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James Thomas Blair (b. 1871) —
also known as James T. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Loudon, Loudon
County, Tenn., November
11, 1871.
Son of Samuel Tate Blair (Confederate cavalryman) and Louise Matlock
(Osborne) Blair.
Democrat. College
professor; president, Obion College, 1895-96; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1915-24; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy D. Blunt (b. 1950) —
also known as Roy Blunt —
of Strafford, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Niangua, Webster
County, Mo., January
10, 1950.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Missouri, 1985-93; President, Southwest Baptist
University, 1993-96.; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1997-.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herbert Spencer Hadley (1872-1927) —
also known as Herbert S. Hadley —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., February
20, 1872.
Son of Maj. John Milton Hadley.
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03; Missouri
state attorney general, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1912,
1916;
Governor
of Missouri, 1909-13; law
professor; Chancellor, Washington University, 1923-27.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
1, 1927 (age 55 years, 284
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president, Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Texas, 1902-05; president, University of Texas, 1905-08;
chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Thomas William Nadal (b. 1875) —
also known as Thomas W. Nadal —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Milroy, Rush
County, Ind., June 17,
1875.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Nadal and Jerusha (Richey) Nadal.
Republican. College
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1911-17; appointed 1911; acting
president, Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., 1915-16;
president, Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1917.
Congregationalist.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Modern
Language Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 2,
1909, to Kathryne Dillingham Wyckoff. |
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1911 |
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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John Newton Tillman (1859-1929) —
also known as John N. Tillman —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., December
13, 1859.
Son of Newton J. Tillman and Mary (Mullins) Tillman.
Democrat. Member of Arkansas
state senate, 1888-92; prosecuting attorney, 4th District,
1892-98; district judge in Arkansas 4th District, 1900-05;
president, University of Arkansas, 1905-12; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1915-29.
Died in 1929
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Willard Duncan Vandiver (1854-1932) —
also known as Willard D. Vandiver —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Hardy
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 30,
1854.
Son of Rev. L. H. Vandiver and Mary Ann (Vance) Vandiver.
Democrat. College
teacher; president, State Normal School (now Southeast
Missouri State University), 1893-97; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1897-1905; Missouri
Insurance Commissioner, 1905-09; vice-president, Central States Life
Insurance Co., 1911-12; Assistant Treasurer of the United States,
1913-21.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
The phrase, "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me" is attributed
to him.
Died May 30,
1932 (age 78 years, 61
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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