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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Jackson County, Mo.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Washington Cemetery</a> <li>Independence <a href="cms02217">Truman Presidential Library and Museum</a> <li>Independence <a href="cms00905">Woodlawn Cemetery</a> <li>Kansas City <a href="cms01792">Calvary Cemetery</a> <li>Kansas City <a href="cms00622">Elmwood Cemetery</a> <li>Kansas City <a href="cms02236">Forest Hill Cemetery</a> <li>Kansas City <a href="cms03982">Mt. Moriah Cemetery</a> <li>Kansas City <a href="cms01440">Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery</a> <li>Kansas City <a href=" ">Sheffield Cemetery</a> <li>Kansas City <a href="cms04778">Union Cemetery</a> <li>Kansas City <a href="cms03779">Westport Cemetery</a> <li>Lee's Summit <a href="cms03322">Lee's Summit Cemetery</a> <li>Oak Grove <a href="cms05781">Oak Grove Cemetery</a> <li>Raytown <a href="cms06320">Brooking Cemetery</a> <li>Raytown <a href=" ">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms02245">Blue Springs Cemetery</a> Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Jasper Bell (1885-1978) — also known as C. Jasper Bell — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo.; Blue Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/HI-born.html">Hinsdale County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/01-16.html">January 16, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in Missouri 16th Circuit, 1931-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 4th District, 1935-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</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/1978/01-21.html">January 21, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at Blue Springs Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Thaddeus P. Bell and America Virginia (Palmer) Bell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-15.html">June 15, 1915</a>, to Grace G. Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000332">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401324">Govtrack.us page</a></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> George G. Garrett (1902-1980) — also known as "Chief" — of Blue Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/index.html">1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/bluesprings.html">Mayor of Blue Springs, Mo.</a>, 1950-51, 1955-56, 1960-62. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/index.html">1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at Blue Springs Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married to Vada Shepherd.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/64205955">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Ervine Dale Baumgardner (1929-2004) — also known as Dale Baumgardner — of Blue Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Grain Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/07-26.html">July 26, 1929</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/bluesprings.html">Mayor of Blue Springs, Mo.</a>, 1970-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-officials.html">Jackson County Executive</a>, 1979-82. Died in Ozark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CX-died.html">Christian County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/12-10.html">December 10, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 137 days</a>). Interment at Blue Springs Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Byri Baumgardner and Ona (Stephenson) Baumgardner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/04-23.html">April 23, 1950</a>, to Rose Marie Schoonover.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/130801180">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07903">Independence Square</a> Independence, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/556/54.36.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Harry S. Truman"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) — also known as "Give 'Em Hell Harry" — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BR-born.html">Barton County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-08.html">May 8, 1884</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Missouri, 1922-24, 1926-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1935-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MO.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MO.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1945; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1945-53; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/index.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. 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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lambda-chi-alpha.html">Lambda Chi Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">attempted assassination</a>, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, Leslie Coffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, and convicted of murder. Died at Research <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> and Medical Center, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/12-26.html">December 26, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at <a href="#cms02217">Truman Presidential Library and Museum</a>; statue at Independence Square. <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">Relatives: Son of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/06-28.html">June 28, 1919</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#894.26.99">Elizabeth Virginia Wallace</a> (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#953.39.73">Benjamin Franklin Wallace</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#339.41.17">James C. Chiles</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13014.html">Truman family</a> of Independence, Missouri.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/may.html#215.74.96">Andrew J. May</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#077.09.20">Milton Lipson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosenberger-rosenstein.html#647.24.89">Samuel I. Rosenman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#540.54.79">Stephen J. Spingarn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#960.34.84">James M. Curley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#605.38.97">George E. Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#605.38.97">George E. Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniels.html#778.76.23">Jonathan Daniels</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Truman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">State University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AD-names.html">Kirksville, Missouri</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Truman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">College</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-names.html">Chicago, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Harry S. Truman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-names.html">Levittown, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#425.53.87">H. Truman Chafin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore4.html#796.17.42">Harry Truman Moore</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Personal motto: "The Buck Stops Here."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000387">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410956">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry S. Truman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/114/000024042">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874288">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1043">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4046">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Harry S. Truman: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0826214452/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0826214452&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Harry S. Truman: David McCullough, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671456547/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0671456547&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Truman</a> — Alonzo L. Hamby, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195124979/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195124979&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Man of the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman</a> — Sean J. Savage, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813109418/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813109418&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Truman and the Democratic Party</a> — Ken Hechler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399127623/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0399127623&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Working With Truman : A Personal Memoir of the White House Years</a> — Alan Axelrod, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591840287/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1591840287&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">When the Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman on Leadership</a> — Ralph Keyes, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517194597/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0517194597&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Wit and Wisdom of Harry S. Truman</a> — William Lee Miller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307595641/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307595641&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Two Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World</a> — Matthew Algeo, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556527772/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1556527772&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip</a> — David Pietrusza, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140276748X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=140276748X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America</a> — Mike Resnick, ed., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812511925/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812511925&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Alternate Presidents [anthology]</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Who's Who in United States Politics (1950)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05713">Mt. Washington Cemetery</a> 614 South Brookside Avenue Independence, Jackson County, Missouri Founded 1900 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=30384&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) — also known as Robert T. Van Horn — of Pomeroy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MG-lived.html">Meigs County</a>, Ohio; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in East Mahoning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/IN-born.html">Indiana County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/05-19.html">May 19, 1824</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html#2">Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1857-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1861-62, 1863-65; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/MO.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/MO.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/MO.html">1872</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/MO.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/MO.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/MO.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97); defeated (Republican), 1894, 1902; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Republican National Committee from Missouri</a>, 1872-74, 1884; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Missouri Republican state chair</a>, 1874-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html#3">U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Kansas City, Missouri</a>, 1879. Died in Evanston Station (now part of Independence), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-03.html">January 3, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000042">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411087">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6122034">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/752/18.59.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="James A. Reed"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Alexander Reed (1861-1944) — also known as James A. Reed — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born near Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/11-09.html">November 9, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1900-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/MO.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MO.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MO.html">1916</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/speakers.