Collier Graves Benton Township, Section 30 Andrew County, Missouri Directions: From Savannah city limits, west to 71 Highway and north on 71 Highway a total of 9 miles to County Road 54. Travel west on County Road 54 for 1 mile to RD 38. Travel south on RD 38 for 0.2 miles to gates on…
Coffman Cemetery Nodaway Township, Section 22 Andrew County, Missouri Directions: From Savannah US Business 71, east on State Route E, 0.5 mile to SR C, north 3 miles. Credits: These pictures were taken by Betty Halvorsen, 2005. (c)THE Transcriptions (Taylor, Halvorsen, Eshelman). * Indicates African-Americans + Indicates obituary available
Clizer CemeteryJackson Township, Section 34Andrew County, Missouri Directions: From Savannah northwesterly on US Business 71 and US 59, 5 miles to County Road 70, north on CR 70 for 1 mile to CR 63. About 0.5 mile on CR 63 to driveway of private property. Cemetery is in a tilled field, but cannot be seen…
Clemmens Cemetery Platte Township, Section 33 West Andrew County, Missouri Directions: Go 1.5 miles south on State Route D from State Hwy. 48. Cemetery in on private property on the west side of the road. Access by permission. Credits: These pictures were taken by Betty Halvorsen, 2006. (c)THE Transcriptions (Taylor, Halvorsen, Eshelman).
Carson Burial Ground Rochester Township, Section 6 Andrew County, Missouri Directions: From Savannah: Drive east on E Highway 3.5 miles to the intersection of Highways D and E. Turn North on Highway D and drive 0.8 miles to County Road 185. Turn north on CR185 and drive 0.3 miles to a driveway into the field…
Caples Cemetery AKA Amazonia Cemetery or Boston Hill CemeteryAmazonia, Lincoln Township, Section 36 SouthAndrew County, Missouri Directions: From Amazonia, east on Broadway, turn north to Main, follow Main to end of blacktop, where the road becomes County Road 370, gravel lane to left. The cemetery is on the top of a steep hill. The road…
Brown Cemetery AKA Selix CemeteryMonroe Township, Section 11 WestAndrew County, Missouri Directions: South on Fourth Street of Cosby, Missouri off State Route O, past Leidy Street. Cemetery is on private property, accessible with permission. Credits: These pictures were taken by Betty Halvorsen, 2006. (c)THE Transcriptions (Taylor, Halvorsen, Eshelman). These pictures were taken by Betty Halvorsen,…
Brock Cemetery Lincoln Township, Section 3 Andrew County, Missouri Directions: From Savannah City limits, go west on US Business 71 and US 59, 4 miles to State Route CC, then south 1 mile to County Road 422, then west about 0.5 mile. Notes: Though he had at one time seen several stones from this cemetery,…
Bower Cemetery AKA Beale Cemetery Jackson Township, Section 17 Andrew County, Missouri Directions: From Fillmore, go south on State Route H. The cemetery is on the east side of SR H, one mile from the intersection of H with A. Entry is by permission, through private property. Notes: This cemetery was cleaned in October, 2005…
Bolckow CemeteryBolckowAndrew County, Missouri Directions: From Bolckow, east on State Route B, 0.5 mile. Notes: The photography of this cemetery was part of the Eagle Scout projects of Andrew and Jacob Sinclair. Credits: This cemetery was documented and photographed by Andrew and Jacob Sinclair, and Betty Halvorsen, Mary Nagel, and Nadine Taylor, 2006 (c)THE Transcriptions…
Bethel CemeteryMonroe Township, Section 5 EastAndrew County, Missouri Directions: Bethel Cemetery is straight east of Cosby. Cosby is located on State Route O, continue east at stop sign, take SR Z east .5 mile. Go straight east 1.5 miles on County Road 274. Church sign on road 274. Bethel Church and cemetery on north side…
Bennett Lane Cemetery AKA Wesley Chapel CemeteryNodaway Township, Section 19 NorthAndrew County, Missouri Directions: From Savannah, north on US Business 71 and US 71, 4 miles to County Road 151; cemetery is on the north side of 151 at the intersection. Notes: AKA Wesley Chapel Cemetery Bennett Lane Cemetery has paved streets that run through…
Bedford Chapel CemeteryEmpire Township, Section 30 WestAndrew County, Missouri Directions: From Savannah US Business 71, east on State Route E 3.5 miles to SR D, then north and east 0.8 miles to County Road 185, then north 2.6 miles on CR 185 to CR 188. Cemetery is on the northwest corner of intersection. There is…
Bashor CemeteryEmpire Township, Section 8 EastAndrew County, Missouri Directions: North off US 169 on State Route M 3.1 miles to State Highway AA and County Road 229 intersection, then 0.8 mile east on CR 229 to driveway leading to private farm. Cemetery is north of CR 229 about 0.3 mile on farm fence line. Visitors…
Antioch Christian Church Cemetery AKA Lambright Cemetery, Frazee Cemetery Clay Township, Section 18 Andrew County, Missouri Directions: From Savannah north on US 71, 10.5 miles to State Route Y, then west 6.5 miles to County Road 7, south 0.5 mile to CR 6, from Fillmore north of SR H, which joins SR Y. Take SR…
The History of Andrew and DeKalb Counties is available from the Internet Archive.
