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Bates County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bates County

Index to Locations Adrian Crescent Hill Cemetery Butler Oak Hill Cemetery Papinville Papinville Cemetery Crescent Hill Cemetery Adrian, Bates County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Benjamin Baker Tout (1867-1941) — also known as B. B. Tout — of Archie, Cass County, Mo. Born in Hendricks County, Ind., April 5, 1867. Republican. Physician; druggist; minister; postmaster; member of Missouri state senate 17th District, 1921-24. Died October 29, 1941 (age 74 years, 207 days). Interment at Crescent Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Harrison Tout and Lucinda (Ruggles) Tout; married, June 22, 1889, to Anna M. Davis.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Oak Hill Cemetery Butler, Bates County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   David Albaugh DeArmond (1844-1909) — also known as David A. DeArmond — of Greenfield, Dade County, Mo.; Butler, Bates County, Mo. Born in Altoona, Blair County, Pa., March 18, 1844. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state senate 20th District, 1879-82; Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1884; circuit judge in Missouri 22nd Circuit, 1886-90; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1891-1909 (12th District 1891-93, 6th District 1893-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904. Killed in a house fire, Butler, Bates County, Mo., November 23, 1909 (age 65 years, 250 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Waller Washington Graves (1860-1928) — also known as W. W. Graves — of Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Lafayette County, Mo., December 17, 1860. Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 29th Circuit, 1899-1905; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1905-28; appointed 1905; died in office 1928; chief justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1917; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1912 (alternate), 1916 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Died, from pneumonia, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., June 17, 1928 (age 67 years, 183 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Adam Larsh Graves and Martha Elizabeth (Pollard) Graves; married to Alice Medora Ludwick.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917   George Henry Christopher (1888-1959) — also known as George H. Christopher — of near Amoret, Bates County, Mo.; Butler, Bates County, Mo. Born near Butler, Bates County, Mo., December 9, 1888. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1949-51, 1955-59 (6th District 1949-51, 4th District 1955-59); defeated, 1950; died in office 1959. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, of a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., January 23, 1959 (age 70 years, 45 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page William Oscar Atkeson (1854-1931) — also known as William O. Atkeson — of Butler, Bates County, Mo. Born near Buffalo, Putnam County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 24, 1854. Lawyer; Bates County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1916; U.S. Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1900 (People's), 1906 (Republican), 1908 (Republican), 1918 (Republican), 1922 (Republican), 1924 (Republican). Member, Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Butler, Bates County, Mo., October 16, 1931 (age 77 years, 53 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Atkeson and Virginia (Brown) Atkeson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 1, 1926   Carl J. Henry (1880-1965) — of Butler, Bates County, Mo. Born February 1, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Bates County, 1925-28, 1939-40; defeated, 1928; member of Missouri state senate 16th District, 1931-34. Died March 29, 1965 (age 85 years, 56 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Antony Henry and Sarah Eliza (Humphrey) Henry; married to Nellie B. Austin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Herman Otis Maxey (1871-1935) — also known as Herman O. Maxey — of Butler, Bates County, Mo. Born in Ezel, Morgan County, Ky., October 5, 1871. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1916; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Bates County, 1919-20, 1923-24, 1931-35; defeated, 1920; died in office 1935. Died September 13, 1935 (age 63 years, 343 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Sarah Elizabeth (Nickell) Maxey and Dr. Silas Waldeck Maxey; married, June 1, 1896, to Mary E. Langley; second cousin once removed of William Jeff Prater; fourth cousin once removed of Wesley Ewell Prater.   Political family: Prater family of Kentucky.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Wilson Choate (1858-1929) — also known as John W. Choate — of Johnstown, Bates County, Mo.; Butler, Bates County, Mo. Born in Bates County, Mo., November 15, 1858. Democrat. Physician; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Bates County, 1893-96. Died in Butler, Bates County, Mo., August 16, 1929 (age 70 years, 274 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nicholas Lowe Choate and Pernelia Isabella (Wilson) Choate; married 1889 to Lula Lee Jackson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Alphonso Searfus (1866-1957) — also known as William A. Searfus — of Bates County, Mo. Born in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., June 19, 1866. Republican. Candidate for Missouri state house of representatives from Bates County, 1916, 1926. Died in Butler, Bates County, Mo., October 15, 1957 (age 91 years, 118 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of R. W. Searfus and Amanda (Daugherty) Searfus.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Papinville Cemetery Papinville, Bates County, Missouri Founded 1847 Politicians buried here:   James Newton Bradley (1826-1914) — also known as James N. Bradley — of Bates County, Mo. Born in Scott County, Ky., June 12, 1826. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Bates County, 1873-76; member of Missouri state senate, 1879-82, 1891-94 (14th District 1879-82, 16th District 1891-94). Member, Freemasons. Died in Papinville, Bates County, Mo., January 29, 1914 (age 87 years, 231 days). Interment at Papinville Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Mariah Meiser (West) Bradley and Granville Clifford Bradley.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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