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1911-29; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/index.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/index.html">1932</a>. Died in Fairview, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OO-died.html">Oscoda County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/09-08.html">September 8, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John A. Reed and Nancy Reed; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-01.html">August 1, 1887</a>, to Lura M. Olmsted; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/12-13.html">December 13, 1933</a>, to Nell Q. Donnelly.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000118">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409098">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10727">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</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> William Allen Coy (1835-1912) — also known as William A. Coy — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PO-born.html">Portage County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/11-30.html">November 30, 1835</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Kan.</a>, 1889-91. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">nephritis</a>, in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/03-27.html">March 27, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Allen Coy and Sarah Coy.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6074293">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John Lee Peak (1839-1910) — also known as John L. Peak — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/04-05.html">April 5, 1839</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-diplomats.html ">Switzerland</a>, 1895-97. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-24.html">September 24, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/">1862</a> to Mattie H. Daviess.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/peak-john-lee ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/91714850">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Maxwell Blake (1877-1959) — of Oklahoma. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/11-15.html">November 15, 1877</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MA-consuls.html ">Funchal</a>, 1906-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-consuls.html ">Dunfermline</a>, 1907-10; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-consuls.html ">Bogotá</a>, 1910; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MR-consuls.html ">Tangier</a>, 1910-21, 1925-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-consuls.html ">Melbourne</a>, 1924-25; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MR-diplomats.html ">Morocco</a>, 1917-21, 1925-41. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/01-22.html">January 22, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John Thorn Blake and Annie (Maxwell) Blake; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/">1906</a> to Ruth Maxwell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/blake-maxwell ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15484959">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John Finis Philips (1834-1919) — also known as John F. Philips — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-lived.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo.; Sedalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-lived.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Thralls Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/12-31.html">December 31, 1834</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a>, 1861; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sedalia.html">mayor of Sedalia, Mo.</a>, 1866-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/MO.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1875-77, 1880-81; defeated, 1880 (7th District), 1886 (5th District); Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1885-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri</a>, 1888-1910. Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-died.html">Garland County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/03-13.html">March 13, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John G. Philips; married to Fleece Batterton; father of Emmet E. Philips.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000304">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408704">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Finis Philips">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6064491">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Manvel Humfrey Davis (1891-1959) — also known as Manvel H. Davis; "Cap" — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/KO-born.html">Kiowa County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-07.html">April 7, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 10th District, 1925-28; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 7th District, 1929-32; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> at-large, 1932; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MO.html">1952</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/pr1956-election.html">1956</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/1959/02-10.html">February 10, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manvel H. Davis">Wikipedia article</a></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> Joseph Wayne Mercer (1845-1906) — also known as Joseph W. Mercer — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PL-born.html">Platte County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/02-25.html">February 25, 1845</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trea.html">Missouri state treasurer</a>, 1875-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html">mayor of Independence, Mo.</a>, 1892-93. Wounded during the Civil War, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost his right arm</a>. Died in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/03-13.html">March 13, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 16 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cornell Crysler (1829-1900) — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y.; Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-born.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/09-27.html">September 27, 1829</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html#2">Independence, Mo.</a>, 1873-85; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/MO.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html">mayor of Independence, Mo.</a>, 1890-91. Died in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/06-02.html">June 2, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 248 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Philip Crysler; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/">1852</a> to Nancy W. Dunlap.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/92276118">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John Barnes Hereford (1863-1935) — also known as J. B. Hereford — 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. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry goods merchant</a>; 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 Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">Relatives: 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.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14345045">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> LeGrand Alexander Copley (1844-1926) — also known as LeGrand A. Copley — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Harrisonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CS-born.html">Cass County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/09-29.html">September 29, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate agent</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1904, 1908. Died in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/12-29.html">December 29, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Almon G. Copley and Lydia Ann (Anderson) Copley; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#936.26.30">William C. Copley</a>; married to Ellen Amelia 'Nellie' James.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80611624">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Emile Stanislas Brus (1847-1919) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Mazamet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/12-13.html">December 13, 1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html">Consular Agent for France</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-consuls.html">Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.</a>, 1900-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">hypostatic pneumonia</a>, in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/02-27.html">February 27, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 76 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/82309230">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Nathan Scarritt (1902-1969) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-08.html">December 8, 1902</a>. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html ">Montevideo</a>, 1927-29. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/06-23.html">June 23, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 197 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/91114988">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Alfred J. Lane (1932-2009) — also known as Al Lane — of Mission Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan. Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/07-07.html">July 7, 1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Airplane pilot</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a> 25th District, 1989-2003. Died, in St. Luke's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/10-03.html">October 3, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 88 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Daniel Lane and Mary Ann (Nardone) Lane; married to Peggy Wright.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Locke Madison (1915-1998) — also known as Charles L. Madison — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo.; Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ore. Born in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/08-28.html">August 28, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 10th District, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 10th District, 1947-55; resigned 1955. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in Keizer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/01-18.html">January 18, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms00481">Willamette National Cemetery</a>, Portland, Ore.; cenotaph at Mt. Washington Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/940980">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02217">Truman Presidential Library and Museum</a> Independence, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/556/54.36.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Harry S. Truman"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) — also known as "Give 'Em Hell Harry" — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BR-born.html">Barton County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-08.html">May 8, 1884</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Missouri, 1922-24, 1926-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1935-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MO.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MO.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1945; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1945-53; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/index.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. 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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lambda-chi-alpha.html">Lambda Chi Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">attempted assassination</a>, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, Leslie Coffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, and convicted of murder. Died at Research <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> and Medical Center, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/12-26.html">December 26, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at Truman Presidential Library and Museum; statue at <a href="#cms07903">Independence Square</a>. <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">Relatives: Son of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/06-28.html">June 28, 1919</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#894.26.99">Elizabeth Virginia Wallace</a> (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#953.39.73">Benjamin Franklin Wallace</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#339.41.17">James C. Chiles</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13014.html">Truman family</a> of Independence, Missouri.