----CEMETERIES of BUTLER COUNTY MISSOURI   -----

 

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HILLIS / CLARK CEMETERY (#66)

T23N R7E SEC 10

Map # 12 u

 

 

This is a landmark cemetery for the area. The oldest known stone has a death date of 1877, but we can reasonably assume that there may be graves which are older than that. Families buried in this cemetery represent the ‘old line’ names - families that are responsible for the growth and development of  the area bordering the Black River between Carola and  Ash Hill.

 

ALLEN, Eddie    4 Dec 1897 -  _  June 1898   Son of  W. L. & M. A.

 

HILLIS, Flora May    7 Jan 1891 - 19 Jan 1915   Wife of Robert

HILLIS, Sam L.     26 Dec 1892 - 10 Sep 1927

HILLIS, M. [M. Emily]   14 Sep 1904 - 20 Mar 1907

HILLIS, William S.    17 Mar 1885 - 14 Oct 1898

HILLIS, J. [Jake]   d. 6 Oct 1894    age 43y    Husband of M. A.

HILLIS, Mary A.    d. 15 Aug 1882   age 52y   Wife

HILLIS, infant    18 Jan 1890 - 25 Apr 1890   Child of J. & M .A. HILLIS

HILLIS, Mary F.    4 Jun 1845 - 9 Jul 1913    Wife of Robert

HILLIS, Robert    6 May 1825 - 29 Jul 1894   -|  [Double

HILLIS, Emily    17 Apr 1829 - 20 Apr 1893  -|   Stone]

 

HILDRICH, Virgil    2 Mar 1904 - 19 Nov 1907   Son of Oscar & Alta HILLIS HILDRICH

HILDRICH, Oscar     24 Mar 1873 - 30 Sep 1908

 

BROWN, James David    Mar 1876  - Mar 1911

BROWN, Paul Ray    d. 25 Jul 1948    age 2d

BROWN, Paul Adam   7 Nov 1919 - 20 Apr 1942    age 23y 5m 13d

BROWN, Celia V.    10 Jan 1884 - 19 May 197_

BROWN, Odis E.    14 Feb 1926 - 2 Oct 1965

                [from obit: Otis BROWN... Surviving children: Thomas, Wayne, Patsey, Jerry, Peggy, Alice, & Ricky]

 

HILLIS, Sterling E.     24 Oct 1930 - 17 May 1932   Son of John & Media HILLIS

 

OSBORNE, Randolph    18 Sept 1912 - 21 Sep 1917    Son of Vince T. & Belle HILLIS OSBORN

 

GABBERT, Douc R.    1861 - 1904        Husband

GABBERT, Sophrona    28 Nov 1861 - 13 Oct 1896   Wife   [there are two markers for her -

                one is a stone erected 1957 by son Otto Gabbert]

                [FH record names her parents as Bob & Emely POLK HILLIS]

                [Sophrona is the sister of Henry Ross HILLIS who moved to Arkansas]

GABBERT, Infant    28 Mar 1896 - 20 Apr 1896  -|   Children of  D. R. & S. P.

GABBERT, Infant    28 Mar 1896 - 20 Apr 1896  -|

GABBERT, Lesty    1893 - 1898     -|

GABBERT, Nevada    1890 - 1902  -| Children of  Douc R. & Sophrona

 

MITCHEL, Glen Edward     16 Sep 1943 - 16 Sep 1943    Son of Claude & Alberta JACKSON MITCHEL

 

THOMAS, Crystal Oneida    b. & d. 21 Feb 1942   Daughter of Robert & Alberta JACKSON THOMAS

 

HUMES, Emery  D.    11 Aug 1933  - 19 Sep 1933   Son of Monty & Ethel HILDRICH HUMES

 

GUNNELS, J. H.    15 Jan 1855 - 19 Nov 1916

GUNNELS, Ivy May    3 Jun 1912 - 16 Feb 1915

GUNNELS, Frederick  E.     21 Apr 1885 - 5 Nov 1912

GUNNELS, Martin Luther    15 Dec 1914 - 25 Jun 1919

GUNNELS, Arthur F.     30 May 1898 - 19 Nov 1910

 

