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Tom Kelly (1865-1935) —
of Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla.
Born in Missouri, February
15, 1865.
Republican. Hardware
merchant; postmaster at Stillwater,
Okla., 1923-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1928.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla., November
10, 1935 (age 70 years, 268
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Stillwater, Okla.
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James Preston Kem (1890-1965) —
also known as James P. Kem —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., April 2,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1944,
1948;
speaker, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1947-53; defeated, 1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died February
24, 1965 (age 74 years, 328
days).
Interment at Middleburg
Memorial Cemetery, Middleburg, Va.
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Henry W. Kiel (1871-1942) —
also known as "Father of the Municipal
Opera" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
21, 1871.
Republican. Bricklayer;
brick
contractor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1913-25; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1926-28; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1932.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1942 (age 71 years, 278
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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Ralph Kimball (b. 1878) —
of Lander, Fremont
County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo., November
23, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Fremont
County Attorney, 1903-04; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1915; district judge in Wyoming
6th District, 1919-20; justice of
Wyoming state supreme court, 1922-48; chief
justice of Wyoming state supreme court, 1931-37, 1943-44.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elbert Erwin Kimball and Rose Louise (Acre) Kimball; married, October
11, 1905, to Mary E. Bunce. |
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Lyman Trumball Kinder (1873-1955) —
also known as Lyman T. Kinder —
of Lutesville (now part of Marble Hill), Bollinger
County, Mo.
Born in Marble Hill, Bollinger
County, Mo., November
1, 1873.
Insurance
agent; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Bollinger County, 1927-28,
1931-32, 1953-55; died in office 1955.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Lutesville (now part of Marble Hill), Bollinger
County, Mo., July 5,
1955 (age 81 years, 246
days).
Interment at Hahn Chapel Cemetery, Marble Hill, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of William Franklin Kinder and Mary Elizabeth (Clippard) Kinder;
married to Emma Ruth Miles. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Roger Elmer Kirchner (1890-1984) —
also known as Roger E. Kirchner —
of Otterville, Cooper
County, Mo.; Syracuse, Morgan
County, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., July 15,
1890.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1925-30, 1935-36, 1955-64 (Cooper
County 1925-28, Morgan County 1929-30, 1935-36, 1955-64); delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 14th District,
1943-44.
Baptist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons.
Died February
2, 1984 (age 93 years, 202
days).
Interment at Syracuse Cemetery, Syracuse, Mo.
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Ethelbert P. Lampkin (b. 1864) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., November
25, 1864.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
wholesale
dry goods business; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 32nd District, 1923;
appointed 1923.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, September
20, 1899, to Lillie A. Buckner. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1923 |
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Dowe Jefferson Lance (1916-2002) —
also known as D. Jeff Lance —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Oregon
County, Mo., May 25,
1916.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
legal secretary to Gov. Forrest
Smith, 1950-52; attorney, legal department, Southwestern Bell Telephone,
1952-56; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1961-62.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons; Lions; Kiwanis.
Died August
2, 2002 (age 86 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Luther Lance and Attie (Jenkins) Lance; married, July 26,
1943, to Marguerite Coffman. |
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Yewell Lawrence (1906-1951) —
of Bloomfield, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in Dexter, Stoddard
County, Mo., August
25, 1906.
Democrat. Wholesale
grocer; automobile
dealer; banker; farmer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940;
member of Missouri
state senate 25th District, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Killed in a car
accident, January
2, 1951 (age 44 years, 130
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, Mo.
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Charles A. Lee (b. 1891) —
of Bates
County, Mo.
Born near Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., July 18,
1891.
Democrat. Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1923-34.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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McMillan Lewis (1903-1978) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 15,
1903.
Democrat. Insurance
broker; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1933-34; member of Missouri
state senate 32nd District, 1935-38.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1978
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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
|
| | | 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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Rush Hudson Limbaugh (1891-1996) —
also known as Rush H. Limbaugh —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born near Sedgewickville, Bollinger
County, Mo., September
27, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County,
1931-32; chair of
Cape Girardeau County Republican Party, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons; Rotary.
Died in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., April 8,
1996 (age 104 years,
194 days).
Interment at New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Hadley Limbaugh and Susan Frances (Presnell) Limbaugh;
married, August
24, 1914, to Beulah Maude 'Bee' Seabaugh; grandfather of Rush
Limbaugh. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Stephen Lincoln (1886-1984) —
also known as Stephen Lincoln —
of Cainsville, Harrison
County, Mo.
