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Jesse W. Barrett (1884-1953) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Canton, Lewis
County, Mo., March
17, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
Missouri Republican Party, 1919; Missouri
state attorney general, 1921-25; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1922; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Suffered a heart
attack, and was dead on arrival at St. Louis City Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., November
12, 1953 (age 69 years, 240
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Hooven Barrett and Jeanette Amelia (Bushman) Barrett;
married, June 19,
1912, to Ethelyn Louthan; married, February
21, 1925, to Mary Louise Church. |
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Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
5, 1875.
U.S. Consul in Venice, as of 1903; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to
Sweden, 1923-27; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1927-33.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Donated his Georgetown
estate, Dumbarton Oaks, to Harvard University in 1940; after the war,
it was the scene of the conference that led to the creation of the
United Nations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
19, 1962 (age 86 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Dumbarton
Oaks Rose Garden, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Norman Fadeley (b. 1929) —
also known as Edward N. Fadeley —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Williamsville, Wayne
County, Mo., December
13, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1961-62; member of Oregon
state senate, 1963-67; Oregon
Democratic state chair, 1966-67; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 4th District, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Academy of Political and Social
Science; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Elks; Moose; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1968.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Sylvester Fadeley and Nellie (Norman) Fadeley; married, June 11,
1953, to Nancie Newell Peacocke. |
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Laurance Mastick Hyde (1892-1978) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., February
2, 1892.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1942-55; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1949-51.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary;
Freemasons;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
Died in 1978
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Newspaper
writer; theater
manager; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1935-46.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks;
American Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" in
newspapers and magazines.
Died in 1965
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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