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Chariton County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Chariton County

Index to Locations BrunswickDouglas Cemetery Chariton TownshipForest GreenCemetery KeytesvilleCity Cemetery Near RothvilleHutcheson Cemetery SalisburySalisbury Cemetery DouglasCemetery Brunswick, Chariton County, Missouri Caspar Wistar Bell (1819-1898) — of Missouri. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,February2, 1819.Delegatefrom Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Died in Brunswick,CharitonCounty, Mo.,October27, 1898 (age79 years, 267days).Interment at Douglas Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:   Forest GreenCemetery Chariton Township, Chariton County, Missouri Henry Clay Bentley (1904-1970) — also known asH. Clay Bentley — of Glasgow,HowardCounty, Mo.Born inCharitonCounty, Mo.,June 12,1904.Democrat.Farmer;mailcarrier; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Howard County, 1939-40.DiedMarch 8,1970 (age65 years, 269days).Interment at Forest Green Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Presumably namedfor:HenryClay   Relatives: Son of William FristoeBentley and Lalla Louise (Cockerill) Bentley; married,March 3,1924, to Hazel Estill; nephew ofHarryWirt Cockerill; grandson ofHenryClay Cockerill.   Political family:Cockerillfamily of Glasgow, Missouri.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

William Waller Rucker (1855-1936) — also known asWilliam W. Rucker — of Keytesville,CharitonCounty, Mo.Born near Covington,AlleghanyCounty, Va.,February1, 1855.Democrat.Lawyer;CharitonCounty Prosecuting Attorney; circuit judge in Missouri, 1892-98;U.S.Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1899-1923; defeated inprimary, 1922; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forMissouri,1928.Died in1936(ageabout81 years).Interment at City Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

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		Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917

John Bull (1803-1863) — of Missouri. Born in Virginia,1803.Physician;ordainedminister; Presidential Elector for Missouri,1828;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1833-35.Slaveowner. Died near Rothville,CharitonCounty, Mo., February,1863(ageabout59 years).Interment at Hutcheson Cemetery.

Roy McKittrick (1888-1961) — of Salisbury,CharitonCounty, Mo.Born in Guthridge Mills,CharitonCounty, Mo.,August24, 1888.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate senate 6th District, 1931-32;Missouristate attorney general, 1933-45; candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 1944; candidate for nomination forGovernor ofMissouri, 1948.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Died, in ahospitalat Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,January22, 1961 (age72 years, 151days).Interment at Salisbury Cemetery.

Pearl Sims Gehrig (1885-1973) — also known asPearl Gehrig;Pearl Sims — of Salisbury,CharitonCounty, Mo.Born inCharitonCounty, Mo.,October1, 1885.Republican.Schoolteacher;newspapercorrespondent;insuranceandrealestate business;chair ofChariton County Republican Party, 1928-48; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1930; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Missouri,1932;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri,1940(on behalf ofWendellL. Willkie andCharlesL. McNary).Female.Died, in the Chariton ManorNursingHome, Salisbury,CharitonCounty, Mo.,December25, 1973 (age88 years, 85days).Interment at Salisbury Cemetery.

	Relatives:Daughter of Joseph Woolery Sims and M. Savannah (Sterner) Sims;married to Richard Adam Gehrig.
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