List of Sedalia people
Encyclopedia
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.
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Sedalia, Missouri
Sedalia is a city located about south of the Missouri River in Pettis County, Missouri. U.S. Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 65 intersect in the city. As of 2006, the city had a total population of 20,669. It is the county seat of Pettis County. The Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of...
; 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.
Acting
- Dorothy DwanDorothy DwanDorothy Dwan was an American film actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1922 and 1930.Born Dorothy Ilgenfritz in Sedalia, Missouri, she married three times...
(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 DrewMr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew-Biography:Sidney Drew , or Mr. Sidney Drew as he was usually billed, was an uncle of actors Lionel, Ethel & John Barrymore. His origins have been the subject of much speculation. Sidney's mother Mrs. Louisa Drew said she adopted him not long after the death of her husband John Drew, Sr. in 1862....
; through marriage, aunt to JohnJohn BarrymoreJohn Sidney Blyth , better known as John Barrymore, was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III...
, LionelLionel BarrymoreLionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...
and Ethel BarrymoreEthel BarrymoreEthel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors.-Early life:Ethel Barrymore was born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second child of the actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew...
. - Jack OakieJack OakieJack Oakie was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.-Early life:...
(1903–1978), born Lewis Delaney Offield, film, stage, radio, and television actor.
Art
- LeRoy Daniel MacMorris (1893–1981), portrait painter, muralist, illustrator, decorator and designer.
- Russell M. Glenn (1951- ), renowned artist/designer.
Literature
- Joel Townsley RogersJoel Townsley RogersJoel Townsley Rogers , American writer who wrote science fiction, air-adventure, and mystery stories and a handful of mystery novels....
(1896–1984), a short-story writer, mystery novelist. - June Rae WoodJune Rae WoodJune Rae Wood is an American author. One of her books, The Man Who Loved Clowns, won the Mark Twain Award and William Allen White Award in 1995.- Early life :...
(1946-), children's and young adult's author.
Music
- Andrew Berenyi (1963-), musician and glam-rock composer
- Bill Booth, musician, former member of The Airmen of NoteThe Airmen of NoteThe Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force. Originally created in 1950 to carry on the tradition of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Corps dance band, the “Note” is one of the few touring big bands, and has attracted 18 professional jazz musicians from across the...
, principal trombone in the Los Angeles Opera CompanyLos Angeles OperaThe Los Angeles Opera is an opera company in Los Angeles, California. It is the fourth largest opera company in the United States. The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, part of the Los Angeles Music Center.-Current leadership:...
, the Hollywood Bowl OrchestraHollywood Bowl OrchestraThe Hollywood Bowl Orchestra is a symphony orchestra which is managed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and plays the vast majority of its performances at the Hollywood Bowl....
, and the Pasadena Symphony; Adjunct Associate Professor (Trombone) at U.C.L.A.University of California, Los AngelesThe University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. - Scott HaydenScott HaydenScott Hayden was an African-American composer of ragtime music.Born in Sedalia, Missouri, he was the son of Marion and Julia Hayden...
(1882–1915), composer of ragtime music - George Thomas Ireland (1866–1963), renowned ragtime clarinet player, journalist in Sedalia for almost 50 years
- Scott JoplinScott JoplinScott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions, and was later dubbed "The King of Ragtime". During his brief career, Joplin wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas...
(1867/1868-1917), musician and composer of ragtime music - Arthur MarshallArthur Marshall (ragtime composer)Arthur Marshall was an African-American composer and performer of ragtime music.Marshall was born on a farm in Saline County, Missouri, but a few years later his family moved to Sedalia, Missouri...
(1881–1968), composer and performer of ragtime music - Etilmon Justus StarkEtilmon J. StarkEtilmon Justus Stark was a prolific ragtime composer and arranger, the eldest son of ragtime publisher John Stark....
(1868–1962), ragtime composer and arranger - John Stillwell StarkJohn Stillwell StarkJohn Stillwell Stark was a United States publisher of ragtime music. He is best known for publishing and promoting the music of Scott Joplin....
(1841–1927) piano dealer, publisher of ragtime music, and promoter of Scott Joplin
Photography
- Wilson L. Hicks (1897–1970), photographer; picture editor Kansas City StarThe Kansas City StarThe Kansas City Star is a McClatchy newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes...
