Cape Girardeau County
Missouri
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Cape Girardeau County
Missouri
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cape Girardeau County
Index to Locations
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Wilson Brown (1804-1855) —
of Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born August
27, 1804.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1838-39; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1853-55; died in office 1855.
Died August
27, 1855 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Interment at Houck Cemetery.
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Alexander Buckner (1785-1833) —
of Jackson, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Cape Girardeu
County, 1820; member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1831-33; died in office 1833.
Died of Asiatic cholera
during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., June 6,
1833 (age about 47
years).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
in 1897 at City Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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James Alexander Barks (1879-1936) —
also known as James A. Barks —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Millheim, Perry
County, Mo., August 7,
1879.
Son of Margaret Belinda (Blaylock) Barks (1843-1907) and Joseph Barks
(1851-1928).
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1921-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from septicemia
and acute
nephritis, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
10, 1936 (age 56 years, 187
days).
Interment at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery.
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| Politicians buried here: | ||||
Alexander Buckner (1785-1833) —
of Jackson, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Cape Girardeu
County, 1820; member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1831-33; died in office 1833.
Died of Asiatic cholera
during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., June 6,
1833 (age about 47
years).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.; reinterment in 1897 at
City Cemetery.
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John Dillard Cook (d. 1852) —
also known as John D. Cook —
of Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve
County, 1820; justice of
Missouri state supreme court; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1850-52.
Died in 1852.
Interment at Lorimier Cemetery.
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Robert Henry Whitelaw (1854-1937) —
of Missouri.
Born in Virginia, 1854.
Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1890-91.
Died in 1937
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Lorimier Cemetery.
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Franklin Cannon (1794-1863) —
of Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born March 12,
1794.
Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1836-40; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District,
1845-46.
Died June 13,
1863 (age 69 years, 93
days).
Interment at Jackson Cemetery.
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