Index to Locations
Boonville City Cemetery
Boonville Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic
Cemetery
Boonville Walnut Grove Cemetery
Pilot Grove Pilot Grove City
Cemetery
City
Cemetery
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri
Politicians formerly
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David Barton (1783-1837) —
also known as "Little Red" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn., December
14, 1783.
Missouri
territory attorney general, 1813; circuit judge in Missouri,
1815-17; member of Missouri
territorial House of Representatives, 1818; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-31; member of Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1834-35.
Died in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., September
28, 1837 (age 53 years, 288
days).
Original interment at City Cemetery; reinterment in 1858 at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Sts. Peter and
Paul Catholic Cemetery
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri
Politicians buried
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Joseph A. Eppstein (1824-1886) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
January
1, 1824.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1868;
postmaster at Boonville,
Mo., 1878-86.
German
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., March 4,
1886 (age 62 years, 62
days).
Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery.
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John L. Esser (1885-1972) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born November
12, 1885.
Republican. Postmaster at Boonville,
Mo., 1923-36 (acting, 1923-24); member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cooper County, 1941-42.
Died February
13, 1972 (age 86 years, 93
days).
Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery.
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Walnut Grove
Cemetery
1006 Locust
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri
Founded 1852
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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David Barton (1783-1837) —
also known as "Little Red" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn., December
14, 1783.
Missouri
territory attorney general, 1813; circuit judge in Missouri,
1815-17; member of Missouri
territorial House of Representatives, 1818; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-31; member of Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1834-35.
Died in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., September
28, 1837 (age 53 years, 288
days).
Original interment at City Cemetery;
reinterment in 1858 at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Lawrence Vest Stephens (1858-1923) —
also known as Lon Vest Stephens —
of Cooper
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., December
21, 1858.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; banker;
director, St. Louis and Southern Railroad;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1890-97; Governor of
Missouri, 1897-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
10, 1923 (age 64 years, 20
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Dorsey William Shackleford (1853-1936) —
also known as Dorsey W. Shackleford —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born near Sweet Springs, Saline
County, Mo., August
27, 1853.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Cooper
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-86, 1890-92; circuit judge in
Missouri 14th Circuit, 1892-99; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1899-1919.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 15,
1936 (age 82 years, 323
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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John Cosgrove (1839-1925) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born near Alexandria, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
12, 1839.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1880
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1883-85.
Died, from acute
nephritis and influenza,
in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., August
15, 1925 (age 85 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Jacob Friedrich Gmelich (1839-1914) —
also known as Jacob F. Gmelich —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
July
23, 1839.
Republican. Jeweler;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cooper County, 1895-96;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1900;
Missouri
state treasurer, 1905-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1909-13.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., February
21, 1914 (age 74 years, 213
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Image source:
Missouri Official Manual 1907 |
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Elston Joseph Melton —
also known as E. J. Melton —
of Missouri.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1930.
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Cullen Steger Duncan (1889-1964) —
also known as Cullen S. Duncan —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.; New Franklin, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., March
22, 1889.
Democrat. Funeral
director; mayor of New Franklin, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Howard County, 1937-38;
member of Missouri
state senate 14th District, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 14th District,
1943-44; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1944.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., July 5,
1964 (age 75 years, 105
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Owen Winn Cochran (1860-1937) —
also known as O. W. Cochran —
of Gooch Mill, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born March 5,
1860.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1904.
Died August
29, 1937 (age 77 years, 177
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Davis Cochran and Amanda (Wheeler) Cochran; married to
Octavia Victoria Quarles. |
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memorial |
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Pilot Grove City
Cemetery
Pilot Grove, Cooper County, Missouri
Politicians buried
here: |
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Caleb Clayton Jones (1871-1953) —
also known as C. C. Jones —
of Pilot Grove, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Blackwater, Cooper
County, Mo., October
28, 1871.
Democrat. Farmer; auctioneer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cooper County, 1931-34;
defeated, 1934.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., May 13,
1953 (age 81 years, 197
days).
Interment at Pilot Grove City Cemetery.
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