Sherwood Cemetery, Jasper Co., MO

Sherwood Cemetery is located at the end of a gravel road, about a
quarter mile east of the intersection of JJ highway and Fir road.
Although the cemetery is not visible from Fir road, two large stone
posts are visible on either side of the entrance to the gravel road.

Sherwood Cemetery was established when the city was platted by Daniel
Hunt.  It was common during the period that Sherwood existed to have
family burial plots on the homestead, and therefore Sherwood cemetery
did not command the burial of all the dead of the town.  It is uncertain
how many are buried in the cemetery since there are no records of
burials known, and many removals from the cemetery have been made over
the years.  All lists of the cemetery’s population have been compiled
from recent readings of head stones.  Undoubtedly there are many more
buried within the cemetery than can be noted because of numerous rocks
that seem to have been used as primitive headstones.  The cemetery has
more rocks than headstones; rocks that are organized in lines as are
headstones in current cemeteries.

The majority of the headstones that contain inscriptions come from
around the turn of the century; after Sherwood was destroyed.  It is
rumored that after the destruction of the town, the cemetery became a
burial site for paupers.

Sherwood Cemetery, through the years, was not been maintained and became
overgrown with tall grass and small trees.  Several attempts have been
made by citizens and Boy Scout Troop 70 of Carl Junction to restore and
maintain the cemetery.  Because of the size and length of time involved
in such a task, it has yet to be accomplished.  Today, the cemetery
remains to be abandoned and overgrown.

Cemetery List
The following is a list compiled from two readings of the tombstones in
the cemetery.  One reading was conducted by Colleen Belk, a well known
local genealogist and historian, sometime in the 1960’s.  The other
reading was conducted by me on 24 March 1992.

J.T.B.
Baltzell, Harry M.
               Edward L.
Bailey, John R.
Brown, Abraham Lincoln
Colburn, Martha
Davidson, Amos D.
               Josiah W.
Davis, Margaret
Dyer, Nellie
               Cloud
P.E.
Eckel, William
               Bessie
               Orly
               William M.
               Nettie
W.J.F.(?E.)
Frederick, Bert
Frizzel,  Ester
Gade, Emma D.
Garrett, Cameron
Gibson, William H.
Harrison, B. C.
Huddleston, Lue
               Harvey
S.K.L.
J.A.L.
Mallet, Charles B.
McDowell, J. Edgar
               W.W.
               Lydia A.
               Charles D.
A.L.N.
S.L.N.
Phillips, W.B.
               Artemeza
               Lucy
G.A.R.
S.E.S.
M.A.S.(?G.)
C.(?)J.S.
R.S. (foot stone / headstone missing)
Stiers, Ezra
               David
Sullenger, John
               Catherine
Teagarden, B.V.
               Ethal Branble
Wright, Josiah S.
               Martha A.

*Note: There are numerous rocks and depressions in the ground that
appear to be grave sites.

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