CATO, Arthur    5 Jan 1894 - 7 Mar 1920

CATO, Francis A.    28 Oct 1871 - 22 Mar 1918  Wife of  W. E. CATO

CATO, Infant    Child of W. E. & Francis A. CATO

CATO, Lenis Leon    15 May 1922 - 21[22?] Feb 1923    [Greer FH]   [another record gives his name as:         CATO ?, Leonard Lee    d. 22 Feb 1923 age 9m     Son of Mr & Mrs Marcellus CATO]

CATO, Mary Jenevieve    d. 17 Oct 1942     age 3y 7m 20d

CATO, Marzellis    12 Oct 1902 - 22 May 1929

 

HOYLE, George    17 Oct 1856 - 6 Mar 1920   Husband of Sarah E. HOYLE

HOYLE, Sarah E.    1858 - 1922

 

STROUD, William Monroe    1886 - 1934

STROUD, B. W. S.     12 Sep 1854 - 12 Oct 1928

STROUD, Wiley    6 July 1881 - 10 Oct 1903    Son of B. W. & C. STROUD

STROUD, Albert     3 Jun 1886 - 25 May 1954    age 58y 11m 22d

STROUD, Stephen Wiley    13 Dec 1913 - 2 Dec 1922

 

DECKER, Dora CAMPBELL   27 Oct 1871 - 6 Apr 1916 [1915?]   Devoted Wife & Mother

DECKER, William T.    1866 - 1934

DECKER, Wilma T.    12 Dec 1933 - 12 Jan 1934

 

CREWS, Harvey L.    d. 2 Apr 1931   Pvt  8 US Inf

 

EASTWOOD, Cedalia SWOFFORD    d. 1 Jun 1970

 

ELDRIDGE, Ray [Roy?]  d. 20 Apr 1959   age 49y 7m [10m] 12d

ELDRIDGE, Robert LeRoy     d. 27 July  ____    age 1y 3m

ELDRIDGE, Charles    1903 - 1978

ELDRIDGE, Charles, Jr.    8 Sep 1908 [?]

 

FRANCIS, Donnal Ray     d. 11 Aug 1945    Baby

 

PAYNE, Burley    6 Oct 1944 - 25 Sep 1945

 

TALLEY, Louis Monroe    19 Jul 1914 - 2 Feb 1916

 

BATSON, Albert    1881 - 1970

BATSON, Louis    1861 - 1934

BATSON, Nettie    1890 - 1936

 

LEWIS, Bobby Wesley      13 Sep 1939 - 3 Aug 1940

 

CALVIN, Therma    22 Oct 1906 - 3 May 1909    Daughter of  S. E. & R. E. CALVIN

 

SCHONY, Henry George     d. 1 Feb 1898   age 1y 4m   Son of Henry

 

RAMBO, Ethel    9 Apr 1898 - 1970   age 72y  -|  [Bruce-Fitch FH]

RAMBO, Sydney    d. 30 Aug 1969                   -|   Md 5 Aug 1922

 

MORRIS, Nancy Ann     18 Oct 1873 - 4 Jan 1913

 

HEDGE, Elmer     d. 4 Jan 1933   age  26y

HEDGE, Nancy    d. 2 Aug 1963    age 75y

HEDGE, Rufus Lee    d. 24 Dec 1950    age 78y 11m 23d

 

CROWELL, Rudolph W.    27 May 1912  -  6 Aug. 1965 [1955?]  Pvt Trp E  2 Cav KY

 

WATSON, Herman  A.    26 Sep 1911 - 6 Nov 1916

 

BUTTS,  B.  M. [Benjamin Monroe]     9 Dec 1872 - 24 Jul 1917

BUTTS, Jenny Bell MATTHEWS  JAMES   10 Jan 1872 - 6 Dec 1931  

                Wife of B. M. MATTHEWS  [md 2) Larkin F. JAMES]

                 Daughter of John &Sarah Elizabeth FRAZOR MATTHEWS

BUTTS, Archie H.    18 Dec 1913 - 15 Feb 1979   WW II

                Son of B. M. & Jenny Bell BUTTS  - Husband of Ethel BRANCH BUTTS

 

JAMES, Larkin F.    d. 21 Aug 1920  

 

BEAUFORD, William ‘Bill’   Son of William & Martha

BEAUFORD, Martha A. BUTTS    1869 - 1912   Wife of William

 

BROWN, Sarah Tenia     4 Feb 1884 - 9 Jan 1909    Wife of Thomas M.

