31 Dec 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Here is some information that I extracted from micro-film last summer. ~Leslie ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` "Republican Record" newspaper Carrollton, Carroll County, MO (issue date 19 Jan 1922) Mrs. Oliver RUSSELL d 13 Jan 1922, Oklahoma City burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, MO Vasco WALLING d 18 Jan 1922, Excelsior Springs, MO funeral: Carrollton, MO Laura Lane COBB d 19 Jan 1922, Carrollton, MO spouse: David COBB J.D. MIZNER Police Chief at Brookfield, MO Mrs. Charlotte OSHNER (nee LOCK) d 13 Jan 1922, in Kansas City spouse: Hugh OSHNER burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery

31 Dec 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Here is an obit sent to us by an a person who prefers to remain anonymous. My thanks to this person. I have no further information concerning this obituary. ~Leslie ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Published: Webb City Daily Sentinel [newspaper] Wed. 15 Feb. 1922 P1 C4 FORMER OLD TIME WEBB CITY RESIDENT DIES A message received by Mrs. Frank H. COWEN late Monday evening from a hospital at Los Angeles Cal., bore the intelligence that her brother R. Nelson BRADLEY had just died at that place. The advice did not contain any information as to the cause of his death. Mr. Bradley had lived in Webb City a major portion of his life, having at one time been engaged with his father in the grocery business, coming here about 1876. His remains will probably be interred at Los Angeles.

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members House of Representatives page 105 THOMAS J. WALKER (Democrat), Representative from Boone County; born June 14, 1877, near Pleasant Hill, Mo.; educated in the public schools, Central Missouri State Teachers College at Warrensburg, Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., and the University of Missouri. He was married August 7, 1907, in Greenridge, Mo., to Miss RUTH BRUNER and they have a daughter, SARAH ELIZABETH WALKER. Is secretary and editor of the Missouri State Teachers Association, and resides at 202 Thilly Avenue, Columbia, Mo. Long has been active in educational and political affairs, serving as County Superintendent of Schools of Cass County from 1909 to 1915; as Assistant State Superintendent of Schools, 1915 to 1919, and as a professor at the Southwest Missouri State Teachers College at Springfield from 1919 to 1920, when he became associated with the teachers association. Elected to the House of Representatives of the 59th General Assembly in 1936, he was re-elected in 1938, serving in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the University Committee, and also as a member of the following other committees: Appropriations; Children's Code; Probation and Parole; School of Mines; Education. Norma Leslie, please keep us posted on your health. Our prayers are with you.

28 Dec 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` My health caused me to have to desert my regular posts for some time now. I am in the midst of a series of tests and so may not be able to post much for a while longer. Please accept my apologies. Leslie [listowner] `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

If anyone has access to the Andrew Co. MO marriage records, I would greatly appreciate a lookup of these 3 KENNISON sisters who would have likely married 1850's. (They were in their parent's home 1850 census but not in the 1860 census) Sarah Kennison b. abt 1834 Ann. Kennison b. abt 1837 Mary Kennison b. abt 1839 Thanks so much, Pat Gilbert

