Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsHoldenHolden CemeteryWarrensburgSunset Hill Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Johnson County, Missouri
HoldenCemetery Holden, Johnson County, Missouri
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Jefferson Halsey (1863-1951) — also known asThomas J. Halsey — of Holden,JohnsonCounty, Mo.Born in Dover,MorrisCounty, N.J.,May 4,1863.Republican.U.S.Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1929-31; defeated,1930.Died in Westfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,March17, 1951 (age87 years, 317days).Interment at Holden Cemetery.
Sunset HillCemetery 610 Colbern Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Francis Marion Cockrell (1834-1915) — also known asFrancis M. Cockrell — of Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.Born in Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,October1, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1875-1905; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1904;member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1905-10; alternate delegateto Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1912.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,December13, 1915 (age81 years, 73days).Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery. | | Ewing Cockrell (1874-1962) — of Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.Born in Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,May 28,1874.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 1926; circuit judge in Missouri 17thCircuit, 1927.DiedJanuary21, 1962 (age87 years, 238days).Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery. | | William E. Coleman (d. 1893) — ofSalineCounty, Mo.Missourisuperintendent of schools, 1883-90.DiedFebruary12, 1893.Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery. | | James W. Martin (1858-1941) — ofFranklinCounty, Mo.;JohnsonCounty, Mo.Born inErieCounty, Ohio,September28, 1858.Republican.Farmer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1889-90, 1893-96, 1921-22(Franklin County 1889-90, 1893-96, Johnson County 1921-22).Died in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,December28, 1941 (age83 years, 91days).Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery. | | Rush Green Leaming (1835-1921) — also known asRush G. Leaming — of Pleasant Hill,CassCounty, Mo.; Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.Born in LaPorte,LaPorteCounty, Ind.,July 26,1835.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Missouri,1868.Died in Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.,January3, 1921 (age85 years, 161days).Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery. | | James Isaac Anderson (1859-1937) — also known asJames I. Anderson — of Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.Born in Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,April 7,1859.Democrat.Physician;chairof Johnson County Democratic Party, 1903.Died in Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,February28, 1937 (age77 years, 327days).Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Harrison Anderson and Mary Aladeah (Davis) Anderson;married to Elizabeth Plumer. | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Rolla F. Wood (1888-1978) — of Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.Born in Curtis,FrontierCounty, Neb.,April20, 1888.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;collegeprofessor;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 17th District,1943-44.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.DiedMarch21, 1978 (age89 years, 335days).Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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