Index to Locations
Cameron Evergreen Cemetery
Cameron Graceland Cemetery
Lathrop Lathrop Cemetery
Plattsburg Clinton County Courthouse
Grounds
Plattsburg Greenlawn Cemetery
Evergreen
Cemetery
Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri
Politicians buried
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Frank B. Klepper (1864-1933) —
of Polo, Caldwell
County, Mo.; Kingston, Caldwell
County, Mo.; Cameron, Clinton
County, Mo.
Born in St. John, Putnam
County, Mo., June 22,
1864.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Caldwell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1900-05; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1905-07; defeated,
1906; banker; Clinton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1916-20.
Died in Cameron, Clinton
County, Mo., August
4, 1933 (age 69 years, 43
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Graceland
Cemetery
Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri
Politicians buried
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Henry Franklin Lawrence (1868-1950) —
also known as Henry F. Lawrence —
of Cameron, Clinton
County, Mo.
Born near Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind., January
31, 1868.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922, 1924, 1928, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1924.
Died January
12, 1950 (age 81 years, 346
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Melvin Lester Peters (1872-1951) —
also known as M. L. Peters —
of Cameron, Clinton
County, Mo.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
9, 1872.
Republican. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1928-30; mayor
of Cameron, Mo.; elected 1930; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died in Cameron, Clinton
County, Mo., March 4,
1951 (age 78 years, 115
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth (Mulbarger) Peters and John A. Peters; married 1900 to Minnie
Mae Longstreth; married 1930 to Gussie
Gerheart. |
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John Ledgerwood (1897-1980) —
of Cameron, Clinton
County, Mo.
Born in Nebraska, January
9, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1949-52.
Died May 22,
1980 (age 83 years, 134
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Lathrop
Cemetery
Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri
Politicians buried
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Pross Tid Cross (1876-1969) —
also known as Pross T. Cross —
of Lathrop, Clinton
County, Mo.
Born in Caldwell
County, Mo., July 8,
1876.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1905-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Suffered a fall,
fractured his pelvis, and died a week later, from a pulmonary
embolism, in Research Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
1, 1969 (age 93 years, 85
days).
Interment at Lathrop Cemetery.
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Kipp D. Cross (1874-1950) —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Caldwell
County, Mo., September
19, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1936
(voted for Franklin
D. Roosevelt and John
Nance Garner); candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1946.
Died, from colon
cancer, in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
21, 1950 (age 76 years, 32
days).
Interment at Lathrop Cemetery.
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Adam Carl Breckenridge (1892-1976) —
also known as Carl Breckenridge —
of Turney, Clinton
County, Mo.
Born in Turney, Clinton
County, Mo., June 13,
1892.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1935-38.
Died in Osawatomie, Miami
County, Kan., May, 1976
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Interment at Lathrop Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Jefferson Davis Breckenridge and Minnie Estella (McWilliams)
Breckenridge; married, June 25,
1913, to Mabel Ruth Sheldon. |
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memorial |
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Gerald Cross (1898-1987) —
of Lathrop, Clinton
County, Mo.
Born in Clinton
County, Mo., January
20, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Clinton County Democratic Party, 1939-49, 1963.
Died in Lathrop, Clinton
County, Mo., 1987
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Lathrop Cemetery.
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Clinton County
Courthouse Grounds
Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri
Politicians who have
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David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) —
also known as David R. Atchison —
of Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo.; Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Frogtown, Fayette
County, Ky., August
11, 1807.
Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1841; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, because
President Zachary
Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.
Slaveowner.
Died near Gower, Clinton
County, Mo., January
26, 1886 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery; statue at
Clinton County Courthouse Grounds.
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Greenlawn
Cemetery
Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri
Politicians buried
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David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) —
also known as David R. Atchison —
of Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo.; Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Frogtown, Fayette
County, Ky., August
11, 1807.
Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1841; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, because
President Zachary
Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.
Slaveowner.
Died near Gower, Clinton
County, Mo., January
26, 1886 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery; statue at Clinton County Courthouse Grounds.
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Philip M. Steckman (1865-1944) —
of Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo.
Born in Illinois, July 21,
1865.
Democrat. Physician;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1900.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in a hospital
at St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
11, 1944 (age 79 years, 113
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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