Reid Cemetery

Okete, Lincoln County, Missouri

Submitted by Russell M. Reid
Department of Anthropology
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292

This list was transcribed from an unpublished list compiled (compiler unknown) about 1971.  For clarification, I have added some maiden names or other notations in brackets, [name]. Materials in parentheses, (name), are as they appear in the original list.



Row 1 

1.      E. T. Frazier                           February 6, 1891  

        wife Osie Dodson Frazier                August 1, 1891-May 31, 1967

2.      William W. Frazier                      July 28, 1854-November 4, 1939

        wife Henrietta White                    January 28, 1874-February 4, 1967

3.      Leo Durham                              1898-1970

        wife Mary Virginia                      1901-

4.      Hazel D. Durham                         1878-1961

        Benjamin F. Durham                      1875-1959

Row 2

1.      Lawrence D. (Lonnie) Blackmore          January 14, 1896 -

        wife Margaret E. (Lizzie)               July 31, 1894-March 1, 1970

2.      M. Newton Dodson                        1854-1934

        wife Matilda O.                         1861-1935

3.      Nannie (Nancy) Houston                  1899-1933

Row 3

1.      Kathryn Reid Reed                       1934-1966

2.      William Ralph Reid                      1903-1966

3.      J. Alexander Reid                       1870-1941

        Susie A. Fiske                          1875-1959

4.      Fiske - sisters

        Leona M.                                1877-1939

        Lena B.                                 1878-1948

Row 4

1.      Leslie Calvin Reid                      July 7, 1890-February 9, 1952

        wife Mary Gladney                       May 27, 1896-

2.      David C. [Calvin]Reid                   June 1, 1856-January 27, 1925

        Jennie [Reid] his wife                  1859-1897

        Annie E. [Reid], wife                   July 29, 1870-May 18, 1945

3.      Moffatt Erskine Reid                    May 7, 1900-October 2, 1954

        wife Esther Ramsey

4.      Alexander Reid                          October 19, 1908-January 13, 1927

5.      William Arch Reid                       August 5, 1873-October 29, 1929

        wife Mattie S.                          September 12, 1874-November 13, 1934

        space

6.      Ernest C. Alexander                     1896-1950

7.      Howard R. Alexander                     1865-1935

        wife Lillie J. [Moody]                  1869-1952

        long space

8.      Edwin L. Houston                        1864-1934

9.      Mary E. Houston                         1863-1950

10.     Mildred Houston                         August 30, 1913-

        Bruce J.  Houston                       September 2, 1900-June 11, 1970

Row 5

1.      Mary E. [Alexander] Wells               1862-1947

        Perry W.                                1960-1889

2.      William Wells                           May 6, 1856-October 30, 1901

        Mary Wells                              September 28, 1854-July 2, 1910

  3 Spaces - Ernest Wells, son of above, buried here

3.      Cyrus A. Gladney                        Mar. 17, 1912-

        Sarah Kathryn                           June 13, 1913-July 2, 1967

4.      Ira E. Gladney                          November 25, 1887-August 24, 1966

        Sarah E. [Taylor]                       September 27, 1886-May 11, 1969

        3 or 4 spaces

5.      Anna Jane Finley                        September 2, 1879-June 8, 1956

6.      James T. Finley                         April 3, 1845-July 13, 1923

        wife Jane Agnes [Reid]                  July 7, 1850-May 3, 1922

7.      Sallie M. Reid                          August 10, 1858-July 11, 1936

8.      William Arthur Branch                   1864-1948

        Erixana McAuley                         1861-1935

9.      John Michael Branch                     January 14, 1901-

        Lavinia Kelley                          August 24, 1901-July 26, 1961

Row 6

1.      James C. Taylor                         August 12, 1809-March 15, 1888

        wife Elizabeth [Basket]                 November 28, 1816-January 17, 1842

        wife Elizabeth G. [Reid]                February 12, 1821-September 10, 1887

        William, son of J.C. & E.G.             Died June 20, 1853 Aged 6 mo.