Born in Ridgeway, Harrison
County, Mo., October
1, 1886.
Republican. School
teacher; shoe
salesman; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Harrison County, 1945-46,
1951-64.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died July 24,
1984 (age 97 years, 297
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery, Harrison Township, Mercer County, 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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Albert Linxwiler (1878-1943) —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill., January
30, 1878.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; postmaster at Jefferson
City, Mo., 1934-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., April
15, 1943 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Ambrose Haydon Livingston (1850-1913) —
also known as Ambrose H. Livingston —
Born in Clinton
County, Ky., December
24, 1850.
School
teacher; lawyer;
People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1894, 1896.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in West Plains, Howell
County, Mo., May 26,
1913 (age 62 years, 153
days).
Interment at Hutton Valley Cemetery, Willow Springs, Mo.
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Edward Vaughn Long (1908-1972) —
also known as Edward V. Long —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.; Clarksville, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Whiteside, Lincoln
County, Mo., July 18,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-41; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-56 (11th District 1945-48, 21st District
1949-56); Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1957-60; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1960-68; appointed 1960; resigned 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died near Eolia, Pike
County, Mo., November
6, 1972 (age 64 years, 111
days).
Interment at Grandview
Burial Park, Near Hannibal, Ralls County, Mo.
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Thomas Bell Love (1870-1948) —
also known as Thomas B. Love —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Webster
County, Mo., June 23,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1896-98; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-07; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1906-07; Texas
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, 1907-10; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1920-24; member of Texas
state senate, 1927-30; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died September
17, 1948 (age 78 years, 86
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Calvin Love and Sarah Jane (Rodgers) Love; married, June 11,
1892, to Mattie Roberta Goode. |
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Frank Bathurst Lucas (1862-1934) —
also known as Frank B. Lucas —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1862.
Democrat. Banker; newspaper
business manager; personal treasurer for E.
W. Marland, oil magnate
and politician; postmaster at Ponca
City, Okla., 1933-34 (acting, 1933-34).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla., September
21, 1934 (age about 72
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Okla.
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John C. Madget —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Platte
County, Mo.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 2nd District,
1947-48.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Clare Magee (1899-1969) —
of Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo.
Born near Livonia, Putnam
County, Mo., March
31, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Missouri
state senate 4th District, 1934; postmaster at Unionville, Mo.,
1935-41; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1949-53.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Rotary.
Died in Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo., August
7, 1969 (age 70 years, 129
days).
Interment at Unionville
Cemetery, Unionville, Mo.
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Charles Douglas Mahnkey (1902-2004) —
also known as Douglas Mahnkey —
of Forsyth, Taney
County, Mo.
Born near Forsyth, Taney
County, Mo., June 18,
1902.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Taney County, 1935-36,
1945-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died November
2, 2004 (age 102 years,
137 days).
Interment at Snapp Cemetery, Forsyth, Mo.
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Elliot Woolfolk Major (1864-1949) —
also known as Elliot W. Major —
of Pike
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Edgewood, Lincoln
County, Mo., October
20, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 11th District, 1897-1900; Missouri
state attorney general, 1909-13; Governor of
Missouri, 1913-17.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died, from cardiac
insufficiency due to chronic
myocarditis and arteriosclerosis,
aggravated by very hot and
humid weather, in St. Joseph's Hill Infirmary,
near Eureka, Jefferson
County, Mo., July 9,
1949 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Bowling Green City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Reed Major and Sarah Taylor (Woolfolk) Major; married, June 14,
1887, to Elizabeth Myers; first cousin of Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; first cousin thrice removed of Zachary
Taylor; first cousin five times removed of Edmund
Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Coleby
Chew; second cousin thrice removed of James
Madison and William
Taylor Madison; second cousin four times removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee, John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; second cousin five times removed of Peyton
Randolph; third cousin twice removed of Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Sim Lee, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of St.
Clair Ballard and Lewis
Ballard. |
| | | Political families: Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph
family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Ellis Martineau (1873-1937) —
also known as John E. Martineau —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Clay
County, Mo., December
2, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; chancellor, 1st Circuit,
1907-27; Governor of
Arkansas, 1927-28; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1928-37;
died in office 1937.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Died March 6,
1937 (age 63 years, 94
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Enoch Mather Marvin (1823-1877) —
also known as Enoch M. Marvin —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., June 12,
1823.
