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Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) —
of Missouri.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
4, 1828.
School
teacher; college
professor; pastor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., April 3,
1877 (age 48 years, 181
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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Carl Alley Baldwin (1897-1987) —
also known as Carl A. Baldwin —
of Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo.
Born in Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo., October
25, 1897.
Democrat. Farmer;
minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Benton County, 1925-26;
defeated, 1926.
Died April
10, 1987 (age 89 years, 167
days).
Interment at Vienna Public Cemetery, Vienna, Mo.
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Ira Benjamin Barber (1883-1946) —
also known as Ben Barber —
of Millcreek, Madison
County, Mo.; Fredericktown, Madison
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Mo., February
19, 1883.
Democrat. Farmer;
minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Madison County, 1925-26,
1935-38.
Missionary
Baptist.
Died in Fredericktown, Madison
County, Mo., October
9, 1946 (age 63 years, 232
days).
Interment at Barber-Whitener Cemetery, Zion, Mo.
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Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) —
also known as Orville S. Basford —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
29, 1848.
Republican. Methodist minister; postmaster;
South
Dakota Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper
editor and publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner,
1907.
Methodist.
Died in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., October
27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
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William Henry Black (1854-1930) —
also known as William H. Black —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., March
19, 1854.
Republican. Minister; president,
Missouri Valley College, 1890-1926; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Presbyterian.
Died June 22,
1930 (age 76 years, 95
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Felix Grundy Black and Lydia Catherine (Frederick) Black;
married 1879 to Mary
Ella Henderson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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John Bull (1803-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Virginia, 1803.
Physician;
ordained minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Missouri; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1833-35.
Slaveowner.
Died near Rothville, Chariton
County, Mo., February, 1863
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Hutcheson
Cemetery, Near Rothville, Chariton County, Mo.
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Joseph Henry Burrows (1840-1914) —
also known as Joseph H. Burrows —
of Cainsville, Harrison
County, Mo.
Born in Manchester, England,
May
15, 1840.
Minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1870-74, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1881-83; defeated
(Greenback), 1882.
Died in Cainsville, Harrison
County, Mo., April
28, 1914 (age 73 years, 348
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery, Harrison Township, Mercer County, Mo.
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John Franklin Cannon (1851-1920) —
also known as John F. Cannon —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cabarrus
County, N.C., January
3, 1851.
Democrat. Minister; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904.
Presbyterian.
Struck
by an automobile, suffered severe injuries, and died four hours
later in St. Luke's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., March
12, 1920 (age 69 years, 69
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Emanuel Cleaver II (b. 1944) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., October
26, 1944.
Democrat. Pastor; radio show
host; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1996
(speaker),
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 2004; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 2005-.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2017.
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Herman Max Cohen (1888-1970) —
also known as Herman M. Cohen —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Russia,
October
26, 1888.
Republican. Rabbi; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1928.
Died, in Tucson Medical
Center, Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., April
14, 1970 (age 81 years, 170
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Lawrence B. Day —
of Grant City, Worth
County, Mo.
Republican. Farmer;
minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Worth County, 1927-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Rutherford Losey Decker (1904-1972) —
also known as Rutherford L. Decker —
of Missouri.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 27,
1904.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1960.
Baptist.
Died September
21, 1972 (age 68 years, 117
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery, Wellsburg, N.Y.
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James Logan Delk (1887-1963) —
also known as James L. Delk —
of Missouri; Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Fentress
County, Tenn., September
21, 1887.
Democrat. Pastor; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1959.
Pentecostal.
Died in Fentress
County, Tenn., April 9,
1963 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Davis
Cemetery, Fentress County, Tenn.
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William Osborn Dixon (b. 1872) —
also known as W. O. Dixon —
of Pineville, McDonald
County, Mo.
Born in Cole
County, Mo., May 17,
1872.
Democrat. Minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from McDonald County, 1915-20.
Burial location unknown.
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E. H. Foster (1840-1919) —
of Salem, Dent
County, Mo.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., December
11, 1840.
Minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Dent County, 1919; died in
office 1919.
Baptist.
Died October
22, 1919 (age 78 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William F. Frazier (b. 1881) —
of Van Buren, Carter
County, Mo.
Born in Van Buren, Carter
County, Mo., January
11, 1881.
Democrat. Minister; evangelist; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Carter County, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Gaebe (1878-1945) —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Addieville, Washington
County, Ill., December
2, 1878.
Republican. Ordained minister; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Francois County, 1943-45;
died in office 1945.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church. Member, Farm
Bureau.
Died April
20, 1945 (age 66 years, 139
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Joseph Glennon (1862-1946) —
also known as John J. Glennon —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Kinnegad, County Westmeath, Ireland,
June
14, 1862.