        Melinda G., daughter of J.C. & E.G.     Died March 15, 1850  Aged 21 days

        2 spaces

2.      Cyrus Taylor, Jr. (See no. 5, row 6)

3.      Unmarked stone - stillborn twins of F. G. Taylor

4.      James E., son of C.Y. and S. Taylor     August 7, 1888-January 27, 1916

        Taylor baby - no stone

5.      Cyrus Taylor                            May 8, 1855-October 28, 1939

        Susie his wife                          September 28, 1864-May 3, 1921

        Cyrus their son                         May 2, 1890-July 2, 1890

6.      Floy Belle [Taylor] Stone               1896-1943

7.      Thomas Reid                             May 27, 1851-July 4, 1926

        wife Elizabeth [Shannon]                June 24, 1851-July 6, 1918

        daughter Bessie [Adaline Elizabeth]     October 12, 1882-December 25, 1883

8.      Janella Finley                          June 25, 1870-July 3, 1931

9.      Andrew Finley                           January 20, 1833-January 24, 1925

        wife Mariah Jane [Finley]               April 8, 1835-August 12, 1911

10.     Isaac Lowell Ellis                      1874-1962

        Georgia Finley Ellis                    1874-1954

Row 7

1.      J. C. Taylor                            Died January 3, 1934 Aged 85 yrs.

        Lizzie P. Sitton, wife                  Died September 22, 1902 Aged 47 yrs. 7 mo. 2 days