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/may.html#215.74.96">Andrew J. May</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#077.09.20">Milton Lipson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosenberger-rosenstein.html#647.24.89">Samuel I. Rosenman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#540.54.79">Stephen J. Spingarn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#960.34.84">James M. Curley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#605.38.97">George E. Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#605.38.97">George E. Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniels.html#778.76.23">Jonathan Daniels</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Truman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">State University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AD-names.html">Kirksville, Missouri</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Truman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">College</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-names.html">Chicago, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Harry S. Truman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-names.html">Levittown, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#425.53.87">H. Truman Chafin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore4.html#796.17.42">Harry Truman Moore</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Personal motto: "The Buck Stops Here."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000387">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410956">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry S. Truman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/114/000024042">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874288">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1043">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4046">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Harry S. Truman: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0826214452/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0826214452&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Harry S. Truman: David McCullough, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671456547/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0671456547&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Truman</a> — Alonzo L. Hamby, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195124979/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195124979&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Man of the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman</a> — Sean J. Savage, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813109418/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813109418&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Truman and the Democratic Party</a> — Ken Hechler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399127623/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0399127623&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Working With Truman : A Personal Memoir of the White House Years</a> — Alan Axelrod, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591840287/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1591840287&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">When the Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman on Leadership</a> — Ralph Keyes, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517194597/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0517194597&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Wit and Wisdom of Harry S. Truman</a> — William Lee Miller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307595641/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307595641&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Two Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World</a> — Matthew Algeo, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556527772/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1556527772&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip</a> — David Pietrusza, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140276748X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=140276748X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America</a> — Mike Resnick, ed., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812511925/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812511925&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Alternate Presidents [anthology]</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Who's Who in United States Politics (1950)</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> Bess Truman (1885-1982) — also known as Elizabeth Virginia Wallace — Born in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/02-13.html">February 13, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/second.html">Second Lady of the United States</a>, 1945; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1945-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/10-18.html">October 18, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at Truman Presidential Library and Museum. <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">Relatives: Daughter of David Willock Wallace and Margaret Elizabeth (Gates) Wallace; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/06-28.html">June 28, 1919</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#556.54.36">Harry S. Truman</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#953.39.73">Benjamin Franklin Wallace</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13014.html">Truman family</a> of Independence, Missouri.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess Truman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19671">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=32172">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00905">Woodlawn Cemetery</a> Independence, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Joseph Randall (1909-2000) — also known as William J. Randall; Bill Randall — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/07-16.html">July 16, 1909</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; county judge in Missouri, 1946-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MO.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 4th District, 1959-77. <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/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died, at Independence Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Health Center</a>, Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/07-07.html">July 7, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of William R. Randall and Lillie (Bridges) Randall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/06-17.html">June 17, 1939</a>, to Margaret F. Layden.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000041">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409022">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Roger T. Sermon (1890-1950) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/11-02.html">November 2, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html">Mayor of Independence, Mo.</a>, 1924-50; died in office 1950; Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/pr1936-meeting.html">1936</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garner.html#166.76.74">John Nance Garner</a>); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MO.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1944. Died in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/01-23.html">January 23, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 82 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Adelle B. (Todd) Sermon and George T. Sermon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29966751">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Samuel Locke Sawyer (1813-1890) — also known as Samuel L. Sawyer — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/11-27.html">November 27, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 8th District, 1879-81. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-29.html">March 29, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000092">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409604">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881) — also known as Samuel H. Woodson — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born near Nicholasville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JS-born.html">Jessamine County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/10-24.html">October 24, 1815</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 25th District, 1845-46; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1853-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1857-61; circuit judge in Missouri 24th Circuit, 1875-81; died in office 1881. Slaveowner. Died in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/06-23.html">June 23, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#967.00.77">Samuel Hughes Woodson (1777-1827)</a> and Ann Randolph (Meade) Woodson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#715.72.58">Tucker Woodson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#670.73.32">David Meade Woodson</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/">1839</a> to Margaret J. Ashby; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#614.78.96">John McDowell Woodson</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#673.32.83">Silas Woodson</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#833.08.74">Archelaus Marius Woodson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2080.html">Woodson family</a> of Kentucky (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000728">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411881">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel H. Woodson (Missouri politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10272">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Benjamin Franklin Wallace (1817-1877) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GE-born.html">Green County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/04-26.html">April 26, 1817</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html">Mayor of Independence, Mo.</a>, 1869. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-02.html">June 2, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Wallace and Mary J. (Percy) Wallace; married to Virginia Willock; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#894.26.99">Elizabeth Virginia Wallace</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#556.54.36">Harry S. Truman</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13014.html">Truman family</a> of Independence, Missouri.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6791865">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/24508957823/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/548/76.19.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="J. Allen Prewitt"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Allen Prewitt (1862-1934) — also known as J. Allen Prewitt — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HN-born.html">Henry County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/01-20.html">January 20, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html">mayor of Independence, Mo.</a>, 1906-07; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 1st District, 1917-22. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart dilatation</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">pyelonephritis</a>, in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/01-26.html">January 26, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 6 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of James Lee Prewitt and Mary Catherine (Byrn) Prewitt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-15.html">July 15, 1896</a>, to Mary Morton Higgason.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75156277">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</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> John T. Crisp (1838-1903) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born near Lone Jack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/04-03.html">April 3, 1838</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1878 (Democratic, 8th District), 1880 (Democratic, 8th District), 1882 (Independent Democratic, 5th District); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 1st District, 1895-98, 1903; died in office 1903. Sponsor of "Jim Crow" bill to require racial segregation on railroads. