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Chemical Industry Politicians in Missouri

Laurence Powers Bonfoey (1884-1948) — also known as Laurence P. Bonfoey — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Quincy, Adams County, Ill.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Unionville, Putnam County, Mo., June 29, 1884. Democrat. Insurance business; vice-president, Monroe Drug Company; president, Monroe Color and Chemical Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932 (alternate), 1936, 1944; delegate to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chairman, Illinois Aeronautics Commission, 1933-37. Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., July 12, 1948 (age 64 years, 13 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Beverly Holcumb Bonfoey and Anna May (Webb) Bonfoey; married, June 17, 1908, to Octavia Rebecca Monroe.   Nancy E. Boyda (b. 1955) — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in St. Louis, Mo., August 2, 1955. Democrat. Chemist; school teacher; U.S. Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 2007-; defeated, 2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2008. Female. Methodist. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Married to Steve Boyda.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Wallace M. Pearson (b. 1895) — of Kirksville, Adair County, Mo. Born near Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich., July 12, 1895. Republican. Chemist; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; college professor; banker; osteophatic physician; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Adair County, 1947-56; defeated, 1956. Methodist. Member, Eagles; Kiwanis; Delta Tau Delta. Burial location unknown.   Paul W. O. Preisler (1902-1971) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Missouri, May 31, 1902. Socialist. Chemist; college instructor; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1934, 1936, 1938; served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Died November 20, 1971 (age 69 years, 173 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Hillcrest Abbey, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Ernst Preisler and Martha Preisler; married, August 30, 1927, to Doris Bausch.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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. 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, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of John Francis Queeny and Olga (Monsanto) Queeny; married, November 10, 1919, to Ethel Schneider.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edwin Martin Schaefer (1887-1950) — also known as Edwin M. Schaefer — of Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill. Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill., May 14, 1887. Democrat. Chemical engineer, and later general superintendent, Morris & Co. meat packers; St. Clair County Treasurer, 1930-32; U.S. Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1933-43; director, Griesediech-Western Brewery Co. Died in St. Louis, Mo., November 8, 1950 (age 63 years, 178 days). Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.   Cross-reference: Melvin Price   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William C. Teichmann (b. 1859) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., December 30, 1859. Newspaper correspondent; school teacher; chemist; U.S. Consul in Eibenstock, 1906-08; Colombo, 1908-09; Stettin, 1909-11; Mannheim, as of 1914-16; Bluefields, as of 1917. Burial location unknown.

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