Peters Cemetery
Lincoln Township, Section 13
Andrew County, Missouri

Directions: From Savannah, travel north on Highway 59 to Highway CC. East on CC for 2.1 miles to State Road 421. Southwest on SR 421 for 0.6 miles to house and through property to where the dirt/gravel road splits into a "Y". Take the right fork, which will probably be fenced across by a electric wire, for 0.2 miles. Cemetery is on the left of the road, up a slight grade. Do not proceed into the next pasture.

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

* Indicates African-Americans
+ Indicates obituary available

Name Inscription Photograph(s)
Peters Cemetery 14 15
Peters, Sarah E. [footstone] 04 08
Smith, Elijah W. Elijah W. Smith
Died Aug. 2, 1873
Aged 87 Y 9 M 20 D
04 10 11 09
unknown 12
unknown 13
unknown 16
W., E. W. [E. W. W. footstone] 04 07
Wilson, Mary Bell Mary Bell
daughter of J. W. & Harriet Wilson
Died Sept. 16, 186[0] [stone broken]
Aged 6 y'rs 4 m[os 9 d's]…
04 05 06

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

Bowland, infant of Meritt & Verlinder
Bowland, Duff
Bowland, John D.
Bowland, Mary Frances
Bowland, William Woodford
Culp, Nathan
Edwards, John+
Edwards, Narcissa [tombstone moved to Kansas]
Ellington, John
Peters, Fielding Combs [owner of the farm]
Peters, Margaret
Sebree, Laban
Sebree, Miranda B.
Schmidt or Schmitt, unknown
Smith, Vincent L.
Wigham, John

 
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