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Leonard Ackerman II (b. 1921) —
also known as Lee Ackerman —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
29, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; airplane
pilot; newspaper reporter; advertising
business; real estate
investor; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1951-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Melville Ackerman and Ruth (Corday) Ackerman; married, December
22, 1943, to Leslie Rogers. |
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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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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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Orland Kay Armstrong (1893-1987) —
also known as Orland K. Armstrong; O. K.
Armstrong —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo., October
2, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;
newspaper correspondent; author;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 3rd District,
1933-36, 1943-44; defeated, 1936, 1940; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1944; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1951-53.
Baptist.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April
15, 1987 (age 93 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Mo.
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Pleasant Hart Barris (1867-1940) —
also known as P. H. Barris —
of Verona, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Born in Billings, Christian
County, Mo., November
15, 1867.
Republican. Real estate
business; lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1915-18.
Died in Verona, Lawrence
County, Mo., August
26, 1940 (age 72 years, 285
days).
Interment at Spring River Cemetery, Verona, Mo.
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William Alonzo Barris (1882-1966) —
also known as Lon Barris —
of Marionville, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Born January
11, 1882.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper editor and publisher; school
teacher; mayor of Marionville, Mo.; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1952;
postmaster.
Christian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions.
Died, in Aurora Hospital,
Aurora, Lawrence
County, Mo., June 9,
1966 (age 84 years, 149
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Marionville, 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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Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) —
also known as Orville S. Basford —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
29, 1848.
Republican. Methodist
minister; postmaster;
South
Dakota Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper editor and
publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner, 1907.
Methodist.
Died in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., October
27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
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Homer Franklin Bedford (1880-1968) —
also known as Homer F. Bedford —
of Weld
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Balltown, Vernon
County, Mo., March
16, 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; postmaster;
Weld
County Assessor, 1922-32; Colorado
state treasurer, 1933-34, 1937-38, 1941-42, 1945-46, 1949-50,
1953-54, 1957-58, 1963-66; defeated, 1966; Colorado
state auditor, 1935-37, 1939-41, 1947-49, 1951-53, 1955-57,
1959-63; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1942.
Protestant.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., March
26, 1968 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Philip Allen Bennett (1881-1942) —
also known as Philip A. Bennett; Phil A.
Bennett —
of Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., March 5,
1881.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1941-42; defeated,
1922 (16th District), 1932 (at-large), 1938 (6th District); died in
office 1942; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1925-29; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1928.
Christian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
7, 1942 (age 61 years, 277
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March
14, 1782.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; Benton
Democrat candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Fred McLean Betz (1896-1982) —
also known as Fred M. Betz —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Liberal, Barton
County, Mo., June 2,
1896.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1952,
1956,
1968;
Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in December, 1982
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Lawrence Bittinger (1833-1911) —
also known as John L. Bittinger —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
28, 1833.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at St.
Joseph, Mo., 1861-65; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1872,
1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1895-98, 1905-06 (Buchanan County
1st District 1895-98, Buchanan County 2nd District 1905-06); U.S.
Consul General in Montreal, 1897-1900.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., January
9, 1911 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838-1871) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, August
31, 1838.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1861-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1864-70;
resigned 1870.
Died, in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1871 (age 32 years, 244
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Parks Briggs (1894-1992) —
also known as Frank P. Briggs —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Armstrong, Howard
County, Mo., February
25, 1894.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; mayor of
Macon, Mo., 1930-32; member of Missouri
state senate 9th District, 1933-45; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1945-47; appointed 1945; defeated, 1946;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Elks; Rotary;
Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., September
23, 1992 (age 98 years, 211
days).
Interment at Walnut
Ridge Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
newspaper editor and publisher; preacher;
Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Louis Brownlow (1879-1963) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., August
29, 1879.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1915-20; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1917-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); city manager, Petersburg, Va.,
1920-23; city manager, Knoxville, Tenn., 1924-26.
Member, American
Public Health Association.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
27, 1963 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Doc Richard Brydon (1881-1951) —
also known as Doc Brydon —
of Essex, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in Thackeray, Hamilton
County, Ill., February
22, 1881.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Stoddard County, 1911-14.
