; district judge in California,
1855-61; U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1879; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1885-89.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March 19,
1890 (age 72 years, 7
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Overton Broadhead (1819-1898) —
also known as James O. Broadhead —
of Missouri.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., May 29,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1845-46; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-53; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1861; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 30th District, 1875;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1883-85; U.S. Minister
to Switzerland, 1893-95.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August 7,
1898 (age 79 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Nathan Cole (1825-1904) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 26,
1825.
Republican. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1869-71; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1877-79; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 4,
1904 (age 78 years, 222
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Frederick Dozier Gardner (1869-1933) —
also known as Frederick D. Gardner —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Hickman, Fulton
County, Ky., November
6, 1869.
Son of William H. Gardner and Mary Ellen (Dozier) Gardner.
Democrat. Owner, St. Louis Coffin
Company; Governor of
Missouri, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1928.
Methodist.
Died December
18, 1933 (age 64 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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David Hartley Armstrong (1812-1893) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Canada,
October
21, 1812.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1877-79.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 18,
1893 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Frederick Herman Kreismann (1869-1944) —
also known as Frederick Kreismann —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., August 7,
1869.
Republican. Civil
engineer; insurance
business; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1909-13.
Died in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., November
1, 1944 (age 75 years, 86
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) —
also known as Henry T. Blow —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., July 15,
1817.
Son of Peter Blow and Elizabeth (Taylor) Blow.
Republican. Lead products
business; president, Iron Mountain Railroad;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1854-58; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1869-70; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Frederick William Lehmann (1853-1931) —
also known as Frederick W. Lehmann —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Prussia,
February
28, 1853.
Son of Friedrich Wilhelm Lehmann and Sophia Lehman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Wabash Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Solicitor General, 1910-12.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
12, 1931 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery; cenotaph at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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John How —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1853-55, 1856-57.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Rolla Wells (b. 1856) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 1,
1856.
Son of Erastus
Wells and Isabella Bowman (Henry) Wells.
General manager and receiver of street
railways; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1901-09; governor, Federal Reserve Bank of St.
Louis, 1914-19.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Daniel Tarbox Jewett (1807-1906) —
of Missouri.
Born in Pittston, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
14, 1807.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1866; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1870-71.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
7, 1906 (age 99 years, 23
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Daniel D. Page —
of Missouri.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1829-33.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Oliver D. Filley —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1858-61.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James S. Thomas —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1864-69.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Henry Overstolz —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1876-81.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Erastus Wells (1823-1893) —
of Missouri.
Born in New York, 1823.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1869-77, 1879-81 (1st District
1869-73, 2nd District 1873-77, 1879-81).
Died in 1893
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) —
also known as Edward C. Cabell —
of Jefferson
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
5, 1816.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Jefferson County,
1838-39; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1845-46, 1847-53 (at-large 1845-46,
1847-51, 1st District 1851-53); colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state senate, 1878-82.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
28, 1896 (age 80 years, 23
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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David Patterson Dyer (1838-1924) —
also known as David P. Dyer —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Va., February
12, 1838.
Son of David
Dalton Dyer.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1888,
1900;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1869-71; candidate for
Governor
of Missouri, 1880; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1902-07; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1907.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 29,
1924 (age 86 years, 77
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John D. Daggett —
of Missouri.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1841-42.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George Maguire —
of Missouri.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1842-43.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Peter G. Camden —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1846-47.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John M. Krum —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1848-49.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Chauncey Filley —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1863-64.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Washington King —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1855-56.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (1837-1908) —
of Missouri.
Born near Cologne, Prussia (Köln, Germany),
April
6, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1864-68; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1869-73; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1905-07;
resigned 1907.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 18,
1908 (age 71 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Martin Linn Clardy (1844-1914) —
also known as Martin L. Clardy —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., April 26,
1844.
Son of Johnson B. Clardy and Susan (Eubank) Clardy.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1879-89 (1st District 1879-83, 10th
District 1883-89); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1892.
Died, from heart
disease, in St.
Louis, Mo., July 5,
1914 (age 70 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edward James Gay (1816-1889) —
also known as Edward J. Gay —
of Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., February
3, 1816.
