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.
Mount Mora Cemetery | |
Location | 824 Mount Mora Rd., St. Joseph, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 39°46′33″N 94°50′31″W / 39.77583°N 94.84194°W |
Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
Architect | Powell, W. Angelo; Noyes, John |
Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 06000626[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 19, 2006 |
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2006.[1]
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
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