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Saline County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Saline County


Index to Locations

  • Old Cambridge Cemetery
  • Near Arrow Rock Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site
  • Marshall Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Marshall Ridge Park Cemetery


    Old Cambridge Cemetery
    Saline County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Benjamin Chambers (1764-1850) — of Indiana. Born in 1764. Common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1803-05; member Indiana territorial council, 1805. Died in 1850 (age about 86 years). Interment at Old Cambridge Cemetery.


    Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site
    Near Arrow Rock, Saline County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806-1862) — of Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo. Born in Fleming County, Ky., April 4, 1806. Son of Dempsey Carroll Jackson (1763-1833) and Mary (Pickett) Jackson (1767-1846). Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1836, 1842-48; Speaker of the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1844; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 10th District, 1845-46; member of Missouri state senate, 1848-49; Governor of Missouri, 1861-62; died in office 1862. Died in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., December 6, 1862 (age 56 years, 246 days). Interment at Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site.
      Relatives: Son of Dempsey Carroll Jackson (1763-1833) and Mary (Pickett) Jackson (1767-1846); nephew by marriage of John Breathitt; brother-in-law of Meredith Miles Marmaduke; cousin of Hancock Lee Jackson; married, February 17, 1831, to Jane Breathitt Sappington (1813-1831); married, September 12, 1833, to Louisa Catherine Sappington (1805-1838); married, November 27, 1838, to Eliza Whitsett Sappington (1806-1864); uncle of John Sappington Marmaduke. See Breathitt-Marmaduke-Jackson family of Kentucky.
      See also National Governors Association biography
      Meredith Miles Marmaduke (1791-1864) — of Saline County, Mo. Born August 25, 1791. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1840-44; Governor of Missouri, 1844; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 26th District, 1845-46. Died March 26, 1864 (age 72 years, 214 days). Interment at Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site.
      Relatives: Brother-in-law of Claiborne Fox Jackson; father of John Sappington Marmaduke. See Breathitt-Marmaduke-Jackson family of Kentucky.
      See also National Governors Association biography


    Mt. Olive Cemetery
    Marshall, Saline County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      John Gaines Miller (1812-1856) — of Missouri. Born in Kentucky, 1812. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1851-56 (3rd District 1851-53, 5th District 1853-56); died in office 1856. Died in 1856 (age about 44 years). Interment at Mt. Olive Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Ridge Park Cemetery
    Marshall, Saline County, Missouri
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      James Cooney (1848-1904) — of Marshall, Saline County, Mo. Born in Ireland, July 28, 1848. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1897-1903. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Marshall, Saline County, Mo., November 16, 1904 (age 56 years, 111 days). Interment at Ridge Park Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Robert Davis Johnson (1883-1961) — of Marshall, Saline County, Mo. Born near Slater, Saline County, Mo., August 12, 1883. Son of William Harvey Johnson and Sarah Jane (Davis) Johnson. Democrat. Lawyer; Saline County Circuit Court Clerk, 1915-23; Saline County Prosecuting Attorney, 1924-28; U.S. Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1931-33. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Died in Marshall, Saline County, Mo., October 23, 1961 (age 78 years, 72 days). Interment at Ridge Park Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, January 18, 1905, to Frances F. Speck.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Hampden Hyatt Shepperd (1840-1910) — also known as Hampden H. Shepperd — of Marshall, Saline County, Mo.; Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colo. Born in Fayette, Howard County, Mo., June 12, 1840. Railway passenger agent; mayor of Littleton, Colo., 1892-93, 1895-96, 1898-1901, 1906-08. Died June 1, 1910 (age 69 years, 354 days). Interment at Ridge Park Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, May 23, 1865, to M. Louisa Dunica.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


     

     


     
       
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