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Index to Locations
St. Louis Unknown location
St. Louis Bellefontaine Cemetery
St. Louis Calvary Cemetery
St. Louis Cathedral Basilica of St.
Louis
St. Louis Christ Church Cemetery
St. Louis Concordia Cemetery
St. Louis Father Dickson's Cemetery
St. Louis Hillcrest Abbey
St. Louis Holy Trinity Cemetery
St. Louis Old City Cemetery
St. Louis Old Grace Church Cemetery
St. Louis Old Sts. Peter and Paul
Cemetery
St. Louis St. Marcus Cemetery
St. Louis Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic
Cemetery
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Locations
St. Louis, Missouri
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Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850) —
of Illinois.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
5, 1784.
Secretary
of Illinois Territory, 1809-16; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1816-18; U.S.
District Judge for Illinois, 1819-50; died in office 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
22, 1850 (age 66 years, 17
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Val Schlesinger (c.1857-1924) —
of Fredericktown, Madison
County, Mo.
Born about 1857.
Merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Fredericktown, Mo., 1900.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, from heart
disease, in Fredericktown, Madison
County, Mo., May 27,
1924 (age about 67
years).
Interment somewhere.
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Samuel Hackelton —
of Illinois.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Interment somewhere.
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Bellefontaine
Cemetery
4947 West Florissant
St. Louis, Missouri
Founded 1849
| Politicians buried
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Edward Bates (1793-1869) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., September
4, 1793.
Republican. Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; Missouri
state attorney general, 1820-21; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1822, 1834; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1827-29; member of Missouri
state senate 5th District, 1830-31; state court judge in
Missouri, 1853-56; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1860;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1861-64; first
U.S. cabinet officer from west of the Mississippi River.
Quaker.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March
25, 1869 (age 75 years, 202
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Carr Lane (1789-1863) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., December
1, 1789.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; physician;
surgeon;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1823-29, 1837-40; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1826-30; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1852-53; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1853.
Episcopalian;
later Baptist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
6, 1863 (age 73 years, 36
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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David Rowland Francis (1850-1927) —
also known as David R. Francis —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., October
1, 1850.
Democrat. Grain
merchant; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1884,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker);
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1885-89; Governor of
Missouri, 1889-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1896-97; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1916-17.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
15, 1927 (age 76 years, 106
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John M. Wimer (1810-1863) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., May 8,
1810.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1843-44, 1857-58; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1845-49; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Killed
in action at Hartville, Wright
County, Mo., January
11, 1863 (age 52 years, 248
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Daniel D. Page (1790-1869) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Parsonfield, York
County, Maine, March 5,
1790.
Baker;
tobacco
trader; flour mill
business; banker; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1829-33.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
29, 1869 (age 79 years, 55
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Luther Martin Kennett (1807-1873) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Falmouth, Pendleton
County, Ky., March
15, 1807.
Whig. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1850-53; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1855-57.
Slaveowner.
Died in Paris, France,
April
12, 1873 (age 66 years, 28
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Oliver Dwight Filley (1806-1881) —
also known as Oliver D. Filley —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 23,
1806.
Republican. Stove
manufacturer; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1858-61.
Died August
21, 1881 (age 75 years, 90
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Filley and Annis (Humphrey) Filley; married, August
23, 1835, to Chloe Varina Brown; granduncle of Oliver
Dwight Filley (1885-1965); second cousin once removed of Abiel
Case; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Case and Jairus
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth and Pierpont
Edwards; fourth cousin of Parmenio
Adams; fourth cousin once removed of Oliver
Owen Forward, Walter
Forward, Chauncey
Forward, Edmund
Holcomb, Anson
Levi Holcomb, William
Dean Kellogg, Asahel
Pierson Case, William
Gleason Jr., Almon
Case and Hiram
Bidwell Case. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conger
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Dee Becker (1876-1943) —
also known as William D. Becker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
23, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
Judge, Missouri St. Louis Court of Appeals, 1916-40; defeated, 1940;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1941-43; died in office 1943.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Was a passenger in an experimental Army glider, towed by an airplane;
the glider's wings suddenly fell off, and it crashed
at Lambert-St. Louis Airfield,
St.
Louis County, Mo., August
1, 1943 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Philip Becker and Anna A. (Cammann) Becker; married, June 10,
1902, to Margaret Louise McIntosh. |
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Rolla Wells (1856-1944) —
also known as Rollo Wells —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 1,
1856.
Democrat. Foundry
business; general manager and receiver of street
railways; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1901-09; governor, Federal Reserve Bank of
St. Louis, 1914-19.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
30, 1944 (age 88 years, 182
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821-1875) —
also known as Francis P. Blair, Jr. —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., February
19, 1821.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1846; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1852-56; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1857-59, 1860,
1861-62, 1863-64; resigned 1860; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1868; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1871-73.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., July 8,
1875 (age 54 years, 139
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Willock Noble (1831-1912) —
also known as John W. Noble —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, October
26, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1867-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March
22, 1912 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Cyrus Packard Walbridge (1849-1921) —
also known as Cyrus P. Walbridge —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Madrid, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., July 20,
1849.
Republican. Carpenter;
lawyer;
druggist;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1893-97; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896 ; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1904.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1921 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Charles Nagel (1849-1940) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bernardo, Colorado
County, Tex., August
9, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1881-83; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1908-12; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1909-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1932.
German
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
embolism while suffering from chronic
myocarditis, in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1940 (age 90 years, 149
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Frederick Herman Kreismann (1869-1944) —
also known as Frederick Kreismann —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., August
7, 1869.
