New Union Cemetery is located in section 7 of Washington Township in the south-central portion of Mercer County. From Princeton, go west three miles to blacktop V and turn left. Go south approximately two miles to the second road to the right (gravel). This road will go west a short distance, then turn south. Follow this road approximately one mile to where it makes a sharp turn to the right (west) just past the bridge. The access road to the cemetery is off to the left at this corner. The cemetery IS accessable but is not maintained. The following list of burials at New Union Cemetery was compiled from various sources including old surveys, census records, family records and a visit to the cemetery in March, 2005.

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	OTHER INSCRIPTION	EDITOR'S NOTES
ASHCROFT	Jane				No Dates on Stone Listed with family in 1880 Census of Mercer Co., MO Born in Missouri, abt 1843 Same stone with Samuel Ashcroft
ASHCROFT	Samuel		September 30, 1905	Age 77y, 7m, 18d	No Birth Date Born in Ireland Listed in 1880 Census of Mercer Co., MO with wife, Jane and three children Same stone with Jane Ashcroft
BOXLEY	Amanda	Mar 3, 1859	Jan 30, 1890		Wife of James Boxley Maiden Name Cox
BOXLEY	Clara	1887	May 10, 1905		Wife of Vernie Boxley
BOXLEY	Ida May	Jun 14, 1866	March 20, 1950		2nd Wife of James Boxley Married abt 1886 Maiden name Higgins
BOXLEY	James Buchanan	May 1, 1855	September 03, 1942		Son of William & Mary (Ballew) Boxley Husband of Amanda Cox and Ida Higgins
BOXLEY	Vernie	1892	August 31, 1923
COX	Caroline		May 10, 1891	Age 63y, 9m, 7d Wife of Oliver H. P. Cox	No Birth Date Dau of Rev Joseph & Elizabeth (Weems) Helms Born in Illinois
COX	Oliver H. P.		Apr 9, 1892	Age 66y, 3m, 3d Lt Co C 5th KS Cavalry	No Birth Date Born in Indiana Listed in 1880 Census of Mercer County with wife, Caroline and 87 year old mother, Susan Greenwood
DAVIS	Eddie	1886	1950		Same stone with Jennie Davis
DAVIS	Harold	March 25, 1910	December 25, 1926
DAVIS	Henry	1852	1930		Same stone with Sarah Davis
DAVIS	Jennie	1888			No Death Date Same stone with Eddie Davis
DAVIS	Sarah L.	1852	1928		Same stone with Henry Davis
GENTRY	Daniel B.	1866	1955		Same stone with Orena Gentry Son of Lafayette & Sarah (Owen) Gentry
GENTRY	Orena C.	1867	1929		Same stone with Daniel Gentry Maiden Name Johnson
GRAVES	H. B.	1857	1921		Same stone with Mary Graves
GRAVES	Mary C.	1858	1928		Same stone with H. B. Graves
HERIFORD	Joseph S.	1878	1947		Same stone with Margaret Heriford
HERIFORD	Kenneth E.	1910	1925		Son of Joseph & Margaret Heriford
HERIFORD	Margaret S.	1884	1922		Same stone with Joseph Heriford
HIGGINS	Charley L.		Jul 2, 1892	Age 2y, 10m, 20d Son of W. R. & C. Higgins	No Birth Date
HIGGINS	Cora R.	Oct 21, 1867	January 27, 1960		Same stone with W. R. Higgins Dau of John & Hannah (Hart) Reeves Born in Mercer Co., MO
HIGGINS	W. R.	Jun 20, 1857	August 13, 1914		Full name William Richard Higgins Same stone with Cora Higgins Listed in the 1860 census of Mercer Co., MO in the household of his mother, Sarah Higgins with eight siblings
HILL	Annie Edith		Dec 15, 1894	Age 2y, 4m, 17d Dau of T. L. & J. F. Hill	No Birth Date
HILL	Ruth		February 13, 1900	Age 3y, 6m, 23d Dau of T. L. & J. F. Hill	No Birth Date
RITTGERS	Birtey C.		Mar 30, 1884	Age 6y, 17d Dau of S. S. & C. Rittgers	No Birth Date
RITTGERS	Christiana		Sep 27, 1875	Age 45y, 4m, 23d Wife of S. S. Rittgers	No Birth Date
RITTGERS	Emmaline		Feb 8, 1860	Age 15y, 12d Dau of S. S. & C. Rittgers	No Birth Date
RITTGERS	S. S.		December 20, 1909	Age 86y, 2m, 29d	No Birth Date
ROSS	Frank	1867	1926
ROSS	Minnie	1869	1915
ROSS	William C.	1889	1957
ROWAN	Dora				Name Only on Stone
ROWAN	Mariah	1857		Wife of W. P. Rowan	No Death Date
ROWAN	W. P.	1851	1928		Given name William Listed in 1920 census of Mercer Co. MO Born in Tennessee
SMITH	Bonnie		Oct 13, 1898	Age 7y, 9m, 28d Dau of J. D. & Alice Smith	No Birth Date
SMITH	Scott R.	1886	1942
WILLARD	J. H.	1836	1911		Given name James Born in Indiana Listed with wife, Sarah, and children in 1880 census of Mercer County, MO
WILLARD	Sarah M.	1832	1932	Wife of J. H. Willard
WOODS	Eldon D.	1889			No Death Date Same stone with Lulu Woods
WOODS	James L.		May 20, 1890	Age 59y, 1m, 27d	No Birth Date Son of James & Jane (Long) Woods Born in Tennessee Husband of Mary E. Neill
WOODS	Lulu F.	1888	April 01, 1905		Same stone with Eldon Woods
WOODS	Martha E.	Feb 6, 1853	July 20, 1935		Same stone with William Woods
WOODS	Mary E.		Aug 7, 1898	Age 68y, 5m, 25d Wife of James Woods	No Birth Date Dau of Robert & Anna (Ewing) Neill Born in Tennessee
WOODS	William F.	Aug 20, 1850	May 10, 1900		Same stone with Martha Woods Son of James & Mary Woods

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