Barnes Cemetery

Birch Tree, Shannon County, MO


 

 From Birch Tree, MO. take Hwy. 99 South to Y Hwy. and turn left (East) go 3.5 miles, take Co. Rd. Y-629 South 2 miles to Co. Rd. 609 turn left (East) and go 3.6 miles to Co. Rd. 609C Barnes Cemetery is 0.4 miles on the left.

 

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 36.9178, Longitude: -91.3822

 
Rev. Mar. 8, 2008


 

HUSBAND & WIFE
Barnes, Cora Jane     Oct 20 1881 - Mar 18 1963. Daughter of Robert ‘Bob’ Jones & Nancy J. Alley.

Barnes, Jacob Boston ‘Jake’     May 20 1878 - Dec 25 1956.

 

Barnes, Donald Ray     Nov 22 1939 - Nov 23 1939. ‘Our Baby’

 

Barnes, John W.     Aug 25 1881 -  Dec 6 1900.

 

DOUBLE
Barnes, William Jones     Jan 21 1850  -  Aug 11 1929. Son of Sam Barnes & Adeline Jones. MO Death Cert.#29790: Born Kentucky; died at Birch Tree. Informant Sam Barnes. Burial Aug. 12th.
Barnes, Louisa Jane Bockman     May 10 1850 -  Jun 13 1929. Daughter of Christopher Bockman & Nancy Ann Fultz.  MO Death Cert.#23350: Has Louisa Green Barnes, wife of William, daughter of Christopher Bockman and Unknown Pulse. Gives age as ‘about 78’, and date of death is Jun. 20, 1929. Informant William Barnes, Birch Tree.  Burial Jun. 21, 1929.

 

HUSBAND & WIFE
Barnes, Leona B. Cooper     June 8 1910 - Aug 11 1997. Daughter of John Cooper & Isabell Wells.

Barnes, Richard Bland     May 6 1895 - Aug 6 1986.

 

Barnes, Odus Minor     Aug 20 1911 - Nov 4 1951. Son of Jacob ‘Jake’ Barnes & Cora Jane Jones. MO Death Cert.#44328: Born Oregon Co MO. Died at Birch Tree. Burial Nov. 7th.

 

Barnes, William T.     Jan 24 1891 - Nov 20 1900. Same type headstone as John W. (above); presumed to be brothers.

 

Crow, Johnny     1862 (Only Date). 'Son of John F. Crow & Mary Ann Schooler.'

 

Crow, Mary Ann Schooler     1830 - 1862. 'Wife of John F. Crow.'

 

Culp, Carl Franklin     Feb 26 1931 (Only Date).  ‘A little bud of love to bloom with God above’.

 

Donley, G. T.     Partially buried stone, partial date looks like 1877. MO Death Cert.#31585 has George Harrison Donley, born Jul. 8, 1878 in MO, died Oct. 1, 1945 at Bartlett. Son of George Donley; husband of Sarah Jane Donley. Died of suicide by drowning at Garrett Lake or Pond. Burial Oct. 3, 1945.                                   

 

Donley, Sarah     Hand carved, difficult to read, looks like “Died 1947”. No death certificate found.

 

Farris, C. E.     Jun 4 1855 (Only Date). MO Death Cert.#15198: Charlie E. Farris, husband of Emma; born Jun. 1, 1855, died Mar. 4, 1920 at Pike Creek, Shannon Co MO. Son of George W. Farris and Theresa Carney. Informant L. C? Lowry, Winona; burial Mar. 6, 1920.

 

Farris, Lettie     Feb 14 1855 - Feb 2 1912. MO Death Cert.#12038 has Mae Lottie Farris, born Feb. 15, 1856, died Feb. 2, 1912 at Winona. Daughter of (looks like) Hiram (or Epriam) Shelton? And Lutee or Lottee Lovel. Informant Charles E. Farris, Winona. Burial Feb. 3, 1912 at Rogers Cemetery. (NOTE: Was Rogers another name for Barnes?)

 

Garrett, Unnamed     Born & died Jul 26 1934. Daughter of Vernia Garrett.

 

Garrett, Mamie     Oct 15 1899 - Jun 3 1900. 'Gone to be an Angel’

 

Garrett, Mary E.     Oct 29 1879 - Oct 9 1911. 'Wife of J. E. Garrett’

 

HUSBAND & WIFE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Gosnell, Charley B.      Apr 18 1878 - Apr 29 1957.                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Gosnell
, Lou Creesia E.
Chance      May 1 1880 - Dec 7 1919. MO Death Cert.#38369: Daughter of John Chance and Evaline Green, born in Indiana. Died at Bartlett. Informant Charles Gosnell. Burial Dec. 9th.                    

 

Gosnell, Minnie Ellen     Dec 4 1919 - Dec 5 1919. MO Death Cert.#38367: Born and died Dec. 5, 1919 at Bartlett. Infant daughter of Charley B. Gosnell and Lou Chance. Burial Dec. 6th.

 

HUSBAND & WIFE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Harrod, George Washington     Feb 14 1848 - Jun 11 1928. Son of William McKamey Harrod & Nancy Ellen Allison.
Harrod, Martha Ann Greer     May 28 1821 - Dec 1 1918. Daughter of James Monroe Greer & Elizabeth Ann Denny.

 

DOUBLE
Martin, Jennie M.
      1865 - 1937?  (very worn)
Martin, Charles Albert       Dec. 16, 1857 – Apr. 30, 1934. MO Death Cert.#15409: Son of Joseph C. Martin (KY) & Charlotte Camblin (IN). Informant Ray Martin, Winona. Burial May 1st.

 

Martin, Charles R.     Oct 14 1922 - Dec 26 1922.

 

Martin, Harold L.     Nov 30 1907 - Jan 12 1967.  Pvt Co A 57 Signal BN WWII.’

 

Martin, Hattie Blythe     Jul 30 1899 - Dec 25 1993. 'Mother'

 

Martin, Howard Owen     Feb 26 1925 - May 25 1991.  ‘PFC, US Army, WWII.’

 

Martin, Walter Ray     1893 - 1975.  ‘CPL US Army WWI.’

 

Nicholson Infants     No dates. FHM (Yarber Mortuary, Mtn. View MO)

 

Smotherman, Martha     1938 – 1939.

 

Watkins, Eva     Nov 20 1859 - Dec 4 1919. 'Grandmother' MO Death Cert.#38368 Evalin Watkins, born in Indiana Feb. 28, 1860, daughter of William Green and Sallie Chestnut, wife of Charles Watkins, Winona MO. Informant Charles Watkins. Burial Dec. 5, 1919.

 

Weaver, Parmelia     Feb 5 1884 - Sep 9 1908.

 

West, Theresa      Oct 1883 - Oct 5 1906. There's some kind of inscription across the top of the stone, part of the words looks like 'Kindly' and the date '1847'

Williams, Edgar Sylvester Jun 23 1927 - Oct 18 1927.  'Darling'  MO Death Cert.#32460  Died at Bartlett. Son of James P. C. Williams and Louisa Barnes. Burial October 19th.

 

Wood, Harlan Jefferson     1864 - 1937?  The question mark is on the stone). MO Death Cert.#44827: Harlan Woods, born Kentucky, divorced from Charity Corbett; died Dec. 26, 1939 at Bartlett Shannon Co MO. Parents names unknown to informant William Woods of Bartlett.  Burial Dec. 27th.
 


    

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