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Elmer Bragg Adams (1842-1916) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in North Pomfret, Pomfret, Windsor
County, Vt., October
27, 1842.
Son of Jarvis Adams and Eunice (Mitchell) Adams; married, November
10, 1870, to Emma Richmond.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri, 1879-84; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1895-1905;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1905-16; died in
office 1916.
Presbyterian.
Died, from cerebral
edema, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
24, 1916 (age 73 years, 363
days).
Interment somewhere
in Woodstock, Vt.
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Robert McCormick Adams (b. 1890) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 17,
1890.
Son of Robert McCormick Adams and Virginia (Claiborne) Adams;
married, May 3,
1924, to Janet Lawrence.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate); candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Son of John A. Ainslie; married, March 27,
1866, to Sallie Owens.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) —
of Missouri.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
4, 1828.
School
teacher; college
professor; pastor;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., April 3,
1877 (age 48 years, 181
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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Albert Franklin Alder (1896-1977) —
also known as Bert Alder —
of Taylor, Loup
County, Neb.
Born in Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo., August 8,
1896.
Son of Simon Alder and Nancy (Leeper) Alder; married, February
13, 1916, to Roxie Campbell.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; postmaster;
lawyer; Loup
County Judge, 1929-34; Loup
County Attorney; chair of
Loup County Republican Party, 1940.
Died in June, 1977
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Joshua
Willis Alexander and Roe Ann (Richardson) Alexander; married, April 27,
1907, to Lola Mae Surface.
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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Joshua Willis Alexander (1852-1936) —
also known as Joshua W. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
22, 1852.
Son of Thomas Wilson Alexander and Jane (Robinson) Alexander;
married, February
3, 1876, to Roe Ann Richardson (1859-1940); father of George
Forrest Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1883-87; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1887; mayor
of Gallatin, Mo., 1891-92; circuit judge in Missouri 7th
Circuit, 1901-07; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1907-19; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1919-21; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23.
Presbyterian;
later Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., February
27, 1936 (age 84 years, 36
days).
Interment at Brown
Cemetery, Gallatin, Mo.
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Knox Alexander (b. 1891) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., September
13, 1891.
Son of Paul Alexander and Mary Allina (Knox) Alexander; married, July 17,
1926, to Lanore Simmons.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in San Luis Potosi, 1919-22; Puerto Cortes, 1922; Quebec City, 1922-23; Riviere du Loup, 1923-24; Hamilton, 1926-30; U.S. Consul in Hamilton, 1930; Matanzas, 1930-31; Cienfuegos, 1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Summerfield Still Alexander (1887-1958) —
also known as Summerfield S. Alexander —
of Kingman, Kingman
County, Kan.
Born in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., August
15, 1887.
Son of Henry C. Alexander and Mary Elizabeth (Ammons) Alexander;
married, September
1, 1910, to Anna Belle Horner.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kingman
County Attorney, 1910-12; U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1934-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1952.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died January
13, 1958 (age 70 years, 151
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Kingman, Kan.
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Charles Claflin Allen (b. 1855) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 25,
1855.
Son of John Arthur Allen and Jane Elizabeth (White) Allen; married 1890 to Carrie
Louise Richards.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1881-82; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1884;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1907-13.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Active in promoting adoption of the Australian ballot and civil
service law.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank D. Allen (1892-1990) —
of Akron, Washington
County, Colo.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., August 2,
1892.
Married, December
30, 1916, to Leah Clathworthy.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons.
Died October
31, 1990 (age 98 years, 90
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Emery W. Allison —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate 24th District, 1939-50; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1948;
elected circuit judge in Missouri 25th Circuit 1964.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) —
also known as John P. Altgeld —
of Andrew
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hesse, Germany,
December
30, 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Andrew
County State's Attorney, 1875; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1884; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1886-91; Governor of
Illinois, 1893-97; Independent candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1899.
German
ancestry.
Pardoned the surviving protesters of the Haymarket incident in
Chicago, and refused to send troops against the Pullman railway
strikers. These actions were not popular at the time, and he never
won another election.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March 12,
1902 (age 54 years, 72
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.; statue at Lincoln
Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Thomas Lilbourne Anderson (1808-1885) —
also known as Thomas L. Anderson —
of Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo.
Born near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., December
8, 1808.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1840-44; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1844,
1848,
1852;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1857-61.
Died in Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., March 6,
1885 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Palmyra, Mo.
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Marshall Arnold (1845-1913) —
of Missouri.
Born in St. Francois
County, Mo., October
21, 1845.
Son of Elisha Arnold and Elvira M. (Calland) Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1877-79; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1891-95; defeated,
1894.
Died, of phthisis
pulmonalis (tuberculosis),
in Benton, Scott
County, Mo., June 12,
1913 (age 67 years, 234
days).
Interment at Benton
Cemetery, Benton, Mo.
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Alfred Albert Arraj (1906-1992) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Springfield, Baca
County, Colo.; Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
1, 1906.
Son of Elias Arraj and Mary (Davis) Arraj; married, November
12, 1929, to Madge Louise Connors.
Lawyer; Baca
County Attorney, 1936-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during
World War II; district judge in Colorado 15th District, 1949-57; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1957-76; took senior status 1976.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of the
Coif; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
23, 1992 (age 86 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John David Ashcroft (b. 1942) —
also known as John Ashcroft —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 9,
1942.
