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Marion County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Marion County

Index to Locations Hannibal Mt. Olivet Cemetery Hannibal Riverside Cemetery Palmyra City Cemetery Near Palmyra Massey Mill Cemetery Mt. Olivet Cemetery Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Orion Clemens (1825-1897) — of Hannibal, Marion County, Mo.; Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa; Carson City, Nev. Born in Missouri, October 6, 1825. Newspaper publisher; lawyer; secretary of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1865. Died in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, December 11, 1897 (age 72 years, 66 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Marshall Clemens; brother of Samuel Langhorne Clemens; married, December 19, 1854, to Mary E. 'Mollie' Stotts.   See also Wikipedia article   Charles Moulton Alger (1845-1924) — also known as Charles M. Alger — of Hannibal, Marion County, Mo. Born in Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio, April, 1845. Republican. Postmaster at Hannibal, Mo., 1898-1907; sawmill owner; lumber business. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 14, 1924 (age 78 years, 0 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Caroline (Moulton) Alger and Russell Alger; brother of Russell Alexander Alger; married 1876 to Clara Strong; uncle of Frederick Moulton Alger; granduncle of Frederick Moulton Alger Jr..   Political family: Alger family of Detroit, Michigan.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Riverside Cemetery Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   William Henry Hatch (1833-1896) — also known as William H. Hatch — of Hannibal, Marion County, Mo. Born near Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., September 11, 1833. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1879-95 (12th District 1879-83, 1st District 1883-95); defeated, 1894. Died near Hannibal, Marion County, Mo., December 23, 1896 (age 63 years, 103 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894) — of Missouri. Born in Virginia, 1817. U.S. Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1851-53, 1855-57. Slaveowner. Died in 1894 (age about 77 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Alfred William Lamb (1824-1888) — also known as Alfred W. Lamb — of Hannibal, Marion County, Mo. Born in Stamford, Delaware County, N.Y., March 18, 1824. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876. Slaveowner. Died April 29, 1888 (age 64 years, 42 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   George Howell Shields (1842-1924) — of Missouri. Born in Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., June 19, 1842. Republican. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1871; candidate for justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1872; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District, 1875; Missouri Republican state chair, 1876-80; circuit judge in Missouri, 1907-13, 1915-20. Died April 27, 1924 (age 81 years, 313 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. City Cemetery Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Thomas Lilbourne Anderson (1808-1885) — also known as Thomas L. Anderson — of Palmyra, Marion County, Mo. Born near Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky., December 8, 1808. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1840-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1845-46; U.S. Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1857-61. Slaveowner. Died in Palmyra, Marion County, Mo., March 6, 1885 (age 76 years, 88 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Massey Mill Cemetery Near Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) — also known as "Peg Leg" — of St. Charles, St. Charles County, Mo. Born in a log cabin in Washington County, Pa., about 1785. Youngest member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804-06; wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 and lost a leg; lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1820; U.S. Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34. Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, in a hotel at Palmyra, Marion County, Mo., August 30, 1836 (age about 51 years). Interment at Massey Mill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George David Shannon and Jane (Milligan) Shannon; brother of Thomas Shannon, James Shannon and Wilson Shannon; married, September 18, 1813, to Ruth Snowden Price; granduncle of Isaac Charles Parker.   Political family: Shannon-Shelby family.   Shannon County, Mo. is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article

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