List of Sedalia people

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The following is a list of people who were born in, have lived in, or are otherwise associated with Sedalia, Missouri; they are known as Sedalians.

In addition to what follows, a list of more than fifty Sedalia "Old Timers", who had met at the Sedalia Courthouse on the previous evening, was published in the 12 December 1893 issue of the Sedalia Bazoo; the list indicated when they had arrived in Sedalia, and from whence they had come.[1]

Contents

[edit] Arts

[edit] Acting

  • Dorothy Dwan (1906–1981), film actress
  • Lucille McVey (1890-1925), Hollywood screenwriter and silent film actress; married to Sidney Drew in 1914. Often credited under married name of Mrs. Sidney Drew; through marriage, aunt to John, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore.[2]
  • Jack Oakie (1903–1978), born Lewis Delaney Offield, film, stage, radio, and television actor.[2]

[edit] Art

  • LeRoy Daniel MacMorris (1893-1981), portrait painter, muralist, illustrator, decorator and designer.[3]

[edit] Comedy

[edit] Literature

  • Joel Townsley Rogers (1896-1984), a short-story writer, mystery novelist.
  • June Rae Wood (1946-), children's and young adult's author.[4]

[edit] Music

Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin

[edit] Photography

[edit] Business

[edit] Education

[edit] Sedalia School Superintendents

  • 1867-1872: George O. Brown[12]
  • 1872-1876: G. W. Ready[12]
  • 1876-1884: D. R. Cully[12]
  • 1884-1888: William Richardson[12]
  • 1888-1893: A. J. Smith[12]
  • 1893-1908: G. V. Buchanan[12]
  • 1908-1920: John P. Gass[12]
  • 1920-1924: C. A. Greene[12]
  • 1924-1927: John N. Crocker[12]
  • 1927-1958: Heber U. Hunt[12]
  • 1958-?: T. J. Norris[12]

[edit] Engineering

[edit] Historical figures

  • Clay Allison (1840-1887), gunfighter of the American Old West

[edit] Journalism

  • Raymond Peter Brandt (1896-1974), Rhodes Scholar; O.I.C. Office of Finances, American Relief Administration, Vienna, Austria, 1920; District Supervisor, American Relief Administration, Vitebsk, Russia, (1922-1923); reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from (1917-1919), and Washington, D.C. correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1923-1967).[13]
  • Elizabeth Williams Cosgrove (1878-1975), journalist, writer, and poet.[14]
  • Elizabeth Jane Dugan (?1848-1911), a.k.a. "Rosa Pearle", poet, journalist (started with the Sedalia Bazoo, founder and editor of the Saturday-evening society weekly Rosa Pearle’s Paper (1894-1911).[15]
  • Mary Frances "Murry" Engle (1930-2005), journalist with Sedalia Democrat (1950-1966), Boeing News and Boeing Magazine (1967-1970), and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin (1970-1993).[16]
  • Charles Grandison Finney (1905–1984), journalist, writer, and part time night club owner.
  • J. West Goodwin, editor Sedalia Bazoo, President Missouri Press Association (1891), organizer of the Sedalia Citizen’s Alliance (1902).
  • Hazel Norinne Lang (1903-1996), journalist, reporter and feature writer with the Sedalia Democrat (1925-1970), poet, historian (author of Only Human; Poems of Everyday Life, Exposition Press, (New York), 1955, and the 1,112 page Life in Pettis County, 1815-1873, published in Sedalia, in 1975).[17]
  • Casper Salathiel Yost (1863-1941): editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat; founder of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1922.

[edit] Medicine

  • Walter Edward Dandy (1886-1946), Eminent scientist and neurosurgeon.[2]
  • Willis P. King, President Missouri State Medical Association (1881)[18]
  • Thomas J. Montgomery, Vice-President Missouri State Medical Association (1874)[18]
  • John W. Trader, President Missouri State Medical Association (1876)[18]

[edit] Military

[edit] United States Army

James Phillip Fleming‎
James Phillip Fleming‎

[edit] United States Air Force

[edit] Other

  • David Thomson (1775-1861), General, third division Kentucky militia (1814), politician, father-in-law of General George R. Smith, thought by many to be the killer of Tecumseh.[26]]
  • William Gentry (1818-1890), Major in the 40th Enrolled Missouri Militia, livestock farmer, railroad executive, and candidate for Governor (1874).[27]

