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Ste. Genevieve County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Ste. Genevieve County

Index to Locations

  • Ste. Genevieve Memorial Cemetery
  • Ste. Genevieve Valle Spring Cemetery


    Memorial Cemetery
    Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Lewis Fields Linn (1796-1843) — also known as Lewis F. Linn — of Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born near Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., November 5, 1796. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; physician; member of Missouri state senate 3rd District, 1830-31; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1833-43; died in office 1843. Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., October 3, 1843 (age 46 years, 332 days). Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Nancy Ann (Hunter) Linn and Asahel Linn; half-brother of Henry Dodge; married to Elizabeth Alexander Relfe (sister of James Hugh Relfe); uncle of Augustus Caesar Dodge.
      Political family: Polk family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      Linn counties in Iowa, Kan., Mo. and Ore. are named for him.
      The city of Linneus, Missouri, is named for him.  — The city of Linn, Missouri, is named for him.  — The city of West Linn, Oregon, is named for him.  — The city of Linnton, Oregon, is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Scott (1782-1861) — of Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born in Hanover County, Va., May 18, 1782. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Missouri, 1814-17; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1816-17, 1817-21; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve County, 1820; U.S. Representative from Missouri at-large, 1821-27. Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., October 1, 1861 (age 79 years, 136 days). Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
      Relatives: Brother-in-law of George Wallace Jones; brother of Andrew Scott; uncle of John Rice Homer Scott.
      Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
      Scott County, Mo. is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Valle Spring Cemetery
    Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
    William W. Wilder William Werner Wilder (1857-1930) — also known as William W. Wilder — of Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., December 13, 1857. Republican. Merchant; Ste. Genevieve County Treasurer, 1887-90; Missouri state auditor, 1905-09; manufacturer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Ste. Genevieve County, 1927-28. Died August 26, 1930 (age 72 years, 256 days). Interment at Valle Spring Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, May 23, 1888, to Sophia M. Rottler; father of William Russell Wilder.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1907
      Henry J. Drury (1886-1947) — of Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born in Bloomsdale, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., May 1, 1886. Republican. Farmer; automobile and tire repair business; taxicab service; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Ste. Genevieve County, 1945-46. Died, from a heart ailment, in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., March 2, 1947 (age 60 years, 305 days). Interment at Valle Spring Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Cyrus Drury and Caroline (Herman) Drury; married, April 20, 1909, to Philomina K. Ehler.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Leo D. Karl (1872-1958) — of Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born in New Offenburg, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., April 18, 1872. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives from Ste. Genevieve County, 1917-20; defeated, 1920. Died January 9, 1958 (age 85 years, 266 days). Interment at Valle Spring Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Brischle.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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