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Samuel Aaron Baker (1874-1933) —
also known as Sam Aaron Baker —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Patterson, Wayne
County, Mo., November
7, 1874.
Son of Samuel Aaron Baker and Mary Amanda (McGhee) Baker.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1919-23; Governor of
Missouri, 1925-29; director, Cortez-King Brand Mining Co.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., September
16, 1933 (age 58 years, 313
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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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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Alva Clark Forney (1871-1956) —
also known as A. Clark Forney —
of Oelrichs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Holt
County, Mo., February
25, 1871.
Son of Christian W. Forney and Mary Ellen (Iddings) Forney.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
rancher;
banker;
mining business; Fall
River County Treasurer, 1905-08; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 43rd District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1925-27.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died April 11,
1956 (age 85 years, 46
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore.
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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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Robert Pentland (b. 1908) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowhill, Scotland,
February
7, 1908.
Democrat. Coal miner; grocery clerk;
warehouse
worker; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; business
representative, Teamsters Local 688; member of Missouri
state senate 1st District, 1949-66.
Presbyterian.
Member, Teamsters
Union.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Richard Waddill (1842-1917) —
of Missouri.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., November
22, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Greene
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1879-81; mining
business.
Died in Deming, Luna
County, N.M., June 14,
1917 (age 74 years, 204
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Deming, N.M.
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