Mount Mora Cemetery Explained

Mount Mora Cemetery
Location:	824 Mount Mora Rd., St. Joseph, Missouri
Coordinates:	39.7758°N -94.8419°W
Architect:	Powell, W. Angelo; Noyes, John
Architecture:	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Added:	July 19, 2006
Refnum:	06000626

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.^[1] 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.

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

• List of Registered Historic Places in Missouri, Counties A-B#Buchanan County

External links

• • • St. Joe arts profile
• Tours
• Political graveyard history

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Mora Cemetery. 2016-09-01. Barbara Turner. January 2006. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.