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- 1 2 Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. 1999. p. 543.
- ↑ "Findagrave.com: Allen McReynolds, Sr" . Retrieved 2014-10-08.
- ↑ Dwight H. Brown. Official Manual State of Missouri 1939-1940. Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri Secretary of State. p. 60.
- ↑ Christensen, Lawrence O. (1999). Dictionary of Missouri Biography. University of Missouri Press. p. 543. ISBN 9780826260161.
- ↑ Ferrell, Robert H. (1999). Truman and Pendergast. University of Missouri Press. pp. 123–126. ISBN 9780826260505.
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