Unknown Cemetery, Polk Township, Cass County, Missouri
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 11:22:19 EDT

I would like to register this cemetery. In June of this year, 
I had the opportunity to index an abandoned cemetery in Polk Township 
in Cass County, MO located on private property.  
The cemetery was in terrible condition, and

that is a whole other story, but here is what I found.

There were seven  graves.   On one large stone was,
Elizabeth G.
Born Dec.27, 1867
Died May 20, 1887
children of T.B. & S.A. Riddle

Louisa J
Born Aug 21, 1864
Died
Apr 19, 1882
children of T.B. & S.A. Riddle

Tyra B
Riddle
Died
Dec 27, 1875
Aged 52 yrs

Individual tombstone
In Memory of
Riley Riddle
Died
Feb 16 1857
Aged 33 yrs

This tombstone was laying on the ground and the grave had been opened.  The
stone also had a Masonic emblem on it.
Jesse P. Worrell
Born
Apr 28 1812
Died
Feb 27, 1872

Gone to Heaven
Rebecca Worrell
wife of
J.P.
Born
Aug 2 1815
Died
Apr 6 1869
Her stone was down and broken.

Sister
Elizabeth
Dau of
JA & H
Williams
Died
Jan 29 1872
Aged 14 yrs 21 D

Mother
Hannah
wife of
J.A.
Williams
Died
March 18
Aged
46yrs

These stones were broken and covered with moss and very hard to read.

I believe there is a good possiblity that there are more graves out there,
but these were all that we could find at this time.  Like I said before, the
cemetery was in terrible shape and the current property owners don't want
anyone out there, but they won't take care of the cemetery either!  I want
to go back out and take pictures and look for more graves, but I will probably
wait until the weather cools off.

Thank you,
Teresa Rogers 
Pleasant Hill, MO

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