Qzark county missouri, Jackson Cemetery A SURVEY OF OZARK COUNTY CEMETERIES NINETY-ONE BURIAL SITES INVENTORIED 1986 – 1988 By: Connie Lyons With Cemetery Histories by Various Contributors And A Miscellaneous of information This Volume includes a Reprint Of Twenty-Four Cemetery Inventories Published in 1985 Published by the Ozark County Genealogical and Historical Society Gainesville, Missouri 1989 -------------- Prepared by Willa-Beth Olson and Shirley Henry from the original publication. Used by permission dated 28 Sep 2004. ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by: © Willa-Beth Olson © Compiled by: Ozark Co. Gen. & Historical Society ==================================================================== Cemetery Near Romance is Named for Elisha Jackson Who Donated the Land By Jean Melton Loftis The Jackson Cemetery, near Romance, is named for Elisha Jackson, who owned the land which was set aside for the cemetery. The grounds are shaded by mulberry, oak and a huge cedar tree, set out by Harriet Walker, many years ago. At that time, the story goes, there were very few cedars in this area and they were a very cherished tree. The cemetery is located south of Romance about two miles and in the days of free range, the stock roamed the grounds and kept them badly torn up. Around 1922, Bill Byrd, after burying one of his loved ones in the cemetery, bought fence and fenced it. Until the late 1950's, on Memorial Day all day services were held there. The late Rev. D. A. Honeycutt was in charge of events for many years. There would be a sermon in both the morning and afternoon, with singing and proyers. A basket dinner was held at noon, and persons attending would march up into the cemetery with the American Flag and their baskets of Flowers to decorate the graves of friends and loved ones. In the early 1900's, a Mr. Bunch, from near Gainesville, a Civil War veteran, would dress in his Union uniform and sing, each year the same song, "Old Faded Coat of Blue." Large crowds would attend these services. Among the earliest graves in the cemetery which are marked are those of J. W. Daniel, buried in 1885, Augusts Rice, 1886 and Frank Crawford, no date given. A building was erected in the cemetery in the 1940's for funeral services. At that time there wasn't any church in the immediate area, and a place was badly needed for protection in bad weather. Funerals had been held out in the open or at a graveside. But the building was not satisfactory and its use for funerals was later dixcontinued. It is now used for storing tools for cemetery use. Arles Eslinger, formerly of the area, now of Gainesville, serves on the cemetery committee as secretary, assisted by Harve Watson, both are volunteers. There are 146 graves in the cemetery with more than one-third of the graves being marked only by large rocks, with no inscriptions upon them. Among the unmarked graves are several which are known by area residents. Some of the persons buried in these graves are: Benny Coonce Homer Coonce Johnny Coonce Mary Coonce Frank Crawford Daniel Baby Jim Lee Daniel Wilson Daniel John Dunnegan and wife Elisha Jackson Alice Jenkins Miller Baby Mary Ragland Medie Ragland and Baby Granny Ragland Samuel Walker and wife, Nora Ethel Walker Rosa, infant daughter of Samuel Walker Ninety graves in July 1971 had stones with inscriptions. They are: Allen, Minnie C., Aug. 6, 1892-Feb. 8, 1930 Beasley, Carroll B., Aug. 10, 1830-Feb. 2, 1921 Beasley, Maggie Alice, Dec. 8, 1897-May 18, 1966 Beasley, Sarah, Aug. 2, 1838-April 10, 1929 Bollan, Mary, March 7, 1913-Sept. 22, 1922 Byrd, H. W., Feb. 29, 1845-Jan. 2, 1917 Byrd, Horace W., July 27, 1847-Nov. 10, 1929 Byrd, Louisa Jane, May 1, 1883-Jan. 26, 1922 Conrad, Albert R., March 22, 1878-May 8, 1960 Conrad, Daisy Ann, Nov. 5, 1880-March 13, 1965 Conrad, Guy Merle, Oct. 7, 1931-Sept. 16, 1935 Conrad, Harold, July 28, 1903-Aug. 18, 1903 Conrad, Julia, July 13, 1885-June 29, 1948 Conrad, Margaret I., Oct. 24, 1845-May 5, 1928 Conrad, Mary, Sept. 5, 1908-March 14, 1925 Conrad, William, Nov. 10, 1838-July 25, 1905 