Brigadier General Robert Todd Inman (Jefferson Fyan Bradford Dockery), son of Colonel Henry and Maggie Elizabeth (Kibbe) Inman, was born on April 18, 1880, in Marshfield, MO in the home of Dr. Thomas and Laura Bradford and passed away on July 4, 1988, in Paraguay at the age of 108 years old.

He grew up in Marshfield and graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1898. He was born on the day of the Marshfield Cyclone and was the last of the cyclone survivors. He was raised by the Bradford and Langston families and by his Nanny, Mammy Anna Prater following the untimely passing of his mother due to fatal injuries sustained during the storm. His twin brother, Lincoln William Inman was stillborn. He never celebrated his birthday in April, choosing to celebrate on Independence Day immediately following the Marshfield parade with a large southern spread of food for his family and friends.

In 1900, he answered the call to become a minister of the Gospel. This calling would take him around the world, including pastorates at Pleasant View Methodist Church and as a circuit minister for several rural communities in Webster and Douglas Counties. He was also a well-known evangelist, preaching revivals and brush arbor meetings throughout the Ozarks region and into several southern states. He was serving on a mission trip at the time of his passing. He was also a former missionary to the Mescalaro Apache Reservation in New Mexico.

He taught for brief stints in the one-room schoolhouses of Silver Shade, Mountain Dale, and Rocky Point. In his early years, He served as an apprentice physician, studying for several years under the tutelage of Dr. William H. James and later Dr. Wallis Smith. Although he never professionally practiced the profession, he used his skills later during warfare in both WW I and WW II. During his time as a teacher at Silver Shade he often informally treated neighbors after hours out of the back of the nearby General Store. He was paid with chickens, vegetables, wood and fresh jams and pies. Additionally, he began the study of law in 1905 under the preceptorship of Samuel N. Dickey.

In 1900, he met Alexander M. Dockery while he was campaigning for Missouri Governor. They would form a close friendship and he would serve as a special assistant to the Governor. The Dockery's legally adopted him in 1900 and he resided in the Missouri Governors Mansion during the administration. Later, he resided in Washington, D.C. with Dockery while the former Governor served as the third assistant Postmaster General.

From 1919-1922, while living in the nations capitol he served as the personal assistant to Robert Todd Lincoln, his namesake. While in the nation's capital he assisted former President Woodrow Wilson and his wife, Edith Galt Wilson with several projects and formed a close friendship with the former First Lady.

He served his country in the Spanish-American War, WW I and WW II in the army. He was taken as a POW during WW I while serving as an ambulance driver. He later escaped and ended up in the middle of the First Battle of Passchendaele with the Australian, British, New Zealand and French troops engaged against the German Empire. Although an American soldier, he began to fight alongside the Diggers and Tommies. He was wounded during the battle and received a purple heart for his injuries. General Sir John Marsh later commented that he was the only known soldier to fight with all three armies. He later gifted him an Australian uniform, which he displayed proudly in his Marshfield home. He befriended both General Marsh and General John Pershing while hospitalized.

During WW II he served as a personal chaplain to both General Dwight Eisenhower and General Omar Bradley. Following the end of the war, he received a tombstone promotion upon his retirement from the army and was promoted to Brigadier General by President Harry S Truman, following a personal recommendation to the President by Edith Galt Wilson in October 1945. He was personally pinned by the President and General Eisenhower at a special ceremony at the White House on November 12, 1945.

After WW II, he relocated to war torn England where he became an aide to the Ambassador to the Court of St. James. There he served in the embassy's chapel in addition to his many clerical duties. He faithfully served Ambassadors W. Averall Harriman and later Lewis W. Douglas. His chapel services were often attended by various members of the British Royal Family. In April of 1948, he delivered the inaugural "Friendship Sunday" message at St. John's Episcopal Church in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. This tradition was started by his third wife to rekindle the friendship between the people of Japan and the people of the United States.

Throughout his lifetime, Inman always maintained a home in Marshfield. He lived there full-time at various intervals and always enjoyed being in Webster County for major holidays. He was faithful to attend the cyclone survivor reunions each April and often would read the poem, "Toil the Bell." He attended two of Blind Boone's concerts and could sing the words to his famous song, "The Marshfield Tornado." He had so many fond memories of his childhood years there, including time spent with his lifelong friends the Case brothers and Edwin P. Hubble. He spent most of his time divided between homes in Natchez, Mississippi, Eufaula, Alabama, and Marshfield. He spent the warmer months between his cousin's home in Rhode Island and visiting Hawaii, where he worked as a cowboy on the Parker Ranch immediately following his high school graduation.

In 1965, he answered the call for ministers to join the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama. He was among the 600 people attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on what has now been known as Bloody Sunday. He strongly believed in the civil rights movement and the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

He was successful in real estate, stocks, oil, cattle trading, banking, and was an investor in a coffee plantation in Paraguay with his friend and business partner, Dr. Howard T. Mason for many years. He was successful in the tomato canning business, partnering with Roy Nelson and Edward McCormick in an operation in Carico, Missouri and with Nelson in Ava, Missouri. He continued to partner with Lola G. Nelson in the Douglas County factory after her husband's passing in 1929. He was an investor in the Hart Canning Company near Sarvis Point with Frank M. Hart.

