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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of U.S. Politicians in Australia

Index to Locations

  • Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne General Cemetery
  • Port Phillip, Victoria St. Kilda Cemetery

    Melbourne General Cemetery
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Politicians buried here:
      Wilbur Knibloe Bouton (1855-1936) — also known as Wilbur K. Bouton — of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., 1855. Physician; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Melbourne, as of 1904-05. Died, from heart failure, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, May 13, 1936 (age about 80 years). Interment at Melbourne General Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Daniel Bouton and Harriet Eliza (Knibloe) Bouton; married 1892 to Mary Jeannett Muffit Spencer.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

    St. Kilda Cemetery
    Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
    Politicians buried here:
      Oliver Morris Spencer (1829-1895) — also known as Oliver M. Spencer — of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1829. University professor; president, University of Iowa, 1862-67; U.S. Consul in Genoa, 1867-78; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, 1879-84. Died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, July 27, 1895 (age about 66 years). Interment at St. Kilda Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Oliver Ames Spencer.

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