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Carter County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Carter County

Index to Locations

  • Reed Cemetery
  • Near Ellsinore Carson Hill Cemetery
  • Near Ellsinore Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • Fremont Pleasant Site Cemetery


    Reed Cemetery
    Carter County, Missouri
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Shadrach Chilton (1847-1926) — of Van Buren, Carter County, Mo. Born in Carter County, Mo., February 8, 1847. Democrat. Farmer; Carter County Probate Judge, 1882; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Carter County, 1907-08, 1911-12. Died in Carter County, Mo., February 23, 1926 (age 79 years, 15 days). Interment at Reed Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Chilton and Sophia (Chilton) Chilton; married 1869 to Cynthia Coleman; married 1898 to Mary A. Kelly; nephew of Joshua Chilton; double first cousin of Commodore Perry Chilton; first cousin thrice removed of John Smith; second cousin once removed of Thomas Chilton and William Parish Chilton; third cousin once removed of Horace George Chilton and Arthur Bounds Chilton; fourth cousin of Howell Cobb, Henry Rootes Jackson and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb.
      Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Jackson-Lee family; King family of Savannah, Georgia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Washington-Walker family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Carson Hill Cemetery
    Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Melvin Eugene Carnahan (1934-2000) — also known as Mel Carnahan — of Rolla, Phelps County, Mo. Born in Birch Tree, Shannon County, Mo., February 11, 1934. Democrat. Municipal judge in Missouri, 1951-52; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1963-67; Democratic candidate for Missouri state senate, 1966, 1968 (primary); Missouri state treasurer, 1981-85; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1989-93; Governor of Missouri, 1993-2000; defeated in primary, 1984; died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996 (delegation chair), 2000; U.S. Senator from Missouri; elected 2000. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; American Legion; Order of the Coif. Died, in a plane crash while running for U.S. Senator, near Goldman, Jefferson County, Mo., October 16, 2000 (age 66 years, 248 days). Interment at Carson Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan and Mary Kathel (Schupp) Carnahan; married, June 12, 1954, to Jean Anne Carpenter; father of John Russell Carnahan and Robin Carnahan.
      Political family: Carnahan family of St. Louis, Missouri.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
      Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (1897-1968) — also known as A. S. J. Carnahan — of Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo. Born near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo., January 9, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher and principal; U.S. Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1945-47, 1949-61; defeated, 1942, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1961-63. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died, in the Mayo Clinic hospital, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., March 24, 1968 (age 71 years, 75 days). Interment at Carson Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1925 to Kathel Schupp; father of Melvin Eugene Carnahan (who married Jean Anne Carpenter); grandfather of John Russell Carnahan and Robin Carnahan.
      Political family: Carnahan family of St. Louis, Missouri.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary


    Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      John Henry Lehr (1862-1942) — also known as John H. Lehr — of Carter County, Mo. Born in Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Ark., September 4, 1862. Democrat. Farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Carter County, 1917-20, 1923-26, 1931-32; defeated, 1920. Died, from stomach cancer, in Van Buren, Carter County, Mo., December 31, 1942 (age 80 years, 118 days). Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Sarah Jane (Hardin) Lehr and Richard Henry Lehr; brother of Albert Sidney Johnston Lehr; married to Sophronia Leach.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Pleasant Site Cemetery
    Fremont, Carter County, Missouri
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Carlisle Payton Turley (1894-1976) — also known as C. P. Turley — of Van Buren, Carter County, Mo. Born near Fremont, Carter County, Mo., November 1, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Carter County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24, 1931-34; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Carter County, 1927-30, 1935-40, 1943-50. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Van Buren, Carter County, Mo., December 15, 1976 (age 82 years, 44 days). Interment at Pleasant Site Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Mary R. (Payton) Turley and William Giles Turley; married, October 16, 1920, to Bernice Edith Polk.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Giles Turley (1862-1942) — also known as William G. Turley — of near Fremont, Carter County, Mo. Born in Carter County, Mo., December 2, 1862. Democrat. School teacher; farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Carter County, 1913-14. Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., May 20, 1942 (age 79 years, 169 days). Interment at Pleasant Site Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, October 12, 1884, to Mary R. Payton; father of Carlisle Payton Turley.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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