During his advancing years, age never diminished his enthusiasm for living and service. He took great pride in service, community, and volunteerism. He had served as a member of the Webster County Library Board, Webster County Historical Society, Webster County Retired Teachers, Marshfield Country Club, Men's Breakfast Club, Missouri Fox Trotters Association, Marshfield Saddle Club, Newport Reading Room, Bailey's Beach, and the Webster County Fair Board. He was an avid fan of baseball and college football and enjoyed golfing, croquet, and fishing. He loved to sing many different styles of music and was a gifted pianist. He sang in numerous gospel quartets throughout his lifetime and was often a substitute singer with the Goodwill Family on KWTO Radio in Springfield, MO. He was a natural horseman and enjoyed riding his horses, Judy and Abilene who resided at the farm of Orin and Stella Pearce of Marshfield.

He witnessed many historical events in his lifetime including: the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904; the dedication of Grant's tomb in New York with his father in 1897; the dedication of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial outside of the US Capitol in April of 1922 and later the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in May of 1922. He also attended the 1926, 1931, 1934, 1946, 1964, 1967 and 1982 World Series to cheer on his beloved St. Louis Cardinals. In 1932, he attended the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He attended the Presidential inaugurations of President Cleveland (1893), T. Roosevelt (1905), Coolidge (1925), Hoover (1929), F. Roosevelt (1933), Truman (1949), Eisenhower (1953, 1957), Kennedy (1961), Carter (1977) and Reagan (1981). The Reagan inaugural marked his last visit to Washington, D.C. at the age of 100 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his second Mother, Mammy Anna Prater, his adopted parents, Governor Alexander M. and Mary Elizabeth (Bird) Dockery; his beloved great Aunt, Laura Bradford, his first former wife of three years Bessie Weter Inman Hooper Loomis (d. 1961), his second wife of four months Lenna Geronimo Villa (d. 1919), his third wife of one year Catherine Strother Scott (d. 1982), his fourth wife of thirty-three years Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzene (d.1975) and his fifth wife of four years Effie Tinnell Sharp Bush (d.1980); his three children and their spouses: Gerald D. Inman (Nancy), Olga Dipley (John) and Bess M. Lawson Stickland (George); his twin brother and four half-siblings, his godfather, William F. ''Buffalo Bill" Cody, his musical mentor, Caterina Jarboro, and special cousins, Thomas Jefferson and Sallie (Bradford) Langston. He was also preceded in death by his close friends: John Aimoku Dominis, B.F. Julian, Rose Wilder Lane, Major General Ralph E. Truman, Alice Longworth, Archibald Roosevelt, Father Albert Braun, Wiley T. Buchanan Jr., Del Massey, Brooks Limber Davis, Randolph Scott, Martha Wilson Haworth Hicklin, Ralph D. Foster, Sam Shelton, Jake Haymes, Calvin V. Hunt, Phil M. Donnelly, George D. Lawson, Sam Goza, Alvis Kindall, Lester E. Cox, Alma Stratton Cassell Kellogg, Lillie Morrell Burkhart and W. Averell Harriman. Additionally, he was predeceased by his favorite pets, the Bradford family parrot, Polly and his faithful pet crow, Poe, which was gifted to him one Halloween by Miss Ella Dickey.

He is survived by his wife Dorothy (Robinson) Goza whom he married in 1986 and his "adopted" daughter/former assistant, Countess Montana Hunt Phillis (John W.) of Waterford, Ohio. Survivors also include his grandson Bobby G. Inman of Barton, Vermont; special cousins, Doris Duke of Newport, Rhode Island and Carl and Addie Mae (Farr) Inman of Sparta, Missouri and his "adopted" sister, Anita Page, as well as a host of additional relatives and close friends. He was also survived by his former (seventh) wife Eugenia Williams of Knoxville, Tennessee and his goddaughter, Ann Miller of Los Angeles, California.

Funeral services were held at the Marshfield United Methodist Church on August 29, 1988, and later a private interment took place in the Marshfield Cemetery. The officiant and eulogists were Rev. Russell Jones, Anita Page, Ann Miller and Brigadier General Homer Case. Honorary pallbearers included former Missouri Governor Warren E. Hearnes, Carl Young, Bill Fyan, Roy Fraker, Dr. Tommy Macdonnell, Dr. George Melton, Warren Johnson, Sheriff Eugene Fraker, Willis Case, Dr. H.K. Campbell, Bernard Case, Kenneth Robert Case, John Coolidge, Pat Jones, Eddie Smith, Leroy Blunt, Jack Watters, Dr. J.E. Blinn, Ellsworth Haymes and Ashel Minor. Music was provided by Don Fraker and H. Lyman Mooney, former Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis, Slim Wilson and Speedy Haworth, the Dogwood Singers and Lucille Fyan on the organ. Readings were offered by Mary Louise Shields, Jeanette Feltus, Ellis O. Jackson, and Ben Bird Moore Sr. Prayers were given by Kail Rost and Warren Beck. A luncheon was held at the Buena Vista Ranch following the funeral service with hostesses Arminta Jones, Olive Truman, Louise Cruikshank Logan, Helen Jackson, Olive Robertson and Ruth Buchanan.