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The Waggoner Family
Known as a gentle man of large stature, Martin Richard Waggoner arrived in Weston in 1898 and opened a jewelry store before he went on to manage Kelly, a saloon in the St. George Hotel. Martin married Emma Quinley of Weston and…
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The Magers Family
Heinrich D. Magers, who died in 1851, and his wife, Louisa, who preceded him in death in 1848, were both born in Germany and started their family in Hanover. They immigrated to America shortly after and traveled west to settle in…
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In the 1850s, one-third of Weston population was African-American. As you look down this hillside and up towards the back fence of the cemetery, you see the area that was set aside for those individuals, free or slave, of African-American heritage…
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Confederate Soldiers
In this area, along the front fence line, five Confederates are buried. They died of wounds shortly after a skirmish near Weston. Union troops were encamped in the northern part of the cemetery, the confederates were buried un…
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Around 1838, the city founding father acquired a half-acre of land and established the City Cemetery to serve as a final resting place for the residents of Weston. By 1853, the area was becoming too crowded, and business man Theodore F. Warner don…
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Two story 3 brick thick Federal style with flanking chimneys. 6 fireplaces. Original pine floors & woodwork. Restored 1990, by Mr. & Mrs. Glen Payne.
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Panel 1
1837 Weston is established by Joseph Moore taking a land claim and building the first cabin at present intersection of Market and Main
1837 Salem Christian Church is founded. Building constructed in 1841
1838 General Bela Hughes purchases …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTXU_cow-island_Weston-MO.html
"Set out verry early this morning and proceeded on under a gentle Breeze from the S. passed two Islands one a Small Willow Island on the L.S. the other large Called by the french Isle de Vache or Cow Island, opposit the head of the S.S. is a large…
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In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisia…
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Present Victorian building dedicated in 1907 to replace brick Federalist style church built 1854. Memorial stained glass windows added since 1934.