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Bethel Family Cemetery


The Bethel Cemetery is located on private property (SE 1/4, SW 1/4, Section 1, Township 22, Range 32) in the Bunker Hill community of McDonald County, Missouri. The property is located on the West side of County Road W, approximately 0.80 miles south of the W & State Highway 76 intersection. (Approximate GPS Coordinates: Latitude N 36 deg 39 min 12 sec, Longitude W 94 deg 20 min 50 sec)

submitted by Gregory L. Bone

Cemetery History

Information herein based upon field inspection and writings by William Hiram Baker, April 12, 1947.

"Graveyards of the Community"

"The Bethel Graveyard, located on the farm now owned by W H Baker and Mrs Gertie Baker, his wife, was the only cemetery near for many years.

In this graveyard were buried:"




Name
Birth
Death
Comment
Anderson, William Harvey "Harve"
1837
1887
h/o Lettie J. Rigney
Anderson, Lettie Jane RIGNEY
26 Dec 1837
30 Sep 1914
d/o Jonathan H. Rigney & Elizabeth Towns; w/o William H. Anderson
Baker, Gertrude Belle MORGAN
8 Mar 1885
22 Feb 1970
d/o John W. Morgan & Melissa J. Eoff; grave unmarked, age 85
Baker, Hiram
15 Mar 1818
17 Mar 1902
age 84, Co K 2nd Regiment Missouri Volunteers, Light Artillery, Civil
Baker, Lucinda

1897
w/o Hiram Baker
Baker, William Hiram
21 Mar 1881
6 Aug 1954
age 73, grave unmarked
Barber, James M.
3 May 1837
2 Feb 1881
age 44, "Sacred to the memory of James M. Barber"
Bethel, Bill
unknown
unknown
Early Day of Cemetery
Bethel, Durham Newby
15 Aug 1827
3 Sep 1893
s/o Samson Bethel & Sarah Halloway; h/o Naomi E.
Bethel, Naomi E. 28 May 1817 22 Jun 1895 age 78
Gillmore, infant son 21 Jul 1882
21 Jul 1882 s/o William & Mary Ann Gillmore
Gillmore, Mary Ann STILLIONS 16 Sep 1866 22 Sep 1886 age 20, d/o John Campbell Stillions & Sarah Elizabeth Gillock; w/o William Monroe Gillmore
Gillmore, William Monroe
14 May 1861
18 Jul 1881
age 20
Hanks, Jonathan 1827 1886
age 59
Stillions, Stella E. 22 Oct 1869 1904 age 35, w/o Cash Little
Turner, G. D.
1810
h/o S. Ginda Turner (could this be Granville D. Turner?
Turner, S. Ginda
4 Apr 1823 16 Jn 1882 age 59, d/o w/o G. D. Turner