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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Nodaway County, Mo.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Airy — of Maryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-lived.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo. Born in Maryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-born.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/02-17.html">February 17, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/maryville.html">mayor of Maryville, Mo.</a>, 1945. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Maryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-died.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo., October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/index.html">1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Miriam Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John W. Airy and Mary Ann (Wachtel) Airy.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27785119">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ellis G. Cook (1879-1968) — of Maryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-lived.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/index.html">1879</a>. Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Nodaway County, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MO.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MO.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-parties.html">chair of Nodaway County Democratic Party</a>, 1949. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/index.html">1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">about 89 years</a>). Interment at Miriam Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27385896">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Lewis Job (1892-1975) — also known as William L. Job — of Maryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-lived.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-08.html">June 8, 1892</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Nodaway County, 1946. Died in August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/index.html">1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Miriam Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Clara (Bishop) Job and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jex-johansen.html#830.17.88">William Job</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17609821">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms11293">Nodaway Memorial Gardens</a> 980 South Main Street Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri Founded 1943 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2144590&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Forest Phares (1886-1973) — also known as William F. Phares — of Maryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-lived.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo. Born in Sharon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BB-born.html">Barber County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/06-07.html">June 7, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Missouri Republican State Committee</a>, 1914-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Missouri Republican state chair</a>, 1924-26, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MO.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MO.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>); Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/pr1936-election.html">1936</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#327.55.37">Alf M. Landon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knox.html#031.25.57">Frank Knox</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Cape Girardeau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-died.html">Cape Girardeau County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/09-10.html">September 10, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at Nodaway 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">Relatives: Son of Edgar Clay Phares and Mary Ann (Craig) Phares; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-09.html">December 9, 1918</a>, to Maude Marie Bainum.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/98517505">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06165">Oak Hill Cemetery</a> Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert Pickett Morehouse (1835-1891) — also known as Albert P. Morehouse — of Maryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-lived.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/07-11.html">July 11, 1835</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/MO.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1885-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1887-89. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a>, by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stabbing.html">slashing his throat</a>, in Maryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-died.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/09-23.html">September 23, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 74 days</a>). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Stephen Morehouse and Harriet Ellen (Wood) Morehouse; married to Martha Elizabeth McFadden.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/albert-pickett-morehouse/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23097">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marshall E. Ford (1870-1964) — of Maryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-lived.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-born.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/03-17.html">March 17, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-parties.html">chair of Nodaway County Democratic Party</a>, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 1st District, 1922-23; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 1st District, 1925-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 1st District, 1943-44. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/08-09.html">August 9, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 145 days</a>). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Marshall Ford and Lucy Ann (Hutchison) Ford.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21779405">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09684">Rose Hill Cemetery</a> Parnell, Nodaway County, Missouri <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Findley LaFavor (1869-1930) — also known as James F. LaFavor — of Parnell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-lived.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MR-born.html">Marion County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-29.html">October 29, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">undertaker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Nodaway County, 1895-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 1st District, 1921-24; defeated in primary, 1916. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pernicious-anemia.html">pernicious anemia</a>, in Parnell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-died.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/09-22.html">September 22, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John W. LaFavor and Sarah (Gregory) LaFavor; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-18.html">December 18, 1892</a>, to Ida Tramel.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/117587235">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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