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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/03-02.html">March 2, 1781</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> from St. Charles County, 1820; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/index.html">1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#403.87.13">Daniel Boone</a> and Rebecca Ann (Bryan) Boone; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#540.75.72">Jessie Bryan Boone</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#541.45.85">Elmer Charless Henderson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0280.html">Boone family</a> of St. Charles County, Missouri (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BO.html">Boone County, Iowa</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan Boone">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9481558">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Evergreen Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Republic, Greene County, Missouri <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Samuel McMillan (1867-1937)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph S. McMillan</b> — of Republic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Rheatown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RH-born.html">Rhea County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-19.html">January 19, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Concrete contractor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Greene County 2nd District, 1919-22. Died in Republic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/06-18.html">June 18, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/81226927">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05190">Wilson's Creek Battlefield</a></b></span><br> Near Republic, Greene County, Missouri <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard Hanson Weightman (1816-1861)</b> — of New Mexico. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/12-28.html">December 28, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory</a>, 1851; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Killed</a> while commanding troops at the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/08-10.html">August 10, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 225 days</a>). Original interment at Wilson's Creek Battlefield; reinterment at <a href="#cms05104">Springfield National Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Susan Bradford Coxe.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000255">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411423">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7873952">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin Johnson Brown (d. 1861)</b> — of Missouri. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1850; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Killed</a> in the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/08-10.html">August 10, 1861</a>. Original interment at Wilson's Creek Battlefield; reinterment at <a href="#cms05104">Springfield National Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mo. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03552">East Lawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Springfield, Greene County, Missouri <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/353/85.56.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Courtney W. Hamlin"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Courtney Walker Hamlin (1858-1950)</b> — also known as <b>Courtney W. Hamlin</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Brevard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/TR-born.html">Transylvania County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/10-27.html">October 27, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1903-05, 1907-19; defeated, 1904. Died in Santa Monica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/02-16.html">February 16, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at East Lawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Reagan Hamlin and Mary Ann (King) Hamlin; married to ANnie L. Lamar; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#765.00.02">Ernest Clay Hamlin</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#819.31.53">Jack Ragan Hamlin</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barton.html#117.68.16">William Edward Barton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10083.html">Hamlin family</a> of Springfield, Missouri.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000119">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405001">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7873968">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Missouri Official Manual 1917</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Edward Ruffin (1893-1977)</b> — also known as <b>James E. Ruffin</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born near Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/TI-born.html">Tipton County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/07-24.html">July 24, 1893</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> at-large, 1933-35. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/04-09.html">April 9, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 259 days</a>). Interment at East Lawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000498">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409457">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00434">Greenlawn Memorial Gardens</a></b></span><br> 3506 North National Avenue <br> Springfield, Greene County, Missouri <br> Founded 1905<br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=402453&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Reuben Terrell Wood (1884-1955)</b> — also known as <b>Reuben T. Wood</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born near Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-born.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/08-07.html">August 7, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">President</a>, Missouri Federation of Labor, 1912-32; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1922; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1933-41 (at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-41); defeated, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1943-44. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/07-16.html">July 16, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/12-31.html">December 31, 1936</a>, to Mary Ellen Eshman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000702">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411854">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7873983">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Orland Kay Armstrong (1893-1987)</b> — also known as <b>Orland K. Armstrong</b>; <b>O. K. Armstrong</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Willow Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HO-born.html">Howell County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/10-02.html">October 2, 1893</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper correspondent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Greene County 3rd District, 1933-36, 1943-44; defeated, 1936, 1940; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1944; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 6th District, 1951-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/04-15.html">April 15, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 195 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Calvin Armstrong and Ternitia Agnes (Brockus) Armstrong; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/05-21.html">May 21, 1922</a>, to Louise McCool; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/12-11.html">December 11, 1949</a>, to Marjorie Moore.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400924">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7873993">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas K. Bowman (1859-1948)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born near Apollo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AR-born.html">Armstrong County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/11-06.html">November 6, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">building contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/springfield.html">mayor of Springfield, Mo.</a>, 1914-16; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Greene County 2nd District, 1923-24. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/10-17.html">October 17, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Bowman and Agnes (Rengle) Bowman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/10-13.html">October 13, 1886</a>, to Martha Bill.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/101612914">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert T. Parrish (1883-1958)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Lead Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-13.html">August 13, 1883</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/farmer.html">livestock breeder</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1939-42, 1955-56 (Greene County 2nd District 1939-42, Greene County 3rd District 1955-56); defeated, 1944, 1956. <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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/02-22.html">February 22, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/03-20.html">March 20, 1920</a>, to Stella Shell.