Son of James Robert Ashcroft and Grace Pauline (Larson) Ashcroft;
married 1967
to Janet Elise Roede.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; Missouri
state auditor, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; Missouri
state attorney general, 1977-85; Governor of
Missouri, 1985-93; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; U.S.
Attorney General, 2001-05.
Assembly
of God. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2009.
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David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) —
also known as David R. Atchison —
of Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo.; Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Frogtown, Fayette
County, Ky., August
11, 1807.
Son of William Atchison and Catherine (Allen) Atchison.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1841; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, because
President Zachary
Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.
Died near Gower, Clinton
County, Mo., January
26, 1886 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.; statue at Clinton
County Courthouse Grounds, Plattsburg, 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.
Son of Thomas Atkeson and Virginia (Brown) Atkeson.
Republican. Lawyer; Bates
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
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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Franklin Ely Atwood (1878-1943) —
also known as Frank Ely Atwood —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., October
5, 1878.
Son of Jacob Smith Atwood and Nancy (Goodson) Atwood; married, October
22, 1908, to Agnes Rea Luscombe.
Republican. Lawyer; Carroll
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-19; delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1925-35.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Atwood Hospital,
Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., March 5,
1943 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.
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James Patrick Aylward —
also known as James P. Aylward —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer; Missouri
Democratic state chair, 1934-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 1934-42.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Wicks Bailey (1856-1909) —
also known as George W. Bailey —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 8,
1856.
Son of Isaiah L. Bailey and Sarah Jane (Wicks) Bailey; married, April 17,
1883, to Belle Jarbeau.
Republican. Lawyer; Larimer
County Attorney; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1905-09.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1909
(age about
53 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Emerson Bailey (1878-1948) —
of Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Cainsville, Harrison
County, Mo., July 14,
1878.
Son of John L. Bailey and Honora (Reeves) Bailey.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1925-27.
Died, from acute vascular
collapse as a result of an adverse
reaction to a blood transfusion, in St. Francis Hospital,
Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., April 8,
1948 (age 69 years, 269
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Sikeston, Mo.
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Andrew Jackson Baker (1832-1911) —
of Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa; Lancaster, Schuyler
County, Mo.; Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Bakers Station, Marshall
County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 6,
1832.
Son of George Baker and Margaret (Reager) Baker.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1868;
member of Missouri state legislature, 1869-70; Missouri
state attorney general, 1871-73; Iowa
state attorney general, 1885-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, April 23,
1911 (age 78 years, 321
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Harry H. Baker (b. 1888) —
of Norwood, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
1, 1888.
Son of Christian Edward Baker and Mary Catherine (Opp) Baker; married
to Edna Haas.
Lawyer; mayor of
Norwood, Ohio, 1927-.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude Ignatius Bakewell (1912-1987) —
also known as Claude I. Bakewell —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August 9,
1912.
Son of Paul Bakewell and Mary (Fullerton) Bakewell; married, February
22, 1936, to Helene Brown.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1947-49, 1951-53;
defeated, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets.
Died in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., March 18,
1987 (age 74 years, 221
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Harris Baldwin (1876-1944) —
also known as James H. Baldwin —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., August 1,
1876.
Son of John T. Baldwin and Emma Louise (Cockrell) Baldwin.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1934-35; U.S.
District Judge for Montana, 1935-44; died in office 1944.
Died October
26, 1944 (age 68 years, 86
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Parke Monroe Banta (1891-1970) —
also known as Parke M. Banta —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.; Arcadia, Iron
County, Mo.
Born in Berryman, Crawford
County, Mo., November
21, 1891.
Son of Cyrus Newton Banta and Susie (Larned) Banta; married, April 13,
1918, to Gladys Nichols.
Republican. Lawyer; Washington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1940, 1948, 1950.
Methodist
or Baptist.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., May 12,
1970 (age 78 years, 172
days).
Interment at New
Masonic Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
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John All Barham (1843-1926) —
also known as John A. Barham —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Cass
County, Mo., July 17,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1895-1901.
Died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., January
22, 1926 (age 82 years, 189
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif.
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John Tull Barker (1877-1958) —
also known as John T. Barker —
of Macon
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., August 2,
1877.
Son of Lucian Barker and Mary (Withers) Barker; married to Mayme
Fisher.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1907-11; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1911; Missouri
state attorney general, 1913-17.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Downtown Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
7, 1958 (age 81 years, 127
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Alexander Barks (1879-1936) —
also known as James A. Barks —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Millheim, Perry
County, Mo., August 7,
1879.
Son of Margaret Belinda (Blaylock) Barks (1843-1907) and Joseph Barks
(1851-1928); married, September
21, 1915, to Edna H. Kerth.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1921-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from septicemia
and acute
nephritis, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
10, 1936 (age 56 years, 187
days).
Interment at Cape
County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Jesse W. Barrett (1884-1953) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Canton, Lewis
County, Mo., March 17,
1884.
Son of Harry Hooven Barrett and Jeanette Amelia (Bushman) Barrett;
married, June 19,
1912, to Ethelyn Louthan (died 1913); married, February
21, 1925, to Mary Louise Church.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; secretary of
Missouri Republican Party, 1919; Missouri
state attorney general, 1921-25; candidate for nomination for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1922; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Suffered a heart
attack, and was dead on arrival at St. Louis City Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., November
12, 1953 (age 69 years, 240
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
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Harold Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle (1901-1974) —
also known as H. Roe Bartle;
"Chief" —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in 1901.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1955-63.
Executive with the Boy Scouts of America.