Republican. Civil
engineer; insurance
business; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1909-13.
Died in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., November
1, 1944 (age 75 years, 86
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Nathan Cole (1825-1904) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 26,
1825.
Republican. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1869-71; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1877-79; defeated,
1878; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 4,
1904 (age 78 years, 222
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John How —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1853-55, 1856-57.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter; married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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James S. Thomas —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Republican. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1864-69.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Henry Overstolz —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1876-81.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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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.
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Chauncey Ives Filley (1829-1923) —
also known as Chauncey I. Filley —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
17, 1829.
Republican. Merchant;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1863-64; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District, 1865;
postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1873-78; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1884,
1888,
1896
(member, Arrangements
Committee); Missouri
Republican state chair, 1896.
Died in Overland, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
24, 1923 (age 93 years, 342
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Trusten Polk (1811-1876) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., May 29,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,
1845-46; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; Governor of
Missouri, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; expelled 1862; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1876 (age 64 years, 323
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George Graham Vest (1830-1904) —
also known as George G. Vest —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.; Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., December
6, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1860; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Missouri; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1865; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879-1903; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1880.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sweet Springs, Saline
County, Mo., August
9, 1904 (age 73 years, 247
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John D. Daggett —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Whig. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1841-42.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George Maguire —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1842-43.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Peter G. Camden —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1846-47.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John M. Krum —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1848-49.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Washington King —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1855-56.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Selden Palmer Spencer (1862-1925) —
also known as Selden P. Spencer —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., September
16, 1862.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 5th District,
1895-96; circuit judge in Missouri, 1897-1903; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1918-25; died in office 1925; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1920,
1924.
Died at Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., May 16,
1925 (age 62 years, 242
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1760.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10; Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12; Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1812-13; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
18, 1814 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Old Grace Church
Cemetery; reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Clark (1770-1838) —
of Missouri.
Born in Caroline
County, Va., August
1, 1770.
Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1813-20; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1820.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Commanded expedition with Meriwether
Lewis to Oregon, 1803-04.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
1, 1838 (age 68 years, 31
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sterling Price (1809-1867) —
of Keytesville, Chariton
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, September
20, 1809.
Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1845-46; resigned 1846; Governor of
Missouri, 1853-57; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died September
29, 1867 (age 58 years, 9
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Henry Sheffie Geyer (1790-1859) —
also known as Henry S. Geyer —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., September
9, 1790.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Missouri
territorial House of Representatives, 1818; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1820-24, 1834-35; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1851-57.
Attorney for the defendant slave-owner in the Dred Scott case.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 5,
1859 (age 68 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Thomas Clement Fletcher (1827-1899) —
of De Soto, Jefferson
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born January
21, 1827.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1860,
1868,
1884
(alternate); Governor of
Missouri, 1865-69; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1880.
Died March
25, 1899 (age 72 years, 63
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Semple (1798-1866) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Green
County, Ky., January
5, 1798.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Illinois
state house of representatives, 1828-33; Illinois
state attorney general, 1833-34; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to New Grenada, 1837-42; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1843-47.
Slaveowner.
Died in Elsah, Jersey
County, Ill., December
20, 1866 (age 68 years, 349
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Butler Bowlin (1804-1874) —
also known as James B. Bowlin —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania
County, Va., January
16, 1804.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1836; state court judge in
Missouri, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1843-51 (at-large 1843-47, 1st
District 1847-51); U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1854-57.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., July 19,
1874 (age 70 years, 184
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Frederick Dozier Gardner (1869-1933) —
also known as Frederick D. Gardner —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Hickman, Fulton
County, Ky., November
6, 1869.
Democrat. Owner, St. Louis Coffin
Company; Governor of
Missouri, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1924,
1928.
Methodist.
Died December
18, 1933 (age 64 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Charles Daniel Drake (1811-1892) —
also known as Charles D. Drake —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
11, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1859-60; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District, 1865;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1867-70; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1870.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1892 (age 80 years, 356
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Overton Broadhead (1819-1898) —
also known as James O. Broadhead —
of Missouri.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., May 29,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1845-46; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-53; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1861; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 30th District, 1875;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1883-85; U.S. Minister
to Switzerland, 1893-95.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
7, 1898 (age 79 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Walter Christian Ploeser (1907-1993) —
also known as Walter C. Ploeser —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
7, 1907.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1931-32; candidate for Missouri
state senate 29th District, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1941-49; defeated,
1948; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1957-59; Costa Rica, 1970-72.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Lions.
Died November
17, 1993 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Sharpenstein Hager (1818-1890) —
also known as John S. Hager —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., March
12, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1852-54, 1865-71; district judge in California,
1855-61; U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1879; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1885-89.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March
19, 1890 (age 72 years, 7
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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David Hartley Armstrong (1812-1893) —
also known as David H. Armstrong —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Nova
Scotia, October
21, 1812.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1854-58; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1877-79.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March
18, 1893 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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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.
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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; cenotaph at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Erastus Wells (1823-1893) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
2, 1823.
Democrat. Street
railway business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1869-77, 1879-81 (1st District
1869-73, 2nd District 1873-77, 1879-81); defeated, 1876.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
2, 1893 (age 69 years, 304
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Daniel Tarbox Jewett (1807-1906) —
of Missouri.
Born in Pittston, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
14, 1807.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1866; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1870-71.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
7, 1906 (age 99 years, 23
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Martin Linn Clardy (1844-1914) —
also known as Martin L. Clardy —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., April
26, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1879-89 (1st District 1879-83, 10th
District 1883-89); defeated, 1888; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1892.
Died, from heart
disease, in St.
