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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.
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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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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Alexander Gilmore Cochran (1846-1928) —
also known as Alexander G. Cochran —
of Pennsylvania; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., March 20,
1846.
Son of John Cochran and Ann (Richardson) Cochran.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1875-77; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Died, from pyelo-nephrosis,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1928 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Renwick Dean (1862-1936) —
also known as James R. Dean —
of Broken Bow, Custer
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
15, 1862.
Son of Henry Dean and Ellen Margaret (Armour) Dean.
Democrat. Lawyer; Custer
County Attorney, 1895-99; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1908-10, 1917-35; Presidential
Elector for Nebraska, 1912.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows.
Died January
5, 1936 (age 73 years, 112
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Forrest C. Donnell (1884-1980) —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Quitman, Nodaway
County, Mo., August
20, 1884.
Son of John Cary Donnell and Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Missouri, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1945-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 3,
1980 (age 95 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Moses Hartmann (b. 1872) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born November
26, 1872.
Son of Ignatz Hartmann and Anna (Kohn) Hartmann.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1919-37.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Alfred Houts (b. 1868) —
also known as Charles A. Houts —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.; Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., December
13, 1868.
Son of George William Houts and Annie (Duffield) Houts.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1910-14.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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A. Clifford Jones (b. 1921) —
of Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
13, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
president, Aluminum Truck
Bodies, Inc.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1951-58 (St. Louis County 4th
District 1951-52, St. Louis County 5th District 1953-58); member of
Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1965-81.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 1981.
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Yewell Lawrence (1906-1951) —
of Bloomfield, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in Dexter, Stoddard
County, Mo., August
25, 1906.
Democrat. Wholesale
grocer; automobile
dealer; banker; farmer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940;
member of Missouri
state senate 25th District, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Killed in a car
accident, January
2, 1951 (age 44 years, 130
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, Mo.
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Frederic Hine Maughmer, Jr. (1927-2003) —
also known as Fred H. Maughmer, Jr. —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., June 26,
1927.
Son of Frederic
Hine Maughmer and Ruth (Hine) Maughmer.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1965-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died September
28, 2003 (age 76 years, 94
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George H. Pace (b. 1916) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Crystal Lake, McHenry
County, Ill., November
21, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; motel
owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Marion County; elected 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 1967.
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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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