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Platte County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Platte County


Index to Locations

  • Platte City Marshall Cemetery
  • Platte City Platte City Cemetery
  • Weston Graceland Cemetery


    Marshall Cemetery
    Platte City, Platte County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (1834-1916) — of Missouri. Born in Missouri, 1834. Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1888 (speaker); U.S. Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1889-93. Died in 1916 (age about 82 years). Interment at Marshall Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Platte City Cemetery
    Platte City, Platte County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      Guy Brasfield Park (1872-1946) — of Platte City, Platte County, Mo. Born in Platte City, Platte County, Mo., June 10, 1872. Son of Thomas Woodson Park and Margaret E. (Baxter) Park. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23; circuit judge in Missouri, 1922-32; Governor of Missouri, 1933-37. Disciples of Christ. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died October 1, 1946 (age 74 years, 113 days). Interment at Platte City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, November 16, 1909, to Eleanora Gabbert.
      See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
      Elijah Hise Norton (1821-1914) — of Missouri. Born in Kentucky, 1821. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1861-63; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1875. Died in 1914 (age about 93 years). Interment at Platte City Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Francis M. Wilson — of Missouri. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1913-20. Interment at Platte City Cemetery.


    Graceland Cemetery
    Weston, Platte County, Missouri
    Politicians buried here:
      William Raleigh Hull, Jr. (1906-1977) — also known as Bill Hull — of Weston, Platte County, Mo. Born in Weston, Platte County, Mo., April 17, 1906. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1955-73. Christian. Member, Elks. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., August 15, 1977 (age 71 years, 120 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier


     

     


     
       
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