Louis, Mo., July 5,
1914 (age 70 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Charles Frederick Joy (1849-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Joy —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., December
11, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1893-94, 1895-1903;
defeated, 1890 (8th District), 1902 (11th District); St. Louis
Recorder of Deeds, 1907-21.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
13, 1921 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Robert Wash (1790-1856) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., November
29, 1790.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1818-19, 1823-24; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1825-37.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boone
County, Mo., November
30, 1856 (age 66 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John B. Bowman (1832-1885) —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
1832.
Republican. Civil
engineer; lawyer; real estate
business; mayor
of East St. Louis, Ill., 1865-66, 1868, 1872-74, 1877-78.
German
ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
an unknown assailant, in front of his home, in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
21, 1885 (age about 53
years). Two East St. Louis policemen were later charged with his
murder, but they were never tried.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (1837-1908) —
also known as Gustavus A. Finkelnburg —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Cologne, Prussia (Köln, Germany),
April
6, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1864-68; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1869-73; candidate for
Governor
of Missouri, 1876; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1905-07;
resigned 1907.
German
ancestry.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 18,
1908 (age 71 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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David Patterson Dyer (1838-1924) —
also known as David P. Dyer —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Va., February
12, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1888,
1900;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1869-71; defeated
(Liberal Republican), 1870; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1880; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1902-07; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1907.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
29, 1924 (age 86 years, 77
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) —
also known as Edward C. Cabell —
of Jefferson
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
5, 1816.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Jefferson County,
1838-39; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1845-46, 1847-53 (at-large 1845-46,
1847-51, 1st District 1851-53); colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state senate 32nd District, 1879-82.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
28, 1896 (age 80 years, 23
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Henry Cabell and Agnes Sarah Bell (Gamble) Cabell; married to
Anna Marie Wilcox; grandnephew of William
Cabell and Paul
Carrington; first cousin once removed of William
Cabell Jr. and John
Wirt Randall; first cousin twice removed of Hannah
Parker Lowndes; second cousin of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge and Frederick
Mortimer Cabell; second cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Carter
Henry Harrison, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William
Lewis Cabell, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George
Craighead Cabell and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin
Earl Cabell, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin thrice removed of Earle
Cabell; third cousin of Cameron
Erskine Thom; third cousin once removed of Erskine
Mayo Ross. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Frederick Niedringhaus (1864-1941) —
also known as Henry F. Niedringhaus —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
15, 1864.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
3, 1941 (age 76 years, 231
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Ephraim Brevard Ewing (1819-1873) —
also known as Ephraim B. Ewing —
of Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Todd
County, Ky., March
16, 1819.
Lawyer;
secretary
of state of Missouri, 1849-53; Missouri
state attorney general, 1856-58; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1859-61; circuit judge in Missouri,
1873.
Died, from cerebrospinal
meningitis, in Iron Mountain, St.
Francois County, Mo., June 2,
1873 (age 54 years, 78
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Hogan (1805-1892) —
of Madison, Madison
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland,
January
2, 1805.
Preacher;
merchant;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1838; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1858-61; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1865-67; defeated
(Greenback), 1878.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
5, 1892 (age 87 years, 34
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Henry Stone (1828-1901) —
also known as William H. Stone —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Shawangunk, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
7, 1828.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1873-77.
Died July 9,
1901 (age 72 years, 244
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Milton Glover (1852-1929) —
also known as John M. Glover —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 23,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1885-89; defeated
(Independent Democratic), 1882.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., October
20, 1929 (age 77 years, 119
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edward James Gay (1816-1889) —
also known as Edward J. Gay —
of Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., February
3, 1816.
Democrat. Planter;
president, Louisiana Sugar
Exchange, New Orleans; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1885-89; died in
office 1889.
Slaveowner.
Died in Iberville
Parish, La., May 30,
1889 (age 73 years, 116
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Harry Marcy Coudrey (1867-1930) —
also known as Harry M. Coudrey —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Brunswick, Chariton
County, Mo., February
28, 1867.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1906-11; defeated,
1904.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., July 5,
1930 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Thomas W. Freeman (1824-1865) —
of Missouri.
Born in Anderson
County, Ky., 1824.
Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died, of a "bilious
fever", in the Southwestern Hotel, St.
Louis, Mo., October
24, 1865 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George French Strother (1783-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1783.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1817-20.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1840
(age about
57 years).
Original interment at Christ Church Cemetery;
reinterment in 1860 at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edwin Obed Stanard (1832-1914) —
also known as Edwin O. Stanard —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
5, 1832.
Republican. Milling
business; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1869-71; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March
12, 1914 (age 82 years, 66
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Henry McLean (1829-1886) —
also known as James H. McLean —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
August
13, 1829.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1882-83; defeated,
1882, 1884; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1884.
Died in Dansville, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1886 (age 56 years, 364
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Thomas Tasker Gantt (1814-1887) —
also known as Thomas T. Gantt —
of Missouri.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 22,
1814.
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1845-50; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1870.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., June 17,
1887 (age 72 years, 330
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus (1837-1922) —
also known as Frederick G. Niedringhaus —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lübbecke, Westphalia, Germany,
October
21, 1837.
Republican. Manufacturer;
real
estate business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Resolutions
Committee).
Methodist.
German
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
25, 1922 (age 85 years, 35
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Frank Wyman (1850-1924) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born July 25,
1850.
Republican. Hardware
merchant; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1903-09.
Died April
24, 1924 (age 73 years, 274
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Wyman and Elizabeth Frances (Hadley) Wyman; married to Mary
Manny. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Mitchellson Treloar (1850-1935) —
also known as William M. Treloar —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Wisconsin, 1850.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896; postmaster at Mexico,
Mo., 1898-1904.
