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John Albus Jr. (1860-1940) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas, October
4, 1860.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1888;
U.S.
Surveyor of Customs at St. Joseph, Mo., Missouri, 1909-10.
German ancestry.
Died October
22, 1940 (age 80 years, 18
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Albus and Elizabeth Albus; married to Clara
Hanssen. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Moses Alexander (1853-1932) —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Obrigheim, Bavaria, Germany,
November
13, 1853.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; mayor
of Chillicothe, Mo., 1887-88; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1897-99, 1901-03; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1924,
1928;
Governor
of Idaho, 1915-19; defeated, 1908, 1922.
Jewish.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, January
4, 1932 (age 78 years, 52
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) —
also known as John P. Altgeld —
of Andrew
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hesse, Germany,
December
30, 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Andrew
County State's Attorney, 1875; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1884; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1886-91; Governor of
Illinois, 1893-97; Independent candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1899.
German ancestry.
Pardoned the surviving protesters of the Haymarket incident in
Chicago, and refused to send troops against the Pullman railway
strikers. These actions were not popular at the time, and he never
won another election.
As he finished a speech
at the Joliet Opera
House, he suffered a stroke,
was carried across the street to the Hotel
Monroe, and died the next morning, in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
12, 1902 (age 54 years, 72
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.; statue at Lincoln
Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Lynn David Ambrose (1882-1946) —
also known as Lynn D. Ambrose —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Avalon, Livingston
County, Mo., May 3,
1882.
Republican. School
teacher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
German ancestry.
Died in Ellensburg, Kittitas
County, Wash., June 14,
1946 (age 64 years, 42
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ellensburg, Wash.
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George Alfred Auerswald (1856-1928) —
also known as George A. Auerswald —
of De Soto, Jefferson
County, Mo.
Born in New York, December
1, 1856.
Republican. Physician;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1909-10,
1917-18; Missouri Pure Food and Drug Commissioner.
German ancestry.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., August
29, 1928 (age 71 years, 272
days).
Interment at City Cemetery, De Soto, Mo.
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Richard Bartholdt (1855-1932) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Schleiz, Germany,
November
2, 1855.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1893-1915.
German ancestry.
Died, from broncho-pneumonia,
in St.
Louis, Mo., March
19, 1932 (age 76 years, 138
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Concordia
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles U. Becker (1868-1934) —
of Wishart, Polk
County, Mo.; Bolivar, Polk
County, Mo.
Born near New Haven, Franklin
County, Mo., October
21, 1868.
Republican. Farmer; writer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Polk County, 1915-20; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1921-33.
German and French
ancestry.
Died, from cirrhosis of
the liver, in Missouri Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., May 21,
1934 (age 65 years, 212
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Hermann Becker and Sarah (Maupin) Becker; married, May 13,
1920, to Mary B. Tolson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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William Dee Becker (1876-1943) —
also known as William D. Becker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
23, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
Judge, Missouri St. Louis Court of Appeals, 1917-40; defeated, 1940;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1941-43; died in office 1943.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Was a passenger in an experimental Army glider, towed by an airplane;
the glider's wings suddenly fell off, and it crashed
at Lambert-St. Louis Airfield,
St.
Louis County, Mo., August
1, 1943 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Philip Becker and Anna A. (Cammann) Becker; married, June 10,
1902, to Margaret Louise McIntosh. |
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Frank O. Bittner (1861-1942) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Chemnitz, Germany,
August
20, 1861.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; building
contractor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 4th District,
1915-16, 1919-22, 1927-28; candidate for Missouri
state senate 33rd District, 1916.
German ancestry.
Died in 1942
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Zion Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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William John Blesse (1882-1961) —
also known as William J. Blesse —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
28, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 6th District,
1917-18.
German ancestry.
Died in St. Louis
County, Mo., January
25, 1961 (age 78 years, 332
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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Jacob Blum —
of Bridgeton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Germany.
Postmaster at Bridgeton,
Mo., 1901-11.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Boernstein —
of Missouri.
Born in Hamburg, Germany.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S. Consul in Bremen, 1861-66.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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August Henry Bolte (1854-1920) —
also known as August H. Bolte —
of Franklin
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Franklin
County, Mo., September
23, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Missouri, 1881-94; Franklin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1897-1901; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1900; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1916.
German ancestry.
