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Charles Moulton Alger (1845-1924) —
also known as Charles M. Alger —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, April, 1845.
Republican. Postmaster at Hannibal,
Mo., 1898-1907; sawmill owner; lumber business.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
14, 1924 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Communist. Sawmill worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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Samuel Washington Arnold (1879-1961) —
also known as Samuel W. Arnold; Wat Arnold —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born near Downing, Schuyler
County, Mo., September
21, 1879.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lumber dealer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948 (1st District), 1950 (1st District), 1952 (9th District).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., December
18, 1961 (age 82 years, 88
days).
Interment at Maple
Hills Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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E. A. Duensing —
of Concordia, Lafayette
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Republican. Lumber merchant; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lafayette County, 1925-32; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 27th District,
1943-44; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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J. S. N. Farquhar (b. 1881) —
of Madison
County, Mo.; Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Madison
County, Mo., April 6,
1881.
Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1921-22, 1945-50 (Madison County
1921-22, Cape Girardeau County 1945-50).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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William James Gault (1830-1899) —
also known as W. J. Gault —
of Lee's Summit, Jackson
County, Mo.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Washington
County, N.Y., 1830.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber dealer;
mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1890-92; member of Oklahoma
territorial House of Representatives, 1890.
Died in 1899
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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George Hartshorn Hodges (1866-1947) —
also known as George H. Hodges —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Orion, Richland
County, Wis., February
6, 1866.
Democrat. Lumber business; bank
director; mayor of
Olathe, Kan., 1900; member of Kansas
state senate, 1905-12; Governor of
Kansas, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1920;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1920.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in a hospital
at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
7, 1947 (age 81 years, 243
days).
Interment at Olathe
Cemetery, Olathe, Kan.
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Walter Hall Jobe (1872-1960) —
also known as Walter H. Jobe —
of Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Missouri, October
18, 1872.
Democrat. Lumber salesman; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1928.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
17, 1960 (age 87 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Lawrence Douglas Kingsland (1841-1924) —
also known as L. D. Kingsland —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
15, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; manufacturer
of agricultural
implements, sawmill machinery, and cotton
separators; Consul-General
for Honduras in St.
Louis, Mo., 1896, 1898-1915; Honorary
Consul-General for Guatemala in St.
Louis, Mo., 1896-1921; Consul-General
for Central America in St.
Louis, Mo., 1897-98; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in St.
Louis, Mo., 1899-1903; St. Louis police
commissioner; Honorary
Consul for Salvador in St.
Louis, Mo., 1904-07.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Forestry Association; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
9, 1924 (age 83 years, 85
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Merit E. Leming (1862-1938) —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Dearborn
County, Ind., March
14, 1862.
Republican. Lumber business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1900;
mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1909-11.
Died, from coronary
occlusion and influenza,
in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., March 4,
1938 (age 75 years, 355
days).
Interment at Cape
County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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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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Elias J. Malone (1852-1929) —
of Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Marshall
County, Tenn., December
29, 1852.
Republican. Physician;
lumber business; sawmill owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Scott County, 1921-22.
Died in Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo., February
3, 1929 (age 76 years, 36
days).
Interment at Sikeston City Cemetery, Sikeston, Mo.
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Clark A. McColl (b. 1879) —
of Westboro, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born near Honey Grove, Fannin
County, Tex., December
7, 1879.
Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1915-16;
member of Missouri
state senate 1st District, 1942-48.
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Rudolph McHenry (1898-1977) —
also known as Guy R. McHenry —
of Glover, Iron
County, Mo.; Ironton, Iron
County, Mo.
Born in Lemoore, Kings
County, Calif., October
10, 1898.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
lumber business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Iron County, 1943-46,
1963-64; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1956.
Died March 5,
1977 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Arcadia, Mo.
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Elbert Spencer Miner (1885-1970) —
also known as Elbert S. Miner —
of Ridgeway, Harrison
County, Mo.; Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.; Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Ridgeway, Harrison
County, Mo., September
11, 1885.
Republican. Lumber business; automobile
dealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1924;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1935-36;
defeated, 1936.
Died in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., November
4, 1970 (age 85 years, 54
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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William Forest Phares (b. 1886) —
also known as William F. Phares —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Sharon, Barber
County, Kan., June 7,
1886.
Republican. Lumber dealer; hardware
business; banker;
member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1914-26; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1924-26, 1948; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Henry Arthur Quellmalz (1884-1932) —
also known as Henry A. Quellmalz —
of Peach Orchard, Clay
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Missouri, September
8, 1884.
Democrat. Lumber company manager; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1928.
Died May 19,
1932 (age 47 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles W. Smithpeter (1873-1955) —
of Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., November
13, 1873.
Republican. Lumber mill business; insurance
agent; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Dallas County, 1945-52.
Christian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., November
30, 1955 (age 82 years, 17
days).
Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Mo.
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Joseph Dallas Swiers (1876-1954) —
also known as J. Dal Swiers —
of Sparta, Christian
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Freeman, Cass
County, Mo., December
29, 1876.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; lumber business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1907-08, 1913-14, 1923-24,
1945-50 (Christian County 1907-08, 1913-14, 1923-24, Greene County
1st District 1945-50).
Methodist.
Died in Greene
County, Mo., July 24,
1954 (age 77 years, 207
days).
Interment at Sparta Odd Fellows Cemetery, Sparta, Mo.
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John H. Taylor (b. 1887) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August
5, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
lumber business; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 5th District,
1913-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard C. Tooke (1918-2006) —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in 1918.
Republican. Lumber business; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1970-78, 1981-86.
Died in 2006
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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