From Springfield, Missouri take State Hwy 65 south to Hwy 176. Follow
sign to Rockaway Beach. Turn south on Boys Camp Road (176 / 55). The road
will say Dead End, it goes to a housing addition. The cemetery will be
on the road at Arrowhead Lane & Arrowhead Circle. It will be right in
front of you.
The cemetery was started in 1804 or 1805. The oldest marked grave is
1834. The last burial seems to be 1940. This cemetery is sometimes known
as Wilson Cemetery and Hensley Cemetery.
This cemetery is mowed and maintained. The man that owns the property
just to the west helps take care of it. He told me there are over 100
graves, with there being a lot of Indians and Children buried here.
When Lake Taneycomo rises it will flood part of the cemetery, during
the real rain season.
I walked and recorded the cemetery on Jul 17, 2004.
- Charlotte Keen
Legend:
???? = unknown
a/f = at foot
a/h = at head
d/o = daughter of
h/o = husband of
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n/t = next to
s/o = son of
s/s = share stone
w/ = with
w/o = wife of
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Crichfield, Harriet E, b. 18 Feb 1844, d. 2 Sep 1881, w/o H
Crichfield, n/t sandstone & Rock
Gardner, Jemri, b. 27 Feb 1917, d. 22 Aug 1898, footstone w/
ZG
Hensley, Etta, b. 30 Jan 1880, d. 5 Nov 1909, w/o S J Blackburn,
a/f mound of dirt, n/t George W Hensley
Hensley, George W, b. 25 Nov 1817, d. 1 Dec 1883, n/t Etta &
Laura Hensley, a/h Mary Hensley
Hensley, Girl, b. 28 Nov 1905, d. 28 Nov 1905, Infant d/o B H
& M L Hensley
Hensley, Laura E, b. 12 Jan 1814, d. 8 Mar 1834, w/o & n/t George
Hensley, n/t indention
Hensley, Mary E, b. 6 May 1878, d. 28 Sep 1886, d/o W P & Sarah
E Hensley, footstone w/ MEH, a/f George Hensley, n/t sandstone
Hensley, Son, b. 11 Aug 1881, d. 21 Dec 1881, Infant s/o W D
& M F Hensley, n/t 2 broken stones
Jennings, James M, b. 27 Jul 1882, d. 20 Aug 1882, s/o J M &
L G Jennings, n/t sandstone & borken stone
Jennings, Son, b. 25 May 1881, d. 25 May 1881, Infant s/o J M
& R M Jennings, n/t sandstone & concrete w/ 32
Long, Son, b. 28 Mar 1887, d. 8 Apr 1887, Infant s/o J F & S
C Long
Moberly, J W, b. 11 Oct 1877, d. 12 Oct , age 21 Yrs 11 Mos 18
Days, footstone w/ JWM, n/t concrete w/ C S R B M
Renshaw, Charles, b. 15 Sep 1870, d. May 1885, footstone w/ CR
Renshaw, Elen, b. 24 Oct 1839, d. May 1918, w/o & s/s R W Renshaw,
footstone w/ Mother
Renshaw, Emily E, b. 18 Nov 1880, d. Oct 1880, footstone w/ EER
Renshaw, Emily, b. 20 Aug 1861, d. 12 May 1886, footstone w/
ER
Renshaw, George R, b. 19 Oct 1882, d. 1 Apr 1940, footstone w/
GRR
Renshaw, George, b. 28 Feb 1868, d. 28 Feb 1873, footstone w/
GR
Renshaw, John, b. 21 Jun 1858, d. Aug 1879, footstone w/ JR
Renshaw, Martha, b. 19 Dec 1962, d. Sep 1881, footstone w/ MR
Renshaw, Mary, b. 7 Mar 1856, d. Aug 1879, footstone w/ MR
Renshaw, R W, b. 8 Nov 1830, d. 7 May 1910, h/o & s/s Elen Renshaw,
s/s w/ All Renshaw Family, footstone w/ Father
Rider, ????, b. 10 Dec 1871, d. 11 Sep 1872, stone unreadabel,
n/t Emma Rider
Rider, Emma, b. Feb 1873, d. no date, n/t ???? Rider
Rider, Tabetha, b. 27 Feb 1874, d. 11 Oct 1875, d/o Henry & Sariah
A Rider, n/t Rider, ????, & indention, on stone Sartah A Rider 2
Wilson, Catherine Anna (Brant), b. 16 Nov 1821, d. 23 Sep 1898,
w/o David William Wilson, footstone w/ C A W, n/t base of stone
Wyatt, Agnes A, b. 27 Jul 1826, d. ????, s/s James Wyatt, n/t
Elizabeth Wyatt
Wyatt, Elizabeth, b. 9 Nov 1832, d. 28 Sep 1901, w/o J W Wyatt,
n/t Elizabeth Wyatt & indention
Wyatt, James W, b. 28 Jun 1828, d. 10 Apr 1908, s/s Agnes Wyatt,
n/t mound of dirt
Misc: 2 Pieces of Concrete
15 Rocks
2 Footstones no writing
15 Indentions
2 Mounds of Dirt
10 Sandstones
13 Broken Stones
1 Concrete with 32
1 Footstone with I L
