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George Forrest Alexander (1882-1948) —
also known as George F. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Multnomah County Democratic Party, 1914-18; candidate for circuit
judge in Oregon, 1922; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1934-46.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died May 16,
1948 (age 66 years, 26
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Vincent Edward Baker (b. 1921) —
also known as Vincent E. Baker —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill., September
26, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 10th District, 1955-56; candidate for Missouri
state attorney general, 1956; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1980.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Presumed deceased.
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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Clifford H. Casey (1902-1960) —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Aurora, Lawrence
County, Mo., June 12,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1941-42.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Died July 5,
1960 (age 58 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Alexander Gilmore Cochran (1846-1928) —
also known as Alexander G. Cochran —
of Pennsylvania; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., March
20, 1846.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1875-77; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Died, from pyelo-nephrosis,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1928 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Renwick Dean (1862-1936) —
also known as James R. Dean —
of Broken Bow, Custer
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
15, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; Custer
County Attorney, 1895-99; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1908-10, 1917-35; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Nebraska.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows.
Died January
5, 1936 (age 73 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Dean and Ellen Margaret (Armour) Dean; married, January
14, 1892, to Jennie E. Sutton. |
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Forrest C. Donnell (1884-1980) —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Quitman, Nodaway
County, Mo., August
20, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Missouri, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1945-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 3,
1980 (age 95 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John D. Fels (b. 1889) —
of Maplewood, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March
16, 1889.
Republican. Mayor
of Maplewood, Mo., 1933-37; member of Missouri
state senate 12th District, 1947-50.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Moses Hartmann (b. 1872) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1919-37.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ignatz Hartmann and Anna (Kohn) Hartmann; married, November
16, 1898, to Carrie A. Schooler. |
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Haskell Holman (b. 1908) —
of Missouri.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo., November
29, 1908.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Missouri
state auditor, 1953-69; appointed 1953.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Lions;
Amvets.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, October
12, 1946, to Beverly Hodge. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1957 |
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Charles Alfred Houts (b. 1868) —
also known as Charles A. Houts —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.; Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., December
13, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1910-14.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George William Houts and Annie (Duffield) Houts; married, April 8,
1896, to Eleanor Wright. |
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A. Clifford Jones (b. 1921) —
of Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
13, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
president, Aluminum Truck
Bodies, Inc.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1951-58 (St. Louis County 4th
District 1951-52, St. Louis County 5th District 1953-58); member of
Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1965-81.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Booker Hall Rucker (b. 1868) —
also known as B. H. Rucker —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Sturgeon, Boone
County, Mo., August
14, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; insurance
agent; postmaster at Rolla,
Mo., 1915-23; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1925-26,
1931-34, 1945-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Maurice Schechter (1904-2001) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; University City, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 27,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 5th District,
1935-40; member of Missouri
state senate 13th District, 1961-76; defeated, 1956.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Missouri Baptist Medical
Center, Town and Country, St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 2001 (age 96 years, 218
days).
Interment at Chesed
Shel Emeth Cemetery No. 2, Creve Coeur, Mo.
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Organizer, Citizens Bank of
Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Lee D. Seelig (b. 1894) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., April 9,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1937-40.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris Seelig and Rose Seelig; married, October
14, 1933, to Minna Grossman. |
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DuVal Smith (b. 1887) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Agency, Buchanan
County, Mo., March
29, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Buchanan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; circuit judge in Missouri
6th Circuit, 1946-47; appointed 1946.
Christian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Lorenzo Dow Thompson (1873-1951) —
also known as L. D. Thompson —
of New Bloomfield, Callaway
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born near Vandalia, Ralls
County, Mo., November
22, 1873.
Republican. Postmaster;
merchant;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1921-25; defeated, 1916; Missouri
state auditor, 1925-33; Republican candidate for secretary
of state of Missouri, 1936, 1944 (primary).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions; Knights of
the Maccabees.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., October
1, 1951 (age 77 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Lewis Thompson and Drusilla (Branstetter) Thompson; married
1901 to
Ellen Rebecca Bryan. |
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Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) —
also known as "Give 'Em Hell Harry" —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lamar, Barton
County, Mo., May 8,
1884.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in
Missouri, 1922-24, 1926-34; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1935-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1952,
1960;
Vice
President of the United States, 1945; President
of the United States, 1945-53; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; American
Legion; Eagles;
Elks; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist group, Griselio Torresola
and Oscar Collazo, tried to shoot their way into Blair House,
temporary residence of the President, as part of an attempted
assassination, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, Leslie
Coffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, and
convicted of murder.
Died at Research Hospital
and Medical Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
26, 1972 (age 88 years, 232
days).
Interment at Truman
Presidential Library and Museum, Independence, Mo.; statue at Independence
Square, Independence, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman; married, June 28,
1919, to Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace and Elizabeth
Virginia Wallace (granddaughter of Benjamin
Franklin Wallace); grandnephew of James
C. Chiles. |
| | | Political family: Truman-Wallace
family of Independence, Missouri. |
| | | Cross-reference: Andrew
J. May — Milton
Lipson — Samuel
I. Rosenman — Stephen
J. Spingarn — James
M. Curley — George
E. Allen — George
E. Allen — Jonathan
Daniels |
| | | Truman State
University, Kirksville,
Missouri, is named for
him. — Truman College,
Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — Harry S. Truman High
School, in Levittown,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: H.
Truman Chafin
— Harry
Truman Moore
|
| | | Personal motto: "The Buck Stops
Here." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Harry S. Truman: The
Autobiography of Harry S. Truman |
| | | Books about Harry S. Truman: David
McCullough, Truman —
Alonzo L. Hamby, Man
of the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman — Sean J.
Savage, Truman
and the Democratic Party — Ken Hechler, Working
With Truman : A Personal Memoir of the White House
Years — Alan Axelrod, When
the Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman on
Leadership — Ralph Keyes, The
Wit and Wisdom of Harry S. Truman — William Lee
Miller, Two
Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —
Matthew Algeo, Harry
Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road
Trip — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Who's Who in United
States Politics (1950) |
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Harry Clifton Yates (1878-1953) —
also known as Harry C. Yates —
of Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
12, 1878.
Democrat. School
teacher; banker; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 3rd District,
1909-12, 1923-26; Buchanan
County Recorder of Deeds, 1915-23; Buchanan
County Judge, 1927-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, kidney
disease, diverticulitis,
and intestinal
hemorrhage, in Missouri Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
5, 1953 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Yates Cemetery, Faucett, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah Jane 'Sallie' (Williams) Yates and Henry R. Yates; married
to Lora Jane Means and Edith M. Arnold; married, March
18, 1915, to Waunetta Bruce. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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