The Political Graveyard: Cass County, Mo.

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Cass County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cass County

Index to Locations

Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Sherman Township Lost Creek Cemetery

Belton Cemetery
Belton, Cass County, Missouri

Politicians buried here:
	Temple Forrest (1891-1960) — of Belton, Cass County, Mo.; Harrisonville, Cass County, Mo. Born in Forest Green, Chariton County, Mo., August 16, 1891. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Cass County Sheriff, 1948. Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Died in 1960 (age about 68 years). Interment at Belton Cemetery.
	William Allen Holloway (1897-1966) — also known as W. A. Holloway — of Harrisonville, Cass County, Mo. Born in 1897. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1944. Died in 1966 (age about 69 years). Interment at Belton Cemetery.

Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri

Politicians buried here:
	Hiram Bledsoe (1832-1906) — of Missouri. Born in Kentucky, 1832. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri state senate. Died in 1906 (age about 74 years). Interment at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Lost Creek Cemetery
Sherman Township, Cass County, Missouri

Politicians buried here:
	Joseph H. Page (1835-1896) — of Cass County, Mo. Born in Henry County, Mo., February 3, 1835. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1874; candidate for Missouri state house of representatives, 1883. Died in 1896 (age about 61 years). Interment at Lost Creek Cemetery.

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