Township:

T-48-N

Range:

R-17-W

Section:

25

Area:

Northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the section About a mile from the new bridge on Route B, south, out of Boonville on a country lane not far from the Petite Saline Creek on the farm once owned by Ed (Jack) Melkersman is a cemetery about twenty feet square with an iron fence around it.  On the gate is the name “McFarland”.  The farm is now owned by Henry Grathwohl (1976).

History:

There are no visible tombstones inside this enclosure but on the outside was found one foot marker with the initials, J. McF. on it.  It is our thinking that this is a marker for the grave of John S., Jacob, or Jessie McFarland who had come to Cooper County between 1815 and 1820 after William McFarland, the first sheriff of Cooper County, who resided on the Byler farm now owned by Larry Lymer (1976) of the Rankin Mill Community.

Other markers scattered around over an area of some fifty by seventy five feet were found that had not been broken beyond reading and these were:

Updated:

September 19, 2000

Alexander

Edith P., wife of Rheuben Alexander, born May 8, 1808; died Oct. 2, 1887

Alexander

Susane, daughter of R. and Edith Alexander; died July 20, 1852

Bonsfield

Henry, Jr., died Jan 18, 1860; aged 9 years, 9 months, 12 days

Chambers

Adolphus; no dates; son of Joseph Chambers

Chambers

Gustavus, son of Jos. And N. Chambers; born Nov. 27, 1829; died April 1, 1837

Chambers

Joseph (Sr.?) born April 3, 1804; died Oct. 27, 1894; husband of Nancy (Crawford) Chambers

Chambers

Joseph, no dates

Chambers

Nancy R., wife of Joseph Chambers; born Nov 27, 1804; died April 2, 1881

Crawford

Eliza Jane nee Greenhilge, born Sept. 28, 1830; died Aug. 10, 1955; (This must be Eliza Jane Greenhilge who was married to John Crawford on April 18, 1849)

Crawford

George, born Mar 1793; died 1852 (Possibly the same Geo. Crawford, named above.)

Crawford

George, born March 8, 1795; died 29 Jul 1852; (He was Honorable George Crawford, one time assessor of Cooper County and later a member of the legislature.  He was married to Elizabeth P. Embree.  They had a son, John Crawford, mentioned above.  George Crawford was married the second time to Mariah Kepner.)

Crawford

Sarah; no dates

Embree

John, born Feb. 7, 1765; died Sept. 9, 1852

Gilbreth

Nannie, daughter of Wm. and M. E. Gilbreath; died June 20, 1860; aged 1 month, 8 days

McFarland

Jacob, born 21 Feb 1772; died 13 Oct 1846; husband of Matilda (Fleming) McFarland; husband of Nancy (Cathey) McFarland (deceased 1846) ; (buried?) Note: Nancy Cathey was a daughter of George Cathey, a Revolutionary Soldier.  These families came to St. Genevieve Co., Mo., in about 1816; lived there for two years; and in 1819 came to Cooper Co., where they lived out their lives.

McFarland

Matilda nee’ Fleming; no dates; wife of Jacob McFarland

Reed

Caroline S., died Oct. 13, 1822; aged 1 year, 7 months

Thomas

Sophronia; no dates

Unknown

Grave; “G. W. C.” only the footstone with initials remain

Unknown

Grave; “I. McF.” only the footstone with initials remain

Unknown

Grave; “P. B. C.” only the footstone with initials remain