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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Mississippi County, Mo.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Russell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph James Russell (1854-1922)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph J. Russell</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-lived.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-born.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/08-23.html">August 23, 1854</a>. Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature, 1886-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/MO.html">1892</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 14th District, 1907-09, 1911-19; defeated, 1904, 1908, 1918. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/index.html">1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows 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=R000533">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409490">Govtrack.us page</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>Robert Anthony Hatcher (1819-1886)</b> — also known as <b>Robert A. Hatcher</b> — of New Madrid, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NM-lived.html">New Madrid County</a>, Mo.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-lived.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BC-born.html">Buckingham County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/02-24.html">February 24, 1819</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1850; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Missouri in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 4th District, 1873-79. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-died.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-04.html">December 4, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows 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=H000341">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405210">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>Thomas Joseph Brown (1873-1942)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas J. Brown</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-lived.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HO-born.html">Hopkins County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-15.html">December 15, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 14th District, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 23rd District, 1922-23; resigned 1923. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-died.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/09-15.html">September 15, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows 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 Bassett Brown and Sarah (Dever) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/10-04.html">October 4, 1899</a>, to Mayme H. Gray.</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/115382259">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>Lewis Danforth Joslyn (1907-1980)</b> — also known as <b>L. Danforth Joslyn</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-lived.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-born.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/11-14.html">November 14, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-officials.html">Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Mississippi County, 1935-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-parties.html">chair of Mississippi County Democratic Party</a>, 1939; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 23rd District, 1941-48. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/08-29.html">August 29, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows 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 O. W. Joslyn; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/">1937</a> to Margaret Gallup.</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/121456184">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>Robert Alexander Barry (1860-1934)</b> — also known as <b>Robert A. Barry</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-lived.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-born.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/08-07.html">August 7, 1860</a>. Democrat. <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> from Mississippi County, 1917-22, 1929-34; died in office 1934. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-died.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/11-12.html">November 12, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 97 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows 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/1903/01-20.html">January 20, 1903</a>, to Laura A. Allen.</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/47061780">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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