Gasconade County, Missouri Cemetery Inscription Sources

David A. Lossos, updated September 24, 2007

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There's only one thing worse for a genealogist than finding that the cemetery inscription he or she needs has never been transcribed. And that is that it's been transcribed, but they don't know it. Hopefully the following list will help in that case. So get out those old death certificates and obits that listed the cemetery, and take a look at the work that some dedicated volunteers have already done for you.

Listed with each cemetery is the source material in which the headstone inscription can be found. In some cases there is more than one source; often this includes the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. If the source is not available to you locally be sure to verify the film number before ordering it from SLC. The vast majority of the hardcopy sources are available at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters location and the the main branch of the St. Louis Public Library. In a few cases there are other repositories listed where the inscription source can be found. Most of this information came from Elizabeth Kot and Shirley Thomson's Missouri Cemetery Inscription Sources: Print and Microfilm (Vallejo, Calif.: Indices Publishing, 1995) via the Ancestry database web site. I've tried to update the more recent activity. If you see errors or omissions please let me know so that I can keep this list as up-to-date as possible.

The abbreviations that I used can be found at the end of this list.

Baecker Cemetery - SLGSQ 18:2 (Sum 1985).

Boeuf Cemetery - Cemetery Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc. 1985.FHL fiche 6088140.

Bohl Cemetery - SLGSQ 17:4 (Win 1984). 18:2 (Sum 1985).

Boulware Cemetery, Cemetery Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc. 1985.FHL fiche 6088140.

Bourbois Cemetery, Cemetery Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc. 1985.FHL fiche 6088140.

Brush Creek Cemetery, Cemetery Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc.1985.FHL fiche 6088140.

Byrd Cemetery/OwensvilleSLGSQ 10:3 (Sep 1977).

Canaan Cemetery, Cemetery Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc. 1985.FHL fiche 6088140.

Catholic Cemetery - Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal 4:3 (Sum 1984).

Clay Cemetery, Missouri, Cemetery Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc 1985. FHL fiche 6088140.

Cleavesville Cemetery - Researcher 71 (Sep 1977).

Ferris Farm Cemetery/Brush Creek Twp. - NGSQ 56:1 (Mar 1968).

Finder Farm Cemetery/Antone - SLGSQ 18:3 (Fal 1985).

Hain Family Cemetery - SLGSQ 13:3 (Fal 1980).

Immaculate Conception Cemetery - SLGSQ 19:2 (Sum 1986).

Leach Cemetery - Missouri Miscellany Vol. 14. Bowling Green, MO: Infotech Pubs.

Lucas-Oncken-Schiefer Cemetery - MSGAJ 4:3 (Sum 1984).

Methodist Cemetery - SLGSQ 19:3 (Fal 1986).

Old Catholic Cemetery/Roark Twp., Cem Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc. 1985.FHL fiche 6088140.

Old Salem Cemetery/near Owensville - SLGSQ 4:3 (Sep 1971). 5:3 (Sep 1972).

Old Salem Cemetery - Missouri Miscellany Vol. 14. Bowling Green, MO: Infotech Pubs.

Oncken-Schiefer-Lucas Cemetery - MSGAJ 4:3 (Sum 1984).

Parsons Cemetery - MSGAJ 4:3 (Sum 1984).

Red Oak Cemetery/near Rosebud - SLGSQ 15:4 (Win 1982).

Red Oak Methodist Cemetery - ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 5. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

Richland Cemetery, Missouri, Cemetery Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc.1985.FHL fiche 6088140.

Ridenhour Cemetery - SLGSQ 20:3 (Fal 1987).

Roark Cemetery, Missouri, Cemetery Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc. 1985.FHL fiche 6088140.

St. John Church Cemetery - SLGSQ 19:4 (Win 1986).

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery - SLGSQ 19:3 (Fal 1986).

Schiefer-Lucas-Oncken CemeteryMSGAJ 4:3 (Sum 1984).

Shobe Cemetery - MSGAJ 4:3 (Sum 1984).

Third Creek Cemetery, Cem Survey Gasconade Co. Hist. Soc. 1985.FHL fiche 6088140.

Unnamed Cemetery - SLGSQ 19:3 (Fal 1986).

Unnamed Cemetery/Hwy 100-Zumsteg Rd. - SLGSQ 18:3 (Fal 1985).

Zoar Methodist Cemetery/Drake - SLGSQ 15:4 (Win 1982). 17:4 (Win 1984).

