OLD BAPTIST CEMETERY

 

Birch Tree Shannon Co MO

 

From Birch Tree, MO. take 1st St. west, go right at Y onto Co. Rd. 60-641-642 go about 1 mile and turn south (left) on Co. Rd. 642, go 0.6 miles and cemetery is on the left.

 

GPS Coordinates: Lattitude: 36.979878, Longitude: -91.518677

 

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Updated Sept. 7, 2012

 


 

Allen, Dr. William A.    Oct. 20, 1836 - Aug. 27, 1889. ‘Aged 52 Yrs. 8 Mo. 7 Da.’ Medical doctor. Husband of Mrs. Louisa Baird (later married John Miller). Father of Albert Allen & Emma Alice Allen (m. Roy W. Evans).

 

Alley, Ira Chester    Apr. 23, 1887 - Aug. 25, 1888. ‘Son of G. W. & A. D. Alley.’ (George W. Alley & Anna D. Brown).

 

Ball, W. G.    Aug. 30, 1857 - May 17, 1903.     ‘Age 45 yr 8 mo 17da.’

 

HUSBAND & WIFE:
Barker, Daniel    Aug. 3, 1868 - Oct. 31, 1912.
Barker, Parthesa Sparks    Jul. 21, 1875 - Mar. 5, 1910.     Parents of Rosa Lee, Arthur J. & James M. Barker.

 

Bates, Earnest    Died Oct. 15, 1889.     ‘Age 2yr 2mo 15da.     Son of C. W. & L. A. Bates.’ (Broken stone)

 

Boze, Presley    Dec. 17, 1857 - Aug., 1917.     Son of Alex E. Boze & Elizabeth Bockman. Married Rebecca Cates.

 

Bryson, Maggie M.    Born abt. 1906. ‘Age 2y 2m 19d'     Daughter of Richard O. Bryson & Minnie A. Brewer.

 

Buffington, M. J.    Feb. 14, 1877 - Aug. 21, 1898.

 

Burris, Dollie A.    Aug. 28, 1896 - Sep. 1, 1897. Daughter of W. H. & M. I. Burris.’

 

HUSBAND & WIFE: Married 1867 TN.
Butler, Daniel Jasper    Feb.,1844 - 1922.     Born in TN. Married 2nd Mrs. Sarah Clark 09 May 1905 Shannon Co MO.
Butler, Elizabeth E. Reaser    Apr. 15, 1840 - Nov. 25, 1904.     Born in TN. Parents of Peter Ferdinand Butler (m. Louisa F. Hoops, m. Missouri F. Teague) & Thomas W. Butler (m. Virginia Lee Simpson, m. Josephine Safrona Roseanna Darling).

 

Butler, Jacob L.    Jul. 25, 1903 - Oct. 15, 1903. Son of Thomas W. Butler & Josephine Safrona Roseanna Darling. Married Missouri F. Teague 01 Apr 1908.

 

HUSBAND & WIFE: Married 31 Dec 1891 Shannon Co MO.
Butler, Louisa F. Hoops    Jul. 29, 1872 - Oct. 19, 1904. ‘Mother.’ Parents of Mary Elizabeth Butler, Cloa B. Butler, Lucy Leta Butler, Alta Butler, Henry Butler & Howard J. Butler.
Butler, Peter Ferdinand    Feb., 1870 – 1959. 

 

HUSBAND & WIFE: Married 06 Aug 1891.
Butler, Josephine Safrona Roseanna Darling    1873 – 1925.     Born in AR.
Butler, Thomas W.     Feb., 1872 – 1948.     Born in MO. Married 1st Virginia Lee Simpson; child Nancy Butler (m. Marvin Ed Sisco). Children of Thomas & Rosey: George, Paul Albert, Presley Odis, James Ferdinand, Eva Cordelia (m. Fred I. Faulkner), Daniel Dewey (m. Maude M. Shelley), Sarah Elizabeth, Jacob L., William Dow, Thomas Clem (m. Flora Moore), Clarence & Jacob L. Butler.

Crowley, John W.    Nov. 9, 1869 - Jun. 23, 1904.

 

Darling, J. F.    Dec. 2, 1876 - May 19, 1878.     Son of Henry L. Darling & Sarah A. 'Sallie' Wood.

