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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.
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 Allen (1813-1882) —
of Missouri.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
29, 1813.
Democrat. Railroad builder; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1881-82; died in
office 1882.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1882 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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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 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.
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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Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) —
also known as Henry T. Blow —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., July 15,
1817.
Son of Peter Blow and Elizabeth (Taylor) Blow.
Republican. Lead products
business; president, Iron Mountain Railroad; member of Missouri
state senate, 1854-58; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1869-70; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, 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.
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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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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Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) —
also known as S. W. Fordyce —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, February
7, 1840.
Son of John Fordyce and Mary (Houseman) Fordyce.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder, builder,
president, receiver, and director of many railroads; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884,
1892;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Arkansas, 1896.
Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August 3,
1919 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Richard Livingston Goode (b. 1855) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., February
4, 1855.
Son of William Thomas Goode and Martitia Elizabeth (Guthrie) Goode.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroad; Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1901-10; law
professor.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Gerald Hughes (b. 1875) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., July 8,
1875.
Son of Charles
James Hughes, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); chairman, First National Bank of
Denver; director, Denver and Salt Lake Railway.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
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Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) —
also known as Leonard Irving —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 24,
1898.
Democrat. Railroad work; theater
manager; hotel
manager; construction
worker; president and
business
agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in 1962
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Richard C. Kerens (1842-1916) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Killberry, County Meath, Ireland,
1842.
Son of Thomas Kerens and Elizabeth (Gugerty) Kerens.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
railroad builder; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1884-1900; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896 ; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1910-13.
Catholic.
Died September
4, 1916 (age about 74
years).
Entombed at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Frederick William Lehmann (1853-1931) —
also known as Frederick W. Lehmann —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Prussia,
February
28, 1853.
Son of Friedrich Wilhelm Lehmann and Sophia Lehman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Wabash Railroad; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Solicitor General, 1910-12.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
12, 1931 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; cenotaph at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Clarence Edward Macy (1886-1984) —
also known as Clarence E. Macy —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
9, 1886.
Railway mail clerk;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Coblenz, 1921-25; Dakar, 1925-27; Monrovia, 1927-28; U.S. Consul in Port Elizabeth, 1928-30; Tampico, 1932; Kabul, 1938; Karachi, 1938-43.
Died April 16,
1984 (age 97 years, 159
days).
Interment at Fort
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Son of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
general attorney, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1892.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hampden Hyatt Shepperd (1840-1910) —
also known as Hampden H. Shepperd —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.; Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., June 12,
1840.
Railway passenger agent; mayor
of Littleton, Colo., 1892-93, 1895-96, 1898-1901, 1906-08.
Died June 1,
1910 (age 69 years, 354
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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Lawrence Vest Stephens (1858-1923) —
also known as Lon Vest Stephens —
of Cooper
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., December
21, 1858.
Son of Joseph L. Stephens (1826-1881) and Martha (Gibson) Stephens
(1835-1877).
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; banker;
director, St. Louis and Southern Railroad; Missouri
state treasurer, 1890-97; Governor of
Missouri, 1897-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1912,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
10, 1923 (age 64 years, 20
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Rolla Wells (b. 1856) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 1,
1856.
Son of Erastus
Wells and Isabella Bowman (Henry) Wells.
General manager and receiver of street railways; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1901-09; governor, Federal Reserve Bank of St.
Louis, 1914-19.
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Son of David
Meade Woodson and Lucy Nash (McDowell) Woodson.
Engineer;
lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1862;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial
location unknown.
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