Mount Mora Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in

St. Joseph, Missouri St. Joseph is a city in and county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri, Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. A small portion of the city extends north into Andrew County, Missouri, Andrew County. Located on the Missouri River, it is the princ ...

. Among those who are buried in the cemetery are three governors, a U.S. senator, soldiers from both sides in the

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and riders of the

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. In October 2006, several headstones including that of Missouri governor Silas Woodson were damaged by vandals. The cemetery was added to the

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in July 2006.

Notable interments

* Daniel Dee Burnes (1851–1899) – US Representative *

James N. Burnes James Nelson Burnes (August 22, 1827 – January 23, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Marion County, Indiana, Burnes moved with his parents to Platte County, Missouri, in 1837. He attended the common schools. He graduate ...

(1827–1889) – US Representative *

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(1818–1888) – Civil War general and US Representative *

Willard Preble Hall William Willard Preble Hall (May 9, 1820November 2, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 17th Governor of Missouri from 1864 to 1865 during the last years of the American Civil War. Early years Hall was born in Harpers ...

(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 Silas Woodson (May 18, 1819October 9, 1896) was the List of governors of Missouri, 21st Governor of Missouri between January 3, 1873, and January 12, 1875. He was notable for being the first United States Democratic Party, Democrat elected to tha ...

(1819–1896) – Governor of Missouri * Huston Wyeth (1863–1925) – industrialist

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