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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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Hamilton Rowan Gamble (1789-1864) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Winchester,
Va., November
29, 1789.
Whig. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1824-26; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1851-55; resigned 1855; Governor of
Missouri, 1861-64; died in office 1864.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
31, 1864 (age 74 years, 63
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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H. L. Shannon (b. 1860) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Carlisle, Sullivan
County, Ind., March
16, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Jasper
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1894-96, 1899-1900; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1915-16.
Scotch-Irish and German
ancestry.
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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