Democrat. Methodist
bishop; chaplain of the Confederate Army during the Civil War; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1876.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1877 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Barak Thomas Mattingly (1901-1957) —
also known as Barak T. Mattingly —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., March
15, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1937-39; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1940-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Died July 18,
1957 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic Hine Maughmer (1899-1972) —
also known as Fred H. Maughmer —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born November
22, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer; Andrew
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1938, 1940; circuit
judge in Missouri 5th Circuit, 1947-55.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in June, 1972
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic Hine Maughmer Jr. (1927-2003) —
also known as Fred H. Maughmer, Jr. —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., June 26,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1965-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Legion; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died September
28, 2003 (age 76 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Winton McAllister (1873-1948) —
also known as Frank W. McAllister —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born near Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., January
26, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri
state senate 13th District, 1905-12; Missouri
state attorney general, 1917-21.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died June 11,
1948 (age 75 years, 137
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Paris, Mo.
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Harry S. McAlpin (b. 1906) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 21,
1906.
Democrat. Newspaper
correspondent; in 1944, was the first
African-American reporter to attend a White House news conference; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1956.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry S. McAlpin, Sr. and Louise (Scott) McAlpin; married 1929 to Alice
Stokes. |
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Hugh Maxwell McCauley (1879-1949) —
also known as Hugh M. McCauley —
of Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Brook, Buchanan
County, Mo., January
14, 1879.
Democrat. Banker; Buchanan
County Recorder of Deeds, 1923-31; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 3rd District,
1945-48; defeated in primary, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
1, 1949 (age 70 years, 260
days).
Interment at Halleck Cemetery, Buchanan County, Mo.
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Francis Lewis McCluer (1896-1979) —
also known as Franc L. McCluer;
"Bullet" —
of Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo.
Born in O'Fallon, St. Charles
County, Mo., March
27, 1896.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; president,
Westminster College, 1933-47, and Lindenwood College, 1947-66; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 10th District,
1943-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died March
30, 1979 (age 83 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence Eugene McCluer and Martha Virginia (Savage) McCluer;
married, September
2, 1920, to Ida Belle Richmond. |
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William N. McDonald —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born near Mt. Vernon, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; life
insurance business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1943-50.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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James C. McDowell (1890-1972) —
of Charleston, Mississippi
County, Mo.
Born in Leemon, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., March
20, 1890.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; Mississippi
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri
state senate 23rd District, 1933-40; circuit judge in Missouri
28th Circuit, 1941-48; Judge, Missouri Springfield Court of Appeals,
1948-57; appointed 1948.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Glasgow, Howard
County, Mo., May 27,
1972 (age 82 years, 68
days).
Interment at Cape
County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James McDowell and Nancy (Ervin) McDowell; married 1912 to
Carolyn E. Snider. |
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memorial |
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Roy McKittrick (1888-1961) —
of Salisbury, Chariton
County, Mo.
Born in Guthridge Mills, Chariton
County, Mo., August
24, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 6th District, 1931-32; Missouri
state attorney general, 1933-45; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1944; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Missouri, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital
at Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
22, 1961 (age 72 years, 151
days).
Interment at Salisbury
City Cemetery, Salisbury, Mo.
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Fred R. McMahon (b. 1899) —
of Fairfax, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born in Fairfax, Atchison
County, Mo., April
22, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; hardware
merchant; mayor of Fairfax, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1951-64;
defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Eddy Merrill (1883-1960) —
also known as L. E. Merrill —
of Brunswick, Chariton
County, Mo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
5, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Chariton County, 1947-50.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Brunswick, Chariton
County, Mo., May 9,
1960 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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John W. Milhoan (1883-1971) —
of Winigan, Sullivan
County, Mo.
Born in Murraysville, Jackson
County, W.Va., April
14, 1883.
Democrat. Farmer; school
teacher; banker;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Sullivan County, 1947-52;
defeated, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Milan, Sullivan
County, Mo., August
4, 1971 (age 88 years, 112
days).
Interment at Price Cemetery, Linn County, Mo.
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Joe H. Miller (b. 1900) —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Carroll
County, Mo., February
8, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; Carroll
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-33; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Carroll County, 1937-50;
candidate for circuit judge in Missouri 40th Circuit, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Elvis Miller (1888-1981) —
also known as John E. Miller —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.; Melbourne, Izard
County, Ark.