Died in 1974
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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D. Brook Bartlett (1937-2000) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
22, 1937.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1981-2000;
died in office 2000.
Died of multiple
myeloma, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
21, 2000 (age 62 years, 333
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Edward Barton (1868-1955) —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.
Born in Pickens District (now Pickens
County), S.C., April 11,
1868.
Son of William Barton and Harriett (King) Barton; cousin of Courtney
Walker Hamlin; married, December
19, 1900, to Marietta Tweed.
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, 1934-46; 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 Houston
Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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William Van Ness Bay (1818-1894) —
of Missouri.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., November
23, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1844-48; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1849-51; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1862-65.
Died in Eureka, St. Louis
County, Mo., February
10, 1894 (age 75 years, 79
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Mo.
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Wayne Winton Bayless (1895-1975) —
also known as Wayne W. Bayless —
of Claremore, Rogers
County, Okla.
Born in Cassville, Barry
County, Mo., August
27, 1895.
Son of John Melville Bayless (1851-1907) and Mary (Stubblefield)
Bayless (1856-1928); married, December
28, 1915, to Blanche Dirickson (1895-1977).
Democrat. School
teacher; automobile
dealer; lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1924; district judge
in Oklahoma, 1926-29; director, National Bank of
Claremore.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died December
17, 1975 (age 80 years, 112
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Claremore, Okla.
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Albert Isaac Beach (1883-1939) —
also known as Albert I. Beach —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., July 30,
1883.
Son of George Henry Beach and Eva F. (Hull) Beach; married, December
21, 1907, to Marjorie Marshall.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1924-30; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
21, 1939 (age 55 years, 175
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Henry Mahan Beardsley (b. 1858) —
also known as Henry M. Beardsley —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
20, 1858.
Son of George Fitch Beardsley and Martha (Mahan) Beardsley; married,
April
24, 1883, to Marietta Davis.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1906-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Helmick Beatty (1836-1927) —
of Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Hailey, Blaine
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, May 8,
1836.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of Idaho
territorial senate, 1886-88; U.S.
District Judge for Idaho, 1891-1907; retired 1907.
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
21, 1927 (age 91 years, 166
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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William Dee Becker (1876-1943) —
also known as William D. Becker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
23, 1876.
Son of John Philip Becker and Anna A. (Cammann) Becker; married, June 10,
1902, to Margaret Louise McIntosh.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1916-40; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1941-43; died in office 1943.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Was a passenger in an experimental Army glider, towed by an airplane;
the glider's wings suddenly fell off, and it crashed
at Lambert-St. Louis Airfield,
St. Louis
County, Mo., August 1,
1943 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William Henry Becker (1909-1992) —
of Missouri.
Born in Brookhaven, Lincoln
County, Miss., August
26, 1909.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1961-77;
took senior status 1977.
Died in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., February
2, 1992 (age 82 years, 160
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Jasper Bell (1885-1978) —
also known as C. Jasper Bell —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Blue Springs, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lake City, Hinsdale
County, Colo., January
16, 1885.
Son of Thaddeus P. Bell and America Virginia (Palmer) Bell; married,
June
15, 1915, to Grace G. Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 16th Circuit,
1931-34; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1935-49.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Optimist
Club.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
21, 1978 (age 93 years, 5
days).
Interment at Blue
Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs, Mo.
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Robert Cook Bell (1880-1964) —
also known as Robert C. Bell —
of Detroit, Becker
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Harrisonville, Cass
County, Mo., November
1, 1880.
Son of John David Bell and Anne (Mercer) Bell; married, November
22, 1911, to Mamie Collins.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1924;
candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1924; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1928-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1932; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1933-61; took senior status 1961.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died March 17,
1964 (age 83 years, 137
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Monti L. Belot (b. 1943) —
of Kansas.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 4,
1943.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Kansas, 1991-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914-2000) —
also known as Marion T. Bennett —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., June 6,
1914.
Son of Philip
Allen Bennett; married to June Young.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1972-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Delta
Theta Phi.
Co-author of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 2000 (age 86 years, 92
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Robert Frederick Bennett (1927-2000) —
also known as Robert F. Bennett; Bob
Bennett —
of Prairie Village, Johnson
County, Kan.; Overland Park, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 23,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; mayor
of Prairie Village, Kan., 1957-65; member of Kansas
state senate, 1965-75; Governor of
Kansas, 1975-79; defeated, 1978.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Optimist
Club; Freemasons.
Died, of lung
cancer, at St. Joseph's Health
Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 2000 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Corinth
Cemetery, Prairie Village, Kan.
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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March 14,
1782.
Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton; married 1821 to
Elizabeth McDowell; father of Jessie Benton (who married John
Charles Frémont).
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him. His portrait appeared on
the U.S. $100
gold certificate from the 1880s until the 1920s.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Howard Lee Bickley (b. 1871) —
also known as Howard L. Bickley —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.; Raton, Colfax
County, N.M.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo., May 3,
1871.
Son of Samuel W. Bickley and Alice Perrin (Dobyns) Bickley; married
1897 to Ruth
K. Phillips.
Democrat. Lawyer; Audrain
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1912
(member, Credentials
Committee); justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1926-36; chief
justice of New Mexico Supreme Court, 1929-31.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (1821-1875) —
also known as Francis P. Blair, Jr. —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., February
19, 1821.
