Index to Locations CameronEvergreen CemeteryCameronGraceland CemeteryLathropLathrop CemeteryPlattsburgClinton County CourthouseGroundsPlattsburgGreenlawn Cemetery
EvergreenCemetery
Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Frank B. Klepper (1864-1933) — of Polo,CaldwellCounty, Mo.; Kingston,CaldwellCounty, Mo.; Cameron,ClintonCounty, Mo.Born in St. John,PutnamCounty, Mo.,June 22,1864.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;CaldwellCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1900-05;U.S.Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1905-07; defeated,1906;banker;ClintonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1916-20.Died in Cameron,ClintonCounty, Mo.,August4, 1933 (age69 years, 43days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
GracelandCemetery
Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Henry Franklin Lawrence (1868-1950) — also known asHenry F. Lawrence — of Cameron,ClintonCounty, Mo.Born near Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.,January31, 1868.Republican.Banker;U.S.Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated,1922, 1924, 1928, 1930; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Missouri,1924.DiedJanuary12, 1950 (age81 years, 346days).Interment at Graceland Cemetery. | | Melvin Lester Peters (1872-1951) — also known asM. L. Peters — of Cameron,ClintonCounty, Mo.Born in Pennsylvania,November9, 1872.Republican.Physician;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;chair ofClinton County Republican Party, 1928-30;mayorof Cameron, Mo.; elected 1930; candidate forMissouristate house of representatives from Clinton County, 1948.Methodist.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;AmericanLegion.Died in Cameron,ClintonCounty, Mo.,March 4,1951 (age78 years, 115days).Interment at Graceland Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth (Mulbarger) Peters and John A. Peters; married1900 to MinnieMae Longstreth; married1930 to GussieGerheart. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Ledgerwood (1897-1980) — of Cameron,ClintonCounty, Mo.Born in Nebraska,January9, 1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Clinton County, 1949-52.DiedMay 22,1980 (age83 years, 134days).Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
LathropCemetery
Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Pross Tid Cross (1876-1969) — also known asPross T. Cross — of Lathrop,ClintonCounty, Mo.Born inCaldwellCounty, Mo.,July 8,1876.Democrat.Farmer;lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Clinton County, 1905-10.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen.Suffered afall,fractured his pelvis, and died a week later, from apulmonaryembolism, in ResearchHospital,Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,October1, 1969 (age93 years, 85days).Interment at Lathrop Cemetery. | | Kipp D. Cross (1874-1950) — of Savannah,AndrewCounty, Mo.; St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.Born inCaldwellCounty, Mo.,September19, 1874.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri,1936(voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andJohnNance Garner); candidate forMissouristate house of representatives from Andrew County, 1946.Died, fromcoloncancer, in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,October21, 1950 (age76 years, 32days).Interment at Lathrop Cemetery. | | Adam Carl Breckenridge (1892-1976) — also known asCarl Breckenridge — of Turney,ClintonCounty, Mo.Born in Turney,ClintonCounty, Mo.,June 13,1892.Democrat.Farmer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Clinton County, 1935-38.Died in Osawatomie,MiamiCounty, Kan., May,1976(age83years, 0 days).Interment at Lathrop Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jefferson Davis Breckenridge and Minnie Estella (McWilliams)Breckenridge; married,June 25,1913, to Mabel Ruth Sheldon. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Gerald Cross (1898-1987) — of Lathrop,ClintonCounty, Mo.Born inClintonCounty, Mo.,January20, 1898.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofClinton County Democratic Party, 1939-49, 1963.Died in Lathrop,ClintonCounty, Mo.,1987(ageabout89 years).Interment at Lathrop Cemetery.
Clinton CountyCourthouse Grounds
Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) — also known asDavid R. Atchison — of Plattsburg,ClintonCounty, Mo.; Platte City,PlatteCounty, Mo.Born in Frogtown,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August11, 1807.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge inMissouri, 1841;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa FeRailroad.Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, becausePresidentZacharyTaylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.Slaveowner. Died near Gower,ClintonCounty, Mo.,January26, 1886 (age78 years, 168days).Interment atGreenlawn Cemetery; statue atClinton County Courthouse Grounds.
GreenlawnCemetery
Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) — also known asDavid R. Atchison — of Plattsburg,ClintonCounty, Mo.; Platte City,PlatteCounty, Mo.Born in Frogtown,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August11, 1807.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge inMissouri, 1841;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa FeRailroad.Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, becausePresidentZacharyTaylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.Slaveowner. Died near Gower,ClintonCounty, Mo.,January26, 1886 (age78 years, 168days).Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery; statue atClinton County Courthouse Grounds. | | Philip M. Steckman (1865-1944) — of Plattsburg,ClintonCounty, Mo.Born in Illinois,July 21,1865.Democrat.Physician;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1900.Member,OddFellows;Woodmen.Died in ahospitalat St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,November11, 1944 (age79 years, 113days).Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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