Died in 1935
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Anthony Friday Ittner (1837-1931) —
also known as Anthony Ittner —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, October
8, 1837.
Republican. Brick
manufacturer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1868-70; member of Missouri
state senate 30th District, 1871-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1877-79.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
22, 1931 (age 93 years, 137
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Joseph Mills White (1781-1839) —
also known as Joseph M. White —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1781.
Lawyer;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1820; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1825-37.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1839 (age 58 years, 162
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Madison Hughes (1809-1861) —
of Liberty, Clay
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., April 7,
1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1843-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
26, 1861 (age 51 years, 325
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Judson Allen (1797-1880) —
of Broome
County, N.Y.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn., April 3,
1797.
Democrat. Broome
County Judge; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1839-41; plasterer.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
6, 1880 (age 83 years, 125
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Guier Scott (1819-1892) —
also known as John G. Scott —
of Irondale, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
26, 1819.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1863-65.
Died in Silver Springs, Roane
County, Tenn., May 16,
1892 (age 72 years, 142
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Theron Ephron Catlin (1878-1960) —
also known as Theron E. Catlin —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 16,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 6th District,
1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1911-12; defeated,
1912.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March
19, 1960 (age 81 years, 308
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Lewis Dent (1823-1874) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 3,
1823.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in California; elected 1850; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1869.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
22, 1874 (age 51 years, 19
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Gustavus Sessinghaus (1838-1887) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Germany,
November
8, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1883; defeated, 1880
(3rd District), 1882 (Independent Republican, 8th District).
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
16, 1887 (age 49 years, 8
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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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.
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Francis Asbury Morris (1817-1881) —
of Texas.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, September
3, 1817.
Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1841.
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
24, 1881 (age 64 years, 21
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John Henry (1800-1882) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born near Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., November
1, 1800.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1832-40; member of Illinois
state senate, 1840-47; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847; superintendent
of the Illinois state insane asylum at Jacksonville, Ill., 1850-55.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
28, 1882 (age 81 years, 178
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Thomas Lowndes Snead (1828-1890) —
of Missouri.
Born in Henrico
County, Va., January
10, 1828.
Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1890 (age 62 years, 280
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Samuel Howard Ford (1819-1905) —
of Kentucky.
Born in London, England,
February
19, 1819.
Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Baptist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., July 5,
1905 (age 86 years, 136
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George Chester Robinson Wagoner (1863-1946) —
also known as George C. R. Wagoner —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
3, 1863.
Republican. Undertaker;
real
estate business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1903; defeated, 1902.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
27, 1946 (age 82 years, 236
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edward Hempstead (1780-1817) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., June 3,
1780.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1812-14.
Was thrown
from a horse,
which resulted in his death six days later, at St.
Louis, Mo., August
10, 1817 (age 37 years, 68
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Walter Naylor Davis (1876-1951) —
of Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born November
29, 1876.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1945-49.
Died September
16, 1951 (age 74 years, 291
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Enoch Mather Marvin (1823-1877) —
also known as Enoch M. Marvin —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., June 12,
1823.
Democrat. Methodist
bishop; chaplain of the Confederate Army during the Civil War; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1876.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1877 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Lawrence Douglas Kingsland (1841-1924) —
also known as L. D. Kingsland —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
15, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; manufacturer
of agricultural
implements, sawmill
machinery, and cotton
separators; Consul-General
for Honduras in St.
Louis, Mo., 1896, 1898-1915; Honorary
Consul-General for Guatemala in St.
Louis, Mo., 1896-1921; Consul-General
for Central America in St.
Louis, Mo., 1897-98; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in St.
Louis, Mo., 1899-1903; St. Louis police
commissioner; Honorary
Consul for Salvador in St.
Louis, Mo., 1904-07.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Forestry Association; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
9, 1924 (age 83 years, 85
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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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.
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William Grymes Pettus (b. 1794) —
of St.
Charles County, Mo.
Born December
31, 1794.
Secretary
of state of Missouri, 1821-24.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Wilbur G. Williams (1852-1897) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Coshocton
County, Ohio, 1852.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Allegheny College; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1897 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Graeme Arbuckle (c.1839-1921) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Scotland,
about 1839.
Banker;
Consul
for Colombia in St.
Louis, Mo., 1898-1907; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in St.
Louis, Mo., 1911-18.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
1921 (age about 82
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Clyde W. Wagner (1878-1946) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Greene, Butler
County, Iowa, June 11,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1942; member of Missouri
state senate 29th District, 1945-46; died in office 1946.
Died February
13, 1946 (age 67 years, 247
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Joshua Pilcher (1790-1843) —
of Missouri.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., March
15, 1790.
Fur trader;
U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1825-27; Indian agent; Superintendent of Indian
Affairs.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of sickness resulting from exposure to
the elements, in St.
Louis, Mo., June 5,
1843 (age 53 years, 82
days).
Original interment at Christ Church Cemetery;
reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Pilcher (1749-1810) and Nancy Pilcher. |
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Samuel Lowry Biggers (1862-1899) —
also known as Samuel L. Biggers —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Old Orchard (now part of Webster Groves), St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., 1862.
Hardware
buyer; Consul
for Argentina in St.
Louis, Mo., 1895-98.
Died, from "quick consumption" (tuberculosis),
in Union
Station, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., 1899
(age about
37 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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McMillan Lewis (1903-1978) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 15,
1903.
