Pettis County, Missouri

Elk Fork TWP 45N, Range 23W, Section 1; West 8 miles from 65 on Y to Botts Road, North .5 miles to Grand Road, which leads into cemetery

DAR: Botts-Walnut Branch Cemetery is near the center of Section 1, TWP 45, R23, Elk Fork TWP, Pettis Co., MO. The location is west on 16th Street from Sedalia 8 ½ miles east and north on side road. The church building (Baptist) was destroyed by fire “recently” (1953) and the road leading to the cemetery is east of the church site. The cemetery site is on land entered by Seth Botts from Tennessee, who came to Missouri with his family about 1832. The Pettis County History, 1882, on pp. 964- 965 gives names of early members of the church. Inscriptions were copied by Mrs. W. E. Burford, Mrs. Ira A. Leiter, and Miss Mamie J. McCormick, 12 January 1953

An updated transcription of this cemetery was done in 1974 or 1975 and published in Pettis County, Missouri, Records; this cemetery was included in the 1986 DAR update

Justin Watkins visited this cemetery on 8 June 2008 and updated the cemetery via photographs and notations. Prior updates are from the DAR and the Missouri Death Certificates. Officially known as Botts Cemetery

Ballah, John R. 8 Feb 1908 17 Mar 1970 h/o Lucille
Ballah, Lucille L. Cooper 19 Jun 1905 25 Sep 1985
Ballah, Margaret Lilly 25 May 1945 4 Sep 1947 d/o John & Lucille
Botts, A. Kenneth 23 Jun 1906 22 Nov 1994
Botts, Daniel W. 11 May 1837 9 Jul 1915
Botts, David M. 5 Dec 1840 5 Jun 1909
Botts, Elizabeth 12 Sep 1774 13 Apr 1861
Botts, Elizabeth Durrell 19 Dec 1847 22 May 1887 w/o Daniel
Botts, Elmina Harper 1 May 1806 10 Sep 1869
Botts, Emily Edwards Carrington 4 Oct 1834 14 Mar 1928 w/William
Botts, Emma Sally 6 Jan 1869 26 Jun 1957
Botts, Frances Paralee Thomas 13 Sep 1841 17 Apr 1916
Botts, John H. 31 Jan 1836 2 Dec 1857 s/o S and T
Botts, Johnnie Edwin 10 Aug 1865 21 Oct 1902 s/o D and E
Botts, Louella Huckabay 29 Jun 1882 ---------------- w/Milton S
Botts, Margaret A. 7 Mar 1853 9 Nov 1856 d/o W and E
Botts, Milton Seth 13 Mar 1874 18 Aug 1915 w/Louella
Botts, Seth 3 Jan 1806 12 Apr 1868
Botts, Wiley S. 19 Sep 1866 21 Dec 1946
Botts, William 4 Jul 1829 30 Oct 1887
Breeden, Elizabeth Day 12 Jul 1819 17 Jul 1899 w/Tennessee
Breeden, John R. 11 Dec 1853 27 Jan 1937 w/Mary J
Breeden, Mary J. (Breeden) 30 Aug 1856 24 Mar 1941 w/John R