Democrat. Planter;
president, Louisiana Sugar
Exchange, New Orleans; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1885-89; died in
office 1889.
Died in Iberville
Parish, La., May 30,
1889 (age 73 years, 116
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Thomas W. Freeman (1824-1865) —
of Missouri.
Born in Anderson
County, Ky., 1824.
Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died, of a "bilious
fever", in the Southwestern Hotel, St.
Louis, Mo., October
24, 1865 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Henry Frederick Niedringhaus (1864-1941) —
also known as Henry F. Niedringhaus —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
15, 1864.
Son of Niedringhaus and Niedringhaus .
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1927-33.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August 3,
1941 (age 76 years, 231
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George French Strother (1783-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1783.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1817-20.
Died in 1840
(age about
57 years).
Original interment at Christ Church Cemetery;
reinterment in 1860 at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Charles Frederick Joy (1849-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Joy —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., December
11, 1849.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1893-1903.
Died April 13,
1921 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Thomas Tasker Gantt (1814-1887) —
also known as Thomas T. Gantt —
of Missouri.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 22,
1814.
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1845-50; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; Judge,
Missouri Court of Appeals.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., June 17,
1887 (age 72 years, 330
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Henry Stone (1828-1901) —
of Missouri.
Born in Shawangunk, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
7, 1828.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1873-77.
Died July 9,
1901 (age 72 years, 244
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Madison Hughes (1809-1861) —
of Missouri.
Born in Kentucky, 1809.
Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1843-45.
Died in 1861
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Milton Glover (1852-1929) —
also known as John M. Glover —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 23,
1852.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1885-89.
Died October
20, 1929 (age 77 years, 119
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Harry Marcy Coudrey (1867-1930) —
also known as Harry M. Coudrey —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Brunswick, Chariton
County, Mo., February
28, 1867.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1906-11.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., July 5,
1930 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Judson Allen (1797-1880) —
of Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn., April 3,
1797.
Democrat. Broome
County Judge; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1839-41.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August 6,
1880 (age 83 years, 125
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Guier Scott (1819-1892) —
also known as John G. Scott —
of Irondale, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
26, 1819.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1863-65.
Died in Silver Springs, Roane
County, Tenn., May 16,
1892 (age 72 years, 142
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Hogan (1805-1892) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Ireland,
January
2, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1865-67.
Died February
5, 1892 (age 87 years, 34
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edwin Obed Stanard (1832-1914) —
also known as Edwin O. Stanard —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
5, 1832.
Republican. Milling
business; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1869-71; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1873-75; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 12,
1914 (age 82 years, 66
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus (1837-1922) —
also known as Frederick G. Niedringhaus —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Westphalia, Germany,
October
21, 1837.
Son of Frederick W. Niedringhaus and Mary N. Niedringhaus.
Republican. Manufacturer;
real
estate business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1889-91; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896.
Methodist.
German
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
25, 1922 (age 85 years, 35
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Gustavus Sessinghaus (1838-1887) —
of Missouri.
Born in Germany,
November
8, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1883; defeated, 1882.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
16, 1887 (age 49 years, 8
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Alexander Gilmore Cochran (1846-1928) —
also known as Alexander G. Cochran —
of Pennsylvania; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., March 20,
1846.
Son of John Cochran and Ann (Richardson) Cochran.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1875-77; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died, from pyelo-nephrosis,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1928 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Anthony Friday Ittner (1837-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Ohio, 1837.
Republican. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1877-79.
Died in 1931
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Mitchellson Treloar (1850-1935) —
also known as William M. Treloar —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Wisconsin, 1850.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1895-97.
Died in 1935
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Francis Asbury Morris (1817-1881) —
of Texas.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, September
3, 1817.
Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1841.
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
24, 1881 (age 64 years, 21
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Henry (1800-1882) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Kentucky, 1800.
Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847.
Died in 1882
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Henry McLean (1829-1886) —
also known as James H. McLean —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
August
13, 1829.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1882-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1884.
Died in Dansville, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1886 (age 56 years, 364
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Thomas Lowndes Snead (1828-1890) —
of Missouri.
Born in Henrico
County, Va., January
10, 1828.
Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1890 (age 62 years, 280
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Samuel Howard Ford (1819-1905) —
of Kentucky.
Born in London, England,
February
19, 1819.
Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Baptist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., July 5,
1905 (age 86 years, 136
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George Chester Robinson Wagoner (1863-1946) —
also known as George C. R. Wagoner —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
3, 1863.
Republican. Undertaker;
real
estate business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1903.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 27,
1946 (age 82 years, 236
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Theron Ephron Catlin (1878-1960) —
of Missouri.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 16,
1878.
Republican. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1911-12.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 19,
1960 (age 81 years, 308
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edward Hempstead (1780-1817) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., June 3,
1780.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1812-14.
Was thrown from
a horse,
which resulted in his death six days later, at St.
Louis, Mo., August
10, 1817 (age 37 years, 68
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Walter Naylor Davis (1876-1951) —
of St.
Louis County, Mo.
Born November
29, 1876.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1945-49.
Died September
16, 1951 (age 74 years, 291
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Grymes Pettus (b. 1794) —
of St.
Charles County, Mo.
Born December
31, 1794.
Secretary
of state of Missouri, 1821-24.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Enoch Mather Marvin (1823-1877) —
also known as Enoch M. Marvin —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., June 12,
1823.
Son of Wells E. Marvin.
Democrat. Methodist
bishop; chaplain of the Confederate Army during the Civil War; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1876.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Marvin College, Waxahachie, Tex., is named for
him.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1877 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John B. Bowman (1832-1885) —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
1832.
Republican. Civil
engineer; lawyer; real estate
business; mayor
of East St. Louis, Ill., 1865-66, 1868, 1872-74, 1877-78.
German
ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
an unknown assailant, in front of his home, in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
21, 1885 (age about 53
years). Two East St. Louis policemen were later charged with his
murder, but they were never tried.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Joshua Pilcher (1790-1843) —
of Missouri.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., March 15,
1790.
Son of Joshua Pilcher (1749-1810) and Nancy Pilcher.
Fur
trader; U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1825-27; Indian agent; Superintendent of Indian
Affairs.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of sickness resulting from exposure to
the elements, in St.
Louis, Mo., June 5,
1843 (age 53 years, 82
days).
Original interment at Christ Church Cemetery;
reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) —
also known as James L. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 2,
1854.
Son of Francis
Preston Blair, Jr..
Lawyer;
president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; general
counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition),
1901-03; indicted
in December, 1903, for forgery
of two deeds of trust to obtain
a loan from an estate he managed.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, either from suicide
(which he attempted at least twice near the end of his life) or from
"congestion
of the brain", in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., January
16, 1904 (age 49 years, 289
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Adolph Abeles (1817-1855) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Petchau, Bohemia (now Czech
Republic), April 3,
1817.
Merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives; elected 1850.
Jewish.
On the inaugural run of the Pacific Railroad, from St. Louis to
Jefferson City, Mo., he was drowned
when the bridge over the Gasconade River collapsed,
sending the train into
the water, near Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo., November
1, 1855 (age 38 years, 212
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George Poole Dorriss (1807-1882) —
also known as George P. Dorriss —
of Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., October
16, 1807.
Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member
of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1854; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1860.
Died November
29, 1882 (age 75 years, 44
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) —
also known as S. W. Fordyce —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, February
7, 1840.
Son of John Fordyce and Mary (Houseman) Fordyce.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder, builder,
president, receiver, and director of many railroads;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884,
1892;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Arkansas, 1896.
Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August 3,
1919 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Wideman Lee (1849-1919) —
also known as James W. Lee —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Rockbridge, Gwinnett
County, Ga., November
28, 1849.
Son of Zachery James Lee (1831-1865) and Emily Harris (Wideman) Lee
(1832-1876).
Democrat. Minister; writer; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1916.
Southern
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
4, 1919 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Emma Eufaula Ledbetter (1862-1951). |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant of God and Lover of
Man. Forty-Five Years a Methodist Preacher Who Lived and Died to Make
Earth and Heaven One." |
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Thomas Key Niedringhaus (1860-1924) —
also known as Thomas K. Niedringhaus —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
21, 1860.