The most atrocious crime that ever occurred in Andrew County was the murder of the McLaughlin children, two little girls, aged, respectively, seven and nine years, which was perpetrated on a Sunday afternoon in September, 1884, near Flag Springs. The children had gone to spend part of the day at Thomas Bateman’s house, which was…
The Centennial History of Andrew County appeared in the Andrew County Republican on 13 July 1876 and was transcribed and submitted by Monica Schirmer Eshelman.
Maps included here are not meant to be stellar cartography. My map-making skills are slim. These maps, however, should give the viewer a closer idea of the locations of Andrew County townships, and the cemeteries within the townships. In order to drive to a particular cemetery, please consult the directions at the individual cemetery page….
Index prepared by by Marian Davis. This index is very old and no longer updated, but still helpful!
Date of Death: 9 Oct 1891 Subject: John Baum Source: Savannah Reporter, Oct 1891 The subject of this sketch was born in Fiel, Ober Merschel county, Rhine Province, Bavaria, Germany, January 18, 1808, of wealthy and influential parents. August 29, 1837, he left Rotterdam, Holland, and after a stormy trip of sixty days he landed…
Date of Death: 19 Jan 1914 Subject: Mary E. (Dorathy) Barrow Source: Savannah Reporter, 23 Jan 1914, p. 1, column 3 Mrs. Luther Barrow Died Monday. Mrs. L. H. Barrow died Monday at 7:30 at the hospital in St. Joseph after an operation. She had been ill two weeks. The remains were taken to Rosendale…
Date of Death: 21 Jun 1921 Subject: Olive (Robertson) Barr Source: Holt County Sentinel, 24 Jun 1921, p. 8 Mrs. M. R. Cummings received word, Tuesday, from Rea, Mo., that her sister, Mrs. Joe Barr had died Monday night at twelve o’clock. Mrs. Barr was buried at Savannah, Mo. Mrs. Cummings attended the funeral.
Date of Death: 21 Feb 1918 Subject: Joseph Barr Source: Holt County Sentinel, 1 Mar 1918, p. 5 M. R. Cummings and wife, and J. T. Scott and wife attended the funeral of Mrs. Cummings’ brother-in-law, Joseph Barr, which was held at Savannah, Saturday. Mr. Barr died with pneumonia, Thursday, at Rea, Mo., at the…
Date of Death: 22 Jan 1887 Subject: Jane (Liggett) Barr Source: Savannah Reporter, 28 Jan 1887 Died January 22 of pneumonia, Mrs. Jane, wife of Andrew Barr of Hackberry Ridge. She was born March 25, 1827 in County Down, Ireland, and came with her father, William Liggett and family to this county 1831 [or 1834]….
Date of Death: 22 Jul 1876 Subject: infant of William Barr Source: Andrew County Republican, 27 Jul 1876, p. 1 Died, on last Saturday a little child of Wm. A. and Lizzie Barr, and was buried on Sunday in the Fillmore cemetery. Relatives were present from near Savannah.
Date of Death: 8 Feb 1896 Subject: Andrew Barr Source: Savannah Reporter, 14 Feb 1896 Andrew Barr was born County Down, Ireland, December 10, 1822. He died at his home in Andrew county, February 8, 1896, at the age of 73 years 1 month and 26 days. He came with parents to America at about…
Date of Death: 28 Mar 1875 Subject: Odency (Hudson) Barnes Source: Andrew County Republican, 2 Apr 1875, p. 8 Died. Barnes.– In Savannah, on Sunday, March 28th, 1875, Mrs. Odency Barnes, an old and esteemed resident of Savannah.
Date of Death: 21 Mar 1891 Subject: Delilah (Osborn) Barada Source: unknown, May 1891 Died Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, Mrs. Delilah Barada of congestion of the lungs. Deceased was born in Ohio, July 4, 1821, and has lived in St. Joseph forty-three years. She leaves but one daughter to mourn her death.
Date of Death: 31 Mar 1917 Subject: Cora May (Moore) Banks Source: Holt County Sentinel, 20 Apr 1917, p. 2 Mrs. Cora Banks, wife of Joseph Banks, died at a St. Joseph hospital March 31, 1917, after five weeks of suffering. She was born in Andrew county, October 20, 1882, and was united in marriage…
Janeva K. Baile is looking for information on Caleb BALEY/BAILEY, b ca1805 in VA, lived in Andrew Co, MO. Caleb BALEY was a brother to Gillum BALEY, an early minister in Andrew County, MO. Their parents, William BALEY and Margaret (REED) BALEY, had seven children – all of whom lived in Andrew and Nodaway counties…
Charles S. L. Baker, widely known St. Joseph negro inventor, died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, 1712 Messanie street. He is survived by the daughter, Mrs. Belle Hardy, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Sherrell and Mrs. Samuel Todd, St. Joseph. The funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 o’clock…