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Hardware Business Politicians in Kansas
Hardware and Building Supply Dealers

Walter Rex Allaman (1893-1969) — also known as Rex Allaman — of Amarillo, Potter County, Tex.; Marmaton, Bourbon County, Kan.; Forsyth, Taney County, Mo.; St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo. Born in Forsyth, Taney County, Mo., February 19, 1893. Democrat. Hardware salesman; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1948. Died April 17, 1969 (age 76 years, 57 days). Interment at Ozarks Memorial Park, Branson, Mo.   Relatives: Son of George Walter Allaman and Ida Campbell (McGill) Allaman; married to Carryee Rone; father of Walter Rex Allaman (1918-1944; Army Air Forces bomber pilot in World War II; killed in France, a day or two after D-Day).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial William Lewis Couch (1850-1890) — also known as William L. Couch — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Wilkes County, N.C., November 20, 1850. Grocer; hardware business; horse and mule dealer; mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1889; resigned 1889. Shot in the leg in dispute over a land claim; the wound probably became infected, and he subsequently died, in Oklahoma, April 21, 1890 (age 39 years, 152 days). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.   Relatives: Son of Meshach H. Couch and Mary 'Polly' (Bryan) Couch; married to Cynthia Gordon.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: City of Oklahoma City   W. Ward Davison (born c.1905) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Kansas, about 1905. Republican. Appliance dealer; member of Washington state senate 32nd District, 1943-47. Burial location unknown.   William Forest Phares (b. 1886) — also known as William F. Phares — of Maryville, Nodaway County, Mo. Born in Sharon, Barber County, Kan., June 7, 1886. Republican. Lumber dealer; hardware business; banker; member of Missouri Republican State Committee, 1914-26; Missouri Republican state chair, 1924-26, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928, 1940 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee). Protestant. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Edgar C. Phares and Mary (Craig) Phares; married to Maude Marie Bainum.

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