Breeden, Tennessee 27 Apr 1820 24 Jul 1899 w/Elizabeth
Cochran, George 7 Apr 1906 10 Jun 1907
Cook, Burtey 1 Aug 1900 25 Oct 1918
Cook, Granville Lee 20 Apr 1894 2 Jan 1969 S2 US NAVY WWII
Cook, Joseph 24 Nov 1853 29 Jan 1928 h/o Mary
Cook, Lenah W. Burford 22 Feb 1859 19 Apr 1931 w/Robert G
Cook, Robert G. 18 Mar 1855 21 Apr 1932 w/Lena W
Curtis, Mary Barns 4 Oct 1901 21 Oct 1970 w/o William H
Curtis, William Cass 28 Oct 1935 1 Mar 1951
Curtis, William H. 27 Feb 1902 8 Jan 1994
No death date on tombstone
Dawson, Ruth 7 May 1914 15 Apr 1915
Daughter of Jasper Newton and Freta Helen (Doyle)
DeJarnett, Ella Alice Harrison 2 Aug 1856 29 Jul 1951 MO D CERT
Tombstone: Ella Adelia DeJarnette 1 Aug 1856 – 29 Jul 1951 w/Joseph
DeJarnett, J. A. 10 Nov 1814 2 Dec 1899
DeJarnett, Joseph 23 Aug 1848 12 Jan 1934 w/Ella A
DeJarnett, Joseph Monroe 30 Jul 1872 26 Feb 1906
DeJarnett, John 4 Mar 1874 30 Mar 1933
DeJarnett, Katie Quiteria Scotten 12 May 1863 22 Aug 1916 w/Marcellus H
Tombstone: Katherine DeJarnett 1863 – 1916
DeJarnett, Marcellus Henry 2 Sep 1862 1944 w/Katherine
DeJarnett, Marietta Garton 7 Sep 1841 4 Oct 1918 w/Mayo
DeJarnett, Mayo M. 22 Oct 1837 1 Mar 1904 w/Marietta
DeJarnett, Paul 25 Mar 1889 3 Apr 1889
DeJarnett, Paul W. 27 Feb 1892 1918
DeJarnett, Richard 1891 1891
DeJarnett, Susan Ann Shobe 10 Sep 1843 5 Jun 1928 w/o Jefferson
DeJarnette, Grace Odessa 1904 1905 d/o D and M E
DeJarnette, infant of J and E age 8d
Dukes, Charles 21 Jan 1856 2 Jul 1915
Dukes, Sarah E. 13 Jan 1852 15 Dec 1905 w/o Charles
Embree, Martha Caroline Beaman 8 Jan 1823 5 Jun 1861 w/o William L
Ewers, Amanda M. Van Natta 17 Apr 1853 16 Jan 1889 w/o Robert
Ewers, Beulah E. 29 Jan 1882 14 Jan 1884 d/o R and A M
Fiedler, Avis Arlene 11 Feb 1948 14 Apr 1948
Fiedler, Dorothy Bell 20 Dec 1930 26 Jan 1931
Fiedler, Duane Dow 10 Oct 1927 28 Dec 2004
Fiedler, Lawrence John 15 Jun 1891 3 Feb 1971 h/o Leila E
NE PFC US ARMY WWI
Fiedler, Leila E. Miller 3 Mar 1901 3 Jan 1982 w/o Lawrence J
Foster, Lucinda Frances Cook 9 Jun 1847 3 Apr 1924 w/o James
Ginder, Anna Meiwald 20 Dec 1866 24 Dec 1939 w/George F
Ginder, George Frederick 23 Mar 1842 23 Jul 1914 w/Anna Meiwald
Ginder, Hoyt C. 1892 1893 w/Vallie
Ginder, Vallie 1895 1896 w/Hoyt C
Glass, Martha Dunning 15 Oct 1822 16 Nov 1883 w/o Rankin