Son of Dena (Key) Niedringhaus and Frederick
Gottlieb Niedringhaus.
Republican. Vice-president, St. Louis Stamping Company,
vice-president, National Enameling and Stamping Company,
vice-president, Commonwealth Steel
Company; real estate
business; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1912-16; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1916.
Methodist.
Died October
26, 1924 (age 64 years, 5
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968) —
also known as Edgar M. Queeny —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
29, 1897.
Son of John Francis Queeny (1859-1933; founder of Monsanto Chemical
Works in 1901) and Olga (Monsanto) Queeny.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president
(1928-43) and chairman (1943-60), Monsanto Chemical
Company; board chairman, Barnes Hospital;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1956.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo., July 7,
1968 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John S. Cavender —
of Missouri.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1868.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) —
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
8, 1820.
Son of Charles
Robert Sherman.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
In 1864, he led Union troops who attacked and burned Atlanta,
Georgia. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1891 (age 71 years, 6
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Robert Emmet Hannegan (1903-1949) —
also known as Robert E. Hannegan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1903.
Son of John Patrick Hannegan and Anna (Holden) Hannegan.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940;
U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1943; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1944-47; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1945-47; part owner of the St. Louis
Cardinals baseball
team, 1947-49.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu
Phi.
Died suddenly from a heart
ailment, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
6, 1949 (age 46 years, 98
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Lewis Vital Bogy (1813-1877) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., April 9,
1813.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1840; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1873-77; died in office 1877.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
20, 1877 (age 64 years, 164
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Alexander McNair (1775-1826) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mifflin County (part now in Juniata
County), Pa., May 5,
1775.
Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; Governor of
Missouri, 1821-24.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 18,
1826 (age 50 years, 317
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Fletcher Darby (1803-1882) —
of Missouri.
Born in Person
County, N.C., December
10, 1803.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1835-37, 1840-41; member of Missouri state
legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1851-53.
Died near Pendleton Station, Warren
County, Mo., May 11,
1882 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Thomas Caute Reynolds (1821-1887) —
also known as Thomas C. Reynolds —
of Missouri.
Born in South Carolina, October
11, 1821.
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1853-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1860-61; Governor of
Missouri, 1862-65.
Killed
himself by leaping
down an elevator
shaft at the Customs House, St.
Louis, Mo., March 30,
1887 (age 65 years, 170
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Alfonso Juan Cervantes (1920-1983) —
also known as Alfonso J. Cervantes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
27, 1920.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1965-73.
Died in June, 1983
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Richard C. Kerens (1842-1916) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Killberry, County Meath, Ireland,
1842.
Son of Thomas Kerens and Elizabeth (Gugerty) Kerens.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; railroad
builder; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1884-1900; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896 ; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1910-13.
Catholic.
Died September
4, 1916 (age about 74
years).
Entombed at Calvary Cemetery.
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Raymond R. Tucker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1953-65; defeated in primary, 1965; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Joseph Cochran (1880-1947) —
also known as John J. Cochran —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., August
11, 1880.
Son of James Cochran and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Cochran.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Reps. William
L. Igoe and Harry
B. Hawes, and to U.S. Sen. William
J. Stone; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1926-47 (11th District 1926-33,
at-large 1933-35, 13th District 1935-47); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1934.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in DePaul Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., March 6,
1947 (age 66 years, 207
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Edward A. Noonan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1889-93.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Joseph M. Darst —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1949-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1952.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John W. Johnston —
of Missouri.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1833-35.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Bernard Pratte —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1844-46.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Daniel D. Taylor —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1861-63.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Berchmans Sullivan (1897-1951) —
also known as John B. Sullivan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., October
10, 1897.
Son of Patrick Francis Sullivan and Catherine Margaret (Rochford)
Sullivan.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1941-43, 1945-47,
1949-51; defeated, 1942, 1946; died in office 1951.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Arbitration Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1951 (age 53 years, 111
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Joseph O'Neill (1846-1898) —
also known as John J. O'Neill —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Missouri, 1846.
Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1883-89, 1891-95 (8th District
1883-89, 1891-93, 11th District 1893-95).
