Leatherman Cemetery

Jim Henry Township

Section 27, Township 41 North, Range 12 West

Miller County, MO.

From the junction of Hwy 52 & E in St. Elizabeth take Hwy 52 toward Meta. Go 1.9 miles & turn right on Singer Rd. Go .9 mile & (you will cross the Singer Swinging Bridge) and the top of the hill turn right on a private road to the Jorgensmeyer farm. It has a sign J Bar 5 at the entrance to the gate. (You have to get a key from the owners at St. Elizabeth TV & Appliance because the gate is locked). Go through the gate and go .2 mile past the left side of the white house and through another gate. Go .2 mile and stop just before you go around another turn to the right. The cemetery is to the right, fenced & over grown with brush.

This cemetery is no longer in use.

Personally inventoried by Dianna (Hale) Mattingly, Mindy (Halderman) Barnhart & Glenda (May) Crawford - 18 June 2001.

Everyone in this little cemetery died in 1882.

Re-inventoried 19 Feb. 2016 by Dianna Hale Mattingly & Patricia (Bittle) Milholland to get photos. Some of the stones were broken and down because cattle had been in there and they had to be dug up for pictures.

For any information or corrections please contact me at: deestarr47@gmail.com

Leatherman, Hannah S.

1838 - 17 Jan. 1882 – age 44y9m12d

w/o D. W. Leatherman

Leatherman, Infant

born & died - 15 June 1882

Leatherman, Love E.

1860 - 16 June 1882 – age 22y2m9d

w/o S. D. Leatherman

Stark, Thomas

1808 - 28 Nov. 1882

age - 73y 11m 20d

Wilson, Laura A.

died - 17 Mar. 1882

w/o W. E. Wilson