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Poplar Bluff CityCemetery Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Willis H. Meredith (1875-1957) — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born in Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa,November29, 1875.Democrat. Candidate forMissouristate attorney general, 1920; candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 1926; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Butler County, 1931-34;defeated, 1934, 1940.Died in Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,August8, 1957 (age81 years, 252days).Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery. | | James Robert Hogg (1863-1934) — also known asJim Hogg — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born inJenningsCounty, Ind.,January4, 1863.Republican.Farmer;meatmerchant;distilleryowner; produced Jim Hogg'sCornWhiskey;ButlerCounty Sheriff, 1892-96, 1902-06, 1920-24;mayorof Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1897-99.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Redmen.Fell into the Black River, anddrowned,in Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,July 12,1934 (age71 years, 189days).Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Marion Hogg and Mary Belle (Winslow) Hogg; married,September5, 1880, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; divorced); married,December13, 1884, to Susan S. 'Susie' Klutts; married,November19, 1887, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; died); married,December7, 1889, to Clara Catherine Smith; married,August14, 1914, to Naoma Ruth Hawas. | | |  | Epitaph: "Peace be thy silentslumber." | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ed Lee Abington (1867-1955) — also known asEd L. Abington — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born inSt. CharlesCounty, Mo.,July 17,1867.Democrat.Banker;mayorof Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1902; Democratic Presidential Elector forMissouri,1940(elected on behalf ofFranklinD. Roosevelt andHenryA. Wallace; did not serve).Died, from astroke,in Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,February22, 1955 (age87 years, 220days).Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery. | | Carl Cassins Abington (1887-1933) — also known asCarl C. Abington — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born inRipleyCounty, Mo.,March15, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofButler County Democratic Party, 1916.Died in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,April27, 1933 (age46 years, 43days).Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery. | | Clare Abington (1893-1959) — also known asClare Curry — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,October2, 1893.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1940.Female.Died in Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,August26, 1959 (age65 years, 328days).Interment at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery.
WoodlawnCemetery Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Dwight H. Brown (1887-1944) — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born in Benton,ScottCounty, Mo.,January12, 1887.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate senate 21st District, 1925-28;secretaryof state of Missouri, 1933-44; defeated, 1928; died in office1944.Died, fromacutenephritis, in BrandonHospital,Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,May 8,1944 (age57 years, 117days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof William E. Brown and Anna (Colbert) Brown. |
| | Edward Edwin Whitworth (1879-1952) — also known asE. E. Whitworth — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born inRipleyCounty, Mo.,June 10,1879.Republican.Chair ofButler County Republican Party, 1916, 1949.Died in Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,September6, 1952 (age73 years, 88days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.  | Francis Millington Kinder (1883-1967) — also known asFrancis M. Kinder — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born in Buchanan,BollingerCounty, Mo.,January8, 1883.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Butler County, 1917-18.Died, following astroke,in Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,January17, 1967 (age84 years, 9days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Millington Newton 'Mitt' Kinder and Magaret Jane (Dickson) Kinder;married,July 17,1912, to Myrtle Moore. | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | |  | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | Mabel T. Abington (1891-1984) — also known asMabel Tierney — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born in Kentucky,March 5,1891.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1948,1952.Female.Died in Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,March15, 1984 (age93 years, 10days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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