2.      John P. Finley                          August 13, 1848-October 14, 1921

        wife Sarah T. [Taylor]                  November 23, 1851-

        3 spaces

3.      Son of J. H. and J. A. Logan            May 27, 1897-May 30, 1897

4.      Reid Wallace                            May 6, 1830-March 26, 1907

        Mary Ann Wallace                        October 22, 1831-June 30, 1921

5.      Elizabeth Wallace                       July 6, 1862-March 19, 1944

6.      Matthew Henry Wallace                   May 11, 1870-November 2, 1947

7.      C. Finley Wallace                       February 17, 1855-April 14, 1935

        Shannon R.                              December 28, 1856-October 6, 1931

8.      James Hervey Logan                      October 12, 1857-June 11, 1926

        Jane Ann Logan nee Wallace              November 4, 1864-September 28, 1941

        space

9.      Bobby Bill Reid                         December 18, 1928-December 26, 1928

10.     Jim Bill Reid                           February 26, 1898-September 9, 1965

11.     Anna Reid                               December 11, 1895-November 23, 1918

Row 8

1.      Howard T. Mitchell                      1874-1935

        Sadie R. [Reid]                         1878-1951

2.      Thomas S. Reid                          February 23, 1885-July 26, 1948

3.      Adaline (Addie) Reid                    February 29, 1872-February 27, 1957

4.      Salem Reid                              August 5, 1841-April 12, 1912

        wife Mary Jane [Shannon]                February 27, 1847-February 28, 1916

5.      John C. Finley                          August 24, 1839-January 5, 1897

        Bell Luckie Finley                      September 22, 1856-August 2, 1919

6.      S. Mattie [Sarah Martha] Reid           1862-1958

        Amy L.                                  1869-1959

7.      T. Reid Killam                          1904-1948

8.      Georgetta, wife of D. T. Killam         1865-1935

        3 spaces

9.      Dr. James A. [Albert] Reid              August 10, 1870-February 11, 1930

        Clara L. [Mitchell]                     July 20, 1870-June 17, 1937

10.     James E. Harvey                         May 25, 1904

        Lola M.                                 July 5, 1902-April 30, 1966

Row 9

1.      George Alvin Branch                     1875-1955

        wife Julia Reid                         1877-1961

2.      Dorothy Elizabeth Branch                November 13, 1913-March 27, 1917

        daughter of G. A. & Julia

3.      Jane E. Alexander                       October 23, 1848-July 23, 1910

        wife of Shannon Reid

4.      Shannon Reid                            October 15, 1842-September 3, 1906

5.      John D. Reid                            August 18, 1875-April 14, 1955

6.      John M. Reid                            June 17, 1837-April 23, 1919

7.      Martha E. Reid                          November 27, 1839-January 3, 1892

        wife of John M. Reid

        2 spaces

8.      Infant daughter                         died June 15, 1881

        of J.T. and J.A. Finley

9.      T. R. [Thomas Robinson]Reid

10.     T. R. Reid                              July 1, 1835-October 30, 1914

        wife Sarah E. [Wallace]                 December 27, 1836-July 4, 1889

        wife Marietta [Wallace]                 October 6, 1849-August 9, 1894

11.     Marietta Wallace                        August 9, 1894 [same as above]

12.     H. Harvey Wells                         February 18, 1855-February 5, 1935

13.     Lucy A. Reid, wife of H. H. Wells       August 9, 1858-June 10, 1897

14.     William Finley                          November 17, 1836-January 18, 1916

        wife Fannie E. [Reid]                   March 13, 1840-February 1, 1909

15.     T. Lacey                                July 24, 1877-August 7, 1877

        son of James & Bettie A. Reid

16.     Rev. James Reid                         February 18, 1838-February 12, 1905

        Bettie A. [Raney]                       August 20, 1837-October 25, 1912

17.     Andrew D. Harvey                        July 20, 1869-February 22, 1941

        Rose F.                                 July 17, 1875-January 27, 1965

Row 10

1.      Nellie Reid                             February 10, 1883-November 22, 1965

2.      Mary E. Reid                            May 27, 1880-November 28, 1959

3.      Anna Leacim Brown                       1871-1958

4.      Deborah Agnes Brown                     1873-1936

5.      Margaret Matilda Brown                  1859-1947

6.      Sarah Shannon Brown                     April 27, 1866-June 19, 1920

7.      William Bruce Brown                     June 17, 1830-January 29, 1891

        wife Mary M. Reid                       November 28, 1839-December 4, 1884

8.      Elizabeth T.                            November 8, 1834-June 23, 1883

        daughter of John and Matilda Reid

9.      Alexander Reid                          April 28, 1766-August 12, 1836

        wife Jane [Shannon]                     April 22, 1767-August 2, 1855

10.     Lucy M.,                                December 2, 1860-March 11, 1861

        daughter of N.A. and A.J. Harvey

11.     Ann Isabella daughter of                Died September 28, 1837

        J.[James] & L.[Lucy] Reid               Aged 4 yrs., 6 mos., 8 days

12.     A twin sister of Frances E.             Born and died March 13, 1840

        daughter of James & Lucy Reid

13.     Infant son of                           Born and died March 22, 1861

        T.R. [Thomas R.]& S.E. [Sarah E. Reid

14.     Nancy A. daughter of                    April 11, 1830-December 28, 1837

        J. [John]& M. [Matilda] Reid

15.     John Reid                               December 18, 1801-May 16, 1856

16.     Wife of John Reid [Matilda Wallace]     November 20, 1801-May 3, 1863

17.     George Alexander Reid                   Died September 19, 1864

                                                Aged 20 yrs., 11 mos., 2 days

18.     Alexander Reid [Harvey]                 Died November 8, 1861, aged 3 mo.

        son of N.A. & A.J. Harvey               [family records give this as 1864]

19.     Infant daughter                         Died March 16, 1868

        of W. & F.F. (?) Finley

20.     Callie [Harvey]                         Died April 19, 1869

        daughter of N.A. & A.J. Harvey          Aged 7 yrs., 21 days

21.     James Reid                              Died February 1, 1871

                                                Aged 71 yrs., 5 mo., 7 days

        Lucy [Robinson] Reid                    Died April 21, 1886

                                                Aged 77 yrs., 8 mo., 21 days

22.     Amy Jane [Reid]Harvey                   January 23, 1831-June 26, 1890

        Nicholas Augustus Harvey                August 27, 1823-January 20, 1909

23.     Fannie F. [Harvey]                      July 20, 1869-November 21, 1875

        dau. Of N.A. and A. J. Harvey

Row 11

1.      Jennie[Reid]                            Died November 7, 1897

        [1st]wife of D.C.[David Calvin]Reid     Aged 38 yrs., 10 mo., 13 days

2.      James Thomas, son of                    July 19, 1861-March 26, 1863

        D. [David] & S.A. [Sarah A.] Reid

3.      Sarah A. [Shannon]Reid                  Died August 24, 1887

                                                Aged 66 yrs., 5 mo., 17 days

        David Reid                              Died May 26, 1883       

                                                Aged 71 yrs., 11 mo., 27 days

4.      John S. Reid                            April 5, 1844-May 14, 1875

        Sarah R. Reid                           May 20, 1817-August 7, 1838

        E. A. Reid                              July 15, 1838-August 28, 1838

        2 or 3 graves marked with rocks

5.      Jane daughter of T.S. & A. M.Reid       - 1843 Aged 11 mo., 22 days

        [see Row 12, No. 1]