 

Darling, Sarah A. 'Sallie' Wood    Dec. 22, 1838 - Aug. 17, 1907.     Married Henry L. Darling 16 Apr. 1861.

 

Dean, Cora    Oct. 20, 1885 - Oct. 30, 1885.   'Little Cora'    Daughter of Thomas A. Dean & Mary Jane Unknown.

 

Earls, Carl Franklin    Born & died Oct. 1, 1933.     ‘Baby.’ Son of Rufus Franklin Earls & Ollie Melvina Strain.

 

Fears, Baby    Born & died Feb. 5, 1900.

 

Gosnell, James W.    Died Aug. 23, 1897.     ‘Age 7y 7m 3d.  Son of Charles F. Gosnell & Dorah V. Unknown.  

   

Handey, Nancy A.    Jul. 15, 1851 - Sep. 19, 1900.     ‘Wife of Z. C. Handey.’ (Found James Z. Handy & Nancy A. Unknown Handy. Same dates).

 

Harris, Dian Elizabeth    Aug. 12, 1859 - Feb. 23, 1896.

 

Hartgroves, Earnest S.    Nov. 21, 1880 - Feb. 24, 1892. ‘Son of Felix R. & Emaline Hartgroves.’

 

Helms, Rebecca    Feb. 7, 1831 - Jan. 31, 1891. Wife of John H. Helms. Mother of Dora Helms.

 

Hensley, Malinda Pierce    1848 – 1883.     'Born in Texas in 1847, daughter of Nathan Priest Pierce & Isabella Mariah McKay.' Married Thomas Austin Hensley 29 Nov 1871 in Jefferson Co MO. Mother of Leonard, Iley Fennimore (m. Rosie Etna Pierce), Susey L., Cynthia Isabell (m. Henry Lee Ledbetter) and two children who died in infancy.

 

Hood, James W.    Mar. 4, 1852 – Mar. 14, 1912.     Son of Aaron Hood & Sarah Kidd. Born in TN. Married Sarah C. Unknown abt. 1873. Children William Casper 'Cap' (m. Martha Jane Weaver), James A., Sarah Myrtle, Artie (m. Grover C. Anderson) & Jessie Hood (m. Ollie Davis Pulliam).

 

HUSBAND & WIFE: Married abt. 1888.
Hoover, Alpheus L.    1857 – 1937.     Married 2nd Mrs. Dora Lee Parker 27 Jul 1905 Shannon Co MO; daughters Nellie & Beulah.
Hoover, Sina    Died Apr. 20, 1905.     ‘Age 35y 14d.     Wife of A. L. Hoover.’     Parents of Frank, Eta, Mary, Pearl & Earl Hoover. 

 

Huff, Julia A.    1855 – 1893.     ‘Wife of S. P. Huff. Mother of Allen & Mary Huff.’

 

HUSBAND & WIFE:
John, David M.    1828 - Nov. 18, 1901.     ‘Age 74y 3m 15d.’ 
John, Susan    No dates.     Parents of Anna John. 

 

Killough, W. M.    No dates.     Born in IN. Husband of Caledonia Unknown (b. 1862, MO). Father of William, Stanley, Milo, Onie & Oscar Killough.

Lancaster, William    1857 - Nov. 8, 1894.     ‘Age 37 yrs.’     Son of Samuel Lancaster & Polly Unknown. Married Amanda ‘Mandy’ Alley. Father of Dave, Susie (m. Shelton J. Rose), William R. (m. Ethel Rebecca Jones) & Joe Lancaster.

 

Ledgerwood, Lucy Emeline    Jan. 28, 1881 - May 27, 1884.     Daughter of William Henry Ledgerwood & America Matilda Weaver.

 

Lewis, Charles J.    Sep. 19, 1902 - Oct. 8, 1902.     ‘Son of S. B. & Sarah J. Lewis.’

 

McDowell, Arthur    Sep. 15, 1891 - Dec. 3, 1894.     Son of Arthur McDowell, Sr. & Sadia D. Bryson.

 

McKinney, C. J.    Apr. 18, 1876 - May 12, 1908.     Son of Monroe McKinney & Nancy E. Unknown.

