Property of Cooper County Mo.

For Court House, Boonville, Mo.

Cooper County, Missouri

CEMETERY RECORDS

Volume

I

ELIZABETH PRATHER ELISBERRY

Box 206

Chillicothe, Mo. 64601

Abbreviations & Preferences:

b= born

bur= buried

E or Ca= Circa (about)

Cem.= Cemetery

chi= children

C.P.= Cumberland Presbyterian

d= died

dis= dismissed

m= married

gr= whichsec

R= resides or resided

ret.= returned

Publications referred to are:

HCLD = History of Cooper County Mo. - by Henry C. Linens & Nathanial M. Drake, 1876.

HHCC= History of Howard & Cooper Counties, Mo.- by Nat. Historical Co., 1883.

HCCJ= History of Cooper County, Mo.- by N.F. Johnson, 1919.

HCEJM= History of Cooper County Mo., - by E. J. Melton, 1937.

DVKM= Descendants of Virginia, Kentucky & Missouri- by E.A. Cardry 1973.

HCPC= History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church - by B.W. Mc Don.

LTFE= The Life and Timers of Rev. Finis Ewing -by F.R. Crossut 1853.

AP,MME Judge Ewing = Aunt Peggy, Being of memoir of Mrs. Margaret Davidson Ewing, wife of the late Rev. Finis Ewing by one of her sons. 1846

HMCPC= Judge Ewing, Historical memoirs; a Brief History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Mo. by Judge R.C. Ewing, 1874.

1877; LAMCC= Illustrated Atlas Map of Cooper Co. Mo., 1877 reprinted on reduced format

-by VKM Publishing Co.

1897; HAMCC= Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Cooper Co. Mo.; 1897

1915; SAMCC= Standard Atlas Map of Cooper Co. Mo.; 1897

1976; HNLC= History of New Lebanon Cooper Co. Mo. -by E.A. Cordry

CRCC= Cemetery Records of Cooper Co. Mo. -by Cooper County Historical Association.

E.C.C.P.- Early Cooper County Pioneers- (in Chart form) -by Jean Carter (Mrs. J.R. Carter, Rt. 2, LA Monts Mo. 65337.

Earliest recorded burial 1846

ADAMS - SOWERS CEMETERY

Location:

"On the western side of Clear Creek Township is found the Sowers Cemetery - as it is known today; it isn't very large, but has a good fence around it. But it is overgrown with tall weeds, not now.

The inscription on a stone there shows that Ignatius Adams died Oct. 13, 1846, and close by is a rock marking another grave, though there is no inscription on it. Another marker which is rather odd is made of natural rock with letters chiseled on it about an inch high; it can be read from some distance as the letters are very clear. The inscription on this one is "Francis Adams, died April 23, 1850". Excerpt from the article: "Clear Creek Township is Interesting Area of County" by Mrs. Hayes, Correspondent for Boonville Daily News."

ADAMS: Francis, Sr., b. About 1780; d. April 23, 1850; son of Godfrey and Lillian or Gillian? (Martin) Adams; hus. Of Mary Elizabeth (Hambrick) Adams

HOWARD: Susan nee' Adams; b. May 3, 1806; d. July 4, 1883; dau. of Francis. Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Hambrick) Adams; has. of Julia Ann (Taylor) Adams

ADAMS: Ignatius, b. July 29, 1810; d. Oct. 10, 1846; son of Francis, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Hambrick) Adams; has. Of Julia Ann (Taylor) Adams

JOHNSON: Julia Ann Taylor; b. Feb.14, 1817; d. May 24, 1855; dau. of James and America (Weathers) Taylor; wife of Ignatius Adams; 1st has. wife of James H. Johnson, 2nd has.

ADAMS: Francis, Jr., b. Jan. 12, 1812; d. March 30, 1887; son of Francis, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Hambrick) Adams; has. Of Rachel (Ellis) Adams.

ELLIS: Benjamin Franklin, b. 1810; d. 1815; son of Isaac Spencer and Martha "Patsy" (Shipley) Ellis; (May be buried in Ellis Cem. In Clear Creek Twp.)?

ADAMS: Rachel; b. Sept. 26, 1814; d. March 17, 1887; dau. Of Isaac Spencer & Martha "Patsy" (Shipley) Ellis; wife of Francis Adams, Jr. (Buried Ellis ?)

SOWERS:Martha Jane nee Ellis (Adams-1st has.) b. April 2, 1850; d. Nov. 23,1933 dau. Of Isaac Spencer & Susan Frances (Howard) Ellis; wife of James I. Adams, 1st has.; wife of

John Louis Sowers, 2nd has.

ADAMS: James I., b. March 30, 1846; d. Jan. 1879; son of Francis, Jr. & Rachel (Ellis) Adams (Sowers)

SOWERS : John Louis; b. May 24, 1852; d. Nov. 21, 1909; son of has. of Martha Jane (Ellis) > (Adams) Sowers

Ellis Benjamin Franklin; b. 1810- d. 1815 /son of Isaac Spencer and Martha "Patsy" (Shipley) Et.

NOTE: there is a question about where this burial was-her or "it" may have been in Old Ellis Cemetery, Clear Creek.