{"id":1912,"date":"2024-11-30T21:58:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T03:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2025-08-22T19:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:47:53","slug":"bower-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/bower-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Bower Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bower Cemetery
AKA Beale Cemetery
Jackson Township, Section 17
Andrew County, Missouri<\/h3>\n

Directions: From Fillmore, go south on State Route H. The cemetery is on the east side of SR H, one mile from the intersection of H with A. Entry is by permission, through private property.<\/p>\n

Notes: This cemetery was cleaned in October, 2005 as part of the Eagle Scout Project of Nathan Stone. AKA Beale Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Credits: These pictures were taken by Nathan Stone’s Eagle Scout Project, 2005, and Betty Halvorsen, 2006. (c)THE Transcriptions (Taylor, Halvorsen, Eshelman).<\/p>\n

* Indicates African-Americans
+ Indicates obituary available<\/p>\n

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Updates, corrections and additions:<\/td><\/tr>
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Name<\/th>\nInscription<\/th>\nPhotograph(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower Cemetery <\/td>\n Before and after clean-up <\/td>\n 007N<\/a> 008<\/a> 118<\/a> 119<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Auld, Catharine <\/td>\n Catharine
wife of John Auld
Died Mar. 22, 1896
Aged 68 y’s 11 m’s
Gone but not forgotten <\/td>\n		 062<\/a> 063<\/a> 064<\/a> 096<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bennet, Margaret A <\/td>\n Margaret A. Bennet
died July the 19, 1864
aged 21 Yr 4 Mo 21 Ds <\/td>\n		 059<\/a> 060<\/a> 061<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bennet, Sarah <\/td>\n Sarah
wife of R. E. Bennet
died Nov. 7, 1870
Aged 54 Yrs 4 Mo 17 d’s <\/td>\n		 057<\/a> 058<\/a> 061<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, Catharine <\/td>\n Catharine
dau. of H. & E. Bower
Born Dec. 29, 1831
Died Feb. 4, 1850 <\/td>\n		 079<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, Catherine <\/td>\n Catherine Bower
Died Nov. 1, 1893
Aged 47 Y 1 M 28 D <\/td>\n		 099<\/a> 100<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, Elizabeth <\/td>\n Elizabeth Bower
Died May 30, 1877
Aged 73 Y 1 M 11 D <\/td>\n		 080<\/a> 080N<\/a> 083<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, Elizabeth J. <\/td>\n Elizabeth J.
wife of John Bower
Died Apr. 16, 1879
Aged 37 Y 6 M 28 D
John do not lonely be
But live aright and come to me
Children I am happy now
With a crown so bright upon my brow
Friends you must meet me here
Where ne’er is known a sigh or tear. <\/td>\n		 068<\/a> 068N<\/a> 069<\/a> 070N<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, Elizabeth W <\/td>\n Elizabeth W.
dau. of H. & E. Bower
Born Feb. 12, 1828
Died Feb. 10, 1851 <\/td>\n		 074<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, George <\/td>\n George Bower
Born Oct. 30, 1829
Died Mar. 21, 1905 <\/td>\n		 055<\/a> 056<\/a> 102<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, Henry <\/td>\n Henry Bower
Died Oct. 8, 1859
Aged 63 Y 23 D <\/td>\n		 081<\/a> 082<\/a> 084<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, Louisa J. <\/td>\n Louisa J. Bower
Born Nov. 14, 1848
Died Sep. 10, 1883
John do not lonely be
But live aright and come to me
George I am happy now
With a crown so bright upon my brow
Friends you must meet me here
Where ne’er is known a sigh or tear. <\/td>\n		 075<\/a> 076<\/a> 077<\/a> 078<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, Martha <\/td>\n Martha
dau. of H. & E. Bower
Born April 23, 1834
Died Feb. 5, 1851 <\/td>\n		 104<\/a> 105<\/a> 106<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bower, Mary A. <\/td>\n Mary A.
wife of John Bower
Died July 10, 1864
Aged 31 y’rs 9 mo’s 14 days <\/td>\n		 065<\/a> 066<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foster, William H. <\/td>\n William H.
son of G. G. R. & Nancy J. Foster
Born Aug. 26, 1873
Died Sept. 23, 1874
Sweet little bud
For earth too fair
Has gone to heaven
To blossom there. <\/td>\n		 072<\/a> 073<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hummon, John W. F. <\/td>\n John W. F.
Died Aug. 11, 1874
Aged 11 M’s
Children of D. & Eliza Hummon
Dearest, bitter tears for thee are shed
Blossomed of being vision of beauty
Who’s all of life a rosy ray
Blushed into dawn and gently passed away. <\/td>\n		 071<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hummon, Mary M. <\/td>\n Mary M.
Died July 25, 18[67]
Aged 7 Y’s 6 D’s
Children of D. & Eliza Hummon
Dearest, bitter tears for thee are shed
Blossomed of being vision of beauty
Who’s all of life a rosy ray
Blushed into dawn and gently passed away. <\/td>\n		 071<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kennedy, Elizabeth <\/td>\n Our father and mother at rest
Elizabeth his wife
Born Apr. 16, 1816
Died Apr. 12, 1903 <\/td>\n		 092<\/a> 094<\/a> 095<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kennedy, Thomas <\/td>\n Our father and mother at rest
Thomas Kennedy
Born Mar. 30, 1817
Died Oct. 24, 1888 <\/td>\n		 092<\/a> 093<\/a> 093N<\/a> 094<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lincoln, Justus Alvin <\/td>\n Our darling Justus Alvin
son of John & M. F. Lincoln
died Feb. 4, 1880
aged 4 Y 6 M 24 D
Kind angels watch his sleeping dust
Till Jesus comes to raise the just;
Then he may wake to sweet surprise
And in his saviour’s image rise. <\/td>\n		 107<\/a> 111<\/a> 112<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tipton, Reuben <\/td>\n [possible footstone] <\/td>\n 114<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trapp, Fannie B. <\/td>\n Fannie B
wife of U. G. Trapp
Died Sep. 1, 1885
Aged 19 Y 7 M 13 D
Lord, she was thine and not my own
Thou hast not done me wrong
I thank thee for the precious loan
Afforded me so long. <\/td>\n		 086<\/a> 087<\/a> 088<\/a> 089<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
unknown <\/td>\n … 8 d’s [possibly Jeremiah Cole] <\/td>\n 053N<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
unknown <\/td>\n <\/td>\n 091<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
unknown <\/td>\n <\/td>\n 103<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
unknown <\/td>\n <\/td>\n 116<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
unknown <\/td>\n <\/td>\n 117<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Also reportedly buried here, but no tombstones found in 2006:<\/p>\n

Cole, Jeremiah [see fragment]
Cole, Rebecca
Kennedy, James O.
Messick, Mary J.
Messick, William
Pearman, Edward+
Pearman, Lizzie
Tipton, Ruben [see footstone, but has tombstone in Fillmore]
Tipton, Sarah [has tombstone in Fillmore] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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