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Daviess County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Daviess County

Index to Locations Gallatin Brown Cemetery Gallatin Hillcrest Cemetery Jamesport Jamesport Masonic Cemetery Brown Cemetery Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri Politicians buried here: Joshua Willis Alexander (1852-1936) — also known as Joshua W. Alexander — of Gallatin, Daviess County, Mo. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 22, 1852. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1883-87; Speaker of the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1887; mayor of Gallatin, Mo., 1891-92; circuit judge in Missouri 7th Circuit, 1901-07; U.S. Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1907-19; resigned 1919; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1919-21; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23. Presbyterian; later Christian. Member, Freemasons; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Gallatin, Daviess County, Mo., February 27, 1936 (age 84 years, 36 days). Interment at Brown Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Wilson Alexander and Jane (Robinson) Alexander; married, February 3, 1876, to Roe Ann Richardson; father of George Forrest Alexander.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917 Hillcrest Cemetery Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Charles Henry Bryant (1879-1951) — also known as Charles H. Bryant — of Gallatin, Daviess County, Mo. Born in Caldwell County, Mo., January 7, 1879. Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools; dairy farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Daviess County, 1945-48. Methodist. Died in Gallatin, Daviess County, Mo., April 25, 1951 (age 72 years, 108 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Harrison Henry Bryant and Mary Catherine (Ivory) Bryant; married, August 26, 1914, to Frances Clara Blackburn.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Jamesport Masonic Cemetery Jamesport, Daviess County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Urcil Wilford Smoot (1899-1957) — also known as Urcil W. Smoot — of Lock Springs, Daviess County, Mo. Born in Nelsonville, Marion County, Mo., November 7, 1899. Democrat. Automobile dealer; farmer; candidate for Missouri state house of representatives from Daviess County, 1942, 1944, 1948; candidate for Missouri state senate 16th District, 1950. Died May 28, 1957 (age 57 years, 202 days). Interment at Jamesport Masonic Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Sobeska Taylor Smoot and Lillian Mae (Samuel) Smoot; married to Ruth Elizabeth Williams.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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