                [Sister of Martha BUTTS BEAUFORD]

BROWN, Thomas Margrey   30 May 1880 - 8 Nov 1912   Husband  

BROWN, Jay    9 Mar 1884 - 29 Feb 1972

BROWN, Joseph    14 Jan 1844 - 23 Jan 1877

BROWN, Malissa Jane    10 Oct 1853 - 17 Aug 1926

BROWN, Jobe    8 May 1890 - 7 Nov 1918

BROWN, J. F.     18 Sep 1854 - 17 Dec 1897

BROWN, Jonas Edgar   20 Jun 1908 - 10 Feb 1925

BROWN, Harry  A.    8 Oct 1886 - 21 Nov 1897   [Cotrell FH]   Son of Jessie & Ella M. BROWN

BROWN, Cora Elmetrie    8 Sept 1895 - 11 Apr 1913

BROWN, Dora Bell    14 Oct 1887 - 5 May 1919

BROWN, Elen Columbus  [male]   25 Feb 1919 - 25 Feb 1919  -|  children of William & Mettie Brown

BROWN, baby girl    b. & d. 3 May 1924                                     |  markers not found for Elen, baby, & Walter

BROWN, Walter Lee    23 Feb 1926 - 25 Feb 1926                      |

BROWN, Edith Elvada    6 Feb 1917 - 26 Feb 1917                    -|

                [information on these four children provided by their brother, Eugene Brown.

                 William & Mettie Brown are buried at Brown Chapel]

 

SHACKLEFORD, Charlotte A.    3 Feb 1928 - 18 Dec 1931

 

JAMES, infant     Baby son of Jim & Lottie HAHN JAMES

 

IVEY, Ethel

 

NORMAN, Amanda E.     16 Feb 185_ [186_?]  - 16 Jan 1909    Wife of Levi NORMAN

NORMAN, Levi    30 May 1850 - 5 Feb 1913

 

BRENT, Blanche E.    17 May 1925    age 23y 1m 15d

 

PEOPLES, James Alva    3 Jan 1901 - 1 Oct 1933

 

PYLES, Rose May    25 Mar 1946 - 25 Mar 1946

PYLES, James    1838 - 1921

PYLES, John W.     29 Sep 1873 - 26 Sep 1954    age 80y

PYLES, Rosa Bell     13 Mar 1880 - 6 Jul 1952

PYLES, Shirley J.    28 Aug 1940 - 27 Sep 1940

 

JOHNSON, Amanda E.     1865 - 1915

 

ROBERTSON, Jonathan D.    26 Mar 1856 - 5 Apr 1909

 

PRIOR, G. W.    Co B 9 TN Cav

 

STROUD, Clementine    7 Nov 1857 - 16 Nov 1938

STROUD, Girtie L.     12 Nov 1894 - 4 Jul 1929

 

HUGGINS, Mary C.    4 Apr 1909 - 24 Apr 1947

 

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The following were taken from death records, obituaries, and other sources:

 

HILL, George W.    buried 29 Mar 1921   1st Butler County soldier to died on the battlefield of France

 

HILLIS, Jacob   [son of Samuel, above, is said to be buried in Hillis Cemetery. No marker is now found for him]

 

HILLIS, Samuel, d. 1867

                [according to family tradition, Samuel is buried on the hill on what was the family farm. Two of  his              sons, Robert and Jacob, along with their families, are buried in this cemetery. It is likely that this is             also the place that Samuel is buried]

 

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the following were found in Butler County Death Records:

 

HICKS, John    d. 21 Mar 1891   age 60y   bur. Robert Hillis graveyard

MCINTOSH, Meade     d. 6 Dec 1883   age 27y   bur. Hillis school house

RIDEOUT, Milly     d. 17 Apr 1889   age 20y   bur.  Hillis graveyard

WHITTINGTON, Jas.     d. 25 Apr 1885   age 7y   bur.  Hillis schoolhouse

 

 

Canvassed by LaRue Thurman, Gladys Hillis and Betty Hanks 1966

Updated & additional research by Betty Hanks