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Richard Meloan Duncan (1889-1974) —
also known as Richard M. Duncan —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Platte
County, Mo., November
10, 1889.
Son of Richard F. Duncan and Margaret (Meloan) Duncan.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1933-43 (at-large 1933-35, 3rd
District 1935-43); defeated, 1942; U.S.
District Judge for Missouri, 1943.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August 1,
1974 (age 84 years, 264
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Philip James Welch (1895-1963) —
also known as Phil J. Welch —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., April 4,
1895.
Democrat. Sales manager for a furniture
company; mayor
of St. Joseph, Mo., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1949-53.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., April 26,
1963 (age 68 years, 22
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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David William Hopkins (1897-1968) —
also known as David W. Hopkins —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas, 1897.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1929-33.
Died in 1968
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Robert Marcellus Stewart (1815-1871) —
of Missouri.
Born March 12,
1815.
Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 7th District,
1845-46; Governor of
Missouri, 1857-61.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
21, 1871 (age 56 years, 193
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Silas Woodson (1819-1896) —
of Knox
County, Ky.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., May 18,
1819.
Son of Wade Netherland Woodson and Alice (Chick) Woodson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842, 1853-55; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1860-70; Governor of
Missouri, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1881-96.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Died October
9, 1896 (age 77 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Relatives: Third
cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; first cousin of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827); son of Wade Netherland Woodson and
Alice (Chick) Woodson; first cousin once removed of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); married, September
13, 1842, to Mary Jane McRoberts (1825-1845); married, July 27,
1846, to Olivia Adams (1828-1856); married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Juliet Lard (1846-1907); third cousin twice
removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; first cousin twice removed of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson. See Woodson
family of Kentucky. |
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Governors Association biography |
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Willard Preble Hall (1820-1882) —
also known as Willard P. Hall —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 9,
1820.
Son of John Hall and Statica (Preble) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1847-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1861-64; Governor of
Missouri, 1864-65.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
3, 1882 (age 62 years, 178
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Robert Wilson (1803-1870) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, 1803.
Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1862-63.
Died in 1870
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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James Nelson Burnes (1827-1889) —
also known as James N. Burnes —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Ind., August
22, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; railroad
executive; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1856;
common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1868-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1883-89; died in
office 1889.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1889 (age 61 years, 154
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Loan (1819-1881) —
also known as Benjamin F. Loan —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge
County, Ky., October
4, 1819.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1863-69; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1868-70.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March 30,
1881 (age 61 years, 177
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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James Craig (1818-1888) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., February
28, 1818.
Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1857-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
22, 1888 (age 70 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Daniel Dee Burnes (1851-1899) —
of Missouri.
Born in Ringgold, Platte
County, Mo., January
4, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1893-95.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
2, 1899 (age 48 years, 302
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Elijah P. Gates (1827-1915) —
of Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, 1827.
Buchanan
County Sheriff, 1872; Missouri
state treasurer, 1877-81.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March 4,
1915 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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John Albus, Jr. (1860-1940) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas, October
4, 1860.
Son of John Albus and Elizabeth Albus.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1888;
U.S. Surveyor of
Customs, 1909-10.
German
ancestry.
Died October
22, 1940 (age 80 years, 18
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Margaret Wyeth —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1937.
Female.
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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