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George Forrest Alexander (1882-1948) —
also known as George F. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Multnomah County Democratic Party, 1914-18; candidate for circuit
judge in Oregon, 1922; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1934-46.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks;
Woodmen.
Died May 16,
1948 (age 66 years, 26
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Aurelius L. Armstrong (1854-1926) —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Hickory
County, Mo., August
8, 1854.
Democrat. Druggist; mayor
of Clinton, Mo., 1904-05; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Henry County, 1911-14.
Christian.
Member, Modern Woodmen.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., August
24, 1926 (age 72 years, 16
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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William Oscar Atkeson (1854-1931) —
also known as William O. Atkeson —
of Butler, Bates
County, Mo.
Born near Buffalo, Putnam
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
24, 1854.
Lawyer;
Bates
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1900 (People's), 1906 (Republican), 1908 (Republican), 1918
(Republican), 1922 (Republican), 1924 (Republican).
Member, Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Butler, Bates
County, Mo., October
16, 1931 (age 77 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Butler, Mo.
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William Edward Barton (1868-1955) —
also known as William E. Barton —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.
Born in Pickens
County, S.C., April
11, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Texas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-02; circuit judge in Missouri
19th Circuit, 1923-28, 1935-46; defeated, 1928, 1946; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1931-33.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis, in Springfield Baptist Hospital,
Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., July 29,
1955 (age 87 years, 109
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Cemetery, Houston, 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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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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William Louis Boatright (1876-1938) —
also known as William L. Boatright —
of Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Gentry
County, Mo., June 14,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1925-28; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen of the World; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo., November
25, 1938 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of James B. Boatright and Hattie A. (Christian) Boatright; married,
February
7, 1898, to Minnie E. Stump. |
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Thomas K. Bowman (1859-1948) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Apollo, Armstrong
County, Pa., November
6, 1859.
Democrat. Carpenter;
building
contractor; mayor
of Springfield, Mo., 1914-16; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1923-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America; Moose.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., October
17, 1948 (age 88 years, 346
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Mo.
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Richard Beldon Bridgeman (1875-1948) —
also known as Richard B. Bridgeman —
of Oregon, Holt
County, Mo.
Born in Bigelow, Holt
County, Mo., December
24, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
circuit judge in Missouri 5th Circuit, 1933-46; defeated, 1946.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern Woodmen of America.
Died in Oregon, Holt
County, Mo., October
24, 1948 (age 72 years, 305
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Oregon, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Franklin Bridgeman and Mary Ellen (Catron) Bridgeman;
married, May 17,
1899, to Mattie Groves. |
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memorial |
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Missouri (1915) |
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William Thomas Carrington (1853-1937) —
also known as William T. Carrington —
of Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Callaway
County, Mo., January
23, 1853.
School
teacher and principal; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1899-1906.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Modern Woodmen of America.
Died in Cole
County, Mo., January
20, 1937 (age 83 years, 363
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Robert Green Crow (1883-1942) —
also known as Robert G. Crow; Bob Crow —
of Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Scott
County, Mo., December
24, 1883.
Republican. Insurance
agent; postmaster at Caruthersville,
Mo., 1909-14; indicted
in October 1915 on federal charges of revealing
information from the federal civil service examination, to help his
half-brother, James L. Crow; pleaded
guilty in April 1916, and was fined
$500.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Modern Woodmen.
On December 21, 1914, he mysteriously disappeared from the Pontiac
Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., leaving behind all of his clothes, and the
room disordered as if a scuffle had taken place; he was thought to
have been kidnapped and murdered by a gang, but a few months later,
he was found to be serving in the U.S. Army.
Died in Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex., September
16, 1942 (age 58 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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W. D. Cruce (1904-1972) —
also known as Bill Cruce —
of El Dorado Springs, Cedar
County, Mo.
Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., September
1, 1904.
Republican. Druggist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cedar County, 1947-52;
candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1952.
Christian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen of
America.
Died in 1972
(age about
67 years).
Interment at El Dorado Springs Cemetery, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
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Herman Preston Faris (1858-1936) —
also known as Herman P. Faris —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born near Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio, December
25, 1858.
Banker;
real
estate broker; Prohibition candidate for secretary
of state of Missouri, 1888; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1920; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died March
20, 1936 (age 77 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Davis Faris and Sarah Plumer (Preston) Faris; married, April
26, 1880, to Adda Winters; married, February
6, 1911, to Sallie A. Lewis. |
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Scott Ferris (1877-1945) —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born in Neosho, Newton
County, Mo., November
3, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1904-05; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-21 (5th District 1907-15, 6th
District 1915-21); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1924-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 8,
1945 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Alva Clark Forney (1871-1956) —
also known as A. Clark Forney —
of Oelrichs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Holt
County, Mo., February
25, 1871.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
rancher;
banker;
mining
business; Fall
River County Treasurer, 1905-08; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 43rd District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1925-27.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died April
11, 1956 (age 85 years, 46
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Christian W. Forney and Mary Ellen (Iddings) Forney; married, December
29, 1903, to Nellie Hartman. |
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J. O. Hays (b. 1882) —
of Phillipsburg, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born January
30, 1882.
