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Located in Seligman, southeast of town
Sugar Creek Township
NE Sec. 25, R28 W, T21N
363027N 0935450W
Directions: From Highway 37, turn onto East
Roller Ridge Rd. (FR 2290.) Go 1.8 miles. The cemetery is on the right down a
short lane.
The cemetery is fenced and well kept.
Transcribed May 1999 by
Roger Longley
Re-transcribed and history added May
2003 by Brandon Burns
Both transcriptions agreed completely except for the new 2001 burial.
Photos taken Jan 2006 and in Sept.
2007 and all are
from the photo files of
Jay Trace
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Cemetery:
Beaver
Deceased:
STOVER, Christopher Wayne Morris
Birth: Sept. 21, 1983
Rogers, Benton Co., AR
Death: May 9, 2008
Joplin, Jasper Co., MO
Research Note: He was preceded in death by grandparents, Jimmie and Betty
Stover.
Resource: Monett Times Obituary
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ROBERTS, Ada
Beatrice "Bea" (QUEEN)
Birth: June 7, 1913
LeFlore Co., OK
Death: June 23, 2008
Aurora, Lawrence Co., MO
Research Note: She was the daughter of Albert and Emma (Hale) Queen. She
married Glen Roberts on September 10, 1930, and he preceded her in death
April 30, 1986. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Mary; two
sisters, Retha Smith and Myrtle Thurman; one brother, Samuel Queen; and one
grandchild.
Resource: Monett Times Obituary
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PENDERGRAFT,
Q. F. Birth: Feb. 9, 1869
Barry Co., MO
Death: June 15, 1913
Sugar Creek Twp., Barry Co., MO
Research Note: Parents lists as Jessie & ___ (Harris) Pendergraft of TN.
Informant listed as W. J.(?) Roller. Married, died of tuberculosis of lungs.
Resource: Missouri Death Certificates
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Row 1:
REED, Juanita Verlie Feb. 19, 1946
- ____
SSW: Vester Doyle Aug. 11, 1937 - Dec. 3, 2001 Inscription: "I
Love You" |
Row 4:
Rock Marker
Rock Marker
Rock Marker
SCROGGINS, Thomas Sept. 24, 1876 - Sept. 21, 1901
SCROGGINS, James May 10, 1851 - Apr. 14, 1917 (has a footstone)
Research Note: His death certificate reads that he was born in Carroll Co.,
AR, and died in Barry Co., MO. His father was
given as Crit Scroggins
born in TN. His burial place was given as Perkins Cemetery, which is
incorrect. He was married and died
from the effects of TB.
SCROGGINS, Elizabeth May 15, 1856 - Feb. 14, 1919
- Research Note: Her death certificate reads that she was a widow, born in
IN, a daughter of Alfred Young and his wife Tilda Weathers. She died in
Barry Co., MO.
PENDERGRAFT, Walter J. Mar. 31, 1896 - June 20, 1897
- Research Note: Correct death date is June 30, 1897 - from stone reading.
BEAVER, Infant Jan. 2, 1909
BEAVER, Coy James Sept. 2 to Sept. 15, 1930
BEAVER, Marguerite 1926 - 1930 (has a footstone)
BEAVER, Carl
L. 1918 - 1936
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Row 2:
Rock Marker (Belongs to Coy Beaver - must
be his new stone that is given below.)
BEAVER, Coy May 18, 1918 - Feb 20, 1990
BEAVER, Lou A. 1882 - 1974
SSW:
John Chris 1879 - 1944
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Row 5:
BEAVER, Mary Rebekah "Polly" 1781 - 1874
SSW: William "Billie" 1781 - 1867
Rock Marker - B. B. Born June 1781 Died Dec 17, 1874
Rock Marker - W. B. Born July 16, 1781 Died Mar 1867
[Donna Cooper's Research Note: Not sure I read these stones correctly. You
be the judge.]
DUNAWAY, Ardena C. Mar. 26, 1848 - Mar. 20, 1881
DUNAWAY, Calvin Aug. 12, 1820 - Apr. 13, 1865
Rock Marker
DUNAWAY, Mary A., Wife of Calvin, Mar. 27, 1820 - Oct. 6, 1897
- Research Note: She was Mary Ann Beaver, daughter of Marin Van Buren and
Christine (Pendergrass) Beaver.
