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Index to Locations
Halleck Cemetery
Easton Blakely Cemetery
Faucett Yates Cemetery
St. Joseph Ashland Cemetery
St. Joseph Calvary Cemetery (now
gone)
St. Joseph Memorial Park Cemetery
St. Joseph Mt. Auburn Cemetery
St. Joseph Mt. Mora Cemetery
St. Joseph Mt. Olivet Cemetery
St. Joseph Oakland Cemetery
St. Joseph St. Joseph Memorial Park
Halleck
Cemetery
Buchanan County, Missouri
| Politicians buried
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Hugh Maxwell McCauley (1879-1949) —
also known as Hugh M. McCauley —
of Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Brook, Buchanan
County, Mo., January
14, 1879.
Democrat. Banker; Buchanan
County Recorder of Deeds, 1923-31; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 3rd District,
1945-48; defeated in primary, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
1, 1949 (age 70 years, 260
days).
Interment at Halleck Cemetery.
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Blakely
Cemetery
Easton, Buchanan County, Missouri
Yates
Cemetery
Faucett, Buchanan County, Missouri
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Harry Clifton Yates (1878-1953) —
also known as Harry C. Yates —
of Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
12, 1878.
Democrat. School
teacher; banker; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 3rd District,
1909-12, 1923-26; Buchanan
County Recorder of Deeds, 1915-23; Buchanan
County Judge, 1927-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, kidney
disease, diverticulitis,
and intestinal
hemorrhage, in Missouri Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
5, 1953 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Yates Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah Jane 'Sallie' (Williams) Yates and Henry R. Yates; married
to Lora Jane Means and Edith M. Arnold; married, March
18, 1915, to Waunetta Bruce. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ashland
Cemetery
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
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John R. A. Crossland (1864-1950) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in 1864.
Republican. Physician;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1902-03; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1908
(alternate), 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936.
African
ancestry.
Died, from hypostatic
pneumonia and senile
dementia, in the State Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
12, 1950 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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John Lawrence Bittinger (1833-1911) —
also known as John L. Bittinger —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
28, 1833.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; postmaster at St.
Joseph, Mo., 1861-65; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1872,
1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1895-98, 1905-06 (Buchanan County
1st District 1895-98, Buchanan County 2nd District 1905-06); U.S.
Consul General in Montreal, 1897-1900.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., January
9, 1911 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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Emmett Felts Cook (1872-1941) —
also known as Emmett F. Cook —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Stewartsville, DeKalb
County, Mo., August
5, 1872.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 2nd District,
1939-41; died in office 1941.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; American Medical
Association.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 22,
1941 (age 68 years, 351
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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Walker LaBrunerie (1901-1959) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
3, 1901.
Democrat. Banker; chair of
Buchanan County Democratic Party, 1945-49.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., April 7,
1959 (age 57 years, 125
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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Calvary
Cemetery (now gone)
St. Joseph, Buchanan County,
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Joseph Robidoux (1783-1868) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
10, 1783.
Fur trader;
bakery
business; town
president of St. Joseph, Missouri, 1845-46.
Catholic.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Founder of St. Joseph, Mo.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., May 27,
1868 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Original interment at Calvary Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Memorial Park
Cemetery
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
| Politicians buried
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Richard Meloan Duncan (1889-1974) —
also known as Richard M. Duncan —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Platte
County, Mo., November
10, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1933-43 (at-large 1933-35, 3rd
District 1935-43); defeated, 1928 (4th District), 1942 (3rd
District); U.S.
District Judge for Missouri, 1943.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August
1, 1974 (age 84 years, 264
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Philip James Welch (1895-1963) —
also known as Phil J. Welch —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., April 4,
1895.
Democrat. Sales manager for a furniture
company; mayor
of St. Joseph, Mo., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1949-53; candidate for
Governor
of Missouri, 1952.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., April
26, 1963 (age 68 years, 22
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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David William Hopkins (1897-1968) —
also known as David W. Hopkins —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Troy, Doniphan
County, Kan., October
31, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1929-33; defeated,
1932.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
14, 1968 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Mt. Auburn
Cemetery
3137 Beck Road
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Earl Conrad Borchers (1891-1953) —
also known as Earl C. Borchers —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Rosendale, Andrew
County, Mo., December
30, 1891.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 1st District,
1944; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1952.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
29, 1953 (age 61 years, 273
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Charles F. Strop (1868-1928) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
20, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
27, 1928 (age 60 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Mt. Mora
Cemetery
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
| Politicians buried
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Silas Woodson (1819-1896) —
of Knox
County, Ky.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., May 18,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842, 1853-55; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; Governor of
Missouri, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876,
1880;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1881-96.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Died October
9, 1896 (age 77 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Wade Netherland Woodson and Alice (Chick) Woodson; married, September
13, 1842, to Mary Jane McRoberts; married, July 27,
1846, to Olivia Adams; married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Juliet Lard; first cousin of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1777-1827); first cousin once removed of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); first cousin twice removed of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson. |
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family of Jessamine County, Kentucky. |
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Association biography |
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Robert Marcellus Stewart (1815-1871) —
of Missouri.