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members House of Representatives page 105 ROBERT M. UXA (Democrat), Representative from St. Louis City, Third District; born November 11, 1885, in St. Louis; educated in the public and parochial schools and t Hayward's Business College there. He was married November 24, 1921 in St. Louis to Miss HENRIETTA BAFUNNO. He resides at 1120a Dillon Street, St. Louis. From 1911 to 1916, he was Business Agent of Local 21, St. Louis Upholsterer's Union and National Organizer for the International Organization. During 1917, 1918 and 1919, he was General Secretary, Knights of Columbus War Work, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. and at Leavenworth, Kas. He has been in the insurance business since 1921. A lifelong Democrat and active in party work for years, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1938 and served as a member of the following committees in the 60th General Assembly: Constitutional Amendments; Federal Relations; Elections; Municipal Corporations; Eleemosynary Institutions; Justice of the Peace and County Courts. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members House of Representatives Page 105 C. P. TURLEY (Democrat), Representative from Carter County; born in Gremont, Mo., November 1, 1894; educated in the public schools of Missouri and Southeast Missouri state Teachers College at Cape Girardeau. He was married to Miss BERNICE E. POLK at Low Wassie, Mo., October 16, 1920. They have two sons, ALAN REED and PAUL ENOCHS. An attorney, he resides at Van Buren, Mo. During the World War he served in the United States Navy, 1917-1919, training at San Francisco and later being attached to the Atlantic Fleet and to Overseas Transport Service. Is a member of the American Legion and the Masonic Lodge. He served as Prosecuting Attorney of Carter County, 1921-1925 and 1931-1935. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1926, 1928, 1934, 1936 and 1938. In the 59th General Assembly, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Pensions. In the 60th General Assembly, he served as chairman of the Committee on Civil and Criminal Procedure, and as a member of the following other committees: Revision; Judiciary; Roads and Highways; Social Security and Old Age Assistance; Fish and Game. PAUL E. TURNER (Democrat), Representative from Buchanan County, Third District; born April 12, 1899, in Faucett, Mo., educated in the Faucett grade and high schools and Gard Budiness College there. He is a farmer and salesman, is single and resides with his mother, Mrs. CYNTHIA M. TURNER, at Faucett. A member of an old Democratic family, he has been active in political affairs for years. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1936, he was re-elected in 1938 and served in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Workmen's Compensation, and as a member of the following other committees: Federal Relations; Insurance; Probation and Parole; Ways and Means; Roads and Highways. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members House of Representatives Page 104 LOUIS C. THEDINGER (Democrat), Representative from Buchanan County, First District; born at St. Joseph, Mo., July 22, 1898; educated in the public schools of St. Joseph. Was married to Miss HELEN A. PIERCE at St. Joseph on July 15, 1920, and they have three children, MARRY EILEEN, ROBERT LOUIS and THEDA CATHERINE. Resides at 612 Hamburg Avenue, St. Joseph. He saw active service on the Mexican border in 1916 and with the A.E.F. in France, serving as Second Lieutenant after being decorated for valor with the Distinguished Service Cross while serving in Company E. 142 Infantry, 36th Division. He was the only member in the 58th General Assembly with that distinction. He also was a Reserve Officer until 1929. Is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, being a Past Adjutant, Department of Missouri, and Quartermaster of that organization. Also is a member of the American Legion. Affiliated with the Young Men's Democratic Club and of the First Ward Democratic Club of St. Joseph. He is connected with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and is a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Local No. 92. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1934, he was re-elected in 1936 and served as chairman of the Permanent Seat of Government Committee. Elected a third time in 1938 with no opposition in either the primary or general election, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Elections in the 60th General Assembly and served as a member of the following other committees: Penal Institutions; Permanent Seat of Government; Labor; Railroads and Internal Improvements; Consolidation of Counties and Other Subdivisions of the State Government, Boards, Bureaus and Departments. Norma

Sorry, folks...sent this to wrong list. --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: kgreenkc@juno.com To: MOPOLK-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:32:00 -0600 Subject: [MOPOLK] MO ABSTRACTS MO Manual Message-ID: <20001220.095724.-213737.6.kgreenkc@juno.com> OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members House of Representatives Page 104 O.R. SUTTON (Democrat), Representative from Wayne County; born at Bismarck, Mo., January 25, 1904; educated in the grade and high schools of Piedmont, Mo. He married Miss MARTHA EUNICE WAGONER of Lebanon, Mo., September 4, 1927, at Des Arc, Mo.; and they reside at Piedmont. Active in Democratic politics even prior to reaching his majority, he served as Postmaster of the Missouri Senate in 1931. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1934 and re-elected in 1936 and 1938. In the 60th General Assembly, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Penal Institutions and served on the following committees : Consolidation of Counties and Other Subdivisions of the State Government, Boards, Bureaus and Departments; Education; Fish and Game; Public Health; Roads and Highways. JOHN D. TAYLOR (Democrat), Representative from Charlton County; born in Keytesville, Mo., December 16, 1883; educated in the grade and high schools of his native county. At the age of 16 he began teaching school and followed that proression seven years. Later he studied law, was admitted to the bar in January 1908, and is now a practicing attorney at Keytesville, where he resides. He married Miss JESSIE F. TURNER at DeWitt, Mo., August 12, 1903. After representing Charlton County in the 45th and 46th General Assemblies, he was elected State Senator from the Sixth District in 1916, serving in the 49th General Assembly. Elected to the House of Representatives a third time in 1933, he served during the extra session of the 57th General Assembly, then was re-elected in 1934, 1936 and 1938. Prominent many years in Democratic politics, he has held positions on many political committees and has been a delegate to numerous conventions. In the 58th, 59th and 60th General Assembles, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and Joint Rules. In the 60th General Assembly he also was a member of the following committees: Criminal Jurisprudence; Insurance; Judiciary; Miscellaneous Resolutions; Ways and Means. Norma "Jesus is the reason for the season"

