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Gregory Cemetery

[From the Montgomery County Genealogical Society newsletter, 2nd quarter 1997]

Located west of Danville in Section 26, Township 48 North, Range 6 West. Stones in this cemetery were first recorded in 1934 by Edna McElhiney Olson, in 1948 by Mrs. C. W. Hopkins and Mrs. R. Martin, in 1958 by Mrs. Wm. K. Ray and Vivian E. Willis and lastly in 1996 by John G. and Marjorie M. Miller.


 
Abernathy, Milton, Died Nov. 7, 1892 [Note: No stone, obit info.]
 
Baer, Elsworth, Died 1940 [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.]
 
Baker, Alice, Died August 2, 1893 [Note: Colored, no stone, obit info.]
Baker, Eliza Jane, June 8, 1862 - Nov. 11, 1938
Baker, Infant dau. of R. A. & S. N. Baker, Died Apr. 13, 1888
Baker, Lee, Oct. 9, 1895 - Nov. 12, 1948, MO Pvt., Co. G, 805 Pioneer Inf., W.W.I
Baker, Robert W., Died Dec. 23, 1895, Aged 51y 3m 2d
Baker, Thomas B., Died Oct. 13, 1898, Aged 27y 7m 19d
 
Ball, Katherine, Died Dec. 22, 1936 (Funeral Director Marker)

 
Barton, Victoria [Note: No stone. Daughter of Booker Diamond Sr. info from Dorothy Powell. Buried south of concrete slabs marking Diamond burials.]
 
Bast, Epsey, 1827 - 1860, Wife of William H.
 
Britt, J W., 1854 - 1928
 
Charlton, Sarah, Died Feb. 3, 1864, Aged 47y 9m 5d, Wife of William W. (Iron enclosure size of one grave)
 
Clare, Infant son of Alex and Mabel Clare, B & D May 27, 1904
 
Clark, Henry, 1870 - 1963
 
Clemons, Robert A., Died Oct. 5, 1878, Aged 96y 9m [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.]
 
Daniels, David D., 1894- ____
(Daniels) Robert E., 1903-1936
Daniels, John Jarvis, Mar. 22, 1896 - Nov. 5, 1931, MO Electrician, 2 CL U. S. Navy (Gov't Marker)
Daniels, Margaret A., Dec. 10, 1865 - Aug. 19, 1921
Daniels, Wallace, 15 N.Y. Engrs.
Daniels, William Wallace, Mar. 22, 1896 - Jan. 28, 1908, Aged 11y 10m 6d
 
Diamond, Booker Jefferson Sr.
Diamond, Susan Ann [Note: Nee White, wife of Booker J. Diamond Sr.]
Diamond, Booker Jefferson Jr. [Note: Died abt 18 yrs of age.]
[Note: Diamond burials marked by large concrete slabs, northeast section of cemetery. Info Dorothy C. Powell.]
 
Diggs, Cole, Born in Mathews Co., Va. Feb. 25, 1791, Died Nov. 16, 1876
(Diggs) Jane, Born in Madison Co., Ky., Sept 25, 1799, Died July 3, 1873, Wife of Cole Diggs

"Cole Diggs and his wife Jane Diggs
Malvina F. Diggs, their daughter:
Henry L. Diggs, their son:
David D. Ellis, their grandson:
Mattie McDaniel, their great granddaughter.
They were married in Kentucky 10 Feb 1820. Emigrated to MO in 1822, Settled in Montgomery Co. where they remained true to integrity, and faithful in the discharge of duty. They served the God of Heaven. Death had no terror to them."

Diggs, Henry, Born in Montgomery Co., Mo., Born Mar. 16, 1840, Died Oct. 14, 1864, and fell in Danville, Mo., in the memorial night of the 14th of October 1864. Son of Cole and Jane Diggs
Diggs, Malvina Fletcher, Born in Montgomery Co., Mo., Sept. 7, 1831, Died Oct. 8, 1872. Dau. of Cole and Jane Diggs
 
Dowers, Maurice, Feb. 12, 1916 - Sept. 24, 1916
 
Drury, Andrew Monroe, Died Mar. 21, 1862, Aged 19y 8m 13d
Drury, Charles J., Mar. 13, 1801 - Apr. 18, 1848
Drury, Elizabeth L., Oct. 5, 1846 - Sept. 1, 1847, Dau. of Charles J. & Sally Ann Drury
Drury, Janette R., Mar 22, 1839 - Feb. 22, 1842
Drury, James H., Sept. 30, 1832 - Jan. 4, 1842 [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.]
Drury, Joseph W., Nov. 23, 1840 - Sept. 4, 1841
Drury, Lawson, Feb. 7, 1770 - July 3, 1835, Born in Shrewsburry, Worchester Co., Mass. [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.]
Drury, Sally Ann, Dec. 15, 1809 - Apr. 14, 1848, Wife of Charles J. Drury
 
Ellis, David D. [Note: No dates, grandson on Cole and Jane Diggs stone.]
Ellis, Ira H., Died Aug. 12, 1865, Aged 57y 1m 2d (Masonic Emblem)
(Ellis), Mary D., Died Aug. 13, 1874, Aged 64y 10m 5d, Wife of Ira H. Ellis
 
Farrow, Jackalinam, Died Oct. 7, 1817, Aged 7m 2d, Dau J. P. & S. M. Farrow
Farrow, Stanley B., Dec. 8, 1840 - Jan. 18, 1865, son of J. P. & S. M. Farrow [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.]
 
