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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Clark County, Mo.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born near Staunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AG-born.html">Augusta County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/09-16.html">September 16, 1820</a>. Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 5th District, 1856-57. Slaveowner. Died in Alexandria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-died.html">Clark County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-25.html">December 25, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 100 days</a>). Interment at Mitchell Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000107">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403243">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Ashton Methodist Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Ashton, Clark County, Missouri <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Walter S. Alexander (1901-1980)</b> — of Ashton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Mo. Born in Kahoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-born.html">Clark County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-25.html">December 25, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">carpenter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Clark County, 1945-48. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/05-14.html">May 14, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at Ashton Methodist Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/12-27.html">December 27, 1924</a>, to Elizabeth H. Gram.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/39350628">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07133">City Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hiram M. Hiller (d. 1895)</b> — of Kahoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Mo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/MO.html">1868</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/index.html">1895</a>. Interment at City Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Kahoka Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=218101&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas J. Daggs (1870-1956)</b> — of Kahoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Mo. Born in Luray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-born.html">Clark County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-10.html">October 10, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-officials.html">Clark County Treasurer</a>, 1912-20; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MO.html">Missouri Democratic State Committee</a>, 1920-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Clark County, 1925-26; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 12th District, 1933-34. Died in Kahoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-died.html">Clark County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/07-18.html">July 18, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at Kahoka Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Rodney Daggs and Sarah Josephine (Martin) Daggs; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/">1898</a> to Anna Cable Noe.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8014551">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James William McDermott (1866-1944)</b> — also known as <b>James W. McDermott</b> — of Kahoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Mo. Born near Kahoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-born.html">Clark County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/05-13.html">May 13, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">cattle breeder</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MO.html">1904</a>; mayor of Kahoka, Mo., 1913-14; president, National Shorthorn Breeders Association. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary thrombosis</a>, in Kahoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-died.html">Clark County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/07-04.html">July 4, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at Kahoka Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William McDermott and Louise McDermott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/12-01.html">December 1, 1896</a>, to Emma Stuart Callihan.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8036679">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Combs Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Luray, Clark County, Missouri <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Nathaniel Mosier (1888-1948)</b> — also known as <b>W. N. Mosier</b> — of Luray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Mo.; Kahoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Mo. Born in Luray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CK-born.html">Clark County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-16.html">January 16, 1888</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate loan business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Clark County, 1937-38, 1939-40; defeated, 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/12-12.html">December 12, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 331 days</a>). Interment at Combs Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Franklin Mosier and Willie Belle Mosier; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-14.html">February 14, 1914</a>, to Ronda M. 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