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Graves Moved

The 23 cemeteries in Monroe County which were relocated because of construction of Cannon Dam and Mark Twain Lake are:

Bybee

Bannister (Meeker)

Violette

Carr

Heavenridge

Crigler

Lawson

Dooley

Pollard

Greening

Powers

Henderson

Poage

Bryant

Stetson

McCreery

Stribling

Moyer

Wills

Nesbitt

Yeaky

Rouse

Permission of all known kin was obtained before reburial took place. Mrs. Carl Bounds was appointed to assist the Corps of Engineers in the work. She was assisted by her husband and they spent many long hours and had many and varied experiences as they accomplished the work. Another cemetery was the Scobee burial ground with all graves brought to Walnut Grove. Others were moved to Florida Cemetery, Stoutsville, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Grove Cemeteries.