The Political Graveyard: Dunklin County, Mo.

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Dunklin County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Dunklin County

Index to Locations

Woodlawn Cemetery
Campbell, Dunklin County, Missouri

Politicians buried here:

Charles Augustus Crow (1873-1938) — also known as Charles A. Crow — of Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Mo. Born near Sikeston, Scott County, Mo., March 31, 1873. Republican. U.S. Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1909-11. Died in Campbell, Dunklin County, Mo., March 20, 1938 (age 64 years, 354 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Oak Ridge Cemetery
Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri

Politicians buried here:

John Montgomery Dalton (1900-1972) — also known as John M. Dalton — of Dunklin County, Mo. Born in Vernon County, Mo., November 9, 1900. Democrat. Missouri state attorney general, 1953-61; Governor of Missouri, 1961-65. Presbyterian. Member, Lions; Freemasons. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., July 7, 1972 (age 71 years, 241 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

		Relatives: Brother of Sidna Poage Dalton.
		See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier

Orville Zimmerman (1880-1948) — of Kennett, Dunklin County, Mo. Born near Glenallen, Bollinger County, Mo., December 31, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1935-48; died in office 1948. Methodist. Member, Lions; American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., April 7, 1948 (age 67 years, 98 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married 1919 to Adah G. Hemphill.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Paul Caruthers Jones (1901-1981) — also known as Paul C. Jones — of Kennett, Dunklin County, Mo. Born in Kennett, Dunklin County, Mo., March 12, 1901. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; radio station manager; mayor of Kennett, Mo., 1933; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1935-37; member of Missouri state senate 21st District, 1937-44; U.S. Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1948-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Lions; Pi Kappa Alpha; Alpha Delta Sigma. Died February 10, 1981 (age 79 years, 335 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, August 2, 1923, to Ethel Rockholt.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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