Mount Mora Cemetery
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American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
and riders of the Pony Express
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierra from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861...
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The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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in July 2006. In October 2006, several headstones including that of Missouri governor Silas Woodson were damaged by vandals.
Notable interments
- James Craig (Missouri)James Craig (Missouri)James Craig was an American lawyer and politician from Saint Joseph, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1857 until 1861. He also served as an army Captain in the Mexican-American War....
- Civil War general and congressman - Willard Preble HallWillard Preble HallWilliam Willard Preble Hall was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 17th Governor of Missouri from 1864 to 1865 during last years of the American Civil War.-Early years:...
- Missouri governor - William RidenbaughWilliam RidenbaughWilliam Fahnestock Ridenbaugh was a newspaper publisher who started the St. Joseph Gazette in St. Joseph, Missouri....
- St. Joseph Gazette founder - Robert M. Stewart - Missouri governor
- M. Jeff ThompsonM. Jeff ThompsonMeriwether Jeff Thompson was a brigadier general in the Missouri State Guard during the American Civil War. He served the Confederate Army as a cavalry commander, and had the unusual distinction of having a ship in the Confederate Navy named for him.-Early life:*Father: Meriwether Thompson b....
- Confederate general known as the "Swamp Fox" - Robert Wilson (Missouri)Robert Wilson (Missouri)Robert Wilson was a United States Senator from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Staunton, Virginia, he moved to Howard County, Missouri in 1820 and taught school. In 1825 he was probate judge of Howard County and was clerk of the circuit and county courts from 1829 to 1840...
- U.S. Senator - Silas WoodsonSilas WoodsonSilas Woodson was the 21st Governor of Missouri, United States, between January 8, 1873 and January 12, 1875. He was notable for being the first Democrat elected to that position since the Civil War. No Republican would reach the office for over 30 years after Woodson's election. He was born in ...
- Missouri governor