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Index to Locations
Carl Junction Carl Junction
Cemetery
Carthage Fasken Cemetery
Carthage Park Cemetery
Joplin Ozark Memorial Park
Oronogo Oronogo Cemetery
Sarcoxie Sarcoxie Cemetery
Webb City Mt. Hope Cemetery
Webb City Webb City Cemetery
Carl Junction
Cemetery
Carl Junction, Jasper County, Missouri
Fasken
Cemetery
Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Park
Cemetery
801 Baker Boulevard
Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Founded 1879
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Alfred L. McCawley (1876-1966) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Trigg
County, Ky., May 16,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jasper County Democratic Party, 1921; member of Missouri
state senate 28th District, 1923-30; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1928; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1933-34; defeated, 1942; candidate for delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1944.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., January
5, 1966 (age 89 years, 234
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Richard Melton Webster (1922-1990) —
also known as Richard M. Webster; Dick
Webster —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., April
29, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1949-52, 1953-54; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1954; candidate for
Missouri
state attorney general, 1952; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1956; member of Missouri
state senate 32nd District; elected 1962, 1966.
Died in Boone
County, Mo., March 3,
1990 (age 67 years, 308
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Walter Elijah Bailey (1885-1971) —
also known as Walter E. Bailey —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., July 8,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1917-22, 1943-44; Judge, Missouri Springfield Court of Appeals, 1925;
defeated, 1936; candidate for Missouri
state attorney general, 1944; elected circuit judge in Missouri
25th Circuit 1946.
Died in Jasper
County, Mo., June, 1971
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Carroll Bailey and Caroline Luella (Green) Bailey; married,
January
4, 1910, to Adeline Aretta Withers; married to Helen Fay
Bartlett. |
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memorial |
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John Cherry Griggs (1901-1961) —
also known as J. C. Griggs —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Lawrence
County, Mo., January
1, 1901.
Republican. Mayor
of Carthage, Mo., 1943-49.
Died in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., June 23,
1961 (age 60 years, 173
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Mollie E. (Cherry) Griggs and John William Griggs; married 1925 to
Mildred Porter. |
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memorial |
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Thomas Bond Haughawout (1845-1903) —
also known as T. B. Haughawout —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Lafayette
County, Wis., October
14, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Jasper
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died, from pneumonia,
in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., April
30, 1903 (age 57 years, 198
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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John Hagar Flanigan (1857-1915) —
also known as John H. Flanigan; "Fire Alarm
Flanigan" —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Almont, Lapeer
County, Mich., July 3,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County Eastern
District, 1889-90.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., January
24, 1915 (age 57 years, 205
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Herbert Arthur Wolcott (1862-1930) —
also known as H. A. Wolcott —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, May 27,
1862.
Democrat. Hardware
merchant; mining
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1923-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Lions.
Died, from complications of heart
disease, in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., December
4, 1930 (age 68 years, 191
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Hackney (1849-1950) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hackney —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., December
30, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; Jasper
County Circuit Clerk, 1886; postmaster at Carthage,
Mo., 1914-22.
Died, in Jane Chinn Hospital,
Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., November
1, 1950 (age 100 years,
306 days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Martha Taaffe (1868-1957) —
also known as Mattie Taaffe; Martha Coffin —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March
18, 1868.
Democrat. Woman suffrage advocate; involved in the Carthage Suffrage
League; board member of the Missouri Suffrage League; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1920;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1926.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., September
11, 1957 (age 89 years, 177
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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John Hagar Flanigan (1889-1974) —
also known as John H. Flanigan —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., August
24, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Missouri
state senate 28th District, 1926.
Died in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., September
4, 1974 (age 85 years, 11
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Clarence Martin Hooton (1900-1978) —
also known as Clarence M. Hooton —
of Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo.
Born in Harris, Anderson
County, Kan., November
11, 1900.
Democrat. Chair of
Dallas County Democratic Party, 1945-49; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Dallas County, 1950.
Died February
4, 1978 (age 77 years, 85
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Ozark Memorial
Park
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri
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Frank Hood Lee (1873-1952) —
also known as Frank H. Lee —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born near De Soto, Johnson
County, Kan., March
29, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1922
(15th District), 1930 (15th District), 1934 (7th District), 1938 (7th
District); newspaper
publisher; hotel
owner.
