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…
Date of Death: 15 Jul 1904 Subject: John “Tip” Bailey Source: Savannah Reporter, 22 Jul 1904 Died at his home in Whitesville on Friday, July 15, 1904, John T. Bailey, aged 79 years, 8 months and 2 days. Uncle Tip, as he was usually called was born in Harlan county, Ky., and was married to…
Date of Death: 21 Apr 1874 Subject: Thomas Austin Source: Andrew County Republican, 22 May 1874, p. 8 On Wednesday morning, at 2 o’clock, Thomas Austin (familiarly known to every one as “Uncle Tommy”) died, after a long, lingering illness. The funeral services took place yesterday morning at 9 o’clock, at the sixth street Methodist…
Date of Death: 23 Nov 1913 Subject: Jeremiah Atkins Source: Holt County Sentinel, 5 Dec 1913, p. 6 New Point and Vicinity.– Mr. Atkins received the word, Sunday morning, that his brother Jerry, living in Andrew county, had died early that morning. The funeral was held Monday afternoon.
Date of Death: 18 Mar 1876 Subject: Asahel P. Ashley Source: Andrew County Republican, 21 Apr 1876, p. 8 Died, March 18th, 1876, at the residence of Mr. A. F. Owen, Capt. A. P. Ashley, aged 85 years. Deceased was buried March 19th, in Bennett Lane Cemetery, under the auspices of Savannah Lodge, No. 71,…
Date of Death: 22 Jan 1907 Subject: John Asher Source: Holt County Sentinel, 25 Jan 1907, p. 5 Vincent Elliott, the young man who was drowned in the Nodaway river near Leach’s mill, on the 10th inst., the particulars of which we gave in our issue last week, was born near Fillmore, February 4, 1882,…
ROBERT O. ARMSTRONG, an enterprising farmer of the Capay Valley, in Yolo County, is a son of William C. and Elizabeth (Smith) Armstrong. His father, a native of Kentucky, was a farmer most of his days, and crossed the plains to California in 1857; followed farming and stock-raising here and in Capay Valley, and later…
Date of Death: 23 Mar 1913 Subject: Mabel A. (Howell) Armfield Source: Holt County Sentinel, 4 Apr 1913, p. 5 Funeral services for the four persons who were killed in the tornado, Easter Sunday night, which virtually wiped out the village of Flag Springs, were held, Thursday of last week. Flag Springs is in Andrew…
Date of Death: 23 Mar 1913 Subject: Luther A. Armfield Source: Holt County Sentinel, 4 Apr 1913, p. 5 Funeral services for the four persons who were killed in the tornado, Easter Sunday night, which virtually wiped out the village of Flag Springs, were held, Thursday of last week. Flag Springs is in Andrew county,…
Date of Death: 2 Dec 1873 Subject: Ann (Fox) Anderson Source: Andrew County Republican, 12 Dec 1873, p. 3 Died. On December 2, at the head of Lower Neely Grove, between Rosendale and Bolckow, Anna Fox, the beloved wife of Judge Wm. Anderson, aged 53 years. Deceased was a native of Ohio, and had been…