Died, from valvular heart
disease and nephritis,
in St.
Louis, Mo., June 24,
1920 (age 65 years, 275
days).
Interment at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Washington, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Bolte and Wilhelmina Charlotte (Haase) Bolte;
married 1882 to
Christina K. Arand. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri
Legislature 1897 |
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Charles Ferris Booher (1848-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Booher —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born in East Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
31, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1889, 1907-21; died in
office 1921.
German and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., January
21, 1921 (age 72 years, 356
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Savannah, Mo.
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John B. Bowman (1832-1885) —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
1832.
Republican. Civil
engineer; lawyer; real estate
business; mayor
of East St. Louis, Ill., 1865-66, 1868, 1872-74, 1877-78.
German ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
an unknown assailant, in front of his home, in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
21, 1885 (age about 53
years). Two East St. Louis policemen were later charged with his
murder, but they were never tried.
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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George H. Cramer (1820-1892) —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in 1820.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1862-67, 1879-86; postmaster at Cape
Girardeau, Mo., 1890-92.
German ancestry.
Died in 1892
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Emil Dehner (1871-1945) —
also known as Charles E. Dehner —
of Lincoln, Logan
County, Ill.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
27, 1871.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died November
11, 1945 (age 74 years, 15
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lincoln, Ill.
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William F. Depelheuer (1871-1956) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 2,
1871.
Republican. Painting
contractor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 2nd District,
1915-18; member of Missouri
state senate 30th District, 1919-34; defeated, 1934, 1940.
German ancestry.
Died in Missouri, May 22,
1956 (age 84 years, 355
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Affton, Mo.
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Herman Rudolph Dietrich (1862-1938) —
also known as Herman R. Dietrich —
of Utica, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Utica, Livingston
County, Mo., January
6, 1862.
Farmer;
merchant;
postmaster;
newspaper
editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1903-04;
U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1903-12.
German ancestry.
Died in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., January
21, 1938 (age 76 years, 15
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Anthony Dietrich and Wilhelmina M. (Kurth) Dietrich;
married to Cora Helena Boschert. |
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Joseph A. Eppstein (1824-1886) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
January
1, 1824.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1868;
postmaster at Boonville,
Mo., 1878-86.
German ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., March 4,
1886 (age 62 years, 62
days).
Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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George Ludwig Faulhaber (1838-1926) —
also known as George L. Faulhaber —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Germany,
April
7, 1838.
Republican. Mayor
of Sedalia, Mo., 1878-80.
German ancestry.
Died April
13, 1926 (age 88 years, 6
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Mo.
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Ernst Bretheaar Filsinger (1880-1937) —
also known as Ernst B. Filsinger —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 10,
1880.
Consul
for Costa Rica in St.
Louis, Mo., 1905-07.
German ancestry.
Died in Shanghai, China,
May
24, 1937 (age 56 years, 348
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Joseph Filsinger and Katherine 'Kate' (Ernst) Filsinger;
married, December
19, 1914, to Sara Teasdale. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Bellefontaine
Cemetery |
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Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (1837-1908) —
also known as Gustavus A. Finkelnburg —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Cologne, Prussia (Köln, Germany),
April
6, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1864-68; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1869-73; candidate for
Governor
of Missouri, 1876; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1905-07;
resigned 1907.
German ancestry.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 18,
1908 (age 71 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Arminius Theophilus Haeberle (1874-1943) —
also known as Arminius T. Haeberle —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
23, 1874.
College
instructor; school
principal; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1908-10; Tegucigalpa, 1910-13; St. Michaels, 1913-15; Pernambuco, 1915-19; Rio de Janeiro, 1919-23; Sao Paulo, 1923-25; U.S. Consul General in Dresden, 1925-36.
German ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary.
Died October
26, 1943 (age 69 years, 276
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Louis F. Haeberle and Flora Lemen (Bock)
Haeberle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1917) |
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Osmund Haenssler (1886-1949) —
Born in St. Charles
County, Mo., September
26, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1926.
German ancestry.
Died in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., November
14, 1949 (age 63 years, 49
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Charles, Mo.
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Reinhart Conrad Haenssler (1856-1917) —
also known as R. C. Haenssler —
of St. Charles, St.
Charles County, Mo.
Born in Germany,
November
13, 1856.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1896-98; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Charles County, 1913-17;
died in office 1917.
