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Clay County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Clay County

Index to Locations Gladstone White Chapel Memorial Gardens Liberty Fairview Cemetery Liberty Mount Memorial Cemetery Missouri City Missouri City Cemetery White Chapel Memorial Gardens Gladstone, Clay County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Elwood Lauren Thomas (1930-1995) — of Missouri. Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, July 24, 1930. Justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1991-95. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Died July 30, 1995 (age 65 years, 6 days). Interment at White Chapel Memorial Gardens.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Fairview Cemetery Liberty, Clay County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Jacob Le Roy Milligan (1889-1951) — also known as Jacob L. Milligan; "Tuck" — of Richmond, Ray County, Mo. Born in Richmond, Ray County, Mo., March 9, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1920-21, 1923-35 (3rd District 1920-21, 1923-33, at-large 1933-35); defeated, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928; candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1934. Member, Freemasons; American Legion. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., March 9, 1951 (age 62 years, 0 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William M. Milligan and Mary (Rothrock) Milligan; brother of Maurice Morton Milligan; married, November 24, 1925, to Mary Kate Simmons.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   John Dougherty (1857-1905) — of Liberty, Clay County, Mo. Born in Iatan, Platte County, Mo., February 25, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Clay County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S. Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1899-1905. Died in Liberty, Clay County, Mo., August 1, 1905 (age 48 years, 157 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Annie Park.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Thorton (1786-1847) — of Missouri. Born December 24, 1786. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1824-32, 1836; Speaker of the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1828-30. Died in Clay County, Mo., October 24, 1847 (age 60 years, 304 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.   Relatives: Father-in-law of Alexander William Doniphan; grandson-in-law of John Johns Trigg.   Political family: Trigg family of Virginia.   Francis Henshaw Trimble (1867-1936) — also known as Francis H. Trimble; Frank H. Trimble — of Liberty, Clay County, Mo. Born in Clay County, Mo., December 21, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; Clay County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1902; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Clay County, 1905-06; circuit judge in Missouri 7th Circuit, 1907-12; appointed 1907; Judge, Missouri Kansas City Court of Appeals, 1913-25. Died in Liberty, Clay County, Mo., February 11, 1936 (age 68 years, 52 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, September 10, 1891, to Lulu Timms.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) — of Liberty, Clay County, Mo.; Richmond, Ray County, Mo. Born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., July 9, 1808. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1836, 1840, 1854; in 1838, he refused to obey an order to execute Joseph Smith and other Mormon leaders, calling it "cold-blooded murder"; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; led Doniphan's Expedition into Mexico, 1846-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876. Died in Richmond, Ray County, Mo., August 8, 1887 (age 79 years, 30 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery; statue at County Courthouse Grounds, Richmond, Mo.   Relatives: Son-in-law of John Thorton; married, December 21, 1837, to Elizabeth Jane Thornton.   Political family: Trigg family of Virginia.   Doniphan County, Kan. is named for him.   The city of Doniphan, Missouri, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Alexander W. Doniphan (built 1944 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1964) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Alexander William Doniphan: Roger D. Launius, Alexander William Doniphan: Portrait of a Missouri Moderate Baylis Thornton Gordon (1884-1949) — also known as Baylis T. Gordon; B. T. Gordon — of Liberty, Clay County, Mo. Born in Liberty, Clay County, Mo., October 16, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Clay County, 1915-18, 1943-44; member of Missouri state senate 3rd District, 1921-36. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., August 3, 1949 (age 64 years, 291 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Baylis Thornton Gordon (1845-1914) and Mary Ellen (Nelson) Gordon.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917   Ruth Frances Barnes (1903-1980) — also known as Ruth Barnes; Ruth Frances O'Dell — of Liberty, Clay County, Mo. Born in Ray County, Mo., September 7, 1903. Democrat. Pharmacist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960; vice-chair of Missouri Democratic Party, 1968-73. Female. Protestant. Died February 13, 1980 (age 76 years, 159 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Francis Marion O'Dell and Ollie Mae (Turner) O'Dell; married, November 6, 1926, to James Richard Barnes.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mount Memorial Cemetery Liberty, Clay County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Ernest Lee Capps (1888-1967) — also known as Ernest Capps — of Liberty, Clay County, Mo. Born in Clay County, Mo., August 28, 1888. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956. Died in Liberty, Clay County, Mo., October 29, 1967 (age 79 years, 62 days). Interment at Mount Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Ellis Uri Capps and Gertrude Lee (Holt) Capps; married 1910 to Georgia D. Hall; father of Joe Hall Capps (who married Roberta Casteel).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Roberta Capps (1919-2008) — also known as Bobby Capps; Roberta Casteel; Mrs. Joe H. Capps — of Liberty, Clay County, Mo. Born October 31, 1919. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1968 (alternate), 1976. Female. Died September 24, 2008 (age 88 years, 329 days). Interment at Mount Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Herbert Cain Casteel and Corah Alice (Brantley) Casteel; married to Joe Hall Capps (son of Ernest Lee Capps).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Missouri City Cemetery Missouri City, Clay County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   James Allcorn (1770-1851) — of Missouri. Born in 1770. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1820. Founder of New Franklin, Mo. Died in 1851 (age about 81 years). Interment at Missouri City Cemetery.

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