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Cape Girardeau County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cape Girardeau County

Index to Locations Houck Cemetery Private or family graveyards Cape Girardeau Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery Cape Girardeau City Cemetery Cape Girardeau New Lorimier Cemetery Cape Girardeau Old Lorimier Cemetery Fruitland Pleasant Hill Cemetery Jackson Jackson Cemetery Houck Cemetery Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Wilson Brown (1804-1855) — of Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born August 27, 1804. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1838-39; Missouri state auditor, 1849-52; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1853-55; died in office 1855. Died August 27, 1855 (age 51 years, 0 days). Interment at Houck Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Private or family graveyard Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Politicians formerly buried here:   Alexander Buckner (1785-1833) — of Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Jefferson County, Ky., 1785. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Cape Girardeau County, 1820; member of Missouri state senate 13th District, 1822-25; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1831-33; died in office 1833. Slaveowner. Died of Asiatic cholera during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., June 6, 1833 (age about 47 years). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1897 at Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   James C. McDowell (1890-1972) — of Charleston, Mississippi County, Mo. Born in Leemon, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., March 20, 1890. Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer; Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri state senate 23rd District, 1933-40; circuit judge in Missouri 28th Circuit, 1941-48; Judge, Missouri Springfield Court of Appeals, 1948-57; appointed 1948. Member, Freemasons. Died in Glasgow, Howard County, Mo., May 27, 1972 (age 82 years, 68 days). Interment at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James McDowell and Nancy (Ervin) McDowell; married 1912 to Carolyn E. Snider.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Alexander Barks (1879-1936) — also known as James A. Barks — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Millheim, Perry County, Mo., August 7, 1879. School teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1921-30. Southern Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died, from septicemia and acute nephritis, in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., February 10, 1936 (age 56 years, 187 days). Interment at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Margaret Belinda (Blaylock) Barks and Joseph Barks; married, September 21, 1915, to Edna H. Kerth.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Merit E. Leming (1862-1938) — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Dearborn County, Ind., March 14, 1862. Republican. Lumber business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1900; mayor of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1909-11. Died, from coronary occlusion and influenza, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., March 4, 1938 (age 75 years, 355 days). Interment at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Leming and Elizabeth (Rosecrans) Leming; married to Eugenia R. Bouchman.   Leming Hall (built 1905, demolished 1972), one of the first two dormitory buildings at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Raymond Ernest Beckman (1896-1971) — also known as Raymond E. Beckman — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Hickman, Fulton County, Ky., October 29, 1896. Mayor of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1943-48. Died in Cape Girardeau County, Mo., October 2, 1971 (age 74 years, 338 days). Interment at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Mildred Keane and Selma Elizabeth Slinkard.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Albert Marion Spradling Jr. (1920-2004) — also known as Albert M. Spradling, Jr. — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., March 13, 1920. Democrat. Lawyer; FBI special agent; member of Missouri state senate 27th District, 1952-76; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights Templar; Kiwanis. Died in St. Louis, Mo., October 20, 2004 (age 84 years, 221 days). Interment at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Albert Marion Spradling and Alma Marsha (Willer) Spradling; married, July 9, 1943, to Margaret Whyman; father of Albert Marion Spradling III.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Leslie Dalton Lankford (1904-1975) — also known as Les Lankford — of Chaffee, Scott County, Mo. Born in Mound City, Pulaski County, Ill., December 21, 1904. Democrat. Pharmacist; mayor of Chaffee, Mo., 1947-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960. Died in Chaffee, Scott County, Mo., July 9, 1975 (age 70 years, 200 days). Interment at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph P. Lankford and Gertrude Lankford; married, December 6, 1928, to Lela Ruth Morton.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Elmo Lindley McClintock (1889-1979) — also known as E. L. McClintock — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo., December 13, 1889. Democrat. Chair of Cape Girardeau County Democratic Party, 1939-45. Died in Manhattan, Riley County, Kan., March 26, 1979 (age 89 years, 103 days). Interment at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Bingley McClintock and Martha Ellen (Hughes) McClintock; married, January 15, 1915, to Esther Leona Reardon.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial City Cemetery Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Alonzo Bernard Carroll (1841-1887) — also known as Alonzo B. Carroll; Barney Carroll — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., June 2, 1841. Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Missouri District, 1879; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1884; Cape Girardeau County Sheriff, 1887. Died, from septicemia, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., January 15, 1887 (age 45 years, 227 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Richard J. Carroll and Elizabeth (Crowley) Carroll; married, September 17, 1866, to Harriet Campbell. New Lorimier Cemetery Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Robert Henry Whitelaw (1854-1937) — also known as Robert H. Whitelaw — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.; Blodgett, Scott County, Mo.; Blytheville, Mississippi County, Ark. Born in Lloyds, Essex County, Va., January 30, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-78; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County, 1883-84, 1887-88; U.S. Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1890-91. Died in Blytheville, Mississippi County, Ark., July 27, 1937 (age 83 years, 178 days). Interment at New Lorimier Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Rush Hudson Limbaugh (1891-1996) — also known as Rush H. Limbaugh — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born near Sedgewickville, Bollinger County, Mo., September 27, 1891. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County, 1931-32; chair of Cape Girardeau County Republican Party, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1936. Methodist. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Rho; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., April 8, 1996 (age 104 years, 194 days). Interment at New Lorimier Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Hadley Limbaugh and Susan Frances (Presnell) Limbaugh; married, August 24, 1914, to Beulah Maude 'Bee' Seabaugh; grandfather of Rush Limbaugh.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Old Lorimier Cemetery Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Alexander Buckner (1785-1833) — of Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Jefferson County, Ky., 1785. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Cape Girardeau County, 1820; member of Missouri state senate 13th District, 1822-25; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1831-33; died in office 1833. Slaveowner. Died of Asiatic cholera during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., June 6, 1833 (age about 47 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.; reinterment in 1897 at Old Lorimier Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Dillard Cook (1789-1852) — also known as John D. Cook — of Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born in Orange County, Va., June 15, 1789. Delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve County, 1820; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1820-23; appointed 1820; U.S. Attorney for Missouri, 1850-52; died in office 1852. English ancestry. Died in Cape Girardeau County, Mo., October 28, 1852 (age 63 years, 135 days). Interment at Old Lorimier Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Mary Jane (Mothershead) Cook and John Dillard Cook (1753-1828); brother of Nathaniel Cook and Daniel Pope Cook; married 1814 to Sarah Middleton Taylor; uncle of John Pope Cook.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George C. Thilenius (1829-1910) — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Germany, August 20, 1829. Republican. Merchant; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 26th District, 1865; mayor of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1867-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County, 1899-1902. Died in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., July 7, 1910 (age 80 years, 321 days). Interment at Old Lorimier Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Christian Thilenius and Charlotte (Stuhidreher) Thilenius; married, March 8, 1857, to Margarethe Fronmann.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Pleasant Hill Cemetery Fruitland, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Arthur Lee Oliver (1879-1928) — also known as Arthur L. Oliver — of Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Mo.; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Leemon, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., January 5, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Pemiscot County, 1905-08; member of Missouri state senate 23rd District, 1909-12; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1914-19. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in St. Louis, Mo., July 3, 1928 (age 49 years, 180 days). Interment at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lucius Henry Clay Oliver and Mary Louise (Alexander) Oliver; married, November 27, 1907, to Mary Esther Roberts.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Jackson Cemetery Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Franklin Cannon (1794-1863) — of Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born March 12, 1794. Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1836-40; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District, 1845-46. Died June 13, 1863 (age 69 years, 93 days). Interment at Jackson Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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