Baptist.
Died in Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo., September
18, 1951 (age 70 years, 208
days).
Interment at North Antioch Cemetery, Bloomfield, Mo.
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C. W. Burkhead —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1943-44.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Dorr Howard Carroll (1874-1956) —
also known as Dorr H. Carroll —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Village Creek, Allamakee
County, Iowa, November
25, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; farmer; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 8th District,
1945-48, 1953-54.
Baptist.
Died in Jackson
County, Mo., October
7, 1956 (age 81 years, 317
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Samuel Bullitt Churchill (1812-1890) —
also known as Samuel B. Churchill —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
6, 1812.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1842-45; member of Missouri
state senate, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1860;
secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1867-71, 1879-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, from "brain
congestion", in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 14,
1890 (age 77 years, 159
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Orion Clemens (1825-1897) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Missouri, October
6, 1825.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer; secretary
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1865.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, December
11, 1897 (age 72 years, 66
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Charles Fremont Cochran (1846-1906) —
also known as Charles F. Cochran —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., September
27, 1846.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor; lawyer; Atchison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-84; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1897-1905.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
19, 1906 (age 60 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, as of 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, as of 1929; Algiers, as of 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911) —
also known as Norman J. Colman —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 16,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; defeated, 1868; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1889.
Member, Freemasons.
Editor and publisher of an agricultural newspaper.
Died, of apoplexy,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
3, 1911 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter; married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright. |
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dossier |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Wallace Crossley (1874-1943) —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.
Born in Bellair, Cooper
County, Mo., October
4, 1874.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Johnson County, 1905-10;
member of Missouri
state senate 17th District, 1913-16; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1917-21; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 17th District,
1922-23.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died December
13, 1943 (age 69 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of S. W. Crossley and Elberta (Givens) Crossley; married, December
30, 1902, to Erma Cheatham. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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DeWitt C. Cunningham —
of Doniphan, Ripley
County, Mo.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Ripley County, 1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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I. T. Curry —
of Ava, Douglas
County, Mo.
Republican. Newspaper editor; banker;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Douglas County, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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James E. Curry (b. 1894) —
of Ava, Douglas
County, Mo.
Born in Ozark
County, Mo., April 2,
1894.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-52 (19th District 1945-48, 29th District
1949-52); defeated in primary, 1964.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Keller Daniels (1907-1943) —
also known as Eugene K. Daniels —
of Ironton, Iron
County, Mo.
Born in Centerville, Reynolds
County, Mo., February
10, 1907.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Iron County, 1943; died in
office 1943.
Died in Ironton, Iron
County, Mo., September
18, 1943 (age 36 years, 220
days).
Interment at Masonic Cemetery, Ironton, Mo.
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Leo T. Daniels —
of Ellington, Reynolds
County, Mo.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Reynolds County, 1931-36; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943-44;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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R. L. Daniels —
of Ellington, Reynolds
County, Mo.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Reynolds County, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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George Fleming Davis (1881-1912) —
also known as George F. Davis —
of Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Morton, Ray
County, Mo., April 3,
1881.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Consul in Ceiba, 1911-12, died in office 1912.
Died in Ceiba, Honduras,
February
13, 1912 (age 30 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Henry Davis (1803-1852) —
also known as Patrick H. Davis —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in 1803.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Cape
Girardeau, Mo., 1836; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1849-51.
Died in 1852
(age about
49 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mark Lindsey De Motte (1832-1908) —
also known as Mark L. De Motte —
of Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind.; Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born in Rockville, Parke
County, Ind., December
28, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor
and publisher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1872, 1876; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1881-83; member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1888;
postmaster at Valparaiso,
Ind., 1890-94.
Methodist.
French
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind., September
23, 1908 (age 75 years, 270
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Harris Edward Denman (1874-1951) —
also known as Harry Denman —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Marquand, Madison
County, Mo., March
23, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Francois County, 1945-48,
1951; defeated, 1948; died in office 1951.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, following surgery for stomach
cancer, in Barnes Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., December
29, 1951 (age 77 years, 281
days).
Interment at Parkview Cemetery, Farmington, Mo.
