{"id":2010,"date":"2024-12-01T15:33:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T21:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2025-08-22T19:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:48:25","slug":"gillispie-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/gillispie-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillispie Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gillispie Cemetery
Jackson Township, Section 35
Andrew County, Missouri<\/h3>\n

Directions: From east Savannah city limits, northwesterly on US Business 71 and State Hwy. 59, 3\/8 miles to County Road 61, then 1 mile north. The cemetery is in a pasture about 100 yards from the road, and is accessible by walking and permission from the landowner.<\/p>\n

Notes: This cemetery was cleaned as part of the Eagle Scout project of Nathan Stone, 2005.<\/p>\n

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

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* Indicates African-Americans
+ Indicates obituary available<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nInscription<\/th>\nPhotograph(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Gillispie Cemetery
before and during clean-up by Scouts <\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n 001N<\/a> 002N003N<\/a> 004N<\/a> 005N<\/a>
006N<\/a> 007N<\/a> 008N<\/a> 009N<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B., M. A. <\/td>\n [footstone M. A. B.] <\/td>\n 107<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boggs, James H. <\/td>\n Jas. H.
son of J. P. & H. A. Boggs
Died Sep. 13, 1850
aged 1 m 19 d <\/td>\n		 102<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C., J. P. <\/td>\n [footstone J. P. C.] <\/td>\n 073<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornelison, Andrew W. <\/td>\n (south)
Andrew W. Cornelison
Born Nov. 26, 1799
Died Mar. 21, 1869
Born in Madison Co., Ky. <\/td>\n		 066<\/a> 066a<\/a> 067<\/a> 068N<\/a> 069<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornelison, Margaret <\/td>\n Holy Bible
Margaret Cornelison
Born Aug. 17, 1797,
Died Jan. 12, 1866 <\/td>\n		 115<\/a> 116<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornelison, Margaretta <\/td>\n (north)
Margaretta
wife of Andrew W. Cornelison
Born Aug. 17, 1797
Died Jan. 12, 1867
Born in Madison Co., Ky. <\/td>\n		 066<\/a> 066a<\/a> 067<\/a> 068N<\/a> 070<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cowardin, Mary Shunk <\/td>\n Mary
wife of P. L. Cowardin
and dau. of John & Hannah A. Shunk
Died Feb. 2, 1886
Aged 16 Y’s 6 M’s 25 D’s <\/td>\n		 086N<\/a> 087<\/a> 085<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davidson, Hannah A.+ <\/td>\n Hannah A. Davidson
Died May 12, 1892
Aged 62 y 7 m 5 d
Our mother is gone
She lies beneath the sod
Dear mother tho’ we miss you much
We know you rest with God. <\/td>\n		 088<\/a> 089N<\/a> 090<\/a> 091<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davison, Clayborn <\/td>\n Gone Home
Clayborn Davison
Died Oct. 4, 1859
Aged 33 Y’rs 5 mo’s <\/td>\n		 093<\/a> 094<\/a> 095<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gillispie, Cordelia M. <\/td>\n Cordelia M.
wife of J. H. Gillispie
Born in Madison Co., Ky.
Dec. 22, 1832
Died in Andrew Co., Mo.
Jan. 13, 1884,
Aged 51 Y’s & 21 D’s
Farewell
Gone before us, O our mother to the spirit land!
Vainly look we for another
In thy place to stand. <\/td>\n		 108<\/a> 108N<\/a> 109<\/a> 112<\/a> 076<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gillispie, Elisabeth J. <\/td>\n Elisabeth J.
wife of James H. Gillispie
Died Feb. 14, 1848
Aged 24 y’rs 6 da’s <\/td>\n		 096<\/a> 097<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gillispie, Henry J. <\/td>\n Henry J.
son of J. H. & C. M. Gillispie
Died Oct. 13, 1866
Aged 6 y’s 6 m’s 13 d’s <\/td>\n		 110<\/a> 106<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gillispie, infant <\/td>\n Infant
son of James H. & C. M. Gillispie
Died June 26, 1855 <\/td>\n		 100<\/a> 101<\/a> 074<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gillispie, infant <\/td>\n Infant
daughter of J. H. & C. M. Gillispie
born & died June 27, 1867 <\/td>\n		 105<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gillispie, J. H. <\/td>\n J. H. Gillispie
Died July 14, 1895
Aged 69 Y 4 M 1 D <\/td>\n		 083<\/a> 084<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gillispie, Robert C. <\/td>\n Robert C.
son of J. H. & C. M. Gillispie
Born Oct. 6, 1869
Died May 2, 1871 <\/td>\n		 103<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hare, Mary M. <\/td>\n Mary M.
wife of Henry C. Hare
Born July 23, 1840,
Died Jan. 23, 1879,
aged 38 Y’s 6 M’s
Oh cease dear Henry cease your weeping,
Above the spot where I am sleeping;
My time has come, and blessed be He,
That called me to eternity. <\/td>\n		 080N<\/a> 081<\/a> 081b<\/a> 082<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hart, Margaret A. <\/td>\n Margaret A.
daughter of Tho’s & M. J. Hart
Died Feb. 6, 1855
Aged 7 m’s 8 d’s <\/td>\n		 092<\/a> 098<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shunk, Henry <\/td>\n Henry
son of J. & H. A. Shunk
Died Sep. 11, 1871
Aged 10 m 11 d <\/td>\n		 078<\/a> 079<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
unknown <\/td>\n <\/td>\n 072<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
unknown <\/td>\n [footstone] <\/td>\n 099<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Also reportedly buried here, but no tombstones found in 2005:<\/p>\n

Gillispie, John M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gillispie CemeteryJackson Township, Section 35Andrew County, Missouri Directions: From east Savannah city limits, northwesterly on US Business 71 and State Hwy. 59, 3\/8 miles to County Road 61, then 1 mile north. The cemetery is in a pasture about 100 yards from the road, and is accessible by walking and permission from the landowner. Notes: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558,562],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrew-county","category-cemeteries-andrew-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2011,"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010\/revisions\/2011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}