The Political Graveyard: Pettis County, Mo.

PoliticalGraveyard.com

Pettis County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pettis County

Index to Locations

Longwood Cemetery
Longwood, Pettis County, Missouri

Politicians buried here:

Richard Nathaniel Lower (1850-1933) — also known as R. N. Lower — of Longwood Township, Pettis County, Mo. Born in Oldham County, Ky., January 15, 1850. Son of George Lower and Margaret Lower (c.1818-1865). Farmer; banker; member of Missouri state senate 15th District, 1925-28. Presbyterian. Member, Woodmen; Ancient Order of United Workmen. Struck by a train and killed, at the Missouri Pacific railroad station, in Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo., March 29, 1933 (age 83 years, 73 days). Interment at Longwood Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of George Lower and Margaret Lower (c.1818-1865); married to Nancy Margaret Godby (1856-1890); married, June 15, 1892, to Anna Jane McChesney (1866-1943); brother-in-law of Fred MacChesney (nephew by marriage of James Peter Walker).

Crown Hill Cemetery
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri

Politicians buried here:

John Taddeus Heard (1840-1927) — also known as John T. Heard — of Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo. Born in Georgetown, Pettis County, Mo., October 29, 1840. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1872; member of Missouri state senate, 1880; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1885-95 (6th District 1885-93, 7th District 1893-95). Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 27, 1927 (age 86 years, 90 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

John William Palmer (1866-1958) — also known as John W. Palmer — of Climax Springs, Camden County, Mo.; Linn Creek, Camden County, Mo.; Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo. Born in Camden County, Mo., August 20, 1866. Republican. Physician; lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1898-1902; candidate for Missouri state senate, 1904; Camden County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-15; U.S. Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1929-31; defeated, 1930. Died in Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo., November 3, 1958 (age 92 years, 75 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 234,420 politicians, living and dead.

	The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, and members of major federal commissions; and (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions.
	The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
	Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.
	The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-buried.html.
	Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.
	If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.
	More information: FAQ; privacy policy; cemetery links.
	If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard, or if you have information to share, please see the biographical checklist and submission guidelines.
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDL. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on May 12, 2012.
Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2011 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.