- Columbia Cemetery (Columbia, Missouri)
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Columbia Cemetery
Location: Columbia, Missouri Coordinates: 38°56′56″N 92°20′13″W / 38.94889°N 92.33694°WCoordinates: 38°56′56″N 92°20′13″W / 38.94889°N 92.33694°W Built: 1858 Architect: Major, Horace F., Architectural style: Romanesque, Other Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 06001335
[1]Added to NRHP: February 1, 2007 The Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri has been in use as a cemetery since 1820.[2] The cemetery historically contains Caucasian, African-American, and Jewish sections. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Notable interments
- Philemon Bliss - Politician, Chief Justice, Educator
- John William "Blind" Boone - Musician
- Jane Froman - Actress and Singer
- Odon Guitar - Soldier
- William Wilson Hudson[3] - Third president of the University of Missouri
- Richard Henry Jesse[3] - Eighth president of the University of Missouri
- John Carleton Jones[3] - Tenth president of the University of Missouri
- John Hiram Lathrop[3] - First president of the University of Missouri
- Frederick Middlebush[3] - Thirteenth president of the University of Missouri
- William Lester Nelson - Politician
- James S. Rollins - Politician and Lawyer
- Max Schwabe - Politician
- James Shannon - Academic
- Willard Duncan Vandiver - Politician
- Edwin Moss Watson - Newspaper Editor
- Abraham J. Williams - Politician
- Walter Williams[3] - founder of the Missouri School of Journalism and twelfth president of the University of Missouri
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Columbia Cemetery Association - History
- ^ a b c d e f Mautino, Nicole (04/15/2008). "Spirits of Mizzou". University Archives muarchives.missouri.edu/. http://muarchives.missouri.edu/exh_mu_cemetery.html. Retrieved 11/05/2009.
External links
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Categories:- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Buildings and structures in Columbia, Missouri
- Cemeteries in Missouri
- Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs
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