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Christian County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Christian County

Index to Locations BillingsRose Hill Cemetery SpartaSparta Odd Fellows Cemetery SpokaneSpokane Cemetery Rose HillCemetery Billings, Christian County, Missouri See alsoFindagravepage for this location.William P. Sullivan (1870-1925) — of Billings,ChristianCounty, Mo.Born in Wisconsin,June 3,1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Christian County, 1899-1900;member ofMissouristate senate 19th District, 1901-04; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Missouri,1908,1916.Convictedin 1905 ofacceptinga bribe while serving as State Senator, andfined$100.Died suddenly, fromheartfailure, in Billings,ChristianCounty, Mo.,April17, 1925 (age54 years, 318days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof John Sullivan and Angenette 'Nettie' (Glidden) Sullivan; marriedto Alice Virginia Reid.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Joseph Dallas Swiers (1876-1954) — also known asJ. Dal Swiers — of Sparta,ChristianCounty, Mo.; Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.Born in Freeman,CassCounty, Mo.,December29, 1876.Republican.Farmer;schoolteacher;lumberbusiness; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1907-08, 1913-14, 1923-24,1945-50 (Christian County 1907-08, 1913-14, 1923-24, Greene County1st District 1945-50).Methodist.Died inGreeneCounty, Mo.,July 24,1954 (age77 years, 207days).Interment at Sparta Odd Fellows Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Joseph S. Swiers and Rebecca (Clark) Swiers; married,March 3,1898, to Martha Jane 'Mattie' Adams.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Noel Cox (1911-1985) — of Spokane,ChristianCounty, Mo.; Ozark,ChristianCounty, Mo.Born in Spokane,ChristianCounty, Mo.,April 5,1911.Republican. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Christian County, 1945-50;member ofMissouristate senate 29th District; elected unopposed 1952; elected 1956;elected unopposed 1960, 1964, 1968; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1958.DiedOctober2, 1985 (age74 years, 180days).Interment at Spokane Cemetery.

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