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James Robert Hogg (1863-1934) —
also known as Jim Hogg —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in Jennings
County, Ind., 1863.
Farmer;
meat merchant; sheriff;
mayor
of Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1897.
Owned a distillery which produced Jim Hogg's Corn Whiskey.
Fell into the Black River, and drowned,
1934
(age about
71 years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
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Yewell Lawrence (1906-1951) —
of Bloomfield, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in Dexter, Stoddard
County, Mo., August
25, 1906.
Democrat. Wholesale grocer; automobile
dealer; banker; farmer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940;
member of Missouri
state senate 25th District, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Killed in a car
accident, January
2, 1951 (age 44 years, 130
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, Mo.
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Robert Pentland (b. 1908) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowhill, Scotland,
February
7, 1908.
Democrat. Coal miner;
grocery clerk; warehouse
worker; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; business
representative, Teamsters Local 688; member of Missouri
state senate 1st District, 1949-66.
Presbyterian.
Member, Teamsters
Union.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joe F. Rains (b. 1914) —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., January
24, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; used car
dealer; grocery business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Pettis County, 1965-66.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1967.
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Edwin Martin Schaefer (1887-1950) —
also known as Edwin M. Schaefer —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., May 14,
1887.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer,
and later general superintendent, Morris & Co. meat
packers; St.
Clair County Treasurer, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1933-43; director,
Griesediech-Western Brewery Co.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
8, 1950 (age 63 years, 178
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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