Grandson of James
Blair; son of Francis
Preston Blair and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair (1794-1877); brother
of Montgomery
Blair; married, September
8, 1847, to Appoline Alexander (1828-1908); father of James
Lawrence Blair; uncle of Gist
Blair.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1846; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1852-56; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1857-59, 1860,
1861-62, 1863-64; resigned 1860; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1868; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1871-73.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., July 8,
1875 (age 54 years, 139
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Gist Blair (1860-1940) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.; Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
10, 1860.
Great-grandson of James
Blair; grandson of Francis
Preston Blair; son of Montgomery
Blair and Mary Elizabeth (Woodbury) Blair (1821-1887); nephew of
Francis
Preston Blair, Jr.; married, March 4,
1912, to Laura Ellis Lawson (1869-1942).
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
16, 1940 (age 80 years, 97
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Gorrall Blair (1825-1904) —
also known as James G. Blair —
of Monticello, Lewis
County, Mo.; Canton, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born near Blairville (unknown
county), Ky., January
1, 1825.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1871-73.
Died in Monticello, Lewis
County, Mo., March 1,
1904 (age 79 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
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James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) —
also known as James L. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 2,
1854.
Son of Francis
Preston Blair, Jr.; married 1883 to
Apolline Madison Alexander.
Lawyer; president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners,
1884; general counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase
Exposition), 1901-03; indicted
in December, 1903, for forgery
of two deeds of trust to obtain
a loan from an estate he managed.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, either from suicide
(which he attempted at least twice near the end of his life) or from
"congestion
of the brain", in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., January
16, 1904 (age 49 years, 289
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Thomas Blair (b. 1871) —
also known as James T. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Loudon, Loudon
County, Tenn., November
11, 1871.
Son of Samuel Tate Blair (Confederate cavalryman) and Louise Matlock
(Osborne) Blair; married, June 19,
1901, to Grace Emma Ray; father of James
Thomas Blair, Jr..
Democrat. College
professor; president,
Obion College, 1895-96; lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1915-24; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married to Emilie
Garnett Chorn (1903-1962).
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
Nu; Sigma
Chi; Military
Order of the World Wars; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Kiwanis.
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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Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) —
of Missouri; Maryland.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1813.
Grandson of James
Blair; son of Francis
Preston Blair and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair (1794-1877); married
1836 to
Caroline Buckner (died 1844); married 1846 to Mary
Elizabeth Woodbury (1821-1887; daughter of Levi
Woodbury); brother of Francis
Preston Blair, Jr.; father of Gist
Blair.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in
Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1844,
1852;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861-64; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1883 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Parks Bland (1835-1899) —
also known as Richard P. Bland; "Silver
Dick" —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born near Hartford, Ohio
County, Ky., August
19, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1873-95, 1897-99 (5th District
1873-83, 11th District 1883-93, 8th District 1893-95, 1897-99); died
in office 1899; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1896.
Author of the Bland bill in 1878, for the coinage of silver.
Died in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., June 15,
1899 (age 63 years, 300
days).
Interment at Lebanon
Cemetery, Lebanon, Mo.
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William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) —
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.
Grandson of John
George Jackson; cousin of James
Monroe Jackson.
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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Harry Cullen Blanton (1891-1973) —
also known as Harry C. Blanton —
of Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., July 5,
1891.
Son of Charles Lee Blanton and Mary Agnes (Cullen) Blanton; married,
February
12, 1918, to Maureen Daily.
Lawyer; Scott
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-18; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1934-47.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in March, 1973
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) —
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., July 28,
1813.
Son of Asahel Bliss and Lydia Adams (Griswold) Bliss; brother of Albert
Asahel Bliss; married, November
16, 1843, to Martha W. Thorpe.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Ohio, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1855-59; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1868-72; law
professor.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1889 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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William Henry Bliss (1844-1932) —
also known as William H. Bliss —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, October
7, 1844.
Son of Philemon Bliss and Martha W. (Tharp) Bliss; married, April 6,
1874, to Annie Louise Woods; married, April 14,
1894, to Anna Blaksley Barnes; father of Robert
Woods Bliss.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1876-87;
vice-president and general solicitor, St. Paul & Duluth Railroad;
associate counsel, Northern Pacific Railroad.
Died May 5,
1932 (age 87 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of James B. Boatright and Hattie A. (Christian) Boatright;
married, February
7, 1898, to Minnie E. Stump.
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, Denver, Colo.
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Robert Nall Bodine (1837-1914) —
also known as Robert N. Bodine —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born near Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., December
17, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1895-97; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1897-99.
Died, following a stroke of
paralysis, in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., March 16,
1914 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Paris, Mo.
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August Henry Bolte (1854-1920) —
also known as August H. Bolte —
of Franklin
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born September
23, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1897-1901; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1916.
German
ancestry.
Died, from valvular heart
disease and nephritis,
in St.
Louis, Mo., June 24,
1920 (age 65 years, 275
days).
Interment somewhere
in Washington, Mo.
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Christopher Samuel Bond (b. 1939) —
also known as Christopher S. Bond; Kit
Bond —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 6,
1939.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1968; Missouri
state auditor, 1971-73; Governor of
Missouri, 1973-77, 1981-85; defeated, 1976; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1987-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 2004,
2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Ferris Booher (1848-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Booher —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born in East Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
31, 1848.
Son of Henry Booher and Catharine (Updegraft) Booher; married, January
11, 1877, to Sallie D. Shanks.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1889, 1907-21; died in
office 1921.
German
and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., January
21, 1921 (age 72 years, 356
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Savannah, Mo.
