Yearns Cemetery
AKA Brewer
Barry County, MO.

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Directions: Take Highway 112 east out of Seligman. Go until you come to Farm Road 1090. (There is a big pink house with a white picket fence there.) Turn left on 1090. Drive 1.7 miles until road turns sharply to the left. Don't go left, but stop at two red gates. Enter the gates and walk about 100 yards, veering to the left. Cemetery is in the middle of a pasture.

Land is owned by Wayne Karrick. Monett, MO 65708.

Transcribed May 2003 by Brandon Burns

Photos submitted by Jay Trace, Darla Marbut, and Donna Cooper

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SSW = Shares Stone With

Name	Born	Died	Research Notes & Inscriptions	Researcher or Resource
BOWMAN, Infant	No Date	No Date	Inscription: "Infant Son of ? ? - 12 Months" - Another Photo	Transcribed by Brandon Burns Photo Darla Ball Marbut Jay Trace
BREWER, David	1815 VA	1862 Barry Co., MO	Research Note: Notes of Warren Walker: David Brewer, my Great Great Grandfather, married Olive Oliff, my great-great grandmother. Olive's mother, my Great Great Great grandmother, was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian maiden (Whose name is unknown to me). On July 31, 1850, Great-Great Grandfather, David Brewer, and family lived in District 31, Lee County, Virginia. This is in the very southwest corner of Virginia, near the Tennessee and Kentucky borders. The county seat of Lee County is Jonesville. In 1853, David Brewer bought land in Barry County, Missouri, in Township 21, Range 28, Section 1. He improved a farm here including building a house for his family and clearing land for cultivation. No record has been found that his eldest son, Christopher, lived in Missouri. David Brewer was killed in 1862 by "Bushwhackers" near his house and was buried in the yard. This was the start of the Brewer graveyard, which still stands. "We have killed your husband and now we come to burn his house." ~ Bushwhackers - The house was burned at the time David died, Olive and family continued to live there. Olive was buried at this site sometime after 1880. Evan, a son, and his wife, Naomi, were also buried at this grave site and the marker still stands at Naomi's grave. This old farm site is approximately 1 mile southeast of Washburn, Missouri. This is where Great Grandfather, James Monroe "Bud" Brewer, was born.	Family Notes Warren Walker
BREWER, Evan	Oct. 1850 Lee Co., VA	Bef. 1910 Barry Co., MO	Research Note: Son of David Brewer and Olive Oliff. His wife was Neoma Yearns. - 1880 Census, Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri - Evan Brewer, age 29, farmer, born VA; Neoma, age 23, born IA; James, age 5, born MO.	Census Phyllis Long Family Notes Warren Walker
BREWER, Neoma (YEARNS)	Jan. 3, 1855 Marion Co., IA	Aug. 19, 1903 Barry Co., MO	Inscription: "Daughter of M. and J. A." - Research Note: Daughter of Mordecai Yearns and Jane America Edwards. Neoma Yearns born 1885 IA married Evan Brewer born 1850 VA on Mar. 17, 1873 in Barry Co., MO. - 1880 Census, Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri - Evan Brewer, age 29, born VA; Neoma, age 23, born IA; James, age 5, born MO.	Census MO Marriage Records Census Phyllis Long Transcribed by Brandon Burns Photo Darla Ball Marbut Jay Trace
BREWER, Olive (OLIFF)	1821 TN	Aft. 1880 Barry Co., MO	Research Note: Olive married David Brewer in 1839 in TN. - 1850 Census, District 31, Lee, Virginia - David Brewer, age 35, born VA; Oliver, age 29, born TN; Christopher, age 10, born VA; Sarah A., age 8, born VA; Henry, age 4, born VA; Evan B., age 0, born VA; Milley Burk, age 47, born VA. - 1860 Census, Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri - David Brewer, age 44, farmer, born VA; Olive, age 36, born TN; Sarah A., age 18, born VA; Henry, age 13, born VA; Evan, age 11, born VA; Martha A., age 7, born MO; James M., age 3, born MO; W. B., age 1, born MO. - 1870 Census, Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri - Olive Brewer, age 41; Evan, age 19; Martha, age 16; James, age 13; Tennessee Price, age 8, born MO. - 1880 Census, Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri - Olive Brewer, age 57, farmer, born TN. 2 doors down is son Evan.	Family Notes Warren Walker U. S. Marriage Records Census Phyllis Long