Born in Aid, Stoddard
County, Mo., May 15,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1931-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1937-41; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1941-67;
took senior status 1967.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
30, 1981 (age 92 years, 260
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Jacob Le Roy Milligan (1889-1951) —
also known as Jacob L. Milligan;
"Tuck" —
of Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., March 9,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1920-21, 1923-35 (3rd District
1920-21, 1923-33, at-large 1933-35); defeated, 1920; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1934.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 9,
1951 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.
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John Flournoy Montgomery (1878-1954) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., September
20, 1878.
Democrat. President, John Wildi Evaporated Milk Co.,
1914-25; chairman, International Milk Co.,
1925-33; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1933-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., November
7, 1954 (age 76 years, 48
days).
Interment somewhere
in Manchester, Vt.
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John W. Moore (b. 1871) —
of Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., May 21,
1871.
Republican. Physician;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 3rd District;
elected 1918.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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William S. Morris (1919-1975) —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Higginsville, Lafayette
County, Mo., November
8, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died March 4,
1975 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stratford Lee Morton (born c.1888) —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born about 1888.
Republican. Insurance
agent; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943-44.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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William Nathaniel Mosier (1888-1948) —
also known as W. N. Mosier —
of Luray, Clark
County, Mo.; Kahoka, Clark
County, Mo.
Born in Luray, Clark
County, Mo., January
16, 1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
loan business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Clark County, 1937-38,
1939-40; defeated, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
12, 1948 (age 60 years, 331
days).
Interment at Combs Cemetery, Luray, Mo.
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Arthur Phillips Murphy (1870-1914) —
also known as Arthur P. Murphy; Pat Murphy —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Hancock, Pulaski
County, Mo., December
10, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1905-07, 1909-11;
defeated, 1906, 1910.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., February
1, 1914 (age 43 years, 53
days).
Interment at Rolla
Cemetery, Rolla, Mo.
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Raymond M. Murphy (b. 1927) —
also known as Ray Murphy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
13, 1927.
Democrat. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
11th District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1964,
1988
(alternate), 1996;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1983-98 (17th District 1983-92,
7th District 1993-98); defeated in primary, 1954; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1999-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP; AFSCME;
Lions;
Optimist
Club; Freemasons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives: Son
of John Murphy and Etta (Thompkins) Murphy; married to Loretta
Blackwell. |
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George Thomas Myers (1873-1952) —
also known as George T. Myers —
of Macks Creek, Camden
County, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Hickory
County, Mo., March
15, 1873.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
pharmacist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Camden County, 1933-34;
defeated, 1934, 1936; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from acute cardiac
failure following prostate
cancer surgery, in St. John's Hospital,
Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., December
15, 1952 (age 79 years, 275
days).
Interment at Macks Creek Cemetery, Macks Creek, Mo.
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Henry Lee Myers (1862-1943) —
also known as Henry L. Myers —
of Hamilton, Ravalli
County, Mont.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
9, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state senate, 1899-1903; district judge in Montana, 1907-11; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1911-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1927-29; appointed 1927.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., November
11, 1943 (age 81 years, 33
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Hamilton, Mont.
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Gilbert Owen Nations (b. 1866) —
also known as Gilbert O. Nations —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Perry
County, Mo., August
18, 1866.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Missouri, 1903-11; university
professor; American candidate for President
of the United States, 1924.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James W. Nations and Caroline L. (Hart) Nations; married, December
5, 1886, to Sallie E. McFarland. |
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James McKinley Neal (1899-1982) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., March 8,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pharmacist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 4th District,
1947-64.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Omega
Psi Phi; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., November
11, 1982 (age 83 years, 248
days).
Interment at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
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George William Newman (1900-1949) —
also known as George W. Newman —
of Cassville, Barry
County, Mo.
Born in Cassville, Barry
County, Mo., January
13, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
mayor of Cassville, Mo.; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1948;
chair
of Barry County Democratic Party, 1949.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; American
Legion; American Medical
Association.
Died November
28, 1949 (age 49 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Cassville, Mo.
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Henry Frederick Niedringhaus (1864-1941) —
also known as Henry F. Niedringhaus —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
15, 1864.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
3, 1941 (age 76 years, 231
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Gaylord Patrick O'Connor (1916-1994) —
also known as Gaylord P. O'Connor; Pat
O'Connor —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.