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83398507">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00500">Hazelwood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Springfield, Greene County, Missouri <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Smith Phelps (1814-1886)</b> — also known as <b>John S. Phelps</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Simsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/12-22.html">December 22, 1814</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 Greene County, 1840-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1845-63 (at-large 1845-47, 5th District 1847-53, 6th District 1853-63); colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1877-81; defeated, 1868. Slaveowner. Died, in Sisters' <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/11-20.html">November 20, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#743.86.80">Elisha Phelps</a> and Lucy (Smith) Phelps; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/">1837</a> to Mary Whitney; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#929.47.54">Noah Phelps</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#550.74.35">William Walter Phelps</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.65.34">Sheffield Phelps</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#427.65.31">Phelps Phelps</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#162.55.81">Amos Pettibone</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#896.34.14">Augustus Pettibone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#039.79.42">Gaylord Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#064.94.72">Rufus Pettibone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#924.70.16">Charles Jenkins Hayden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#156.31.83">Asahel Pierson Case</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#305.86.24">Oliver Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#544.04.20">Nelson Platt Wheeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#779.46.46">William Egbert Wheeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#973.59.02">Allen Jacob Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#731.62.11">Arthur Burnham Woodford</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#156.02.57">Carl Trumbull Hayden</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#783.16.57">Alexander Royal Wheeler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#804.92.32">Donald Barr Chidsey</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#554.77.78">Augustus Herman Pettibone</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#576.03.61">Jason Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#300.46.46">Benjamin Trumbull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.22.09">Lancelot Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#026.38.52">Henry Leavitt Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#601.47.35">William Wolcott Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#580.47.10">Abijah Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#019.56.86">Edmund Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#892.09.80">Albert Asahel Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#667.78.73">Philemon Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#598.27.26">Hiram Bidwell Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#247.17.45">Selah Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#575.32.41">Timothy E. Griswold</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH.html">Phelps County, Mo.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000296">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408696">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-smith-phelps/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John S. Phelps">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914-2000)</b> — also known as <b>Marion T. Bennett</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo.; Chevy Chase, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DA-born.html">Dallas County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-06.html">June 6, 1914</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 6th District, 1943-49; defeated, 1948; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#f">Judge of U.S. Court of Claims</a>, 1972-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit</a>, 1982-86; took senior status 1986. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>. Co-author of the G.I. Bill of Rights. Died, of complications from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Inova Mount Vernon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-died.html">Alexandria</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/09-06.html">September 6, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett7.html#213.64.77">Philip Allen Bennett</a>; married to June Young.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000379">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401371">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=155&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (1828-1894)</b> — also known as <b>Sempronius H. Boyd</b>; <b>Pony Boyd</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-born.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/05-28.html">May 28, 1828</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-officials.html">Greene County Clerk of Court</a>, 1854-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/springfield.html">mayor of Springfield, Mo.</a>, 1858-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 4th District, 1863-65, 1869-71; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/MO.html">1864</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Republican National Committee from Missouri</a>, 1864-68; district judge in Missouri 14th District, 1865; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-diplomats.html ">Siam</a>, 1891-92. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/06-22.html">June 22, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html#795.73.94">Marcus M. Boyd</a> and Eliza (Hamilton) Boyd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/07-11.html">July 11, 1855</a>, to Margaret Muse McElhaney.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000720">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401680">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sempronius H. Boyd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/boyd-sempronius-hamilton ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6799919">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Philip Allen Bennett (1881-1942)</b> — also known as <b>Philip A. Bennett</b>; <b>Phil A. Bennett</b> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Mo.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born near Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DA-born.html">Dallas County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/03-05.html">March 5, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MO.html">1912</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 19th District, 1921-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 6th District, 1941-42; defeated, 1922 (16th District), 1932 (at-large), 1938 (6th District); died in office 1942; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1925-29; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/12-07.html">December 7, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Marion F. Bennett and Mary (O'Bannon) Bennett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/05-16.html">May 16, 1912</a>, to Bertha Tinsley; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett6.html#119.10.41">Marion Tinsley Bennett</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000380">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401372">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Durward Gorham Hall (1910-2001)</b> — also known as <b>Durward G. Hall</b>; <b>"Dr. No"</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Cassville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BA-born.html">Barry County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-14.html">September 14, 1910</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">surgeon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1961-73; 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/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LI-died.html">Linn County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/03-15.html">March 15, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 182 days</a>). His body was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/donated.html">donated</a> to an Oregon teaching hospital. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Clemens Hall and Omah Ellen (Neill) Hall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/09-06.html">September 6, 1931</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Turner.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000049">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404934">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7682947">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ira Sherwin Hazeltine (1821-1899)</b> — also known as <b>Ira S. Hazeltine</b> — of Richland Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, Wis.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-born.