Vernon Co, MO GenWeb Project :: Law Enforcement

Nevada, Missouri City Marshal and Police Chief Listing

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1880-1883	City Marshal	William C. Duren	Born 14 Feb 1837; died 7 May 1912; burial in Deepwood Cemetery, Nevada, MO.
1884-1885	City Marshal	Henry H. Brady	Born 15 Jun 1841; died 6 Feb 1917; burial in Deepwood Cemetery, Nevada, MO.
1886-1887	City Marshal	Richard T. Mountjoy	Born 15 Dec 1841; died 5 Nov 1928; burial in Webb City Cemetery, Webb City, MO.
1888-1889	City Marshal	William I. Fisher	Born 8 Jan 1847; died 3 Dec 1918; burial in Deepwood Cemetery, Nevada, MO.
1890-1891	City Marshal	William W. Hill	Born 11 Nov 1840; died 6 Apr 1897; burial in Deepwood Cemetery, Nevada, MO.
1890s		?
1900-1904	City Marshal	Robert Bruce Moore	Born 8 Feb 1867; died 6 May 1956; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1904-1906	City Marshal	Charles W. Janes	Born 12 May 1854; died 6 Apr 1917; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1907-1908	City Marshal	Joseph T. Reavley	Born 1 Mar 1849; died 24 Oct 1929; burial Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill, MO.
1908-1912	City Marshal	Edward T. Owens	Born 5 Apr 1868; died 23 Jan 1929; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1912-1913	City Marshal	Alva B. Bills	Born 1868; died 1953; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1914-1918	City Marshal	William H. Kennedy	Born 26 Jul 1868; died 14 Jul 1919; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1920	City Marshal	Richard Wells
1922	Police Chief	Med Alfred Craighead	Born 18 Mar 1884; died 14 Nov 1956; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1928	Police Chief	Burl Howell (?)
1930	Police Chief	___ Moore
1941	Police Chief	Leslie K. Hunt	Born 1900; died 16 Jul 1991; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1943	Police Chief	Alva O. "Al" McBratney	Born 29 Mar 1886; died 21 Jul 1946; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1947	Police Chief	Burrel E. Davis	Born 11 Jul 1895; died 31 Dec 1980; burial Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, MO.
1951	Police Chief	Robert A. Phillips	Born 3 Aug1920; died 12 Jan 1992; burial Click Cemetery, Nevada, MO.
1955-1960	Police Chief	Darrell E. Estes	Died 18 Oct 1975 or 29 Nov 1984
1956-1961	Police Chief	Preston L. Dixon	Born 21 Dec 1911; died 17 Oct 1962; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1960-1964	Police Chief	Stanley L. Brittingham	Born 19 Nov 1923; died 8 Apr 2008; Holmes-Brittingham Cemetery, Prescott, KS.
	Police Chief	___ Couch
1961	Police Chief	Don Brown
1968	Police Chief	Robert Kistner	Died 24 Nov 2001; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1971	Police Chief	Floyd Minor	Died 1973; burial Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO.
1973	Police Chief	Leon Dowdy	Died 15 Jan 1993; burial Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dederick, MO.
1973 1978	Police Chief	Stanley G. Spadoni	Died 2014; burial Rolla, MO.