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Michael Henry de Young (1849-1925) —
also known as M. H. de Young —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
30, 1849.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; in 1879, his brother Charles
de Young (1846-1880), then editor of the San Francisco Chronicle,
shot and wounded San Francisco mayor Isaac
S. Kalloch; a few months later, Charles was shot to death in his
office by the mayor's son; on November 19, 1884, he was shot and
seriously wounded by Adolph
B. Spreckels, who had been angered by an article in the
Chronicle; Spreckels, who pleaded temporary insanity, was
tried and found not guilty; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1888,
1892,
1908,
1920.
Catholic.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
15, 1925 (age 75 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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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John Dougherty (1857-1905) —
of Liberty, Clay
County, Mo.
Born in Iatan, Platte
County, Mo., February
25, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Clay
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1899-1905.
Died in Liberty, Clay
County, Mo., August
1, 1905 (age 48 years, 157
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.
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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.
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Charles W. Fear (1874-1942) —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., March
23, 1874.
Republican. Printer;
editor, Missouri Trades
Unionist; organizer
for American Federation of Labor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1911-12.
Died in Cole
County, Mo., April
30, 1942 (age 68 years, 38
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Alfred John Fleming (1851-1934) —
also known as Alfred J. Fleming —
of Braymer, Caldwell
County, Mo.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., April
20, 1851.
U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Stanbridge, 1905-06; U.S. Consul in Aden, 1906-07; Yarmouth, 1907-15; newspaper editor.
Died April
20, 1934 (age 83 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fielden Fleming and Mary D. (Nelson) Fleming; married, April
13, 1872, to Rhoda Ann Thomas. |
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James Everett Ford (b. 1880) —
also known as James E. Ford —
of Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.
Born in Grundy
County, Mo., April 5,
1880.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Grundy County, 1907-10;
member of Missouri
state senate 4th District, 1911-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, December
31, 1907, to Grace Humphreys. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Thomas Francis Ford (1873-1958) —
also known as Thomas F. Ford —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
18, 1873.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1933-45; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Unitarian.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
26, 1958 (age 85 years, 311
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Jay Elmer Fox (b. 1886) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
18, 1886.
Democrat. Newspaper work; insurance
business; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 30th District,
1922-23.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Frank (1852-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
23, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Jewish.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 5,
1931 (age 79 years, 41
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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William E. Freeland (1879-1970) —
of Forsyth, Taney
County, Mo.
Born in Howard, Elk
County, Kan., January
5, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Taney County, 1923-34; member
of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1937-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
14, 1970 (age 91 years, 9
days).
Interment at Ozarks
Memorial Park, Branson, Mo.
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Meredith Garten —
also known as Pete Garten —
of Pierce City, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Born in Ottawa
County, Okla.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District,
1943-44; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1949-50;
member of Missouri
state senate 28th District, 1951-54.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James Anthony Gray (1882-1951) —
also known as J. A. Gray —
of Watson, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born in Ansonia, Darke
County, Ohio, October
27, 1882.
Republican. Physician;
newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1935-51;
died in office 1951.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., June 6,
1951 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Americus Cemetery, Americus, Kan.
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John M. Grimes (b. 1873) —
of Missouri; Clarke
County, Iowa.
Born near Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., February
1, 1873.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1907-10; Iowa state
treasurer, 1943-51.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Bayard Taylor Hainer (1860-1933) —
also known as Bayard T. Hainer —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., May 31,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; author; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1920; chief counsel,
Federal Trade Commission, 1925-27.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 10,
1933 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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John Frederick Hull (1874-1948) —
also known as John F. Hull —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Boone
County, Iowa, October
10, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 1st District, 1922;
resigned 1922.
Died August
28, 1948 (age 73 years, 323
days).
Interment at Grant City Cemetery, Grant City, Mo.
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John Edward Hutton (1828-1893) —
also known as John E. Hutton —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Polk
County, Tenn., March
28, 1828.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1885-89.
Died in Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo., December
28, 1893 (age 65 years, 275
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Mexico, Mo.
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Ira Barnes Hyde (1893-1946) —
also known as Ira Hyde —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., October
12, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Mercer County, 1945-46; died
in office 1946.
