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George Larkin Alley (1864-1948) —
also known as George L. Alley —
of Caldwell, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Harrison
County, Mo., December
28, 1864.
Telegraph operator; railway
baggage agent; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1897; mayor
of Caldwell, Idaho, 1897-98; defeated, 1898.
Died December
7, 1948 (age 83 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elanson McCarty Alley and Louisa Ann Elizabeth (Flint) Alley;
married, January
14, 1886, to Mary ETta Baker; married to Lula Casford and Mary
Lucy Wells. |
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Frank Sanford Hannah (b. 1870) —
also known as Frank S. Hannah —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo., April
10, 1870.
Telegraph operator; insurance
business; U.S. Consul in Magdeburg, 1904-10; Kehl, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American
Telephone and Telegraph Co. and president, Bell
Telephone Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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William Job (1864-1952) —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Fillmore, Putnam
County, Ind., November
15, 1864.
Democrat. Farmer; one
of the organizers of the Farmers' Mutual Telephone Company at
Maryville, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Nodaway County, 1917-20,
1923-34; defeated, 1920, 1942.
Died in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., December
5, 1952 (age 88 years, 20
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Job and Nancy (Wright) Job; married, December
24, 1884, to Clara E. Bishop; father of William
Lewis Job. |
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1917 |
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Dowe Jefferson Lance (1916-2002) —
also known as D. Jeff Lance —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Oregon
County, Mo., May 25,
1916.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
legal secretary to Gov. Forrest
Smith, 1950-52; attorney, legal department, Southwestern Bell
Telephone, 1952-56; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1961-62.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons;
Lions;
Kiwanis.
Died August
2, 2002 (age 86 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Luther Lance and Attie (Jenkins) Lance; married, July 26,
1943, to Marguerite Coffman. |
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Theron Eads Roberts (1907-1968) —
also known as Theron E. Roberts; Tex
Roberts —
of Diamond, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Wheeler, Wheeler
County, Tex., March
22, 1907.
Democrat. Telegrapher; railway
station agent; newspaper
publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Newton County, 1935-38;
member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1939-42; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order
of Railroad Telegraphers.
Died November
12, 1968 (age 61 years, 235
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James M. Sliger (1851-1925) —
of Rock Port, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Tenn., May 21,
1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; merchant;
bank
director; Atchison
County Treasurer, 1897-1900; automobile
dealer; president, Rock Port Mutual Telephone Company;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1909-10;
defeated, 1910; chair of
Atchison County Democratic Party, 1916; mayor of Rock Port,
Missouri, 1921-25.
Presbyterian;
later Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in a hospital
at Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., March
21, 1925 (age 73 years, 304
days).
Interment at Millsap Cemetery, Rock Port, Mo.
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