Died in 1898
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Bryan Mullanphy —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1847-48.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James G. Barry —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1849-50.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Arthur B. Barret —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1875.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James H. Britton —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1875-76.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Baptiste Charles Lucas (1758-1842) —
Born in Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France,
August
14, 1758.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1792-98; common pleas court judge
in Pennsylvania, 1794; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1803-05; justice of
Missouri territorial supreme court, 1805.
Died August
17, 1842 (age 84 years, 3
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William Mordecai Cooke (1823-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., December
11, 1823.
State court judge in Missouri, 1849; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in
office 1863.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., April 14,
1863 (age 39 years, 124
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Calvary
Cemetery.
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Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881) —
of Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 28,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1852-53, 1857-61 (15th District
1852-53, 10th District 1857-61); delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1881 (age 61 years, 63
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Seth Wallace Cobb (1838-1909) —
also known as Seth W. Cobb —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
5, 1838.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1891-97 (9th District 1891-93, 12th
District 1893-97).
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 22,
1909 (age 70 years, 168
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James Joseph Butler (1862-1917) —
also known as James J. Butler —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
29, 1862.
Son of Edward Butler and Ellen (O'Neill) Butler.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1901-03, 1903-05;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1908.
Died, from acute
nephritis and diabetes,
in St.
Louis, Mo., May 31,
1917 (age 54 years, 275
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Clyde S. Cahill, Jr. (1923-2004) —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 9,
1923.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 22nd Circuit, 1975-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1980-92;
took senior status 1992; senior judge, 1992-2004.
African
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
18, 2004 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Claude Ignatius Bakewell (1912-1987) —
also known as Claude I. Bakewell —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August 9,
1912.
Son of Paul Bakewell and Mary (Fullerton) Bakewell.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1947-49, 1951-53;
defeated, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets.
Died in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., March 18,
1987 (age 74 years, 221
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Richard Graham Frost (1851-1900) —
of Missouri.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
29, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1879-83.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
1, 1900 (age 48 years, 34
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Thomas Hunt (1860-1916) —
also known as John T. Hunt —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
2, 1860.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player and umpire;
stonecutter;
contractor;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1903-07.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
30, 1916 (age 56 years, 302
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Patrick Francis Gill (1868-1923) —
also known as Patrick F. Gill —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., August
16, 1868.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1909-13.
Died May 21,
1923 (age 54 years, 278
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William Leo Igoe (1879-1953) —
also known as William L. Igoe —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1879.
Son of Michael J. Igoe and Margaret (Heffernan) Igoe.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1913-21.
Catholic.
Died in 1953
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James Thomas Rapier (1837-1883) —
also known as James T. Rapier —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Alabama, 1837.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1873-75; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1879; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1883
(age about
46 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Bernard Gregory Caulfield (1828-1887) —
of Illinois.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), October
18, 1828.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1875-77.
Died in Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), December
19, 1887 (age 59 years, 62
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James Lowery Donaldson Morrison (1816-1888) —
of Illinois.
Born in Illinois, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1856-57.
Died in 1888
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Michael Joseph Gill (1864-1918) —
of Missouri.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
5, 1864.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1914-15.
Died November
1, 1918 (age 53 years, 331
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William E. Hilsman (1900-1964) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 22,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1949-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died March 28,
1964 (age 63 years, 311
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Daniel Kerwin (1826-1907) —
also known as "Honest Dan" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in County Kildare, Ireland,
August
13, 1826.
Son of James Kerwin and Mary (Reeves) Kerwin.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
manufacturer;
proprietor, Anchor Iron Works and Bolt Factory; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1880;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1886-90.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., November
3, 1907 (age 81 years, 82
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1854
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John Joseph Nangle (1891-1960) —
also known as John J. Nangle —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., March 28,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; treasurer of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1933-42; member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 1947.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died August
23, 1960 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John H. Poelker (1913-1990) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 14,
1913.
Democrat. FBI
special agent; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1973-77; defeated in primary, 1977.
Catholic.
Died, February
9, 1990 (age 76 years, 301
days). His body was
donated to the St. Louis University medical school.
Cenotaph at Calvary Cemetery.
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