Howard County
Missouri
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Howard County
Missouri
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Howard County
Index to Locations UnknownLocation Fayette, Howard County, Missouri
AshlandCemetery Fayette, Howard County, Missouri
Fayette CityCemetery Fayette, Howard County, Missouri See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  John Bullock Clark (1802-1885) — also known asJohn B. Clark — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,April17, 1802.Democrat.Lawyer;HowardCounty Court Clerk, 1824-34; colonel in the U.S. Army during theBlack Hawk War; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1850-51;U.S.Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1857-61; expelled1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1860;expelledfrom Congress in July 1861 for havingtakenup arms against the union;Delegatefrom Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;Representativefrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Slaveowner. Died in Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.,October29, 1885 (age83 years, 195days).Interment at Fayette City Cemetery.
| Samuel Collier Major (1840-1894) — also known asSamuel C. Major — ofHowardCounty, Mo.BornNovember24, 1840.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate senate, 1877-80, 1889-92 (7th District 1877-80, 9thDistrict 1889-92); member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Howard County; elected 1880.DiedApril12, 1894 (age53 years, 139days).Interment at Fayette City Cemetery.
| David Bagby Jr. (1886-1924) — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born in Roanoke,HowardCounty, Mo.,October19, 1886.Democrat.Lawyer;HowardCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-16; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Howard County, 1921-22;member ofMissouristate senate 14th District, 1923-24; died in office 1924.Killed in anautomobileaccident, when the car in which he was riding, skidded andoverturned down an embankment, near Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.,December19, 1924 (age38 years, 61days).Interment at Fayette City Cemetery.
Walnut RidgeCemetery Fayette, Howard County, Missouri
| Isaac Thomas St. Clair (1876-1950) — also known asI. T. St. Clair — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born near Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.,March13, 1876.Democrat.Schoolteacher;banker;chair ofHoward County Democratic Party, 1904-08;HowardCounty Court Clerk, 1915-23; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Howard County, 1923-26.Member,Freemasons.Died in Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.,April 2,1950 (age74 years, 20days).Interment at Walnut Ridge Cemetery.
WashingtonCemetery Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri
| Henry Clay Cockerill (1831-1910) — also known asH. Clay Cockerill — ofHowardCounty, Mo.Born in Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.,December5, 1831.Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Howard County; elected 1866.Died in Nevada,VernonCounty, Mo.,December3, 1910 (age78 years, 363days).Interment at Washington Cemetery.
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