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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.
Son of Maj. John Milton Hadley.
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.
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Samuel Aaron Baker (1874-1933) —
also known as Sam Aaron Baker —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Patterson, Wayne
County, Mo., November
7, 1874.
Son of Samuel Aaron Baker and Mary Amanda (McGhee) Baker.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1919-23; Governor of
Missouri, 1925-29; director, Cortez-King Brand Mining Co.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., September
16, 1933 (age 58 years, 313
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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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.
Son of James
Thomas Blair and Grace Emma (Ray) Blair.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives; elected 1928, 1930; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1936,
1960;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Jefferson City, Mo., 1947; 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; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma Nu
Phi; Military
Order of the World Wars; 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.
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Laurance Mastick Hyde (1892-1978) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., February
2, 1892.
Son of Ira
Barnes Hyde.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1942-; 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.
Died in 1978
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Thomas Lawson Price (1809-1870) —
also known as Thomas L. Price —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born near Danville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., January
19, 1809.
Democrat. Mayor
of Jefferson City, Mo., 1839-42; candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1845; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1848-52; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1860-62; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1862-63; defeated,
1862; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868.
Died July 15,
1870 (age 61 years, 177
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1912 at Riverview Cemetery.
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Edward Henry Winter (1879-1941) —
also known as Edward H. Winter —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Mo.; Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Warren
County, Mo., April 5,
1879.
Son of Frederick Anton Winter and Dora (Richterberg) Winter.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1912;
probate judge in Missouri, 1921; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1923-28; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1929-33.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died June 29,
1941 (age 62 years, 85
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Charles U. Becker (1868-1934) —
of Bolivar, Polk
County, Mo.
Born near New Haven, Franklin
County, Mo., October
21, 1868.
Son of Hermann Becker and Sarah (Maupin) Becker.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1913-19; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1921-33.
German
and French
ancestry.
Died, from cirrhosis of
the liver, in Missouri Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., May 21,
1934 (age 65 years, 212
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Sam Baker Cook (1852-1931) —
also known as Sam B. Cook —
of Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., July 11,
1852.
Son of William Cook.
Democrat. Banker; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1901-05; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1919-20.
Died, from hypostatic
pneumonia and coronary artery
disease, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
4, 1931 (age 78 years, 208
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Thomas Reynolds (1796-1844) —
of Missouri.
Born March 12,
1796.
Governor
of Missouri, 1840-44; died in office 1844.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, February
9, 1844 (age 47 years, 334
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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John Sappington Marmaduke (1833-1887) —
of Missouri.
Born March 14,
1833.
Son of Meredith
Miles Marmaduke.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Missouri, 1885-87; died in office 1887.
Died December
28, 1887 (age 54 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Peter Garland Glover (1792-1851) —
of Callaway
County, Mo.
Born in Buckingham
County, Va., January
14, 1792.
Member of Missouri
state house of representatives; member of Missouri
state senate; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1837-39; Missouri
state treasurer, 1843-51; died in office 1851.
Died in Osage
County, Mo., October
27, 1851 (age 59 years, 286
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Moses C. Martin (c.1811-1868) —
of Missouri.
Born in Kentucky, about 1811.
Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1866-68; died in office 1868.
Baptist.
Died of pneumonia,
in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
15, 1868 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Alfred Morrison Lay (1836-1879) —
of Missouri.
Born in Lewis
County, Mo., May 20,
1836.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1858-61; served in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 27th District, 1875;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1879; died in office
1879.
Died December
8, 1879 (age 43 years, 202
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hiram Howell Baber (1795-1873) —
also known as Hiram H. Baber —
of St.
Charles County, Mo.
Born in Buckingham
County, Va., September
10, 1795.
Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Charles
County, 1820; Missouri
state auditor, 1837-52.
Married the granddaughter of Daniel Boone.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., October
23, 1873 (age 78 years, 43
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Mosby Monroe Parsons (1822-1865) —
also known as M. M. Parsons —
of Missouri.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., May 21,
1822.
Son of Gustavus Adolphus Parsons.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Missouri
state attorney general, 1853-57; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1857-58; general
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed,
along with Aaron
H. Conrow and four others, by bandits in Nuevo
León, August
15, 1865 (age 43 years, 86
days).
Interment somewhere
in Nuevo León; cenotaph at Maplewood
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.; cenotaph at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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