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Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site

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Established by Sappington 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
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The state historic site was expanded in 2014 to include the nearby "Sappington Negro Cemetery," used initially for the burial of the family's enslaved African Americans before the war.
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and was at the time the largest importer of the drug in the United States. Sappington also wrote the first medical book published west of the
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politics. Two of his sons-in-law, Meredith Miles Marmaduke and Claiborne Fox Jackson, were elected as governors of Missouri. Grandson
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John Sappington (1776–1856) was a prominent early physician and businessman in Missouri. He was a proponent of using
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accessibility. No restrooms or other facilities are provided. The site is open sunrise to sunset year-round.
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Sappington and his family were deeply involved in antebellum Missouri
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located approximately five miles (8.0 km) southwest of
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Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site (the United States)
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Map showing the location of Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site
Map showing the location of Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site
Saline County
39°01′58″N 93°00′27″W / 39.03278°N 93.00750°W / 39.03278; -93.00750
Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site
Missouri
historic site
Arrow Rock
Saline County
Meredith Miles Marmaduke
Claiborne Fox Jackson
quinine
malaria
Mississippi River
Democratic
John Sappington Marmaduke
American Civil War
Missouri General Assembly
ADA



"Sappington Cemetery"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
"Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site: Data Sheet"
"Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site"
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