Montgomery County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1836-1954

This collection of cemetery records from Montgomery County adds to the growing number of databases in the "Ellsberry Collection." The database was compiled by long-time researcher, school teacher, and professional genealogist Elizabeth Ellsberry. These cemetery records contain the name of the deceased, relatives, birth date, death date, etc., as well as age, when given. You may also find notes on some of the graveyards listed. The database includes more than 1,900 entries.

Typing in the name of the cemetery will often provide you with information on its location. The following cemeteries are included in the database:

• Jones-Kendrick Cemetery: Located near Rhineland on "Loutre Valley" farm
• Kiedergerke Cemetery: Located in Big Spring on Highway 19.
• Bedford Cemetery: Located in Loutre Township on the Ellis Bedford farm
• Benskin Cemetery: Located northeast of Fortland, Missouri.
• Best Cemetery: Located one mile west of Rhineland on a high hill.
• Bethany Cemetery: Located at Bethany Baptist Church halfway between Americus and Portland, MO.
• Bezold Cemetery: Located near McKittrick, MO.
• Bush Cemetery: Located one-fourth mile southeast of Americus, MO on a high hill.
• Carrell Cemetery: Located near Big Spring, MO., on old Snethen farm.
• Clark Cemetery: Located five miles west of Big Spring, MO., on farm formerly owned by Judge Frank Clark and Matilda Clark.
• Clark-Quick Cemetery: Located on the farm of John Quick, near Americus
• Ellis Cemetery: Located on Highway 19 between Big Spring and McKittrick
• Gentry-Leach Cemetery: Located near Americus, MO on the Hugo Grotewiel farm.
• Groom Snethen Cemetery: Located west of Big Spring on the Clyde Hart farm, known as Jacob Groom farm.
• Kunt-St. Joseph Cemetery
• Hunter Cemetery
• Norman Cemetery
• McGirk Stone Cemetery
• Moore Cemetery
• Rock Cemetery
• Saint Patricks Cemetery
• Snethen Cemetery Plot
• Thomas Cemetery
• Snethen-Cundiff Cemetery
• Loutre Island-Brick Church Cemetery
• Adams Burial Place
• Bond Burial Plot
• Bryant Cemetery
• Crane Cemetery
• Bryant Cemetery
• Bush-Stuart Burials
• Daevxile-Gregory Cemetery
• Dryden Cemetery
• Fulkerson-Lovelace Cemetery
• Graham Burial Plot
• Greenwell Cemetery
• Nettles Cemetery
• Sharp Cemetery
• Singleton Cemetery
• Whiteside Cemetery
• Archer-Sailor Cemetery
• McQuoid Cemetery
• New Providence Cemetery
• Old St. Mary's-Worland Cemetery
• White-Hensley Cemetery
• Skinner Cemetery
• Hopewell Cemetery
• Pleasant View Cemetery

Ms. Ellsberry began genealogical publication in 1958, when she published her own family history, The Warrens and You. In researching her own family, she found that libraries needed additional information from cemetery records, wills, land records, probate records, census records, etc., to help people with their family history. Ellsberry decided that she wanted to help by publishing books that contained solid genealogical data. She taught school for 34 years, but on weekends and summer vacation, she would travel around to different courthouses and cemeteries, recording the information she found. She also corresponded with several researchers and helped them in their research. Ellsberry self-published more than 300 books, and most of them are available for sale. Most of the compilation of these books took place between 1958 and into the 1970s, so the recorded information should include the cemetery and/or courthouse records of that time period.

Address:
Ms. Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry
P.O. Box 206
Chillicothe, MO 64601