The Political Graveyard: Cole County, Mo. (original) (raw)
Index to Locations
- Jefferson City Resurrection Cemetery
- Jefferson City Riverview Cemetery
- Jefferson City St. Peter's Cemetery No. 2
- Jefferson City Woodland Cemetery
- Jefferson City Woodland-Old City Cemetery
- Jefferson City Woodlawn Cemetery
Resurrection Cemetery
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri
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Richard Robert Nacy (1895-1961) — also known as Richard R. Nacy — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., November 7, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; Missouri state treasurer, 1933-37, 1948-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940,1952,1956;delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 27th District, 1943-44; Missouri Democratic state chair, 1945.Catholic. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus; Rotary. Died January 10, 1961 (age 65 years, 64 days). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. |
| | Henry Philip Andrae (1914-2008) — also known as Henry P. Andrae — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., September 13, 1914. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Cole County, 1943-44, 1947-50; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., January 12, 2008 (age 93 years, 121 days). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. |
Riverview Cemetery
2600 West Main Street
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri
See also Findagrave page for this location.
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| | Samuel Aaron Baker (1874-1933) — also known as Sam Aaron Baker — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Patterson, Wayne County, Mo., November 7, 1874. Republican. School teacher and principal; Missouri superintendent of schools, 1919-22; Governor of Missouri, 1925-29; director, Cortez-King Brand Mining Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928(member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., September 16, 1933 (age 58 years, 313 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Ernest Moss Tipton (1889-1955) — also known as Ernest M. Tipton — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo., January 2, 1889.Lawyer;justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1933-55; died in office 1955; chief justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1954-55; died in office 1955. Died, in Research Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., February 25, 1955 (age 66 years, 54 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
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| James Thomas Blair Jr. (1902-1962) — also known as James T. Blair, Jr. — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Maysville, DeKalb County, Mo., March 15, 1902. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Cole County, 1929-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1936,1960;chair of Cole County Democratic Party, 1939; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Jefferson City, Mo., 1947-48; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1949-57; Governor of Missouri, 1957-61.Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets;Military Order of the World Wars; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Sigma Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Nu Phi; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen;Kiwanis;Eagles. Died, along with his wife, of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, when exhaust fumes from a car left running in an attached garage entered their home through the air conditioning system, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., July 12, 1962 (age 60 years, 119 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
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| Herbert Spencer Hadley (1872-1927) — also known as Herbert S. Hadley — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Boulder, Boulder County, Colo. Born in Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., February 20, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03; Missouri state attorney general, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1908,1912,1916;Governor of Missouri, 1909-13; law professor; Chancellor, Washington University, 1923-27. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in St. Louis, Mo., December 1, 1927 (age 55 years, 284 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | Robert Franklin Walker (1850-1930) — of Morgan County, Mo.; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Florence, Morgan County, Mo., November 29, 1850. Democrat. Missouri state attorney general, 1893-97; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1913-30; died in office 1930; chief justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1927.Baptist. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., November 19, 1930 (age 79 years, 355 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Laurance Mastick Hyde (1892-1978) — of Princeton, Mercer County, Mo. Born in Princeton, Mercer County, Mo., February 2, 1892.Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1942-55; chief justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1949-51. Member, Order of the Coif; American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Pi Kappa Alpha; Phi Delta Phi; Rotary;Freemasons;American Legion; American Judicature Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died in 1978(age about 86 years). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | James Thomas Blair (1871-1944) — also known as James T. Blair — of Maysville, DeKalb County, Mo.; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Loudon, Loudon County, Tenn., November 11, 1871. Democrat. College professor; president, Obion College, 1895-96; lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1899-1902; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1915-24; defeated, 1924; chief justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1921-22.Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died in Springfield, Greene County, Mo., April 12, 1944 (age 72 years, 153 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Thomas Lawson Price (1809-1870) — also known as Thomas L. Price — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born near Danville, Pittsylvania County, Va., January 19, 1809. Democrat. Mayor of Jefferson City, Mo., 1839-42; candidate for Missouri state senate, 1845; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1848-52; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1860-62; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1862-63; defeated, 1862; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1864,1868; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1864. Slaveowner. Died July 15, 1870 (age 61 years, 177 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1912 at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Edward Henry Winter (1879-1941) — also known as Edward H. Winter — of Warrenton, Warren County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Warren County, Mo., April 5, 1879. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912; probate judge in Missouri, 1921; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Warren County, 1923-28; Speaker of the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1929-33; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1932.Methodist.Germanancestry. Member, Rotary. Died June 29, 1941 (age 62 years, 85 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Howard Allan Gass (1853-1916) — also known as Howard A. Gass — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Audrain County, Mo., August 22, 1853. Democrat. School teacher and principal; Missouri superintendent of schools, 1907-10, 1915-16; died in office 1916. Died, from liver disease, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., September 18, 1916 (age 63 years, 27 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Charles U. Becker (1868-1934) — of Wishart, Polk County, Mo.; Bolivar, Polk County, Mo. Born near New Haven, Franklin County, Mo., October 21, 1868. Republican. Farmer; writer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Polk County, 1915-20; secretary of state of Missouri, 1921-33.Germanand Frenchancestry. Died, from cirrhosis of the liver, in Missouri Methodist Hospital, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo., May 21, 1934 (age 65 years, 212 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
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| Mount Etna Morris (1900-1988) — also known as M. E. Morris — of Miller, Lawrence County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Dadeville, Dade County, Mo., September 1, 1900. Democrat. Banker; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1933-36; Missouri state treasurer, 1949-53, 1957-61, 1965-69.Presbyterian. Died, in St. Mary's Health Center, Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., July 8, 1988 (age 87 years, 311 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | William Thomas Carrington (1853-1937) — also known as William T. Carrington — of Greene County, Mo. Born in Callaway County, Mo., January 23, 1853.School teacher and principal; Missouri superintendent of schools, 1899-1906.Christian. Member, Freemasons;Modern Woodmen of America. Died in Cole County, Mo., January 20, 1937 (age 83 years, 363 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Isom P. Langley (1851-1930) — of Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark.; Lebanon, Laclede County, Mo. Born in Clark County, Ark., September 2, 1851.Preacher;newspaper editor; lawyer; farmer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 1886 (Labor, 4th District), 1890 (Populist, 2nd District), 1890 (Republican, 2nd District); member ofMissouri state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1919-20.Baptist. Member, Knights of Labor. Died, from prostate cancer, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., July 13, 1930 (age 78 years, 314 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | William Clarence Irwin (1870-1943) — also known as William C. Irwin — of Sullivan County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in La Belle, Lewis County, Mo., October 18, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1898 (2nd District), 1900 (2nd District), 1908 (8th District); member of Missouri state house of representatives from Cole County, 1911-12; member of Missouri state senate 27th District, 1921-24; defeated, 1924. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., June 10, 1943 (age 72 years, 235 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
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| Sam Baker Cook (1852-1931) — also known as Sam B. Cook — of Audrain County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Front Royal, Warren County, Va., January 11, 1852. Democrat. Banker; Missouri Democratic state chair, 1896-1900; secretary of state of Missouri, 1901-05; member of Missouri state senate 27th District, 1917-20. Died, from hypostatic pneumonia and coronary artery disease, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., February 4, 1931 (age 79 years, 24 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. |