; photographic editor Life MagazineLife (magazine)Life generally refers to three American magazines:*A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936. Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name....
(1937–1950); professor of photojournalismPhotojournalismPhotojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
at the University of MiamiUniversity of MiamiThe University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
(1955–70).
Business
- T. B. Anderson, founder of the Sedalia Telephone Company in 1880
- Allen Percival Green (1875–1956), engineer, founder of A. P. Green Fire Brick Company, and philanthropist (donated A. P. Green ChapelA. P. Green ChapelA.P.Green Chapel serves the University of Missouri as a nondenominational gathering place for prayer and meditation. Today it is available for wedding ceremonies, initiation ceremonies and other such events through the Missouri Student Union.- History :...
to the University of MissouriUniversity of MissouriThe University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
) - John W. Hicks, Jr. (1888–1945), President of Paramount International Films, Vice-President of Paramount PicturesParamount PicturesParamount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
- Cyrus N. Johns, President American Chain and Cable Company
- E. Virgil Neal (1868–1949), manufacturer.
- Samuel Lee Stedman (1916–1961), MBAMaster of Business AdministrationThe Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
HarvardHarvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
(1937), New York merchant bankMerchant bankA merchant bank is a financial institution which provides capital to companies in the form of share ownership instead of loans. A merchant bank also provides advisory on corporate matters to the firms they lend to....
er, Wall Sreet financial analystFinancial analystA financial analyst, securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst, or investment analyst is a person who performs financial analysis for external or internal clients as a core part of the job.-Job:... - William E. Franklin, President, Weyerhaeuser Far East. President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, President, International Timber Company of Indonesia, President Kenneday Bay Timber Company (Malaysia)
Education
- Winona Cargile AlexanderWinona Cargile AlexanderWinona Cargile Alexander was a founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated at Howard University on January 13, 1913. It was the second sorority founded for and by African-American women and was influential in women's building civic institutions and charities...
(1893–1894), founder of the Delta Sigma ThetaDelta Sigma ThetaDelta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University...
sorority, high-school teacher, social worker - James V. Mehl Ph. D. (1941–1998), historian, Professor of Humanities at Missouri Western State CollegeMissouri Western State UniversityMissouri Western State University is a public, co-educational university located in Saint Joseph, Missouri. The school enrolls 6,010 undergraduate students and 124 graduate students.-History:...
Sedalia School Superintendents
- 1867-1872: George O. Brown
- 1872-1876: G. W. Ready
- 1876-1884: D. R. Cully
- 1884-1888: William Richardson
- 1888-1893: A. J. Smith
- 1893-1908: G. V. Buchanan
- 1908-1920: John P. Gass
- 1920-1924: C. A. Greene
- 1924-1927: John N. Crocker
- 1927-1958: Heber U. Hunt (1897- )
- 1958-1973: T. J. Norris
- 1973-1974: A Henningson
Engineering
- Daniel Cowan JacklingDaniel C. Jackling-Career:Daniel Jackling was educated in mining and metallurgy disciplines at the Missouri School of Mines in Rolla, Missouri, now known as Missouri University of Science and Technology. In 1898, Jackling and Robert C. Gemmell made a detailed examination of the Bingham Canyon copper property. They...
(1869–1956), mining and metallurgical engineer, founder of the Utah Copper CompanyKennecott Utah CopperKennecott Utah Copper Corporation , a division of Rio Tinto Group, is a mining, smelting, and refining company. Its corporate headquarters are located in South Jordan, Utah, USA. Kennecott operates one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world in Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. ...
, known as The Father of Open-Pit MiningOpen-pit miningOpen-pit mining or opencast mining refers to a method of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.... - Walter RautenstrauchWalter RautenstrauchDr. Walter Rautenstrauch took the Chair of Columbia University's Department of Industrial Engineering in the 1930s. He was instrumental in the creation of this department which is said to be the first such department in the United States...