Democrat. Insurance
broker; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1933-34; member of Missouri
state senate 32nd District, 1935-38.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1978
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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John S. Cavender —
of Missouri.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state senate 30th District, 1867-70; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868.
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) —
also known as James L. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 2,
1854.
Lawyer;
president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; general
counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition),
1901-03; indicted
in December, 1903, for forgery
of two deeds of trust to obtain
a loan from an estate he managed.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, either from suicide
(which he had attempted at least twice before) or from "congestion of
the brain", in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., January
16, 1904 (age 49 years, 289
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Western Bascome (1834-1922) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bermuda,
March, 1834.
Insurance
business; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in St.
Louis, Mo., 1887-1903.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
19, 1922 (age 87 years, 0
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Jacob Leonard Babler (1871-1945) —
also known as Jacob L. Babler —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in New Glarus, Green
County, Wis., May 3,
1871.
Republican. Life
insurance business; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1916-24; philanthropist; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 31st District,
1943-44.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died, from heart
disease, in St. Mary's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., May 31,
1945 (age 74 years, 28
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry John Babler and Sarah Salome (Lucksinger)
Babler. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
June 1, 1945 |
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Adolph Abeles (1817-1855) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Petchau, Bohemia (now Czechia),
April
3, 1817.
Merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives; elected 1850.
Jewish.
On the inaugural run of the Pacific Railroad, from St. Louis to
Jefferson City, Mo., he was drowned
when the bridge over the Gasconade River collapsed,
sending the train into
the water, near Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo., November
1, 1855 (age 38 years, 212
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George Poole Dorriss (1807-1882) —
also known as George P. Dorriss —
of Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., October
16, 1807.
Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member
of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1854; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1860.
Died November
29, 1882 (age 75 years, 44
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Joseph Edwin Lawton (1845-1916) —
also known as Joseph E. Lawton —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in England,
September
10, 1845.
Republican. Insurance
agent; elected Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 6th District
1916, but died before taking office.
Died, from interstitial
nephritis and arteriosclerosis,
in Deaconness Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., November
10, 1916 (age 71 years, 61
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth (Tatterson) Lawton and Joseph Lawton; married, March 7,
1871, to Mary Louise Ficke. |
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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.
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James Wideman Lee (1849-1919) —
also known as James W. Lee —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Rockbridge, Gwinnett
County, Ga., November
28, 1849.
Democrat. Minister;
writer;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1916.
Southern
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
4, 1919 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Zachery James Lee and Emily Harris (Wideman) Lee; married to Emma
Eufaula Ledbetter. |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant of God and Lover of
Man. Forty-Five Years a Methodist Preacher Who Lived and Died to Make
Earth and Heaven One." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Franklin Cannon (1851-1920) —
also known as John F. Cannon —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cabarrus
County, N.C., January
3, 1851.
Democrat. Minister;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904.
Presbyterian.
Struck
by an automobile, suffered severe injuries, and died four hours
later in St. Luke's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., March
12, 1920 (age 69 years, 69
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Thomas Key Niedringhaus (1860-1924) —
also known as Thomas K. Niedringhaus —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
21, 1860.
Republican. Vice-president, St. Louis Stamping Company,
vice-president, National Enameling and Stamping Company,
vice-president, Commonwealth Steel
Company; real estate
business; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1912-16; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1916.
Methodist.
Died October
26, 1924 (age 64 years, 5
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968) —
also known as Edgar M. Queeny —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
29, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president
(1928-43) and chairman (1943-60), Monsanto Chemical
Company; board chairman, Barnes Hospital;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1956.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo., July 7,
1968 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Calvary
Cemetery
5239 West Florissant Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
Founded 1857
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) —
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
8, 1820.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
In 1864, he led Union troops who attacked and burned Atlanta,
Georgia. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1891 (age 71 years, 6
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery; statue at Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Sherman Park, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles
Robert Sherman; brother of Charles
Taylor Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman and John
Sherman; married, May 1,
1850, to Eleanor Boyle Ewing (daughter of Thomas
Ewing); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (who married Alexander
Montgomery Thackara); uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who married Nelson
Appleton Miles) and Elizabeth Sherman (who married James
Donald Cameron); sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin of David
Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Aaron
Burr; third cousin of Phineas
Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche
M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Ira
Yale, Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan
Brace, Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo
Fairchild Barnum, Andrew
Gould Chatfield, Henry
Jarvis Raymond and Edwin
Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Yale, Theodore
Davenport, David
Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, Fred
Lockwood Keeler and Thomas
McKeen Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Otis
family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Sherman counties in Kan., Neb. and Ore. are
named for him. |
| | | The community
of Sherman,
Michigan, is named for
him. — Mount
Sherman, in Lake
and Park
counties, Colorado, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: W.
T. S. Rath
|
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about William T. Sherman: Stanley
P. Hirshson, The
White Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T.
Sherman |
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John Fletcher Darby (1803-1882) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Person
County, N.C., December
10, 1803.
Whig. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1835-37, 1840-41; member of Missouri state
legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1851-53.
Slaveowner.
Died near Pendleton Station, Warren
County, Mo., May 11,
1882 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Alfonso Juan Cervantes (1920-1983) —
also known as Alfonso J. Cervantes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
27, 1920.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1965-73.
