page_title: Daniel Dunklin
section_title: Later life
hierarchical_section_title: Daniel Dunklin / Later life
caption_attribution_description: English: Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site in Herculaneum, Missouri, USA, on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. Dunklin was the fifth governor of Missouri.
context_page_description: Daniel Dunklin was the fifth Governor of Missouri, serving from 1832 to 1836. He also served as the state's third Lieutenant Governor. Dunklin is considered the "Father of Public Schools" in Missouri. Dunklin was also the father-in-law of Missouri Lieutenant Governor Franklin Cannon. Dunklin County, in the Missouri bootheel, is named so in his honor.
context_section_description: Other than the aforementioned Arkansas border commission, Daniel Dunklin turned the remaining years of his life to his business and family matters. In 1840 Dunklin sold off all his property and business concerns in the Potosi area and moved to farmland near Herculaneum, Missouri. Enjoying the life of a wealthy gentleman farmer, Dunklin was caught out in the open during a severe storm. Soaked to the bone, he developed pneumonia and died shortly after on August 25, 1844. Governor Dunklin was buried in a field near his home. However, his children were not as successful in business and were forced to sell the estate. A small section was reserved as a family cemetery and the bodies of the late governor and his wife were exhumed and reburied there. Today the cemetery is maintained as the Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site.
caption: Gravesite of Daniel Dunklin in Herculaneum
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