(1880–1951), mechanical engineer, first Chairman Columbia University'sColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Department of Industrial Engineering, adviser to the Mexican Government. He was co-founder of the Committee on TechnocracyTechnocracy movementThe technocracy movement is a social movement which arose in the early 20th century. It put forth a plan for operating the North American continent as a non-monetary society. Technocracy was highly popular in the USA for a brief period in the early 1930s, when it overshadowed many other proposals...
(1932).
Journalism
- Raymond Peter Brandt (1896–1974), Rhodes Scholar; O.I.C. Office of Finances, American Relief AdministrationAmerican Relief AdministrationAmerican Relief Administration was an American relief mission to Europe and later Soviet Russia after World War I. Herbert Hoover, future president of the United States, was the program director....
, Vienna, Austria, 1920; District Supervisor, American Relief Administration, Vitebsk, Russia, (1922–1923); reporter for the St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-DispatchThe St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the major city-wide newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri. Although written to serve Greater St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch is one of the largest newspapers in the Midwestern United States, and is available and read as far west as Kansas City, Missouri, as far south as...
from (1917–1919), and Washington, D.C. correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1923–1967). - Elizabeth Williams Cosgrove (1878–1975), journalist, writer, and poet.
- 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).
- Mary Frances "Murry" Engle (1930–2005), journalist with Sedalia Democrat (1950–1966), Boeing News and Boeing Magazine (1967–1970), and the Honolulu Star-BulletinHonolulu Star-BulletinThe Honolulu Star-Bulletin was a daily newspaper based in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. At the time publication ceased on June 6, 2010, it was the second largest daily newspaper in the state of Hawaii...
(1970–1993). - Charles Grandison FinneyCharles G. FinneyCharles G. Finney was an American fantasy novelist and newspaperman. His full name was Charles Grandison Finney, evidently in honor of his great-grandfather, famous evangelist Charles Grandison Finney.-Biography:...
(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).
- Casper Salathiel YostCasper YostCasper Salathiel Yost was the longtime editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, where he started working in 1889. He was the founder of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and was influential in developing its code of ethics. Yost was a prominent member of the St. Louis Civitan Club, serving...
(1863–1941): editor of the St. Louis Globe-DemocratSt. Louis Globe-DemocratThe St. Louis Globe-Democrat was originally a daily print newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri from 1852 until 1986...
; founder of the American Society of Newspaper EditorsAmerican Society of Newspaper EditorsThe American Society of News Editors is a membership organization for editors, producers or directors in charge of journalistic organizations or departments, deans or faculty at university journalism schools, and leaders and faculty of media-related foundations and training organizations...
in 1922.
Medicine
- Walter Edward DandyWalter DandyWalter Edward Dandy, M.D. was an American neurosurgeon and scientist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of neurosurgery, along with Victor Horsley and Harvey Cushing...
(1886–1946), Eminent scientist and neurosurgeon. - Willis P. King, President Missouri State Medical Association (1881)
- Thomas J. Montgomery, Vice-President Missouri State Medical Association (1874)
- John W. Trader, President Missouri State Medical Association (1876)
United States Army
- Rufus Estes Longan (1879–1936), Brigadier General, United States Army.
- John C. McLaughlin (1903–1967), Major General, United States Army, 35th Infantry Division.
- John Henry Parker, Brigadier GeneralJohn Henry Parker (General)General John Henry Parker aka "Gatling Gun Parker" was a brigadier general in the United States Army. He is best known for his role as the commander of the Gatling Gun Detachment of the U.S...
, United States Army. West Point Graduate, war hero. First to recognize the tactical advantages of machine guns to continuously support advancing infantry and protect artillery trains (carriages pulled by draft animals). Second-Lieutenant Parker was in charge of a Gatling GunGatling gunThe Gatling gun is one of the best known early rapid-fire weapons and a forerunner of the modern machine gun. It is well known for its use by the Union forces during the American Civil War in the 1860s, which was the first time it was employed in combat...
Detachment of four M1895 Gatlings and two Colt machine gunM1895 Colt-Browning machine gunThe Colt-Browning M1895, nicknamed potato digger due to its unusual operating mechanism, is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute...
s at the Battle of San Juan HillBattle of San Juan HillThe Battle of San Juan Hill , also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, was a decisive battle of the Spanish-American War. The San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about two kilometers east of Santiago de Cuba. The names San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill were names given by the...
in 1898, during the Spanish-American WarSpanish-American WarThe Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...