6.      Rock

7.      Daughter of                             Born May 18,1847, died the same day

        D. [David] & S.A. [Sarah A.] Reid

8.      Anne Shannon (?)                        June 1, 1789-December 11, 1839

9.      James Shannon [Finley]                  Died January 26, 1838

        son of C. & J. Finley                   Age 2 yrs., 6 mo., 20 days

10.     James A. Reid                           November 9, 1804-September 1840

11.     Infant of C. & J. Finley                Died April 13, 1844, Aged 2 days

12.     Susan A.                                ______ 22, 1825-April 18, 1859 

        daughter of J.A. and Mehetable Reid

13.     Cyrus Finley                            October 20, 1799-April 20, 1862

        Jane [Shannon]Finley                    July 13, 1809-March 4, 1887

14.     Lois J.                                 September 22, 1887-February 20, 1991

        daughter of C. & S.M. Finley

15.     Cyrus Finley                            December 4, 1841-December 12, 1924      

        Sarah M.                                December 10, 1854-October 11, 1936

Row 12

1.      Thomas S. [Shannon] Reid                August 24, 1799-January 8, 1883

        Adaline M. [Montgomery Reid]            April 28, 1823-January 19, 1854

        3 rough stones

2.      Ann Duff                                Died June 21, 1855

                                                Age 48 yrs., 9 mo., 5 days

        Elizabeth [Duff]Reid                    Died February 20, 1884

        [wife of Alexander Reid, Jr.]           Age 75 yrs., 11 mo., 14 days

3.      (Small one propped against above)

        Mary A. Alexander                       Died October 26, 1845   Aged 8 days

        Long space

4.      Rough stone

5.      Hazel Finley                            September 25, 1892-October 20, 1961

Row 13

1.      William E. Wells                        July 10, 1874-May 18, 1962

        wife Susie S.                           June 24, 1883-November 8, 1960

        daughter Marjorie M.                    September 8, 1922-February 28, 1957

2.      Infant son of W. E. Wells               Sept. 19, 1902-Sept. 26, 1902

3.      J. W. Nichols                           April 23, 1829-September 6, 1916

        wife Susan M.                           July 21, 1838-April 23, 1874

        Susan Macatee                           November 30, 1808-January 20, 1892

4.      Rough stone

        Space

5.      Rough stone

6.      Rough stone

7.      Blueford Crenshaw                       Died July 25, 1846 

                                                in the 44th year of his age

8.      Elizabeth, wife of Blueford Crenshaw    Died in 1876

Between Rows 13 and 14

        Mary Magnolia Wood,                     November 1, 1855-May 13, 1858

        daughter of C.I.N. & A.E.P. Wood

9.      Benjamin Brown                          June 4, 1804-June 13, 1891

        Jane E. Whitlow                         Died March, 1892

        second wife of B. Brown

10.     Thomas G. Branch                        November 28, 1837-May 6, 1900

        Rebecca [McCampbell]Branch              March 6, 1847-December 28, 1913

11.     Infant son of J.M. & Agnes Branch       Born & died September 19, 1904

        Willis George                           August 18, 1906-November 26, 1907

        son of J.M. Branch

12.     Agnes F. [Finley] Branch                1873-1942

        J. Mack Branch                          1867-1943

13.     Anna M. [Branch] Libby                  1900-

        Mark Hanah Libby                        1898-1960

Row 14

1.      Margaret E. Nichols                     August 29, 1833-March 25, 1920

2.      Helen Mae Wells                         July 6, 1913-

        John Carl Wells                         July 29, 1906-October 29, 1949

3.      John William Phelps                     1863-1937

        Missouri Harriet Phelps                 1861-1941

4.      Ernest F. Phelps                        September 3, 1885-October 19, 1918

        Long space

1.      In memory of Mary Ann Ralston,          January 13, 1818-August 28, 1845

        consort of S. S. Ralston

        [Rev. Samuel Shannon Ralston]

2.      Infant son of J.C. & M.J. Miller        Died April 26, 1862, age 12 days

3.      Polly, wife of Thomas S. Shannon        Died January 1, 1866, Age 70

4.      James Alexander                         1817-1875

5.      Agnes, wife of James Alexander          Died June 5, 1863       

                                                Age 36 years, 3 mo.

6.      David Ralston Alexander                 Died August 15, 1854

                                                Age 2 years, 6 mo.