Born in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
20, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1952.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of the War of 1812; Reserve
Officers Association; Elks;
Freemasons.
Died, in Pike County Memorial Hospital,
Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., December
26, 1994 (age 78 years, 36
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Near Louisiana, Pike County, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Vincent O'Connor and Clelia Emma (Ince) O'Connor; married,
June
19, 1943, to Martha Jeanne Wing. |
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Richard Buell Ogilvie (1923-1988) —
also known as Richard B. Ogilvie —
of Northfield, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
22, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Cook
County Sheriff, 1962-68; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1968,
1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Illinois, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Moose.
Died May 10,
1988 (age 65 years, 78
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Arthur Lee Oliver (1879-1928) —
also known as Arthur L. Oliver —
of Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Leemon, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., January
5, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Pemiscot County, 1905-08;
member of Missouri
state senate 23rd District, 1909-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1914-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., July 3,
1928 (age 49 years, 180
days).
Interment at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Fruitland, Mo.
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Ben W. Oliver (b. 1885) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Cross Timbers, Hickory
County, Mo., February
22, 1885.
Democrat. Insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1945-54 (Jackson County 6th
District 1945-46, Jackson County 3rd District 1947-54).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Henry Orr (b. 1886) —
also known as Warren H. Orr —
of Hamilton, Hancock
County, Ill.; Carthage, Hancock
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., November
5, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hancock
County Judge, 1919-30; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1924;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 4th District, 1930-39; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1933-39; president,
Belmont National Bank of
Chicago.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons; Union
League; Kiwanis.
Interment at Hamilton
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Orr and Louisa E. (Watson) Orr; married, September
10, 1914, to Dorothy Wallace. |
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Miguel Antonio Otero II (1859-1944) —
also known as Miguel A. Otero —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; Ancon, Canal Zone (now Panama).
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
17, 1859.
Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory,
1892,
1900,
1904;
Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1897-1906; treasurer
of New Mexico Territory, 1909-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Canal Zone, 1920,
1924;
member of Democratic National Committee from Canal Zone, 1920-24;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Mexico, 1920.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., August
7, 1944 (age 84 years, 295
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Fred V. Pace (1919-1995) —
of Versailles, Morgan
County, Mo.
Born in Gravois Mills, Morgan
County, Mo., April 6,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; farmer; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Morgan County; elected 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1995 (age 76 years, 126
days).
Interment at Versailles
Cemetery, Versailles, Mo.
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George H. Pace (1916-2005) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Crystal Lake, McHenry
County, Ill., November
21, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; motel
owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Marion County; elected 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died, in Beth Haven Nursing
Home, Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., September
6, 2005 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at Grandview
Burial Park, Near Hannibal, Ralls County, Mo.
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William Rock Painter (1863-1947) —
also known as William R. Painter —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., August
27, 1863.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; printing
business; chair of
Carroll County Democratic Party, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1913-17; member of Missouri
state senate 8th District, 1923-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., July 1,
1947 (age 83 years, 308
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Lee Painter and Sallie Ann (Rock) Painter; married to Cora
Herndon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Guy Brasfield Park (1872-1946) —
also known as Guy B. Park —
of Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Platte City, Platte
County, Mo., June 10,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; Platte
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1922;
resigned 1922; circuit judge in Missouri 5th Circuit, 1923-32; Governor of
Missouri, 1933-37; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1943-44.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Missouri Hotel,
Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., October
1, 1946 (age 74 years, 113
days).
Interment at Platte
City Cemetery, Platte City, Mo.
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Albert T. Parrish (1883-1958) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Lead Hill, Boone
County, Ark., August
13, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; livestock
breeder; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1939-42, 1955-56 (Greene County
2nd District 1939-42, Greene County 3rd District 1955-56); defeated,
1944, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., February
22, 1958 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Mo.
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H. F. Patterson (1922-1965) —
also known as Pat Patterson —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born November
18, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; university
professor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Boone County 2nd District,
1961-65; died in office 1965.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died March
30, 1965 (age 42 years, 132
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roscoe Conkling Patterson (1876-1954) —
also known as Roscoe C. Patterson —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., September
15, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Greene
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-07; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1912-20; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1925-29; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1929-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., October
22, 1954 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Interment at Maple
Park Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Thomas Abraham Penman (1884-1959) —
also known as T. A. Penman —
of Portageville, New Madrid
County, Mo.