. Colonel Parker, United States Army, 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F.American Expeditionary ForceThe American Expeditionary Forces or AEF were the United States Armed Forces sent to Europe in World War I. During the United States campaigns in World War I the AEF fought in France alongside British and French allied forces in the last year of the war, against Imperial German forces...
, was awarded the Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
four times, for valour displayed on four separate occasions, during 1918. - Edgar Frank Thelen (1906-), University of MissouriUniversity of MissouriThe University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
graduate, associate of Harry S. TrumanHarry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
in the Reserve Officers' Training CorpsReserve Officers' Training CorpsThe Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a college-based, officer commissioning program, predominantly in the United States. It is designed as a college elective that focuses on leadership development, problem solving, strategic planning, and professional ethics.The U.S...
(1930–1940), US Army officer (1942–1961), staff member University of Missouri. - William S. Triplet (1900–1994), Colonel United States Army, professional soldier, West Point graduate (1924), served in both World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
United States Navy
- John James Housel (1911–1941), SK1c USN, killed in action on December 7, 1941 on the U.S.S. Arizona in the first wave of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
United States Air Force
- James Phillip Fleming (1943-), U.S.A.F.United States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
pilot in the Vietnam WarVietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
; awarded Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
for bravery - Arthur G. Salisbury (1916–2005), Major General USAF.
- George Allison WhitemanGeorge Allison Whiteman2nd Lt. George Allison Whiteman was an American military aviator, and was one of the first American military deaths in World War II...
, first U.S.A.F.United States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
airman killed in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
; he was killed when attempting to get his plane off the ground at Pearl HarborAttack on Pearl HarborThe attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941...
on December 7, 1941. In 1955, Sedalia Air Force Base was renamed Whiteman Air Force BaseWhiteman Air Force BaseWhiteman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately south of Knob Noster, Missouri; east-southeast of Kansas City, Missouri....
in his honor.
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 TecumsehTecumsehTecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812...
.] - William Gentry (1818–1890), Major in the 40th Enrolled Missouri Militia, livestock farmer, railroad executive, and candidate for Governor (1874).
Heads of state and Heads of government
- Emmet Montgomery ReilyEmmet Montgomery ReilyEmmet Montgomery Reily , sometimes E. Mont Reily, was a Texas and, later, Missouri politician who served a number of local offices, especially in Fort Worth and Kansas City. He was active in the Republican Party. He was later appointed as Governor of Puerto Rico by President Warren G...
(1866–1954), journalist, politician, Governor of Puerto RicoGovernor of Puerto RicoThe Governor of Puerto Rico is the Head of Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Since 1948, the Governor has been elected by the people of Puerto Rico...
(1921–1923) - Charles Emmett YeaterCharles YeaterCharles Emmett Yeater of Sedalia, Missouri was acting Governor-General of the Philippines from March 5, 1921 to October 14, 1921....
(1861–1943), graduate of the University of MissouriUniversity of MissouriThe University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
; acting Governor-General of the PhilippinesGovernor-General of the PhilippinesThe Governor-General of the Philippines was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed mainly by Spain and the United States, and briefly by Great Britain, from 1565 to 1935....
(5 March 1921-14 October 1921).
Politicians
- John Homer Bothwell (1849–1929), lawyer, politician, member of the 35th and 38th General Assemblies of the Missouri legislatureMissouri General AssemblyThe Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bicameral General Assembly is composed of a 34-member Senate, and a 163-member House of Representatives. Members of both houses of the General Assembly are subject to term limits...
(1889 and 1895). - John Morgan EvansJohn M. EvansJohn Morgan Evans was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Sedalia, Missouri. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Montana and served from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1921...
(1863–1946), U.S. Congressman (1913–1921; 1923–1933) - Thomas Jefferson HalseyThomas Jefferson HalseyThomas Jefferson Halsey was a Republican Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931....
(1863–1951), teacher, businessman, U.S. Congressman (1929–1931) - Judith K. MoriartyJudith MoriartyJudith K. Moriarty is an American politician from Missouri. She was the first woman to serve as Missouri Secretary of State....