KARRICK, Wayne Leroy	Sep. 27, 1936 Rossville, IL	May 8, 2023 At Home, Seligman, Barry Co., MO	Research Note: Son of Issac "Elmer" and Ruby (Sears) Karrick. On Sep. 29, 1989 in Walnutport, Pennsylvania he was united in marriage to Elaine Silfies, who survives. Also surviving are one son; two daughters; two sisters-in-law; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Preceding him in death were his parents and two brothers, Robert and Glenn. Wayne grew up and attended school in Rossville, Illinois graduating from Rossville High School. After moving from Minnesota to Seligman in 1983 he owned and operated Karrick Hydro Repair Services in Seligman for several years. Wayne enjoyed farming, raising longhorn cattle and traveling. He attended church at Prairie Hill Baptist Church where he taught Sunday School for several years. Wayne was also a member of Barry County Gideons.	Fohn Funeral Home L. Pearce
YEARNS, Jane America (EDWARDS) (MORRIS)	Apr. 1827 Morgan, IL	Feb. 12, 1904 Barry Co., MO	Inscription: "Wife of M." - Research Note: Jane America Edwards first married M. S. Morris on Jan. 30, 1842 in Sangamon Co., IL. Second married Mordecai Yearns.	IL Marriage Records Phyllis Long Transcribed by Brandon Burns Photo Darla Ball Marbut Jay Trace
YEARNS, Mordecai	Feb. 1825 IN	May 2, 1907 Barry Co., MO	Inscription: "Co. H 40 IA. Inf." - Research Note: Mordecai first married Nancy Mullins in Marion Co., IA on Nov. 11, 1852 according to IA marriage records. U.S. and International Marriage Records give Mordecai Yearns, born 1825 IN, married Jane America Morris, born 1827 IL, in Iowa. No marriage date given. - History of Marion County, Iowa, and its people - In 1843, Mordecai Yearns settled on the White Breast Prairie. - 1850 Census, Iowa, Marion - Mordecai Yearns, age 28 farmer, born IN; Adeline, age 2 born IA; George, age 6 months, born IA. Nancy must have died giving childbirth. - 1860 Census, Polk, Marion, Iowa - Mordecai Yearns, age 46, born KY; Jane, age 35, born IL; Adaline, age 12, born IA; Naomi, age 4, born IA; James E., age 2, born IA; Napoleon Morris, age 12, born IA; Winfield L. Morris, age 8, born IA - 1870 Census, Roaring River, Barry, Missouri - Mordecai Yearns, age 45, farm laborer, born IN; Jane, age 42, born IL; Adaline, age 21, born IA; James E., age 11, born IA; Naomi, age 13, born IA; John H., age 9, born IA. - 1880 Census, Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri - Mordecai Yearns, age 56, farmer, blind, born MO; Jane, age 52, wife, born MO; John Henry, age 18, son, born MO. - 1900 Census, Washburn, Barry, Missouri - Mordecai Yearns, head, born Feb. 1825 IN, age 75, married 40 years, father born NC, mother KY, farmer, owns farm; America, wife, born Apr. 1827 IL, age 73, married 40 years, parents born KY; James Elzy, son, born Sept. 1880 MO, age 19, parents born MO, farm laborer. - Mordecai enlisted in the Civil War at age 38 from Red Rock, IA on Oct. 8, 1862, in Co. H. 40th IA Infantry. Mustered out on Aug. 2, 1865 at Fort Gibson, NC. - Mordecai homesteaded 80 acres in Barry Co., MO on Dec. 15, 1882, deed recorded in Springfield, MO. - March 11, 1915, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO - New Salem News: Robert Roller went to Seligman on Wednesday of last week after a monument to erect at the grave of M. yearns.	Marriage Records Census Land Records IA History Phyllis Long Transcribed by Brandon Burns Photo Darla Ball Marbut Jay Trace