Alvord, Clarence Walworth b. May 21, 1868 d. January 27, 1928 International historian and author. Clarence Walworth Alvord studied at Williams College, the University of Berlin, and the University of Chicago before earning his PhD in 1908 from the University of Illinois, where he continued as a professor until 1920. During his time there, he became the founder of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, was the editor of a number of history periodicals, and was director of the Illinois Historical Survey, Illinois University. He left his position to...[Read More] (Bio by: K. Quentin Bremmer) Greenwood Cemetery, Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri, USA Plot: Section 34 Lot 3
Anderson, Thomas Lilbourne b. December 8, 1808 d. March 6, 1885 US Congressman. Elected to represent Missouri's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1857 to 1861. Also served as a Member of the Missouri State House of Representatives from 1840 to 1844, Candidate for Presidential Elector from Missouri in 1844, 1848, and 1852, and Delegate to the Missouri State Constitutional Convention in 1845. (Bio by: K) Greenwood Cemetery, Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri, USA
Lyle, James M. b. June 10, 1834 d. June 29, 1857 Probably the first states rights martyr, christian gentlemen, brillant lawyer, leader, officer, hero, and martyr to his convictions. Assasinated June 29, 1857, while in defense of constitutional and states rights, during the Kansas border trouble, prior to the war-between the states. Greenwood Cemetery, Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri, USA
Russell, William Hepburn b. January 31, 1812 d. September 10, 1872 Western Figure. Born in Burlington, Vermont, he was made manager in 1830, of the Western Missouri Steamboats in Lexington, conducting various trades on the Santa Fe trail, with the Army at Fort Leavenworth and Kansas Indian Reserves. In the 1850s, with partners Alexander Majors and William Waddell, Russell founded a freight company used for selling rifles, stores and agricultural implements seized from Free-State immigrants. In 1859, Russell went to Washington concerning a fast pony express...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Greenwood Cemetery, Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri, USA
b. May 21, 1868 d. January 27, 1928
b. December 8, 1808 d. March 6, 1885