(1942-), politician, Missouri Secretary of State (1993–1994) - John William PalmerJohn William PalmerJohn William Palmer was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Macks Creek, Missouri, Palmer attended the local schools.He taught school in Hickory County, Missouri....
(1866–1958), physician, lawyer, U.S. Congressman (1929–1931) - John Berchmans SullivanJohn B. SullivanJohn Berchmans Sullivan was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. He was a Democrat. He was married to Leonor Kretzer Sullivan....
(1897–1951), lawyer, politician, U.S. Congressman (1941–1943; 1945–1947; 1949–1951) - George Graham VestGeorge Graham VestGeorge Graham Vest was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate Congressman during the Civil War, and finally a US Senator...
(1830–1904), orator, lawyer and politician, at his death the last living Confederate States SenatorCongress of the Confederate StatesThe Congress of the Confederate States was the legislative body of the Confederate States of America, existing during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865...
; famous for his "Eulogy on the Dog". - Xenophon Pierce WilfleyXenophon P. WilfleyXenophon Pierce Wilfley was a Democratic Party politician who represented the state of Missouri in the U.S. Senate for five months in 1918.Wilfley was born near Mexico, Missouri, and attended local country schools in his youth...
(1871–1931), teacher, lawyer, U.S. Senator (1918), president of the Missouri Bar Association (1925).
Judiciary
- Walter Henry Bohling (1888-1968), Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Missouri (1934–1963).
- 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 MissouriSupreme Court of MissouriThe Supreme Court of Missouri is the highest court in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1820, and is located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Missouri voters have approved changes in the state's constitution to give the Supreme Court exclusive jurisdiction- the sole legal power to hear -...
(1905–1916). - 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.
- John Finis PhilipsJohn Finis PhilipsJohn Finis Philips was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Thralls Prairie, Missouri, Philips attended the common schools, the University of Missouri, and was graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1855.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced...
(1834–1919), lawyer, politician, colonel 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, President Missouri Press Association 1891, US Congressman, Federal Judge.
Mayors of Sedalia
The following have been mayors of Sedalia:- 1864: George Rappeen Smith (1804–1879)
- 1865: E.W. Warsburn (resigned)
- 1865: F.L. Parker
- 1866: John Finis PhilipsJohn Finis PhilipsJohn Finis Philips was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Thralls Prairie, Missouri, Philips attended the common schools, the University of Missouri, and was graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1855.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced...
(1834–1919) - 1867: Henry Suess (1837–1891)
- 1868: General Bacon Montgomery (1840–1888)
- 1869: Albert Parker
- 1870: William P. Jackson
- 1871: Thomas J. Montgomery
- 1872: George W. Cummings
- 1873: Dr. R. T. Miller
- 1874: William H. H. Hill
- 1875: Norman Maltby (1841–1876)
- 1876: David Blocher
- 1877: Logan Clark
- 1878-1879: George L. Faulgaber (1838-)
- 1880: E. C. Evans
- 1881: Frank Cravcroft
- 1882-1883: Charles E.Messerly
- 1884-1885: John B. Rickman
- 1886-1887: E. W.Stevens
- 1888-1889: John D. Crawford
- 1890-1893: E. W.Stevens
- 1894-1898: Pleasant Dawson Hastain (1854-)
- 1898-1899: W. C. Overstreet
- 1900-1901: Samuel K. Crawford
- 1902-1905: J. L. Babcock (?-1935)
- 1906-1907: John A. CollinsJohn A. CollinsJohn A. Collins was Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force.-Biography:Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1931, Collins was an ordained Roman Catholic priest in the Redemptorist Order. Collins passed away on May 7, 2003 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.-Career:Collins joined the...
