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Politician members in Missouri

A. J. P. Barnes (b. 1843) — of Joplin, Jasper County, Mo. Born in Carroll County, Ind., May 29, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District, 1921-22. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Margery W. Adams and Mary E. Campbell.   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Wesley Farris (1846-1915) — also known as John W. Farris — of Lebanon, Laclede County, Mo. Born in Marion County, Ill., January 20, 1846. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper business; lawyer; insurance agent; member of Missouri state senate 22nd District, 1883-86; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1897-98. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Grand Army of the Republic. Died April 23, 1915 (age 69 years, 93 days). Interment at Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Mo.   Presumably named for: John Wesley   Relatives: Son of Hiram King Farris and Abigail (McGrew) Farris; married to Josephine E. Lewis; father of Frank H. Farris.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Martin Hawkins (1847-1934) — also known as James M. Hawkins — of Brumley, Miller County, Mo. Born in Brumley, Miller County, Mo., September 19, 1847. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; deputy sheriff; postmaster; banker; Miller County Judge, 1889; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Miller County, 1891-92. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Miller County, Mo., November 21, 1934 (age 87 years, 63 days). Interment at Hawkins Cemetery, Brumley, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Presley Hawkins and Sarepta Ballard (McCubbin) Hawkins; married, March 19, 1871, to Julia Ann Martin; married, November 21, 1918, to Mariah Catherine (Graham) Wall; father of Charles Roosevelt Hawkins.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial John Willock Noble (1831-1912) — also known as John W. Noble — of Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, October 26, 1831. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1867-70; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in St. Louis, Mo., March 22, 1912 (age 80 years, 148 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Col. John Noble and Catherine McDill Noble; married 1864 to Lizabeth Halstead.   Noble County, Okla. is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article   Image source: History of Iowa (1903)   Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839-1921) — also known as Archibald J. Sampson; A. J. Sampson — of Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo.; Colorado; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born near Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, June 21, 1839. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Colorado state attorney general, 1877-79; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1897-1905. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died, from acute nephritis and pneumonia, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., December 24, 1921 (age 82 years, 186 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Relatives: Married 1866 to Kate I. Turner; married 1891 to Frances S. Wood.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   Israel C. Smith (1838-1899) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Denver, Colo.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in 1838. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; hotel proprietor; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th Michigan District, 1893-97. Episcopalian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in 1899 (age about 61 years). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.   Relatives: Married 1867 to Ada Elizabeth Meeker (granddaughter of Edward Mundy).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial William Warner (1840-1916) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wis., June 11, 1840. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1871-72; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1882-85, 1898-1905; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1884, 1888, 1896 (speaker), 1908; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1885-89; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1892; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1905-11. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., October 4, 1916 (age 76 years, 115 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri

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