| | John Milton Hadley (1902-1974) — also known as John M. Hadley — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., September 23, 1902. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri at-large, 1932; Honorary Consul-General for Costa Rica in St. Louis, Mo., 1935; candidate for Missouri state attorney general, 1948. Died in Heidelberg, Germany,September 30, 1974 (age 72 years, 7 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Charles W. Fear (1874-1942) — of Joplin, Jasper County, Mo. Born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., March 23, 1874. Republican. Printer;editor, Missouri Trades Unionist; organizerfor American Federation of Labor; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District, 1911-12. Died in Cole County, Mo., April 30, 1942 (age 68 years, 38 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Alfred Alten Speer (1858-1935) — also known as A. A. Speer — of Chamois, Osage County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Carroll County, Ind., October 8, 1858. Republican. Merchant;banker; mayor of Chamois, Mo.; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Osage County, 1901-10; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1912;delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23. Member, Freemasons;Knights Templar; Shriners. Died November 20, 1935 (age 77 years, 43 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Benjamin Herman Linhardt (1879-1941) — also known as Benjamin H. Linhardt; Ben H. Linhardt — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Osage County, Mo., September 15, 1879. Republican. Lumber dealer; Cole County Recorder, 1919-22; postmaster at Jefferson City, Mo., 1923-33 (acting, 1923-24); real estate developer.Germanancestry. Member, Freemasons;Knights Templar; Shriners;Knights of Pythias. Died, from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., September 30, 1941 (age 62 years, 15 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Albert Linxwiler (1878-1943) — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Ill., January 30, 1878. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster at Jefferson City, Mo., 1934-43.Presbyterian. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights Templar. Died, from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., April 15, 1943 (age 65 years, 75 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Susie Irwin (1878-1945) — also known as Susie Helen Bartley; Susie Cromwell;Mrs. William C. Irwin — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Mexico, Audrain County, Mo., February 12, 1878. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1920.Female. Died in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, August 24, 1945 (age 67 years, 193 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
| | Robert Wesley Hedrick (1882-1960) — also known as Robert W. Hedrick — of Cole Camp, Benton County, Mo. Born in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, January 22, 1882. Republican. Real estate loan business; lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Benton County, 1915-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1920. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., September 13, 1960 (age 78 years, 235 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | |
St. Peter's Cemetery No. 2
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri
Woodland Cemetery
East McCarty Street
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri
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| | Thomas Reynolds (1796-1844) — of Missouri. Born March 12, 1796.Governor of Missouri, 1840-44; died in office 1844. Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., February 9, 1844 (age 47 years, 334 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery. |
| | John Sappington Marmaduke (1833-1887) — of Missouri. Born in Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo., March 14, 1833. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of Missouri, 1885-87; died in office 1887. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., December 28, 1887 (age 54 years, 289 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery. |
| | Peter Garland Glover (1792-1851) — of Callaway County, Mo. Born in Buckingham County, Va., January 14, 1792. Member of Missouri state house of representatives from Callaway County, 1832-35; Missouri state auditor, 1835-37; secretary of state of Missouri, 1837-39; Missouri superintendent of schools, 1839-41; Missouri state treasurer, 1843-51; died in office 1851. Died in Osage County, Mo., October 27, 1851 (age 59 years, 286 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery. |
| | Moses C. Martin (c.1811-1868) — of Missouri. Born in Kentucky, about 1811. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1866-68; died in office 1868.Baptist. Died of pneumonia, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., February 15, 1868 (age about 57 years). Interment at Woodland Cemetery. |
Woodland-Old City Cemetery
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri
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| | William Alvan Robards (c.1816-1851) — also known as William A. Robards — of Boonville, Cooper County, Mo. Born in Jessamine County, Ky., about 1816.Lawyer;Missouri state attorney general, 1849-51; died in office 1851. Died, from cholera, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., September 3, 1851 (age about 35 years). Interment at Woodland-Old City Cemetery. |
| | Elias Barcroft (1778-1851) — Born in 1778. Member of Missouri state senate, 1821-22; Missouri state auditor, 1823-33. Died August 26, 1851 (age about 73 years). Interment at Woodland-Old City Cemetery. |
| | William Bowling Starke (1815-1886) — also known as William B. Starke — of Johnson County, Mo. Born in Virginia, 1815.Missouri superintendent of schools, 1856-61. Died in Cole County, Mo., 1886(age about 71 years). Interment at Woodland-Old City Cemetery. |
Woodlawn Cemetery
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri
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