Percy Pepoon

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Percy Pepoon
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 30th district
In office
elected 1934 ?
Personal details
BornNovember 11, 1861
Warren, Illinois
DiedSeptember 7, 1939
St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
SpouseBeatrice Trenchard Viggers
Children3
Alma mater United States Military Academy

Percy Pepoon (November 11, 1861 - September 7, 1939) was an American politician who served in the Missouri Senate. He previously served as mayor of Hardy, Arkansas. [1] Pepoon purchased the Hardy Herald newspaper in 1903. [2]

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References

  1. Dwight H. Brown. Official Manual State of Missouri 1939-1940. Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri Secretary of State. p. 61.
  2. Fred William Allsopp (1922). History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More. Little Rock, Arkansas: Parke-Harper. pp.  447.