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William Henry Black (1854-1930) —
also known as William H. Black —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., March
19, 1854.
Republican. Minister;
president, Missouri Valley College, 1890-1926; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Presbyterian.
Died June 22,
1930 (age 76 years, 95
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Felix Grundy Black and Lydia Catherine (Frederick) Black;
married 1879 to Mary
Ella Henderson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Thomas Blair (1871-1944) —
also known as James T. Blair —
of Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Loudon, Loudon
County, Tenn., November
11, 1871.
Democrat. College
professor; president, Obion College, 1895-96; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1899-1902; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1915-24; defeated, 1924; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April
12, 1944 (age 72 years, 153
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Roy D. Blunt (b. 1950) —
also known as Roy Blunt —
of Strafford, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Niangua, Webster
County, Mo., January
10, 1950.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Missouri, 1985-93; President, Southwest
Baptist University, 1993-96.; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1997-.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Andrew Gregg (1877-1953) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Eureka, Greenwood
County, Kan., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Pastor; missionary;
president, Edward Waters College, 1913-20; president,
Wilberforce University, 1920-24; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
17, 1953 (age 75 years, 365
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Herbert Spencer Hadley (1872-1927) —
also known as Herbert S. Hadley —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., February
20, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03; Missouri
state attorney general, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1912,
1916;
Governor
of Missouri, 1909-13; law
professor; Chancellor, Washington University, 1923-27.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
1, 1927 (age 55 years, 284
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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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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John Robert Kirk (1851-1937) —
also known as John R. Kirk —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Bureau
County, Ill., January
24, 1851.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1895-98; president, Northeast
Missouri State Teacher's College.
Died in Knox
County, Mo., November
7, 1937 (age 86 years, 287
days).
Interment at Maple
Hills Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Kirk and Mary Jane (Reid) Kirk; married, July 15,
1875, to Rebecca Idella Burns. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri
Legislature 1897 |
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Uel Walter Lamkin (1877-1956) —
also known as Uel W. Lamkin —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.; Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in California, Moniteau
County, Mo., January
18, 1877.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; Henry
County School Commissioner, 1902-07; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1916-18; appointed 1916;
president, Northwest Missouri State Teachers College.
Died, from a pulmonary
embolism due to heart
disease, in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., September
16, 1956 (age 79 years, 242
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Francis Lewis McCluer (1896-1979) —
also known as Franc L. McCluer;
"Bullet" —
of Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo.
Born in O'Fallon, St. Charles
County, Mo., March
27, 1896.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri;
president, Westminster College, 1933-47, and Lindenwood
College, 1947-66; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 10th District,
1943-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died March
30, 1979 (age 83 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence Eugene McCluer and Martha Virginia (Savage) McCluer;
married, September
2, 1920, to Ida Belle Richmond. |
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Charles Herbert Miles (1854-1928) —
also known as Charles H. Miles —
of Moundville, Vernon
County, Mo.; Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo.
Born in Bremer
County, Iowa, July 31,
1854.
Republican. School
teacher; president, Cooper College, Moundville, Mo.; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Benton County, 1919-20;
defeated, 1908.
Died in Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo., July 31,
1928 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Warsaw, Mo.
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Thomas William Nadal (b. 1875) —
also known as Thomas W. Nadal —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Milroy, Rush
County, Ind., June 17,
1875.
Republican. College
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1911-17; appointed 1911; acting
president, Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., 1915-16;
president, Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1917.
Congregationalist.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Modern
Language Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Nadal and Jerusha (Richey) Nadal; married, June 2,
1909, to Kathryne Dillingham Wyckoff. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1911 |
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James Ivan Spainhower (1928-2018) —
also known as Jim Spainhower —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Stanberry, Gentry
County, Mo., August
3, 1928.
Democrat. Minister;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Saline County, 1963-70; Missouri
state treasurer, 1973-81; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1976; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1980; president, Colleege of he Ozarks;
president, Lindenwood University.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died, in the Foxwood Springs Living
Center, Raymore, Cass
County, Mo., December
12, 2018 (age 90 years, 131
days).
Interment at Raymore Cemetery, Raymore, Mo.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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John Newton Tillman (1859-1929) —
also known as John N. Tillman —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., December
13, 1859.
Democrat. Member of Arkansas
state senate, 1888-92; prosecuting attorney, 4th District,
1892-98; district judge in Arkansas 4th District, 1900-05;
president, University of Arkansas, 1905-12; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1915-29.
Died in 1929
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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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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Oliver B. Whitaker (1869-1942) —
of Weaubleau, Hickory
County, Mo.
Born in Weaubleau, Hickory
County, Mo., July 20,
1869.
Republican. President of Weaubleau College, Missouri; of
Lincoln College, Kansas; and Union College, Indiana; author; banker;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Hickory County, 1913-14,
1917-24, 1929-36, 1939-42; died in office 1942; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1924 (7th District), 1936 (2nd
District).
Died May 4,
1942 (age 72 years, 288
days).
Interment at Weaubleau Congregational Christian Cemetery, Weaubleau, Mo.
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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, St. Louis, Mo.
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Robert Coldwell Wood (1923-2005) —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
16, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; college
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969;
president, University of Massachusetts, 1970-77.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 1,
2005 (age 81 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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