McKinney, Nancy E.    Feb. 18, 1846 - Mar. 15, 1908.     Wife of Monroe McKinney. Mother of C. J. & Nettie O. McKinney (m. William O. Wofford).

Monds, William    No dates.

Parker, Allen Goldman    Mar. 24, 1807 - Oct. 25, 1892.     Husband of Margaret Dougherty. Father of Robert Benjamin Parker (m. Mary Louisa Yelton).

HUSBAND & WIFE: Married 1871.
Parker, Mary Louisa Yelton    Aug. 15, 1854 - Apr. 28, 1921.      Daughter of William R. Yelton & Nancy J. Johnson.
Parker, Robert Benjamin    May 3, 1837 - Mar. 1, 1923.     Son of Allen Goldman Parker & Margaret Dougherty. Parents of Margaret J. (m. John D. Smith), Burnetta O. (m. David M. Brown), Nancy Ann (m. Lemuel Newland Searcy), Lona D. (m. Louis Minor Dowler), Viola A. (m. William A. ‘Doc’ Deskins), Lulu S. (m. James H. Howard), Goldman H. (m. Jessie Bolen), Mary P. (m. George C. Simms), Yelton D. & Robert Cornelius ‘Neil’ (m. Rose Bolen).

Pettit, Allie Maud    Aug. 27, 1887 - Jan. 25, 1893.     ‘Daughter of J. H. & Ella H. Pettit.’  

Pidcock, Visey E.    Jun. 2, 1894 - Apr. 20, 1895.     ‘Daughter of F. L. & A. M. Pidcock.’

Pitts, Marion E.    Dec. 11, 1898.     ‘Son of J. T. & L. E. Pitts. Age 1 yr 1 mo 11 da.’

Pollock, James W.    Apr. 16, 1872 - Oct. 5, 1877. Son of Francis Marion Pollock & Nancy J. Unknown.

Pollock, Nancy J.    Feb. 28, 1851 - Oct. 28, 1878.     ‘Wife of F. M. Pollock.’

Ramsey, Mary    No dates.

Randall, Clarence 'Ernest'    Feb. 21, 1893 - Feb. 23, 1893.     Son of Clement Laird Valendingham Randall &  Lorena Bates.

 

Ratliff, Betty    No dates. (Hand carved rock.)

 

Ratliff, J. A. B.    No dates.

Reed, W. Milt    Jan., 1851 - Dec. 9, 1901.     Husband of Anne Rebecca Wallace.

Roark, Delmer E.    Aug. 26, 1883 - Aug. 11, 1884.     Son of Chris E. Roark & Mary C. Harris.

 

HUSBAND & WIFE: (Lost graves in sinkhole)

Robbins/Robins, Thomas N.    d. abt. 1908   

Robbins/Robins, Martha Ann     d. abt. 1923


DOUBLE:
Sears, O. P.    Oct. 29, 1831 - Jul. 10, 1896.
Sears, S. E.    Oct. 3, 1841 - May 3, 1918.

Smith, Nancy Daugherty    Nov. 21, 1810 - May 11, 1906.

 

Smotherman, Adah Rebecca    Nov. 28, 1888 - Aug. 8, 1889.     Daughter of Luther Watson Smotherman & Malinda Delilah Weaver.

Tevault, Earl    Aug. 18, 1902 - Aug. 27, 1903.     Son of William S. Tevault & Birdie Unknown.

Tevault, Grace    Mar. 13, 1898 - Jul. 17, 1899.     Daughter of William S. Tevault & Birdie Unknown.

Tevault, Jennie    Sep. 20, 1900 - Sep. 17, 1901.     Daughter of William S. Tevault & Birdie Unknown.

Tevault, Unes    Nov. 10, 1892 - Dec. 4, 1892.    Daughter of William S. Tevault & Birdie Unknown.

Thomas, Henry    Dec. 25, 1886 - Apr. 18, 1887.     Son of Ridley B. Thomas & Louella 'Josephine' DePriest.

Thompson, Rosa Lillian    Jul. 21, 1898 - Dec. 18, 1898.     ‘Daughter of A. L. Thompson.’

