VALENTINE-MILLER CEMETERY, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI 3 mi south of Leslie on H-CC, east on Peters Ford Road to farm at end of road (Twp 42N, R3W, Sec 24) Few markers left standing, most were buried; many other graves are marked only by rocks. Submitted by Laura Ransom. ALTUM Lucy 24 Sep 1847 - 15 Jul 1851 d/S. & V. Altum ALTUM *Vina 26 Jan 1821 - 25 Apr 1853 w/S. Altum BURTON Sarah no dates aged 60 yrs. D. G. no dates initials only KELLY Wm. J. 27 Sep 1830 - 26 Jul 1831 s/o M. V. M. I. Kelly M. A.** no dates initials only; near V. Altum MILLER Anna - 11 May 1874 aged 64 years; w/Daniel MILLER Daniel - 6 Mar 1874 aged 60 years PARK Eli 20 May 1827 - 24 Mar 1910 PARK Mary A. 4 Nov 1840 - 1 Jul 1888 w/Eli SAWYERS James E. 20 Feb 1845 - 10 Jan 1846 s/P.R. & N.M. SAWYERS Nancy M. 22 Oct 1811 - 1 Nov 1853 w/P.R. Sawyers SHAW A. V. 1876 - 1876 shared marker with Mrs. N.A. SHAW Blanch L. 4 Oct 1878 - 28 Mar 1900 SHAW Earl M. 27 Oct 1910 - 22 Jan 1913 SHAW Mrs. N. A. 1841 - 1876 SHAW Peter 14 Mar 1841 - 10 Aug 1922 SHAW William M. 31 Jan 1870 - 25 Sep 1951 VALLANTINE John J. 20 Sep 1831 - 19 Mar 1853 VALENTINE Catharine 18 Dec 1821 - 10 Sep 1829 d/Ira & M.S. VALENTINE Ichabod B. 2 Nov 1841 - 2_ Apr 18_5? s/Ira & M.S. VALENTINE Ira 15 Jan 1804 - 4 ___ 1855 VALENTINE Eli F. 4 Aug 1839 - 12 Sep 1840 s/Ira & M.S. VALENTINE Nancy M. 4 Feb 1834 - 14 Oct 1834 d/Ira & M.S. VALENTINE Ruth 23 Sep 1829 - 10 May 1839 d/Ira & M.S. WARE James 1 Sep 1824 - 5 Nov 1862 PVT CO I 26 MO VOL INF WEIRICH Martha J. 28 Jun 1851 - 3 Nov 1880 w/H. T. Weirich WEST Geo. M. 9 Sep 1829 - 18 Mar 1864 WEST Henry M. 8 Oct 1846 - 8 Aug 1922 WILSON Arena J. 10 Jan 1839 - 22 Sep 1908 WILSON JNO. no dates CO. F 31st MO. INF One other hand-carved stone, located near the Valentines' headstones, contained the following inscription: 1st line: iN 2nd line: T.CS.d.W.b1_43. 3rd line: A._K.Y.11M.26d The dots were carved between the characters as indicated, and the "K" on the third line may be an "H". ___________ * A few inches below the death date on Vina Altum's headstone was the following inscription: Halliday & Olmsted, St. Louis. ** This may be Morgan Altum (brother of Lucy and son of Vina and Spencer) who was born 4 Sep 1849. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Ransom ====================================================================