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Adolph Abeles (1817-1855) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Petchau, Bohemia (now Czech
Republic), April 3,
1817.
Merchant; member of Missouri
state house of representatives; elected 1850.
Jewish.
On the inaugural run of the Pacific Railroad, from St. Louis to
Jefferson City, Mo., he was drowned
when the bridge over the Gasconade River collapsed,
sending the train into
the water, near Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo., November
1, 1855 (age 38 years, 212
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Thomas Jasper Akins (b. 1852) —
also known as Thomas J. Akins —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cedar
County, Mo., August
14, 1852.
Son of John Akins and Mary J. (Halbert) Akins.
Republican. Merchant; banker; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1898-1902; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1904-12; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1914.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas B. Bullene (1828-1894) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., 1828.
Merchant; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1882.
Died in 1894
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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R. L. Chuning (b. 1863) —
of Camp Crook, Butte County (now Harding
County), S.Dak.
Born in Bigelow, Holt
County, Mo., September
22, 1863.
Democrat. Merchant; banker; rancher;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 47th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Herman Rudolph Dietrich (1862-1938) —
also known as Herman R. Dietrich —
of Utica, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Utica, Livingston
County, Mo., January
6, 1862.
Son of Martin Anthony Dietrich (1825-1884) and Wilhelmina M. (Kurth)
Dietrich (1836-1911).
Farmer;
merchant; postmaster;
newspaper
editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S. Consul General in
Guayaquil, 1903-12.
German
ancestry.
Died in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., January
21, 1938 (age 76 years, 15
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married to Cora Helena Boschert (1873-1904). |
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Richard Charles Dillon (1877-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Dillon —
of Encino, Torrance
County, N.M.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 24,
1877.
Son of Richard Dillon and Hattie (Patterson) Dillon.
Republican. Merchant; member of New Mexico
state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Mexico, 1927-31; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1934; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Mexico, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died January
4, 1966 (age 88 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Nicholas Ford (1833-1897) —
of Rochester, Andrew
County, Mo.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.
Born in Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland,
June
21, 1833.
Mining
business; merchant; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1879-83; Republican
candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1884.
Died in Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan., June 18,
1897 (age 63 years, 362
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Aurora, Kan.
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835-1909) —
also known as Ethan A. Hitchcock —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
19, 1835.
Republican. Merchant; partner in China trade; president of manufacturing,
mining,
and railroad
companies; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1898-99; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1899-1907.
Died April 9,
1909 (age 73 years, 202
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Wylie Paul Hunt (1859-1934) —
also known as George W. P. Hunt —
of Globe, Gila
County, Ariz.
Born in Huntsville, Randolph
County, Mo., November
1, 1859.
Son of George Washington Hunt and Sarah Elizabeth (Yates) Hunt.
Democrat. Rancher;
merchant; member of Arizona
territorial legislature, 1892-1900, 1904-10; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1900;
delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1910; Governor of
Arizona, 1912-17, 1917-19, 1923-29, 1931-33; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1920-21.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1934 (age 75 years, 53
days).
Interment at Papago
Park, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Oliver Winfield Killam (1874-1959) —
also known as O. W. Killam; "King
Petrol" —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.; Grove, Delaware
County, Okla.; Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Lincoln
County, Mo., April 27,
1874.
Son of Winfield Killam and Katherine (Macgruder) Killam.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
merchant; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1915-18; oil
producer; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1956.
Died January
1, 1959 (age 84 years, 249
days).
Interment at Laredo
Public Cemetery, Laredo, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Harriet 'Hattie' Smith. |
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Caleb Lipscomb —
of Missouri.
Socialist. Merchant; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1918; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Missouri, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Henry Morehead (1861-1942) —
also known as John H. Morehead —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.
Born near Columbia, Lucas
County, Iowa, December
3, 1861.
Son of Andrew Morehead and Frances (Cooper) Morehead.
Democrat. Merchant; farmer; banker; Richardson
County Treasurer, 1896-99; mayor, Falls City, Neb., 1900; member
of Nebraska
state senate, 1911; Governor of
Nebraska, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1923-35.
Presbyterian.
Died in a hospital
at St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., May 31,
1942 (age 80 years, 179
days).
Interment at Steele
Cemetery, Falls City, Neb.
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Stephen Friel Nuckolls (1825-1879) —
of Linden, Clay
County, Mo.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Grayson
County, Va., August
16, 1825.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Nebraska
territorial legislature, 1859; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1869-71; member
Wyoming territorial council, 1871; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming Territory, 1872.
Founder of Nebraska City, Nebraska.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
14, 1879 (age 53 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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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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Harry J. Revercomb (b. 1902) —
of Shelbina, Shelby
County, Mo.
Born in Shelbina, Shelby
County, Mo., August 5,
1902.
Democrat. Merchant; farmer;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-52 (9th District 1945-48, 17th District
1949-52).
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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John William Smith (1792-1845) —
also known as John W. Smith; William John Smith;
"El Colorado" —
of Ralls
County, Mo.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, March 4,
1792.
Son of John Smith and Isabel Smith.
Ralls
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26; merchant; surveyor;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office
1845.
Catholic.
In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex.,
before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there.
Died, probably of pneumonia,
in Washington, Washington
County, Tex., January
12, 1845 (age 52 years, 314
days).
Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith and Isabel Smith; married 1821 to Harriet
Stone; married 1830 to Maria
de Jesús Delgado Curbelo. |
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article |
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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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Alfred O. Tittmann (b. 1874) —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 27,
1874.
Merchant; goat
rancher; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Mannheim, 1910-11; U.S. Vice Consul in Bergen, 1914.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Elkington Wood (1879-1969) —
also known as Robert E. Wood —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 13,
1879.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I;
vice-president (1924-39) and chairman (1939-54), Sears, Roebuck &
Company department stores; one of the founders of the America
First Committee (1940), opposed to U.S. involvement in World War II;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Died November
6, 1969 (age 90 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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