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Jefferson County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jefferson County

Index to Locations Crystal City Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens De Soto Woodlawn Memorial Park Festus Gamel Cemetery Herculaneum Daniel Dunklin Grave State Historic Site Hillsboro Hillsboro Cemetery Near Pevely Sandy Baptist Cemetery Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens 1101 Missouri Avenue Crystal City, Jefferson County, Missouri Founded 1931 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Donnell R. Perryman (1917-1993) — of Crystal City, Jefferson County, Mo. Born November 29, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1949-52. Died August 14, 1993 (age 75 years, 258 days). Interment at Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Woodlawn Memorial Park De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Isaac Newton Threlkeld (1872-1954) — also known as I. N. Threlkeld — of Elvins (now part of Park Hills), St. Francois County, Mo. Born in Du Quoin, Perry County, Ill., March 14, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from St. Francois County, 1921-22. Died in De Soto, Jefferson County, Mo., November 1, 1954 (age 82 years, 232 days). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.   Presumably named for: Isaac Newton   Relatives: Son of Isaac N. Threlkeld and Estacia (Anderson) Threlkeld.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Gamel Cemetery Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri Politicians buried here: Joseph Scott Wolff (1878-1958) — also known as J. Scott Wolff — of Festus, Jefferson County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born near Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., June 14, 1878. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; dentist; lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1913-14; U.S. Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1923-25; defeated, 1924. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., February 27, 1958 (age 79 years, 258 days). Interment at Gamel Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, July 30, 1905, to Antonette Nengel.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1913 Daniel Dunklin Grave State Historic Site Herculaneum, Jefferson County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Daniel Dunklin (1790-1844) — of Washington County, Mo. Born in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., January 14, 1790. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1828-32; Governor of Missouri, 1832-36. Died of pneumonia, August 25, 1844 (age 54 years, 224 days). Interment at Daniel Dunklin Grave State Historic Site.   Dunklin County, Mo. is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography Hillsboro Cemetery Hillsboro, Jefferson County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Clyde Williams (1873-1954) — of Hillsboro, Jefferson County, Mo. Born in Jefferson County, Mo., October 13, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-08; chair of Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1921; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1927-29, 1931-43 (13th District 1927-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-43); defeated, 1928 (13th District), 1942 (8th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928; banker. Died in St. Louis, Mo., November 12, 1954 (age 81 years, 30 days). Interment at Hillsboro Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, April 26, 1905, to Lola Marsden.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Norvell William Emerson (1938-1996) — also known as Bill Emerson — of De Soto, Jefferson County, Mo.; Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., January 1, 1938. Republican. U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1981-96 (10th District 1981-83, 8th District 1983-96); died in office 1996. Presbyterian. Died of lung cancer, at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., June 22, 1996 (age 58 years, 173 days). Interment at Hillsboro Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Norvell Preston Emerson and Marie (Reinemer) Emerson; married, June 21, 1975, to Jo Ann Hermann.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Samuel Byrns (1848-1914) — of Jefferson County, Mo. Born in Jefferson County, Mo., March 4, 1848. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1877-78; member of Missouri state senate 26th District, 1879-82; member of Missouri Democratic State Central Committee, 1886-88; U.S. Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1891-93. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in De Soto, Jefferson County, Mo., July 9, 1914 (age 66 years, 127 days). Interment at Hillsboro Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Byrns and Margaret (Bowles) Byrns.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Arthur T. Brewster (1876-1958) — of Ironton, Iron County, Mo.; Pevely, Jefferson County, Mo. Born in Hillsboro, Jefferson County, Mo., January 30, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1918, 1920, 1922 (primary); member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1941-42, 1945-46. Died in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Mo., December 23, 1958 (age 82 years, 327 days). Interment at Hillsboro Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Sandy Baptist Cemetery Near Pevely, Jefferson County, Missouri Politicians buried here: Walter Lewis Hensley (1871-1946) — also known as Walter L. Hensley — of Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo. Born near Pevely, Jefferson County, Mo., September 3, 1871. Democrat. Lawyer; St. Francois County Prosecuting Attorney, 1898-1902; U.S. Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1911-19; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1919-20. Died in Ludington, Mason County, Mich., July 18, 1946 (age 74 years, 318 days). Interment at Sandy Baptist Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917

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