From The St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, 16:2 (summer 1983), quarterly publication of the St. Louis Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 43010, #4 Sunnen Drive, Suite 140, St. Louis, Missouri 63143-0010. © St. Louis Genealogical Society. Reprinted in Lincoln County USGenWeb MOGenWeb Cemeteries by permission, 22 October 1998. Transcribed by Betty Lavy Krieg, prepared by Patricia SummersSmith.
Cemeteries in Lincoln County, Missouri
Ezekiel Downing Family Cemetery
St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, 16:2 (summer 1983), reprinted
by permission.
Submitted to StLGS by Merle M. Jackson & W. L. Douglas, Jr.
Merle M. Jackson & W. L. Douglas, Jr. Located on the original Ezekiel Downing
land which has been in the family since 1816. In Lincoln Co., MO on County
Road B, one mile east of U.S. Hwy 61, Auburn Junction. The cemetery sets behind
an old house and barn in a grove of red cedars about 200 yards off Hwy B.
In addition to the tombstone data, Mr. Douglas visited with L. B. Downing, a
direct descendant who still resides on the farm, and obtained the relationships
of those interred.
COBB
Henry COBB - d: Jan. 12, 1849 33y
John H.D. COBB - d: Aug. 9, 1876 31y
Willie COBB - d: Oct. 4, 1882 8y s/o T.A. & S.
DOWNING
Andrew E. DOWNING - b: Aug. 5, 1869; d: Feb. 2, 1870
D. C. DOWNING - b: Feb. 18, 1867; d: Sept. 27, 1870
E. Andrew DOWNING - b: Aug. 5, 1869; d: Dec. 8, 1870
Willie M. DOWNING - b: July 3, 1865; d: Mar. 9, 1871
Sons of D.C. & D.F.
David C. DOWNING - b: Aug. 18, 1834; d: Sept. 6, 1916
Drusilla F. DOWNING
B: Apr. 2, 1843; d: July 11, 1924
E. A. DOWNING - b: Dec. 1, 1839; d: June 1, 1909
Ezekiel DOWNING - b: Aug. 25, 1795; d: Jan. 22, 1849
Margaret DOWNING - b: Sept. 7, 1796; d: July 7, 1890
W/o Ezekiel
Louie B. DOWNING - b: 1874; d: 1935
Mildred DOWNING - d: Jan. 18, 1904 55y
Vecycle DOWNING - b: 1881; d: 1959
ELSBERRY
Andrew E. ELSBERRY - d: Aug. 8, 1882 20y
George W. ELSBERRY
B: Feb. 10, 1820; d: Aug. 16, 1877
Mary J. ELSBERRY - b: June 25, 1830; d: June ?, 1868
W/o George W.
Rachel B. ELSBERRY - d: Jan. 7, 1884 63y
Robert Rice ELSBERRY - Oct. 4, 1856 (no other date)
S/o George W. & Mary J.
FARMER
Emma FARMER - d: June 28, 1888 21y w/o W.
Nancy FARMER - d: Sept. ?, 1856 25y
HAM
Linda HAM - no dates w/o Wm. W.
HAMMACK
Inf. S/o T.E. & M.M. - b&d: 1889
HATFIELD
Maggie A.B. HATFIELD - b: 1860; d: Aug. 16, 1877
McDONALD
Elizabeth A. McDONALD - b: 1786; d: 1853 w/o John
Elizabeth Ann McDONALD
B: Aug. ?, 1834; d: June 22, 1879
MOUNCE
Ann E. MOUNCE - b: Nov. 15, 1825; d: Mar. 22, 1888
W/o H.H.
Henry MOUNCE - d: Sept. 5, 1859
H. Bell MOUNCE - d: Feb. 2, 1851 2d
H. Campbell MOUNCE - d: Aug. 10, 1856 1?
H. Draper MOUNCE - d: 1856 1? S/o H.H. & A.E.
*”Eldest Son 4m died June 11, 18??”
*”Second son 4d died Apr. 20, 18??”
*Unable to read last name, believe MOUNCE children
TILFORD
Mary A. TILFORD - b: Oct. 7, 1820; d: July 15, 1890
We are sure there are many other graves located in this cemetery. Several graves
are caved in. Some are marked by flat creek stones with no markings. At the time
of this census (Aug. 7, 1978) there was a heavy growth of myrtle, brush and weeds.
From The St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, 16:2 (summer 1983), quarterly publication of the St. Louis Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 43010, #4 Sunnen Drive, Suite 140, St. Louis, Missouri 63143-0010. © St. Louis Genealogical Society. Reprinted in Lincoln County USGenWeb MOGenWeb Cemeteries by permission, 22 October 1998. Transcribed by Betty Lavy Krieg, prepared by Patricia SummersSmith. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.
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