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New Madrid County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in New Madrid County

Index to Locations

  • Matthews Matthews Cemetery
  • New Madrid Evergreen Cemetery


    Matthews Cemetery
    Matthews, New Madrid County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Elon Proffer (1885-1966) — of Matthews, New Madrid County, Mo. Born near Burfordville, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., November 22, 1885. Democrat. Farmer; New Madrid County Judge, 1918-38; member of Missouri state house of representatives from New Madrid County, 1923-24; rural electrification advocate; president, Missouri-Arkansas Generating Co-Op. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, following a heart attack, in the Missouri Delta Community Hospital, Sikeston, Scott County, Mo., March 16, 1966 (age 80 years, 114 days). Interment at Matthews Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of George Proffer and Martha Proffer; married, January 3, 1912, to Bertie Moore.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Evergreen Cemetery
    New Madrid, New Madrid County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      William Dawson (1848-1929) — of Missouri. Born in New Madrid, New Madrid County, Mo., March 17, 1848. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1878-84; U.S. Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1885-87; New Madrid County Circuit Court Clerk, 1915-27. Died in New Madrid, New Madrid County, Mo., October 12, 1929 (age 81 years, 209 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Daniel Merrill Spitler (1901-1961) — also known as Merrill Spitler — of New Madrid, New Madrid County, Mo. Born in Deshler, Henry County, Ohio, September 15, 1901. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from New Madrid County, 1929-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1942; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1944; chair of New Madrid County Republican Party, 1949. Died in April, 1961 (age 59 years, 0 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Allen Clyde Spitler and Ida Bell (Merrill) Spitler; married, February 16, 1931, to Alice Alma Crisler.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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