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Orland Kay Armstrong (1893-1987) —
also known as Orland K. Armstrong; O. K.
Armstrong —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo., October
2, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; newspaper
correspondent; author;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 3rd District,
1933-36, 1943-44; defeated, 1936, 1940; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1944; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1951-53.
Baptist.
Scotch-Irish
and English ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April
15, 1987 (age 93 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Mo.
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Mary Bellamy (1861-1955) —
also known as Marie Godat; Mrs. Charles
Bellamy —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Richwoods, Washington
County, Mo., December
13, 1861.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1911; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1916.
Female.
Swiss,
Dutch,
and English ancestry.
First
woman legislator in Wyoming.
Died in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., January
28, 1955 (age 93 years, 46
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Augustus Godat and Catherine (Horine) Godat;
married 1886 to
Charles Bellamy. |
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Daniel Boone (1734-1820) —
Born in Berks
County, Pa., November
2, 1734.
Explorer and frontiersman; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781, 1787.
English and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in St. Charles
County, Mo., September
26, 1820 (age 85 years, 329
days).
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, St. Charles County, Mo.;
reinterment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Rebecca Ann Bryan; father of Jessie
Bryan Boone and Nathan
Boone; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who married Hiram
Howell Baber); granduncle of Levi
Day Boone; second great-grandfather of Elmer
Charless Henderson. |
| | Political families: Thomas-Smith-Irwin
family of Pennsylvania; Boone
family of St. Charles County, Missouri (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Boone counties in Ark., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | The Daniel Boone National
Forest (established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed
1966), in Bath,
Clay,
Estill,
Harlan,
Jackson,
Knox,
Laurel,
Lee,
Leslie,
McCreary,
Menifee,
Morgan,
Owsley,
Perry,
Powell,
Pulaski,
Rockcastle,
Rowan,
Wayne,
Whitley,
and Wolfe
counties, Kentucky, is named for
him. — Boone Dam
(built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, in Sullivan
and Washington
counties, Tennessee, and the Boone Lake
reservoir behind the dam, are named for
him. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Samuel Swinfin Burdett (1836-1914) —
also known as Samuel S. Burdett —
of Osceola, St. Clair
County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.; Glencarlyn, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Leicestershire, England,
February
21, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1869-73; defeated,
1872; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1874-76.
English ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Leicestershire, England,
September
24, 1914 (age 78 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Dillard Cook (1789-1852) —
also known as John D. Cook —
of Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Orange
County, Va., June 15,
1789.
Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve
County, 1820; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1820-23; appointed 1820; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1850-52; died in office 1852.
English ancestry.
Died in Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., October
28, 1852 (age 63 years, 135
days).
Interment at Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Richard Goodenough (1871-1947) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in West Cowes, Hampshire, England,
July
7, 1871.
Republican. Printer;
proofreader;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 5th District,
1921-26.
English ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Typographical
Union.
Died in St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 1947 (age 75 years, 208
days).
Interment at Friedens Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo.
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Ira Sherwin Hazeltine (1821-1899) —
also known as Ira S. Hazeltine —
of Richland Center, Richland
County, Wis.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Andover, Windsor
County, Vt., July 13,
1821.
Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1881-83; defeated
(Greenback), 1876 (6th District), 1882 (13th District), 1884 (13th
District).
English ancestry.
Died near Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., January
13, 1899 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) —
also known as "Apostle of Liberty"; "Sage of
Monticello"; "Friend of the People";
"Father of the University of Virginia" —
of Albemarle
County, Va.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., April
13, 1743.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Virginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782;
U.S. Minister to France, 1785-89; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1790-93; Vice
President of the United States, 1797-1801; President
of the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican),
1796.
Deist.
English ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He was elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., July 4,
1826 (age 83 years, 82
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaph
at University
of Missouri Quadrangle, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument at West
Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married, January
1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton; father of Martha
Jefferson (who married Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.) and Maria Jefferson (who married John
Wayles Eppes); uncle of Dabney
Carr; grandfather of Thomas
Jefferson Randolph, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas
Philip Trist), Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; granduncle of Dabney
Smith Carr; great-grandfather of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; second great-grandfather of John
Gardner Coolidge; second great-granduncle of Edith
Wilson; first cousin once removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); first cousin twice removed of John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden and Carter
Henry Harrison; first cousin thrice removed of Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden and Carter
Henry Harrison II; first cousin four times removed of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr.; second cousin of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph and John
Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin once removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker and William
Segar Archer; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Edmund
Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke and John
Augustine Marshall; second cousin four times removed of William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt and Francis
Beverley Biddle; second cousin five times removed of William
Welby Beverley; third cousin thrice removed of William
Henry Robertson. |
| | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: Jefferson
M. Levy — Joshua
Fry |
| | Jefferson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Wash., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | Mount
Jefferson (third highest peak in the Northeast), in Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: Thomas
Jefferson Kennard
— Thomas
Jefferson Campbell
— Thomas
J. Gazley
— Thomas
J. Drake
— Thomas
Jefferson Heard
— Thomas
Jefferson Green
— Thomas
J. Rusk
— Thomas
Jefferson Withers
— Thomas
J. Parsons
— Thomas
J. Word
— Thomas
J. Henley
— Thomas
J. Dryer
— Thomas
J. Foster
— Thomas
J. Barr
— Thomas
Jefferson Jennings
— Thomas
J. Henderson
— Thomas
J. Van Alstyne
— Thomas
Jefferson Cason
— T.
