Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site

Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site
Missouri State Historic Site
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Saline

Elevation	666 ft (203 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	39°01′58″N 93°00′27″W / 39.03278°N 93.00750°W / 39.03278; -93.00750Coordinates: 39°01′58″N 93°00′27″W / 39.03278°N 93.00750°W / 39.03278; -93.00750 ^[1]

Area	2 acres (1 ha)

Established	1967
Management	Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Location in Missouri
Website: Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site

Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site is a Missouri state historic site located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Arrow Rock in Saline County. The cemetery houses the graves of Dr. John Sappington and Missouri Governors Meredith Miles Marmaduke and Claiborne Fox Jackson.^[2]

Dr. John Sappington (1776–1856) was a prominent early physician and businessman in Missouri. He was a proponent of using quinine in the treatment of malaria and was at the time the largest importer of the drug in America.^[3] Dr. Sappington also wrote the first medical book published west of the Mississippi River.^[4]

Sappington and his family were heavily involved in antebellum Missouri Democratic politics. Two of his sons-in-law, Meredith Miles Marmaduke and Claiborne Fox Jackson, became Governors of Missouri. Grandson John Sappington Marmaduke was a noted Confederate General in the American Civil War as well as a Missouri Governor in later years.

Established by Dr. Sappington himself in 1831, the two-acre cemetery holds 111 headstones and grave markers. Sappington Cemetery became a part of the Missouri State Park system in 1967 by act of the Missouri General Assembly.^[5] The site has not been modified for ADA accessibility in order to preserve its historic nature and appearance. No restrooms or other facilities are provided. The site is open sunrise to sunset year-round.

References

1 2 "Sappington Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site". Missouri State Parks. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
↑ Glassman, Steve (2008). It Happened on the Santa Fe Trail. Globe Pequot Press. p. 67. ISBN 0762755911.
↑ "John S. Sappington". Historic Missourians. State Historical Society of Missouri. 2012. Retrieved 10 Jan 2013.
↑ "General Information at Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site". Missouri State Parks. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 9, 2014.

External links

Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Protected areas of Missouri

Federal

National Monuments:	George Washington Carver

National Historic Sites:	Harry S Truman Ulysses S. Grant

National Battlefields:	Wilson's Creek

National Memorials:	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

National Wildlife Refuges:	Big Muddy Clarence Cannon Great River Middle Mississippi River Mingo Ozark Cavefish Pilot Knob Squaw Creek Swan Lake Two Rivers

National Forests:	Mark Twain

Wilderness Areas:	Bell Mountain Devils Backbone Hercules Glades Irish Mingo Paddy Creek Piney Creek Rockpile Mountain

Other Protected Areas:	Ozark National Scenic Riverways

State

State Parks:	Babler Sam A. Baker Bennett Spring Big Lake Big Oak Tree Big Sugar Creek Castlewood Crowder Cuivre River Current River Don Robinson Echo Bluff Elephant Rocks Finger Lakes Graham Cave Grand Gulf Ha Ha Tonka Harry S Truman Hawn Johnson's Shut-Ins Jones-Confluence Point Katy Trail Knob Noster Lake of the Ozarks Lake Wappapello Lewis and Clark Long Branch Mark Twain Meramec Montauk Morris Onondaga Cave Pershing Pomme de Terre Prairie Roaring River Robertville Rock Bridge Memorial Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry Route 66 St. Francois St. Joe Stockton Table Rock Taum Sauk Mountain Thousand Hills Trail of Tears Van Meter Wakonda Wallace Washington Watkins Woolen Mill Weston Bend

State Historic Sites:	Arrow Rock Battle of Athens Battle of Carthage Battle of Island Mound Battle of Lexington Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Bollinger Mill Nathan Boone Homestead Boone's Lick Bothwell Lodge Clark's Hill/Norton Confederate Memorial Deutschheim Dillard Mill Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave Felix Vallé House First Missouri State Capitol Fort Davidson Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home Harry S Truman Birthplace Hunter-Dawson Iliniwek Village Jefferson Landing Jewell Cemetery Locust Creek Covered Bridge Mark Twain Birthplace Mastodon Missouri Mines Missouri State Capitol Missouri State Museum Osage Village Sandy Creek Covered Bridge Sappington Cemetery Scott Joplin House Towosahgy Union Covered Bridge Watkins Woolen Mill

Conservation areas:	List of Missouri conservation areas

State Forests:	List of Missouri state forests

Missouri Department of Natural Resources

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