 

HUSBAND & WIFE:
Wallace, Silas Asberry    Dec. 15, 1849 - Jul. 20, 1899.     ‘Son of Thomas & Ruth Havin Wallace.’ NOTE: Conflicting information from another source that has him the son of John W. Wallace & Mary Angelina Smith. Dates the same.
Wallace, Tobitha Louisa Renegar    Dec. 9, 1850 - Jun. 15, 1930.     ‘Daughter of Stephen Ellis & Susan McGehee Renegar.’ Parents of Rhoda E. ‘Callie’, John, Harry, Susanna ‘Anne’, William Thomas (m. Lillie Jane Faulkner), James Asa Francis (m. Mary Talitha Faulkner) & Sarah Eliza Josephine ‘Josie’ Wallace. 

 

Wallis, Eller    Aug. 26, 1880 - May 14, 1898.     ‘Wife of Oliver Wallis.’

DOUBLE:
Wallis, J. R.    1837 – Unknown.
Wallis, Rachel    1845 - Nov. 14, 1904.

DOUBLE: Married 05 Nov 1820 Knox Co KY.
Weaver, Anna Chestnut    1802 – 1881.     Born Washington Co KY; died Birch Tree Shannon Co MO.
Weaver, Peter Alexander, Sr.    Feb. 22, 1798 – 1882.     Born Washington Co TN; died Birch Tree Shannon Co MO, son of Samuel James Weaver, Sr. & Mary Ann Bolinger. Parents of 12 children: Samuel Perry (m. Malinda Ann Jackson), Lavina (m. Arthur Sasser), John (m. Malinda Amelia 'Millie' Thomas), Sarah 'Sally' (m. James Elias Sellars), James Hezekiah Balfrier (m. Sarah ‘Catherine’ Ann Brock), Mary 'Polly' (m. Gillespie Henderson), Martha America Matilda (m. William Green 'Wick' Thomas), Daniel Andrew (m. Delilah Goldsberry), Dorcas (m. John Goldsberry), Joseph (m. Frances Rebecca DePriest), James K. Polk (m. Edell Lewis?) & Peter Alexander Weaver, Jr. (m. Catherine 'Cass' Thomas).

 

Weaver, Ann Elizabeth    Aug. 17, 1876 - Oct. 1, 1888.

Weaver, Sarah 'Catherine' Ann Brock    Mar. 10, 1839 - Nov. 11, 1890.     She was born in Kentucky & died at Rocky Falls near Winona Shannon Co MO. Married James Hezekiah Balfrier Weaver 27 Oct 1853 in Kentucky. He remarried to Mary Jane Wilbanks 24 Aug 1891 Shannon Co MO. He was born Jun. 10, 1832 at Laurel Co KY, died Feb. 25, 1919 at Mountain View Howell Co MO, and is buried at the Mountain View City Cemetery. Children of Catherine & Hezekiah were: Abigail, Arthur Sasser (m. Mary Ellen Pomeroy), John Edmon (m. Emily Jane 'Emma' Norton), George Brock (m. Nancy Elizabeth Norton), James Daniel Montgomery (m. Alice Evaline Anderson), Peter Phillip (m. Alice Ella Lee 'Alcie' Combs), Thomas Hyman (m. Alcy Donnalea 'Sally' Hill), Riley Hezekiah (m. Cynthia Agnes Williams), Silas Woodson (m. Ollia Delolah 'Ollie' Swain), Elizabeth Ann (died young) & Eliza Catherine 'Cassie' (m. Francis Sylvester 'Frank' Williams).

Weaver, George Washington Chestnut    Nov. 23, 1848 - May 15, 1888.     Son of Samuel Perry Weaver  & Malinda Ann Jackson . Married Nancy Jane Alley 11 Dec 1879. Father of David W. (m. Edith Unknown), Melissa (m. Unknown Withers) & Lillie (m. Tom Sawry, m. Unknown Johnston).

 

Weaver, M. M.     Sep. 14, 1880 - Jan. 18, 1882. Daughter of William Daniel 'Billy' Weaver & Susan Rebecca Ledgerwood.

 

Wiles Eld R.    Nov. 16, 1840 - Jun. 22, 1896.

Wofford, Dorothy M.    Dec. 23, 1909 - May 27, 1911.     ‘Age 1 Yr. 5 Mos. 4 Days.' Daughter of Charles Edward Wofford & Mary C. 'Mollie' Maize.

 



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