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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Clothing and Textile Politicians in Missouri</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Obrigheim, Bavaria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/11-13.html">November 13, 1853</a>. Democrat. <b>Clothing merchant</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/chillicothe.html">mayor of Chillicothe, Mo.</a>, 1887-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/boise.html">mayor of Boise, Idaho</a>, 1897-99, 1901-03; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/ID.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/ID.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/ID.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/ID.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 1915-19; defeated, 1908, 1922. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-died.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/01-04.html">January 4, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms00524">Morris Hill Cemetery</a>, Boise, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Nathan Alexander and Emma Alexander; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/12-04.html">December 4, 1876</a>, to Helena (Hedwig) Keastner.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/moses-alexander/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Alexander">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7250906">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> City of Boise</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward F. Bertram (1870-1956)</b> — also known as <b>Ed Bertram</b> — of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SD-lived.html">Scotland County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SD-born.html">Scotland County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/03-30.html">March 30, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <b>dry goods merchant</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Scotland County, 1945-48; defeated, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/index.html">1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SD-buried.html#cms05265">Memphis Cemetery</a>, Memphis, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-30.html">November 30, 1899</a>, to Nellie Pitkin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80519542">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/956/62.94.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="B. B. Haagsma"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Broer Baukes Haagsma (1831-1907)</b> — also known as <b>B. B. Haagsma</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Schraard, Friesland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-born.html">Netherlands</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/05-16.html">May 16, 1831</a>. <b>Dry goods salesman</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">bookkeeper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-consuls.html">Consul for Netherlands</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-consuls.html">St. Louis, Mo.</a>, 1870-77, 1888-1903. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a> in the Mississippi River at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/08-28.html">August 28, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-buried.html#cms02143">Valhalla Cemetery</a>, Bel-Nor, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/186269318">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> St. Louis Globe-Democrat, August 29, 1907</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Barnes Hereford (1863-1935)</b> — also known as <b>J. B. Hereford</b> — of Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LA-lived.html">Lafayette County</a>, Mo. Born in Mt. Hope, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LA-born.html">Lafayette County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/02-18.html">February 18, 1863</a>. Democrat. <b>Dry goods merchant</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 17th District, 1925-28. Died in Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LA-died.html">Lafayette County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/11-29.html">November 29, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-buried.html#cms05713">Mt. Washington Cemetery</a>, Independence, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/">1902</a> to Elizabeth McDonald; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/02-16.html">February 16, 1915</a>, to Bertha McGlathery.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14345045">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/332/89.69.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Ethelbert P. Lampkin"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ethelbert P. Lampkin (b. 1864)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born near Sedalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-born.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-25.html">November 25, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; <b>wholesale dry goods business</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 32nd District, 1923; appointed 1923. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/09-20.html">September 20, 1899</a>, to Lillie A. Buckner.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Missouri Official Manual 1923</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Silas Roe (1897-1959)</b> — also known as <b>Silas Roe</b> — of El Dorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CE-lived.html">Cedar County</a>, Mo. Born in West Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DG-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/07-12.html">July 12, 1897</a>. Republican. <b>Milliner</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Cedar County, 1935-38. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/06-15.html">June 15, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 338 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CE-buried.html# ">El Dorado Springs Cemetery</a>, El Dorado Springs, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Henry Roe and Mary Margaret (Izenhart) Roe; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/08-21.html">August 21, 1917</a>, to Jewell Erma Collins.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/88175876">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Andrew Jackson Sherwood (1871-1959)</b> — also known as <b>A. J. Sherwood</b> — of Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-lived.html">Stoddard County</a>, Mo. Born in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-26.html">July 26, 1871</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <b>dry goods merchant</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Stoddard County, 1933-38. Died in Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-died.html">Stoddard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/05-18.html">May 18, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-buried.html#cms01196">Dexter Cemetery</a>, Dexter, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John H. Sherwood and Saphrona Paralee (Collins) Sherwood; married to Pearle Benham.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18038067">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gordon S. Summers (b. 1926)</b> — of Bourbon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CF-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Mo. Born in Sullivan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/04-29.html">April 29, 1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <b>clothing merchant</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Crawford County, 1955-56; defeated, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>. Still living as of 1956. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/11-11.html">November 11, 1948</a>, to Virginia Merkel.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Julius Galen Tilden (1874-1958)</b> — also known as <b>J. Galen Tilden</b> — of Ames, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-lived.html">Story County</a>, Iowa. Born in Ames, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-born.html">Story County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-28.html">March 28, 1874</a>. <b>Dry goods merchant</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/ames.html">mayor of Ames, Iowa</a>, 1908-10. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/05-14.html">May 14, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-buried.html#cms05462">Ames Municipal Cemetery</a>, Ames, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Lydia Ann (Cooper) Tilden and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#185.09.83">George Galen Tilden</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#504.88.18">Lucien Cooper Tilden</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#102.07.68">Stephen Daniel Tilden</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#789.26.22">Daniel Rose Tilden</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#759.91.17">Moses Younglove Tilden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#308.96.36">Samuel Jones Tilden</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28250561">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Peter Walker (1851-1890)</b> — also known as <b>James P. Walker</b> — of Kennett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DU-lived.html">Dunklin County</a>, Mo.; Point Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NM-lived.html">New Madrid County</a>, Mo.; Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-lived.html">Stoddard County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LU-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/03-14.html">March 14, 1851</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">River transportation business</a>; <b>dry goods merchant</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">grain dealer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/MO.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 14th District, 1887-90; died in office 1890. Died in Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-died.html">Stoddard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/07-19.html">July 19, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 127 days</a>). 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