Democrat. Catholic priest; Archbishop of St. Louis, 1903-46;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Dublin, Ireland,
March
9, 1946 (age 83 years, 268
days).
Entombed at Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Cowper Granberry (1829-1907) —
also known as John C. Granberry —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
5, 1829.
Democrat. Methodist minister; chaplain in the
Confederate States Army; bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died in Ashland, Hanover
County, Va., April 1,
1907 (age 77 years, 117
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Ann (Leslie) Granberry and Richard Granberry; married 1858 to Jennie
Massie; married 1862 to Ella
Fayette Winston. |
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J. B. Green —
Democrat. Minister; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1888.
Burial location unknown.
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John Andrew Gregg (1877-1953) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Eureka, Greenwood
County, Kan., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Pastor; missionary; president,
Edward Waters College, 1913-20; president,
Wilberforce University, 1920-24; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
17, 1953 (age 75 years, 365
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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G. H. Hagee —
of near Ava, Douglas
County, Mo.
Republican. Farmer;
preacher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Douglas County, 1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Ben F. Hill —
of Brookfield, Linn
County, Mo.
Democrat. Minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Linn County, 1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hogan (1805-1892) —
of Madison, Madison
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland,
January
2, 1805.
Preacher; merchant;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1838; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1858-61; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1865-67; defeated
(Greenback), 1878.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
5, 1892 (age 87 years, 34
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Jameson (1802-1857) —
of Missouri.
Born near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., March 6,
1802.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1830-36; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1834-36; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1839-41, 1843-45, 1847-49 (at-large
1839-41, 1843-45, 2nd District 1847-49); ordained minister.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo., January
24, 1857 (age 54 years, 324
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Callaway County, Mo.
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James N. Jeffries —
of Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo.
Republican. Minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cedar County, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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John Thomas Morris Johnston Jr. (1856-1930) —
also known as John T. M. Johnston —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ashland, Boone
County, Mo., March
17, 1856.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker;
minister; pastor, First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, Mo.,
1887-97; chaplain of Missouri Senate and Missouri State Prison;
pastor, Delmar Avenue Baptist Church, St. Louis, Mo., 1897-1907; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904 ; college
professor; president, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City,
1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1916.
Baptist.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1930 (age 74 years, 176
days).
Interment at New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Ashland, Mo.
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E. Y. Keiter (1874-1959) —
of Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo.
Born in Missouri, April
22, 1874.
Republican. Minister; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1922; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Randolph County, 1946.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died November
28, 1959 (age 85 years, 220
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Moberly, Mo.
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Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oakland, Garrett
County, Md.; Charlottesville,
Va.; Stanardsville, Greene
County, Va.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, Va., November
14, 1878.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; rector of Epiphany Episcopal
Church, Barton Heights, Va., until 1908, when he resigned
following a widely
reported fist
fight with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H. Pitt; composer;
poet;
translator;
prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderate
pacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support of
Democratic presidential nominee Al
Smith; initially supported President Franklin
Roosevelt and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned toward
isolationism and anti-Communism.
Episcopalian.
Died, from cerebral
vascular accident, while suffering from chronic
brain syndrome due to cerebral
arteriosclerosis, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, a mental
hospital, in Augusta
County, Va., December
21, 1964 (age 86 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Isom P. Langley (1851-1930) —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., September
2, 1851.
Preacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1886 (Labor, 4th District), 1890
(Populist, 2nd District), 1890 (Republican, 2nd District); member of
Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1919-20.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Labor.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 13,
1930 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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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.
Democrat. Minister; writer; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1916.
Southern
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
4, 1919 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Zachery James Lee and Emily Harris (Wideman) Lee; married to Emma
Eufaula Ledbetter. |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant of God and Lover of
Man. Forty-Five Years a Methodist Preacher Who Lived and Died to Make
Earth and Heaven One." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Francis Lillis (1861-1938) —
also known as Thomas F. Lillis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., March 3,
1861.
Republican. Catholic priest; bishop of Leavenworth, Kans.
(1905-10) and Kansas City, Mo. (1913-38); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1928.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
29, 1938 (age 77 years, 301
days).
Entombed at Mt.
St. Mary's Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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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.
Democrat. Methodist bishop; chaplain of the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1876.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1877 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Benjamin F. McCombs (b. 1856) —
of Stella, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Newton
County, Mo., June 5,
1856.
Democrat. Farmer;
minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Newton County, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Edwin Meeker (1878-1918) —
also known as Jacob E. Meeker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Attica, Fountain
County, Ind., October
7, 1878.