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/04-21.html">April 21, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 18 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Greenville Crisp and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Cockrell) Crisp; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-18.html">December 18, 1866</a>, to Annie Parker; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#910.58.57">Moses Cockrell</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#504.15.16">Simon Cockrell</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#429.64.87">Elisha Logan Cockrell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#944.49.50">Harrison Cockrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#226.00.97">Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#878.44.82">Francis Marion Cockrell</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#323.11.15">Ewing Cockrell</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#788.34.47">Egbert Railey Cockrell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#830.66.91">James Harris Baldwin</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#864.25.44">Hiram Phillips</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10324.html">Cockrell-South family</a> of Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68409656">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Charles W. Brady (1865-1924) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/07-22.html">July 22, 1865</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html#2">Independence, Mo.</a>, 1894-98, 1913-22. Died in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/07-02.html">July 2, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John Brady and Hester (Farrell) Brady; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-10.html">October 10, 1895</a>, to Nellie E. O'Dowd.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/69401091">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Edgar G. Hinde (1890-1974) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/10-18.html">October 18, 1890</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html#2">Independence, Mo.</a>, 1935-60 (acting, 1935). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/12-28.html">December 28, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 71 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married to Anna Winn Ford; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#120.01.01">Edgar G. Hinde Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6791646">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> James C. Chiles (1802-1883) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CR-born.html">Clark County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/08-14.html">August 14, 1802</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County, 1839, 1857; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 25th District, 1847. Died in Sherman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GY-died.html">Grayson County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/03-23.html">March 23, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Henry Chiles and Sarah (Ballinger) Chiles; married to Ruth Wilson Hamilton and Elizabeth Ann (Mitchusson) Massey; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#556.54.36">Harry S. Truman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13014.html">Truman family</a> of Independence, Missouri.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35756848">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Floyd L. Snyder Sr. (1901-1983) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BA-born.html">Baca County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-27.html">February 27, 1901</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/landtitle.html">abstract and title business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 11th District, 1947-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/index.html">1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-08.html">June 8, 1934</a>, to Sybil D. Burrus.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73309560">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John Taylor Hughes (1817-1862) — of Missouri. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-born.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/07-25.html">July 25, 1817</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1854; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. While leading his troops, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">killed in battle</a> at Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/08-11.html">August 11, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 17 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bernard Zick Jr. (1873-1946) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo.; Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Centralia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/07-18.html">July 18, 1873</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MO.html">1908</a>; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/pr1936-election.html">1936</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#327.55.37">Alf M. Landon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knox.html#031.25.57">Frank Knox</a>). Died in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/12-06.html">December 6, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zebb-ziegenheim.html#075.06.37">Bernard Zick</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/57253652">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01792">Calvary Cemetery</a> Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Evans Whittaker (1901-1973) — Born in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DN-born.html">Doniphan County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-22.html">February 22, 1901</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#d">Judge of U.S. District Court</a>, 1954-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit</a>, 1956-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1957-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-epsilon.html">Tau Kappa Epsilon</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/11-26.html">November 26, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/774/000117423">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Charles Evans Whittaker: Richard Lawrence Miller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313312508/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0313312508&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Whittaker : Struggles of a Supreme Court Justice</a> — Craig Alan Smith, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786421975/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0786421975&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Failing Justice: Charles Evans Whittaker On The Supreme Court</a></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> Joseph Bernard Shannon (1867-1943) — also known as Joseph B. Shannon — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/03-17.html">March 17, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/MO.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MO.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MO.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MO.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MO.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MO.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MO.html">Missouri Democratic state chair</a>, 1910; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 7th District, 1922-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1931-43 (5th District 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-43). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/03-28.html">March 28, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 11 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000287">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409786">Govtrack.us page</a></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> James Patrick Aylward (1885-1982) — also known as James P. Aylward — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Peoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PE-born.html">Peoria County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-10.html">September 10, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-parties.html">chair of Jackson County Democratic Party</a>, 1918-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MO.html">Missouri Democratic state chair</a>, 1934-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MO.html">Democratic National Committee from Missouri</a>, 1934-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</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/1982/07-22.html">July 22, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married to Clara E. Stanley; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aylesworth-azro.html#636.77.28">James Patrick Aylward Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James P. Aylward">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/116511437">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> James Patrick Aylward Jr. (1918-2011) — also known as James P. Aylward, Jr.; Jim Aylward — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-20.html">June 20, 1918</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MO.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/MO.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-officials.html">Jackson County Tax Collector</a>, 1971-74; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, in Grace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">Hospice</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/04-17.html">April 17, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aylesworth-azro.html#961.59.31">James Patrick Aylward</a> and Clara (Stanley) Aylward; married to Betty Bourk.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68703779">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00622">Elmwood Cemetery</a> Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/398/98.97.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="James Cowgill"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Cowgill (1848-1922) — also known as Jim Cowgill — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CD-lived.html">Caldwell County</a>, Mo.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HN-born.html">Henry County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/04-02.html">April 2, 1848</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">stockman</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Caldwell County, 1891-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/rwc.html">Missouri railroad and warehouse commissioner</a>, 1893-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trea.html">Missouri state treasurer</a>, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MO.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MO.html">Missouri Democratic state chair</a>, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1918-22; died in office 1922. Died suddenly, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courthouse.html">City Hall</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-20.html">January 20, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 293 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of William M. Cowgill and Roda Cowgill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-22.html">September 22, 1867</a>, to Ella Myers.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Cowgill">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri Legislature 1897</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> Henry Christian Kumpf (1830-1904) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/index.html">1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1886-89. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/index.html">1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Turner Anderson Gill (1841-1920) — also known as Turner A. Gill — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/index.html">1841</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1875-77; circuit judge in Missouri 24th Circuit, 1887. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/index.html">1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Webster Davis (1862-1923) — also known as Web Davis — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Ebensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-born.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-01.html">June 1, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Shoemaker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1894-96. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-22.html">February 22, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 266 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao/mow/aboutus/history/gallery.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/244/04.66.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="William Warner"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Warner (1840-1916) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Shullsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LF-born.html">Lafayette County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/06-11.html">June 11, 1840</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1871-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri</a>, 1882-85, 1898-1905; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/MO.