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Lafayette County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lafayette County

Index to Locations

  • Prairie Church Cemetery
  • Concordia Evangelical Cemetery
  • Higginsville Higginsville City Cemetery
  • Lexington Machpelah Cemetery
  • Odessa Greenton Cemetery


    Prairie Church Cemetery
    Lafayette County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      James Young (1800-1878) — of Lafayette County, Mo. Born May 11, 1800. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1844-48. Died February 9, 1878 (age 77 years, 274 days). Interment at Prairie Church Cemetery.


    Evangelical Cemetery
    Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Ralph Erdwin (1894-1981) — of near Concordia, Johnson County, Mo. Born in Illinois, June 23, 1894. Republican. Real estate business; auctioneer; farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Johnson County, 1941-44; member of Missouri state senate 17th District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948. Died April 2, 1981 (age 86 years, 283 days). Interment at Evangelical Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Fanita S. Burrow.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Higginsville City Cemetery
    Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Frank Ballard Fulkerson (1866-1936) — also known as Frank B. Fulkerson — of Warrensburg, Johnson County, Mo.; Holden, Johnson County, Mo.; St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo.; Lafayette County, Mo. Born near Edinburg, Grundy County, Mo., March 5, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; Johnson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-96; U.S. Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1905-07; defeated, 1906; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1908; candidate for Missouri state attorney general, 1908; candidate for mayor of St. Joseph, Mo., 1908; Lafayette County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-25. Died near Higginsville, Lafayette County, Mo., August 30, 1936 (age 70 years, 178 days). Interment at Higginsville City Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Machpelah Cemetery
    Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      John Welborn (1857-1907) — of Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo. Born near Aullville, Lafayette County, Mo., November 20, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Lexington, Mo., 1896-1900; U.S. Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1905-07; defeated, 1898 (5th District), 1906 (7th District). Died in Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., October 27, 1907 (age 49 years, 341 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Alexander Graves (1844-1916) — of Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo. Born in Mt. Carmel, Covington County, Miss., August 25, 1844. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1883-85; defeated, 1884. Died in Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., December 23, 1916 (age 72 years, 120 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) — of Missouri. Born in Knox County, Ohio, October 4, 1828. School teacher; college professor; pastor; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Died in Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., April 3, 1877 (age 48 years, 181 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Alonzo William Slayback (1838-1882) — also known as Alonzo W. Slayback; A. W. Slayback — of St. Louis, Mo. Born July 4, 1838. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1876. Member, Elks. Shot and killed by John Cockerill, editor of the Post-Dispatch newspaper, in St. Louis, Mo., October 13, 1882 (age 44 years, 101 days). Cockerill pleaded self-defense and was not indicted by the grand jury. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.


    Greenton Cemetery
    Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Roger Caldwell Slaughter (1905-1974) — also known as Roger C. Slaughter — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born near Odessa, Lafayette County, Mo., July 17, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer; read law in the office of Henry L. Jost; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1943-47; county judge in Missouri, 1972. Died near Odessa, Lafayette County, Mo., June 2, 1974 (age 68 years, 320 days). Interment at Greenton Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, September 23, 1933, to Laura Brown.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Joseph Helon Christy (1839-1916) — also known as Joseph H. Christy — of Lafayette County, Mo. Born in Lafayette County, Mo., October 18, 1839. Member of Missouri state house of representatives from Lafayette County, 1897-1900, 1907-08. Died in Lafayette County, Mo., July 10, 1916 (age 76 years, 266 days). Interment at Greenton Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Marthena Stapp.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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