Source Information

Ancestry.com. Callaway County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1825-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2001.
Original data: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of Callaway County, Missouri. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.

About Callaway County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1825-1966

This collection of cemetery records adds to the growing number of databases in the "Ellsberry Collection." The database was compiled by long-time researcher, school teacher, and professional genealogist Elizabeth Ellsberry. These cemetery records contain the name of the deceased, relatives, birth date, death date, etc. as well as age, when given. You may also find notes on some of the graveyards listed. The database includes more than 4,900 entries.

The following cemeteries are included in the database:

  • Lindberg: Located Section 3, T. 48 N., one mile east of the Callaway County line on Route 70, and one mile north
  • Cedar: Located Section 34, T. 49 N., one mile east of the Callaway County line on Highway 70, two miles north and one half mile west
  • Oak Chapel: Located Section 28, T. 49 N., one mile east of the Callaway County line on Route 70 and four miles north
  • Allen: Located one half mile south of Oak Chapel
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church: Section 10, T.49 N. Seven and one-half miles east of the Callaway County line on Highway 70 and six and one half miles northwest on Route M.
  • Hatton: Located Section 10, T. 49 N Seven miles east of the Callaway County line on Highway 70 and seven miles northwest on Route M.
  • Concord: Section 18, R 9 W, T. 49 N. Ten miles east of the Callaway County line on Highway 70 and six miles north on Route FF
  • Millersburg: Located at Millersburg, MO
  • Mt. Carmel: Located two miles southwest of Fulton on Highway 54
  • Carrington: Located four miles west of Fulton on Route H
  • Miller's Creek: Located three and one half miles south of Millersburg, MO, on Route J
  • Boydville: Located seven miles south of Millersburg, MO, on Route J
  • White Cloud: Three miles southeast of Millersburg, MO, possibly Route J
  • Prairie Chapel: Located eight miles northwest of Fulton, MO
  • Richland: Located six and a half miles northwest of Fulton, MO
  • Christian Church: Located two miles west of Fulton, MO
  • Auxvasse: Located one mile south of Auxvasse, MO
  • Grand Prairie Cemetery: Located one mile northwest of Auxvasse, MO
  • Taylor: Located on Old Sexton Road, MO
  • Turner: Located one and one half miles south of Olivet Church, MO
  • Toalson: Located two and a half miles north of Midway, MO

Ms. Ellsberry began genealogical publication in 1958, when she published her own family history, The Warrens and You. In researching her own family, she found that libraries needed additional information from cemetery records, wills, land records, probate records, census records, etc., to help people with their family history. Ellsberry decided that she wanted to help by publishing books that contained solid genealogical data. She taught school for 34 years, but on weekends and summer vacation, she would travel around to different courthouses and cemeteries, recording the information she found. She also corresponded with several researchers and helped them in their research. Ellsberry self-published more than 300 books, and most of them are available for sale. Most of the compilation of these books took place between 1958 and into the 1970s, so the recorded information should include the cemetery and/or courthouse records of that time period.

Address:
Ms. Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry
P.O. Box 206
Chillicothe, MO 64601