Coontz, Robert E. b. June 11, 1864 d. January 26, 1935 United States Navy Admiral. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1885, served at the US Navy Department and on several ships in the Pacific during the Spanish-American War. From 1907 to 1909, he was a Lieutenant Commander Executive Officer on the battleship USS Nebraska. In late 1909, he was promoted Commander and appointed Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, serving until 1911. From 1912 to 1914, he was Governor of Guam, served as Captain of the battleship USS Georgia and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, USA
Douglass, Joe 'Indian Joe' b. 1821 d. September 29, 1923 Folk Figure. Found as an infant in an abandoned Indian camp by a man named Douglass who raised him. He denied that he was the 'Injun Joe' in Mark Twain's writings as he had always lived an honorable life. He was buried from A.M.E. Church. Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, USA
b. June 11, 1864 d. January 26, 1935