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Adair County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Adair County

Index to Locations Kirksville Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery Kirksville Maple Hills Cemetery Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Samuel Manoah Pickler (1846-1929) — also known as Samuel M. Pickler — of Kirksville, Adair County, Mo. Born in Washington County, Ind., November 6, 1846. Republican. College instructor; newspaper editor and publisher; farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Adair County, 1877-78, 1897-1900, 1911-12; mayor of Kirksville, Mo., 1882-83; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1900. Died in Kirksville, Adair County, Mo., March 12, 1929 (age 82 years, 126 days). Interment at Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Pickler and Emily (Martin) Pickler; married, October 15, 1873, to Mary Bowen; married, June 13, 1898, to Ida Martin Fowler.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Arthur Grant Hildreth (1863-1941) — also known as Arthur G. Hildreth — of Kirksville, Adair County, Mo.; St. Louis, Mo.; Macon, Macon County, Mo. Born in Kirksville, Adair County, Mo., June 13, 1863. Republican. Osteopath; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Adair County, 1901-04; member of Missouri state senate 9th District, 1925-32. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Macon, Macon County, Mo., February 21, 1941 (age 77 years, 253 days). Interment at Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Harvey G. Hildreth and Jane E. (Crosby) Hildreth; married, November 23, 1883, to Lucinda Margaret Corbin; married to Hazel Waggoner.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Isham Burnett Dodson (1818-1879) — also known as Isham B. Dodson — of Kirksville, Adair County, Mo. Born in Wayne County, Ind., December 7, 1818. Lawyer; Adair County Sheriff, 1847-51; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 7th District, 1865; member of Missouri state senate 8th District, 1867-70. Died in Kirksville, Adair County, Mo., December 25, 1879 (age 61 years, 18 days). Interment at Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Randall Dodson and Sarah (Burnett) Dodson; married, August 21, 1843, to Nancy Jane Murphy.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Maple Hills Cemetery Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Samuel Washington Arnold (1879-1961) — also known as Samuel W. Arnold; Wat Arnold — of Kirksville, Adair County, Mo. Born near Downing, Schuyler County, Mo., September 21, 1879. Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lumber dealer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1943-49; defeated, 1948 (1st District), 1950 (1st District), 1952 (9th District). Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died in Kirksville, Adair County, Mo., December 18, 1961 (age 82 years, 88 days). Interment at Maple Hills Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Cumberland Wilson Arnold and Mary Elizabeth (Hill) Arnold; married, December 24, 1904, to Myra Gertrude Mills.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial John Robert Kirk (1851-1937) — also known as John R. Kirk — of Jackson County, Mo. Born in Bureau County, Ill., January 24, 1851. School teacher and principal; lawyer; Missouri superintendent of schools, 1895-98; president, Northeast Missouri State Teacher's College. Died in Knox County, Mo., November 7, 1937 (age 86 years, 287 days). Interment at Maple Hills Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George W. Kirk and Mary Jane (Reid) Kirk; married, July 15, 1875, to Rebecca Idella Burns.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri Legislature 1897   Jesse John Wimp (1905-1967) — also known as J. J. Wimp — of Kirksville, Adair County, Mo. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 11, 1905. Democrat. Physician; surgeon; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Adair County, 1959-62; defeated, 1962. Presbyterian. Member, Elks. Died in Adair County, Mo., March 31, 1967 (age 62 years, 48 days). Interment at Maple Hills Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Ursa Wimp and Minta Ordella (Fouts) Wimp; married, August 11, 1928, to Sarah M. Grim.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   W. F. Murrell (d. 1973) — of Kirksville, Adair County, Mo. Democrat. Chair of Adair County Democratic Party, 1939; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940. Died in 1973. Interment at Maple Hills Cemetery.

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