Methodist.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., June 24,
1917 (age 60 years, 223
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Charles, Mo.
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Daniel Henry Hoefer (1869-1938) —
also known as Daniel Hoefer —
of Higginsville, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., February
18, 1869.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1900;
Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1936
(on behalf of Alf
M. Landon and Frank
Knox).
German ancestry.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March
29, 1938 (age 69 years, 39
days).
Interment at Higginsville
City Cemetery, Higginsville, Mo.
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Enoch Arden Holtwick (1881-1972) —
also known as Enoch A. Holtwick —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Greenville, Bond
County, Ill.
Born in Rhineland, Montgomery
County, Mo., January
3, 1881.
School
teacher; president,
Los Angeles Pacific Junior College, 1915-18; college
professor; Prohibition candidate for Illinois
state treasurer, 1936; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1950;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952; Prohibition candidate for
President
of the United States, 1956.
Free
Methodist. German ancestry.
Died, in Fair Oaks Nursing
Home, Greenville, Bond
County, Ill., March
28, 1972 (age 91 years, 85
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Greenville, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Holtwick and Elida (Heying) Holtwick; married, June 30,
1908, to Clara Wilmot Uglow; married, June 27,
1946, to Ruth Elmira (Turner) Hamilton. |
| | | Holtwick
Hall, a student residence building at Greenville
University, Greenville,
Illinois, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George J. Husmann (born c.1827) —
of Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo.
Born in Germany,
about 1827.
Nurseryman;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 21st District, 1865.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick A. Kage (1848-1932) —
also known as Fred A. Kage —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in 1848.
Cape
Girardeau County Sheriff, 1882-86; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1911-17; defeated (Citizens), 1917.
German ancestry.
Died in 1932
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Ferdinand Krone (b. 1863) —
also known as Charles F. Krone —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
15, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 29th District, 1909-12.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Christian Kumpf (1830-1904) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Germany,
1830.
Republican. Mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1886-89.
German ancestry.
Died in 1904
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Frederick William Lehmann (1853-1931) —
also known as Frederick W. Lehmann —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Prussia,
February
28, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Wabash Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
U.S. Solicitor General, 1910-12.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
12, 1931 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; cenotaph at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Benjamin Herman Linhardt (1879-1941) —
also known as Benjamin H. Linhardt; Ben H.
Linhardt —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Osage
County, Mo., September
15, 1879.
Republican. Lumber
dealer; Cole
County Recorder, 1919-22; postmaster at Jefferson
City, Mo., 1923-33 (acting, 1923-24); real estate
developer.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., September
30, 1941 (age 62 years, 15
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Frank J. Lutz (1855-1916) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 24,
1855.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1892.
German ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, March
24, 1916 (age 60 years, 305
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Lutz and Rosine Lutz; married, June 18,
1884, to May Selver. |
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Henry August Meyer (1850-1924) —
also known as August Meyer —
of Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo.
Born in Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo., July 5,
1850.
Republican. Gasconade
County Circuit Clerk, 1879-84; lawyer; banker; Gasconade
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1900; Gasconade
County Probate Judge, 1902-10; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Gasconade County, 1917-20.
Methodist.
German ancestry.
Died in Warrenton, Warren
County, Mo., March
10, 1924 (age 73 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hermann
Cemetery, Hermann, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Ernst August Heinrich Meyer and Anna Christine Marie Elisabeth
(Grannemann) Meyer; married, August
11, 1875, to Henrietta Vehlewald. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Charles Nagel (1849-1940) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bernardo, Colorado
County, Tex., August
9, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1881-83; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1908-12; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1909-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1932.
German ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
embolism while suffering from chronic
myocarditis, in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1940 (age 90 years, 149
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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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Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus (1837-1922) —
also known as Frederick G. Niedringhaus —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lübbecke, Westphalia, Germany,
October
21, 1837.
Republican. Manufacturer;
real
estate business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Resolutions
Committee).
Methodist.
German ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
25, 1922 (age 85 years, 35
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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George Fred Osiek (1878-1952) —
also known as George F. Osiek —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., December
5, 1878.
Democrat. Patternmaker;
lawyer;
chiropractor;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 4th District,
1917-18.
German ancestry.
Died, from liver
cirrhosis, in St.