Flower, Josephine, Died Feb. 3, 1898, Aged 22y 9m 5d [Note: Married name could not be read.]
 
Ford, Blanche O., 1893 - no death date [Note: Wife of Howard S. Ford, buried CA, family info.]
Ford, Earnest, Sept. 1874 - Mar. 31, 1948
Ford, Emily Margaret, June 7, 1841 - May 2, 1881, Wife of Laboun K. Ford
Ford, Howard S., 1875 - 1939 [Note: Same stone as Blanche.]
Ford, Myrtle A., Oct. 3, 1868 - Apr. 4, 1936
 
Glover, Helen M., 1898 - 1922
Glover, Stella M., 1894 - 1952
(Glover),William E., 1886 - 1961
Glover, William M.,1897 - 1952 (Metal marker near stone of Wm E. & Stella M.) [Note: Did not find this in Feb. 1996.]
 
Gott, Wm C., Feb. 16, 1817 - Jan. 8, 1850
 
Graham, Arthur, 1883 - no death date
(Graham),Ada, 1877 - no death date
Graham, Benjamin R., July 16, 1819 - Oct. 1, 1846, Son of R. & I. Graham
Graham, Isabelle, July 15, 1789 - Aug. 11, 1865, Wife of Robert Graham
Graham, Corp. Jas., Co. D, 4 U. S. C. Cav. (Gov't Marker)
Graham, John R., Mar. 16, 1862 - Sept. 9, 1863
Graham, Margaret Jane Eliza Hyde, departed this life the 11th Oct. 1854, Wife of Robert D. Graham
Graham, Robert, Mar. 3, 1782 - Sept. 29, 1855
 
Green, Carrie B., 14 Apr. 1892 - 16 Apr. 1963, "In Memory of our Mother"
Green, James Jr., Died Feb. 8, 1902 [Note: 22 yrs, no stone, obit info.]
Green, Zapha? Ellen, Apr. 23, 1871 - June 23, 1889
 
Greene, Alonzie R., Mar. 2, 1882 - Aug. 29, 1945
 
Gregory, C. T., Feb. 8, 1847 - Oct. 23, 1909
Gregory, George W., 1834 - 1924
Gregory, Mary J., Died Jan. 9, 1900, Aged 58y 10m 12d, "In Memory of" Wife of T. B. Gregory
 
Hamilton, F. A., Died July 18, 1845, Aged 36y
Hamilton, Jane, July 28, 1845, Age 5y
Hamilton, Mary N., Feb. 18, 1852, Age 8y [Note: Same stone as Jane.] Children of F. A. & M. J. Hamilton [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.]
 
Hughes, Elliott M., May 11, 1807 - Jan. 11, 1862, Aged 54y 8m, "Our Father"
(Hughes), Jane S., Nov. 30, 1810 - Aug. 11, 1876, Aged 65y 8m 11d, "Our Mother"
(Hughes), Derrick S., Jan. 30, 1848 - Feb. 9, 1860, "Our Brother"
 
Jones, Sgt. Thos., Co. C, 9th MO S.M. Cav (Gov't Stone)
 
Keith, P. K. M., Dec. 19, 1846 - no death date, "Mother"
(Keith), W. R., Sept. 21, 1844 - June 24, 1927, "Father"
Keith, William R., Sept. 14, 1885 - Apr. 29, 1941
 
Keyes, Harriet T., Feb. 22, 1829 - June 16, 1892, "In Memory of Our Mother"
(Keyes), Mary Emma, Mar. 2, 1865 - Mar. 29, 1890
 
Laughon, Amos, Feb. 29, 1807 - May 26, 1888, Aged 82y 26d
(Laughon), Nancy A., Feb. 8, 1807 - Mar. 25, 1882, Aged 75y
 
Loyd, Martha Jane, Died Jan. 19, 1852, Aged 40y, Wife of R. Loyd
 
Lynch, Jessie N., Apr. 2, 1914 - June 19, 1914, Infant son of J. T. & Mary K. Lynch
 
Mahanes, C. M., July 7, 1884 - July 7, 1915
Mahanes, Charles, June 29, 1827 - Mar. 29, 1892
Mahanes, M., July 7, 1864 - July 9, 1915 [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.]
Mahanes, Mary, Feb. 12, 1831 - Nov. 17, 1900
Mahanes, Tenia, Born Mar. 7, 1879 - no death date, Wife of C. M. Mahanes
 
McDaniel, Mattie, no dates [Note: Listed on Cole and Jane Diggs stone as great-granddaughter.]
 
