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Lincoln County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Lincoln County

Index to Locations Sand Run Cemetery Private or family graveyards ElsberryElsberry City Cemetery ElsberryStar Hope Cemetery Near ElsberryBryants Creek PioneerCemetery TroyTroy Cemetery Sand RunCemetery Lincoln County, Missouri David Dalton Dyer (1791-1844) — Born inHenryCounty, Va.,May 21,1791.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1832.Died inLincolnCounty, Mo.,October8, 1844 (age53 years, 140days).Interment at Sand Run Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof George Dyer and Rachel (Dalton) Dyer; brother ofBenjaminDyer; married to Nancy Reiger Salmon; father ofDavidPatterson Dyer; uncle ofBenjaminF. Dyer Jr..   Political family:Dyerfamily of Henry County, Virginia.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Clarence Andrew Cannon (1879-1964) — also known asClarence Cannon — of Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.; Elsberry,LincolnCounty, Mo.Born in Elsberry,LincolnCounty, Mo.,April11, 1879.Democrat.Collegeprofessor;lawyer;farmer;U.S.Representative from Missouri, 1923-64 (9th District 1923-33,at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-64); died in office 1964;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1928;Parliamentarian,1944,1948.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 12,1964 (age85 years, 31days).Interment at Elsberry City Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John Randolph Cannon and Ida Glovina (Whiteside) Cannon; married,August30, 1906, to Ida Dawson Wigginton.
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Josiah Whiteside (1853-1933) — of Foley,LincolnCounty, Mo.Born in Whiteside,LincolnCounty, Mo.,May 25,1853.Democrat.Farmer;justice of the peace; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1915-18.Died in Hannibal,MarionCounty, Mo.,May 14,1933 (age79 years, 354days).Interment at Star Hope Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof William D. Whiteside and Eliza Ann (Robertson) Whiteside; married,January5, 1875, to Susan E. Park; married,May 31,1897, to Odessa Knox.
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		Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917

Philip Sitton (b. 1774) — ofLincolnCounty, Mo.Born in North Carolina,March 7,1774.Member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1822.Died inLincolnCounty, Mo.Interment at Bryants Creek Pioneer Cemetery.

Richard Henry Norton (1849-1918) — also known asRichard H. Norton — of Missouri. Born in Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.,November6, 1849.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1889-93.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,March15, 1918 (age68 years, 129days).Interment at Troy Cemetery.

Edgar Bailey Woolfolk (1865-1956) — also known asEdgar B. Woolfolk — of Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.Born in Flint Hill,St. CharlesCounty, Mo.,November22, 1865.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1899-1902;circuit judge in Missouri 35th Circuit, 1912-43.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.,January2, 1956 (age90 years, 41days).Interment at Troy Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Richard Allen Woolfolk and Mary Elizabeth (Allen) Woolfolk;married,November25, 1891, to Mary Norton; first cousin ofElliotWoolfolk Major; first cousin thrice removed ofZacharyTaylor; first cousin five times removed ofEdmundPendleton; second cousin twice removed ofColebyChew; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesMadison andWilliamTaylor Madison; second cousin four times removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,JohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr. andNathanielPendleton; second cousin five times removed ofPeytonRandolph; third cousin twice removed ofThomasLeonidas Crittenden; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed ofSt.Clair Ballard andLewisBallard.
		Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
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 Omer H. Avery (1900-1988) — of Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.Born in Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.,June 15,1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;chair ofLincoln County Democratic Party, 1926-30;LincolnCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-34, 1940-42, 1946-48; major inthe U.S. Army during World War II; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Lincoln County; elected 1950;member ofMissouristate senate 21st District; elected unopposed 1956, 1960; elected1964, 1968.Methodist.Member,SigmaNu;PhiAlpha Delta.Died in Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.,September3, 1988 (age88 years, 80days).Interment at Troy Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofOmerH. Avery (born c.1855) and Kate (Jefferson) Avery; married toMary Brandon Johnson.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

 Thomas G. Hutt (1817-1892) — of Troy,LincolnCounty, Mo.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,May 21,1817.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1870-72; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Missouri,1876;member ofMissouristate senate 11th District, 1881-84.Member,Freemasons.Died in Cleburne,JohnsonCounty, Tex.,September5, 1892 (age75 years, 107days).Interment at Troy Cemetery.

	Epitaph: "Thereis light beyond."
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