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Woodcock Cemetery

also known as Fleming Cemetery

Clay Township, Section 20

Andrew County, Missouri

Directions: From Savannah, north on US 71, 10.7 miles to State Route Y, then west 5.5 miles to Highway H, then south on Hwy. H 1.2 miles to County Road 15, west on CR 15 for 0.5 mile to private property.  With permission from owner, drive north about 0.2 mile.  Cemetery is on the east side of the lane and is surrounded by crop fields.  Walk through fields after harvest about 50 feet to cemetery.

Name

Inscription

Photograph(s)

Woodcock Cemetery

 

00 00a 00b 01J 01 71 89

Channel, Eliza S.

[stone broken]

wife of M. W. Channel

Died Aug. 4, 1872

Aged 41 y 3 m 22 d

A tribute of respect by her mother, Mary A. Evans

Far from home beside strangers I lie

Will my children pause and drop a tear as they pass by.

24 25 26 21 23

Coffman, Levi

Levi Coffman

Co. G. 51st Mo. Inf.

49

Dyer, Alfred

Alfred Dyer

Died Dec. 28, 1872

Aged 54 y 3 m 22 d

64 65

Dyer, Clabourn

Clabourn Dyer

Died Jan. 16, 1879

aged 54 Ys 10 Ms 7 Ds

15 16 17 67 68

Dyer, William A.

William A. Dyer

Died July 10, 1880

Aged 51 y 3 m 2 d

69 70

Hughes, Harvy J.

Harvy J.

son of Sam'l & Ann C. Hughes

Died July 30, 1879

Aged 18 Y 2 M 8 days

Oh cease dear parents cease your weeping

Above the spot where I am sleeping

My time was short and blessed be He

That called me to eternity.

76 76J 77 78

Lance, Bettie

Bettie

wife of Adam Lance                

Died Oct. 28, 1890

Aged 63 y

My wife is gone

She lies beneath the sod

Dear mother tho we miss you much

We know you rest with God.

18 19 20

Lance, Zala C.

Zala C.

son of I. M. & S. S. Lance

Died Aug. 9, 1875

Aged 10 Mo's 14 D's

53 54

Nims, Julia I.

Julia I.

daughter of G. S. & A. Nims

Died July 13, 1868

Aged 11 y'rs 5 mo's 20 d's

50 51

Pearson, Nancy

Nancy Pearson

Died Mar. 11, 1868

aged 76 y'rs

Here where the silent marble weeps

A friend a wife a mother sleeps

A heart within whoes sacred cell

The peaceful virtues love to dwell.

61 62 63

Pixler, Hiram

Hiram

son of John & Elizabeth Pixler

Died June 16, 1879

Aged 17 Y's 10 M's 7 D's

Oh cease dear mother cease your weeping

Above the spot where I am sleeping

My time was short and blessed be He

Who called me to eternity.

80 81 82

Pixler, John

Holy Bible

John Pixler

Died Oct. 8, 1874

Aged 62 Y 11 M 28 D

McDermott & Berryhill Sav., Mo.

85 86 87

Sells, Anthony

Anthony Sells              

Died Aug. 12, 1871

Aged 69 y'rs 4 mo's 10 d's

38 39

Sells, Arminta A.

Arminta A.                  

dau. of J. P. & M. J. Sells

Died Sept. 1, 1877

Aged 5 M 20 D

Budded on earth to bloom in heaven.

36 37

Sells, infant

Infant dau. of S. M. & M. A. Sells

32

Sells, Josephine A.

Josephine A. Sells

Died Apr. 31, 1865

Aged 9 mo's 18 d's

48

Sells, Leona L.

At rest

Leona L.                                 

dau. of J. P. & M. J. Sells

Died Jun. 22, 1878

Aged 3 mo's 2 d's

Sweet bud transplanted in a clime, Where never comes the blight of time.

33 34 35

Sells, Margery A.

Rest in peace

Margery A.                             

wife of S. M. Sells

Died Sep. 12, 1878

Aged 30 y 5 m's & 4 ds

A light is from our household gone

A voice we loved is stilled

A place is vacant at our hearth,

Which never can be filled.

29 30 31 32J

Shannon, John

John,

son of D. E. & S. R. Shannon

Died Oct. 4, 1865

Aged 5 mo's & 7 d's

44 45 47

Shannon, Sarah R.

Sarah R.

wife of David E. Shannon

Died Oct. 27, 1865

Aged 32 Y's 6 M's 28 D's

40 41 42 43

unknown

 

10

unknown

 

11

unknown

 

12

unknown

 

14

unknown

 

22

unknown

 

27

unknown

 

28

unknown

 

52

unknown

 

60

unknown

 

88

Wardlow, Frances Elizabeth

[footstone]

13

Wardlow, infant

Infant Dau.

Died July 28, 1878

Aged 11 D's

04 05 07 09

Wardlow, Martha E.

Martha E.

wife of B. J. Wardlow

Died July 17, 1878

Aged 23 Y's 8 M's 5 D's

Oh cease dear husband cease your weeping

Above the spot where I am sleeping

My time was short and blessed be He

That called me to eternity.

04 05 06 07 08

Winterbotham, Mary

Mary

wife of S. H. Winterbotham                 

Born Feb. 2, 1816

Died Jan. 28, 1848

56 57 58

Winterbotham, Stull

Stull

son of S. H. and M. Winterbotham

Born Apr. 20, 1844

Died May 14, 1848

56 57 59 55

Woodcock, Samuel W.

Samuel W. Woodcock

Died Aug. 12, 1866

Aged 62 y'rs 11 m's 21 d's

72 73 74 75

Also reportedly buried here, but no tombstones found in 2005

Alloway, William

Ammon, John

Beasley, Mrs. Almeda

Fleming, Mr., died Jan. 24, 1879

Osborn, infant of John & Margaret

Sells, Melissa

Sells, Miranda (Hessey)

Sells, Samuel Martin

Wardlow, Benjamin A.

Wardlow, Ida E. 

©Photograph Andrew County Tombstones (PACT) Project, 2006 

Pictures may be used for personal research,

but not for duplication or sale. 

These pictures were taken by Joe & Keith Stanton,

and Betty Halvorsen, 2005.

©THE Transcriptions (Taylor, Halvorsen, Eshelman) 

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