Jefferson County
Missouri
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Jefferson County
Missouri
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Jefferson County
Index to Locations Rose LawnMemorial Gardens 1101 Missouri Avenue Crystal City, Jefferson County, Missouri Founded 1931 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
CityCemetery De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri
Woodlawn MemorialPark De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri
GamelCemetery Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri
Daniel DunklinGrave State Historic Site Herculaneum, Jefferson County, Missouri
HillsboroCemetery Hillsboro, Jefferson County, Missouri
|  Norvell William Emerson (1938-1996) — also known asBill Emerson — of De Soto,JeffersonCounty, Mo.; Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,January1, 1938.Republican.U.S.Representative from Missouri, 1981-96 (10th District 1981-83, 8thDistrict 1983-96); died in office 1996.Presbyterian.Died oflungcancer, atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 22,1996 (age58 years, 173days).Interment at Hillsboro Cemetery.
| Samuel Byrns (1848-1914) — ofJeffersonCounty, Mo.Born inJeffersonCounty, Mo.,March 4,1848.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1877-78;member ofMissouristate senate 26th District, 1879-82; member ofMissouriDemocratic State Central Committee, 1886-88;U.S.Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1891-93.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in De Soto,JeffersonCounty, Mo.,July 9,1914 (age66 years, 127days).Interment at Hillsboro Cemetery.
| Arthur T. Brewster (1876-1958) — of Ironton,IronCounty, Mo.; Pevely,JeffersonCounty, Mo.Born in Hillsboro,JeffersonCounty, Mo.,January30, 1876.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1918, 1920, 1922(primary); member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1941-42,1945-46.Died in Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,December23, 1958 (age82 years, 327days).Interment at Hillsboro Cemetery.
Sandy BaptistCemetery Near Pevely, Jefferson County, Missouri
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