Died, in the University of Kansas Hospital,
Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., February
23, 1946, (age 52 years, 134
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, Mo.
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Paul Caruthers Jones (1901-1981) —
also known as Paul C. Jones —
of Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., March
12, 1901.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; radio station
manager; mayor
of Kennett, Mo., 1933-35; resigned 1935; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Dunklin County, 1935-36;
member of Missouri
state senate 21st District, 1937-44; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1948-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Died February
10, 1981 (age 79 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Kennett, Mo.
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Elroy C. Kehr (1890-1969) —
of Marthasville, Warren
County, Mo.
Born in Marthasville, Warren
County, Mo., August
5, 1890.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 10th District,
1943-44; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Warren County, 1945-56.
Died January
19, 1969 (age 78 years, 167
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery, Marthasville, Mo.
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James C. Kirkpatrick (1905-1997) —
of Windsor, Henry
County, Mo.; Barton
County, Mo.; Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Braymer, Caldwell
County, Mo., June 15,
1905.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1965-85.
Methodist.
Died December
26, 1997 (age 92 years, 194
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isom P. Langley (1851-1930) —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., September
2, 1851.
Preacher;
newspaper editor; lawyer; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1886 (Labor, 4th District), 1890
(Populist, 2nd District), 1890 (Republican, 2nd District); member of
Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1919-20.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Labor.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 13,
1930 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Frank Hood Lee (1873-1952) —
also known as Frank H. Lee —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born near De Soto, Johnson
County, Kan., March
29, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1922
(15th District), 1930 (15th District), 1934 (7th District), 1938 (7th
District); newspaper publisher; hotel
owner.
Died November
20, 1952 (age 79 years, 236
days).
Interment at Ozark
Memorial Park, Joplin, Mo.
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Alexander A. Lesueur (1842-1924) —
of Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
25, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lafayette County, 1879-80; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1889-1901.
Died in Burbank, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
29, 1924 (age 81 years, 65
days).
Interment at Grand View Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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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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John M. Lingle (1843-1889) —
of Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 2,
1843.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Webb
City, Mo., 1885-89.
After being threatened with criminal
prosecution for allegedly misappropriating
funds as postmaster, he stepped out the back door of the post
office, and killed
himself by gunshot,
in Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., January
4, 1889 (age 45 years, 277
days).
Interment at Webb
City Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Linda Lingle (b. 1953) —
of Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 4,
1953.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Governor of
Hawaii, 2002-; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Hawaii, 2008
(delegation chair).
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Ely Martin (b. 1885) —
Born in Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 26,
1885.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Charles Herbert Miles (1854-1928) —
also known as Charles H. Miles —
of Moundville, Vernon
County, Mo.; Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo.
Born in Bremer
County, Iowa, July 31,
1854.
Republican. School
teacher; president,
Cooper College, Moundville, Mo.; newspaper editor and
publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Benton County, 1919-20;
defeated, 1908.
Died in Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo., July 31,
1928 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Warsaw, Mo.
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John Miller (1781-1846) —
of Franklin, Howard
County, Mo.; Florissant, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born near Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
25, 1781.
Newspaper editor and publisher; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Missouri, 1826-32; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1837-43.
Died in Florissant, St. Louis
County, Mo., March
18, 1846 (age 64 years, 113
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James C. Moody (b. 1863) —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind., 1863.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Dillon Morris (b. 1867) —
also known as Charles D. Morris —
of Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Buena Vista, Scioto
County, Ohio, November
21, 1867.
Republican. Postmaster at Trenton,
Mo., 1901; newspaper editor and publisher; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Adelaide Van Gorden Morrow (1870-1947) —
also known as Adelaide V. Morrow; Adelaide Van Gorden;
Mrs. M. E. Morrow —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, November
28, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1922-23.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in West Plains, Howell
County, Mo., December
19, 1947 (age 77 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery, West Plains, Mo.
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Fred W. Naeter —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 21st District,
1943-44.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Barclay Napton (1808-1883) —
also known as William B. Napton —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.; Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 23,
1808.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state senate, 1834; Missouri
state attorney general, 1836-39; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1839-51, 1857-61, 1873-80;
appointed 1839; defeated, 1851.
