Edwards Cemetery

Osage Township

Section 31, Township 41 North, Range 13 West

Miller County, MO.

Take Hwy 52 at El Rancho Jct. and to 17 Jct. at Tuscumbia. Continue on Hwy 17 crossing the Osage River Bridge and take the first road to the left, which is Hwy 52. Go to the 2^nd gravel road turning left. Continue a little way until you see a large silver silo and the cemetery is in the middle of a large field to the East of the house and silo. The cemetery is well fenced, but not maintained.

Personally inventoried by Dianna (Hale) Mattingly, Glenda (May) Crawford & Bobbie (Burks) Bradshaw – May 2001

Burial listings are at the end of this document.

For any information or corrections, please contact me at: deestar47@gmail.com

The Family of George Washington Edwards

George Washington Edwards was born at Columbus, Ohio, October 7, 1842. He is the son of Louis H. and Mary Helen (Woods) Edwards. His father fought in the Indian wars, and in the battle of Tippecanoe, was said to have received a broken arm when struck by a tomahawk by an Indian.

George Washington Edwards was in Sherman's Army of the Cumberland, and was in the hard fought battles, including the battle of Richmond, KY. the Battle of Shiloh and the siege of Vicksburg. He was captured by the confederates at Brice's Cross Roads, Miss., June 9th 1864, and was in Andersonville prison six months, Macon prison six weeks, and Selma prison six weeks. He was exchanged the following spring at Wilmington, South Carolina. George was also in the battle of Guntown, MS.

After he returned from the army he was united in marriage to Miss Vienna Sellover of Shelbyville, IL., where the Edwards family had moved from Columbus.

He and his wife came to Missouri about 1868, to California, MO., later moving to the J. R. Wells farm on the Osage River. Later they moved to the Vanatta farm, south of Tuscumbia, MO., then to the Joe Lurton farm, then to the Luetkemeyer farm. Anton Luetkemeyer bought out Mr. Edwards in 1880 and then Mr. Edwards moved south the farm at King's Bluff, near Tuscumbia, Missouri.

George Washington Edwards married Vienna Sellover on January 4, 1846. Vienna Sellover Edwards died on February 6, 1880. They were the parents of six children:

Louis Steven 23 Nov. 1866 - 21 Oct. 1942 - buried Tuscumbia Cemetery

William T. 11 May 1869 - 13 Nov. 1870 - buried – Smith Cemetery

Arthur Heart 25 Mar. 1872 - 31 Oct. 1962 - buried Tuscumbia Cemetery

Cordel C O. 21 Mar. 1874 - 18 Apr. 1874 - buried – Smith Cemetery

George W. Jr. 18 Apr. 1875 - 5 Nov. 1954 - buried Tuscumbia Cemetery

Robert 23 Aug. 1878 – 31 Aug. 1878 - buried –Smith Cemetery

Vienna (Sellover) Edwards, and George’s children, William T., Cordel and Robert Edwards are buried in the Jesse-Hawkins Cemetery, located on Hwy 17 near Tuscumbia, MO., on the Saline Valley Conservation property.

On January 13, 1882, George Washington Edwards married Tennessee Barnhart, the daughter of George and Lucy (Warren) Barnhart. She was born March 27, 1864, in Linn, Missouri. They were the parents of twelve children:

Sarah Alberta "Sally" 4 Nov. 1882 - 16 Mar. 1926 buried Edwards Cemetery

Fanny Cinderella 25 May 1884 - 21 Mar. 1955 buried Maple Hill Cemetery – KC, KS

Mary Elizabeth 5 July 1886 - 28 July 1887 buried Edwards Cemetery

James Albert 28 Sept. 1887 - 28 Feb. 1963 buried Tuscumbia Cemetery

Effie Orlena 5 July 1889 - 11 June 1917 buried Edwards Cemetery

Charles A. 20 Mar. 1891 - 14 Nov. 1918 buried Edwards Cemetery

John Gill 3 Nov. 1893 – 28 Aug. 1978 buried Tuscumbia Cemetery

Lucy Catherine 15 Nov. 1895 - 25 Nov. 1895 buried Edwards Cemetery

Joseph Henry 23 Jan. 1897 - 17 Oct. 1964 buried Mt. Zion (New) Cemetery

Maude 22 Feb. 1899 - 8 Nov. 1980 buried Maple Hill Cemetery – KC, KS

Anne 6 Oct. 1902 - 12 May 1988 buried Mt. Zion (New) Cemetery

Alma 18 Dec. 1904 - at birth 1904 buried Edwards Cemetery

George Washington Edwards died November 10, 1928, age 86. Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards died August 8, 1933, age 69. They are both buried at the Edwards Family Cemetery, on their farm at King's Bluff, near Tuscumbia, Missouri.

Edwards, Anne

6 Oct. 1902 - 12 May 1988

d/o George Washington & Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards

Edwards, Alma (Infant)

8 Dec. 1904 – 18 Dec. 1904

d/o George Washington Edwards & Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards

info provided by g granddaughter Karen Smith

marked by field stone

Edwards, Charles A.

20 Mar. 1891 - 14 Nov. 1918

s/o George Washington Edwards & Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards

Edwards, Effie Orlena

5 July 1889 - 11 June 1917

d/o George Washington Edwards & Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards

Edwards, Fanny Cinderella

25 May 1884 - 21 Mar. 1955

d/o George Washington Edwards & Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards

Edwards, George Washington (Civil War- Veteran)

7 Oct. 1842 – 10 Nov. 1928

Co. D, 14th MO Home Guards

h/o Vienna (Sellover)– wed 4 Jan. 1846 - died - 6 Feb. 1880 – buried Jesse Hawkins – Smith Cemetery

h/o Tennessee (Barnhart) - wed 13 Jan. 1882

Edwards, James Elmer (Infant)

no dates – infant

s/o Steve Edwards & Catherine (Bode) Edwards

info provided by g granddaughter Karen Smith

Edwards, Lucy Catherine (Infant)

15 Nov. 1895 - 25 Nov. 1895

d/o George Washington edwards & Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards

Edwards, Mary Elizabeth (Infant)

5 July 1886 - 28 July 1887

d/o George Washington Edwards & Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards

Edwards, Maude

22 Feb. 1899 - 8 Nov. 1980

d/o George Washington Edwards & Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards

Edwards, Sarah Alberta "Sally"

4 Nov. 1882 - 16 Mar. 1926

d/o George Washington Edwards & Tennessee (Barnhart) Edwards

w/o Richard O. Hart (can’t read his last name)

Edwards, Tennessee (Barnhart)

27 Mar. 1864 – 8 Aug. 1933

d/o George Barnhart & Lucy (Warren) Barnhart

w/o George Washington Edwards – wed 13 Jan. 1882

Marker w/no information