Pettis County, Missouri

This cemetery was transcribed by Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Leiter for the Osage Chapter of the DAR (Sedalia) on 27 May 1966. A transcription by Mrs. Jack Young and Philip Young (mother and son) of this cemetery appeared in the Prairie Gleaner 1, no. 4 (September 1970), 104.

[Footstone A.B.]
Barrer, John D. 1 Jan 1870
Young: Barber, John D. 2y, 1m 15 Jul 1870
Barrer, Walter C. 5y 3 Jul 1866 s/o W H and M J
Young: Barber, Walter C. 5y, 11d 3 Jun 1866
Benz, Charles Edwin 9d 3 Jun 1937
Young: Benz, Charles Edwin died at birth 3 Jun 1937
MO D CERT: Charles Edwin Benz 3 Jun 1937 3 Jun 1937 s/o C C & Verchel
Burch, Arthur 20y 22 Sep 1902 bur w/Ida Martin
Dorrance, _____ 28y, 10d 12 May 1877
Young: Dorrance, Mary J. 28y, 10m, 28d 12 May 1875
Dorrance, Elmeda Bradley 4 Apr 1854 4 Jun 1940 w/o Isaac K
Young: Elmedia B. Dorrance 76y, 2m 4 Jun 1940
Dorrance, Angieleex, dau of ____; d Sept 24, 18_7 - aged 11m & 19d
Young: Dorrance, Angieleek 11m, 19d 24 Sep 1867 d/o I R & _____
Dorrance, Elmedia [Elmeda] 4 Apr 1854 4 Jun 1940 Warrensburg, MO
Dorrance, I. R.; Jan 4, 1836 - Mar 16, 1896
Dorrance, infant 13 May 1877 13 May 1877
Young: Dorrance, infant 3 Jan 1878 22 Jan 1878 d/o I & E
Dorrance, infant dau of I. & E.; d Jan 22, 1878 - aged 19d
Dorrance, Joel L., son of I. & M.; d Mar 10, 1883 1880 - aged 8y, 1m 5m, & 7d
Young: Dorrance, Joel L. 8y, 1m, 7d 10 Mar 1880 s/o I & M
Infant s/o Asa & Anna Brosing Elliott 6 Sep 1910 11 Sep 1910
Embree, Haddie T., son of J. M. and Kate O.; Jan 12, 1885 - Sept 20, 1904
Embree, John M.; 1852 – 1931 7 Feb 1852 – 13 Nov 1932 [death certificate]
Embree, Kate Oglesby Siller, his wife; 20 Jun 1850 1849 – 27 Jun 1923
Enos, James; June 10, 1820 - June 20, 1874 - aged 54y & 10d - [Photo]
Ewing, Ernest, son of Robert & Mary; Mar 21, 1882 - Sept 1, 1905 DAR: 1 Sep 1906
Galloway, Mary U. Ray, wife of S. B.; Oct 9, 1885 - July 11, 1907 [footstone M.U.R.G.]
Guy, Fervie 12 Apr 1884 17 Dec 1910
Hill, Grace 19 May 1896 26 Mar 1912 d/o J C and A J
Young: Grace A. Hill 19 Sep 1896 26 Mar 1912 d/o J C & A J
Young: James Claud Huckabay 29y, 6m, 9d 8 Mar 1903
Huckaby, James Claud; d Mar 8, 1903 - aged 29y, 6m, & 9d [footstone J.C.H.]
Martin, Ida M.; d Mar 14, 1899 - aged 19y
Bryant Russell Nall 16 Oct 1831 14 Jun 1901
Nolte, Ida; d ___ __, 1896 - ___
Nolte, Laura May; d Aug 10, 1903 - aged 11 (y?) DAR: 11y
Young: Nolte, Ida 3d 11 Sep 1896 d/o Henry F. & Josephine Nolte
Young: Nolte, Laura May 1y 10 Aug 1903
Alice Sedgwick Oversby 23 Aug 1843 5 Feb 1917 MO D. CERT.
Oversby, Clarence H., son of Tom & Florence; Dec 3, 1903 - Apr 21, 1904
Florence Oversby 1876 8 Feb 1926 Nevada, MO
Oversby, Oliver H. 10 Jun 1898 21 Mar 1938 h/o Nellie; d. Jackson Co., MO
Young: Thomas Oliver Oversby 1864 1939
MO D CERT: Thomas Oliver Oversby 30 Dec 1864 – 8 Jul 1939 h/o Florence
Ray, Elizabeth, wife of J. R.; d June 7, 1872 1822 - (broken, additional info set in concrete)
Young: Ray, Elizabeth 7 Jun 1872 w/o J R
Ray, infant daughter of J R and E J
Ray, Lucinda A., wife of J. R.; Jan 8, 1857 1837 - Nov 7, 1902
Ray, W. B. 1y, 1m, 1d 15 Feb 1876 s/o J R and L A
Infant d/o C D & Josie Reynolds 11 Jan 1911 12 Jan 1911
Rice, Annie Miller, wife of J. W.; July 26, 1877 - Sept 23, 1898 - [Photo]
Rice, James Wesley; Nov 22, 1856 - June 26, 1946
Rice, Nora E. Shinn, wife of Jacob Oliver, dau of Robt. Franklin & Martha Virginia Davis Shinn; Apr 29, 1874 DAR: 23 Apr 1873 - Apr 1, 1898
Young: Nora E. Shinn Rice 23 Apr 1874 1 Apr 1898
Schmidt, John Fredrick; 18 Nov 1850 – 13 Apr 1923
Schmidt, Viola Casady; 14 Dec 1861 – 14 Jan 1940 - [Photo]
Schmidt, Perly H.; May 26, 1889 - Apr 10, 1902
Young: Perly H. Schmidt 26 May 1902 NO DEATH DATE s/o J. F. and V.
Shinn, Herbert T., son of R. F. & M. V.; Sept 15, 1870 - Sept 13, 1891 - [Photo]
Shinn, Martha V., wife of Robert F.; Oct 16, 1853 - Nov 29, 1897
[also on this stone is the following cenotaph]
Shinn, John R. son of Robert F. & Martha V.; Apr 30, 1876 - July 1, 1898 DAR: 28 Apr 1898
Enlisted in Co I, 2nd Reg Mo Vol, Apr 1, 1898 Young: 28 Apr 1898
Buried in Nat'l Cem, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Shinn, John R, d. 07/02/1898, PVT I 2 MO INF WWS, Plot: S 13152, *--Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN