Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Amos Davis (1794-1835) —
of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., August
15, 1794.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1819, 1825, 1827-28; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1833-35.
Slaveowner.
Died while campaigning, in Owingsville, Bath
County, Ky., June 11,
1835 (age 40 years, 300
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
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James Collinsworth (1806-1838) —
Born in Tennessee, 1806.
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1829-35; served
in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Brazoria, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836; justice of
Texas Republic supreme court, 1837.
Member, Freemasons.
While a candidate for the presidency of the Texas Republic, jumped
off a boat and drowned
in Galveston
Bay, 1838
(age about
32 years).
Interment at Founders
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 10,
1813.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-42; Texas Republic Charge
d'Affaires to the United States, 1842; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Instrumental in negotiating the treaty to annex the Texas Republic to
the United States.
Died of yellow
fever while campaigning for Governor, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
11, 1847 (age 34 years, 93
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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John Alexander Greer (1802-1855) —
of Texas.
Born in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., July 18,
1802.
Member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of San Augustine, 1838-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1847-51.
Member, Freemasons.
Died while campaigning for the governorship, July 4,
1855 (age 52 years, 351
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1929 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Thomas Haughey (1826-1869) —
of Elyton (now part of Birmingham), Jefferson
County, Ala.; Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
1826.
Republican. Physician;
surgeon;
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1868-69.
Slaveowner.
While making a political speech, he was assaulted by A. B.
Collins, who shot and
mortally
wounded him; he died six days later, in Courtland, Lawrence
County, Ala., August
5, 1869 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Green
Cemetery, Pinson, Ala.
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J. Goldsteen Dupree (d. 1873) —
of Montgomery
County, Tex.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1870.
African
ancestry.
Allegedly killed by
white vigilantes who opposed his campaigning for Gov. Edmund
J. Davis, 1873.
Burial location unknown.
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William Wirt Vaughan (1831-1878) —
of Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn.
Born in LaGuardo (now Martha), Wilson
County, Tenn., July 2,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1871-73.
Died while campaigning for election to Congress, in Crockett
Mills, Crockett
County, Tenn., August
19, 1878 (age 47 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Brownsville, Tenn.
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James Campbell Cantrill (1870-1923) —
also known as J. Campbell Cantrill —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., July 9,
1870.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Scott County Democratic Party, 1895-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 58th District, 1897-1901; member
of Kentucky
state senate 22nd District, 1901-05; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1909-23; died in
office 1923; nominated in primary for Governor of
Kentucky 1923, but died before election.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, due to appendicitis
and peritonitis,
during his campaign for governor, in St. Joseph's Infirmary,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
2, 1923 (age 53 years, 55
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, Ky.
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Bert F. Baker (1867-1924) —
of Glenburn, Renville
County, N.Dak.
Born in 1867.
Member of North
Dakota state senate, 1921-23.
Died in an automobile
accident while campaigning for State Agriculture
Commissioner, 1924
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Rosehill
Memorial Park, Minot, N.Dak.
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Frank Bartlett Willis (1871-1928) —
also known as Frank B. Willis —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio.
Born in Lewis Center, Delaware
County, Ohio, December
28, 1871.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1911-15; Governor of
Ohio, 1915-17; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1921-28; died in office 1928; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1928.
Died suddenly, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, as he was about to give a presidential campaign
speech, at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, March
30, 1928 (age 56 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
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Frank Tetes Johns (1889-1928) —
also known as Frank T. Johns —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born February
23, 1889.
Socialist. Carpenter;
Industrial Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1920, 1922; Socialist
Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1924.
Interrupting an outdoor campaign speech, he dove into the
Deschutes River in an attempt to save a 10-year-old boy who had
fallen in, but both drowned,
in Bend, Deschutes
County, Ore., May 20,
1928 (age 39 years, 87
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert McDowell McCracken (1874-1934) —
also known as Robert M. McCracken —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., March
15, 1874.
Republican. Member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Idaho at-large, 1915-17.
While campaigning was in an automobile
accident, which resulted in his death, in Emmett, Gem
County, Idaho, May 16,
1934 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Blackfoot
Cemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho.
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Marion Anthony Zioncheck (1901-1936) —
also known as Marion A. Zioncheck —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Kety, Galicia, Poland,
December
5, 1901.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
While running for re-election, he jumped
from the window of his campaign
office in the Arctic Building, and fell to
his death, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
7, 1936 (age 34 years, 246
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) —
also known as Blair Moody —
of Michigan.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
13, 1902.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, during his campaign for the Democratic nomination for
U.S. Senator, of a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 20,
1954 (age 52 years, 157
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Earl Kemp Long (1895-1960) —
also known as Earl Long —
of Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La.
Born in Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., August
26, 1895.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1936-39; defeated, 1932, 1944; Governor of
Louisiana, 1939-40, 1948-52, 1956-60; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District 1960, but died before
election.
In 1959, after making a speech defending the rights of Blacks to
vote, was committed to a state mental hospital by his wife Blanche
R. Long; he used his gubernatorial powers to obtain his release.
Suffered a heart
attack while campaigning, but refused medical attention
until the polls had closed; died a few days later, in Baptist Hospital,
Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., September
5, 1960 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Interment at Earl
K. Long Memorial Park, Winnfield, La.
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Rex Bell (1903-1962) —
also known as George Anthony Beldam; George Francis
Beldam —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
16, 1903.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1944; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nevada, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1960
(delegation chair); Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1954-62; died in office 1962.
Cowboy film
star who appeared in numerous movies
from 1928 to 1952.
While running for governor, died of a heart
attack, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., July 4,
1962 (age 58 years, 261
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Charles Francis Carpentier (1896-1964) —
also known as Charles F. Carpentier —
of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., September
19, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; movie
theater operator; mayor
of East Moline, Ill., 1929-39; defeated (Citizens), 1927; member
of Illinois
state senate 33rd District, 1939-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1953-64; died in office 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Forty and
Eight; Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Rotary;
Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Died, while seeking the Republican nomination for Governor, April 3,
1964 (age 67 years, 197
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, East Moline, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Gregoir Carpentier and Louise (De Connick) Carpentier; married, June 22,
1920, to Alta Sarginson. |
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Walter Edwin Alessandroni (1914-1966) —
also known as Walter E. Alessandroni —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
27, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1959-61; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1963-66; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
As a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was flying to a planned
campaign speech in a twin-engine Aztec plane, in rainy and
snowy weather, when the plane
crashed near Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., May 8,
1966 (age 51 years, 132
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Alessandroni and Sally Alessandroni; married 1935 to Ethel
Decius. |
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Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy;
"R.F.K." —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1961-64; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
On June 5, 1968, while running for president, having just won
the California presidential primary, was shot and
mortally
wounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the Ambassador Hotel,
and died the next day in in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 6,
1968 (age 42 years, 199
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, June 17,
1950, to Ethel Skakel; father of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II and Kerry Kennedy (who married Andrew
Mark Cuomo); uncle of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Altman — John
Bartlow Martin — Frank
Mankiewicz — Paul
Schrade |
| | | The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
(opened 1935, renamed 2001), in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: Arthur
M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert
Kennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas, Robert
Kennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo, In
His Own Right — Thurston Clarke, The
Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired
America — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Some
of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — Bill
Eppridge, A
Time it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties |
| | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:
Allen Roberts, Robert
Francis Kennedy: Biography of a Compulsive
Politician — Victor Lasky, RFK:
Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince, The
Kennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
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Leon M. Jordan (1905-1970) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 6,
1905.
Democrat. Police
officer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1960;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1965-70 (Jackson County 4th
District 1965-66, 11th District 1967-70); died in office 1970.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
During his campaign for re-election, was shot and
killed
while leaving the Green Duck Tavern,
which he owned and operated, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 15,
1970 (age 65 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1968;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and
presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 58 years, 244
days). The wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;
married, January
22, 1938, to Corinne
Claiborne; father of Barbara
Boggs Sigmund, Thomas
Hale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. |
| | | Boggs Peak
in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary
Boulard, The
Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander
Perez |
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Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) —
also known as Nick Begich —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 6,
1932.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
state senate, 1963-71; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office
1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alaska, 1972.
Alaska
Native and Croatian
ancestry.
Disappeared
while on a campaign flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and
presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 40 years, 193
days). The wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Wayne Lyman Morse (1900-1974) —
also known as Wayne L. Morse —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Verona, Dane
County, Wis., October
20, 1900.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1945-69; defeated (Democratic), 1968, 1972;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1952;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1955; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1960;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Americans
for Democratic Action.
Was actively engaged in campaigning for U.S. Senate when he
died, in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 22,
1974 (age 73 years, 275
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore.
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Jerry Lon Litton (1937-1976) —
also known as Jerry Litton —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born near Lock Springs, Daviess
County, Mo., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1973-76; died in
office 1976.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
While running for U.S. Senator, died in the crash of a
private plane, shortly after takeoff from the Municipal Airport,
Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., August
3, 1976 (age 39 years, 83
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Memorial Gardens, Chillicothe, Mo.
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James Douglas Waltermire (1949-1988) —
also known as Jim Waltermire —
of Montana.
Born in Choteau, Teton
County, Mont., February
15, 1949.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana, 1978; secretary
of state of Montana, 1981-88; died in office 1988.
While returning from a campaign appearance, was killed in a plane
crash near Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., April 8,
1988 (age 39 years, 53
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Chester Merle Blaylock (1924-1996) —
also known as Chet Blaylock —
of Laurel, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Joliet, Carbon
County, Mont., November
13, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1972; member of Montana
state senate, 1975; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1984; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1996
(delegation chair).
As a candidate for Governor, en route to a debate with his
opponent, died of a heart
attack at Deer Lodge, Powell
County, Mont., October
23, 1996 (age 71 years, 345
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Joliet
Cemetery, Joliet, Mont.
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Melvin Eugene Carnahan (1934-2000) —
also known as Mel Carnahan —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Birch Tree, Shannon
County, Mo., February
11, 1934.
Democrat. Municipal judge in Missouri, 1951-52; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1963-67;
Democratic candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1966, 1968 (primary); Missouri
state treasurer, 1981-85; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1989-93; Governor of
Missouri, 1993-2000; defeated in primary, 1984; died in office
2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri; elected 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Order of
the Coif.
Died, in a plane
crash while running for U.S. Senator, near Goldman, Jefferson
County, Mo., October
16, 2000 (age 66 years, 248
days).
Interment at Carson
Hill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
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