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/MO.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MO.html">1896</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MO.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1885-89; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1905-11. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</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/1916/10-04.html">October 4, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 115 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000160">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411333">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/53119296993/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/740/88.23.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="George H. Edwards"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George H. Edwards (1860-1941) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/index.html">1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1916-18. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/index.html">1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</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> Elijah Milton McGee (1819-1873) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/index.html">1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1870-71. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/index.html">1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">about 54 years</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Brockway Bullene (1828-1894) — also known as Thomas B. Bullene — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Oswego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-born.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/08-10.html">August 10, 1828</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1882-83; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1888. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-04.html">December 4, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Herrick Allen (1830-1895) — also known as Edward H. Allen — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/index.html">1830</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1867-68. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/index.html">1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Lowe Martin (1842-1912) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/index.html">1842</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1873-74. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/index.html">1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/841/77.19.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="William P. Borland"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Patterson Borland (1867-1919) — also known as William P. Borland — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-born.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/10-14.html">October 14, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1909-19; died in office 1919. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">bronchial pneumonia</a>, in U.S. Army Field <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> No. 31, near Coblenz (Koblenz), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-died.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/02-20.html">February 20, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of William Patterson Borland and Elizabeth (Hassan) Borland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/04-27.html">April 27, 1904</a>, to Ona Winants.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000643">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401608">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</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> Abram Comingo (1820-1889) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born near Harrodsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MR-born.html">Mercer County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/01-09.html">January 9, 1820</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html">mayor of Independence, Mo.</a>, 1852, 1857; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1871-75 (6th District 1871-73, 8th District 1873-75). Slaveowner. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/11-10.html">November 10, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 305 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000658">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402785">Govtrack.us page</a></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> James Johnson Lindley (1822-1891) — also known as James J. Lindley — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born in Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/01-01.html">January 1, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 3rd District, 1853-57; state court judge in Missouri, 1871. Died in Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/VE-died.html">Vernon County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-18.html">April 18, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000322">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406815">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Thomas Hackney (1861-1946) — of Carthage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Born near Campbellsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GL-born.html">Giles County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/12-11.html">December 11, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jasper County Eastern District, 1901-02; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 15th District, 1907-09; defeated, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MO.html">1912</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/1946/12-24.html">December 24, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Edward Jones Hackney and Francis Josephine (Langham) Hackney; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#980.96.58">Benjamin Franklin Hackney</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-08.html">May 8, 1888</a>, to Adelaide K. 'Addie' Newell; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffin.html#004.67.01">James Lester Griffin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/26946.html">Hackney family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000007">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404892">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7279281">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Reginald Robert Brewster (1876-1946) — also known as Reginald R. Brewster — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in White Cloud, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DN-born.html">Doniphan County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-23.html">October 23, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MO.html">1924</a>; trustee, Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</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/1946/06-03.html">June 3, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Arthur Seeley Brewster and Anna (Byard) Brewster; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/12-29.html">December 29, 1898</a>, to Grace A. Sloane.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73923012">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John William Reid (1821-1881) — of Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-lived.html">Cole County</a>, Mo.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BE-born.html">Bedford County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/06-14.html">June 14, 1821</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1854-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">expelled</a> by the U.S. House in December, 1861, for having <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">taken up arms against the union</a>; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in Lee's Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/11-22.html">November 22, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000149">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409126">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John William Reid">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/154/66.25.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="Edwin R. Heath"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin R. Heath (1839-1932) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Janesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RO-born.html">Rock County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/07-12.html">July 12, 1839</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">explorer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Bolivia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-consuls.html">Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.</a>, 1895-1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Guatemala</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-consuls.html">Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.</a>, 1896-1921; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CX-consuls.html">Consul-General for Central America</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-consuls.html">Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.</a>, 1897-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-consuls.html">Consul-General for Honduras</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-consuls.html">Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.</a>, 1898-1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-consuls.html">Consul-General for Nicaragua</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-consuls.html">Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.</a>, 1899-1925. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/10-27.html">October 27, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married to Helen Marion MacGregor.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10689225">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Kansas City Times, March 7, 1900</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> John Ward Henry (1825-1902) — also known as John W. Henry — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-lived.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo. Born in Cynthiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HI-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/01-27.html">January 27, 1825</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sps.html">Missouri superintendent of schools</a>, 1854. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-05.html">December 5, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 312 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Jesse Henry; married to Maria Ridley Williams.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6718773">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Hiram Smith Thompson (1855-1901) — also known as Hiram S. Thompson — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-born.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/10-24.html">October 24, 1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Mexico</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-consuls.html">Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.</a>, 1893-1901. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-26.html">April 26, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 184 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Hiram L. Thompson and Martha Elizabeth (Smith) Thompson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/12-17.html">December 17, 1879</a>, to Emma A. Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/58822600">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Abraham Workman Allen (1846-1909) — also known as A. W. Allen — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BE-born.html">Belmont County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/12-03.html">December 3, 1846</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 6th District, 1909; died in office 1909. Died, in Bonaventure <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/02-16.html">February 16, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of William Allen and Jane (Workman) Allen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/11-24.html">November 24, 1870</a>, to Martha Ella Campbell; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#559.91.01">James B. Allen</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/77560007">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> James B. Allen (1875-1919) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/01-13.html">January 13, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 6th District, 1909. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">bronchial pneumonia</a> due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">influenza</a>, in Bonaventure <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/02-15.html">February 15, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen1.html#357.01.83">Abraham Workman Allen</a> and Martha (Campbell) Allen.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74813118">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John Scott Harrison (1844-1926) — also known as J. Scott Harrison — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo.; Powersite, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/TA-lived.html">Taney County</a>, Mo. Born in North Bend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/11-16.html">November 16, 1844</a>. Democrat. Nominated in 1893 by President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a> to be Surveyor of Customs at Kansas City, Mo.; the nomination was rejected by the Senate. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/01-08.html">January 8, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#929.47.78">John Scott Harrison (1804-1878)</a> and Elizabeth Ramsey (Irwin) Harrison; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)</a>; married to Sophia Elizabeth Lytle; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#829.98.96">Russell Benjamin Harrison</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#224.97.31">Anna Harrison</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#409.35.97">Carter Bassett Harrison</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#907.89.02">William Henry Harrison (1896-1990)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#718.93.55">John Cleves Symmes</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#591.07.02">Burwell Bassett</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#312.31.91">Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgibbon-fitzmaurice.html#155.08.74">William Fitzhugh</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#535.97.29">John Breckinridge Castleman</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#953.82.95">Peter Myndert Dox</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee9.html#398.72.85">William Henry Fitzhugh Lee</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#618.52.82">Connally Findlay Trigg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#640.84.55">Richard Evelyn Byrd</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10647213">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02236">Forest Hill Cemetery</a> Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harold Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle (1901-1974) — also known as H. Roe Bartle; "Chief" — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/index.html">1901</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; executive with the Boy Scouts of America; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1955-63. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/index.html">1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Bartle <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-stadia.html">Hall</a>, a major convention center in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-names.html">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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> Albert Isaac Beach (1883-1939) — also known as Albert I. Beach — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Olathe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-born.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/07-30.html">July 30, 1883</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1924-30; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MO.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary thrombosis</a>, in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/01-21.html">January 21, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of George Henry Beach and Eva F. (Hull) Beach; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/12-21.html">December 21, 1907</a>, to Marjorie Marshall.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert I. Beach">Wikipedia article</a></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> Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr. (1863-1938) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born near Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-23.html">December 23, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-officials.html">Jackson County Clerk</a>, 1894-1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/MO.html">1900</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1908-10. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">bronchopneumonia</a>, in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/07-31.html">July 31, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#339.61.88">Thomas Theodore Crittenden</a> and Caroline Wheeler 'Carrie' (Jackson) Crittenden; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#432.06.89">John Jordan Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#787.62.12">Thomas Turpin Crittenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#658.58.19">Robert Crittenden</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#138.09.08">John Crittenden</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#718.56.21">Alexander Parker Crittenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#833.08.74">Archelaus Marius Woodson</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#038.07.47">Frederick Mortimer Cabell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#833.19.22">Frederick Madison Roberts</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1282.html">Crittenden family</a> of Kentucky (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/c/crittenden/index.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/339/61.88.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="Thomas T. Crittenden"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Theodore Crittenden (1832-1909) — also known as Thomas T. Crittenden; Tom Crittenden — of Warrensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Mo. Born near Shelbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/01-01.html">January 1, 1832</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">Missouri state attorney general</a>, 1864-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1873-75, 1877-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1881-85; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DF-consuls.html ">Mexico City</a>, as of 1893-97. Slaveowner. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/05-29.html">May 29, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Henry Crittenden and Anna Maria (Allen) Crittenden; married to Caroline Wheeler 'Carrie' Jackson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#355.43.54">Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr.</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#432.06.89">John Jordan Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#787.62.12">Thomas Turpin Crittenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#658.58.19">Robert Crittenden</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#138.09.08">John Crittenden</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#718.56.21">Alexander Parker Crittenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#833.08.74">Archelaus Marius Woodson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#038.07.47">Frederick Mortimer Cabell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#833.19.22">Frederick Madison Roberts</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#141.99.20">John Gardner Coolidge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1282.html">Crittenden family</a> of Kentucky (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000913">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403025">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-theodore-crittenden/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: State Historical Society of Missouri</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> Waldo Porter Johnson (1817-1885) — also known as Waldo P. Johnson — of Missouri. Born in Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/09-16.html">September 16, 1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1847; state court judge in Missouri, 1851; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ccsen.html">Senator from Missouri in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1863-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 15th District, 1875. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Expelled</a> from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">support for secession</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Osceola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SR-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/08-14.html">August 14, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#799.21.55">Joseph Johnson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000179">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406074">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/48607288437/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/752/20.59.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="E. Mont Reily"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Emmet Montgomery Reily (1866-1954) — also known as E. Mont Reily; "Moncho Reyes" — of Fort Worth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-lived.html">Tarrant County</a>, Tex.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Sedalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-born.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/10-21.html">October 21, 1866</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Puerto Rico</a>, 1921-23. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/10-31.html">October 31, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John Gamble Reily and Sarah Ann (Guy) Reily; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/08-22.html">August 22, 1893</a>, to Minnie Mountfortt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet Montgomery Reily">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/101994601">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</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> Mason Summers Peters (1844-1914) — also known as Mason S. Peters — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Born near Kearney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CY-born.html">Clay County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/09-03.html">September 3, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> 2nd District, 1897-99. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-14.html">February 14, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000254">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408657">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Walter Halben Butler (1852-1931) — also known as Walter H. Butler — of West Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Iowa. Born in Springboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/02-13.html">February 13, 1852</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 4th District, 1891-93. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">myocarditis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart dilatation</a>, in Roosevelt <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-24.html">April 24, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Hiram Butler and Mary (Temple) Butler.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001193">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402135">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/126/45.83.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="W. Wallace Greene"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> W. Wallace Greene (1871-1923) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born near Raytown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/10-13.html">October 13, 1871</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 7th District, 1909-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by Ross Richardson, in the basement garage of his home, in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/06-30.html">June 30, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 260 days</a>). Richardson was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Thaddeus Greene and Eliza Greene; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/07-22.html">July 22, 1903</a>, to Edna L. Coleman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31324555">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/25135810645/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/723/58.71.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Frank L. Wilkinson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Lee Wilkinson (1888-1958) — also known as Frank L. Wilkinson; Frank Courtney Wilkinson — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/08-30.html">August 30, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 2nd District, 1915-20; defeated, 1942; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1945-48, 1953-56 (7th District 1945-48, 11th District 1953-56). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</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/1958/12-03.html">December 3, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Francis Lee Wilkinson and Myrtle (Fuqua) Wilkinson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/06-30.html">June 30, 1916</a>, to Frances Catherine Shryock.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6015506">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</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> Bernard Lipscomb Glover (1888-1985) — also known as Bernard L. Glover — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/04-23.html">April 23, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed2.html#696.44.16">Clyde M. Reed</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 7th District, 1941-44. Died in August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/index.html">1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/11-15.html">November 15, 1919</a>, to Adelaide M. O'Dowd.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/55652409">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/25017559582/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/885/47.46.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="William Hicks"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Hicks (1870-1944) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Lee's Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/09-23.html">September 23, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">Truck dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1909-22, 1925-34 (Jackson County 3rd District 1909-22, Jackson County 5th District 1925-34). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/07-06.html">July 6, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 287 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Davidson B. Hicks and Martha (Dayton) Hicks.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/96793696">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</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> Dorr Howard Carroll (1874-1956) — also known as Dorr H. Carroll — of Minot, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/WA-lived.html">Ward County</a>, N.Dak.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Village Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AL-born.html">Allamakee County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-25.html">November 25, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 8th District, 1945-48, 1953-54. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/10-07.html">October 7, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Thomas Leigh Carroll and Ellen Eva 'Nellie' (Howard) Carroll; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/04-19.html">April 19, 1897</a>, to Gertrude Barbara Hefner.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32402353">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Vivian Eric Phillips (1889-1967) — also known as V. E. Phillips — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/10-25.html">October 25, 1889</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 8th District, 1935-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1943-44. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/11-24.html">November 24, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Robert S. Phillips and Ruth E. (Gaither) Phillips; married to Stella Mae Lindley.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/90228948">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/802/27.96.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Samuel M. Neel"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Monroe Neel (1841-1921) — also known as Samuel M. Neel — of Somerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Tenn.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Ripley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LU-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/11-13.html">November 13, 1841</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1900. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</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/1921/10-20.html">October 20, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Samuel J. Neel and Louisa (Ross) Neel; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/">1866</a> to Mary Jane Watkins; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/">1871</a> to Anna Maria Adger.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70140654">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Kansas City (Mo.) Times, October 21, 1921</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> Sidney Catlin Partridge (1857-1930) — also known as S. C. Partridge — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/09-01.html">September 1, 1857</a>. Republican. Episcopal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Bishop</a> of Kyoto, Japan, 1900-11; Bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri, 1911-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/skull-bones.html">Skull and Bones</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/1930/06-22.html">June 22, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 294 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of George Sidney Partridge and Helen Derby (Catlin) Partridge; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/">1901</a> to Agnes Laura Louisa Simpson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney Catlin Partridge">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/46269998">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03982">Mt. Moriah Cemetery</a> Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Lee Jost (1873-1950) — also known as Henry L. Jost — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-06.html">December 6, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1912-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1923-25. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/07-13.html">July 13, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Simeon Jost and Lena (Bahr) Jost; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/">1911</a> to Alice Hanks.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#773.72.31">Roger C. Slaughter</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000273">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406165">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) — also known as Leonard Irving — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-born.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/03-24.html">March 24, 1898</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad work</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/movie-theaters.html">theater manager</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel manager</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">construction worker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">business agent</a>, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 4th District, 1949-53; defeated, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/03-08.html">March 8, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/">1918</a> to Effie A. Bjornstad.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=I000037">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405894">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Lemuel Theophilus Jones Jr. (1924-1995) — also known as Lem T. Jones, Jr. — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/03-15.html">March 15, 1924</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1956; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 10th District, 1965-74; defeated, 1974; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1968; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/MO.html">1976</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/1995/12-17.html">December 17, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Jessie Emma (Stover) Jones and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones6.html#150.11.13">Lemuel Theophilus Jones Sr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lem T. Jones Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/98570378">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=153826">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></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> Lewis Eddy Merrill (1883-1960) — also known as L. E. Merrill — of Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CT-lived.html">Chariton County</a>, Mo. Born in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-born.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-05.html">December 5, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Chariton County, 1947-50. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CT-died.html">Chariton County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/05-09.html">May 9, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 156 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Eddy Gildersleeve Merrill and Eleanora 'Ella' (Smith) Merrill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/12-09.html">December 9, 1908</a>, to Miss John Early Rucker.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/90988522">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Lemuel Theophilus Jones Sr. (1896-1975) — also known as Lem T. Jones, Sr. — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Ebensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-born.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/01-23.html">January 23, 1896</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; president and partner, Russell Stover <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/sugar.html">Candies</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Missouri Republican state chair</a>, 1963; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/MO.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/09-20.html">September 20, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Thomas D. Jones and Mary Ann (HUghes) Jones; married to Jessie Emma Stover; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones6.html#164.03.99">Lemuel Theophilus Jones Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/98570203">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01440">Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery</a> Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Charles Tarsney (1845-1920) — also known as John C. Tarsney — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Medina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-born.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/11-07.html">November 7, 1845</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/MO.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1889-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court</a>, 1896-99. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/09-04.html">September 4, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 302 days</a>). Interment at Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Brother of Mary E. Tarsney (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#746.61.67">Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock</a>), Anna Elizabeth Tarsney (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#306.08.84">George William Weadock</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#588.28.02">Timothy Edward Tarsney</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#058.36.34">George Leo Weadock</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#943.90.67">George William Weadock II</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11768.html">Weadock-Tarsney family</a> of Saginaw, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000043">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410631">Govtrack.us page</a></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> John Lewis MacDonald (1838-1903) — also known as John L. MacDonald — of Shakopee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Minn.; St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/02-22.html">February 22, 1838</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; probate judge in Minnesota, 1860-61; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 18, 1869-70; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1871, 1873-76 (18th District 1871, 21st District 1873-76); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/attygn.html">Minnesota state attorney general</a>, 1872 (Democratic), 1892 (People's); district judge in Minnesota, 1877-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 3rd District, 1887-89; defeated, 1888. Died from injuries received in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">streetcar accident</a> in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/07-13.html">July 13, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000003">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407033">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7875308">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13766">Minnesota Legislator record</a></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> Edgar John Keating (1889-1981) — also known as Edgar J. Keating — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/03-28.html">March 28, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 6th District, 1931-40, 1943-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1945-72 (5th District 1945-48, 9th District 1949-72). