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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Lewis 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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Lloyd"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Tilghman Lloyd (1857-1944)</b> — also known as <b>James T. Lloyd</b> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo.; Shelbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/08-28.html">August 28, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Deputy sheriff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB-officials.html">Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1889-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 1st District, 1897-1917; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/MO.html">1908</a>. Injured in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile accident</a>, and subsequently died as a result, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/04-03.html">April 3, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Mary Bruce Graves.</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=L000380">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406872">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Tilghman Lloyd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7322580">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> Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</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>Jesse W. Barrett (1884-1953)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-17.html">March 17, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">secretary of Missouri Republican Party</a>, 1919; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">Missouri state attorney general</a>, 1921-25; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1922; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <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/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-sigma-kappa.html">Phi Sigma Kappa</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and was dead on arrival at St. Louis City <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/1953/11-12.html">November 12, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Harry Hooven Barrett and Jeanette Amelia (Bushman) Barrett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-19.html">June 19, 1912</a>, to Ethelyn Louthan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-21.html">February 21, 1925</a>, to Mary Louise Church.</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 Gorrall Blair (1825-1904)</b> — also known as <b>James G. Blair</b> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo.; Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born near Blairville (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/01-01.html">January 1, 1825</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> 8th District, 1871-73. Slaveowner. Died in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-died.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/03-01.html">March 1, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000527">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401502">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>Frank Crenshaw Millspaugh (1872-1947)</b> — also known as <b>Frank C. Millspaugh</b> — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Born in Shawneetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GA-born.html">Gallatin County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-14.html">January 14, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; mayor of Canton, Mo., 1915-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 1st District, 1921-23; defeated, 1918, 1922, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MO.html">1924</a>; county judge in Missouri, 1942-47. Died in Joplin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-died.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/07-08.html">July 8, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000781">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407759">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>Arch V. McRoberts (1877-1972)</b> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo.; Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-16.html">June 16, 1877</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Lewis County, 1943-54. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/index.html">1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">about 95 years</a>). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/12-20.html">December 20, 1905</a>, to Ethel L. Flint.</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/7966977">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 Carroll Clay (1849-1929)</b> — also known as <b>Oliver C. Clay</b> — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/05-27.html">May 27, 1849</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <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 Lewis County, 1919-22. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-died.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/03-05.html">March 5, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Littleberry B. Clay and Barbara (Davidson) Clay; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-25.html">June 25, 1877</a>, to Charlotte Biggs; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#130.13.60">Matthew Clay</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#889.48.22">Green Clay</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#084.40.12">Henry Clay (1777-1852)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#497.04.62">Porter Clay</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#694.62.87">Cassius Marcellus Clay</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#997.90.35">Bainbridge Colby</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#720.84.87">Archer Woodford</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#052.20.67">Thomas Hart Clay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#889.91.51">Henry Clay Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#150.36.83">James Brown Clay</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#954.28.35">Henry Clay (1849-1884)</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/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky (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;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7959499">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02178">Old Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Canton, Lewis 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>James Stephen Green (1817-1870)</b> — also known as <b>James S. Green</b> — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born near Rectortown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FQ-born.html">Fauquier County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/02-28.html">February 28, 1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 4th District, 1845-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 3rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-diplomats.html ">New Grenada</a>, 1853-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1857-61. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/01-19.html">January 19, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 325 days</a>). Interment at Old 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=G000414">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404762">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/green-james-stephen ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Riverview Cemetery</a></b></span><br> La Grange, Lewis 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>Frederick Barney Conrath (1900-1965)</b> — also known as <b>F. B. Conrath</b>; <b>"Fritz"</b> — of Ewing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born in La Grange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/10-03.html">October 3, 1900</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; mayor of Ewing, Mo.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Lewis County, 1939-42. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/07-21.html">July 21, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 291 days</a>). Interment at Riverview 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 B. F. Conrath and Belle (Day) Conrath; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/02-21.html">February 21, 1924</a>, to Jayme Cason.</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/7905034">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Maywood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Maywood, Lewis 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>William Merrill Quinn (1886-1958)</b> — also known as <b>William M. Quinn</b> — of Maywood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born near Maywood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/07-14.html">July 14, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Lewis County, 1933-34; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1935-58 (12th District 1935-46, 18th District 1947-58); died in office 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MO.html">1952</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Maywood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-died.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/12-24.html">December 24, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at Maywood 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 Abner Quinn and Sarah Julia (Shackleford) Quinn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/11-14.html">November 14, 1917</a>, to Mary E. Schaller.</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/5804066">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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