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Harry C. Raiffie (1908-1968) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 12,
1908.
Democrat. Vending
machine business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1952-67.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1968
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Chesed
Shel Emeth Cemetery, University City, Mo.
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John Edward Ramer (1869-1926) —
also known as John E. Ramer —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.
Born in Bethany, Harrison
County, Mo., October
27, 1869.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Colorado, 1915-17; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1921-25.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
In May, 1922, he halted a revolution in Nicaragua by threatening to
bring in the U.S. Marines.
Died, of heart
disease, in Denver,
Colo., July 2,
1926 (age 56 years, 248
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colo.
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William Joseph Randall (1909-2000) —
also known as William J. Randall; Bill
Randall —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., July 16,
1909.
Son of William R. Randall and Lillie (Bridges) Randall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; county judge in
Missouri, 1946-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1959-77.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Optimist
Club; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, at Independence Regional Health
Center, Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., July 7,
2000 (age 90 years, 357
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Charles Simone Reece (b. 1871) —
also known as Charles S. Reece —
of Simeon, Cherry
County, Neb.
Born in Andrew
County, Mo., March 12,
1871.
Son of Alvis Franklin Reece and Huda (Mackie) Reece.
Republican. Rancher; Cherry
County Clerk, 1902; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert L. Reeves (b. 1873) —
of Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo., December
21, 1873.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Reeves and Margaret Ellen (Isgrig) Reeves.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1901-02; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1923-.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Edwards Rhodes (1868-1928) —
also known as Marion E. Rhodes —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.
Born near Glenallen, Bollinger
County, Mo., January
4, 1868.
Son of Robert Rhodes and Georgia (Floyd) Rhodes.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Washington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1900-04; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1902-04; member of Missouri
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1905-07, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1908.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in 1928
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
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Milton Andrew Romjue (1874-1968) —
also known as Milton A. Romjue —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Love Lake, Macon
County, Mo., December
5, 1874.
Son of Andrew Jackson Romjue and Susan E. (Roan) Romjue.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Missouri, 1907-15; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1917-21, 1923-43 (1st District
1917-21, 1923-33, at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-43); defeated,
1920, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., January
23, 1968 (age 93 years, 49
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Macon, Mo.
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V. C. Rose (b. 1902) —
of Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo.
Born near Glenwood, Schuyler
County, Mo., July 6,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer; Putnam
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28, 1935-38; circuit judge in
Missouri 3rd Circuit, 1939-55.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Joel Rothman (b. 1935) —
also known as Kenneth J. Rothman —
of University City, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
11, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1963-80; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1981-85.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Sigma
Alpha Mu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1993.
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Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839-1921) —
also known as Archibald J. Sampson; A. J.
Sampson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Colorado; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, June 21,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Colorado
state attorney general, 1877-79; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1897-1905.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, from acute
nephritis and pneumonia,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1921 (age 82 years, 186
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives:
Married 1866
to Kate I. Turner (died 1886); married 1891 to Frances
S. Wood. |
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Maurice Schecter (1904-2001) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 27,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1935-40; member of Missouri
state senate 13th District, 1961-76.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Missouri Baptist Medical
Center, Town and Country, St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 2001 (age 96 years, 218
days).
Interment at Chesed
Shel Emeth Cemetery No. 2, Creve Coeur, Mo.
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Founder, city of Galena; organizer, Citizens Bank of
Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Schermerhorn Park (land he donated) is named for
him.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Joplin, Mo.
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Omar Schnatmeier (b. 1908) —
of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., July 21,
1908.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; sheriff;
member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1944-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary;
Moose.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Rice Homer Scott (b. 1813) —
also known as John R. Homer Scott —
of Arkansas.
Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., October
16, 1813.
Son of Andrew
Scott.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1873; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Arkansas
Democratic state chair, 1878.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin in Washington
County, Pa., about 1785.
Youngest member of the Lewis
and Clark
expedition, 1804-06; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge in
Kentucky; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 and lost a
leg. Shannon's Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, is
named
for him.
Died, in a hotel at
Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., August
30, 1836 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Massey
Mill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo.
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Stratton Shartel (1895-1956) —
of Missouri.
Born in Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo., 1895.
Son of Cassius
McLean Shartel.
Republican. Lawyer; Missouri
state attorney general, 1928-33.
Southern
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died February
2, 1956 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.
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Dewey Jackson Short (1898-1979) —
also known as Dewey Short —
of Galena, Stone
County, Mo.
Born in Galena, Stone
County, Mo., April 7,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1929-31, 1935-57 (14th District
1929-31, 7th District 1935-57); defeated, 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1932; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Delta
Tau Delta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Lions; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
19, 1979 (age 81 years, 226
days).
Interment at Galena
Cemetery, Galena, Mo.
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Isaac Newton Skelton IV (b. 1931) —
also known as Ike Skelton —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.; Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.; Blue Springs, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., December
20, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1971-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1977-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Lions; Elks;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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Forrest Smith (1886-1962) —
of Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Ray
County, Mo., February
14, 1886.
Democrat. Missouri
state auditor, 1933-49; defeated, 1928; Governor of
Missouri, 1949-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1952,
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Eagles;
Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died March 8,
1962 (age 76 years, 22
days).
