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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pike County

Index to Locations

  • Bowling Green Unknown location
  • Bowling Green Bowling Green City Cemetery
  • Calumet Stark Cemetery
  • Clarksville Greenwood Cemetery
  • Louisiana Lousiana Cemetery
  • Louisiana Riverview Cemetery
  • Near Louisiana Fairview Cemetery


    Unknown Location
    Bowling Green, Pike County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Alexander Campbell (1832-1926) — also known as Robert A. Campbell — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo., September 2, 1832. Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1881-85. Suffered an accidental fall, broke his neck, and died, in St. Louis, Mo., April 2, 1926 (age 93 years, 212 days). Interment somewhere.


    Bowling Green City Cemetery
    Bowling Green, Pike County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
    Champ Clark James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921) — also known as Champ Clark; "The Lion of Democracy" — of Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo. Born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Ky., March 7, 1850. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; Pike County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-89; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Pike County, 1889-90; U.S. Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1893-95, 1897-1921; defeated, 1894, 1920; died in office 1921; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904 (Permanent Chair; chair, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker), 1916; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912. Died in Washington, D.C., March 2, 1921 (age 70 years, 360 days). Interment at Bowling Green City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Hampton Clark and Aletha Jane (Beauchamp) Clark; married, December 14, 1881, to Genevieve Bennett; father of Genevieve Clark (who married James McIlhany Thomson) and Bennett Champ Clark.
      Political family: Clark-Thomson family of Iowa and Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      Cross-reference: David A. Ball
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
      Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917
      Elliot Woolfolk Major (1864-1949) — also known as Elliot W. Major — of Pike County, Mo.; St. Louis, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in Edgewood, Lincoln County, Mo., October 20, 1864. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state senate 11th District, 1897-1900; Missouri state attorney general, 1909-13; Governor of Missouri, 1913-17. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died, from cardiac insufficiency due to chronic myocarditis and arteriosclerosis, aggravated by very hot and humid weather, in St. Joseph's Hill Infirmary, near Eureka, Jefferson County, Mo., July 9, 1949 (age 84 years, 262 days). Interment at Bowling Green City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Reed Major and Sarah Taylor (Woolfolk) Major; married, June 14, 1887, to Elizabeth Myers; first cousin of Edgar Bailey Woolfolk; 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: Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Erasmus L. Pearson (1865-1931) — also known as Ras L. Pearson — of Louisiana, Pike County, Mo. Born in Pike County, Mo., December 27, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Pike County Democratic Party, 1919-21. Died in Lincoln County, Mo., January 24, 1931 (age 65 years, 28 days). Interment at Bowling Green City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Rev. Erasmus Darwin Pearson and Orpha Matilda (Dysart) Pearson; step-grandson of Claiborne Fox Jackson; grandnephew of Lavinia Sappington (who married Meredith Miles Marmaduke); great-grandnephew of John Breathitt; first cousin once removed of John Sappington Marmaduke; second cousin once removed of James Breathitt; second cousin twice removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass; third cousin of James Breathitt Jr.; third cousin once removed of Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr..
      Political families: Jackson-Lee family; Henshaw-Breathitt-Snodgrass-Sappington family of West Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Stark Cemetery
    Calumet, Pike County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Jefferson Davis Hostetter (1861-1939) — also known as Jefferson D. Hostetter — of Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo. Born in Frankford, Pike County, Mo., November 13, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Pike County, 1917-20; member of Missouri state senate 11th District, 1921-24. Died in University City, St. Louis County, Mo., October 4, 1939 (age 77 years, 325 days). Interment at Stark Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: Jefferson Davis
      Relatives: Son of Gabriel Hostetter and Marian Louise (Sutton) Hostetter; married, January 1, 1885, to Mary Virginia Jump.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Greenwood Cemetery
    Clarksville, Pike County, Missouri
    Founded 1868
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Milton Francis Duvall (1896-1990) — also known as Milton F. Duvall — of Clarksville, Pike County, Mo. Born in Clarksville, Pike County, Mo., August 23, 1896. Democrat. Farmer; merchant; mayor of Clarksville, Mo.; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Pike County, 1945-52. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died March 23, 1990 (age 93 years, 212 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, October 20, 1920, to Frances Duvall.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Frances Duvall (1897-1996) — also known as Frances Mitchell Gray; Mrs. Milton F. Duvall — of Clarksville, Pike County, Mo. Born November 14, 1897. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1944. Female. Died July 2, 1996 (age 98 years, 231 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Daughter of Robert Harper Gray and Ezie (Mitchell) Gray; married, October 20, 1920, to Milton Francis Duvall.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Lousiana Cemetery
    Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri
    Politicians formerly buried here:
      Ratliff Boon (1781-1844) — of Boonville, Warrick County, Ind. Born in Franklin County, N.C., January 18, 1781. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Indiana state senate, 1818-19; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1819-22, 1822-24; Governor of Indiana, 1822; U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1825-27, 1829-39; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana. Presbyterian. Died in Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., November 20, 1844 (age 63 years, 307 days). Original interment at Lousiana Cemetery; reinterment at Riverview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of Daniel Boone.
      The city of Boonville, Indiana, is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Riverview Cemetery
    Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Ratliff Boon (1781-1844) — of Boonville, Warrick County, Ind. Born in Franklin County, N.C., January 18, 1781. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Indiana state senate, 1818-19; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1819-22, 1822-24; Governor of Indiana, 1822; U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1825-27, 1829-39; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana. Presbyterian. Died in Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., November 20, 1844 (age 63 years, 307 days). Original interment at Lousiana Cemetery; reinterment at Riverview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of Daniel Boone.
      The city of Boonville, Indiana, is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Lloyd Crow Stark (1886-1972) — also known as Lloyd C. Stark — of Louisiana, Pike County, Mo. Born near Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., November 23, 1886. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; nurseryman; Governor of Missouri, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940; candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Rotary; Elks; Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in Clayton, St. Louis County, Mo., September 17, 1972 (age 85 years, 299 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Clarence McDowell Stark and Lily (Crow) Stark; married, November 11, 1908, to Margaret Pearson Stickney; married, November 23, 1931, to Katherine Lemoine Perkins; nephew of James O. Stark.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Alexander Harris (1805-1864) — also known as William A. Harris — of Luray, Page County, Va. Born near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., August 24, 1805. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1830; U.S. Representative from Virginia 16th District, 1841-43; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Argentina, 1846-51. Slaveowner. Died in Pike County, Mo., March 28, 1864 (age 58 years, 217 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of William Alexander Harris (1841-1909).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
      David Alexander Ball (1851-1928) — also known as David A. Ball — of Louisiana, Pike County, Mo. Born in Lincoln County, Mo., June 18, 1851. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Champ Clark; bank director; member of Missouri state senate 11th District, 1885-88; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1887; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904 (member, Credentials Committee); candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1908; Pike County Probate Judge, 1919-28. Died, in Pike County Hospital, Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., October 1, 1928 (age 77 years, 105 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Edmund Ball and Elizabeth Henry (Dyer) Ball; married, May 10, 1875, to Jessie Minor; married, March 5, 1927, to Cora J. Jones.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Victor Max Pitney (1888-1965) — also known as Victor M. Pitney — of Louisiana, Pike County, Mo. Born in Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., January 18, 1888. Republican. Insurance and real estate business; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 11th District, 1943-44. Died March 12, 1965 (age 77 years, 53 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Joseph Rogers Pitney and Emma Jane (Hetrick) Pitney; married to Doria Lee Hall; father of Charles Hall Pitney.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Hall Pitney (1918-1999) — also known as Charles H. Pitney — of Louisiana, Pike County, Mo. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 26, 1918. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri. Died in Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., July 5, 1999 (age 80 years, 252 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Doria Lee (Hall) Pitney and Victor Max Pitney; married 1947 to Betty Louise Weaver.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Fairview Cemetery
    Near Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Gaylord Patrick O'Connor (1916-1994) — also known as Gaylord P. O'Connor; Pat O'Connor — of Louisiana, Pike County, Mo. Born in Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., November 20, 1916. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of Pike County Democratic Party, 1949; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1952. Member, Sons of Confederate Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Society of the War of 1812; Reserve Officers Association; Elks; Freemasons. Died, in Pike County Memorial Hospital, Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., December 26, 1994 (age 78 years, 36 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Daniel Vincent O'Connor and Clelia Emma (Ince) O'Connor; married, June 19, 1943, to Martha Jeanne Wing.

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