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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, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Thomas Blair Jr. (1902-1962) —
also known as James T. Blair, Jr. —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo., March
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cole County, 1929-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1936,
1960;
chair
of Cole County Democratic Party, 1939; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; mayor
of Jefferson City, Mo., 1947-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1949-57; Governor of
Missouri, 1957-61.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Nu Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Kiwanis;
Eagles.
Died, along with his wife, of accidental carbon
monoxide poisoning, when exhaust fumes from a car left
running in an attached garage entered their home through the air
conditioning system, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 12,
1962 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Maxwell Blake (1877-1959) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., November
15, 1877.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Funchal, 1906-07; Dunfermline, 1907-10; U.S. Consul General in Bogotá, 1910; Tangier, 1910-21, 1925-41; Melbourne, 1924-25; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Morocco, 1917-21, 1925-41.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died January
22, 1959 (age 81 years, 68
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
also known as William T. Bland —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
15, 1928 (age 66 years, 359
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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James Henry Brown (b. 1859) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
3, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for railroads;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1890-92.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Cordes Brown and Jane Cory (Thompson) Brown; married, December
3, 1884, to Mary A. Clark. |
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James Marsh Douglas (b. 1896) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
6, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1935-37; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1937-47; appointed 1937.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of the Revolution; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Bond Douglas and Francesca (Kimball) Douglas; married, August
5, 1939, to Mary Elizabeth Lumaghi. |
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Arminius Theophilus Haeberle (1874-1943) —
also known as Arminius T. Haeberle —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
23, 1874.
College
instructor; school
principal; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1908-10; Tegucigalpa, 1910-13; St. Michaels, 1913-15; Pernambuco, 1915-19; Rio de Janeiro, 1919-23; Sao Paulo, 1923-25; U.S. Consul General in Dresden, 1925-36.
German
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Rotary.
Died October
26, 1943 (age 69 years, 276
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Louis F. Haeberle and Flora Lemen (Bock)
Haeberle. |
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memorial |
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(1917) |
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Louis Folwell Hart (1862-1929) —
also known as Louis F. Hart —
of Washington.
Born in High Point, Moniteau
County, Mo., January
4, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; fire
insurance business; Lieutenant
Governor of Washington, 1913-19; Governor of
Washington, 1919-25.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen.
Died December
5, 1929 (age 67 years, 335
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Park, Tumwater, Wash.
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1904,
1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.
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George Wylie Paul Hunt (1859-1934) —
also known as George W. P. Hunt —
of Globe, Gila
County, Ariz.
Born in Huntsville, Randolph
County, Mo., November
1, 1859.
Democrat. Rancher; merchant;
member of Arizona
territorial legislature, 1892-1900, 1904-10; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1900;
delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1910; Governor of
Arizona, 1912-17, 1917-19, 1923-29, 1931-33; defeated in primary,
1932, 1934; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1920-21.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1934 (age 75 years, 53
days).
Interment at Papago
Park, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Laurance Mastick Hyde (1892-1978) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., February
2, 1892.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1942-55; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1949-51.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary;
Freemasons;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1978
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Anthony F. Ittner (b. 1872) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Berlin Heights, Erie
County, Ohio, November
23, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1923-27.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Vaughn Long (1908-1972) —
also known as Edward V. Long —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.; Clarksville, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Whiteside, Lincoln
County, Mo., July 18,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-41; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-56 (11th District 1945-48, 21st District
1949-56); Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1957-60; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1960-68; appointed 1960; resigned 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died near Eolia, Pike
County, Mo., November
6, 1972 (age 64 years, 111
days).
Interment at Grandview
Burial Park, Near Hannibal, Ralls County, Mo.
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William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896) —
also known as William R. Marshall —
of St. Croix Falls, Polk
County, Wis.; St. Anthony, Hennepin
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., October
17, 1825.
Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1848; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1849; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1866-70; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1874, 1876; appointed 1874,
1876.
Swedenborgian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Succeeded in removing the word "white" (race) from the Minnesota
state constitution.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
8, 1896 (age 70 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Gaylord Patrick O'Connor (1916-1994) —
also known as Gaylord P. O'Connor; Pat
O'Connor —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.
Born in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
20, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1952.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of the War of 1812; Reserve
Officers Association; Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Pike County Memorial Hospital,
Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., December
26, 1994 (age 78 years, 36
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Near Louisiana, Pike County, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Vincent O'Connor and Clelia Emma (Ince) O'Connor; married,
June
19, 1943, to Martha Jeanne Wing. |
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Paul McDonald Robinett (1893-1975) —
also known as Paul M. Robinett —
of Mountain Grove, Wright
County, Mo.
Born in Mountain Grove, Wright
County, Mo., December
19, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in
the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of
the War of 1812.
Died February
5, 1975 (age 81 years, 48
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Mountain Grove, Mo.
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William Henry Robinett (1898-1971) —
also known as W. H. Robinett —
of Mountain Grove, Wright
County, Mo.
Born in Mountain Grove, Wright
County, Mo., November
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1943-54 (22nd District 1943-46, 26th District
1947-54).
Member, Freemasons;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Mountain Grove, Wright
County, Mo., December
27, 1971 (age 73 years, 39
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Mountain Grove, Mo.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Lawyer;
Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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Lloyd Crow Stark (1886-1972) —
also known as Lloyd C. Stark —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
23, 1886.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; nurseryman;
Governor
of Missouri, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary;
Elks;
Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
17, 1972 (age 85 years, 299
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.
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Willard Duncan Vandiver (1854-1932) —
also known as Willard D. Vandiver —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Hardy
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March
30, 1854.
Democrat. College
teacher; president,
State Normal School (now Southeast Missouri State University),
1893-97; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1897-1905; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker);
Missouri Insurance Commissioner, 1905-09; vice-president, Central
States Life
Insurance Co., 1911-12; Assistant Treasurer of the United States,
1913-21.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
The phrase, "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me" is attributed
to him.
Died May 30,
1932 (age 78 years, 61
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Frank Lee Wilkinson (1888-1958) —
also known as Frank L. Wilkinson; Frank Courtney
Wilkinson —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August
30, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1915-20; defeated, 1942; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-48, 1953-56 (7th District 1945-48, 11th
District 1953-56).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons of the Revolution.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
3, 1958 (age 70 years, 95
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Lee Wilkinson and Myrtle (Fuqua) Wilkinson; married 1916 to
Frances Catherine Shryock. |
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memorial |
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