Ragsdale Cemetery Transcription
RAGSDALE CEMETERY
Polk County, Missouri
Photographed and transcribed on 4 Sept 2004 by Johnna Quick and
Jane Owens.
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ASHLOCK
Sarah E Lowe 5-10-1853 9-28-1936 Wife of William F
William F 12-24-1848 2-14-1940
Dora 1—1877 9—1890
ML 10—1882 11—1958
Loraine Bell died 1918
Dorothy Marie died 3-5-1925
ALEXANDER
Samuel 4-5-1823 10-25-1885
AUSTIN
Infant daughter of WNA and Naoma born and died 2-6-1880
BROADWATER
John 1863 1894
BURTON
Lottie 1-14-1877 5-31-1950
Eli 10-10-1869 7-6-1939
CALDWELL
John 12-17-1823 5-24-1893
Pvt Co C 80th Reg IND Inf Vol Civil War
James M 3-25-1860 2-6-1880
Elsworth 12-17-1874 5-14-1880 Son of John and Eliza
Thursa no dates Daughter of John and Eliza
Elizabeth J 3-6-1834 1-12-1880 Wife of John Caldwell
Rue Ann 6-15-1869 11-25-1877 Daughter of John and Elizabeth
CHESSER
Thomas 6-13-1841 7-29-1907 Husband of CF Chesser
Age 66yr 1mo 16da
CLARK
AD 11-27-1842 11-28-1875 Wife of S
CORN
2 Corn children
DAVIDSON
Marian F 4-22-1878 4-22-1878 Son of JC and Mary A
DAVISON
Clarence 1885 1946
DICKERSON
Sarah 6-14-1818 1-6-1875 Wife of CF
CF can’t read dates, stone sunk in ground
George 11-1-1846 3-19-1875 Husband of Sarah E
Isom 5-22-1842 3-5-1870
WB 5-26-1834 7—1854 Aged 2 months
DUNCAN
Infant son of JK and SE born and died 9-27-1877
GILLMORE
Daughter of George and Ellen 4-10-1883 7-20-1883
Daughter of George and Ellen 4-13-18-- broken off
GILLUM
Charles M 4-29-1848 -
No first name 10-19-1895 8-8-1902
HAGLE
Hanna 1-23-1820 6-6-1875 Wife of Joshua
Robert W 11-13-1868 4-22-1942
HAYES
Bertha Jane 7-1-1837 4-11-1906
SM 6-26-1866 1-29-1870
HUCKABY
J D 9-12-1866 11-10-1909 Aged 43yr 1mo 28da
JENKINS
Jesse C son of AJ and MJ born 2-18-1878
sunk in ground, can’t read death date
JENNINGS
George W 12-15-1883 10-19-1949
Mary L 2-10-1887 9-3-1979
Edith M 1912 -
G Edwin 1909 1967
Walter R 2-11-1908 1-27-1986
Thelma C 5-15-1911 3-2-1902
JONES
WS 6-27-1837 5-3-1928
Martha R 4-5-1856 4-26-1900
KEITH
ME 7-28-1893 7-28-1893 Daughter of RF and ME
KISSEE
Hiram D 2-24-1862 3-26-1873
Mary P 2-10-1862 2-27-1880
LAFEVER
JW 1865 1894 Father
LOCKHART
Eva D 11-25-1860 9-3-1944
Ace 1-23-1859 1-16-1946
LOGAN
Floyd 5-10-1930 10-7-1979 A kind and loving husband and father
Ruth 3-16-1932 5-31-2003
Alice 3-10-1913 5-20-1987
Guy no dates
LOWE
Cynthia Ann 3-9-1824 5-17-1903 Wife of Joseph Newton
MARSHALL
Henery D 5-26-1871 6-26-1871 Son of JH and EJ
MCCRISTY
Mary 2-18-1864 3-10-1885 Wife of JW
Infant son of JW and Mary born and died 2-22-1885
MIDDLETON
Mollie B 1-19-1870 7-7-1894 Wife of CH
Emma B 6-9-1893 7-21-1893 Daughter of CH and M
Clarence H 1-23-1869 7-9-1944