- 1908-1910: J. L. Babcock (?-1935)
- 1910-1911: J. W. Mellor
- 1912-1913: F. L. Ludemann
- 1914-1917: J. L. Babcock (?-1935)
- 1918-1919: A. L. Baumgartner
- 1920-1923: Frank F. Hatton
- 1924-1927: J. L. Babcock (?-1935)
- 1928-1929: O. B. Poundstone
- 1930-1931: S. B. Kennon
- 1932-1933: Wilmer Steeples (1891–1946)
- 1934-1935: O. B. Poundstone; Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)
- 1936-1941: Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)
- 1942-1945: Alonzo H. Wilks
- 1946-1949: Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)
- 1950-1953: Herbert E. Studer
- 1954-1957: Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)
- 1958-1961: Abe Silverman (1899–1990)
- 1970-1973: Jerry N. Jones
- 1978-1981: Allen L. Hawkins
- 1982-1989: Larry FosterLarry FosterLarry D. Foster is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2000. He played college football at LSU....
- 1989-1992: Steven J. Dust
- 1994-2001: Jane Gray
- 2002-2009: Bob Wasson (1933–2009)
- 2009-: Elaine Horn
Baseball
- Allen Howard "Red" Conkwright (1896–1991), fourth cousin of Oakland Raiders’Oakland RaidersThe Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
coach Red ConkrightRed ConkrightRed Conkright was the third head coach of the American Football League's Oakland Raiders. He took over the team on October 16, 1962, following the firing of Marty Feldman. Under Conkright, the Raiders posted a 1-8 record. He was replaced in 1963 by Al Davis.He was born William Frank Conkright...
, pitcher with the Detroit TigersDetroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
in the 1920 season. - Bill Drake (1895–1977), pitcher in various Negro league baseballNegro league baseballThe Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in...
teams (1914–1927). - John Tillman "Bud" ThomasBud Thomas (shortstop)John Tillman Thomas is a former Major League Baseball player. Thomas played for the St. Louis Browns in the 1951 season. In 14 career games, Thomas had seven hits in 20 at-bats, with a Home Run. He batted and threw right-handed and played Shortstop.- External links :*...
(1929-), baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
er; infielderInfielderAn infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field.-Standard arrangement of positions:In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles...
for the St. Louis Browns for the 1951 season. - Clarence LeRoy "Roy" VaughnRoy VaughnClarence LeRoy Vaughn was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1934.-External links:...
, (1911-), baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
er; pitcherPitcherIn baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
for the Philadelphia AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
for the 1934 season.
Billiards
- Johnny Layton (1896–1956), billiards champion, known as the "Diamond King", won National Three-Cushion Championship 12 times (1919–1925); world champion (1928–1930); member of the Billiard Congress of America’s Hall of Fame (inducted 1974).
Football
- Richard William "Dick" Barker, Jr. (1897-), American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
er, attended Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic ArtsIowa State UniversityIowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
; played in the American Professional Football Association; played two games for the Chicago Staleys and two games for the Rock Island IndependentsRock Island IndependentsThe Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team based in Rock Island, Illinois. One of the first professional football teams, they were founded in 1907 as an independent club. They later played in what is now the National Football League from 1920 to 1925. They joined the...
in 1921. - Douglas Claydon Van HornDoug Van HornDouglas Claydon Van Horn is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and New York Giants. He played college football at Ohio State University and was named first team All-American in 1965. Van Horn was drafted in the fourth round of the...
(1944-), American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (1966–1979).
Softball
- Joey Rich (1956-), softballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
er, softball umpire, Amateur Softball AssociationAmateur Softball AssociationThe Amateur Softball Association is a volunteer, non-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was founded in 1933 with a tournament held in Chicago that was organized by Leo Fischer and Michael J. Pauley. The following year the 1934 National Recreation Congress recognized the ASA. ...
Commissioner for the state of Missouri, President of the American Amateur Softball Association 2007-.
Miscellaneous
- Bernard Adolphus McFadden (later Macfadden)Bernarr MacfaddenBernarr Macfadden was an influential American proponent of physical culture, a combination of bodybuilding with nutritional and health theories...
(1868–1955), promoter of physical culture, and advocate of fasting. - Francis Asbury Sampson (1842–1918), author, Missouriana collector.
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
- Scotten, F.C., History of the Schools of Pettis County, Missouri, 1974; Prepared under the Direction of C. F. Scotten, C.F. Scotton, (Sedalia) 1974.
- Bird, Kenneth L. "Rail to The Osage" The story of the Sedalia Warsaw & Southern Railroad, Menwith Publications,(Lincoln, Mo), 2009. ISBN 978-1-61584-215-5