Whittington Cemetery
Barry County, Missouri
Roaring River Township
SW Sec. 6, T21N, R26W
GPS - 363338N 0934737W
Whittington Cemetery has a repaired sign.
It was replaced just as it was - on the tree and with cemetery misspelled.
Located South on 112 out of Cassville, Mo, East (left) on Highway F in Roaring River State Park then turn on Farm Road 1162 come to a cattle guard follow the fence on your right. Cemetery can't be seen from 1162 but is just a short distance in the woods.
Gina Easley went to Whittington Cemetery in the summer of 1998, most of it is so overgrown you can only find a few stones now and fewer still that can be read. They metal arch over the entrance had been attached to a tree and was up the first time I was there but which has since fallen.
Darla Ball Marbut,
Great Great Granddaughter of Lucinda Whittington Maloney,
and her mother have visited this cemetery many times since the '70's. In the
summer of 2001 Darla and her husband cut the brush and cleaned up the cemetery
then created the first linging. She took these photos in March 2006.
There are several graves in the Whittington Cemetery without even a field stone, just sunken areas. There are a few field stones.
Darla
said there was a surprise on one
because she could see the word Alzada written on this stone. The Alzada Whittington that married Eli Lockhart is buried in
the Washburn Cemetery so I can't figure this one out. I only have one Alzada
Whittington in my records.
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Name |
Born |
Died |
Research Notes and Inscriptions |
Resource or Researcher |
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COOPER, Carl |
abt. 1902 |
Oct. 14, 1905 |
Research Note: You can no longer see his name on the small red stone. He was a son of Henry C. and Julia (Whittington) Cooper and a grandchild of William Whittington. Research Note: Washburn News Items: Died Oct 14, Carl, three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cooper of Eagle Rock, of diphtheria. They formerly resided in this vicinity and will have the heartfelt sympathies of their many friends. - Cassville Democrat Weekly Newspaper, Oct 14, 1905 |
Family Records - MO State Hist. Soc. Microfilm
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Mar. 1897 |
Apr. 1916 |
Research Note: Son of Julia Whittington and Henry C. Cooper - April 6, 1916, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO - Munsey News: The body of Grant Cooper was shipped from Monett Friday to be buried by the side of his mother in the Whittington Cemetery. Grant was 19 years old. He died of typhoid and pneumonia fever. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. Carter and Haddock in the Munsey School house. He leaves many relatives and friends to mourn his loss. The people of Munsey extend their sympathy to the bereaved ones. |
MO State Hist. Soc. Microfilm
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July 28, 1876 |
Aug. 26, 1908 |
Research Note: She married Henry Cooper, December 08, 1895, married by George Reed, JP. |
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COOPER, Pheobe |
No Date |
No Date |
Research Note: Dau of Henry C. and Julia Whittington Cooper - Darla didn't find a stone for her. She also said that she wonders if Pheobe is buried here at Whittington. |
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JONES, Bertha (ROWLAND) |
abt. 1878 Independence, KS |
May 26, 1911 Barry Co., MO |
Research Note: Bertha C. Rowland, age 18, married William H. Jones, age 43, Feb. 25, 1896, Barry Co., MO. Her death certificate names John Rowland as her father and Nancy A. Rowland, born Boone Co., IN, as her mother. She was a laundress and was about 30 years old. The cause of her death was given as tuberculosis. Isaac D. Keith, Cassville, MO, gave the information. - Eagle Rock News: Bertha Jones about 30 years of age died at her mother's Mrs. I. D. Keith's on the 26th and was laid to rest in the Whittington Cemetery the 26. She leaves a husband and three children to mourn their loss. She had been sick for about six months with lung trouble. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family. - Mrs. William Jones died Thursday at her home near Roaring River Spring of tuberculosis, age about thirty years. Funeral services were held Friday Conducted by Rev. J. G. Elkins of this city and the body laid to rest in the Whittington Cemetery on Roaring River. A husband and three children are left in the family. June 1, 1911, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO - Roaring River News: Miss Bertha Rowland, who has been visiting her grandfather, Mr. Kelley, and other relatives and friends here, returned to Seligman, Friday. Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO, Thursday, Feb 15, 1894 |
MO State Hist. Soc. Microfilm Death Certificate Note |
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No Date |
No Date |
Inscription: "9 Kansas Cav, Co D" - Research Note: Civil War Soldier |
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May 27, 1825 |
1889 |
Inscription: Lucinda Whittington daughter of John W. Whittington md. John Maloney. |
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Jan. 23, 1844 |
Aug. 18, 1897 |
Research Note: Wm Whittington, son of John W. Whittington married Nancy Jane Medlin, Jul 14, 1869. |
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