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments House of Representatives Page 104 ROSCOE CONKLING SUMMERS (Democrat), Representative from Cass County; born in Harrisonville, Mo., January 16, 1895; educated in the grade and high schools of Harrisonville and the University of Missouri. On November 16, 1926, in Boonville, Mo., he married Miss ELIZABETH COLLIER, who then was County Superintendent of Schools of Cass County. They have two daughters, ELIZABETH ANN and BARBARA JANE. He resides in Harrisonville, where he is engaged in the practice of law. Enlisted in U.S. Army in 1917, he served two years during the World War. A Past Commander of Newton Dudley Post No. 53, American Legion, at Pleasant Hill, Mo., he was appointed a member of the State Legislative Committee of that organization for 1939. After beginning the practice of law in the office of his father, the late W.D. SUMMERS , in Harrisonville, he moved to Pleasant Hill in 1926, where he served as Municipal Court Judge and later as City Attorney. He returned with his family to the home town of Harrisonville in March 1938. Is a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, the Young Democratic Club of Cass County, the Missouri and Cass County Bar Associations, and the Christian Church, of which he is now Sunday School Superintendent. Elected in 1936 to the House of Representatives, he was re-elected in 1938, serving in the 60th General Assembly as Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, and as a member of the following committees: Ways and Means; Judiciary; Social Security and Old Age Assistance; Township Organization. He also was elected Majority Caucus Secretary of the House of Representatives in the 60th General Assembly. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments House of Representatives Page 104 JOHN A. SULLIVAN (Democrat), Representative from St. Louis City, Third District; born in St. Louis, October 23, 1890; educated in the parochial and public schools of St. Louis. Married Mrs. CAVELYN ROTH HARRIS in Waterloo, Ill., June 10, 1934, and has one step-son, LOUIS H. HARRIS, Jr. He is a merchant at 4061 Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis, and resides at 4222a Gibson Avenue in that city. During the World War, he served in the 53rd Transportation Corps. Active for many years in political affairs of the 17th Ward of St. Louis, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1934 and re-electeds in 1936 and 1938. In the 60th General Assembly, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations, and also served as a member of the following other committees: Justice of the Peace and County Courts; Labor; Private Corporations; Taxation and Revenue; Transportation Other Than Railroads. Norma Seasons Greetings!

