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 - deceased  - 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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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
Jay Trace
 

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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
Jay Trace
 

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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
Jay Trace
 

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Row 1:

REED, Junita Verlie         Feb. 19, 1946 -  ____
SSW:  Vester Doyle            Aug. 11, 1937 - Dec. 3, 2001   Inscription: "I Love You"

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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  

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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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
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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.

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PENDERGRAFT, Paul A.
Apr. 1, 1912 - Dec. 19, 1913

Phyllis' Note: PENDERGRAFT, Paul A.
Birth: Apr. 1, 1912
Barry Co., MO
Death: Dec. 19, 1913
Sugar Creek Twp., Barry Co., MO
Research Note: His death certificate has the death date of Dec. 20, 1913. He was a son of Arthur A. Pendergraft and Dessie Kernes, both born Barry Co., MO. He was a grandson of Quince Pendergraft and Missouri Ann Dunneway.

Resource: Death Certificate
Phyllis Long

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
Jay Trace

Row 3:

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

Row 6:

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.