Glass, Dr. Rankin 25 Sep 1818 11 May 1895 h/o Martha
Gore, Adell 28 Feb 1885 9 Nov 1888 d/o G V and A H
Gore, Alice H. 1 Aug 1858 19 Apr 1887 w/o G Varnell
Hall, Adolph Rickey 17 Dec 1899 20 Dec 1910
Hallam, Jane 12 Mar 1812 28 Oct 1886
Harrison, Harry P. 12 Jan 1907 22 Dec 1907
Huckabay, John R. 3 Mar 1856 26 Apr 1909
Huckabay, Samantha Ellen Breeden 8 Mar 1861 25 Nov 1939 w/Thomas D
Huckabay, Sarah 6 Apr 1881 18 Apr 1907 w/o S S
Huckabay, Thomas Dozier 20 Feb 1861 19 Nov 1910
Hulbert, Charles S. 30 May 1849 1 Dec 1940
Hulbert, Freddie 7 Feb 1898 21 Jul 1899
Hulbert, Jewel Nov 1902 Aug 1903
Humphrey, Anna 1862 16 Nov 1924 d/o Levi & Louisa
Humphrey, Charles A. 27 Feb 1875 10 Dec 1893
Humphrey, Florence Belle 7 Jan 1871 3 Mar 1954 w/John W
Humphrey, Henry L. 19 Feb 1865 10 Dec 1935
Humphrey, John Wesley 23 Apr 1860 15 Oct 1924 w/Florence B
Age 64y, 5m, 22d
Humphrey, Leonard Lee 1 Mar 1906 30 May 1992 w/Mildred McNutt
Married 27 May 1938
Humphrey, Levy 8 Aug 1833 23 Mar 1917
Humphrey, Luvisa M. 16 Feb 1835 30 Dec 1894
Humphrey, Mildred McNutt 3 Jul 1910 1 Aug 1993 w/Leonard L
Humphrey, Noah W. 24 Apr 1916 25 May 1916
Humphrey, Vernon “Sonny” 17 Aug 1939 27 Jul 1956
Humphrey, William Newton 1 Oct 1858 9 Mar 1910
Hutchison, Lena O’Daniels 1874 1947
James, Nancy C. 29 Jul 1801 20 Mar 1880
Kemp, Ruby Ercil Van Natta 9 Jan 1892 27 Feb 1929 w/o Oscar
Kent, infant 1918 1918
Lawhorn, James T. 29 Nov 1862 27 Sep 1935 w/Lidia
Lawhorn, Lidia Perry 4 Feb 1871 8 Sep 1933 w/James T
Lovelace, Minnie Tracy Forbes 12 Feb 1867 2 Jan 1937
Lovelace, Nellie 23 Feb 1862 8 Jun 1910
Lovelace, Nellie Y. 9 Oct 1897 Mar 1969 w/o Vernon J
Lovelace, Vernon J. 9 Jan 1894 23 Oct 1933 h/o Nellie Y
Lovelace, William Parberry 12 May 1898 18 Mar 1958
McNamara, Lizzie M. Grubbs 6 Jul 1863 22 Sep 1917 w/o W J
McNamara, William J. 30 Nov 1840 16 Mar 1909
Medlin, Sophia C. Breeden 25 Dec 1858 1 Oct 1911 MOTHER
Medlin, Willie Lee 16 Nov 1897 7 Jan 1898
Son of Joseph A and Sophia C
O’Bannon, Anna Bell 13 Jan 1862 24 Aug 1878 d/o B F & E V
O’Bannon, Benjamin Franklin 27 Dec 1827 13 Jun 1910 h/o Elizabeth
O’Bannon, Elizabeth Gresham 10 Sep 1837 15 Apr 1897 w/o Benjamin
O’Bannon, William Walter 3 Mar 1873 22 May 1921 s/o B F & Elizabeth
O’Daniels, Bert
O’Daniels, Doris Whitefield
O’Daniels, Edward W. 7 Apr 1867 30 Nov 1924 w/Lena
O’Daniels, Hugo H.