Born March
12, 1815.
Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 7th District,
1845-46; Governor of
Missouri, 1857-61.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
21, 1871 (age 56 years, 193
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Willard Preble Hall (1820-1882) —
also known as Willard P. Hall —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 9,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1847-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1861-64; Governor of
Missouri, 1864-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
3, 1882 (age 62 years, 178
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Robert Wilson (1803-1870) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Virginia, 1803.
Member of Missouri state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1862-63.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1870
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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James Nelson Burnes (1827-1889) —
also known as James N. Burnes —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Ind., August
22, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; railroad
executive; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri;
common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1868-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1883-89; died in
office 1889.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1889 (age 61 years, 154
days).
Entombed at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Loan (1819-1881) —
also known as Benjamin F. Loan —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge
County, Ky., October
4, 1819.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1863-69; defeated,
1876; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1868-70.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March
30, 1881 (age 61 years, 177
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Daniel Dee Burnes (1851-1899) —
also known as Daniel D. Burnes —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Ringgold, Platte
County, Mo., January
4, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1893-95.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
2, 1899 (age 48 years, 302
days).
Entombed at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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James Craig (1818-1888) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., February
28, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860,
1880;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Hannibal &
St. Joseph Railroad.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
22, 1888 (age 70 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Lawrence Archer Vories (1862-1939) —
also known as Lawrence A. Vories —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March
30, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; Buchanan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; mayor
of St. Joseph, Mo., 1896-98; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1903-06; circuit judge in Missouri
6th Circuit, 1917-37; appointed 1917.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
28, 1939 (age 76 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Elijah P. Gates (1827-1915) —
of Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, 1827.
Buchanan
County Sheriff, 1872; Missouri
state treasurer, 1877-81.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March 4,
1915 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Romulus Estep Culver (1865-1957) —
also known as Romulus E. Culver —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo., January
12, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; Buchanan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1892-93; criminal court judge in
Missouri, 1895-98; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1922-23; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1930; candidate for
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943.
Died April 6,
1957 (age 92 years, 84
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Oliver Martin Spencer (1849-1924) —
also known as Oliver M. Spencer —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Buchanan
County, Mo., August
23, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 12th Circuit, 1887-90; general solicitor
for the Burlington Railroad
System in Missouri.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 5,
1924 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Harry Niedorp (1873-1929) —
of Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb., October
7, 1873.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 1st District,
1923-24.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 9,
1929 (age 55 years, 275
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Lambertus Niedorp and Cornelia M. Niedorp; married to Cora Mae
Poe. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Albus Jr. (1860-1940) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas, October
4, 1860.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1888;
U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1909-10.
German
ancestry.
Died October
22, 1940 (age 80 years, 18
days).
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Albus and Elizabeth Albus; married to Clara
Hanssen. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Margaret Wyeth —
also known as Mrs. John Wyeth —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1937.
Female.
Interment at Mt. Mora Cemetery.
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Mt. Olivet
Cemetery
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Joseph Robidoux (1783-1868) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
10, 1783.
Fur trader;
bakery
business; town
president of St. Joseph, Missouri, 1845-46.
Catholic.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Founder of St. Joseph, Mo.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., May 27,
1868 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Original interment at Calvary Cemetery (which
no longer exists); reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Oakland
Cemetery
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
| Politicians buried
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George Calhoun Crowther (1849-1914) —
also known as George C. Crowther —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Lancashire, England,
January
26, 1849.
Republican. Member of Missouri state legislature, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1892, 1896.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March
18, 1914 (age 65 years, 51
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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St. Joseph
Memorial Park
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
| Politicians buried
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Charles H. Schindler (1883-1972) —
of Cosby, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born near Cosby, Andrew
County, Mo., May 19,
1883.
Republican. Farmer; Andrew
County Judge, 1941-47; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1947-58.
Evangelical
United Brethren.
Died March
14, 1972 (age 88 years, 300
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Memorial Park.
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Galius L. Zwick (1876-1961) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., July 4,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1922-23; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
22, 1961 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Memorial Park.
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