Louis, Mo., September
26, 1952 (age 73 years, 296
days).
Interment at Friedens Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Anna Katharina (Schweickert) Osiek and Friederich Wilhelm 'Fritz'
Osiek; married, May 2,
1900, to Emma Ebeling; married to Kathryn
Scheufeler. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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August H. Rickhoff (1864-1918) —
of Chamois, Osage
County, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., June 28,
1864.
Republican. Physician;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Osage County, 1917-18; died
in office 1918.
German ancestry.
Died in Chamois, Osage
County, Mo., August
4, 1918 (age 54 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Chamois, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Christian Henry Rickhoff and Louise Charlotte (Eikermann)
Rickhoff; married, March
18, 1894, to Nancy Sue Lambeth. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Edgar Anthony Riedinger (1896-1970) —
also known as Edgar Riedinger —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Sylmar, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Missouri, June 23,
1896.
Republican. Garage
owner; sales manager, motor
truck company; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1925-26.
German ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
8, 1970 (age 74 years, 138
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Reidinger and Mary (Anthis) Reidinger; married to Martha
Lenora Walkenhorst. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Franklin. Sarman (1857-1945) —
also known as Henry F. Sarman —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Russellville, Cole
County, Mo., June 27,
1857.
Democrat. Cigar
manufacturer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904.
German ancestry.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., April 5,
1945 (age 87 years, 282
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) —
also known as Carl Schurz —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Christian Schurz and Mariana (Jussen) Schurz; brother of
Antoinette Schurz (who married Edmund
Jüssen); married 1852 to
Margarethe 'Molly' Meyer. |
| | | Political family: Jussen-Schurz
family of Watertown, Wisconsin. |
| | | The community
of Schurz,
Nevada, is named for
him. — Mount
Schurz, in Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Park,
in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — Schurz Elementary
School, in Watertown,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Elementary
School, in New
Braunfels, Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Carl
S. Thompson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis
Trefousse, Carl
Schurz: A Biography |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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H. L. Shannon (b. 1860) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Carlisle, Sullivan
County, Ind., March
16, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Jasper
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1894-96, 1899-1900; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1915-16.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank J. Staedtler (b. 1869) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Germany,
July
6, 1869.
Democrat. Baker;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 2nd District,
1915-18.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1895 to Amelia
Mayer. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Louis Strothkamp (c.1816-1885) —
of Ballwin, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Prussia,
about 1816.
Postmaster at Ballwin,
Mo., 1866-85.
German ancestry.
Died in Missouri, April
20, 1885 (age about 69
years).
Interment at St. Joseph Parish Cemetery, Manchester, Mo.
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Louis E. Strothkamp (1868-1939) —
of Ballwin, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St. Louis
County, Mo., February
24, 1868.
Republican. Funeral
business; postmaster at Ballwin,
Mo., 1885-86, 1889-94, 1897-1902, 1904-11 (acting, 1885-86).
German ancestry.
Died in Manchester, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
2, 1939 (age 71 years, 190
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Parish Cemetery, Manchester, Mo.
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Rosina Strothkamp (born c.1831) —
also known as Rosina Tritschler —
of Ballwin, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Germany,
about 1831.
Postmaster at Ballwin,
Mo., 1886-89.
Female.
German 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. |
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article |
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Gustavus von Brecht (b. 1869) —
also known as Gustavo von Brecht; Gustavo V.
Brecht —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March
21, 1869.
Consul
for Argentina in St.
Louis, Mo., 1899-1904; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in St.
Louis, Mo., 1906-25.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Whist —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Germany.
Republican. Register
of U.S. Land Office at Boonville, Missouri, 1869.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Henry Winter (1879-1941) —
also known as Edward H. Winter —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., April 5,
1879.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1912;
probate judge in Missouri, 1921; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Warren County, 1923-28; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1929-33; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1932.
Methodist.
German ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died June 29,
1941 (age 62 years, 85
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Bernard Zick (1842-1923) —
also known as Barney Zick —
of Centralia, Marion
County, Ill.; Macon, Macon
County, Mo.; Pleasant Hill, Cass
County, Mo.
Born in Speyer, Germany,
March
9, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1896,
1908;
postmaster at Pleasant
Hill, Mo., 1899-1901.
Methodist.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died September
28, 1923 (age 81 years, 203
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
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