Barry County, Missouri Beaver Cemetery , At Seligman, south east of town Sugar Creek Township (T21N-R28W-S25) From Highway 37, turn onto East Roller Ridge Rd. (FR 2290.) Go 1.8 miles. The cemetery is on the right down a short lane. The cemetery is fenced and well kept. Transcribed May 1999 by Roger Longley Re- Transcribed and history added May 2003 by Brandon Burns Both transcriptions agreed completly except for the new 2001 burial. The cemetery's land was originally a part of the Beaver farm. It is a small cemetery of about one-half acre. The first people to be buried in this cemetery were Billie Beaver and his wife Polly. Their graves are enclosed with a large sandstone block. On their original stones, with initails "B.B." and "P.B." are dates of birth and death. They are hand- carved, and due to weathering are barely legible. Calvin Dunaway, who died in 1865, was buried elsewhere, but was moved to Beaver Cemetery when his wife Mary died and was buried there in 1897. Their daughter Nancy Tennessee married Billie and Polly Beaver's grandson, Christopher Columbus Beaver. They are buried at this cemetery. Two other of Calvin and Mary's daughters are also buried here: Ardena Dunaway Tilford and Missouri Ann Dunaway Pendergraft. Billie and Polly Beaver's children were: Martin Van Buren Beaver Sr., Russell Cain Beaver Sr., Artamincie Beaver Bicknell, Mary Oliver Beaver Pendergraft, Logan Beaver, John Henry Beaver, Mahala Jane Beaver Henderson, Temperance Huckaby Beaver Perkins, and Nathan Patton Beaver. The following is the list of burials: Row 1: REED, Juanita Verlie Feb. 19, 1946-ssw Vester Doyle Aug. 11, 1937-Dec. 3, 2001 Inscription: I Love You Row 2: Rock Marker (belongs to Coy Beaver) BEAVER, Lou A. 1882-1974 ssw John Chris 1879-1944 Row 3: DUSTIN, Infant Aug. 1968 GOINS, Infant May 1939 (has a footstone) BEAVER, Tennessee May 20, 1854-Mar. 17, 1919 ssw C.C. Aug 8, 1851-Aug. 18, 1940 BEAVER, Calvin Aug. 3, 1888-Dec. 23, 1909 (has a footstone: C.B.) WESTON, Irene 1916 (has a footstone) WESTON, Earnest C. 1919-1922 WESTON, Charles E. 1932-1945 WESTON, Albert E. Aug. 7, 1891-Jan. 21, 1956 WESTON, L. Stella Jun. 9, 1897-Feb 3, 1995 Row 4: Rock Marker Rock Marker Rock Marker SCROGGINS, Thomas Sept. 24, 1876-Sept. 21, 1901 SCROGGINS, James May 10, 1851-Apr. 14, 1917 (has a footstone) SCROGGINS, Elizabeth May 15, 1856-Feb. 14, 1919 PENDERGRAFT, Walter J. Mar. 31, 1896-June 20, 1897 BEAVER, Infant Jan. 2, 1909 BEAVER, Coy James Sept. 2 to Sept. 15, 1930 BEAVER, Marguerite 1926-1930 (has a footstone) BEAVER, Carl L. 1918-1936 Row 5: BEAVER, Mary Rebekah "Polly" 1781-1874 ssw William "Billie" 1781- 1867 DUNAWAY, Ardena C. Mar. 26, 1848-Mar. 20, 1881 DUNAWAY, Calvin Aug. 12, 1820-Apr. 13, 1865 Rock Marker DUNAWAY, Mary A. Mar. 27, 1820-Oct. 6, 1897 Wife of Calvin Rock Marker Rock Marker Rock Marker PENDERGRAFT, Paul A. Apr. 1, 1912-Dec. 19, 1913 A Large Marker with glass broken out (Marker belongs to Missouri Ann Pendergraft) Row 6: ROLLER, Nora M. 1885-1949 Our Mother ROLLER, Ida M. 1917-1928 ROLLER, Homer Dallas Oct. 10, 1902-Jul. 12, 1913 Son of W.J. and M.P. ROLLER, Lamcey J. Aug. 28, 1904-Mar. 8, 1905 Son of W.J. and M.P. ROLLER, Catherine Feb. 24, 1913-Oct. 18, 1917 Daughter of W.J. and N.A. ROLLER, Edith M. 1911-1928 Rock Marker © 1999 Susan Tortorelli All Rights Reserved