Moran Cemetery
AKA Stewart Cemetery
Empire Township, Section 28
Andrew County, Missouri

Directions: From Savannah, east on Hwy. E 3.5 miles to D. North on D 4.3 miles to driveway to farm. Cemetery is on private property. Drive 0.1 mile east onto property to a path going north through the alfalfa field. Drive 0.1 mile north right to the cemetery. Accessible only in good weather, preferably after alfalfa has been cut.

Notes: This was a family cemetery, used mainly in the 1870s. Several of the people with surnames other than "Moran" were living with the Moran family at some time.

Credits: These pictures were taken by Betty Halvorsen, 2006. (c)THE Transcriptions (Taylor, Halvorsen, Eshelman).

Rows

Row Direction of Row Photograph(s)
1 07-09
2 10-13
3 North to south 13-36
4 South to north 27-50

* Indicates African-Americans
+ Indicates obituary available

Name Inscription Photograph(s)
Moran Cemetery 01 02 03 04 05 06
Brumfield, Rachel* Rachel Brumfield
Aged about 80 years
07 08 09
Dawes, Mary A.+ Mary A. Dawes
Died Feb. 19, 1874
Aged 36 yrs 9 m's 11 d's
42 43 48 47
Long, infant Infant son of J. H. & M. J. Long
Died June 9, 1871
aged 6 weeks
10 11 12
Moran, Catharine A Catharin[e A.]
wife of David Mor[an]
Born Feb 29, … [stone broken]
David M[oran]
Jan. 9, 1…
Died May 18, 1…
70 Yr's 2 M & 19 Ds
25 26 27 29 34 30 36
Moran, David L.+ David L. Moran
Died Feb. 23, 1903
Aged 43 Y 6 M 9 D
We miss thy kind and willing hand,
Thy fond and earnest care,
Our home is dark without thee, Dave,
We miss thee everywhere.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Moran, Elizabeth Elizabeth Moran
Born July 16, 1783
Died July 30, 1871
23 24
Moran, S. G. Gone Home
S. G. Moran
Died April 20, 1870
Aged 51 Yrs 17 Ds
21 22 41
Shearer, infant [stone broken]
J. M. & H. Shearer
Died Jan. 14, 1874
31 32 33
Tanner, William Gone Home
Wm. Tanner
Born in Fayette Co. Ky.
Dec. 18, 1796
Died Nov. 18, 1877
38 39 40 46
unknown 37
unknown fragment … And … rowin… 13
unknown, Elizabeth [spelled in marbles]
Elizabeth
died Se… [stone damaged]
49 50
Wood, Mary To the Memory of [Mar]y W[ood]
[stone broken]
35

Also reportedly buried here, but no tombstones found in 2006:

Buhr, Ferdinand
Buhr, Sarah (Moran)
Dawes, Emma J.
Dick, Charles
Dick, Helena
Dick, Paul Allen
Hess, Mary*
Moran, David
Moran, Martha (Logan)
Smith, Elizabeth Jane (Wiley)
Vaughn, Almora (Moran)
Vaughn, David
Vaughn, Jennie

 
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