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members House of Representatives Page 103 CHARLES E. STILL (Republican), Representative from Adair County; born in Franklin County, Kans., January 7, 1865; educated in high school and business college at Kirksville, Mo. He married Miss ANNA RYDER in Kirksville, June 30, 1892, and resides in Kirksville where he is an osteopathic physician. Was head of the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville from 1892 to 1918, retiring to be succeeded by his brother-in-law, George M. Laughlin. He served in the 14th Infantry, United States Army. He was twice Mayor of Kirksville and also was a member of the school board there. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1930, he was re-elected in 1932, 1934, 1936, and in 1938, and served in the 60th General Assembly as a member of the following committees: Appropriations; Public Health; State Teachers Colleges; Printing; Building and Loan; University. GROVER C. STUDIVAN (Democrat), Representative from McDonald County; born at Cyclone, Mo., December 15, 1889; educated in the public schools of McDonald County, Mo. He was married in April 1911 to Miss JOSIE SCHMIDT of Pineville, Mo. They have three sons and one daughter, LEE E., RALPH G., WEAVER E., and OPAL IRENE. A farmer, he resides on RFD No. 3, Anderson, Mo. After serving two terms as Assessor of McDonald County, from 1924 to 1928, and from 1932 to 1936, he was elected in 1938 to the House of Representatives and served in the 60th General Assembly as a member of the following committees: Agriculture; Education; Fish and Game; Flood Control and Soil Conservation; Mines and Mining; Roads and Highways. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members House of Representatives Page 103 GLADYS BERGER STEWART (Republican), Representative from Douglas County; born in Gasconade County, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Ava, Mo., Drury College and Southwest Missouri State Teachers College at Springfield, and the University of Missouri, and at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., where she received her law degree. She has served as a court reporter, congressional secretary, assistant United States attorney, and as a special judge of the 31st Judicial Circuit of Missouri, being the only woman ever to occupy a circuit bench in this state. Active in state and national Republican affairs for years, she was a delegate in three National Republican Conventions, is President of the Republican Women's Club of Douglas County, and Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the National Women Legislator's Organization. She is the only woman member of the State Council of the Missouri Bar Association and of the General Council of the American Bar Association. Elected to her first public office in 1934, when she was chosen as a member of the House of Representatives, she was selected to represent the 58th General Assembly at the second convention of the Council of State Governments in Washington, D.C. Re-elected to the House in 1936, the only Republican ever so honored by Douglas County, she again represented the House at the Council of State Governments third convention, also held in Washington. Again named to the House of Representatives in 1938, she was a member of the following committees in the 60th General Assembly: Appropriations; Judiciary; Railroads and Internal Improvements; Civil and Criminal Procedure; Penal Institutions. Norma

13 Dec 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Source: School Enumeration: District of Sedalia 1895 (continued) These names have been extracted from micro-film. If I could ** NOT** be certain of the spelling, I have made an attempt and will mark the name with an *. Adult's Name Sex Child's Name Child's Age Page 2 W.H. NOFTEKER* M- Harry 13 F- Anna 8 J.R. BARBER F- Etta 12 F- Formtie* 10 Chas. WHISMAN M- Harry 6 J.A. LOGAN M- Maurice 9 H. ROHWER / ROHIVER* M- Oscar 18 M- Henry* 16 F- Anna 14 M- Walter 7 A. DULY M- Albert 12 M- Joe 10 M- Harry 8 H.W. MENSCHKE M- Harry 9 M- Arthur 7 F. WEEKS F- Maud 13 M- Walter 8 A.W. WINZENBERG F- Maggie 18 F- Alice 16 M- Henry 11 M- Louis 10 A.B. BRINTON* F- Bessie 18 Mrs. Mattie FLOYD M- Sam 16 John VAUGHAN / VANGHAU* F- Minnie 14 M- Bertie/Bartie* 11 F- Maud 8

14 Dec 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Source: School Enumeration: District of Sedalia 1895 (continued) These names have been extracted from micro-film. If I could NOT be certain of the spelling, I have made an attempt and will mark the name with an *. Adult's Name Sex Child's Name Child's Age Page 3 Mrs. A.E. STEKMAN / STELSMAN* J.W. GALLIN / GATHN* F- May 20 F- Pearl 17 W.A. SATTERWHITE M- Jack* 17 F- Daisy 15 F- May 12 F- Velma 8 Chris. STRENG* M- Will 19 F- Flora 11 F- Clara 9 C.C. VAN WAGNER F- Edna 14 M- Allen 11 M- Carlon 9 F- Mildred 6 J. N. FAULKNER F- Nellie 14 M- John 18 W.M. HARRIS M- Ray 9 Mrs. Ellen O'CONNOR F- Laura 18 M- Chas. 17 C.H. DICKMAN F- Bertha 19 C.B. LANSTON F- Olivia 6 Rob't MORROW* M- John 15 F- Blanche 13 M- Jas. 9

14 Dec 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Source: School Enumeration: District of Sedalia 1895 (continued) These names have been extracted from micro-film. If I could be certain of the spelling, I have made an attempt and will mark the name with an *. Adult's Name Sex Child's Name Child's Age Page 3 Mrs. A.E. STEKMAN / STELSMAN* J.W. GALLIN / GATHN* F- May 20 F- Pearl 17 W.A. SATTERWHITE M- Jack* 17 F- Daisy 15 F- May 12 F- Velma 8 Chris. STRENG* M- Will 19 F- Flora 11 F- Clara 9 C.C. VAN WAGNER F- Edna 14 M- Allen 11 M- Carlon 9 F- Mildred 6 J. N. FAULKNER F- Nellie 14 M- John 18 W.M. HARRIS M- Ray 9 Mrs. Ellen O'CONNOR F- Laura 18 M- Chas. 17 C.H. DICKMAN F- Bertha 19 C.B. LANSTON F- Olivia 6 Rob't MORROW* M- John 15 F- Blanche 13 M- Jas. 9

