Old Salem Cemetery

Springfield, Greene County, MO

Photographed and transcribed by Johnna Quick and Heather Gilbert on 10 July 2004.

APPLEBY

     Melissa R  6-14-1836  6-14-1901  Wife of DA Headlee, GW Huff & 

            BW Appleby  “A beautiful life ends not in death”

BEDELL

     David  4 Dragoons Rev War  (newer marker)

     David  4-17-1761  3-24-1840  Age 79yr 11mo 7da (original marker, 

           now gone)

     Emory  4-1777  3-18—

     David H  12-16-1796  4-7-1860  Aged 63yr 3mo 22da  (Stone broken 

           and mostly unreadable)

     Marina  5-11-1805  9-3-1863  Our mother  Consort of David H 

           Bedell  Aged 58yr 3mo 22da  “Even to the latest breath Hark 

           to that the savior Be thou faithful unto death And take the 

           crown of life.”

     Fanny  8-19-1797  11-15-1856  Born in NC

     DC  7-10-1801  6-28-1870

EPOCH

     No first name  born 1821

FERGUSON

     Henry  2-10-1865  1-19-1917

     Nancy  8-11-1871  (buried in another cemetery)

HEADLEE

     Elisha  5-18-1760  10-8-1845  Pvt NJ Militia Rev War  (new marker)

     Elisha  5-18-1760  10-8-1845  (old marker)

     DA  d. 10-25-1862  Aged 31yr 2mo 4da

     Joseph  4-17-1798  9-28-1862  Our father

     Martha  11-26-1800  6-16-1881  Our mother

     Caleb  11-5-1788  8-8-1847

HUFF

     George W  2-22-1837  11-30-1888

KING

     Sarah  7-8-1842  11-27-1892

     SJ  3-15-1827  6-15-1890

MCCURDY

     Infant son of AP and SE  10-21-1894

SPENCER

     Mary E  11-6-1836  11-16-1918  Wife of JD Spencer

WALLIS

     Matuda or Matilda  7-11-1807  4-2-1872  Our Aunt  Aged 64yr 9mo 

          10da  Daughter of Mathew and Sara Wallis

     Sarah  2-15-1762  7-31-1847  Aged 83yr 5mo 20da  Consort of 

          Mathew Wallis

     Jeptha  4-26-1800  8-13-1879  Aged 79yr 3mo 17da

     Nancy A  12-18-1799  1-25-1890  Wife of Jeptha Wallis  “In memory 

          of thy generous worth, this monument is given, by those 

          whome thou hast left on earth but trust will meet in heaven.”

     Robert L  9-12-1852  11-11-1856  Son of M and Sarah J Wallis

     Nancy A  8-28-1863  9-7-1865  Daughter of M and Sarah J Wallis

     Lenard M  2-22-1855  11-9-1856  Son of M and Sarah J Wallis

     Matthew  10-26-1827  10-28-1895  Died as he lived a Devoted 

          Christian  “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from 

          henceforth, Yea saith the Spirit, that they may rest from 

          their labors and their works do follow them.”

     Sarah J  11-24-1830  7-15-1889  Wife of Matthew Wallis  “Gone 

          home to God”

WHITLOCK

     Sallie  died 10-10-1911  Age 39 years  At rest

     RF  1866  1944

According to the property owner, several of the stones have been 

stolen.  These stones were noted in previous transcriptions, newspaper 

abstracts, and word of mouth:

ROGERS  __ne  5-20-1829  10-28-1874

ROGERS  ___  4-1-1860  -

MARTIN  Johnson  died 10-8-1899  Age 61

SMALL  Lucy  1831  7-18-1877  Wife of Sony Small

BAKER  Silas  6-25-1816  11-23-1840

ANDREW  Emily E  11-20-1814  2-10-1884  Aged 26yr 2mo 20da Consort of 

    W. Andrew

ANDREW  Lanora  9-20-1842  2-16-1843  Daughter of W and EJ Andrew