Died in Saline
County, Mo., January
8, 1883 (age 74 years, 230
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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William Lester Nelson (1875-1946) —
also known as William L. Nelson; Will L.
Nelson —
of Bunceton, Cooper
County, Mo.; Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born near Bunceton, Cooper
County, Mo., August
4, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper writer; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cooper County, 1901-02,
1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1919-21, 1925-33, 1935-43 (8th
District 1919-21, 1925-33, 2nd District 1935-43); defeated, 1920 (8th
District), 1942 (2nd District), 1946 (2nd District); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Gamma
Sigma Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Kiwanis.
Died in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., December
31, 1946 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Frances J. O'Meara —
also known as Frances Jacobi —
of Martinsburg, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1932-42; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1940
(alternate), 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee); chair of
Audrain County Republican Party, 1942-49; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1944.
Female.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Francis G. Jacobi and Jane Frances (Frieling) Jacobi;
married to Dr. Thomas O'Meara. |
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George Howard Paul (1826-1890) —
also known as George H. Paul —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., March
14, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Burlington,
Vt., 1849; Kenosha,
Wis., 1853-61; Milwaukee,
Wis., 1885-89; mayor
of Kenosha, Wis., 1857-59; newspaper editor; superintendent
of schools; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1872;
Wisconsin
railroad commissioner, 1874-76; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1876; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1878-81.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 18,
1890 (age 64 years, 65
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Samuel Ritter Peters (1842-1910) —
also known as Samuel R. Peters —
of Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo.; Marion, Marion
County, Kan.; Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Walnut Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, August
16, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1872;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1874-75; district judge in Kansas, 1875-83; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 7th
District 1885-91); postmaster at Newton,
Kan., 1898-1910.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., April
21, 1910 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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Samuel Manoah Pickler (1846-1929) —
also known as Samuel M. Pickler —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Ind., November
6, 1846.
Republican. College
instructor; newspaper editor and publisher; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Adair County, 1877-78,
1897-1900, 1911-12; mayor
of Kirksville, Mo., 1882-83; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1900.
Died in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., March
12, 1929 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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James Thomas Rapier (1837-1883) —
also known as James T. Rapier —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., November
13, 1837.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1873-75; U.S. Collector
of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1879; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 31,
1883 (age 45 years, 199
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Emmet Montgomery Reily (1866-1954) —
also known as E. Mont Reily; "Moncho
Reyes" —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., October
21, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1921-23.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Jackson
County, Mo., October
31, 1954 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Theron Eads Roberts (1907-1968) —
also known as Theron E. Roberts; Tex
Roberts —
of Diamond, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Wheeler, Wheeler
County, Tex., March
22, 1907.
Democrat. Telegrapher;
railway
station agent; newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Newton County, 1935-38;
member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1939-42; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order
of Railroad Telegraphers.
Died November
12, 1968 (age 61 years, 235
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Silas Roe (1897-1959) —
also known as Silas Roe —
of El Dorado Springs, Cedar
County, Mo.
Born in West Ridge, Douglas
County, Ill., July 12,
1897.
Republican. Milliner;
merchant;
newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cedar County, 1935-38.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 15,
1959 (age 61 years, 338
days).
Interment at El Dorado Springs Cemetery, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
general attorney, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell; married, June 23,
1880, to Mary Gushert. |
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Terence John Scanlon (1931-1992) —
also known as Terry Scanlon —
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 26,
1931.
Democrat. Businessman who owned Pizza Hut restaurant
franchises, a beer
distributorship, and was publisher of the Wichita
Business Journal; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1977-79.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in St. Francis Medical
Center, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
15, 1992 (age 60 years, 173
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Omar Schnatmeier (b. 1908) —
of St. Charles, St.
Charles County, Mo.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., July 21,
1908.
Republican. Newspaper editor; sheriff;
member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1944-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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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 New York City (unknown
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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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
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis
Trefousse, Carl
Schurz: A Biography |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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William Abel Shepard (1868-1944) —
also known as Will A. Shepard; "Mr.
Shep" —
of Auburn, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Mirabile, Caldwell
County, Mo., October
20, 1868.
