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Shannon County
Missouri

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Shannon County

Index to Locations Birch TreeOak Forest Cemetery EminenceChilton Cemetery EminenceMunsell Cemetery EminenceNew Eminence Cemetery Oak ForestCemetery Birch Tree, Shannon County, Missouri Lemuel Newland Searcy (1882-1944) — also known asL. N. Searcy — of Birch Tree,ShannonCounty, Mo.; Eminence,ShannonCounty, Mo.Born inAudrainCounty, Mo.,May 8,1882.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate senate 22nd District, 1927-30, 1935-42; defeated, 1942;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 22nd District,1943-44; died in office 1944; candidate forMissouristate attorney general, 1944.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows.Died, fromheartdisease, in Excelsior Springs,ClayCounty, Mo.,September25, 1944 (age62 years, 140days).Interment at Oak Forest Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Jefferson Beauregard Searcy and Arminta J. (Holloway) Searcy;brother ofRobertEmmett Searcy; married,June 3,1903, to Nancy Ann 'Nannie' Parker.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Commodore Perry Chilton (1844-1906) — also known asPerry Chilton — ofShannonCounty, Mo.BornDecember6, 1844.Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Shannon County, 1887-88,1893-94.DiedAugust17, 1906 (age61 years, 254days).Interment at Chilton Cemetery.

	Presumably namedfor:OliverHazard Perry
		Relatives: Son ofJoshuaChilton and Elizabeth (Chilton) Chilton; married to CynthiaEmmaline Freeman; double first cousin ofShadrachChilton; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnSmith; second cousin once removed ofThomasChilton andWilliamParish Chilton; third cousin once removed ofHoraceGeorge Chilton andArthurBounds Chilton; fourth cousin ofHowellCobb,HenryRootes Jackson andThomasReade Rootes Cobb; fourth cousin once removed ofAndrewJackson Cobb.
		Political families:Chilton#1 family;Chilton#2 family of Missouri (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
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Robert Emmett Searcy (1889-1954) — also known asRobert E. Searcy — of Eminence,ShannonCounty, Mo.Born inBooneCounty, Mo.,October22, 1889.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Shannon County, 1937-42,1945-46;chair ofShannon County Democratic Party, 1949.Died in Mountain View,HowellCounty, Mo.,January27, 1954 (age64 years, 97days).Interment at Munsell Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Jefferson Beauregard Searcy and Arminta J. (Holloway) Searcy;brother ofLemuelNewland Searcy; married to Anna Kathryn Woodward.
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David Lee Bales (1873-1952) — also known asDavid L. Bales — of Eminence,ShannonCounty, Mo.Born near Bloomfield,DavisCounty, Iowa,April14, 1873.Democrat.Printer;merchant;farmer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Shannon County, 1917-30;member ofMissouristate senate 22nd District, 1931-34; candidate fordelegateto Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Eminence,ShannonCounty, Mo.,October31, 1952 (age79 years, 200days).Interment at New Eminence Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Married,July 2,1893, to May Estella Powell.
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		Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917

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