Coonce, Bell, 1854-1924 Coonce, John, 1845-1928 Coons, James, April 18, 1824-Dec. 18, 1895 Cooper, Jack, 1882-1955 Cooper, James Robert, May 13, 1885-Nov. 11, 1954 Cooper, Jim, Sept. 22, 1854-March 29, 1924 Cooper, Lillie Eula, 1921-1923 Cooper, Nancy, Oct. 26, 1850-March 6, 1932 Cropper, Angela E., Oct. 18, 1871-Jan. 10, 1922 Cropper, Dosha, Feb. 7, 1902-Oct. 25, 1967 Cropper, Eunice, May 20, 1901-June 19, 1962 Cropper, Gladys, Oct. 3, 1899-Dec. 26, 1922 Cropper, Thomas W., Sept. 11, 1874-Oct. 19, 1921 Daniel, Infant son of Harold & Pat Daniel, born & died Feb. 22, 1956 Daniel, J. W., June 5, 1838-July 22, 1885 Edginton, Edward, Feb. 22, 1873-Feb. 27, 1909 Eslinger, Andrew Jackson, July 7, 1875-Feb. 26, 1960 Eslinger, Callie Dona, July 1, 1880-July 16, 1942 Eslinger, Charles W., 1880-1942 Eslinger, Everett, Oct. 19, 1897-March 20, 1919 Eslinger, Louise, no dates given Eslinger, Vernie Alice, May 12, 1919-April 14, 1959 Eslinger, Virgie E., Oct. 29, 1919-Nov. 3, 1919 Hayes, Blonda, May 30, 1914-May 8, 1926 Hayes, William E., Feb. 12, 1918-July 15, 1918 Honeycutt, Elviry Rose, July 7, 1873-Dec. 4, 1959 Honeycutt, Rev. D. A., May 29, 1874-May 22, 1965 Honeycutt, Roy, Sept. 20, 1907-May 16, 1921 Hutchison, Elizabeth, Sept. 5, 1849-July 2, 1914 John, Alice, no dates given Landers, W. R., 1846-1924 Lane, Calbert, 1900-April 30, 1958 Lane, Clarcy A., 1866-1942 (same as Samuel, may be error) Lane, Homer, March 18, 1894-April 21, 1953 Lane, John L., 1861-1938 Lane, Lena M. July 1, 1895-Jan. 12, 1969 Lane, Mary E., 1870-1955 Lane, Samuel T., 1866-1942 (same as Clarcy, may be error) McGregor, George, Dec. 1, 1862-Jan. 31, 1947 Melton, William J., March 8, 1876-Dec. 19, 1946 Melton, Amanda Viola, June 16, 1883-March 28, 1953 Nance, Albert, 1887-1955 Nance, Eugene, born and died Sept. 1930 Nance, Gladys, 1904-1935 Nance, Infant daughter of W. A. & Gladys Nance, born & died Nov. 1931 Nance, Mary, Oct. 16, 1870-Jan. 16, 1956 Nance, Solomon, Dec. 12, 1861-Aug. 3, 1949 Nance, Vada Ellen, 1893-1935 Nance, Wayne D., 1939-1939 Pitchford, James D., Dec. 13, 1949-Dec. 14, 1949 Rice, Augusts, Nov. 15, 1857-Nov. 9, 1886 Rice, Carrie E., no dates given Rice, George A., no dates given Rice, James W., March 3, 1884-April 7, 1920 Robinson, Charles E., Dec. 17, 1881-Sept. 16, 1968 Robinson, George E., April 27, 1883-Sept. 3, 1955 Robinson, Ivy Evaline Sept. 2, 1857-Sept. 2, 1940 Robinson, Rena, Nov. 15, 1888-Nov. 3, 1958 Robinson, William Webster, Nov. 5, 1852-May 3, 1921 Ross, Malinda, Jan. 1, 1838-Nov. 29, 1910 Saunders, H. A., Nov 19, 1828-March 14, 1917 Shaull, Charley C., Sept. 26, 1888-Aug. 9, 1915 Shaull, Dollie April 17, 1891-Jan. 31, 1906 Shaull, H. F., May 7, 1818-Feb. 1, 1906 Shaull, Henry C., May 5, 1850-Jan. 26, 1937 Smith, Raymond L., Jan. 7, 1926-April 8, 1926 Uceil, Minnie I., July 29, 1910-Jan. 30, 1923 Wallace, Nona E., May 1, 1913-March 6, 1930 Wallace, Wilmagene, Dec. 27, 1929-April 4, 1930 Watson, Cornelaus B., May 8, 1872-Nov. 11, 1963 Watson, Elizabeth, Jan. 29, 1875-Dec. 16, 1959 Watson, Lucy, ______-June 4, 1893 Watson, Sarah Ann, Sept. 8, 1878-Nov. 15, 1963 Watson, W. W., Jan. 3, 1875-June 8, 1950 Welch, C. Bernice, June 3, 1917-June 5, 1958 Welch, Eli William, April 11, 1887-April 10, 1959 Welch, Sally Jane, Nov. 13, 1881-June 3, 1961 Wright, Maggie, no dates given Young, Alice L., Oct. 9, 1865-April 3, 1950 Young, Infant son of W.E. & A.L. Young, born & died Feb. 28, 1895 Young, W. E., July 14, 1868-April 29, 1927 After reading the Jackson Cemetery records, Mrs. Floy Toland of Seymour notified the Times, that two of the graves that are marked by rocks without names were the burial places of her brother and sister: Pool, Cecil, Sept. 17, 1903-Nov. 11, 1903 Pool, Beulah, March 5, 1905-Aug. 12, 1907 She also stated that three or more of the other unknown burials were the Jenkins children who died with flu in the 1880's. She stated that the first grave on land which became Jackson Cemetery was that of a baby or child belonging to travelers who stopped at the Romance Spring, which was then called the California Spring, in the 1880's.