[edit] Politics and government

[edit] Heads of state and Heads of government

[edit] Diplomats

[edit] Politicians

Senator Vest
Senator Vest

[edit] Judiciary

  • Walter Henry Bohling (1888-?), Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Missouri (1934-1963).[2]
  • Brown Harris (1876-1948), Jackson County circuit court judge for 24 years.
  • Henry Lamm (1846-1926), Lawyer, jurist, poet; Associate and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri (1905-1916).[2][30][31]
  • Hazel Palmer, first female assistant prosecuting attorney in Sedalia, the first female county collector, and the first female magistrate judge of Pettis County. Unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1958. President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women 1956-1958.[2][32]
  • John Finis Philips (1834-1919), lawyer, politician, colonel 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, President Missouri Press Association 1891, US Congressman, Federal Judge.[2]

[edit] Mayors of Sedalia

The following have been mayors of Sedalia:

  • 1864: George Rappeen Smith (1804-1879)[33]
  • 1865: E.W. Warsburn (resigned)[34]
  • 1865: F.L. Parker[34]
  • 1866: John Finis Philips (1834-1919)[34]
  • 1867: Henry Suess (1837-1891)[35]
  • 1868: General Bacon Montgomery (1840-1888)[36]
  • 1869: Albert Parker[34]
  • 1870: William P. Jackson[34]
  • 1871: Thomas J. Montgomery[34]
  • 1872: George W. Cummings[34]
  • 1873: Dr. R. T. Miller[34]
  • 1874: William H. H. Hill[37]
  • 1875: Norman Maltby (1841-1876)[34]
  • 1876: David Blocher[34]
  • 1877: Logan Clark[34]
  • 1878-1879: George L. Faulgaber (1838-)[34]
  • 1880: E. C. Evans[34]
  • 1881: Frank Cravcroft[34]
  • 1882-1883: Charles E.Messerly[34]
  • 1884-1885: John B. Rickman[34]
  • 1886-1887: E. W.Stevens[34]
  • 1888-1889: John D. Crawford[34]
  • 1890-1893: E. W.Stevens[34]
  • 1894-1898: Pleasant Dawson Hastain (1854-)[34]
  • 1898-1899: W. C. Overstreet[34]
  • 1900-1901: Samuel K. Crawford[34]
  • 1902-1905: J. L. Babcock (?-1935)[34]
  • 1906-1907: John A. Collins[34]
  • 1908-1910: J. L. Babcock (?-1935)[34]
  • 1910-1911: J. W. Mellor[34]
  • 1912-1913: F. L. Ludemann[34]
  • 1914-1917: J. L. Babcock (?-1935)
  • 1918-1919: A. L. Baumgartner[34]
  • 1920-1923: Frank F. Hatton[34]
  • 1924-1927: J. L. Babcock (?-1935)[34]
  • 1928-1929: O. B. Poundstone[38]
  • 1930-1931: S. B. Kennon[34]
  • 1932-1933: Wilmer Steeples[34] (1891-1946)[39]
  • 1934-1935: O. B. Poundstone;[34] Julian H. Bagby (1899-1990)[34]
  • 1936-1941: Julian H. Bagby (1899-1990)[34]
  • 1942-1945: Alonzo H. Wilks[34]
  • 1946-1949: Julian H. Bagby (1899-1990)[34]
  • 1950-1953: Herbert E. Studer[34]
  • 1954-1957: Julian H. Bagby (1899-1990)[34]
  • 1958-1961: Abe Silverman (1899-1990)[34]
  • 1970-1973: Jerry N. Jones
  • 1978-1981: Allen L. Hawkins
  • 1982-1989: Larry Foster
  • 1994-2001: Jane Gray
  • 2002-: Bob Wasson