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/index.html">1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">about 92 years</a>). Interment at Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-10.html">June 10, 1918</a>, to Hazel Murray.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/153449281">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Thomas Francis Lillis (1861-1938) — also known as Thomas F. Lillis — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo.; Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-lived.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LA-born.html">Lafayette County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/03-03.html">March 3, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Catholic priest</a>; bishop of Leavenworth, Kans. (1905-10) and Kansas City, Mo. (1913-38); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Republican National Convention, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-29.html">December 29, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 301 days</a>). Entombed at Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of James Lillis and Margaret (Jordan) Lillis.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Francis Lillis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42373604">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Sheffield Cemetery</a> 6200 Wilson Road Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=31533&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Max Asotsky (1889-1947) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/03-19.html">March 19, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">druggist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 3rd District, 1923-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</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/1947/09-30.html">September 30, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 195 days</a>). Interment at Sheffield Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/10-03.html">October 3, 1924</a>, to Sara Kazan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/99183542">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04778">Union Cemetery</a> Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James S. Calhoun (1802-1852) — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MU-lived.html">Muscogee County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/index.html">1802</a>. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/columbus.html">mayor of Columbus, Ga.</a>, 1838-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1838-40, 1845; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1841-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of New Mexico Territory</a>, 1851-52; died in office 1852. Died near Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/07-02.html">July 2, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Manor (1829-1888) — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/05-25.html">May 25, 1829</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/toledo.html">Mayor of Toledo, Ohio</a>, 1861-63. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-29.html">January 29, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 249 days</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Luke Lea (1783-1851) — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-born.html">Surry County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/01-21.html">January 21, 1783</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 3rd District, 1833-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Tennessee</a>, 1835-39. Slaveowner. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/horse.html">Thrown from his horse</a> and killed, in near Fort Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-died.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/06-17.html">June 17, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 147 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms03779">Westport Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Union Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Rev. Luke Lea and Elisabeth (Wilson) Lea; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#410.18.34">Major Lea</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/02-28.html">February 28, 1816</a>, to Susan Wells McCormick; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#430.98.72">John McCormick Lea</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#252.11.78">Pryor Newton Lea</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#098.57.42">Luke Lea (1810-1898)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#416.13.18">Albert Major Lea</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#365.59.61">Luke Lea (1879-1945)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10321.html">Lea-Cocke family</a> of Tennessee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000164">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406668">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke Lea (American politician, born 1783)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7875369">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AG-born.html">Augusta County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/03-20.html">March 20, 1811</a>. Member of Missouri state legislature, 1848; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trea.html">Missouri state treasurer</a>, 1862-65. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/07-07.html">July 7, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/109/000206488">NNDB dossier</a></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> William C. Copley (1847-1936) — of Rosedale (now part of Kansas City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CS-born.html">Cass County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/index.html">1847</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/kansascity.html#8">Rosedale, Kan.</a>, 1889-93. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/index.html">1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">about 89 years</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Almon G. Copley and Lydia Ann (Anderson) Copley; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#060.23.75">LeGrand Alexander Copley</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/">1870</a> to Caroline 'Carrie' Wygal; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/">1893</a> to Margaret 'Maggie' Evans.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/60918597">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03779">Westport Cemetery</a> Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Luke Lea (1783-1851) — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-born.html">Surry County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/01-21.html">January 21, 1783</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 3rd District, 1833-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Tennessee</a>, 1835-39. Slaveowner. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/horse.html">Thrown from his horse</a> and killed, in near Fort Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-died.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/06-17.html">June 17, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 147 days</a>). Original interment at Westport Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms04778">Union Cemetery</a>. <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">Relatives: Son of Rev. Luke Lea and Elisabeth (Wilson) Lea; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#410.18.34">Major Lea</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/02-28.html">February 28, 1816</a>, to Susan Wells McCormick; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#430.98.72">John McCormick Lea</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#252.11.78">Pryor Newton Lea</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#098.57.42">Luke Lea (1810-1898)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#416.13.18">Albert Major Lea</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#365.59.61">Luke Lea (1879-1945)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10321.html">Lea-Cocke family</a> of Tennessee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000164">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406668">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke Lea (American politician, born 1783)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7875369">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03322">Lee's Summit Cemetery</a> Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Strother Cowherd (1860-1915) — also known as William S. Cowherd — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born near Lee's Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/09-01.html">September 1, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kansascity.html">Mayor of Kansas City, Mo.</a>, 1892-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1897-1905; defeated, 1904; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1908. Died in Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-20.html">June 20, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at Lee's Summit Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000825">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402943">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Todd Menzies George (1879-1979) — also known as Todd M. George — of Lee's Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-born.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/02-26.html">February 26, 1879</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/leessummit.html">Mayor of Lee's Summit, Mo.</a>, 1916, 1928, 1930-31. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/11-22.html">November 22, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/100.html">100 years, 269 days</a>). Interment at Lee's Summit Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oliver Houx Lewis (1847-1916) — of Lee's Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/03-16.html">March 16, 1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/leessummit.html">Mayor of Lee's Summit, Mo.</a>, 1890. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-07.html">September 7, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at Lee's Summit Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05781">Oak Grove Cemetery</a> Oak Grove, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles D. Capelle (1882-1939) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/08-05.html">August 5, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html">Mayor of Independence, Mo.</a>, 1922-23; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 7th District, 1933-34. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Independence <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Sanitarium</a>, Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/05-14.html">May 14, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John O. Capelle and Bettie (Duncan) Capelle.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06320">Brooking Cemetery</a> Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alvan Brooking (1796-1857) — of Missouri. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/03-07.html">March 7, 1796</a>. County judge in Missouri, 1842-48; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1850-54. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-30.html">November 30, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 268 days</a>). Interment at Brooking Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a> 7601 Blue Ridge Boulevard Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=30357&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Floyd R. Gibson (1910-2001) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-born.html">Yavapai County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/03-03.html">March 3, 1910</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 7th District, 1941-46; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 8th District, 1947-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MO.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/10-04.html">October 4, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 215 days</a>). Interment at Mt. 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Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? 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