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Hancock County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hancock County

Index to Locations Bay St. Louis Cedar Rest Cemetery Bay St. Louis St. Marys Cemetery Cedar Rest Cemetery Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   Eaton Jackson Bowers (1865-1939) — also known as Eaton J. Bowers — of Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Miss.; Gulfport, Harrison County, Miss. Born in Canton, Madison County, Miss., June 17, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi Democratic State Executive Committee, 1886-1900; candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; member of Mississippi state senate, 1896-1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1900, 1916 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1900-02; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1903-11. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., October 26, 1939 (age 74 years, 131 days). Interment at Cedar Rest Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Eaton Jackson Bowers and Sallie Lee (Dinkins) Bowers; married, September 3, 1888, to Lula G. Posey.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Ludwig Hermann Von Gohren (1844-1906) — also known as L. H. Von Gohren — of Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Miss. Born in Germany, September 7, 1844. Physician; Vice-Consul for Netherlands in Bay St. Louis, Miss., 1889-1903. German ancestry. Died in Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Miss., August 31, 1906 (age 61 years, 358 days). Interment at Cedar Rest Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Louis Joseph Piernas (1856-1954) — also known as L. J. Piernas — of Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Miss. Born in Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Miss., March 19, 1856. Republican. Postmaster at Bay St. Louis, Miss., 1889-94, 1898-1911. African ancestry. Died in Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Miss., July 25, 1954 (age 98 years, 128 days). Interment at Cedar Rest Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Louis Piernas and Adelle (Labat) Piernas; married to Marie Louise Barabino.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Marys Cemetery Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   Joseph E. Saucier (1852-1931) — of Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Miss. Born August 10, 1852. Democrat. Postmaster at Bay St. Louis, Miss., 1894-98, 1915-23. Died February 13, 1931 (age 78 years, 187 days). Interment at St. Marys Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Adele Esther Nicaise.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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