The Political Graveyard: Macon County, Mo.

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Macon County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Macon County

Index to Locations

College Mound Unknown location

College Mound College Mound Cemetery

Macon Oakwood Cemetery

Unknown Location
College Mound, Macon County,

College Mound Cemetery
College Mound, Macon County, Missouri

Politicians buried here:

John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) — also known as John P. Brooks — of Galesburg, Knox County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill.; Sangamon County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon County, Mo. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 24, 1826. Son of Samuel S. Brooks (newspaper editor). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65. Methodist; later Pentecostal. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., June 16, 1915 (age 88 years, 327 days). Interment at College Mound Cemetery.

Relatives: Married 1852 to Mary Ann Bray (1833-1903).

Oakwood Cemetery
Macon, Macon County, Missouri

Politicians buried here:

Milton Andrew Romjue (1874-1968) — also known as Milton A. Romjue — of Macon, Macon County, Mo. Born in Love Lake, Macon County, Mo., December 5, 1874. Son of Andrew Jackson Romjue and Susan E. (Roan) Romjue. Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Missouri, 1907-15; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1917-21, 1923-43 (1st District 1917-21, 1923-33, at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-43); defeated, 1920, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen; Knights of Pythias. Died in Macon, Macon County, Mo., January 23, 1968 (age 93 years, 49 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, July 11, 1900, to Maude Nickell Thompson.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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