Mount Mora Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri. Among those who are buried in the cemetery are three governors, a U.S. senator, soldiers from both sides in the American Civil War and riders of the Pony Express.[2] In October 2006, several headstones including that of Missouri governor Silas Woodson were damaged by vandals.
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2006.[1]
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Notable interments
- Daniel Dee Burnes (1851–1899) – US Representative
- James N. Burnes (1827–1889) – US Representative
- James Craig (1818–1888) – Civil War general and US Representative
- Willard Preble Hall (1820-1882) – Governor of Missouri
- Benjamin F. Loan (1819–1881) – US Representative and Union general
- William Ridenbaugh (1821–1874) – St. Joseph Gazette founder
- Robert Marcellus Stewart (1815–1871) – Governor of Missouri
- M. Jeff Thompson (1826–1876) – Confederate general known as the "Swamp Fox"
- Robert Wilson (1803–1870) – US Senator
- Sir William Wiseman (1814–1874) – British Rear Admiral
- Silas Woodson (1819–1896) – Governor of Missouri
- Huston Wyeth (1863–1925) – industrialist
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Barbara Turner (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Mora Cemetery" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
External links
- Mount Mora Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Mora Cemetery
- St. Joe arts profile
- Tours
- Political graveyard history
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