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William Patterson Borland (1867-1919) —
also known as William P. Borland —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., October
14, 1867.
Son of William Patterson Borland and Elizabeth (Hassan) Borland;
married, April 27,
1904, to Ona Winants.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1909-19; died in
office 1919.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in U.S. Army Field Hospital
No. 31, near Coblenz (Koblenz), Germany,
February
20, 1919 (age 51 years, 129
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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John B. Bowman (1832-1885) —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
1832.
Republican. Civil
engineer; lawyer; real estate
business; mayor
of East St. Louis, Ill., 1865-66, 1868, 1872-74, 1877-78.
German
ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
an unknown assailant, in front of his home, in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
21, 1885 (age about 53
years). Two East St. Louis policemen were later charged with his
murder, but they were never tried.
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (1828-1894) —
also known as Sempronius H. Boyd —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Nashville, Williamson
County, Tenn., May 28,
1828.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; Greene
County Clerk of Court, 1854-56; mayor
of Springfield, Mo., 1856; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1863-65, 1869-71;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864;
member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1864-68; district judge in
Missouri 14th District, 1865; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1891-92.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., June 22,
1894 (age 66 years, 25
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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William Marshall Boyle, Jr. (1903-1961) —
also known as William M. Boyle, Jr.; Bill
Boyle —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., February
2, 1903.
Son of Clara Boyle; married to Genevieve Hayde.
Democrat. Lawyer; Director, Kansas City Police,
1939; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1949-51; investigated
in 1951 by the Senate Investigating Committee over his acceptance of
fees from the American Lithifold Corporation of St. Louis, in return
for using his influence
as Democratic national chair to obtain loans for the company from the
U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation; claimed to have been
vindicated, but ultimately resigned
under fire.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
30, 1961 (age 58 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838-1871) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, August
31, 1838.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1861-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1864-70;
resigned 1870.
Died, in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1871 (age 32 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Allen Alexander Bradford (1815-1888) —
also known as Allen A. Bradford —
of Atchison
County, Mo.; Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa; Otoe
County, Neb.; Denver,
Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Friendship, Knox
County, Maine, July 23,
1815.
Lawyer; district judge in Iowa 6th District, 1852-55; member
of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1856-57; justice of
Colorado territorial supreme court, 1862-65; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1865-67, 1869-71.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., March 12,
1888 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pueblo
City Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Jean Paul Bradshaw (d. 1970) —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Father of Paul
Ludwig Bradshaw; grandfather of Jean
Paul Bradshaw II.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1964; board chairman, Ozark Air Lines.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., 1970.
Interment at Maple
Park Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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James J. Brady (b. 1944) —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996;
U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, 2000-02.
Still living as of 2002.
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Louis Henry Breuer (b. 1879) —
also known as Louis H. Breuer —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Red Bird (unknown
county), Mo., August
10, 1879.
Son of William Breuer and Eda (Matlock) Breuer; married, March 4,
1919, to Mary L. Bentley.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1926-34.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Reginald R. Brewster (b. 1876) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in White Cloud, Doniphan
County, Kan., October
23, 1876.
Son of Arthur S. Brewster and Anna (Byard) Brewster; married, December
29, 1898, to Grace A. Sloane.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1922.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bower Slack Broaddus (1888-1949) —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., May 30,
1888.
Lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1935-38; U.S.
District Judge for Oklahoma, 1940-49; died in office 1949.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died December
10, 1949 (age 61 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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James Overton Broadhead (1819-1898) —
also known as James O. Broadhead —
of Missouri.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., May 29,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1845-46; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-53; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1861; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 30th District, 1875;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1883-85; U.S. Minister
to Switzerland, 1893-95.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August 7,
1898 (age 79 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Smith Wildman Brookhart (1869-1944) —
also known as Smith W. Brookhart —
of Washington, Washington
County, Iowa.
Born near Arbela, Scotland
County, Mo., February
2, 1869.
Son of Abram Colar Brookhart and Cynthia (Wildman) Brookhart;
married, June 22,
1897, to Jennie Hearne.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
school
teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1922-26, 1927-33.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from heart
disease, in the Veterans Administration hospital
in Whipple, Yavapai
County, Ariz., November
15, 1944 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
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Benjamin Gratz Brown (1826-1885) —
also known as B. Gratz Brown; "Boozy
Gratz" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 28,
1826.
Grandson of John
Brown; son of Mason
Brown and Judith (Bledsoe) Brown (1803-1885); married to Mary
Hanson Gunn (born 1841).
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1852-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1860;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1863-67; Governor of
Missouri, 1871-73; Democratic candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1872.
Died in Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., December
13, 1885 (age 59 years, 199
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Mo.
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James Henry Brown (b. 1859) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
3, 1859.
Son of Henry Cordes Brown and Jane Cory (Thompson) Brown; married, December
3, 1884, to Mary A. Clark (died 1913).
Republican. Lawyer; attorney for railroads;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1890-92.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Tom B. Brown (b. 1903) —
of Edina, Knox
County, Mo.
Born in Edina, Knox
County, Mo., September
1, 1903.
Married, February
13, 1925, to Isabella Gibbons.
Republican. Lawyer; Knox
County Prosecuting Attorney; circuit judge in Missouri 1st
Circuit, 1955.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Ripley Brown (1840-1916) —
also known as William R. Brown —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 16,
1840.
Son of John Brown and Mary (Ripley) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Kansas, 1867-77; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1875-77; probate judge
in Oklahoma, 1894-98.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 4,
1916 (age 75 years, 232
days).
