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Thomas Allen (1813-1882) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
29, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer;
railroad builder; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1881-82; died in
office 1882.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1882 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) —
also known as David R. Atchison —
of Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo.; Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Frogtown, Fayette
County, Ky., August
11, 1807.
Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1841; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, because
President Zachary
Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.
Slaveowner.
Died near Gower, Clinton
County, Mo., January
26, 1886 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.; statue at Clinton
County Courthouse Grounds, Plattsburg, Mo.
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James George Blaine (1897-1955) —
also known as James G. Blaine —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born September
15, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer;
general attorney for Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1944.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., December
10, 1955 (age 58 years, 86
days).
Interment at Resurrection Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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William Henry Bliss (1844-1932) —
also known as William H. Bliss —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, October
7, 1844.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1876-87;
vice-president and general solicitor, St. Paul & Duluth
Railroad; associate counsel, Northern Pacific Railroad.
Died May 5,
1932 (age 87 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) —
also known as Henry T. Blow —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., July 15,
1817.
Republican. Lead products
business; president, Iron Mountain Railroad; member of Missouri
state senate, 1854-58; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1869-70; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874.
Slaveowner.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Harry Webster Bridges (b. 1871) —
also known as Harry W. Bridges —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., March 4,
1871.
Republican. Railway mail clerk;
real
estate and insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County,
1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles G. Brittingham (1868-1923) —
of Eldon, Miller
County, Mo.
Born in State Line, Warren
County, Ind., August
11, 1868.
Republican. Locomotive engineer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23;
appointed 1922; died in office 1923.
Died May 17,
1923 (age 54 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry Brown (b. 1859) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
3, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for railroads; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1890-92.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Cordes Brown and Jane Cory (Thompson) Brown; married, December
3, 1884, to Mary A. Clark. |
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Orville Canada Bullington (1882-1956) —
also known as Orville Bullington —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born in Indian Springs, Vernon
County, Mo., February
10, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
president and chairman, Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1932; member of Texas
Republican State Committee, 1947-51; Texas
Republican state chair, 1951.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from mesenteric
thrombosis while also suffering from emphysema,
in Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., November
24, 1956 (age 74 years, 288
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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James Nelson Burnes (1827-1889) —
also known as James N. Burnes —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Ind., August
22, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
railroad executive; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Missouri; common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1868-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1883-89; died in
office 1889.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1889 (age 61 years, 154
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Isador Bush (born c.1822) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Austria,
about 1822.
Railroad general agent; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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James Craig (1818-1888) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., February
28, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860,
1880;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Hannibal &
St. Joseph Railroad.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
22, 1888 (age 70 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Carl F. Deichman (b. 1871) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
23, 1871.
Employed by railroads, a brewery,
and the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1907-08; Tamsui, 1908-09; Nagasaki, 1909-14; Bombay, 1914-15; Santos, 1915-18; Valparaiso, as of 1919-20; U.S. Consul General in Valparaiso, as of 1921-31; Lisbon, as of 1932-34.
Burial location unknown.
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William A. Engel —
of Fredericktown, Madison
County, Mo.
Republican. Railway station agent; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Madison County, 1915-16; mayor
of Fredericktown, Mo.; elected 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie L. Farr II (born c.1978) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born about 1978.
Republican. Train conductor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 2004;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 2004, 2006 (primary);
suspended
without pay in October 2004, for making a political
statement (critical of Democratic presidential candidate John
Kerry) over the public address system of an Amtrak train; political
consultant.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) —
also known as S. W. Fordyce —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, February
7, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder,
builder, president, receiver, and director of many railroads;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884,
1892;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Arkansas, 1896.
Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
3, 1919 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Jules A. Fremon (b. 1880) —
of Leeper, Wayne
County, Mo.
Born in Vineland, Jefferson
County, Mo., June 27,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
executive vice-president, Missouri Southern Railroad; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 21st District, 1923;
appointed 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (1809-1885) —
also known as C. K. Garrison —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; St.
Louis, Mo.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., March 1,
1809.
Banker;
shipbuilder;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1853-54; railroad president.
Died, of a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1885 (age 76 years, 61
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Richard Livingston Goode (b. 1855) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., February
4, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroad; Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals,
1901-10; law
professor.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Thomas Goode and Martitia Elizabeth (Guthrie) Goode;
married, April
22, 1885, to Estelle B. Maurer. |
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Ivan P. Goodman (1901-1950) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Rich Hill, Bates
County, Mo., September
23, 1901.
Welder
for the Burlington Railroad; insurance
agent; used car
dealer; finance
company operator; candidate in primary for mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1947.
Methodist.
Died in Denver,
Colo., November
11, 1950 (age 49 years, 49
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Casper, Wyo.
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Samuel Hays (c.1835-1897) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1835.
Republican. Missouri
state treasurer, 1871-73; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1878-84; railroad president.
