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Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site, near Arrow Rock,
houses the grave of a prominent area doctor, Dr. John
Sappington, along with two Missouri governors. Gov. Meredith
Miles Marmaduke became Missouri's eighth governor for nine
months in 1844 after the death of Gov. Thomas Reynolds.
Claiborne Fox Jackson, a strong supporter of the Confederacy,
was beginning his term as Missouri's 15th governor (1861)
when the Civil War began and he was driven from Jefferson
City.
Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site | Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site