Born in Champaign
County, Ill., December
15, 1884.
Democrat. Farmer; cotton gin
operator; New
Madrid County Judge, 1923-24; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from New Madrid County, 1927-28,
1931-32, 1949-59; died in office 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Missouri, December
7, 1959 (age 74 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Penman and Emma Jeanette (Waite) Penman; married, June 30,
1917, to Hazel Mae Cole. |
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James McDaniel Perkins (b. 1863) —
also known as James M. Perkins —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo., January
8, 1863.
Physician;
mayor
of Denver, Colo., 1913-15.
Baptist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph C. Perkins and Rachel (Powell) Perkins; married, June 8,
1892, to Hattie F. Montague. |
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John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) —
also known as John J. Pershing; "Black
Jack" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Laclede, Linn
County, Mo., September
13, 1860.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920;
his autobiography won the Pulitzer
Prize for history in 1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 15,
1948 (age 87 years, 306
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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
of Edgar C. Phares and Mary (Craig) Phares; married to Maude Marie
Bainum. |
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Joshua Pilcher (1790-1843) —
of Missouri.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., March
15, 1790.
Fur trader;
U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1825-27; Indian agent; Superintendent of Indian
Affairs.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of sickness resulting from exposure to
the elements, in St.
Louis, Mo., June 5,
1843 (age 53 years, 82
days).
Original interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Pilcher (1749-1810) and Nancy Pilcher. |
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Xenophon Overton Pindall (1873-1935) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Middle Grove, Monroe
County, Mo., August
21, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1907-09; Governor of
Arkansas, 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons; Kappa
Sigma.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
2, 1935 (age 61 years, 134
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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William Louis Pittman (b. 1874) —
also known as W. L. Pittman —
of Seiling, Dewey
County, Okla.
Born in Revere, Clark
County, Mo., December
8, 1874.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1944.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Christian Ploeser (1907-1993) —
also known as Walter C. Ploeser —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
7, 1907.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1931-32; candidate for Missouri
state senate 29th District, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1941-49; defeated,
1948; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1957-59; Costa Rica, 1970-72.
Member, Freemasons; Junior
Order; Lions.
Died November
17, 1993 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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David Aris Pollard (1866-1952) —
also known as David A. Pollard —
of Calhoun, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Clayton, Adams
County, Ill., May 27,
1866.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
druggist;
mayor of Calhoun, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Henry County, 1925-28,
1935-36.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died in Calhoun, Henry
County, Mo., October
21, 1952 (age 86 years, 147
days).
Interment at Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, Mo.
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Edde Ben Pope (1915-1995) —
also known as Edde B. Pope —
of Preston, Hickory
County, Mo.; Hermitage, Hickory
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Preston, Hickory
County, Mo., September
30, 1915.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Hickory County, 1945-50;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
5, 1995 (age 80 years, 5
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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James E. Porter (1857-1946) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Cass
County, Mo., August
23, 1857.
Democrat. Insurance
and real
estate business; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1910-13.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April
26, 1946 (age 88 years, 246
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Charles Edward Prettyman (1852-1928) —
also known as C. E. Prettyman —
of Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., October
13, 1852.
Railway
station agent; mayor of
Neosho, Mo., 1924-26; defeated, 1922, 1926.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Neosho, Newton
County, Mo., June 23,
1928 (age 75 years, 254
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.
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Elon Proffer (1885-1966) —
of Matthews, New Madrid
County, Mo.
Born near Burfordville, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., November
22, 1885.
Democrat. Farmer; New
Madrid County Judge, 1918-38; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from New Madrid County, 1923-24;
rural
electrification advocate; president, Missouri-Arkansas Generating
Co-Op.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Missouri Delta Community Hospital,
Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo., March
16, 1966 (age 80 years, 114
days).
Interment at Matthews Cemetery, Matthews, Mo.
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William Merrill Quinn (1886-1958) —
also known as William M. Quinn —
of Maywood, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born near Maywood, Lewis
County, Mo., July 14,
1886.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lewis County, 1933-34; member
of Missouri
state senate, 1935-58 (12th District 1935-46, 18th District
1947-58); died in office 1958; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1952.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Maywood, Lewis
County, Mo., December
24, 1958 (age 72 years, 163
days).
Interment at Maywood Cemetery, Maywood, Mo.
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