Index to Locations
Atlanta Mt. Tabor Cemetery
College Mound Unknown location
College Mound College Mound
Cemetery
La Plata La Plata Cemetery
Macon Oakwood Cemetery
Mt. Tabor
Cemetery
Atlanta, Macon County, Missouri
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Albert Jacob Crawford (1866-1948) —
also known as Al J. Crawford —
of Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo., July 10,
1866.
Democrat. Farmer; bank
director; Independent candidate for delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Macon County, 1923-28.
Presbyterian.
Died in Macon
County, Mo., May 21,
1948 (age 81 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt. Tabor Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
College Mound, Macon County,
College Mound
Cemetery
College Mound, Macon County, Missouri
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher;
Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College Mound Cemetery.
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La Plata
Cemetery
La Plata, Macon County, Missouri
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John Tull Barker (1877-1958) —
also known as John T. Barker —
of La Plata, Macon
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., August
2, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Macon County, 1907-12; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1911-12; Missouri
state attorney general, 1913-17; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Downtown Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
7, 1958 (age 81 years, 127
days).
Interment at La Plata Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucian Barker and Mary (Withers) Barker; married to Mayme
Fisher. |
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Elmer O. Jones (1881-1943) —
of La Plata, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in New Boston, Linn
County, Mo., October
19, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Macon County, 1919-20,
1931-32; candidate for Missouri
state attorney general, 1924, 1928.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Modern
Woodmen.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Marceline, Linn
County, Mo., April
27, 1943 (age 61 years, 190
days).
Interment at La Plata Cemetery.
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Oscar Harvey Webber (1869-1922) —
also known as Oscar H. Webber —
of Yarrow, Adair
County, Mo.
Born near La Plata, Macon
County, Mo., October
18, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer; banker;
justice of the peace; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Adair County, 1917-20.
Died, from liver
cancer, in Yarrow, Adair
County, Mo., January
24, 1922 (age 52 years, 98
days).
Interment at La Plata Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Addison Gurley Webber and Mary Ann (Atteberry) Webber; married, March 2,
1892, to Martha B. Severs; married to Mary Mildred
Williams. |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|  | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Oakwood
Cemetery
Macon, Macon County, Missouri
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Milton Andrew Romjue (1874-1968) —
also known as Milton A. Romjue —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Love Lake, Macon
County, Mo., December
5, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Missouri, 1907-15; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1917-21, 1923-43 (1st District
1917-21, 1923-33, at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-43); defeated,
1920, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., January
23, 1968 (age 93 years, 49
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Webster M. Rubey —
of Macon
County, Mo.
Member of Missouri
state senate 8th District, 1875-78; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Macon County, 1897-1900.
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Robert Wilson Barrow (1900-1968) —
also known as R. Wilson Barrow —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., February
21, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; Macon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-35; chair of
Macon County Democratic Party, 1934-42; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Macon County, 1943-44;
defeated, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Rotary.
Suffered a heart
attack, and later died, in Samaritan Hospital,
Macon, Macon
County, Mo., May 15,
1968 (age 68 years, 84
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Letha M. Barrow (1907-1988) —
also known as Letha Jewel McNeely; Mrs. R. Wilson
Barrow —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Macon
County, Mo., August
26, 1907.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1940,
1948,
1952.
Female.
Christian.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March
30, 1988 (age 80 years, 217
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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