Interment at Lawrence
Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Alexander Buckner (1785-1833) —
of Jackson, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Cape Girardeu
County, 1820; member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1831-33; died in office 1833.
Died of Asiatic cholera
during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., June 6,
1833 (age about 47
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.;
reinterment in 1897 at City
Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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John Chilton Burch (1826-1885) —
also known as John C. Burch —
of Weaverville, Trinity
County, Calif.
Born in Boone
County, Mo., February
1, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; Trinity
County Clerk; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1857-58; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1859-61.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
31, 1885 (age 59 years, 211
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Newton Dexter Burch (1871-1931) —
also known as N. D. Burch —
of Boyd
County, Neb.; Dallas, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Stewartsville, DeKalb
County, Mo., June 17,
1871.
Son of George N. Burch and Elizabeth (Dexter) Burch; married, March 15,
1899, to Sadie E. Jarman.
Republican. Lawyer; Boyd
County Attorney, 1903-07; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1921-26;
judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1926-31; died in
office 1931.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died March 18,
1931 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William H. Burden —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate 32nd District, 1947-50.
Still living as of 1950.
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Samuel Swinfin Burdett (1836-1914) —
also known as Samuel S. Burdett —
of Missouri; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Leicestershire, England,
February
21, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1869-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in England,
September
24, 1914 (age 78 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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, St. Joseph, Mo.
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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, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Hilary Ashby Bush (1905-1966) —
also known as Hilary A. Bush —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., June 21,
1905.
Son of Aubrey Charles Bush and Clair (Grantham) Bush; married, July 16,
1932, to Frances Kromberg.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1961-65.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died May 11,
1966 (age 60 years, 324
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Joseph Butler (1862-1917) —
also known as James J. Butler —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
29, 1862.
Son of Edward Butler and Ellen (O'Neill) Butler; married, August
11, 1896, to Rose Mary Lancaster.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1901-03, 1903-05;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1908.
Died, from acute
nephritis and diabetes,
in St.
Louis, Mo., May 31,
1917 (age 54 years, 275
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Thomas Butler (1785-1847) —
of Louisiana.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., April 14,
1785.
Lawyer; planter;
district judge in Louisiana, 1813; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1818-21.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August 7,
1847 (age 62 years, 115
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, West Feliciana Parish, La.
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Samuel Byrns (1848-1914) —
of Missouri.
Born in Jefferson
County, Mo., March 4,
1848.
Son of Thomas Byrns and Margaret (Bowles) Byrns.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1876-77; member of Missouri
state senate, 1878; member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee, 1886-88; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1891-93.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in De Soto, Jefferson
County, Mo., July 9,
1914 (age 66 years, 127
days).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Mo.
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Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) —
also known as Edward C. Cabell —
of Jefferson
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Richmond,
Va., February
5, 1816.
Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Jefferson County,
1838-39; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1845-46, 1847-53 (at-large 1845-46,
1847-51, 1st District 1851-53); colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state senate, 1878-82.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
28, 1896 (age 80 years, 23
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Clyde S. Cahill, Jr. (1923-2004) —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 9,
1923.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 22nd Circuit, 1975-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1980-92;
took senior status 1992; senior judge, 1992-2004.
African
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
18, 2004 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Stephen Callaghan (1876-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., October
3, 1876.
Son of William Henry Callaghan and Lucy (Fulbright) Callaghan;
married, November
28, 1905, to Ethel Van Dien (1884-1976).
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in New York, 1912-15; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1915-29; appointed 1915;
defeated, 1929; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died October
12, 1952 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ronald Brooks Cameron (1927-2006) —
also known as Ronald B. Cameron —
of Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August
16, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 25th District, 1963-67; defeated,
1966; candidate for California
state controller, 1970.
Died in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
1, 2006 (age 78 years, 169
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Courtney Warren Campbell (1895-1971) —
also known as Courtney W. Campbell —
of Florida.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., April 29,
1895.
Son of Thomas C. Campbell and Ellen (Minor) Campbell; married 1933 to
Henrietta Hisgen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
business
executive; citrus
grower; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1953-55; defeated, 1954.
Christian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
22, 1971 (age 76 years, 237
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Robert Alexander Campbell (1832-1926) —
also known as Robert A. Campbell —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo., September
2, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1881-85.
Suffered an accidental fall, broke
his neck, and died, in St.
Louis, Mo., April 2,
1926 (age 93 years, 212
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bowling Green, Mo.
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Harry Green Camper, Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Harry G. Camper, Jr. —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
22, 1924.
Son of Harry Green Camper and Lena (Harrell) Camper; married, April 1,
1945, to Mary Elizabeth Bankhead.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; McDowell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1958-61; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1961-64.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Still living as of 1964.
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Clarence Andrew Cannon (1879-1964) —
also known as Clarence Cannon —
of Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo., April 11,
1879.
Son of John Randolph Cannon and Ida Glovina (Whiteside) Cannon;
married, August
30, 1906, to Ida Dawson Wigginton.
Democrat. College
professor; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1923-64 (9th District 1923-33,
at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-64); died in office 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
Parliamentarian, 1948.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1964 (age 85 years, 31
days).
Interment at Elsberry
City Cemetery, Elsberry, Mo.
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Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (1871-1931) —
also known as Thaddeus H. Caraway —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Stoddard
County, Mo., October
17, 1871.