7.      Infant dau. of J. & A. Alexander        Died March 12, 1850, Age 9 days

Between Rows 14 & 15

Samuel A., son of R. R. & E. E. Logan           December 9, 1847-August 17, 1848

Rough stone

8.      Mary A.,                                Age 16 mo., 5 days

        daughter of A. & R. Alexander

9.      Infant son of A. & R. Alexander, that died anomalous, 1854

10.     Rachel, wife of A. Alexander            May 18, 1831-February 3, 1854

11.     James H., son of A. & M.L. Alexander    Died April 10, 1865

                                                Age 11 mo., 6 days

16.     Archibald Alexander                     April 19, 1821-December 25, 1899

        wife Mary Louise [Holt]                 May 12, 1841-October 10, 1903

17.     John Sherman Alexander                  April 17, 1862-February 21, 1940

18.     Mary S. Branch                          Died June 18, 1866

                                                Age 22 yrs., 6 mo., 1 day

19.     James H. Branch                         Died January 28, 1867

                                                Age 27 yrs., 8 mo., 3 days

20.     Jimmie Agnes                            Died August 19, 1867

        daughter of J. H. & S. M. Branch        Age 1 mo., 17 days

12.     Sarah Martha [Alexander] Finley         April 4, 1847-September 10, 1916

        Willis G. Finley                        March 21, 1837-September 10, 1891

22.     Andrew J. Finley                        October 3, 1871-October 9, 1918

Row 15

1.      Louisa Plummer                          Died September 30, 1845 

                                                Age 20 yrs., 2 mo., 8 days

2.      Ellen, daughter of A. & S. Finley       March 30, 1850-February 24, 1851

3.      Sarah, wife of Andrew Finley            July 27, 1817-February 14, 1853

4.      Jane Ann, dau. of A. & S. Finley        October 12, 1853-March 23, 1854

5.      Sarah E., dau. of A. & S. Finley        January 26, 1842-September 17, 1859

6.      Andrew Finley                           October 2, 1807-July 8, 1862

7.      Jane Irvin                              November 18, 1800-March 23, 1864

8.      Robert R. Logan                         July 20, 1814-October 22, 1884

        Elizabeth E. Logan                      September 24, 1829-November 20, 1895

9.      Robert I. Logan                         October 10, 1855-December 22, 1933

        wife Matilda C. Hammack                 November 6, 1860-December 3, 1922

Row 16

1.      Hadassah Alexander                      January 28, 1868-December 31, 1943

2.      Mattie Alexander                        January 8, 1866-March 1, 1942

3.      Bettie F. Alexander                     October 5, 1863-February 22, 1935

4.      Jennie Alexander                        January 14, 1886-January 30, 1960

5.      Stella Alexander                        April 18, 1883-June 7, 1969

6.      John J. Alexander                       March 30, 1832-February 26, 1918

7.      Jane Alexander, wife of J. J.           May 29, 1853-February 6, 1886

8.      Cyrus F.                                December 4, 1856-January 11, 1858

        son of R. & S. J. Alexander

9.      James R.                                Died June 19, 1860

        son of R. & S. J. Alexander             Age 1 year, 6 mo., 9 days

10.     Sarah E.                                Died June 1, 1862

        daughter of R. & S. J. Alexander        Age 1 year, 5 days

11.     John Wm.,                               Died March 8, 1863

        son of Reid & S. J. Alexander           Age 13 years, 10 mo., 27 days

12.     Infant of R. & S. J. Alexander

13.     James Salem,                            Died March 20, 1884

        son of Wm. A. and Anna M. Shannon       Age 9 mo., 8 days

14.     Reid Alexander                          December 28, 1826-June 15, 1903

        Sarah Jane [Finley]                     July 18, 1829-December 2, 1889

15.     Campbell A. Shannon                     July 14, 1881-August 28, 1907

16.     Annie M. [Alexander]Shannon             January 12, 1855-September 8, 1940

        Wm. A. Shannon                          May 16, 1856-September 2, 1940

Row 17

1-3.    Unmarked stones

4.      Zacky C.                                December 29, 1868-January 28, 1870

        son of J. W. & Louisiana Lynn

5.      Ann Eliza,                              August 17, 1871-September 22, 1872

        daughter of J. W. & L. Lynn

6.      Samuel S.                               January 29, 1873-July 1, 1873

        son of J. W. & L. Lynn

7.      Bertie Lee                              February 7, 1879-February 8, 1879

        daughter of J. W. & L. Lynn

8.      Marion Crawford                         September 5, 1881-October 16, 1881

        son of J. W. & L. Lynn

9.      Louisiana, wife of J. W. Lynn           June 28, 1838-September 25, 1882

10.     Lillian Etta Callison                   October 22, 1863-May 7, 1945

11.     Dr. Homer G. Callison                   January 29, 1861-September 5, 1931

12.     John Callison                           May 14, 1825-July 23, 1878

        (Left side - born in Virginia, died Lincoln County, Mo.)

        Christiana Callison                     March 27, 1836-May 14, 1894

        (Right side - born in Ohio, died Lincoln County, Mo.)

13.     Lilly Ethel                             June 19, 1889-March 18, 1890

        daughter of W. & M.J. Crume

14.     Unmarked stone

15.     Mary Tillotson                          Died February 21, 1874, age 41

15.     Ezra Tillotson                          Died March 22, 1876, age 54

16.     Rough stone

17.     Addie, wife of E. M. Hewitt,            August 7, 1887-March 29, 1906

        daughter of J. O. & M. R. Mundell

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