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Holt County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Holt County

Index to Locations

  • Craig New Liberty Cemetery
  • Craig Odd Fellows Cemetery
  • Mound City Mt. Hope Cemetery
  • Oregon Maple Grove Cemetery


    New Liberty Cemetery
    Craig, Holt County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Henderson Lee Ward (1841-1909) — also known as Henderson L. Ward — of Holt County, Mo. Born in Harlan County, Ky., October 20, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Holt County, 1909; died in office 1909. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., February 20, 1909 (age 67 years, 123 days). Interment at New Liberty Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1877 to Frances Emma Sharp.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Odd Fellows Cemetery
    Craig, Holt County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Hosea Ballou Lawrence (1847-1925) — also known as Hosea B. Lawrence — of Craig, Holt County, Mo. Born in Pike County, Ohio, January 19, 1847. Republican. Farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Holt County, 1909-12. Died in Holt County, Mo., August 24, 1925 (age 78 years, 217 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Mary Lawrence and Hiram Lawrence; married, December 31, 1868, to Mary Sabina Curry.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Mt. Hope Cemetery
    Mound City, Holt County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      William Hugh Weightman (1871-1955) — also known as W. H. Weightman — of Mound City, Holt County, Mo. Born in Mound City, Holt County, Mo., September 7, 1871. Republican. Farm manager; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Holt County, 1939-46. Died in Mound City, Holt County, Mo., August 18, 1955 (age 83 years, 345 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Weightman and Henrietta (Noland) Weightman; married, December 21, 1892, to Eliza Weightman; father of Ray Weightman.
      Political family: Weightman family of Mound City, Missouri.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Eliza Weightman (1874-1954) — also known as Lizzie Weightman; Eliza Ann Andes; Mrs. W. H. Weightman — of Mound City, Holt County, Mo. Born in Mound City, Holt County, Mo., August 20, 1874. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1924. Female. Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo., March 1, 1954 (age 79 years, 193 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
      Relatives: Daughter of William C. Andes and Emma (Schaffer) Andes; married, December 21, 1892, to William Hugh Weightman; mother of Ray Weightman.
      Political family: Weightman family of Mound City, Missouri.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Maple Grove Cemetery
    Oregon, Holt County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
    Richard B. Bridgeman Richard Beldon Bridgeman (1875-1948) — also known as Richard B. Bridgeman — of Oregon, Holt County, Mo. Born in Bigelow, Holt County, Mo., December 24, 1875. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928; circuit judge in Missouri 5th Circuit, 1933-46; defeated, 1946. Christian. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Modern Woodmen of America. Died in Oregon, Holt County, Mo., October 24, 1948 (age 72 years, 305 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Franklin Bridgeman and Mary Ellen (Catron) Bridgeman; married, May 17, 1899, to Mattie Groves.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: History of Northwest Missouri (1915)

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