Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site is a publicly owned property in Columbia,

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, maintained as a state

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by the

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. Among the notable persons buried in the

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, which holds the remains of more than 40 descendants of George A. Jewell, are Missouri governor

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and the educator William Jewell. The property became part of the state parks system in 1970.

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Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site
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