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/07-13.html">July 13, 1821</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 6th District, 1881-83; defeated (Greenback), 1876 (6th District), 1882 (13th District), 1884 (13th District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died near Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-13.html">January 13, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 184 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Orien H. Haseltine and Rachel (Burton) Haseltine; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/01-01.html">January 1, 1846</a>, to Augusta Thomas; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#475.20.85">Bennet Bicknell</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#493.29.27">Simeon W. Spafard</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#984.56.83">Herschel Harrison Hatch</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0175.html">Garrison-Fithian-Hires-Sayers family</a> of New Jersey; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000417">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405283">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7874033">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Plank Tracey (1836-1910)</b> — also known as <b>John P. Tracey</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/09-18.html">September 18, 1836</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/rwc.html">Missouri railroad and warehouse commissioner</a>, 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1896; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Greene County 1st District, 1903-04. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/07-24.html">July 24, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000342">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410913">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Plank Tracey">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898)</b> — of Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RY-lived.html">Ray County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/AN-born.html">Anderson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/10-22.html">October 22, 1819</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 4th District, 1853-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Missouri</a>, 1861-65. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/04-25.html">April 25, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of Ollie C. Oliver (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall9.html#855.44.52">Willard Preble Hall</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10630.html">Hall family</a> of Missouri.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000075">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408348">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai Oliver">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jeremiah Fenton (1845-1936)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/index.html">1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/springfield.html">Mayor of Springfield, Mo.</a>, 1894-96; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Mo.</a>, 1898-1902. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/12-20.html">December 20, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">about 91 years</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fenton.html#535.42.91">Jerry B. Fenton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35563391">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Chester Arch Bay (1909-1993)</b> — also known as <b>C. Arch Bay</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-19.html">June 19, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-parties.html">Chair of Greene County Republican Party</a>, 1949; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MO.html">1952</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Mo.</a>, 1953-81 (acting, 1953-54). Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/08-21.html">August 21, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Edward William Bay and Mollie E. (Pursley) Bay; married to Virginia Ellen Cordell.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36680485">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Marcus M. Boyd (1803-1866)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-born.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/index.html">1803</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Greene County, 1854-55, 1858-61; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Mo.</a>, 1866. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/11-30.html">November 30, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William G. Boyd and Martha (Edmiston) Boyd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/02-15.html">February 15, 1825</a>, to Eliza H. Hamilton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/05-28.html">May 28, 1846</a>, to Dorinda Cecil Price; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html#735.76.87">Sempronius Hamilton Boyd</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18577286">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edde Ben Pope (1915-1995)</b> — also known as <b>Edde B. Pope</b> — of Preston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HI-lived.html">Hickory County</a>, Mo.; Hermitage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HI-lived.html">Hickory County</a>, Mo.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Preston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HI-born.html">Hickory County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/09-30.html">September 30, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Hickory County, 1945-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MO.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/10-05.html">October 5, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/09-13.html">September 13, 1942</a>, to Anna Mae Kukal.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38258033">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Washington Adams (1880-1950)</b> — also known as <b>Wash Adams</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Boonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-born.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-19.html">June 19, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Contracting</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Greene County 1st District, 1915-16. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/05-18.html">May 18, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/11-01.html">November 1, 1910</a>, to Isabel Holmes Bixby.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34549772">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jerry B. Fenton (1889-1958)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-06.html">August 6, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Greene County 2nd District, 1922; on December 7, 1922, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">stabbed</a> in the upper back by Tom J. Griffin, whose wife he was representing in a divorce case; Griffin was convicted of felonious assault and sentenced to two years in prison. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/03-15.html">March 15, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fenton.html#766.95.28">Jeremiah Fenton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35563513">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Oliver Lee Robinett (1885-1966)</b> — also known as <b>O. L. Robinett</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Mountain Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WI-born.html">Wright County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/03-28.html">March 28, 1885</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/MO.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/MO.html">1936</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/01-03.html">January 3, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at Hazelwood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sarah Naomi (Lee) Robinett and James Harvey Robinett; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robeson-robins.html#732.01.81">Paul McDonald Robinett</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robeson-robins.html#416.19.89">William Henry Robinett</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robeson-robins.html#161.58.97">John Thomas Robinett</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/26710.html">Robinett family</a> of Mountain Grove, Missouri.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33740908">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00738">Maple Park Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Springfield, Greene County, Missouri <br> Founded 1876<br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></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/700/44.30.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Roscoe C. Patterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Roscoe Conkling Patterson (1876-1954)</b> — also known as <b>Roscoe C. Patterson</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-born.