Montgomery
County Journal
Chapman Cemetery
Located in Section 11, Township 49 North, Range
7 West, Callaway County, Missouri
The boundaries are marked with concrete corner
posts. A woven wire fence id fair condition surrounds the
cemetery on three sides. A number of large locust trees hav grown
up in the cemetery. Several of the tombstones were knocked down.
These stones were uprighted in the spring of 1997.
Recorded and photographed in the spring of 1997
by Nancy Hale Lee, Cindy Hale Davis and Beverly Sublette
Robinson.
Permission was granted by Nancy to use on this
website.
Row 1 [from Northwest corner southward]
- 1. a native stone
- 2. Joseph Brandenburgh, born Jan. 11,
1822, died July 11, 1861
- 3. Amanda J. Brandenburgh, wife of
Joseph, died 29 May 1860 [same stone, inscription reads
"United in Death". Footstone with initial J.
B.].
- 4. Mary Howard, wife of Joseph, died
Fe.b 21, 1867, aged 67 yrs. [ 2 mos 20da?]. [Footstone
with initials M. H.]
- Row 2:
- 5. a native stone
- 6. Infant born of Geo. and E. Peery,
died April 19, 1861, qged 3 mos 6 days [Footstone has
initiala I. P.. Headstone has a dove on it. Stone is
leaning against a tree].
- 7. Williard N. Peery, son of Geor. and
E. Peery, died May 4, 1862, aged 16 days. [Tombstone has
a lamb and the inscription "our little lamb".
Footstone with initials W. P. Stone is broken and leaned
againt a tree].
- 8. sister Lucy O. Chapman, Oct. 25 1866-
Dec. 30 1940 [Stone has sunken in grave].
- Row 3:
- 9. Nancy Smith, daughter of Nimrod and
Celia, died [ Mar/May?] 22 1859, aged 15 years [20 days?]
{Stone has a lamb under a willow surrounded by curtains
with stars and tassels}.
- 10. a native stone
- 11. Celia Smith, wife of Nimrod died Jan
1 1884, aged 77 yrs 29 da [Footstone reads C. S.]
- 12. Nimrod Smith, died 24 Sept 1889, 87
yrs 20 da [Footstone reads C. S.].
"Rest father and mother in quiet sleep
While friends in sorrow of thee weep
Jesus has come and borne thee home
Beyond the stormy blast"
13. James Chapman, born
Feb. 9, 1836, died Mar 20 1908 [same stone as
14. Sarah Chapman, his
wife
Row 4:
- 15. Franklin E.?] a prior record lists this as Franklin
E. Loyd, born [5?]- 29 - 1887- [ Hand lettered,
scratched on tops of square concret stones approx.
12" x 14 ". Very hard to read]
Descendents feel there may be many more family members buried
here. The present borders of the cemetery do not support this.
But the borders may have been altered. The concrete posts were
standing as early as 1950.