ABBREVIATIONS:

ASTCC: A Stroll Through Coldwater Cemetery DAR-Mo, Webster Groves Chap.SLC: GSU, 1976.

AVNMMC: Atchison, Vernon, New Madrid, Miller, Chariton and Cemetery Records DAR Missouri SLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870004.

B-BV: Bellevue-Beautiful View [Caledonia, MO]

BVHS: Bellevue Valley Hist. Soc.

CCI: Catholic Cemetery Inscriptions of SLGS and LDS Church

CISFOL: Cemetery Inscriptions of Salt Fork, Old Lamine. Gilliam, MO: Saline Sentiments, n.d.

ECMCR DAR - Mo: East Central Missouri Cemetery Records DAR Missouri

FHL: Family History Library

FRGS: Four Rivers Gen. Soc.

GC DAR: Genealogical Collection DAR Missouri

GR.OFBG: Genealogical Records...Old Family Burying Ground and in the Public Cemeteries.. McElhiney, Mary Johnson N.p.: Edna McE. Olson, 1970.

GSU: Genealogical Society of Utah

HAGS: Heart of America Gen. Soc.

HBPC: History of Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery Moore, Adella B.Farmington, MO:

HCMC: History of the Caledonia Methodist Church, 1810-1978 Akers, Muriel E.SLC: GSU, 1990.FHL film 1705416:1.

HGC: Holy Ghost Cem:Burials 1860-1907 GSU, 1987. FHL film 1503030:3-4 (1860-1894). FHL film 1503031:1-2 (1887-1903). FHL film 1503031:3 (1867-1907).

HGCR:Holy Ghost Church Records 1833-1961 SLC: GSU, 1985.FHL film 1433235:4 (Burials 1877-1895).

JSC: John Sappington Chap.

LDS 0870177: Genealogical Collection DAR-MoSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870177.

LDS0870029: Genealogical Collection DAR-MoSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film.

LDS0870177: Genealogical Collection DAR-MoSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870177

LDS0874035: Genealogical Records: Family and Cemetery Records, Newspaper Extracts, Etc. DARVol. 1. SLC: GSU, 1972.FHL film 0874035:1-2.

LDS0874035: Genealogical Records: Family and Cemetery Records, Newspaper Extracts, Etc DAR Vol. 1. SLC: GSU, 1972.FHL film 0874035:1-2.

LDS0893715/0962589: ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 3. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL films 0893715; 0962589:3.

LDS0924436: Church Cemetery Records of Missouri Vol. 1. SLC: GSU, 1973.FHL film 0924436:1-4.FHL fiche 6051114.

LDS0962589: ECMCR DAR-Mo Vol. 2. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

LDS0962589: ECMCR DAR MissouriVol. 2. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

LDS1405587/1405588:GSU, 1984. FHL film 1405587 (Book 1:1836-1984; Book 2: 1836-1984 [A-F] ). FHL film 1405588 (Book 2: 1836-1984 [G-Z] ; Book 3:1836- 1984).

LDS1705372: [Cemeteries . . . 1791-1988] LDS Church - Salt Lake City: Gen. Soc. of Utah, 1990. FHL film 1705372.

LDS6100220: OC-Mo DAR-MoVol. 2. SLC: GSU, 1952. FHL fiche 6100220.

LDS6101174: Heart of America Gen. Soc. Missouri Cemetery Records Vol. 1. Kansas City, MO: 1981.FHL fiche 6101174.

MC: Masonic Cemetery, Lodge 535 A.F.&A.M.; Blackwell Sanders, Linda San-Souci - Old Mines Area Hist. Soc., 1987.

MSGAJ: Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal

NGSQ: National Genealogical Society Quarterly

NSJC: New St. John's Cemetery StLMO: Central Microfilm Service, 1985.FHL film 1429189:1 (1839-1964). FHL film 1429189: (1915-1964).

OC-Mo: "Old Cemeteries, Missouri"

PHBC: Pioneer History of Benton Creek, Union. Lay, J. Gilbert - SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 962207:27.

SJUCC: St. John's United Church of Christ Parish Records, 1838-1968 StLMO: Central Microfilm Service, 1985.FHL film 1429188:1.

SLACL - St. Louis Archdiocese Cemetery Listing - 5/31/1988

SLC: Salt Lake City

SLCL: St. Louis County Library Headquarters

SLGS: St. Louis Genealogical Society

SLGSQ: St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly

StLMO: St. Louis, Missouri

WSHFR: Williams, Strickland and Haverstick Family Records Koester, Mable [Farmington, MO: M. Koester, 1991].