O’Daniels, James M. 14 Jan 1920 14 Jun 1985 w/Margaret
O’Daniels, Lena 1874 1937 w/Edward W
See Lena O’Daniels Hutchison
O’Daniels, Margaret 23 Apr 1920 19 Dec 1990 w/James M
O’Daniels, Melvin
O’Daniels, Washington
Paxton, Gladys “Jackie” 14 Nov 1929 4 Jun 1974 w/Harry
Paxton, Harry 21 Sep 1924 23 Feb 1987 w/Gladys
Paxton, Nora B. 1899 Feb 1955 MOTHER
Purnell, Sallie B. 16 Apr 1905 16 Feb 1910
Ray, Walter DeJarnett 14 Feb 1922 10 May 1922 s/o W O & Ethel
Reavis, Amanda J. 24 Mar 1855 3 Dec 1863 d/o D R & P H
Reavis, Daniel 12 Dec 1817 30 Dec 1890
Reavis, Harriett 18 Dec 1826 3 Jul 1906
Reavis, infant d/o D R and P H 1 Oct 1851 1 Oct 1851
Reavis, Mary C. 12 Jun 1850 5 May 1862 d/o D R & P H
Reavis, Minnie L. 15 Mar 1875 21 Aug 1875 d/o S W & S E
Reavis, Samuel W. 29 Jul 1843 26 May 1897 h/o Sarah E
Reavis, Sarah E. Wolf 18 Nov 1839 21 Apr 1903 w/o Samuel W
Reavis, Thomas P. 5 Jul 1859 12 Mar 1880 s/o Daniel & Harriett
Roberts or Robertson, Joseph 15 Oct 1848 25 Apr 1884 s/o Hardin E
Scotten, Angeline Martin 1825 1901 w/o Peter
Scotten, Katy E. Smith 25 Jan 1857 2 Jul 1931 w/o Robert M
Scotten, Milo 30 May 1853 4 Nov 1897
Scotten, Peter 5 Nov 1793 25 Feb 1877
Scotten, Robert Miles 14 Sep 1851 31 Oct 1913
Scotten, Roy Dysert 29 May 1926 29 May 1926 s/o C F & Maude
Scotten, Roy Neal 27 Apr 1900 4 Oct 1925
Shobe, Martha W. Anderson 11 Feb 1878 6 Apr 1911
Simmons, infant of Elmer and E N
Smethers, Laura Feb 1867 27 Jan 1893
Stephens, Anna Elsie 5 Jun 1914 16 Sep 1915 d/o Henry and May
Stevens, Henry P. 4 Aug 1885 16 Jul 1948
Stevens, May Elizabeth O’Bannon 20 Jun 1888 24 Oct 1938
Stevens, Violet Elizabeth 11 Jul 1920 12 Aug 1946
Thomas, Benjamin Franklin 1 Jun 1875 21 Aug 1876`s/o J W and F A
Thomas, Diggs W. 4 Aug 1806 29 Jul 1874 w/Judith
Thomas, Flora A. 5 Jul 1850 18 Dec 1895 w/o John W
Thomas, Judith 10 Mar 1815 22 Feb 1890 w/Diggs W
Thornsberry, Mary Jane Harrison (Thornsberry) 27 Apr 1859 – 19 Oct 1939 w/o Wilburn
Thornsberry, Welborn 27 May 1857 23 Apr 1926 h/o Mary H
Ussery, Charles E. 1891 30 Aug 1897 s/o A L & M C
Van Natta, Adelia Melissa Olden 27 Mar 1833 9 Jul 1899 w/o William H
Van Natta, Dona Martha Maelha Elvira DeJarnette 24 Dec 1870 – 24 Sep 1959 w/John
Van Natta, Eddie M. 1 Dec 1869 22 Aug 1894 d/o W H & A M
Van Natta, Frank Webster 19 Jan 1866 6 Aug 1875 s/o W H & A M
Van Natta, John William 30 Mar 1862 27 Dec 1922 w/Dona M
Van Natta, Nellie I. 30 Dec 1874 13 Nov 1893 d/o W H & A M
Van Natta, William Harrison 14 Apr 1828 18 Sep 1889 h/o Adelia M
Van Natta, Willie Mabelle DeJarnette 6 Sep 1875 23 Aug 1899 w/o J O
Welch, Ava L. Dukes 12 Apr 1888 6 Jul 1957 w/Henry T
Welch, Henry T. 18 May 1894 2 May 1951 w/Ava L
Whitfield, infant d/o Fred and Myrtle 17 Dec 1926 17 Dec 1926
Williams, Call U. 17 Dec 1864 7 May 1905
Williams, James S. 1836 1910
Williams, Ruthie J. 7 May 1836 2 Apr 1881 w/o J S
Age 44y, 10m, 26d
Wright, Altis 29 Jul 1919 24 Jul 1968
Yankee, Clifton 21 Apr 1888 19 Aug 1888 s/o W F & Mary
Yankee, Martha A. 4 Feb 1835 16 May 1887 w/o John F