Died in Upper Montclair Heights, Essex
County, N.J., October
8, 1897 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Hays and Mary (Dudgeon) Hays; married to Sarah Elizabeth
Morris. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article |
| | | Image source: Missouri State
Treasurer |
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835-1909) —
also known as Ethan A. Hitchcock —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
19, 1835.
Republican. Merchant;
partner in China trade; president of manufacturing,
mining,
and railroad companies; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1898-99; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1899-1907.
Died April 9,
1909 (age 73 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gerald Hughes (b. 1875) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., July 8,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); chairman, First National Bank of
Denver; director, Denver and Salt Lake Railway.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) —
also known as Leonard Irving —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
24, 1898.
Democrat. Railroad work; theater
manager; hotel
manager; construction
worker; president
and business
agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1962 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Richard C. Kerens (1842-1916) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Killberry, County Meath, Ireland,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
railroad builder; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1884-1900; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896 ; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1910-13.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Merion, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
4, 1916 (age about 74
years).
Entombed at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Frederick William Lehmann (1853-1931) —
also known as Frederick W. Lehmann —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Prussia,
February
28, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Wabash Railroad; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
U.S. Solicitor General, 1910-12.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
12, 1931 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; cenotaph at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Cecil Z. Long (b. 1902) —
of Monett, Barry
County, Mo.
Born in Monett, Barry
County, Mo., October
2, 1902.
Republican. Locomotive fireman; Barry
County Recorder of Deeds, 1934-50; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1951-56.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Edward Macy (1886-1984) —
also known as Clarence E. Macy —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
9, 1886.
Railway mail clerk;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Coblenz, 1921-25; Dakar, 1925-27; Monrovia, 1927-28; U.S. Consul in Port Elizabeth, 1928-30; Tampico, as of 1932; Kabul, as of 1938-40; Karachi, as of 1938-43.
Died April
16, 1984 (age 97 years, 159
days).
Interment at Fort
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Ben S. Meeks (1902-1995) —
of Thayer, Oregon
County, Mo.
Born in Oregon
County, Mo., May 11,
1902.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; railroad worker; mail
carrier; Baptist
minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Oregon County, 1937-38,
1945-56, 1961-64.
Baptist.
Died July 18,
1995 (age 93 years, 68
days).
Interment at Thayer Cemetery, Thayer, Mo.; cenotaph at Rose Hill Cemetery, Thayer, Mo.
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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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Henry Samuel Priest (1853-1930) —
also known as Henry S. Priest —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Ralls
County, Mo., February
7, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel for railroad and streetcar
companies; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1894-95;
resigned 1895; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1920; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1924.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in St.
Louis, Mo., July 9,
1930 (age 77 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Mo.
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Eben Richards (1866-1942) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
10, 1866.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Costa Rica in St.
Louis, Mo., 1895-1903; oil
executive; president, Mexican Central Railroad.
Died, in Tuxedo Memorial Hospital,
Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y., October
9, 1942 (age 76 years, 272
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's-in-Tuxedo Church Cemetery, Tuxedo Park, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Eben Richards and Caroline (Maxwell) Richards; married to Perle
(Pierce) Ruchards. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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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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Hampden Hyatt Shepperd (1840-1910) —
also known as Hampden H. Shepperd —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.; Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., June 12,
1840.
Railway passenger agent; mayor
of Littleton, Colo., 1892-93, 1895-96, 1898-1901, 1906-08.
Died June 1,
1910 (age 69 years, 354
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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Oliver Martin Spencer (1849-1924) —
also known as Oliver M. Spencer —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Buchanan
County, Mo., August
23, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 12th Circuit, 1887-90; general solicitor
for the Burlington Railroad System in Missouri.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 5,
1924 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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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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Jackson O. Stitt —
of Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.
Republican. Train conductor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Grundy County, 1927-32.
Burial location unknown.
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William M. Turbett (b. 1882) —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Kingston, Ontario,
August
18, 1882.
Republican. Railroad man; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cole County, 1919-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1906 to Stella
Osborne. |
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Lee T. Witty (1859-1931) —
of Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo.
Born in Newmansville, Cass
County, Ill., May 20,
1859.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; real estate
business; immigration agent for Missouri Pacific Railroad;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Scotland County, 1903-06,
1923-24, 1927-31; died in office 1931.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., May 8,
1931 (age 71 years, 353
days).
Interment at Memphis
Cemetery, Memphis, Mo.
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James Madison Woodard (b. 1881) —
also known as J. M. Woodard —
of Aurora, Hamilton
County, Neb.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
30, 1881.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; medical examiner and
surgeon for Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; chair of
Hamilton County Democratic Party, 1940.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Medical Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: James
Madison |
| | | Relatives: Son of Daniel S. Woodard and
Sarah Ann (Casteel) Woodard; married, December
8, 1908, to Mabel Edna Biggs. |
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Engineer;
lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1862; member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial location unknown.
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