[edit] Sport

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Billiards

[edit] Football

[edit] Softball

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Miscellaneous

Bernarr Macfadden, "The Boxer", 1905
Bernarr Macfadden, "The Boxer", 1905

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Sedalia OLD TIMERS in 1893 (Sedalia Bazoo, December 12, 1893)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.118.
  3. ^ Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City Biography: (Leroy) Daniel MacMorris (1893-1981)
  4. ^ Penguin Group (USA) Author Biography: June Rae Wood
  5. ^ University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Music Biography: Bill Booth
  6. ^ Obituary: New York Times, (September 1, 1963), p.56.
  7. ^ Obituary: New York Times, (July 7, 1970), p.38. Also appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.118.
  8. ^ Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.43.
  9. ^ Obituary: New York Times, (June 2, 1945), p.15. Also appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.118.
  10. ^ Obituary: New York Times, (September 3, 1961), p.61.
  11. ^ Obituary: Nauert, C.G., "James V. Mehl (1941-1998)", Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol.29, No.4, (Winter 1998), p.1086.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Appears on the list of “Sedalia School Superintendents” at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.120.
  13. ^ Harry S. Library & Museum: Oral History Interview with Raymond P. Brandt on 28 September 1970 Appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.118.
  14. ^ Elizabeth Williams Cosgrove, Muskogee Writer and Poet
  15. ^ Chalfant, R., "Dugan, Elizabeth Jane (Rosa Pearle) (1848?-1911)", pp.263-264 in Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-82621-222-0
  16. ^ Obituary: Murry Engle (1930-2005), "Isle journalist had a love for adventurous reporting" (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10 June 2005)[1]
  17. ^ Imhauser, (2007), p.29.
  18. ^ a b c Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.41.
  19. ^ Western Historical Manuscript Collection - Columbia: Longan, Rufus E. ( -1936)
  20. ^ Find a Grave Memorial: John C. McLaughlin, III
  21. ^ Full Text Citations For Award of The Distinguished Service Cross, World War I, To Members of the U.S. Army (N-P) The list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.118 refers to him as "'Gatling Gun Parker', inventor of machine gun".
  22. ^ [http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/thelenef.htm Harry S. Library & Museum: Oral History Interview with Col. Edward F. Thelen on 6 June 1968]
  23. ^ Triplet, W.S. (Ferrell, R.H. ed.), A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne: A Memoir, 1917-1918, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 2000. ISBN 0-82621-290-5; Triplet, W.S. (Ferrell, R.H. ed.), A Colonel in the Armored Divisions: A Memoir, 1941-1945, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 2001. ISBN 0-82621-312-X; Triplet, W.S. (Ferrell, R.H. ed.), In the Philippines and Okinawa: A Memoir, 1945-1948, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 2001. ISBN 0-82621-335-9.
  24. ^ Air Force Link Biography: Major General Arthur G. Salisbury
  25. ^ Sedalia Heroes Biography: George Whiteman
  26. ^ Biography: General David Thomson
  27. ^ Claycomb, W.B., "Gentry, William (1818-1890)", pp.334-335 in Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-82621-222-0
  28. ^ Notable Names Database: US Ambassador to Hungary (List)
  29. ^ Chalfant, R., "Bothwell, John Homer (1848-1929)", pp.106-107 in Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-82621-222-0
  30. ^ List of judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri
  31. ^ Lawyers and Poetry: Henry Lamm (1846-1926) Missouri
  32. ^ Hazel Palmer - Business and Professional Women
  33. ^ Cassity, M., " Smith, George Rappeen (1804-1879)", p.702 in Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-82621-222-0 Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.119.
  34. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.119.
  35. ^ Mardos Memorial Library Biography: Hon. Henry Suess Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.119.
  36. ^ [2][3] Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.119.
  37. ^ Missouri State Archives: Certificate of Election: (14/A/6/1, 2, 3, 1876: Certificates of Election: Judge of 6th Circuit Court (William H. H. Hill) Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.119.
  38. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Potterton to Powel] Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.119.
  39. ^ certificate of Wilmer Steeples Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.119.
  40. ^ Baseball Almanac: 1920 Detroit Tigers Roster
  41. ^ Baseball Almanac: 1951 St. Louis Browns Roster
  42. ^ Baseball Almanac: 1934 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
  43. ^ Billiard Congress of America: Hall of Fame Inductees: 1969-1976
  44. ^ databaseFootball.com Statistics: Dick Barker
  45. ^ Anon, "Missouri’s Joey Rich elected president-elect", The Inside Pitch: The Official Newsletter of the Amateur Softball Association, Vol.8, No.11, (December 2005), p.1
  46. ^ He appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p.118. He is listed as Dale Carnagie, rather than under either his original family name of Carnagey or his later preferred spelling of Carnegie.
  47. ^ Francis Asbury Sampson Collection Inventory: includes Biography of Francis Asbury Sampson (1842-1918)

[edit] Further reading

  • Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-82621-222-0
  • Ihrig, B.B. et al. (eds), The First One Hundred Years, A History of the City of Sedalia, Missouri, 1860-1960, Centennial History Committee, Sedalia, 1960.
  • Imhauser, R.C., Images of America: Sedalia, Arcadia Publishing, (Charleston), 2007. ISBN 0-73855-087-6

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