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Lewis County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lewis County


Index to Locations

  • Canton Forest Grove Cemetery
  • Canton Old Cemetery


    Forest Grove Cemetery
    Canton, Lewis County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      James Tilghman Lloyd (1857-1944) — also known as James T. Lloyd — of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Mo. Born in Canton, Lewis County, Mo., August 28, 1857. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1897-1917. Injured in an automobile accident, and subsequently died as a result, in a nursing home at Quincy, Adams County, Ill., April 3, 1944 (age 86 years, 219 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Jesse W. Barrett (1884-1953) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Canton, Lewis County, Mo., March 17, 1884. Son of Harry Hooven Barrett and Jeanette Amelia (Bushman) Barrett. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of Missouri Republican Party, 1919; Missouri state attorney general, 1921-25; candidate for nomination for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1922; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1936. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Newcomen Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi Sigma Kappa. Suffered a heart attack, and was dead on arrival at St. Louis City Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., November 12, 1953 (age 69 years, 240 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Harry Hooven Barrett and Jeanette Amelia (Bushman) Barrett; married, June 19, 1912, to Ethelyn Louthan (died 1913); married, February 21, 1925, to Mary Louise Church.
      Frank Crenshaw Millspaugh (1872-1947) — also known as Frank C. Millspaugh — of Canton, Lewis County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo.; Jasper County, Mo. Born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Ill., January 14, 1872. Republican. Banker; U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922; county judge in Missouri, 1942-47. Died in Joplin, Jasper County, Mo., July 8, 1947 (age 75 years, 175 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Gorrall Blair (1825-1904) — also known as James G. Blair — of Monticello, Lewis County, Mo.; Canton, Lewis County, Mo. Born near Blairville (unknown county), Ky., January 1, 1825. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1871-73. Died in Monticello, Lewis County, Mo., March 1, 1904 (age 79 years, 60 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Old Cemetery
    Canton, Lewis County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      James Stephen Green (1817-1870) — also known as James S. Green — of Canton, Lewis County, Mo. Born near Rectortown, Fauquier County, Va., February 28, 1817. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 4th District, 1845-46; U.S. Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to New Grenada, 1853-54; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1857-61. Died in St. Louis, Mo., January 19, 1870 (age 52 years, 325 days). Interment at Old Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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