About Mount Mora Cemetery
Mount Mora Cemetery is a cemetery near Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. The grounds sit at about 971 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 33 notable people buried here, including Robert Marcellus Stewart, Silas Woodson and Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 722780. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ashland Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Bullock Family Funeral Chapel in St Joseph, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 60 cemeteries we list in Buchanan County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 60 listings in Buchanan County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Saint Joseph. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Mora Cemetery
Among them: 5 US representatives, 3 Civil War veterans, 3 governors, 2 writers, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician, 1 US senator.
- Robert Marcellus Stewart1815-1871American politician
- Silas Woodson1819-1896American politician
- Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie1836-1911American pianist, author, composer
- Robert Wilson1803-1870United States Senator from Missouri
- Willard Preble Hall1820-1882American politician
- James Craig1818-1888American lawyer and politician from Missouri
- James N. Burnes1827-1889American politician, Missouri
- M. Jeff Thompson1826-1876Missouri State Guard general
- Benjamin F. Loan1819-1881Union Army general, politician
- Daniel Dee Burnes1851-1899American politician
- Huston Wyeth1863-1925American businessman in hardware and food industries
- Abiel Leonard Smith1857-1946Smith, Abiel L; class of 1878
Show all 33 notable burials
- Alice O'Neill Fairleigh1842-1911
- Caroline Ashton Sheridan1875-1941
- Charles Beeson France1835-1895Millionaire
- Charles Foster1903-1938American athletics competitor
- Dudley Mitchum Steele1820-1896Millionaire
- Florence E. Schuster1868-1948
- George Baber Stewart1829-1885American politician
- Graham Gordon Lacy1858-1952
- James Henry Parker1875-1946
- James McCord1826-1903Millionaire
- John J. Sheridan1846-1917American merchant and newspaperman
- John Sublette Logan1836-1909Millionaire
- John Sublette Logan1869-1925
- Lucy McCord1880-1964
- Martha Washington McDonald1842-1911
- Mary Elizabeth Hallack1836-1924
- Milton Tootle1872-1946Millionaire heir
- Moses E. Lard1818-1880American clergyman
- Rufus Lee McDonald1832-1923Millionaire
- Silas McDonald1812-1901Prominent doctor
- Susan Mitchum Steele1818-1899
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Mora Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Mount Mora Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Ashland CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery1.2 mi
- Adath Joseph CemeterySaint Joseph, MOJewish cemetery1.6 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery1.6 mi
- Mount Auburn CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery1.7 mi
- St. Joseph State Hospital CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Joseph City CemeterySaint Joseph, MOMunicipal cemetery2.1 mi
- Despain CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Felix's GraveSaint Joseph, MOChristian cemetery2.8 mi
- Saint Joseph Memorial ParkSaint Joseph, MOMemorial park3.4 mi
- B'nai Sholem CemeteryCountry Club Village, MOJewish cemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Mora Cemetery
- Bullock Family Funeral Chapel0.5 miFuneral chapel · St Joseph · (816) 364-2301
- Simplify Cremations & Funerals0.8 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 232-2722
- Heaton Bowman Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel2.0 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 232-3355
- American Board of Funeral Service Education2.2 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 233-3747
- Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory3.5 miCremation provider · St Joseph · (816) 232-3366
- Clark-Sampson Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 238-0601
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.