Republican. Minister; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1915-18; died in
office 1918.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
16, 1918 (age 40 years, 9
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Attica, Ind.
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Ben S. Meeks (1902-1995) —
of Thayer, Oregon
County, Mo.
Born in Oregon
County, Mo., May 11,
1902.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; railroad
worker; mail
carrier; Baptist minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Oregon County, 1937-38,
1945-56, 1961-64.
Baptist.
Died July 18,
1995 (age 93 years, 68
days).
Interment at Thayer Cemetery, Thayer, Mo.; cenotaph at Rose Hill Cemetery, Thayer, Mo.
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C. B. Melville —
of Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo.
Republican. Pastor; candidate for mayor of
Nevada, Mo., 1930.
United
Brethren.
Burial location unknown.
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J. D. Mendenhall —
of Brookfield, Linn
County, Mo.
Minister; mayor
of Brookfield, Mo., 1910; defeated, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Monroe Neel (1841-1921) —
also known as Samuel M. Neel —
of Somerville, Fayette
County, Tenn.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Ripley, Lauderdale
County, Tenn., November
13, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1900.
Presbyterian.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
20, 1921 (age 79 years, 341
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel J. Neel and Louisa (Ross) Neel; married 1866 to Mary
Jane Watkins; married 1871 to Anna
Maria Adger. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Kansas City (Mo.) Times,
October 21, 1921 |
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Pastor; professor,
Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1932; Socialist
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Charles Franklin Parker (b. 1902) —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Albany, Gentry
County, Mo., December
15, 1902.
Republican. Minister; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1952;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1956.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank A. Parker and Kittie Clyde (Canaday) Parker; married, June 18,
1931, to Josephine McDaniel. |
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Sidney Catlin Partridge (1857-1930) —
also known as S. C. Partridge —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 1857.
Republican. Episcopal Bishop of Kyoto, Japan, 1900-11; Bishop
of the Diocese of West Missouri, 1911-30; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 22,
1930 (age 72 years, 294
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Tom Procter (1885-1966) —
of Wild Cat Township, Elk
County, Kan.; Greenfield, Dade
County, Mo.
Born in Dade
County, Mo., 1885.
Republican. Farmer;
minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Dade County, 1929-32, 1945-50.
Baptist.
Died in 1966
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Mo.
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James M. Ramsey —
of Bynumville, Chariton
County, Mo.
Democrat. Minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Chariton County, 1925-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Alex Reid —
of Bethany, Harrison
County, Mo.
Republican. Minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Harrison County, 1923-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Lawyer;
Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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Patrick John Ryan (1831-1911) —
also known as P. J. Ryan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland,
February
20, 1831.
Republican. Catholic priest; archbishop of Philadelphia,
1884-1911; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1900.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
11, 1911 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Entombed at Cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Samuel Sale (1854-1937) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
29, 1854.
Rabbi; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896 ; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., May 19,
1937 (age 82 years, 202
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Samuel Schulman (1864-1955) —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
February
14, 1864.
Republican. Rabbi; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Jewish.
Coined the phrase "melting pot" as a term for the assimilation of
immigrants to the United States, in a 1907 sermon.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1955 (age 91 years, 261
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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James Ivan Spainhower (1928-2018) —
also known as Jim Spainhower —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Stanberry, Gentry
County, Mo., August
3, 1928.
Democrat. Minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Saline County, 1963-70; Missouri
state treasurer, 1973-81; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1976; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1980; president,
Colleege of he Ozarks; president,
Lindenwood University.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died, in the Foxwood Springs Living
Center, Raymore, Cass
County, Mo., December
12, 2018 (age 90 years, 131
days).
Interment at Raymore Cemetery, Raymore, Mo.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Benjamin Baker Tout (1867-1941) —
also known as B. B. Tout —
of Archie, Cass
County, Mo.
Born in Hendricks
County, Ind., April 5,
1867.
Republican. Physician;
druggist;
minister; postmaster;
member of Missouri
state senate 17th District, 1921-24.
Died October
29, 1941 (age 74 years, 207
days).
Interment at Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian, Mo.
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Artur Anton Vogel (1924-2012) —
also known as Artur A. Vogel —
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
24, 1924.
Republican. Minister; bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West
Missouri, 1973-89; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1976.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 6,
2012 (age 88 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Lynn Waldorf (1876-1943) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 14,
1876.
Republican. Pastor; chaplain; bishop; offered
prayer, Republican National Convention, 1928,
1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Noble Foundation Hospital,
Alexandria Bay, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 27,
1943 (age 67 years, 74
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Wilbur G. Williams (1852-1897) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Coshocton
County, Ohio, 1852.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Allegheny College; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1897 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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