{"id":4080,"date":"2024-12-17T00:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T06:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2025-08-24T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:37:31","slug":"union-star-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/union-star-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Star Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='cem-thumb'>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Media\/Photos\/mo-dekalb\/cemeteries\/mo-dekalb-union-star-cemetery\/000c_union_star_cemetery.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id='cem-location'>\nUnion Star Cemetery<br \/>\n  Polk Township<br \/>\n  Township 60, Range 33, Section 27<br \/>\nDeKalb County, Missouri<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\n  Cemetery is down a dirt road. If you are on Hwy 169 going south, it is before you enter the town (if you see the entrance to the town park or the one and only school, you&#8217;ve gone too far). It will be on your left. If you are going north on Hwy 169 then it will be on your right. You will go all the way through town and just when the speed limit picks up again is where you turn.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kelly and her sister, Bonnie, took the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/ua4okr5ai53nrmg1r7nx2\/AAVlS3IQ9uJLtLQiBcWvLWI?rlkey=cl9im9tpiycwn7vgpssubihnz&#038;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">photographs<\/a> of this cemetery.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table id='cem-index'>\n<tr><td colspan='3'>Updates, corrections and additions:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9150&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tADAMS, Lloyd E.   (1933-2018)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9982&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tAGEE, William James   (1892-1972)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9965&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tALLEN, Emma Rhoda   (1880-1956)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I8255&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tBAKER, Connie Mae   (1886-1960)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I11277&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tCARPENTER, Daniel E.   (1847-1938)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I11306&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tCARPENTER, Hubert B.   (1888-1914)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I11275&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tCARPENTER, Robert Louis   (1881-1962)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I18214&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tCLARK, Elizabeth Belle   (1867-1950)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I14048&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEDMONDSON, Richard C.   (1850-1922)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9986&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tGROOCE, Betty Beatice   (1888-1941)<\/a><br \/><\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I10195&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tHALL, James Monroe   (1874-1938)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I1085&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tHALL, John Henry   (1856-1943)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9591&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tHAMMER, Elvarie   (1840-1918)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9674&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tJACKSON, Samuel Gates   (1878-1967)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9655&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tJONES, Walter Lee   (1905-1967)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I11276&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tLILLIBRIDGE, Bessie Fay   (1890-1978)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I18213&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tMILLER, James Dee   (1852-1945)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9670&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tMOYES, Marion Lee   (1923-1967)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I4075&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tPICKARD, James Wesley   (1854-1945)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I14949&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSMITH, Donald A.   (1940-2018)<\/a><br \/><\/td><td>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I18084&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSWINK, James Oscar   (1916-2001)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I11278&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tUTZ, Mary Catherine   (1847-1896)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9675&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tVANMETER, Rosa Lee   (1882-1955)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I4772&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tVEALE, John H. \"Jack\"   ( __ -1916)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I8254&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWHEELER, John Sherman   (1874-1956)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I9590&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWHEELER, Samuel   (1840-1931)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I18086&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWILSON, Juanita \"Auntie\"   (1918-2011)<\/a><br \/>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/tng-tree\/getperson.php?personID=I18083&tree=CCBasic' title='Opens in New Window' target='_blank'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWILSON, Madeline   (1922-2018)<\/a><br \/><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Star Cemetery Polk Township Township 60, Range 33, Section 27 DeKalb County, Missouri Cemetery is down a dirt road. If you are on Hwy 169 going south, it is before you enter the town (if you see the entrance to the town park or the one and only school, you&#8217;ve gone too far). 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