Pearl 1907 1911 Daughter of CH and MS
Infant son of CH and MS born and died 9-15-1900
Lora no dates Daughter of Ike and G
MOODY
Granual T 3-31-1887 3-4-1909 Son of TJ and ME
PURCELL
Manerva Stone 1870 1895 Wife of JS
RAGSDALE
Infant son of AL and AL 5-3-1906 6-6-1906
Alma L 1-10-1897 10-16-1900 Daughter of AL and LA
Joel S 11-10-1898 10-16-1900 Son of AL and LA
Erlinda B 1876 1980
William Hershel 1872 1946
J Wilbur 1908 1911
Raymond H 1901 1905
Mable 2-20-1911 2-21-1911
Margaret Jane 3-9-1831 9-29-1899 Wife of John W
Mary Ann 12-14-1833 9-3-1866 Wife of John W
A M Co B 15 USRC MO H G no dates
Robert W 11-13-1868 4-22-1942
Margaret A 3-24-1874 11-5-1960
Infant children of MF and Gertrude died 1932
Melvin F 6-16-1902 1-15-1966
Verlinda 6-3-1810 7-9-1896
Joel 5-4-1806 7-4-1883 (2 stones)
John D 3-21-1814 7-18-1894
Jane F 12-13-1806 10-30-1861 Wife of Joel
RAY
James 2-22-1802 2-6-1870
Mary 10-26-1800 6-16-1871 Born in NC
REEDY
Sada O 3-15-1905 12-5-1908 Daughter of S and G
Simon W T 5-19-1899 12-10-1916
Georgian 8-26-1872 11-25-1957
Simon 1-16-1870 11-19-1986
RIMBEY
Annie 10-7-1893 10-8-1893
ROOMSBURG
Mary Anna 11-13-1866 7-24-1947
Charley F 4-22-1863 1-24-1939
RUSH
Manda E 10-22-1891 1-17-1971
Newton J 9-2-1890 6-19-1971
SHAW
Walter D 7-30-1877 10-17-1902 Husband of Iva J Shaw
Son of JD and ME Shaw
P C died 7-4-1853 Aged 1mo 27da
James 3-21-1811 4-14-1887 Aged 76yr 23da
Bathsheba 1-7-1826 5-24-1888 Wife of James
Permintany died 6-20-1853 Aged 29yrs 3mo 26da
SHORT
James A son of Mr and Mrs C A Short no dates
James Alfred 6-24-1931 6-29-1931
Emma G 1-27-1902 10-10-1994
Charles A 8-17-1900 6-21-1978
Charles Leslie 5-3-1926 6-20-1985 SGT US Army Korea
SMITH
Myrtle M 5-8-1910 6-19-1911 Daughter of J and D
Willie 10-14-1898 12-17-1900 Son of AJ and OB
Annie M 11-8-1873 5-19-1909
George A 5-4-1861 8-10-1928
Gladys L 10-17-1904 2-6-1931
Ralph E 5-21-1901 1-8-1904 Son of GA and AM
SPEAR
Dennis E 2-10-1924 5-4-2001 A missionary Baptist minister,
US Navy WWII
Dorothy N (Vincent) 7-20-1928 - Married 9-21-1947
STRADER
Henry 2-6-1825 10-6-1902 Husband of Margaret
Margaret M 6-17-1837 1-21-1897 Wife of Henry
SUITER
George 2-13-1823 6-25-1885 Husband of Ann E
Ann E 8-10-1825 7-18-1880 Wife of George
Sarah J 10-10-1854 4-20-1930
Isaac F 12-4-1853 5-31-1885
Wesley 7-4-1885 9-9-1906
TAYLOR
Nora G 8-28-1912 9-2-1912
VAN BUSKIRK
Ellen 1855 1915
Crawford 1856 1889
VINCENT
Lucy B 1882 1969
John W 1868 1934
Leslie E “Pete” 10-28-1905 3-2-1997 Married 12-25-1926
Opal Mae (Case) 8-24-1905 1-21-1998
Parents of Dorothy and Ellis
WARREN
Roma M 10-21-1898 2-13-1899 Son of WR and RB
YEHLE
Oka 1901 1902 Son of John and Carrie May
