Caldwell County, Missouri
Mirabile Township, Section 24, Township 56, Range 29
Located: 3.8 miles West of Kingston on HH; at curve, turn onto gravel, cemetery is on the North side of road.
The Morris Family Graveyard was originally on Kerr land; it was primarily meant for the Kerrs but, also includes families connected by marriage with the Kerrs and some of their neighbors. James and Catherine (Simpson) Kerr were the pioneers, arriving in Mirabile Township in 1858 from Kentucky. The earliest grave in the cemetery is that of James Kerr, who died January 19, 1860. One of their daughters, Nancy, married Henderson Morris and they inherited the farm. The second burial was Robert McBeath, who was killed as a southern sympathizer in the Civil War, April 1863. He was a son-in-law of the Kerrs, having married Mary Jane Kerr. The oldest birth date in the graveyard is for Frances Allen, wife of James Allen, (1791-1880) who was the mother-in-law of Isabel Kerr. Isabel married Wallace Allen. Jerry Sloan (1833-1885) has a reason for being there. His mother was a Morris and his wife a daughter of Socrates (Tes) Hinds, who is buried there. There is quite a list of Hinds connections there. These people were just good neighbors of the Morris-Kerr group. All having come to Missouri from Wayne County, Kentucky. Perhaps the most interesting graves there, are unmarked. The two graves of two southern sympathizers or rather southern soldiers who were taken prisoner by the Caldwell County Militia and put to death in the field opposite the graveyard. They were buried in this cemetery by order of the Commander Capt. Johnson, without coffins with their hats over their faces. Their names were: Stump Breckinridge and Richard Lancaster. They were members of Thrailkills Gang from Platte county. One is impressed with the large number of very young children buried there. Infant mortality was great.
Allen, Frances F., wife of James, Nov. 4, 1791 to Jan. 8, 1880
Andrews, infant, of H. L. & T., d: Jan. 10, 1881, age 11 days
Antle, infant, son of L. & L., d: Jan. 10, 1881, age 2 days
Atkinson, Robert L., son of Elza & Martha, Nov. 7, 1889 to April 25, 1891
Beamer, George Henry, son of M. & E., d: Sept. 10, 1873, aged 10 months, 10 days
Bell, Mary C., daughter of J. D. & A. E., Oct. 6, 1884 to Feb. 7, 1890
Breckenridge, "Stump", d: July 20, 1864 (shot), Confederate of Thrailkill's Gang from Platte County
Cover, James L., son of E. J. & S. L., d: March 18, 1880
Devlin, Amanda (Kennedy)
Hinds, Socrates, d: March 1, 1880, age 64 years, 7 months
Jane W., wife of Socrates, d: March 16, 1877, age 64 years, 2 months, 15 days
P.H., March 6, 1844 to May 2, 1880
Howard, Celia Wenona, daughter of R. G. & Josei B. Howard, d: Sept. 16, 1891, age 2 months, 3 weeks, 3 days
Jones, Elizabeth, wife of J. W., d: March 16, 1884, age 29 years, 4 months, 7 days
Kerr, James, March 28, 1798 to January 19, 1860
Catherine, wife of James, July 2, 1797 to Jan. 14, 1881
Lancaster, Richard, d: July 20, 1864 (shot) Confederate of Thrailkills' Gang from Platte county
Children of A. W. & M. B. McBeath
McBeath, infant, d: Feb. 25, 1882
Mary C., d: Sept. 1, 1885, age 2 years, 20 days
Rolla, d: Sept. 18, 1888, age 3 months, 10 days
Robert S., d: April 2, 1863, age 40 years, 3 months, 12 days
Mary J., wife of R. S., d: Dec. 14, 1887, age 55 years, 3 months, 15 days
Morris, John D., son of H. C. & Nancy, d: May 14, 1863, age 11 years, 8 months, 25 days
Phillips, Emma, daughter of J. & J., d: July 11, 1879, age 11 months
John, son of J. & J., d: Sept. 15, 1871, age 1 year, 4 months
J. P.,
Pierce, Franklin, son of N. H. & M. A., d: Jan. 7, 1880, age 19 years, 4 months
Children of C. A. & C. N. Rhea
Rhea, Lizzie E., d: Dec. 18, 1884, age 4 months, 18 days
William Robert, d: Dec. 11, 1885, age 5 years
Sloan, Jerry M., d: May 23, 1885, age 52 years, 5 months, 11 days
Annie C., d: Sept. 8, 1870, age 6 years, 9 months, 16 days
Jennie E., d: April 11, 1870, age 3 years, 3 months, 12 days
Kittie P., daughter of J. & E., d: Dec. 21, 1877, age 3 years, 9 months, 21 days
Children of G. W. & A. J. Smith
Smith, Jennie C., d: Aug. 6, 1879, age 2 years, 1 month, 17 days
Nettie M., d: Nov. 4, 1880, age 11 months, 17 days
Oscar, d: March 28, 1875, age 1 year, 3 months, 15 days
Willie H., d: July 14, 1873, age 1 year, 3 months, 6 days
Sparks, Emma, wife of Geo., d: Oct. 1891, age 28 years
infant, d: before 1891
infant, d: before 1891
Nora, daughter of Geo., d: Nov. 17, 1891, age 6 years
Tuttle, infant, child of Milton & Terah, d: Sept. 1885
Weaver, infant, daughter of J. W. & H. H., d: Aug. 9, 1879
Wray, John P., d: Dec. 26, 1910, age 66 years, 8 months, 14 days
Emila A., wife of John P., d: July 24, 1890, age 47 years, 6 months, 6 days
Children of J. P. & E. A. Wray
Donnie M., d: July 23, 1883, age 3 months, 18 days
George D., d: Dec. 27, 1878, age 1 year, 2 months, 18 days
John S., d: Nov. 20, 1874, age 1 day
Lumas F., d: Jan. 6, 1887, age 1 year, 3 months, 5 days
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