Son of Dr. Tolbert F. Caraway and Mary Ellen (Scales) Caraway;
married, February
5, 1902, to Hattie
Ophelia Wyatt.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1913-21; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1921-31; died in office 1931.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Died, from heart
disease, in a hospital
at Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
6, 1931 (age 60 years, 20
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Robin Carnahan (b. 1961) —
of Phelps
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born August 4,
1961.
Granddaughter of Albert
Sidney Johnson Carnahan; daughter of Jean
Carnahan and Melvin
Eugene Carnahan; sister of John
Russell Carnahan.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; secretary of
state of Missouri, 2005-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 2008; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 2008.
Female.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2008.
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James E. Carroll (b. 1878) —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
12, 1878.
Son of Thomas J. Carroll and Margaret (Ryan) Carroll; married, June 14,
1911, to Eleanor B. Luth.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of William
L. Igoe; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1920-23.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Randolph Casey (1915-1986) —
also known as Bob Casey —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., July 27,
1915.
Son of Samuel R. Casey and Mabel Caywood Casey; married, August
13, 1935, to Hazel M. Brann.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1948-49; county judge in Texas,
1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Texas 22nd District, 1959-76.
Christian.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April 17,
1986 (age 70 years, 264
days).
Interment at Memorial
Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Charles H. Cashin (b. 1880) —
of Stevens Point, Portage
County, Wis.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., November
16, 1880.
Son of Patrick Henry Cashin and Mary Elizabeth (Hayden) Cashin;
married, October
7, 1922, to Leona M. Geisler.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Wisconsin
Democratic State Central Committee, 1944; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1944-51.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Stewart Caulfield (1873-1966) —
also known as Henry S. Caulfield —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
9, 1873.
Son of John Caulfield and Virilda (Milburn) Caulfield; married, October
22, 1902, to Fannie Alice Delano.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1907-09; defeated,
1904; Judge, Missouri Court
of Appeals, 1910-12; Governor of
Missouri, 1929-33; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 11,
1966 (age 92 years, 153
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo.
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William Frederick Causey (1833-1902) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., November
28, 1833.
Son of Peter
Foster Causey and Maria (Williams) Causey; married, April 13,
1864, to Anna Polk (daughter of Trusten
Polk).
Lawyer; member of Delaware state legislature, 1864-66; secretary of
state of Delaware, 1884-87.
Methodist.
Died in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., October
12, 1902 (age 68 years, 318
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Nelson Chaffin (b. 1905) —
also known as Robert N. Chaffin —
of Torrington, Goshen
County, Wyo.
Born in Avalon, Livingston
County, Mo., July 13,
1905.
Son of Robert Eliel Chaffin and Mamie (Curtis) Chaffin; married, November
24, 1932, to Hester Mae Wiltse.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Wyoming, 1948-60; member
of Wyoming
Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-57; Wyoming
Democratic state chair, 1955; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1961-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard J. Chamier —
of Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate, 1941-42, 1949-52 (13th District 1941-42, 19th
District 1949-52); resigned 1942.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Miles Chilcott (1828-1891) —
also known as George M. Chilcott —
of Jefferson
County, Iowa; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Cassville, Huntingdon
County, Pa., January
2, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County Sheriff, 1853; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1856; member
Colorado territorial council, 1861-62; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado Territory, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Colorado
territorial House of Representatives, 1872-74; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1878; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1882-83.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 6,
1891 (age 63 years, 63
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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James Robert Claiborne (1882-1944) —
also known as James R. Claiborne —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; University City, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1882.
Son of James R. Claiborne and Frances 'Fannie' (Moore) Claiborne;
married, November
26, 1919, to Louise Minnis.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1933-37 (at-large 1933-35, 12th
District 1935-37).
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., February
16, 1944 (age 61 years, 239
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo.
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Martin Linn Clardy (1844-1914) —
also known as Martin L. Clardy —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., April 26,
1844.
Son of Johnson B. Clardy and Susan (Eubank) Clardy; first cousin once
removed of Kit
Francis Clardy.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1879-89 (1st District 1879-83, 10th
District 1883-89); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1892.
Died, from heart
disease, in St.
Louis, Mo., July 5,
1914 (age 70 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921) —
also known as Champ Clark; "The Lion of
Democracy" —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, Ky., March 7,
1850.
Son of John Hampton Clark and Aletha Jane (Beauchamp) Clark; married,
December
14, 1881, to Genevieve Bennett; father of Genevieve Clark (who
married James
McIlhany Thomson) and Joel
Bennett Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1880;
Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-89; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1893-95, 1897-1921;
defeated, 1894, 1920; died in office 1921; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 2,
1921 (age 70 years, 360
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.
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Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Son of James
Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; son-in-law of Wilbur
W. Marsh; married, October
5, 1922, to Miriam Marsh.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Bullock Clark, Jr. (1831-1903) —
also known as John B. Clark, Jr. —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., January
14, 1831.
Son of John
Bullock Clark.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1873-83.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1903 (age 72 years, 236
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Henry Clarke (1843-1906) —
also known as Richard H. Clarke —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Dayton, Marengo
County, Ala., February
9, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1889-97 (1st District 1889-95, 4th
District 1895-97); member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1900.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
26, 1906 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Stephen Hugh Claycomb (1847-1930) —
of Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Missouri, August
11, 1847.
Son of George W. Claycomb and Elizabeth Claycomb.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1889-93.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage and pneumonia,
in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., June 6,
1930 (age 82 years, 299
days).
Interment at Ozark
Memorial Park, Joplin, Mo.
