Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is a city in Missouri, United States. It was founded in 1821 as the county seat of Boone County, Missouri, Boone County and had a population of 126,254 as recorded in the 2020 United States census, making it the List of cities in Misso ...
has been in use as a
cemetery
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White
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African-American
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Jewish
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(Beth Olem Cemetery, Beth Shalom Cemetery) sections. Located in the cemetery are a vernacular stone receiving vault (1887), and a
Romanesque Revival
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style
mausoleum
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(1911).
Located on Broadway just west of Downtown Columbia, the cemetery contains many burials of prominent people associated with Missouri history, the University of Missouri, or the city of Columbia. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2007. It is still an operating cemetery with room for many more burials and celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2020.
Jane Froman
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Missouri Attorney General
The Office of the Missouri Attorney General was created in 1806 when Missouri was part of the Louisiana Territory. Missouri's first Constitution in 1820 provided for an appointed attorney general, but since the 1865 Constitution, the Attorney Ge ...
Albert Ross Hill
Albert Ross Hill (October 4, 1868 – May 6, 1943) was a Canadian-born American educator and ninth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He was also Commissioner of the European Division of the American Red Cross (1921â ...
– politician, university president
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William Wilson Hudson
William Wilson Hudson (1808-June 14, 1859) was an American educator and third President of the University of Missouri.
He was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1808 and graduated from Yale University with an A.B. in 1827 and an A.M. in 1830. ...
– Third president of the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...
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Richard Henry Jesse Richard Henry Jesse (May 1, 1853 – January 21, 1921) was an American educator and the eighth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He was born in Lancaster County, Virginia 1853 and attended the University of Virginia ...
– Eighth president of the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...
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John Carleton Jones
John Carleton Jones (July 30, 1856 – April 22, 1930) was an American educator and tenth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri; in recognition, he was initiated as an honorary member of Acacia Fraternity. Though he held th ...
– Tenth president of the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...
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John Hiram Lathrop
John Hiram Lathrop (January 22, 1799 – August 2, 1866) was an American educator during the early 19th century. He served as the first President of both the University of Missouri and the University of Wisconsin as well as president of Indian ...
– First president of the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...
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Frederick Middlebush Frederick Middlebush (October 15, 1890 – June 8, 1971) was an American educator and thirteenth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri from 1935 to 1954. His presidency was the longest term ever served at the University. ...
– Thirteenth president of the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...
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William Lester Nelson
William Lester Nelson (August 4, 1875 – December 31, 1946) was an American farmer and politician from Columbia, Missouri. He represented Missouri as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives for several terms: 1919–1921, 192 ...
Max Schwabe
Max Schwabe (December 6, 1905 – July 31, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the brother of George B. Schwabe.
Schwabe was born in Columbia, Missouri and attended the University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mi ...
Willard Duncan Vandiver
Willard Duncan Vandiver (March 30, 1854 – May 30, 1932) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Missouri. He is popularly credited with the authorship of the famous expression: "I'm from Missour ...
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Edwin Moss Watson
Edwin Moss Watson (1867–1937) was a newspaper editor and publisher in Columbia, Missouri.
Biography
He was born in Millersburg, a small town in Callaway County, Missouri, on November 29, 1867, the first son and second child of six of Dr. Berr ...
Edwin William Stephens
Edwin William Stephens or E. W. Stephens (1849–1931) was an American publisher, journalist, and prominent leader in civic and religious affairs from Columbia, Missouri. He founded the E.W. Stephens Publishing Company and published a former ...
File:Elmwood Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri on June 11th 2018.jpg, Elmwood Cemetery founded in 1914
File:Original Columbia Burying Grounds on June 11th 2018.jpg, Original Columbia Common Burying Grounds
File:Beth Olem Cemetery on June 11th 2018.jpg, Beth Olem Jewish cemetery founded in 1880
File:Columbia Cemetery after snow storm January 2019.jpg, January 2019 after over 16 inches of snow
File:Tombstone of Abraham J. Williams in June 2020.jpg, Tombstone of Abraham J. Williams, third governor of Missouri
File:Tombstone of James Sydney Rollins in June 2020.jpg, Tombstone of James S. Rollins
See also
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List of cemeteries in Boone County, Missouri
This is a list of cemeteries in Boone County, Missouri including the county seat of Columbia, Missouri, Columbia as well as the towns of Ashland, Missouri, Ashland, Centralia, Missouri, Centralia, Hallsville, Missouri, Hallsville, Sturgeon, Misso ...