Interment at Sunny
Slope Cemetery, Richmond, Mo.
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Israel C. Smith (1838-1899) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Denver,
Colo.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in 1838.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; hotel
proprietor; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th Michigan District,
1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in 1899
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Talbot Smith (1899-1978) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., October
11, 1899.
Son of Franklin Campbell Smith and Mary (Majors) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1955-61; defeated, 1953; appointed
1955; resigned 1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of heart
disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
21, 1978 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Cremated.
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Howard Sutherland (1865-1950) —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born near Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
8, 1865.
Son of John
Webster Sutherland.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1909-12; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia at-large, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1924,
1932,
1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Royal
Arcanum.
Died March 12,
1950 (age 84 years, 185
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) —
also known as Stuart Symington —
of Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 26,
1901.
Son of William Stuart Symington and Emily Haxall (Harrison)
Symington.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
the Air Force, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956,
1960;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956,
1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died December
14, 1988 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Gene Taylor (1928-1998) —
also known as "Sage of the Ozarks" —
of Sarcoxie, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Sarcoxie, Jasper
County, Mo., February
10, 1928.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; chair of
Jasper County Republican Party, 1958; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1968-71; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1973-89.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died October
27, 1998 (age 70 years, 259
days).
Interment at Sarcoxie
Cemetery, Sarcoxie, Mo.
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James M. Taylor (b. 1920) —
of Raytown, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Pleasant Hill, Cass
County, Mo., November
30, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; insurance
agent; member of Missouri
state senate 8th District, 1962-66; defeated, 1966; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1964.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1966.
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John Gayer Terry (b. 1897) —
also known as John G. Terry —
of Pixley, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Rockville, Bates
County, Mo., July 12,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1946; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allison Garnett Thompson (b. 1892) —
also known as A. Garnett Thompson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Lawson, Ray
County, Mo., August
11, 1892.
Son of Ernest Thompson and Jimmie (Graves) Thompson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, Bank of
Dunbar; director, radio
station WTIP; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1942; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1950-53;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1960;
chair
of Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1968-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lorenzo Dow Thompson (1873-1951) —
also known as L. D. Thompson —
of New Bloomfield, Callaway
County, Mo.
Born near Vandalia, Ralls
County, Mo., November
22, 1873.
Republican. Merchant;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1921-25; Missouri
state auditor, 1925-29.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Lions.
Died October
1, 1951 (age 77 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) —
also known as "Give 'Em Hell Harry" —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lamar, Barton
County, Mo., May 8,
1884.
Son of John Anderson Truman (1851-1914) and Martha Ellen (Young)
Truman (1852-1947).
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in
Missouri, 1922-24, 1926-34; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1935-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1944,
1952,
1960;
Vice
President of the United States, 1945; President
of the United States, 1945-53; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; American
Legion; Eagles; Elks; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist group, Griselio Torresola
and Oscar Collazo, tried to shoot their way into Blair House,
temporary residence of the President, as part of an attempted
assassination, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, Leslie
Coffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, and
convicted of murder.
Died at Research Hospital
and Medical Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
26, 1972 (age 88 years, 232
days).
Interment at Truman
Presidential Library and Museum, Independence, Mo.; statue at Independence
Square, Independence, Mo.
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Levi J. Wagner (c.1818-1882) —
of Missouri.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., about 1818.
Member of Missouri state legislature; elected 1858, 1872; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 12th District, 1875.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo., September
4, 1882 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Memphis
Cemetery, Memphis, Mo.
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Ray Weightman (b. 1898) —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Mound City, Holt
County, Mo., August
26, 1898.
Son of W. H. Weightman and Eliza Weightman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Holt
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-29; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; circuit judge in Missouri 4th Circuit, 1947-55.
Methodist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip James Welch (1895-1963) —
also known as Phil J. Welch —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., April 4,
1895.
Democrat. Sales manager for a furniture
company; mayor
of St. Joseph, Mo., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1949-53.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., April 26,
1963 (age 68 years, 22
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Cloy E. Whitney (1910-1979) —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born in Fort Morgan, Morgan
County, Colo., November
15, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Adair County, 1963-66.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died in 1979
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1934
to Anne M. Wood. |
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Roger B. Wilson (b. 1948) —
of Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Boone
County, Mo., October
10, 1948.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; member of Missouri
state senate; elected 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1993-2000; Governor of
Missouri, 2000-01; Missouri
Democratic state chair, 2004-07.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Madison Woodard (b. 1881) —
also known as J. M. Woodard —
of Aurora, Hamilton
County, Neb.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
30, 1881.
Son of Daniel S. Woodard and Sarah Ann (Casteel) Woodard.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; medical examiner and
surgeon for Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad;
chair
of Hamilton County Democratic Party, 1940.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary;
Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Medical Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar Bailey Woolfolk (1865-1956) —
of Missouri.
Born in Flint Hill, St. Charles
County, Mo., November
22, 1865.
Member of Missouri state legislature, 1899-1901; state court judge in
Missouri, 1913-43.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo., January
2, 1956 (age 90 years, 41
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Troy, Mo.
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Orville Zimmerman (1880-1948) —
of Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo.
Born near Glenallen, Bollinger
County, Mo., December
31, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1935-48; died in
office 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1948 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Kennett, Mo.
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