Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Madison Sunset Hill Cemetery
Paris Walnut Grove Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Monroe County, Missouri
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Gustavus Miller Bower (1790-1864) —
of Missouri.
Born near Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va., December
12, 1790.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1843-45.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., November
17, 1864 (age 73 years, 341
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Sunset Hill
Cemetery
Madison, Monroe County, Missouri
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William E. Whitecotton (1866-1934) —
also known as W. E. Whitecotton —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born in Ralls
County, Mo., December
26, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1919-34; died
in office 1934.
Died, from hypostatic
pneumonia, peritonitis,
and colon
cancer, in Research Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
9, 1934 (age 67 years, 257
days).
Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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James Reid Chowning (1842-1927) —
also known as James R. Chowning —
of Monroe
County, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., September
5, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; merchant;
banker;
lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1917-18.
Died in St. Matthews, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
11, 1927 (age 84 years, 159
days).
Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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Walnut Grove
Cemetery
Paris, Monroe County, Missouri
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Armstead Milton Alexander (1834-1892) —
also known as Armstead M. Alexander —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born near Winchester, Clark
County, Ky., May 26,
1834.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 7th District, 1875;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1883-85; defeated,
1884.
Slaveowner.
Died in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., November
7, 1892 (age 58 years, 165
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Robert Nall Bodine (1837-1914) —
also known as Robert N. Bodine —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born near Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., December
17, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1897-99.
Died, following a stroke of
paralysis, in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., March
16, 1914 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Frank Winton McAllister (1873-1948) —
also known as Frank W. McAllister —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born near Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., January
26, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri
state senate 13th District, 1905-12; Missouri
state attorney general, 1917-21.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 11,
1948 (age 75 years, 137
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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James H. Whitecotton (1854-1944) —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born in Ralls
County, Mo., June 9,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-93; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1897-1906,
1907-08; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1901-04; member of
Missouri
state senate 13th District, 1921-32.
Died in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., September
11, 1944 (age 90 years, 94
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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James P. Boyd (1869-1964) —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born in 1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-09; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1911-16,
1945-50; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1915-16; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1916.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1964
(age about
95 years).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Frank Littleton Pitts (1841-1905) —
also known as Frank L. Pitts —
of Monroe
County, Mo.
Born in Shelby
County, Mo., 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
wounded in battle and lost his
right arm; Missouri
state treasurer, 1897-1901.
Died, from catarrhal
pneumonia, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
4, 1905 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Laura F. Boulware. |
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memorial |
|  | Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri
Legislature 1897 |
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Homer C. Martin (1871-1948) —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born in 1871.
Republican. Farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1928;
chair
of Monroe County Republican Party, 1930; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1942, 1944,
1946.
Died in 1948
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Edwin M. Costello (1907-1993) —
of Edina, Knox
County, Mo.
Born in Knox
County, Mo., October
31, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Knox County, 1943-46.
Died in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., April
17, 1993 (age 85 years, 168
days).
Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Leo Costello and Essie Zazel (Smith) Costello; married 1956 to Thena
Wilson. |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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