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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Saline 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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Olive Cemetery</a> <li><b>Marshall</b> <a href="cms01539">Ridge Park Cemetery</a> <li><b>Slater</b> <a href=" ">Slater City Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04700">Old Cambridge Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Saline 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>Benjamin Chambers (1764-1850)</b> — of Indiana. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/index.html">1764</a>. Common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1803-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/trcn.html">member Indiana territorial council</a>, 1805. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/index.html">1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</a>). Interment at Old Cambridge Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05189">Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site</a></b></span><br> Near Arrow Rock, Saline 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>Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806-1862)</b> — of Arrow Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FE-born.html">Fleming County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/04-04.html">April 4, 1806</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1836, 1842-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Missouri State House of Representatives</a>, 1844; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 10th District, 1845-46; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1848-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1861. Died in Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-died.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-06.html">December 6, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 246 days</a>). Interment at Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site. <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 Dempsey Carroll Jackson and Mary (Pickett) Jackson; brother-in-law of Lavinia Sappington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marling-marschner.html#124.28.22">Meredith Miles Marmaduke</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/02-17.html">February 17, 1831</a>, to Jane Breathitt Sappington (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brayman-breckenridge.html#264.01.17">John Breathitt</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marling-marschner.html#078.39.23">John Sappington Marmaduke</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brayman-breckenridge.html#204.33.38">James Breathitt</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/09-12.html">September 12, 1833</a>, to Louisa Catherine Sappington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/11-27.html">November 27, 1838</a>, to Eliza Whitsett Sappington; step-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearson.html#872.19.28">Erasmus L. Pearson</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#755.40.63">Hancock Lee Jackson</a>.</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>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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://www.nga.org/governor/claiborne-fox-jackson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claiborne Fox Jackson">Wikipedia article</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>Meredith Miles Marmaduke (1791-1864)</b> — also known as <b>Meredith M. Marmaduke</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/08-25.html">August 25, 1791</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1840-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1844; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 26th District, 1845-46. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/03-26.html">March 26, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site. <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 Vincent Marmaduke and Sarah (Porter) Marmaduke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/01-24.html">January 24, 1826</a>, to Lavinia Sappington (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson2.html#582.14.45">Claiborne Fox Jackson</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brayman-breckenridge.html#264.01.17">John Breathitt</a>; grandaunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearson.html#872.19.28">Erasmus L. Pearson</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#751.58.49">Isaac Breathed Snodgrass</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marling-marschner.html#078.39.23">John Sappington Marmaduke</a>.</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>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0195.html">Henshaw-Breathitt-Snodgrass-Sappington family</a> of West Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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://www.nga.org/governor/meredith-miles-marmaduke/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03162">Mt. Olive Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Marshall, Saline 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>John Gaines Miller (1812-1856)</b> — also known as <b>John G. Miller</b> — of Boonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-lived.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-born.html">Boyle County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/11-29.html">November 29, 1812</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Cooper County, 1840-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1851-56 (3rd District 1851-53, 5th District 1853-56); died in office 1856. Slaveowner. Died near Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-died.html">Saline County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-11.html">May 11, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Olive Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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 Gen. William H. Miller and Elizabeth (Gaines) Miller; married to Margaret McClung Williams (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#337.00.19">Thomas Lanier Williams</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams7.html#783.93.54">Robert Overton Williams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#289.58.44">John Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams6.html#102.18.25">Lewis Williams</a>).</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0013.html">Williams family</a> of North Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000741">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407719">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7278722">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01539">Ridge Park Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Marshall, Saline County, Missouri <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=31122&">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>William Barclay Napton (1808-1883)</b> — also known as <b>William B. Napton</b> — of Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born in Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/05-23.html">May 23, 1808</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1834; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">Missouri state attorney general</a>, 1836-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Missouri state supreme court</a>, 1839-51, 1857-61, 1873-80; appointed 1839; defeated, 1851. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-died.html">Saline County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-08.html">January 8, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at Ridge Park 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 John Napton and Susan Barclay (Hight) Napton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/03-27.html">March 27, 1836</a>, to Melinda Williams (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#337.00.19">Thomas Lanier Williams</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams7.html#783.93.54">Robert Overton Williams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#289.58.44">John Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams6.html#102.18.25">Lewis Williams</a>).</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>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0013.html">Williams family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Barclay Napton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74567904">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 Cooney (1848-1904)</b> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-28.html">July 28, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1897-1903. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-died.html">Saline County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/11-16.html">November 16, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at Ridge Park 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=C000744">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402865">Govtrack.us page</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>Robert Davis Johnson (1883-1961)</b> — also known as <b>Robert D. Johnson</b> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born near Slater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-born.html">Saline County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-12.html">August 12, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-officials.html">Saline County Circuit Court Clerk</a>, 1915-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-officials.html">Saline County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1924-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1931-33; candidate for circuit judge in Missouri 15th Circuit, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died in Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-died.html">Saline County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/10-23.html">October 23, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at Ridge Park 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 Harvey Johnson and Sarah Jane (Davis) Johnson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/01-18.html">January 18, 1905</a>, to Frances F. Speck.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000171">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406068">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Davis Johnson">Wikipedia article</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>Hampden Hyatt Shepperd (1840-1910)</b> — also known as <b>Hampden H. Shepperd</b> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo.; Littleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo. Born in Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-born.html">Howard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/06-12.html">June 12, 1840</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway passenger agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/littleton.html">mayor of Littleton, Colo.</a>, 1892-93, 1895-96, 1898-1901, 1906-08. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/06-01.html">June 1, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at Ridge Park 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/1865/05-23.html">May 23, 1865</a>, to M. Louisa Dunica.</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/11679251">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>William Henry Black (1854-1930)</b> — also known as <b>William H. Black</b> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born in Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/03-19.html">March 19, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Missouri Valley College, 1890-1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1922-23. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/06-22.html">June 22, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at Ridge Park 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 Rev. Felix Grundy Black and Lydia Catherine (Frederick) Black; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/">1879</a> to Mary Ella Henderson.</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/77406064">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>John Leslie Jones (1889-1961)</b> — also known as <b>J. Leslie Jones</b> — of Blackburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-born.html">Saline County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/11-12.html">November 12, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/veterinarian.html">Veterinarian</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Saline County, 1933-36. Injured in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile accident</a>, and died a few days later, in Fitzgibbon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-died.html">Saline County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/11-17.html">November 17, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at Ridge Park 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 Oscar Jones and Effie Jane (McPherson) Jones; married to Marie Field.</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/77387088">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>Joshua F. Barbee (1874-1945)</b> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/09-23.html">September 23, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-officials.html">Saline County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1907-10; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Saline County, 1911-16. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/01-02.html">January 2, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 101 days</a>). Interment at Ridge Park 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://findagrave.com/memorial/77142847">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Slater City Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Slater, Saline 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>James Rodes Saltonstall (1825-1902)</b> — also known as <b>James R. Saltonstall</b> — of Slater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born near Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/01-28.html">January 28, 1825</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 15th District, 1885-88. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-16.html">January 16, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 353 days</a>). Interment at Slater City 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 Gurdon Flower Saltonstall and Mary Ragland (Thomson) Saltonstall; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#676.30.34">Gurdon Saltonstall (1708-1785)</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#067.45.90">Gurdon Saltonstall (1666-1724)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers9.html#301.73.51">Watson Merrick Rogers</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#776.61.94">Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#328.95.45">Leverett Saltonstall (1825-1895)</a>.</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>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0121.html">Saltonstall-Weeks family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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/92606995">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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