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Butler County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Butler County

Index to Locations Poplar Bluff Oak Hill Cemetery Poplar Bluff Poplar Bluff City Cemetery Poplar Bluff Woodlawn Cemetery Oak Hill Cemetery Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Eli Sliger (1906-1965) — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born November 13, 1906. Democrat. Chair of Butler County Democratic Party, 1945. Died August 26, 1965 (age 58 years, 286 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Dona F. McCormick.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Poplar Bluff City Cemetery Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Willis H. Meredith (1875-1957) — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, November 29, 1875. Democrat. Candidate for Missouri state attorney general, 1920; candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1926; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Butler County, 1931-34; defeated, 1934, 1940. Died in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo., August 8, 1957 (age 81 years, 252 days). Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Ollie Delle Hargrove.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Robert Hogg (1863-1934) — also known as Jim Hogg — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born in Jennings County, Ind., January 4, 1863. Republican. Farmer; meat merchant; distillery owner; produced Jim Hogg's Corn Whiskey; Butler County Sheriff, 1892-96, 1902-06, 1920-24; mayor of Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1897-99. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Redmen. Fell into the Black River, and drowned, in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo., July 12, 1934 (age 71 years, 189 days). Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Marion Hogg and Mary Belle (Winslow) Hogg; married, September 5, 1880, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; divorced); married, December 13, 1884, to Susan S. 'Susie' Klutts; married, November 19, 1887, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; died); married, December 7, 1889, to Clara Catherine Smith; married, August 14, 1914, to Naoma Ruth Hawas.   Epitaph: "Peace be thy silent slumber."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Ed Lee Abington (1867-1955) — also known as Ed L. Abington — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born in St. Charles County, Mo., July 17, 1867. Democrat. Banker; mayor of Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1902; Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1940 (elected on behalf of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace; did not serve). Died, from a stroke, in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo., February 22, 1955 (age 87 years, 220 days). Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Oliver Perry Abington and Jane A. (Hughes) Abington; half-brother of Herbert Earl 'Jack' Abington (who married Mabel Tierney) and Carl Cassins Abington (who married Clare Curry).   Political family: Abington family of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Carl Cassins Abington (1887-1933) — also known as Carl C. Abington — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born in Ripley County, Mo., March 15, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Butler County Democratic Party, 1916. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., April 27, 1933 (age 46 years, 43 days). Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Oliver Perry Abington and Nina B. (Woods) Abington; half-brother of Ed Lee Abington; brother of Herbert Earl 'Jack' Abington (who married Mabel Tierney); married to Clare Curry.   Political family: Abington family of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Clare Abington (1893-1959) — also known as Clare Curry — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., October 2, 1893. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940. Female. Died in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo., August 26, 1959 (age 65 years, 328 days). Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Antonio L. Curry and Florida (Trammell) Curry; married to Carl Cassins Abington (half-brother of Ed Lee Abington).   Political family: Abington family of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Woodlawn Cemetery Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Dwight H. Brown (1887-1944) — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born in Benton, Scott County, Mo., January 12, 1887. Democrat. Member of Missouri state senate 21st District, 1925-28; secretary of state of Missouri, 1933-44; defeated, 1928; died in office 1944. Died, from acute nephritis, in Brandon Hospital, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo., May 8, 1944 (age 57 years, 117 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William E. Brown and Anna (Colbert) Brown.   Edward Edwin Whitworth (1879-1952) — also known as E. E. Whitworth — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born in Ripley County, Mo., June 10, 1879. Republican. Chair of Butler County Republican Party, 1916, 1949. Died in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo., September 6, 1952 (age 73 years, 88 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Lillie B. Greer.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Francis Millington Kinder (1883-1967) — also known as Francis M. Kinder — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born in Buchanan, Bollinger County, Mo., January 8, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Butler County, 1917-18. Died, following a stroke, in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo., January 17, 1967 (age 84 years, 9 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Millington Newton 'Mitt' Kinder and Magaret Jane (Dickson) Kinder; married, July 17, 1912, to Myrtle Moore.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917   Mabel T. Abington (1891-1984) — also known as Mabel Tierney — of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo. Born in Kentucky, March 5, 1891. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1948, 1952. Female. Died in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo., March 15, 1984 (age 93 years, 10 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of John A. Tierney and Nannie (Gaugh) Tierney; married, February 20, 1914, to Herbert Earl 'Jack' Abington (half-brother of Ed Lee Abington; brother of Carl Cassins Abington).   Political family: Abington family of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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