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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Son of Nathaniel Allison and Mattie (Johnson) Allison.
Sawmill
worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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Orland Kay Armstrong (1893-1987) —
also known as Orland K. Armstrong —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo., October
2, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; newspaper
correspondent; author; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1932-36, 1942-44; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1951-53.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April 15,
1987 (age 93 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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George H. Butler (d. 1886) —
Born in Hamilton, Caldwell
County, Mo.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; drama critic;
U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1870.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 11,
1886.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1869
to Rose Eytinge (actress). |
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Winston Churchill (1871-1947) —
of Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Plainfield, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
10, 1871.
Son of Edward Spaulding Churchill and Emma Bell (Blaine) Churchill.
Novelist; historian; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-05; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Progressive candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1912.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., March 12,
1947 (age 75 years, 122
days).
Interment somewhere
in Plainfield, N.H.
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Bayard Taylor Hainer (1860-1933) —
also known as Bayard T. Hainer —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., May 31,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
author; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1920; chief counsel,
Federal Trade Commission, 1925-27.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 10,
1933 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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James Wideman Lee (1849-1919) —
also known as James W. Lee —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Rockbridge, Gwinnett
County, Ga., November
28, 1849.
Son of Zachery James Lee (1831-1865) and Emily Harris (Wideman) Lee
(1832-1876).
Democrat. Minister;
writer; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1916.
Southern
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
4, 1919 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married to Emma Eufaula Ledbetter (1862-1951). |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant of God and Lover of
Man. Forty-Five Years a Methodist Preacher Who Lived and Died to Make
Earth and Heaven One." |
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memorial |
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Phyllis Stewart Schlafly (b. 1924) —
also known as Phyllis Schlafly; Phyllis McAlpin
Stewart —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1924.
Daughter of John Bruce Stewart.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1952 (24th District), 1970 (23rd
District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1956,
1960
(alternate), 1964;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2004,
2008
(alternate).
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Junior
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Author of A Choice Not An Echo and other books; leader
of opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment; founder and president of
the Eagle Forum.
Still living as of 2011.
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James H. Webb (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; lawyer;
author; screenwriter; journalist;
U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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