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members House of Representatives Page 103 JOHN STEPHENS (Republican), Representative from Caldwell County; born January 4, 1873, at Cowgill, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Cowgill, Mo. He was married to Miss LYDIA McLALLAN, March 10, 1897. He resides at Cowgill, Mo., where he is engaged in farming and the insurance business. The eldest of a family of nine children, he became their sole support at the age of 16 upon the death of his father. He is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Cowgill, and also a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Order Eastern Star, and the Modern Woodmen. A lifelong Republican, he was mayor of Cowgill twelve years, justice of the peace there fourteen years, and served in the 58th and 59th General Assemblies, being re-elected in 1938 to the House of Representatives and holding membership on the following committees in the 60th General Assembly: Agriculture; Roads and Highways; Education; Employees and Clerical Force; Official Salaries and Fees; Township Organization. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 103 A. H. STEINBECK (Republican), Representative from Franklin County; born in Gasconade County, Mo.; educated at the Staate School of Mines and Metallurgy in Rolla, Mo., and Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was married to Miss OTILLIE E. PFOTENHAUER of Hermann, Mo., and they had three children, AUGUSTUS A., JOHN W., and HERBERT F., the latter of whom died in 1930. He is an editor and publisher and resides in Union, Mo. He was School Commissioner of Gasconade and Franklin Counties and Superintendent of Schools at Pacific, Mo., seven years; Circuit Clerk of Franklin County twelve years; Secretary of the State Tax Commission and State Board of Equalization; Deputy State Labor Commissioner, and Parole Commissioner, Department of State Penal Institutions. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1938, he served in the 60th General Assembly as a member of the following committees: Appropriations; Municipal Corporations; Penal Institutions; Printing; Supplies; University; Workmen's Compensation. Norma

13 Dec 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Source: School Enumeration: District of Sedalia 1895 (continued) These names have been extracted from micro-film. If I could be certain of the spelling, I have made an attempt and will mark the name with an *. Adult's Name Sex Child's Name Child's Age Page 2 W.H. NOFTEKER* M- Harry 13 F- Anna 8 J.R. BARBER F- Etta 12 F- Formtie* 10 Chas. WHISMAN M- Harry 6 J.A. LOGAN M- Maurice 9 H. ROHWER / ROHIVER* M- Oscar 18 M- Henry* 16 F- Anna 14 M- Walter 7 A. DULY M- Albert 12 M- Joe 10 M- Harry 8 H.W. MENSCHKE M- Harry 9 M- Arthur 7 F. WEEKS F- Maud 13 M- Walter 8 A.W. WINZENBERG F- Maggie 18 F- Alice 16 M- Henry 11 M- Louis 10 A.B. BRINTON* F- Bessie 18 Mrs. Mattie FLOYD M- Sam 16 John VAUGHAN / VANGHAU* F- Minnie 14 M- Bertie/Bartie* 11 F- Maud 8

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 102 FRED SPEARMAN (Republican), Representative from Miller County; born on a farm near Iberia, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Miller County. In 1920 he married Miss EUNICE HUSTLER in Iberia and they have four daughters. He is a farmer and poultry raiser and resides at Iberia. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in June, 1918, and served until August 1919, about a year of that service being overseas. His belief is the Christian Church and he is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Iberia, being a Past Worshipful Master of the latter. He also is Past Commander of Freeman Watkins Post No. 105, of the American Legion. After serving as a member of the House of Representatives in the 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th and 59th General Assemblies, he was re-elected in 1938. He has served as Commander of the Ex-service Men's Club of the 54th, 55th, 56th and 60th General Assembly. In the 60th General Assembly, he was a member of the following committees: Municipal Corporations; Private Corporations; Taxation and Revenue; Miscellaneous Resolutions; Fish and Game. Norma