Died in June, 1983
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Raymond R. Tucker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1953-65; defeated in primary, 1965; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Robert Emmet Hannegan (1903-1949) —
also known as Robert E. Hannegan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940;
speaker, 1944;
U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1943; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1944-47; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1945-47; part owner of the St. Louis
Cardinals baseball
team, 1947-49.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died suddenly from a heart
ailment, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
6, 1949 (age 46 years, 98
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Patrick Hannegan and Anna (Holden) Hannegan; married, November
14, 1929, to Irma Protzmann. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Truman
Library |
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Edward A. Noonan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1889-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1898.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Joseph M. Darst —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1949-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1952.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John W. Johnston —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Whig. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1833-35.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Bernard Pratte —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Whig. Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1844-46.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Daniel D. Taylor —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Republican. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1861-63.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Bryan Mullanphy —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1847-48.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James G. Barry —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1849-50.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Arthur B. Barret —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1875.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James H. Britton —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1875-76.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Lewis Vital Bogy (1813-1877) —
also known as Lewis V. Bogy —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., April 9,
1813.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1840; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1873-77; died in office 1877.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
20, 1877 (age 64 years, 164
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Alexander McNair (1775-1826) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mifflin County (part now in Juniata
County), Pa., May 5,
1775.
Register
of U.S. Land Office at St. Louis, Missouri, 1816; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; Governor of
Missouri, 1820-24.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March
18, 1826 (age 50 years, 317
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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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.
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John Joseph Cochran (1880-1947) —
also known as John J. Cochran —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., August
11, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Reps. William
L. Igoe and Harry
B. Hawes, and to U.S. Sen. William
J. Stone; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1926-47 (11th District 1926-33,
at-large 1933-35, 13th District 1935-47); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1934.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in DePaul Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., March 6,
1947 (age 66 years, 207
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William Leo Igoe (1879-1953) —
also known as William L. Igoe —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1913-21; candidate
for mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1925.
Catholic.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
20, 1953 (age 73 years, 183
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Joseph O'Neill (1846-1898) —
also known as John J. O'Neill —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 25,
1846.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1873-78 (St. Louis County 8th
District 1873-76, St. Louis County 3rd District 1877-78); U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1883-89, 1891-93, 1894-95 (8th
District 1883-89, 1891-93, 11th District 1894-95); defeated, 1888
(8th District), 1892 (11th District).
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
19, 1898 (age 51 years, 239
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Berchmans Sullivan (1897-1951) —
also known as John B. Sullivan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., October
10, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1941-43, 1945-47,
1949-51; defeated, 1942, 1946; died in office 1951.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Arbitration Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1951 (age 53 years, 111
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Seth Wallace Cobb (1838-1909) —
also known as Seth W. Cobb —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
5, 1838.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1891-97 (9th District 1891-93, 12th
District 1893-97).
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 22,
1909 (age 70 years, 168
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Claude Ignatius Bakewell (1912-1987) —
also known as Claude I. Bakewell —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
9, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1947-49, 1951-53;
defeated, 1948 (11th District), 1952 (3rd District); postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1958-82 (acting, 1958-59).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets.
Died in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., March
18, 1987 (age 74 years, 221
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James Joseph Butler (1862-1917) —
also known as James J. Butler —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
29, 1862.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1901-03, 1903-05;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1908.
Died, from acute
nephritis and diabetes,
in St.
Louis, Mo., May 31,
1917 (age 54 years, 275
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Richard Graham Frost (1851-1900) —
also known as R. Graham Frost —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
29, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1879-83; defeated,
1876.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
1, 1900 (age 48 years, 34
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Baptiste Charles Lucas (1758-1842) —
Born in Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France,
August
14, 1758.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1792-98; common pleas court judge
in Pennsylvania, 1794; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1803-05; justice of
Missouri territorial supreme court, 1805.
Slaveowner.
Died August
17, 1842 (age 84 years, 3
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William Mordecai Cooke (1823-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., December
11, 1823.
State court judge in Missouri, 1849; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in
office 1863.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., April
14, 1863 (age 39 years, 124
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Calvary
Cemetery.
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John Thomas Hunt (1860-1916) —
also known as John T. Hunt —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
2, 1860.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player and umpire;
stonecutter;
contractor;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1903-07; defeated,
1896.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
30, 1916 (age 56 years, 302
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881) —
of Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
28, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1852-53, 1857-61 (15th District
1852-53, 10th District 1857-61); delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Ohio County, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1881 (age 61 years, 63
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Patrick Francis Gill (1868-1923) —
also known as Patrick F. Gill —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., August
16, 1868.
Democrat. Grocer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1909-11, 1912-13;
defeated, 1910.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 21,
1923 (age 54 years, 278
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Clyde S. Cahill Jr. (1923-2004) —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 9,
1923.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 22nd Circuit, 1975-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1980-92;
took senior status 1992; senior judge, 1992-2004.
African
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
18, 2004 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Thomas Caute Reynolds (1821-1887) —
also known as Thomas C. Reynolds —
of Missouri.
Born in South Carolina, October
11, 1821.
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1853-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1860-61; Confederate Governor of Missouri
(in exile), 1862-65.
Killed
himself by leaping
down an elevator
shaft at the Customs House, St.
Louis, Mo., March
30, 1887 (age 65 years, 170
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Louis Ebenezer Miller (1899-1952) —
also known as Louis E. Miller —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Willisburg, Washington
County, Ky., April
30, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1932 (at-large), 1944 (11th District).
Member, American
Legion.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
1, 1952 (age 53 years, 185
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
|
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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.
|
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Bernard Gregory Caulfield (1828-1887) —
of Illinois.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), October
18, 1828.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1875-77.
Died in Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), December
19, 1887 (age 59 years, 62
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
|
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Michael Joseph Gill (1864-1918) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in New York, December
5, 1864.
Democrat. Glass
blower; glass
manufacturing business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1914-15; defeated,
1898 (10th District), 1912 (12th District), 1916 (12th District).