McMahan, Keith Lawrence, Sept. 19, 1893 - Mar. 26, 1894
McMahan, Lora Lee, Feb. 20, 1878 - Oct. 14, 1879 [Coordinator's note: Daughter of Isham and Louisa Love McMahan]
McMahan, William T., Nov. 10, 1868 - June 20, 1880 [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.] [Coordinator's note: Son of Isham and Louisa Love McMahan]
 
McNeiley, Mamie, Died June 3, 1874, Aged 10m 29d, Daughter of J. A. & M. McNeiley
McNeiley, Molly V., Died May 9, 1876, Aged 29y 10m 1d, Wife of J. A. McNeiley
McNeiley, Little Sammie, Died July 9, 1872, Son of J. A. & M. V. McNeiley
 
Miller, Sarah H., Died Dec. 12, 1856, Aged 22y, Wife of Lewis P. Miller
 
Morton, Ellis, Jan. 5, 1890 - Feb. 27, 1961, Missouri PFC, Co B, 349 Machine Gun BN, W.W.I (Gov't Marker)
Morton, Lucinda, 1894 - 1980 (Funeral Director Marker)
 
Olson, James S., Died May 10, 1875, Aged 48y 9m 2d [Note: Did not find stone in Feb. 1996.]
 
Owen, James D., Jan. 16, 1853 - July 26, 1886, Aged 33y 3m 10d
 
Pavey, J. H., Died Jan. 19, 1884, age 56y?
(Pavey), Catherine, Died Nov 1882 [Note: Cannot read age.]
 
Perkins, William, 1850 - 1925, Aged 75y
 
Powell, Infant daughter of S. R. & E. C. Powell
 
Rice, William B., Va. Mil. Rev. War (Gov't Marker)
 
Rigg, Dorothy A., July 16, 1854
(Rigg), Harriet N., Apr. 19, 1854 -- Daughters of C. F. & S. M. Rigg
 
Robertson, Bertie Lee, Jan. 17, 1869 - July 13, 1871
(Robertson), Loyd P., Feb. 25, 1871 - Feb. 16, 1875 -- Children of D. D. & C. S. Robertson
 
Rodgers, Rebecca White, May 25, 1874 - Feb. 25, 1920, Wife of J. R. Rodgers
 
Shaon, Singleton, Born June 14, 1812 Bedford Co., Va., Died June 17, 1879 Danville, Mo. (Masonic Emblem)
 
Sharp, Benj., Died July 18, 1861, Aged 41y 3m 8d (Masonic Emblem)
 
Smith, James M., Feb. 12, 1825 - June 26, 1892, Aged 66y 11m 12d
Smith, Eliza P., Died Apr. 28, 1864, Aged 53y 3m 11d, Wife of Owen Smith [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.]
Smith, Owen, Died Oct. 21, 1867, Aged 57y 2m [Note: Did not find stone Feb. 1996.]
 
Spencer, J. T., Co. C, 9th Mo. S. M. Cav. (Gov't Marker)
 
Stephenson, Henry E., May 17, 1883 - July 7, 1890, Son of H. C. & Alice Stephenson
 
Tessmer, Eva Jane, 1879 - 1942
 
Thomas, John, Aug. 10, 1861 - Dec. 15, 1938
Thomas, Sophronia, Mar. 16, 1866 - Apr. 12, 1924
Thomas, William A., Dec. 16, 1874 - Dec. 19, 1951
 
Wheeler, Sarah, Mar. 2, 1839 - Aug. 10, 1914
Wheeler, Simon P. Sept. 29, 1873 - June 4, 1902
 
White, B., Mar. 16, 1839 - June 10, 1926
White, B. L., Oct. 31, 1877 - Sept. 9, 1908
White, Benjamin, Born Nov. 4, 1796 Montgomery Co., Maryland, Died Dec. 2, 1877, Age 81y 28d
White, Benjamin Eugene, Mar. 9, 1895 - June 16, 1896
White, Susan Born Nov 9, 1805 Montgomery Co., Maryland, Died Aug. 6, 1882, Wife of Benjamin White nee Gott
White, Julia V., July 15, 1850 - Dec. 16, 1888, Wife of B. White
White, Roy, Sept. 12, 1879 - Sept. 21, 1972
(White), Emily, Apr. 12, 1880 - Sept. 2, 1931 [Note: Nee Ford, info from family.]
 
Windsor, Reason Fletcher, May 25, 1846 - Apr. 29, 1893
 
Winter, Joshua, Died July 8, 1899 [Note: No stone, obit info.]

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