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Elmer Bragg Adams (1842-1916) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in North Pomfret, Pomfret, Windsor
County, Vt., October
27, 1842.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri, 1879-84; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1895-1905;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1905-16; died in
office 1916.
Presbyterian.
Died, from cerebral
edema, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
24, 1916 (age 73 years, 363
days).
Interment somewhere
in Woodstock, Vt.
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Robert McCormick Adams (b. 1890) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 17,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert McCormick Adams and Virginia (Claiborne) Adams; married,
May
3, 1924, to Janet Lawrence. |
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Idaho City, Boise
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho Territory, 1880
(not seated); delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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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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Albert Franklin Alder (1896-1977) —
also known as Bert Alder —
of Taylor, Loup
County, Neb.
Born in Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo., August
8, 1896.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; postmaster;
lawyer; Loup
County Judge, 1929-34; Loup
County Attorney; chair of
Loup County Republican Party, 1940.
Died in June, 1977
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon Alder and Nancy (Leeper) Alder; married, February
13, 1916, to Roxie Campbell. |
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George Forrest Alexander (1882-1948) —
also known as George F. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Multnomah County Democratic Party, 1914-18; candidate for circuit
judge in Oregon, 1922; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1934-46.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died May 16,
1948 (age 66 years, 26
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Joshua Willis Alexander (1852-1936) —
also known as Joshua W. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
22, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1883-87; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1887; mayor of
Gallatin, Mo., 1891-92; circuit judge in Missouri 7th Circuit,
1901-07; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1907-19; resigned
1919; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1919-21; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Presbyterian;
later Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., February
27, 1936 (age 84 years, 36
days).
Interment at Brown
Cemetery, Gallatin, Mo.
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Knox Alexander (b. 1891) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., September
13, 1891.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in San Luis Potosi, 1919-22; Puerto Cortes, 1922; Quebec City, 1922-23; Riviere du Loup, 1923-24; Hamilton, 1926-30; U.S. Consul in Hamilton, 1930; Matanzas, 1930-31; Cienfuegos, as of 1932; Edmonton, 1935.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Paul Alexander and Mary Allina (Knox) Alexander; married, July 17,
1926, to Lanore Simmons. |
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Summerfield Still Alexander (1887-1958) —
also known as Summerfield S. Alexander —
of Kingman, Kingman
County, Kan.
Born in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., August
15, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kingman
County Attorney, 1910-12; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1934-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1952.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died January
13, 1958 (age 70 years, 151
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Kingman, Kan.
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Charles Claflin Allen (b. 1855) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 25,
1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1881-82; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1884;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1907-13.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Active in promoting adoption of the Australian ballot and civil
service law.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Arthur Allen and Jane Elizabeth (White) Allen; married 1890 to Carrie
Louise Richards. |
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Frank D. Allen (1892-1990) —
of Akron, Washington
County, Colo.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., August
2, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons.
Died October
31, 1990 (age 98 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Allen (1813-1882) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
29, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; railroad
builder; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1881-82; died in
office 1882.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1882 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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William Stickney Allen (1805-1868) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., April, 1805.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1832; secretary
of New Mexico Territory, 1851.
Died in Franklin
County, Mo., June 16,
1868 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Emery W. Allison (1894-1977) —
of Safe, Maries
County, Mo.; Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Safe, Maries
County, Mo., January
18, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Maries County, 1921-26;
lawyer; Phelps
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-38; member of Missouri
state senate 24th District, 1939-50; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1948;
elected circuit judge in Missouri 25th Circuit 1964.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
1, 1977 (age 83 years, 226
days).
Interment at Rolla
Cemetery, Rolla, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Archibald Allison and Rebecca Angeline (Southard) Allison;
married, December
26, 1917, to Kathryn Johnson. |
| | | Epitaph: "Lawyer, Legislator,
Judge." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1921-22 |
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James Owen Allison (1855-1930) —
also known as James O. Allison —
of New London, Ralls
County, Mo.
Born in Ralls
County, Mo., July 23,
1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Ralls County, 1885-90;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 13th District,
1922-23.
Died in Perry, Ralls
County, Mo., January
24, 1930 (age 74 years, 185
days).
