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Phelps County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Phelps County


Index to Locations

  • Rolla Unknown location
  • Rolla Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Rolla Rolla Cemetery


    Unknown Location
    Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Louis Henry Breuer (1879-1964) — also known as Louis H. Breuer — of Rolla, Phelps County, Mo. Born in Red Bird (unknown county), Mo., August 10, 1879. Son of William Breuer and Eda (Matlock) Breuer. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri Republican State Committee, 1908-12, 1918-22; mayor of Rolla, Mo., 1914-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1924; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1926-34. Disciples of Christ. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died August 26, 1964 (age 85 years, 16 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Married, March 4, 1919, to Mary Louise Bentley.


    Oak Grove Cemetery
    Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Rowland Louis Johnston (1872-1939) — also known as Rowland L. Johnston — of Clayton, St. Louis County, Mo.; Rolla, Phelps County, Mo. Born in Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., April 23, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1892; St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1908; U.S. Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1929-31; defeated, 1930. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died September 22, 1939 (age 67 years, 152 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Oak Grove Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Rolla Cemetery
    Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Arthur Phillips Murphy (1870-1914) — also known as Arthur P. Murphy — of Rolla, Phelps County, Mo. Born in Hancock, Pulaski County, Mo., December 10, 1870. Republican. U.S. Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1905-07, 1909-11; defeated, 1906, 1910. Died in Rolla, Phelps County, Mo., February 1, 1914 (age 43 years, 53 days). Interment at Rolla Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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