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/09-15.html">September 15, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-officials.html">Greene County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1903-07; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Missouri Republican State Committee</a>, 1912-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri</a>, 1925-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1929-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/MO.html">1932</a>. <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/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/10-22.html">October 22, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at Maple Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#801.93.51">Roscoe Conkling</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John A. Patterson and Louise Mildred (Bridwell) Patterson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-04.html">March 4, 1902</a>, to Adah Hollman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000127">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408535">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe C. Patterson">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Henry Wade (1835-1911)</b> — also known as <b>William H. Wade</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born near Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CK-born.html">Clark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/11-03.html">November 3, 1835</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1881-84, 1907-10 (Greene County 1881-82, Greene County Western District 1883-84, Greene County 2nd District 1907-10); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 13th District, 1885-91; defeated, 1890. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-13.html">January 13, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 71 days</a>). Interment at Maple Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000008">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411187">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>De Witt Clinton Leach (1822-1909)</b> — also known as <b>De Witt C. Leach</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich.; Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GT-lived.html">Grand Traverse County</a>, Mich. Born in Clarence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/11-23.html">November 23, 1822</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Genesee County, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 4th District, 1857-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1867. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-21.html">December 21, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 28 days</a>). Interment at Maple Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#026.12.20">DeWitt Clinton</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000168">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406672">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/909/69.42.jpg" width=70 height=124 border=0 alt="Jean Paul Bradshaw"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jean Paul Bradshaw (d. 1970)</b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LC-lived.html">Laclede County</a>, Mo.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1944; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1964; board chairman, Ozark <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Air Lines</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/index.html">1970</a>. Interment at Maple Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradney-bradstreet.html#628.49.92">Paul Ludwig Bradshaw</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradney-bradstreet.html#367.07.70">Jean Paul Bradshaw II</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14309.html">Bradshaw family</a> of Springfield, Missouri.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Caruthersville (Mo.) Journal, July 27, 1944</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward A. Barbour Jr. (1896-1970)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-25.html">June 25, 1896</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 Greene County 1st District, 1923-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 20th District, 1935-42; defeated, 1942. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/10-14.html">October 14, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at Maple Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/46504247">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul Ludwig Bradshaw (d. 1986)</b> — also known as <b>Paul L. Bradshaw</b> — of Missouri. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-parties.html">Chair of Greene County Republican Party</a>, 1965-70; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1971-84. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/index.html">1986</a>. Interment at Maple Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradney-bradstreet.html#909.69.42">Jean Paul Bradshaw</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradney-bradstreet.html#367.07.70">Jean Paul Bradshaw II</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14309.html">Bradshaw family</a> of Springfield, Missouri.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>McLain Jones (1855-1919)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born near Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MC-born.html">Macon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/02-13.html">February 13, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</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> from Greene County 1st District, 1911-12, 1919; died in office 1919. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">paralytic stroke</a>, and died two days later, in St. Mary's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-died.html">Cole County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/01-23.html">January 23, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at Maple Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/06-03.html">June 3, 1885</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Abbott.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53556566">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Simon C. Bates (1879-1950)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-11.html">October 11, 1879</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 20th District, 1922-23. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/09-04.html">September 4, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at Maple Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/04-19.html">April 19, 1910</a>, to Pansy E. Roberts.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44164138">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07828">Missouri Veterans Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Springfield, Greene County, Missouri <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ray N. Allmon (1918-2004)</b> — of Winona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SH-lived.html">Shannon County</a>, Mo.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in New Liberty, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/OR-born.html">Oregon County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-11.html">December 11, 1918</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil jobber</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Shannon County, 1965. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died, in St. John's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/05-24.html">May 24, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at Missouri Veterans 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/09-21.html">September 21, 1957</a>, to Ruby Sconce.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13851732">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05104">Springfield National Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Springfield, Greene County, Missouri <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard Hanson Weightman (1816-1861)</b> — of New Mexico. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/12-28.html">December 28, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory</a>, 1851; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Killed</a> while commanding troops at the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/08-10.html">August 10, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 225 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms05190">Wilson's Creek Battlefield</a>, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment at Springfield National 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Susan Bradford Coxe.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000255">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411423">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7873952">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin Johnson Brown (d. 1861)</b> — of Missouri. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1850; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Killed</a> in the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/08-10.html">August 10, 1861</a>. Original interment at <a href="#cms05190">Wilson's Creek Battlefield</a>, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment at Springfield National Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John N. Morton (1878-1960)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/04-16.html">April 16, 1878</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Greene County 2nd District, 1943-48; defeated, 1948, 1950. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/07-18.html">July 18, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 93 days</a>). 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