Democrat. Postmaster at Auburn,
Calif., 1896-1900, 1934-44 (acting, 1934-35); East
Auburn, Calif., 1919 (acting, 1919); newspaper editor;
secretary to U.S. Rep. John
E. Raker, 1911-22.
Died in Placer
County, Calif., February
12, 1944 (age 75 years, 115
days).
Interment at Old Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Calif.
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H. J. Simmons —
of Clarence, Shelby
County, Mo.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shelby County, 1901-08,
1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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H. Greene Simpson —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; chair of
Adair County Democratic Party, 1943-45, 1957; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 9th District,
1943-44; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Adair County, 1946.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank H. Sosey —
of Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Marion County, 1905-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard R. Spencer —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Mercer County, 1927-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Vest Stephens (1858-1923) —
also known as Lon Vest Stephens —
of Cooper
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., December
21, 1858.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; banker;
director, St. Louis and Southern Railroad;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1890-97; Governor of
Missouri, 1897-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
10, 1923 (age 64 years, 20
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Howard Sutherland (1865-1950) —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born near Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
8, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1909-12; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia at-large, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Royal
Arcanum.
Died March
12, 1950 (age 84 years, 185
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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William F. Switzler (born c.1819) —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, about 1819.
Newspaper editor; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1865;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 9th District, 1875.
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
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A. G. Taubert —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 17th District,
1943-44; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1944;
mayor
of Warrensburg, Mo., 1955-56.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Joe Taylor (b. 1907) —
of Noel, McDonald
County, Mo.; South West City, McDonald
County, Mo.; Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla., August
21, 1907.
Republican. Writer;
newspaper editor; printing
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1935-38, 1953-58, 1963-64
(McDonald County 1935-38, Newton County 1953-58, 1963-64); defeated,
1938; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1940 to Isabel
Puryear. |
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William C. Teichmann (b. 1859) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
30, 1859.
Newspaper correspondent; school
teacher; chemist;
U.S. Consul in Eibenstock, 1906-08; Colombo, 1908-09; Stettin, 1909-11; Mannheim, as of 1914-16; Bluefields, as of 1917.
Burial location unknown.
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John Plank Tracey (1836-1910) —
also known as John P. Tracey —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Ohio, September
18, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
journalist; candidate for Missouri
railroad and warehouse commissioner, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,
1903-04.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., July 24,
1910 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Robert S. Tromly (b. 1874) —
of Galena, Stone
County, Mo.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill., December
16, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Stone County, 1921-22,
1929-30, 1943-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Lawyer;
postmaster at Kansas
City, Mo., 1857-61; newspaper editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861-62, 1863-65; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97);
defeated (Republican), 1894, 1902; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station (now part of Independence), Jackson
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Joshua Williams Vincent —
also known as J. W. Vincent —
of Linn Creek, Camden
County, Mo.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Camden County, 1925-28,
1931-32.
Burial location unknown.
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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) —
also known as John L. Waller —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in slavery
in New
Madrid County, Mo., January
12, 1850.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military
takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was arrested
by French forces and tried in
a French military court, purportedly for the offense of corresponding
with (or spying
for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had
granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; sentenced
to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international
cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;
ultimately pardoned
in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed
after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to
French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper editor.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
13, 1907 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Newspaper writer; theater
manager; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1935-46.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" in
newspapers and magazines.
Died in 1965
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert S. Walton (b. 1869) —
of Armstrong, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Howard
County, Mo., October
9, 1869.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Howard County, 1909-16,
1943-46.
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry Webb Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; lawyer; author; screenwriter;
journalist; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2016.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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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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Charles L. Woods —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1927-30.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Posey Woodside —
of Oregon
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Oregon County, 1875, 1895-96.
Burial location unknown.
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Ell Marcellus Zevely (1867-1939) —
also known as Ell M. Zevely —
of Linn, Osage
County, Mo.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., March 9,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; Osage
County Probate Judge, 1891-1900; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1901-04; Osage
County Clerk, 1907-08; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1912;
Osage
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-20; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 27th District,
1922-23; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1922; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Osage County, 1927-30.
Died in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., May 5,
1939 (age 72 years, 57
days).
Interment at Linn Public Cemetery, Linn, Mo.
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