Interment at Lick Creek Cemetery, Perry, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wilkerson Allison and Catherine (Crigler)
Allison. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Charles Arthur Anderson (1899-1977) —
also known as C. Arthur Anderson —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
26, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1937-41; defeated,
1940.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
26, 1977 (age 77 years, 212
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Affton, Mo.
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Thomas Lilbourne Anderson (1808-1885) —
also known as Thomas L. Anderson —
of Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo.
Born near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., December
8, 1808.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1840-44; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Missouri; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1857-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., March 6,
1885 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Palmyra, Mo.
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Henry Philip Andrae (1914-2008) —
also known as Henry P. Andrae —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., September
13, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cole County, 1943-44,
1947-50; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., January
12, 2008 (age 93 years, 121
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Claude Arnold —
of Puxico, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Stoddard County, 1939-40; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 23rd District,
1943-44.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Marshall Arnold (1845-1913) —
of Missouri.
Born in St.
Francois County, Mo., October
21, 1845.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1877-79; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1891-95; defeated,
1894.
Died, of phthisis
pulmonalis (tuberculosis),
in Benton, Scott
County, Mo., June 12,
1913 (age 67 years, 234
days).
Interment at Benton
Cemetery, Benton, Mo.
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Robert L. Aronson (b. 1907) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., May 8,
1907.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1939-47.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Albert Arraj (1906-1992) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Springfield, Baca
County, Colo.; Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
1, 1906.
Lawyer; Baca
County Attorney, 1936-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during
World War II; district judge in Colorado 15th District, 1949-57; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1957-76; took senior status 1976.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
23, 1992 (age 86 years, 52
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
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John David Ashcroft (b. 1942) —
also known as John Ashcroft —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 9,
1942.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; Missouri
state auditor, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; Missouri
state attorney general, 1977-85; Governor of
Missouri, 1985-93; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; U.S.
Attorney General, 2001-05.
Assembly
of God. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2020.
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Max Asotsky (1889-1947) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
19, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; druggist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 3rd District,
1923-40.
Jewish.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
30, 1947 (age 58 years, 195
days).
Interment at Sheffield Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) —
also known as David R. Atchison —
of Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo.; Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Frogtown, Fayette
County, Ky., August
11, 1807.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1841; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, because
President Zachary
Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.
Slaveowner.
Died near Gower, Clinton
County, Mo., January
26, 1886 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.; statue at Clinton
County Courthouse Grounds, Plattsburg, Mo.
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William Oscar Atkeson (1854-1931) —
also known as William O. Atkeson —
of Butler, Bates
County, Mo.
Born near Buffalo, Putnam
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
24, 1854.
Lawyer; Bates
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1900 (People's), 1906 (Republican), 1908 (Republican), 1918
(Republican), 1922 (Republican), 1924 (Republican).
Member, Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Butler, Bates
County, Mo., October
16, 1931 (age 77 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Butler, Mo.
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Franklin Ely Atwood (1878-1943) —
also known as Frank Ely Atwood —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., October
5, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Carrollton, Mo., 1914-15; Carroll
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-19; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 8th District,
1922-23; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1925-35; defeated, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1936.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Atwood Hospital,
Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., March 5,
1943 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.
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Omer H. Avery (1900-1988) —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo., June 15,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
chair
of Lincoln County Democratic Party, 1926-30; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-34, 1940-42, 1946-48; major in
the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lincoln County; elected 1950;
member of Missouri
state senate 21st District; elected unopposed 1956, 1960; elected
1964, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo., September
3, 1988 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Interment at Troy Cemetery, Troy, Mo.
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James Patrick Aylward (1885-1982) —
also known as James P. Aylward —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., September
10, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jackson County Democratic Party, 1918-36; Missouri
Democratic state chair, 1934-40; member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 1934-44; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 22,
1982 (age 96 years, 315
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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James Patrick Aylward Jr. (1918-2011) —
also known as James P. Aylward, Jr.; Jim
Aylward —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born June 20,
1918.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956,
1960,
1968;
Jackson
County Tax Collector, 1971-74; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1972.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in Grace Hospice,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., April
17, 2011 (age 92 years, 301
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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