Rock Marker
Rock Marker
Rock Marker
PENDERGRAFT, Paul A. Apr. 1, 1912 - Dec. 19, 1913
Missouri Ann Pendergraft - A Large
Marker with glass broken out
Research Note for Missouri
Anne:
PENDERGRAFT, Missouri Anne
(DUNNEWAY)
Birth: Feb. 20, 1857
Barry Co., MO
Death: Nov. 22, 1936
Seligman, Barry Co., MO
Research Note: She was the widowed wife of Quince Pendergraft, she
died of bronchial pneumonia, complicated by chronic interstitial nephritis.
Her parents are listed as Calvin Dunneway and "Mrs. Beaver" born in TN.
Informant listed as A. A. Pendergraft, resident of Seligman, MO.
Resource: Missouri Death Certificate
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DUSTIN, Infant Aug. 1968
GOINS, Infant May 1939 (has a footstone)
- Research Note: Death Certificate listed this person as a stillborn infant.
BEAVER, Tennessee May 20, 1854 - Mar. 17, 1919
SSW:
C.C. Aug 8, 1851 - Aug. 18, 1940
Research Note: Her name was
Nancy Tennessee Dunaway, daughter of John Calvin and Mary Ann (Beaver)
Dunaway.
BEAVER, Calvin Aug. 3, 1888 - Dec. 23, 1909 (has a footstone:
C. B.) The 1900 census report gives his birth as Aug. 1883.
WESTON, Irene 1916 (has a footstone)
WESTON, Earnest C. 1919 - 1922
WESTON, Charles E. 1932 - 1945 - Research
Note: His death certificate reads that he was born Feb. 29, 1932 in Neosho,
Newton Co., MO, to Albert Ernest Weston and his wife Lydia Estella Beaver,
both born in Seligman, MO. Charles died Sept. 12, 1945, Neosho, Newton Co.,
MO. His death was caused by an accident. He was hit by a taxi cab while
riding a bicycle in Neosho, MO.
WESTON, Albert E. Aug. 7, 1891 - Jan. 21, 1956
WESTON, L. Stella Jun. 9, 1897 - Feb 3, 1995
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ROLLER, Nora M. 1885 - 1949 Our Mother -
[Donna Cooper's Research Note: Stone reads Nora A. Roller not Nora M.]
ROLLER, Ida M. 1917 - 1928
ROLLER, Homer Dallas Oct. 10, 1902 - Jul. 12, 1913 - Son of W. J. and
M. P.
ROLLER, Lamcey J. Aug. 28, 1904 - Mar. 8, 1905 - Son of W. J. and
M. P.
ROLLER, Catherine Feb. 24, 1913 - Oct. 18, 1917 Daughter of W.
J. and N. A.
ROLLER, Edith M. 1911 - 1928
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For Vester Doyle Reed |
The cemetery's land was originally a part of the Beaver farm. It is a small
cemetery of about one-half acre. The first people to be buried in this cemetery
were Billie Beaver and his wife Polly. Their graves are enclosed with a large
sandstone block. On their original stones, with initials "B. B." and "P. B." are
dates of birth and death. They are hand-carved, and due to weathering are barely
legible.
Calvin Dunaway, who died in 1865, was
buried elsewhere, but was moved to Beaver Cemetery when his wife Mary died and
was buried there in 1897. Their daughter Nancy Tennessee married Billie and
Polly Beaver's grandson, Christopher Columbus Beaver. They are buried at this
cemetery.
Two other of Calvin and Mary's
daughters are also buried here: Ardena Dunaway Tilford and Missouri Ann Dunaway
Pendergraft.
Billie and Polly Beaver's children
were: Martin Van Buren Beaver Sr., Russell Cain Beaver Sr., Artamincie Beaver
Bicknell, Mary Oliver Beaver Pendergraft, Logan Beaver, John Henry Beaver,
Mahala Jane Beaver Henderson, Temperance Huckaby Beaver Perkins, and Nathan
Patton Beaver.
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