Republican. Blacksmith;
grocer; hardware
merchant; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1947-48.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Modern Woodmen of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Meda Rector. |
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Robert Davis Johnson (1883-1961) —
also known as Robert D. Johnson —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.
Born near Slater, Saline
County, Mo., August
12, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; Saline
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1915-23; Saline
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1924-28; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1931-33; candidate for
circuit judge in Missouri 15th Circuit, 1946.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Marshall, Saline
County, Mo., October
23, 1961 (age 78 years, 72
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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Elmer O. Jones (1881-1943) —
of La Plata, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in New Boston, Linn
County, Mo., October
19, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Macon County, 1919-20,
1931-32; candidate for Missouri
state attorney general, 1924, 1928.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Modern Woodmen.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Marceline, Linn
County, Mo., April
27, 1943 (age 61 years, 190
days).
Interment at La Plata Cemetery, La Plata, Mo.
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Roger Elmer Kirchner (1890-1984) —
also known as Roger E. Kirchner —
of Otterville, Cooper
County, Mo.; Syracuse, Morgan
County, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., July 15,
1890.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1925-30, 1935-36, 1955-64 (Cooper
County 1925-28, Morgan County 1929-30, 1935-36, 1955-64); delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 14th District,
1943-44.
Baptist.
Member, Modern Woodmen of America; Freemasons.
Died February
2, 1984 (age 93 years, 202
days).
Interment at Syracuse Cemetery, Syracuse, Mo.
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Thomas Bell Love (1870-1948) —
also known as Thomas B. Love —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Webster
County, Mo., June 23,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1896-98; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-07; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1906-07; Texas
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, 1907-10; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1920-24; member of Texas
state senate, 1927-30; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen.
Died September
17, 1948 (age 78 years, 86
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Calvin Love and Sarah Jane (Rodgers) Love; married, June 11,
1892, to Mattie Roberta Goode. |
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Richard Nathaniel Lower (1850-1933) —
also known as R. N. Lower —
of Longwood Township, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Oldham
County, Ky., January
15, 1850.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Missouri
state senate 15th District, 1925-28.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Struck
by a train and killed, at the Missouri Pacific railroad
station, in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., March
29, 1933 (age 83 years, 73
days).
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Longwood, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of George Lower and Margaret Lower; brother-in-law of Fred MacChesney
(nephew by marriage of James
Peter Walker); married to Nancy Margaret Godby; married, June 15,
1892, to Anna Jane McChesney. |
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David Aris Pollard (1866-1952) —
also known as David A. Pollard —
of Calhoun, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Clayton, Adams
County, Ill., May 27,
1866.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
druggist;
mayor of Calhoun, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Henry County, 1925-28,
1935-36.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America.
Died in Calhoun, Henry
County, Mo., October
21, 1952 (age 86 years, 147
days).
Interment at Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, Mo.
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Henry Thomas Rainey (1860-1934) —
also known as Henry T. Rainey —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., August
20, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1903-21, 1923-34;
defeated, 1920; died in office 1934; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1933-34; died in office 1934; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1924,
1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
19, 1934 (age 73 years, 364
days).
Interment at Carrollton
Cemetery, Carrollton, Ill.
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John Edward Ramer (1869-1926) —
also known as John E. Ramer —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.
Born in Bethany, Harrison
County, Mo., October
27, 1869.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Colorado, 1915-17; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1921-25.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
In May, 1922, he halted a revolution in Nicaragua by threatening to
bring in the U.S. Marines.
Died, of heart
disease, in Denver,
Colo., July 2,
1926 (age 56 years, 248
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colo.
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Charles E. Rearick —
of Garden City, Cass
County, Mo.; Pleasant Hill, Cass
County, Mo.
Born in Beavertown, Snyder
County, Pa.
Republican. Mail
carrier; produce
merchant; postmaster;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cass County, 1947-48;
defeated, 1944, 1948, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen of the World.
Burial location unknown.
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Milton Andrew Romjue (1874-1968) —
also known as Milton A. Romjue —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Love Lake, Macon
County, Mo., December
5, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Missouri, 1907-15; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1917-21, 1923-43 (1st District
1917-21, 1923-33, at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-43); defeated,
1920, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., January
23, 1968 (age 93 years, 49
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Macon, Mo.
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Asier Jacob Speer (1874-1940) —
also known as Asier J. Speer —
of Greenbrier, Bollinger
County, Mo.; Deering, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Martin
County, Ind., December
10, 1874.
Republican. School
teacher; physician;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Bollinger County, 1917-20.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Modern Woodmen.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., November
21, 1940 (age 65 years, 347
days).
Interment at Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Mo.
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Lorenzo Dow Thompson (1873-1951) —
also known as L. D. Thompson —
of New Bloomfield, Callaway
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born near Vandalia, Ralls
County, Mo., November
22, 1873.
Republican. Postmaster;
merchant;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1921-25; defeated, 1916; Missouri
state auditor, 1925-33; Republican candidate for secretary
of state of Missouri, 1936, 1944 (primary).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America; Lions; Knights of
the Maccabees.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., October
1, 1951 (age 77 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Lewis Thompson and Drusilla (Branstetter) Thompson; married
1901 to
Ellen Rebecca Bryan. |
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