J. Coghlan
— Thomas
Jefferson Buford
— T.
Jefferson Coolidge
— Thomas
J. Megibben
— Thomas
J. Bunn
— Thomas
J. Hardin
— Thomas
J. McLain, Jr.
— Thomas
J. Brown
— Thomas
Jefferson Speer
— Thomas
J. Boynton
— Thomas
J. Hudson
— Thomas
J. Brady
— Thomas
J. Selby
— Thomas
Jefferson Deavitt
— Thomas
Jefferson Majors
— Thomas
Jefferson Wood
— T.
J. Jarratt
— Thomas
Jefferson Nunn
— Thomas
J. Strait
— Thomas
J. Humes
— T.
J. Appleyard
— Thomas
J. Clunie
— Thomas
J. Steele
— Thomas
J. Boynton
— Thomas
J. O'Donnell
— Thomas
J. Halsey
— Thomas
J. Graham
— T.
J. Martin
— Thomas
Jefferson Lilly
— Thomas
J. Randolph
— Tom
J. Terral
— T.
Jeff Busby
— Thomas
Jefferson Murphy
— Thomas
J. Hamilton
— Tom
Mangan
— Thomas
J. Ryan
— Tom
J. Murray
— Tom
Steed
— Thomas
Jefferson Edmonds, Jr.
— Thomas
J. Anderson
— Thomas
Jefferson Roberts
— Thomas
J. Barlow III
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| | Coins and currency: His portrait
has appeared on the U.S. nickel (five cent coin) since 1938, and
on the $2 bill since the 1860s. |
| | Personal motto: "Rebellion to tyrants
is obedience to God." |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J.
Ellis, American
Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson — Willard
Sterne Randall, Thomas
Jefferson : A Life — R. B. Bernstein, Thomas
Jefferson — Joyce Appleby, Thomas
Jefferson — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,
Adams
vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — Susan
Dunn, Jefferson's
Second Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800 —
Andrew Burstein, Jefferson's
Secret: Death and Desire at Monticello — Christopher
Hitchens, Thomas
Jefferson : Author of America — David Barton, The
Jefferson Lies: Exposing the myths you've always believed about
Thomas Jefferson — David Barton, The
Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About
Thomas Jefferson — Donald Barr Chidsey, Mr.
Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson |
| | Critical books about Thomas Jefferson:
Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary |
| | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) —
of Missouri.
Born near Ivy, Albemarle
County, Va., August
18, 1774.
Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.
English and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Commanded expedition with William
Clark to Oregon, 1803-04.
Died from gunshot
wounds under mysterious
circumstances (murder or
suicide?)
at Grinder's Stand, an inn on
the Natchez Trace near Hohenwald, Lewis
County, Tenn., October
11, 1809 (age 35 years, 54
days).
Interment at Meriwether
Lewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin once
removed of Howell
Lewis, John
Walker, David
Meriwether (1755-1822), James
Meriwether (1755-1817), Francis
Walker and George
Rockingham Gilmer; first cousin five times removed of Arthur
Sidney Demarest; second cousin of James
Meriwether (1788-1852), David
Meriwether (1800-1893) and James
Archibald Meriwether; second cousin once removed of George
Washington, Howell
Cobb (1772-1818), Thomas
Walker Gilmer, David
Shelby Walker and Reuben
Handy Meriwether; second cousin twice removed of Howell
Cobb (1815-1868), Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb, James
David Walker and David
Shelby Walker Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Hubbard
T. Smith; second cousin four times removed of Archer
Woodford; third cousin of Theodorick
Bland, Robert
Brooke, Bushrod
Washington, George
Madison and Richard
Aylett Buckner; third cousin once removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke, Henry
St. George Tucker, John
Thornton Augustine Washington, Zachary
Taylor, Francis
Taliaferro Helm and Aylette
Buckner; third cousin twice removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett
Hawes Buckner, Charles
John Helm, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Hubbard
Dozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed of James
Francis Buckner Jr., Key
Pittman, Claude
Pollard and Vail
Montgomery Pittman; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Rootes Jackson. |
| | Political families: Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis
family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: George
F. Shannon |
| | Lewis counties in Idaho, Ky., Mo., Tenn. and Wash. are
named for him; Lewis and Clark
County, Mont. is named partly for him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: Meriwether
Lewis Randolph
— Meriwether
Lewis Walker
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| | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to
1927. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C.
Danisi, Uncovering
the Truth About Meriwether Lewis — Donald Barr
Chidsey, Lewis
and Clark: The Great Adventure |
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James Limbird —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in England.
Republican. U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1891.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas William Nadal (b. 1875) —
also known as Thomas W. Nadal —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Milroy, Rush
County, Ind., June 17,
1875.
Republican. College
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1911-17; appointed 1911; acting president,
Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., 1915-16; president,
Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1917.
Congregationalist.
English and French
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Modern
Language Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Nadal and Jerusha (Richey) Nadal; married, June 2,
1909, to Kathryne Dillingham Wyckoff. |
| | Image source: Michigan Manual
1911 |
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J. W. Phillips —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Candidate for mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1915.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English, German,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope; married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article |
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William Henry Workman (1839-1918) —
also known as William H. Workman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Franklin, Howard
County, Mo., January
1, 1839.
Democrat. Harness
manufacturer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1886-88.
English ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
21, 1918 (age 79 years, 51
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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