Ray County, Missouri, Genealogy Resources, Grape Grove Township

Berry Cemetery
More Photos	#9 on Grape Grove Twp Map

Name of Cemetery	Berry Cemetery
Township	Grape Grove Twp
Cemetery #	#409
Alternate Names	xxx
Latitude/Longitude	Latitude: 39°23'29"N; Longitude: 93°52'16"W
Township/Range/Section	T53R27S24 ; NE1/4 of NE1/4 S24
Cemetery Still in Use	No
Size of Cemetery	5 known burials (only 4 stones were found in 2008; a stone could not be located for James R. Williams who was listed on an earlier compilation)
Condition	The 4 stones that were found (2008) were probably added many years after the deaths to honor the deceased. They were all the same kind of stone & engravings. Since visiting the area in the fall of 2007, dozers have removed many of the trees; at that time the stones couldn't be located because of heavy overgrowth of vines and shrubs. Now (January 2008) the stones are on a cement slab with a concrete rim around it. It is not known if this was where the stones were originally; it looks like they might have been moved from another location and placed here.
Range of Burial Dates
	Oldest Known Stone:	Susanna S. McCuistion d. September 28, 1870
	Last Known Burial	Augusta S. Wollard d. September 29, 1922
Visited yet?	CC - yes................ JZ - yes/no...........anyone else - yes
Location/Directions/Comments
	Most recent directions	From the intersection of Hwy "E" and East 164th Street travel north on Hwy "E" for 2/10 miles. The road curves west at that point. The stones lie about 30 yards south of the road on a concrete slab in the middle of some tall trees.
	1973 Ray County History; p. 230	#x, name Twp
	1973 Ray County History; p. 232; Cemeteries Not Listed on Map	#xx; description
	Big Black Cemetery Binder	Route #P [Hwy E] on a curve that bends west. Just around the corner and on the south side is only 4 marked graves. It has grown up with weeds and shrubbery. The cemetery sits close to the road.
	Cemeteries of Grape Grove Township by McKemy	On Route 'E' about 0.5 miles north of county road 152; in a timber on south side of road. 5 marked graves (1994); 4 stones together; older stone south side of timber; probably more burials.
	Ancestry.com	xxxx
	DAR Index:	On Rt E in the timber on the south side of the road
	LS info	South of Doug Lam's house on blacktop on curve - in brush on south side of the road
	Other Comments
Plat Maps	year	marked?	who's land?
T/R/S	1877	no	B. Rust or McDonald heirs?
	1897	no	J. W. McDonald
	1914	no	W. J. Penne
	1930	no	W. J. Penne
	1970	no	H. & L. Lam
	1976	no	Larry Lam
	1997	no	Larry Lam
	2005	yes	Larry Lam
Transcriptions online:
	GTT online
	Ray County Archives
	Ancestry.com
	Find-A-Grave
	Other Online Link
Compilations	Cemeteries of Grape Grove Township, January 1995; compiled by Al McKemy, 30 May 1994
Library References
	Genealogical Library - Ray County Museum
	Ray County Library - Richmond	Ray REF 929.3 RAY
	Mid-Continent Library	MC 977.819 M195c AFRA
	Family History Library (FHL)
Lookups	xxxx
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Berry Cemetery