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from influenza
and bronchial
pneumonia, in St. John's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., November
1, 1918 (age 53 years, 331
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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James Lowery Donaldson Morrison (1816-1888) —
also known as J. L. D. Morrison —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., April
12, 1816.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1844; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; member of Illinois
state senate 5th District, 1849-52; Whig candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1856-57.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
14, 1888 (age 72 years, 124
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
|
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George Bradley Kellogg (1826-1875) —
also known as George B. Kellogg —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., November
6, 1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Adjutant
General of Vermont, 1854-59; postmaster at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
12, 1875 (age 49 years, 6
days).
Original interment at Holy Trinity Cemetery;
reinterment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875) and Jane (McAfee) Kellogg; half-brother of Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918); married, March
15, 1847, to Mary Lee Sikes; second cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger and Edward
Stanley Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of John
Allen and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of John
William Allen, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Jason
Kellogg, Eli
Elmer, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill and Timothy
Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Chapin; fourth cousin of Stephen
Wright Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, John
Calhoun Lewis, George
Smith Catlin, Ira
Allen Eastman, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Henry
Gould Lewis, Harvey
Gridley Eastman, George
Eastman, Clement
Phineas Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
|
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Henri Chouteau (1889-1952) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., September
25, 1889.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 4th District,
1925-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1926; candidate for
Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1948.
Died in St. Louis
County, Mo., March
14, 1952 (age 62 years, 171
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Michael Kinney (1875-1971) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
13, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state senate, 1913-68 (31st District 1913-48, 5th District
1949-68); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960.
Shot
and wounded by two unidentified men in a car, at Oakwood, Mo., June
3, 1924.
Died February
19, 1971 (age 96 years, 37
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Brother-in-law of Willie Egan; married to Edith
Holdich. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
|
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Joseph Hilary Brogan (1880-1940) —
also known as Joseph H. Brogan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March
30, 1880.
Democrat. Postal
clerk; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 33rd District, 1909-40; died in office 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1912
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1940.
Died in Richmond Heights, St. Louis
County, Mo., July 22,
1940 (age 60 years, 114
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Anna Nemov. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
|
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William Edward Hilsman (1900-1964) —
also known as William E. Hilsman —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 22,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1949-64; died in office 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Lordsburg, Hidalgo
County, N.M., March
24, 1964 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Peter R. Morrissey (1859-1895) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St. Louis
County, Mo., August
14, 1859.
Democrat. Saloon
keeper; arrested
in December 1886 on federal charges
of vote
fraud; found
guilty in April 1887, but released because the indictment did not
specify that the ballots were for a federal office; indicted
again soon after, but the charges were dropped in November; indicted
for naturalization
fraud in 1889, but not convicted; member of Missouri
state senate 31st District, 1893-95; died in office 1895.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
While in bed, he was shot
twice with his own pistol, and killed,
by his mistress,
Maud Lewis, in her "house of ill
repute", in St.
Louis, Mo., May 13,
1895 (age 35 years, 272
days). After a dramatic and highly publicized trial, Maud Lewis
was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to fifteen years
in prison; she was pardoned by Gov. Lon
Vest Stephens in January 1901.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Daniel Kerwin (1826-1907) —
also known as "Honest Dan" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in County Kildare, Ireland,
August
13, 1826.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
manufacturer;
proprietor, Anchor Iron Works and Bolt Factory; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1880;
member of Missouri
state senate 34th District, 1887-90.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., November
3, 1907 (age 81 years, 82
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Kerwin and Mary (Reeves) Kerwin; married 1854 to Mary
E. Knight. |
|
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Robert M. Uxa (1885-1965) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
11, 1885.
Democrat. Business
manager, Local 21, St. Louis Upholsterers' Union; organizer
for the International Union of Upholsterers; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1939-42, 1945-62 (St. Louis City
3rd District 1939-42, 1945-46, St. Louis City 9th District 1947-62).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in November, 1965
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Robert H. Betts (1811-1889) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in London, England,
February, 1811.
Democrat. Foundry
business; wholesale
grocer; real estate
business; Vice-Consul
for Spain in St.
Louis, Mo., 1864-89.
Catholic.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
8, 1889 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
|
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William Louis Lindhorst (1890-1954) —
also known as Will L. Lindhorst —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
22, 1890.
Democrat. Magician;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 5th District,
1935-38.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 7,
1954 (age 63 years, 319
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Joseph Nangle (1891-1960) —
also known as John J. Nangle —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., March
28, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; treasurer of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1933-42; member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 1947.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died August
23, 1960 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
|
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Martin Ward (1874-1914) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Missouri, May 5,
1874.
Democrat. Bartender;
elected Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District
1914, but died before taking office.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1914 (age 40 years, 205
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Edgar George Boedeker (1915-2001) —
also known as Edgar G. Boedeker —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.; University City, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
10, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis County 4th
District, 1947-50.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Died August
4, 2001 (age 85 years, 267
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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have (or had) monuments here: |
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John H. Poelker (1913-1990) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
14, 1913.
Democrat. FBI
special agent; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1973-77; defeated in primary, 1977.
Catholic.
Died, February
9, 1990 (age 76 years, 301
days). His body was
donated to the St. Louis University medical school.
Cenotaph at Calvary Cemetery.
|
Cathedral
Basilica of St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Joseph Glennon (1862-1946) —
also known as John J. Glennon —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Kinnegad, County Westmeath, Ireland,
June
14, 1862.
Democrat. Catholic
priest; Archbishop of St. Louis, 1903-46; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Dublin, Ireland,
March
9, 1946 (age 83 years, 268
days).
