BLUE SPRINGS CEMETERY, JACKSON CO., MO File submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Marland Boucher *********************************************************************** *********************************************************************** This is a partial transcription. This cemetery was started by Rhoda Effaniah "Burnett" Harris, my 3rd great-grandmother,sometime between 1845 and her death in 1878. Below is a brief review of the start of the cemetery. When Lewis Franklin Harris, the youngest of the fifteen children of William and Rhoda Harris died at the age of three months, seven days, 3 Aug. 1845, he was buried on the slope of their farm. Some time between 1845 and her death in 1878, Rhoda Harris deeded 1 1/2 acres of her farm for a cemetery. The 11/2 acres was to be reserved as a burial place for her descendants. This was the beginning of the Blue Springs cemetery.It now covers 40 acres (Numerous inquiries have not resulted in the date of the deed.) William Harris died 28 March 1847 and was buried there. Rhoda's father Jeremiah Burnett, Revolutionary War veteran, died 28 June, 1848 at age 99 years. His grave was marked by the D.A.R. Chapters. Jeremiah Alexander Harris, son of William and Rhoda Harris, died 24 Aug. 1848 and is thought to have been buried there in one of the unmarked graves. Son Isham (Isom) Harris died 6 April, 1852, and son Thomas Columbus Harris died 13 June 1857. Both were buried there. The infant son of Marion Lee and Phoebe Harris, who were Killed in a cyclone 30 May 1879, died 4 July 1879, probably the results of injuries in the same cyclone and was buried there. Son William Greenville Harris died 13 Aug.1898, and his wife Martha A. (McPherson) Harris died 5 Aug. 1887. Both are buried there as are six of their children: Charley S. Harris 1866-1882; John D. C. Harris 1858-1940; DOCTOR ROBERT HARRIS 1852-1927 (and wife HENRIETTA (DALTON) HARRIS, 1858-1936; Flemon M. Harris 1863-1948; and George E. Harris 1870-1946. There are a number of other graves there, now unmarked. Rhoda Harris was buried there in September 1878. In another part of the Blue Spring Cem. are the graves of Nancy M. (Harris) Burrus Smith 1820-1886, daughter of William, and Rhoda Harris, and other Burrus family members. Josiah Harris, grandson of Fleming S. Harris and his wife Samantha (Johnson) Harris were buried there. In the Harris section at the Blue Spring Cemetery is a memorial stone erected in 1985 by local D.A.R. Chapters in memory of Reuben Harris, Private, Virginia. who was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He was the father of William Harris. His first wife was Margaret Ann McAlexander, a daughter of William McAlexander. He is listed in the Patriot Index as a signer of the Oath of Allegiance to Virginia in 1777. Born Died Bowlin, Collin W March 8, 1849 September 14, 1891 Bowlin, John W September 17, 1869 February 11, 1935 Bowlin, Margaret Barton June 15, 1888 May 9, 1933 Bowlin, Mary Burrus February 8, 1850 February 27, 1928 Bowlin, Orville Franklin "Bob" March 20, 1881 November 17, 1933 Burnett, Effeniah Crowley 1761 1835 Burnett, Jeremiah III 1749 June 28, 1848 Burrus, Frances Marion November 22, 1837 September 26, 1851 Burrus, Nancy Harris August 8, 1820 April 24, 1886 Burrus, William Taylor January 22, 1811 November 2, 1858 Crawford, Elizabeth Harris 1814 1871 Crawford, Jeptha "Jyslithah" 1811 January 29, 1863 Crick, Earl C. October 19, 1909 April 1971 Crick, Esther Hook July 3, 1912 August 1, 1966 DeLong, Beulah Melvin September 13, 1891 March 21, 1906 DeLong, Infant March 3, 1900 March 3, 1900 DeLong, Infant September 6, 1895 September 7, 1895 DeLong, Joise Lutie September 13, 1892 January 19, 1903 Gilson, George Edward Jr August 5, 1927 August 5, 1927 Harris, Charles Fleming October 1877 1962 Harris, Charles S May 11, 1866 October 30, 1882 Harris, Charles William March 23, 1905 March 17, 1977 Harris, Dochter Robert October 14, 1852 February 19, 1927 Harris, Elizabeth February 15, 1848 February 11, 1869 Harris, Emma Stephens December 23, 1855 November 5, 1941 Harris, Flemon Marshall July 14, 1863 1948 Harris, Flemon Robert March 7, 1896 1978 Harris, George Ezra June 29, 1870 1946 Harris, Henrietta Dalton April 17, 1858 August 1, 1936 Harris, Isham Burnett Lee November 24, 1823 April 6, 1852 Harris, Jeremiah Alexander"Jesse' March 24, 1818 August 24, 1848 Harris, John Daniel October 18, 1858 January 2, 1940 Harris, John Madison November 29, 1849 December 29, 1900 Harris, Josiah William March 11, 1846 December 6, 1930 Harris, Lee J January 1879 July 4, 1879 Harris, Lewis Franklin April 26, 1845 August 3, 1845 Harris, Margaret Johnson October 28, 1822 November 17, 1901 Harris, Marion Lee April 16, 1843 May 30, 1879 Harris, Martha McPherson October 15, 1832 August 5, 1887 Harris, Nellie Hayden December 14, 1873 December 24, 1932 Harris, Phebe Wright June 12, 1852 May 30, 1879 Harris, Rhoda Burnett June 22, 1800 September 9, 1878 Harris, Samatha Johnson January 29, 1850 March 4, 1930 Harris, Samual Birks March 14, 1861 June 29, 1926 Harris, Silas David June 15, 1861 November 30, 1942 Harris, Thomas Columbus Wilson December 2, 1837 June 13, 1857 Harris, William April 14, 1796 March 28, 1847 Harris, William Greenville April 13, 1828 August 13, 1898 Hoit, Effie Juanita October 30, 1922 September 29, 1923 Hook, Lottie Harris September 10, 1887 December 20, 1964 Lewis, Cyrus Madrid December 25, 1854 May 16, 1939 Lewis, Louisa Perdue 1856 May 6, 1935 McCullough, Dona Harris August 23, 1889 June 20, 1923 Norris, Guy Shirley October 24, 1924 February 25, 1940 Norris, Leslie Harris August 22, 1921 July 21, 1995 Rice, Amanda Burrus March 23, 1849 December 1, 1869 Rice, John W September 17, 1869 February 11, 1935 Ware, Louis Frank April 10, 1873 June 18, 1936 Ware, Lucy Bowlin February 9, 1877 January 5, 1916 .