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Orion Clemens (1825-1897) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Missouri, October
6, 1825.
Son of John Marshall Clemens (1798-1847); married, December
19, 1854, to Mary E. 'Mollie' Stotts; brother of Samuel Langhorne
Clemens (1835-1910; author and humorist, best known as 'Mark Twain').
Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; secretary
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1865.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, December
11, 1897 (age 72 years, 66
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881) —
of Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 28,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1852-53, 1857-61 (15th District
1852-53, 10th District 1857-61); delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1881 (age 61 years, 63
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles Fremont Cochran (1846-1906) —
also known as Charles F. Cochran —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., September
27, 1846.
Son of W. A. Cochran and Laetitia (Smith) Cochran; married, April 27,
1868, to Louise M. Webber.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
editor; lawyer; Atchison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-84; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1897-1905.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
19, 1906 (age 60 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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John Joseph Cochran (1880-1947) —
also known as John J. Cochran —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., August
11, 1880.
Son of James Cochran and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Cochran; married, January
11, 1912, to Jeanette Brown (died).
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Reps. William
L. Igoe and Harry
B. Hawes, and to U.S. Sen. William
J. Stone; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1926-47 (11th District 1926-33,
at-large 1933-35, 13th District 1935-47); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1934.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in DePaul Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., March 6,
1947 (age 66 years, 207
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Francis Marion Cockrell (1834-1915) —
also known as Francis M. Cockrell —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., October
1, 1834.
Grandson of Simon
Cockrell; son of Joseph Cockrell and Nancy (Ellis) Cockrell;
first cousin of Elisha
Logan Cockrell and Harrison
Cockrill; brother of Jeremiah
Vardaman Cockrell; married, July 17,
1853, to Arethusa Stapp (died 1859); married 1867 to Anne E.
Mann (died); married, July 23,
1873, to Anna Ewing; first cousin thrice removed of Eleanor
Marion Hume Offutt.
Democrat. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1875-1905; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1905-10; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1915 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Mo.
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Bainbridge Colby (1869-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
22, 1869.
Third cousin twice removed of John
P. Colby; son of John Peck Colby and Frances (Bainbridge) Colby;
fourth cousin once removed of Frederick
Myron Colby; married 1929 to Ann
(Ahlstrand) Ely (1889-1963).
Lawyer; attorney for author Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain");
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1902; among
the founders
of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party in 1912; Progressive
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1914, 1916; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1920-21; law partner of Woodrow
Wilson 1921-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Bemus Point, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., April 11,
1950 (age 80 years, 110
days).
Interment at Bemus
Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.
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Albert McDonald Cole (1901-1994) —
also known as Albert M. Cole —
of Holton, Jackson
County, Kan.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo., October
13, 1901.
Son of Walter I. Cole and Mary B. (McDonald) Cole; married, November
11, 1927, to Emily Corbin.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1945-53.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 5,
1994 (age 92 years, 235
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole; married, October
10, 1916, to T. Imshenetzkaya; married, September
22, 1928, to Marilla C. Cole (cousin).
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice
Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Clay Cole (1897-1965) —
also known as William C. Cole —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Fillmore, Andrew
County, Mo., August
29, 1897.
Married, August
29, 1927, to Esther Leah Arnold.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1943-49, 1953-55 (3rd District
1943-49, 6th District 1953-55); defeated, 1948, 1950.
Member, Lions; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died September
23, 1965 (age 68 years, 25
days).
Interment at Fillmore
Cemetery, Fillmore, Mo.
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Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911) —
also known as Norman J. Colman —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 16,
1827.
Son of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter (died 1863); married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright (died 1897).
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; defeated, 1868; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1889.
Member, Freemasons.
Editor and publisher of an agricultural newspaper.
Died, of apoplexy,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
3, 1911 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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George Hamilton Combs, Jr. (1899-1977) —
also known as George H. Combs, Jr. —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 2,
1899.
Son of George Hamilton Combs; married 1921 to Mary
Chase.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1927-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., November
29, 1977 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Cosgrove (1839-1925) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born near Alexandria, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
12, 1839.
Son of James Cosgrove.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1883-85.
Died, from acute
nephritis and influenza,
in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., August
15, 1925 (age 85 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Hartwell G. Crain (b. 1900) —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
29, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate, 1947-52 (25th District 1947-48, 13th District
1949-52).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincil Penny Crowe (1897-1974) —
also known as V. P. Crowe —
of Garfield
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Braymer, Caldwell
County, Mo., July 7,
1897.
Son of Thomas William Crowe and Laura Belle (Penny) Crowe; married,
November
19, 1925, to Katherine Francis Latimer.
Democrat. Lawyer; Garfield
County Attorney, 1923-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in December, 1974
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred C. Cubberly (1869-1932) —
also known as Fred Cubberly —
of Cedar Key, Levy
County, Fla.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., October
28, 1869.
Son of George Cubberly and Sarah (Frazier) Cubberly; married, October
20, 1903, to M. Etta Hancock.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, 1909-13, 1921-32;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
municipal judge in Florida, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1920.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., August
11, 1932 (age 62 years, 288
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Archer, Fla.
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Thomas Bradford Curtis (1911-1993) —
also known as Thomas B. Curtis —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 14,
1911.
Married, June 28,
1941, to Susan Ross Chivvis.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1951-69 (12th District 1951-53, 2nd
District 1953-69); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1968, 1974.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Lions; American
Legion.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., January
10, 1993 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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