Died November
20, 1952 (age 79 years, 236
days).
Interment at Ozark Memorial Park.
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Stephen Hugh Claycomb (1847-1930) —
also known as Stephen H. Claycomb —
of Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Missouri, August
11, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County Western
District, 1885-86; member of Missouri
state senate 28th District, 1887-88; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1889-93.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage and pneumonia,
in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., June 6,
1930 (age 82 years, 299
days).
Interment at Ozark Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Claycomb and Elizabeth Claycomb. |
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Lincoln Curtis Chenoweth (1862-1940) —
of Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo.; Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Pineville, McDonald
County, Mo., March
20, 1862.
Democrat. Physician;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 1904.
Injured, along with his wife, in an automobile
accident in November, 1936, which was eventually fatal to both;
his wife died in 1937, and he died, in St. John's Hospital,
Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., May 5,
1940 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at Ozark Memorial Park.
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Oronogo
Cemetery
Oronogo, Jasper County, Missouri
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Guy Hull Waring (1875-1966) —
also known as Guy H. Waring —
of Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo.; Oronogo, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Tyrone, Blair
County, Pa., June 15,
1875.
Republican. Mining and
mechanical engineer;
president and general manager, Oronogo Mutual Mining Co.;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 2nd District,
1919-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1944.
Died in 1966
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Oronogo Cemetery.
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Sarcoxie
Cemetery
Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri
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Gene Taylor (1928-1998) —
also known as "Sage of the Ozarks" —
of Sarcoxie, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Sarcoxie, Jasper
County, Mo., February
10, 1928.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; chair of
Jasper County Republican Party, 1958; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1960,
1968
(delegation chair); member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1968-71; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1973-89.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died October
27, 1998 (age 70 years, 259
days).
Interment at Sarcoxie Cemetery.
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Mt. Hope
Cemetery
Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri
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Victor J. Miller (1888-1955) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., December
6, 1888.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1924; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1925-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
6, 1955 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Morgan (1842-1912) —
also known as Charles H. Morgan —
of Lamar, Barton
County, Mo.; Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Cuba, Allegany
County, N.Y., July 5,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Barton County, 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1875-79, 1883-85, 1893-95, 1909-11
(6th District 1875-79, 12th District 1883-85, 15th District 1893-95,
1909-11); defeated, 1894 (Democratic), 1910 (Republican); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1880;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Died in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., January
4, 1912 (age 69 years, 183
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Joe Jonathan Manlove (1876-1956) —
also known as Joe J. Manlove —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born near Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., October
1, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1923-33; defeated,
1914 (15th District), 1916 (15th District), 1932 (at-large); delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,
1943-44.
Died in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., January
31, 1956 (age 79 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Perl Ditmer Decker (1875-1934) —
also known as Perl D. Decker —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born near Coolville, Athens
County, Ohio, September
10, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1913-19; defeated,
1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1932.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August
22, 1934 (age 58 years, 346
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Organizer, Citizens Bank of
Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Lewis Franklin Childress (1875-1944) —
also known as Frank Childress —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.; Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., November
1, 1875.
Republican. Operator of lead and zinc mines;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1932.
Died in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., August
1, 1944 (age 68 years, 274
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Clifford H. Casey (1902-1960) —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Aurora, Lawrence
County, Mo., June 12,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1941-42.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died July 5,
1960 (age 58 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Webb City
Cemetery
Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri
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James Alexander Daugherty (1847-1920) —
also known as James A. Daugherty —
of Carterville, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Athens, McMinn
County, Tenn., August
30, 1847.
Democrat. Farmer; livestock
raiser; mining
business; banker; Jasper
County Presiding Judge, 1892-96, 1919-20; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County Western
District, 1897-98; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1911-13.
Died in Carterville, Jasper
County, Mo., January
26, 1920 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Interment at Webb City Cemetery.
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John M. Lingle (1843-1889) —
of Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 2,
1843.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Webb
City, Mo., 1885-89.
After being threatened with criminal
prosecution for allegedly misappropriating
funds as postmaster, he stepped out the back door of the post
office, and killed
himself by gunshot,
in Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., January
4, 1889 (age 45 years, 277
days).
Interment at Webb City Cemetery.
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