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Lincoln County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lincoln County

Index to Locations Sand Run Cemetery Private or family graveyards Elsberry Elsberry City Cemetery Near Elsberry Bryants Creek Pioneer Cemetery Troy Troy Cemetery Sand Run Cemetery Lincoln County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   David Dalton Dyer (1791-1844) — Born in Henry County, Va., May 21, 1791. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1832. Died in Lincoln County, Mo., October 8, 1844 (age 53 years, 140 days). Interment at Sand Run Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Dyer and Rachel (Dalton) Dyer; brother of Benjamin Dyer; married to Nancy Reiger Salmon; father of David Patterson Dyer; uncle of Benjamin F. Dyer Jr..   Political family: Dyer family of Henry County, Virginia.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Private or family graveyard Lincoln County, Missouri Elsberry City Cemetery Elsberry, Lincoln County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Clarence Andrew Cannon (1879-1964) — also known as Clarence Cannon — of Troy, Lincoln County, Mo.; Elsberry, Lincoln County, Mo. Born in Elsberry, Lincoln County, Mo., April 11, 1879. Democrat. College professor; lawyer; farmer; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1923-64 (9th District 1923-33, at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-64); died in office 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928; Parliamentarian, 1944, 1948. Died in Washington, D.C., May 12, 1964 (age 85 years, 31 days). Interment at Elsberry City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Randolph Cannon and Ida Glovina (Whiteside) Cannon; married, August 30, 1906, to Ida Dawson Wigginton.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier Bryants Creek Pioneer Cemetery Highway B Near Elsberry, Lincoln County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Philip Sitton (b. 1774) — of Lincoln County, Mo. Born in North Carolina, March 7, 1774. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1822. Died in Lincoln County, Mo. Interment at Bryants Creek Pioneer Cemetery. Troy Cemetery Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Richard Henry Norton (1849-1918) — also known as Richard H. Norton — of Missouri. Born in Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., November 6, 1849. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1889-93. Died in St. Louis, Mo., March 15, 1918 (age 68 years, 129 days). Interment at Troy Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Edgar Bailey Woolfolk (1865-1956) — also known as Edgar B. Woolfolk — of Troy, Lincoln County, Mo. Born in Flint Hill, St. Charles County, Mo., November 22, 1865. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1899-1902; circuit judge in Missouri 35th Circuit, 1912-43. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., January 2, 1956 (age 90 years, 41 days). Interment at Troy Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Richard Allen Woolfolk and Mary Elizabeth (Allen) Woolfolk; married, November 25, 1891, to Mary Norton; first cousin of Elliot Woolfolk Major; first cousin thrice removed of Zachary Taylor; first cousin five times removed of Edmund Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Coleby Chew; second cousin thrice removed of James Madison and William Taylor Madison; second cousin four times removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Arthur Lee, John Penn, John Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel Pendleton; second cousin five times removed of Peyton Randolph; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Sim Lee, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee, Philip Clayton Pendleton, Edmund Henry Pendleton and Nathanael Greene Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of St. Clair Ballard and Lewis Ballard.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jackson-Lee family; Lincoln-Lee family; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Omer H. Avery (1900-1988) — of Troy, Lincoln County, Mo. Born in Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., June 15, 1900. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of Lincoln County Democratic Party, 1926-30; Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-34, 1940-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Lincoln County; elected 1950; member of Missouri state senate 21st District; elected unopposed 1956, 1960; elected 1964, 1968. Methodist. Member, Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta. Died in Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., September 3, 1988 (age 88 years, 80 days). Interment at Troy Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Omer H. Avery (born c.1855) and Kate (Jefferson) Avery; married to Mary Brandon Johnson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas G. Hutt (1817-1892) — of Troy, Lincoln County, Mo. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., May 21, 1817. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1870-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876; member of Missouri state senate 11th District, 1881-84. Member, Freemasons. Died in Cleburne, Johnson County, Tex., September 5, 1892 (age 75 years, 107 days). Interment at Troy Cemetery.   Epitaph: "There is light beyond."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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