Columbia Cemetery (Columbia, Missouri)

Columbia Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates	38°56′56″N 92°20′13″W / 38.94889°N 92.33694°WCoordinates: 38°56′56″N 92°20′13″W / 38.94889°N 92.33694°W
Built	1858
Architect	Major, Horace F.,
Architectural style	Romanesque, Other
NRHP Reference #	06001335 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 1, 2007

The Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri has been in use as a cemetery since 1820.^[2] The cemetery historically contains Caucasian, African-American, and Jewish sections. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Notable interments

• Philemon Bliss - Politician, Chief Justice, Educator
• John William "Blind" Boone - Musician
• Jane Froman - Actress and Singer
• Odon Guitar - Soldier
• William Wilson Hudson^[3] - Third president of the University of Missouri
• Richard Henry Jesse^[3] - Eighth president of the University of Missouri
• John Carleton Jones^[3] - Tenth president of the University of Missouri
• John Hiram Lathrop^[3] - First president of the University of Missouri
• Frederick Middlebush^[3] - Thirteenth president of the University of Missouri
• William Lester Nelson - Politician
• James S. Rollins - Politician and Lawyer
• Max Schwabe - Politician
• James Shannon - Academic
• Willard Duncan Vandiver - Politician
• Edwin Moss Watson - Newspaper Editor
• Abraham J. Williams - Politician
• Walter Williams^[3] - founder of the Missouri School of Journalism and twelfth president of the University of Missouri

References

1. Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Columbia Cemetery Association - History
3. Mautino, Nicole (2008-04-15). "Spirits of Mizzou". University Archives muarchives.missouri.edu/. Retrieved November 5, 2009.

External links

• Columbia Cemetery