Entombed at Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.
|
Christ Church
Cemetery
St. Louis, Missouri
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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George French Strother (1783-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1783.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1817-20.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1840
(age about
57 years).
Original interment at Christ Church Cemetery; reinterment in 1860 at
Bellefontaine Cemetery.
|
| |
Joshua Pilcher (1790-1843) —
of Missouri.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., March
15, 1790.
Fur trader;
U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1825-27; Indian agent; Superintendent of Indian
Affairs.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of sickness resulting from exposure to
the elements, in St.
Louis, Mo., June 5,
1843 (age 53 years, 82
days).
Original interment at Christ Church Cemetery; reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Joshua Pilcher (1749-1810) and Nancy Pilcher. |
|
Concordia
Cemetery
4209 Bates Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Founded 1856
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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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.
|
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Milton Fred Napier (1900-1972) —
also known as Milton F. Napier —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
3, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; accountant;
criminal court judge in Missouri, 1930; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1943-44; defeated, 1944; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1947-50; defeated, 1950 (2nd
District), 1956 (1st District), 1960 (1st District), 1964 (1st
District).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died, from cancer,
in Lutheran Medical
Center, St.
Louis, Mo., October
11, 1972 (age 72 years, 38
days).
Interment at Concordia Cemetery.
|
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George Eigel (1883-1968) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mascoutah, St. Clair
County, Ill., June 14,
1883.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1919-22, 1943-44 (St. Louis City
1st District 1919-22, St. Louis City 2nd District 1943-44).
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
23, 1968 (age 84 years, 223
days).
Interment at Concordia Cemetery.
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Father Dickson's
Cemetery
St. Louis, Missouri
| Politicians buried
here: |
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James Milton Turner (1840-1915) —
also known as J. Milton Turner —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in slavery
in St.
Louis, Mo., 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1871-78; stabbed
in the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.
African
ancestry.
First
African-American to serve as a U.S. diplomat.
Died, as the result of a railroad
tank car explosion,
in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., November
1, 1915 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Father Dickson's Cemetery.
|
Hillcrest
Abbey
3211 Sublette Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
Founded 1897
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
| |
Edward Charles Kehr (1837-1918) —
also known as Edward C. Kehr —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
5, 1837.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1875-77; defeated,
1876 (1st District), 1892 (10th District).
Died April
20, 1918 (age 80 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest Abbey.
|
| |
Carman Adam Newcomb (1830-1902) —
also known as Carman A. Newcomb —
of West Union, Fayette
County, Iowa; Vineland, Jefferson
County, Mo.; Missouri.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., July 1,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer; Fayette
County Circuit Judge, 1855-60; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1867-69.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 6,
1902 (age 71 years, 279
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest Abbey.
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Ferdinand Diehm (1844-1916) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born March
21, 1844.
Banker;
Consul
for Austria-Hungary in St.
Louis, Mo., 1883-1907.
Died June 19,
1916 (age 72 years, 90
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Abbey.
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Adolph E. Methudy (1876-1913) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
7, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 30th District, 1907-12.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Highlands Sanatorium,
Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., December
16, 1913 (age 37 years, 100
days).
Entombed at Hillcrest Abbey.
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Paul W. O. Preisler (1902-1971) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Missouri, May 31,
1902.
Socialist. Chemist;
college
instructor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1934, 1936, 1938;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Died November
20, 1971 (age 69 years, 173
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest Abbey.
|
Holy Trinity
Cemetery
St. Louis,
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
| |
George Bradley Kellogg (1826-1875) —
also known as George B. Kellogg —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., November
6, 1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Adjutant
General of Vermont, 1854-59; postmaster at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
12, 1875 (age 49 years, 6
days).
Original interment at Holy Trinity Cemetery; reinterment at Calvary Cemetery.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875) and Jane (McAfee) Kellogg; half-brother of Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918); married, March
15, 1847, to Mary Lee Sikes; second cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger and Edward
Stanley Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of John
Allen and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of John
William Allen, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Jason
Kellogg, Eli
Elmer, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill and Timothy
Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Chapin; fourth cousin of Stephen
Wright Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, John
Calhoun Lewis, George
Smith Catlin, Ira
Allen Eastman, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Henry
Gould Lewis, Harvey
Gridley Eastman, George
Eastman, Clement
Phineas Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
|
Old City
Cemetery
St. Louis, Missouri
| Politicians buried
here: |
| |
Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802-1831) —
also known as Spencer D. Pettis —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., 1802.
Democrat. Secretary
of state of Missouri, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1829-31; died in office
1831.
The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel and ultimately a duel with
Maj. Thomas Biddle, in which both fell mortally
wounded; died the next day, in St.
Louis, Mo., August
28, 1831 (age about 29
years).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
|
Old Grace Church
Cemetery
St. Louis, Missouri
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1760.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10; Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12; Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1812-13; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
18, 1814 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Old Grace Church Cemetery; reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Old Sts. Peter
and Paul Cemetery
7030 Gravois Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
Founded 1865
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
St. Marcus
Cemetery
St. Louis, Missouri
Sts. Peter and
Paul Catholic Cemetery
7030 Gravois Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
Founded 1865
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Fred Ray Columbo (1903-1952) —
also known as Fred R. Columbo —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 30,
1903.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1945-52 (St. Louis City 1st
District 1945-46, St. Louis City 2nd District 1947-52); died in
office 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1948,
1952.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
16, 1952 (age 49 years, 200
days).
Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery.
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J. Jules Brinkman (1901-1987) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 18,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 2nd District,
1935-40.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
31, 1987 (age 85 years, 227
days).
Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery.
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