Source Information

Ancestry.com. Livingston County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1823-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001.
Original data:

  • Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Livingston County, Missouri Cemetery Records Volume III. Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, circa 1962.
  • Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of Northern Livingston County, Missouri Volume VI. Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, circa 1962.
  • Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Livingston County, Missouri Cemetery Records Volume V. Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, circa 1962.
  • Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of Livingston County, Missouri Volume 1 (parts 1-2). Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, circa 1962.
  • About Livingston County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1823-1962

    This collection of cemetery records from Livingston County 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 600 entries.

    The following cemeteries are included in the database:
    McCroskie: Located 4 1/2 Miles Northwest of Ludlow, MO
    Toner: Located 6 Miles Northwest of Ludlow, MO near Tonnerville Schoolhouse.
    Bethel: Located 4 Miles Northwest of Ludlow, MO
    Monroe Center: Located near Ludlow, MO.
    Elliott: Located Northeast of Dawn, MO. on the Arthur Hughes Farm, back in the woods. The name of the cemetery, evidently, came from the Elliott's who owned the land.
    Christison: Located Northeast of Dawn, MO.
    Welsh: Located Southeast of Dawn, MO.
    Collar: Located two miles south and 1/4 mile west of Dawn, MO
    Maderry: Located on the Ira Linville Farm east of Dawn, MO.
    Wallace: Northeast of Chula, MO.
    Chula: Chula, MO
    Utica Cemetery
    Pleasant Ridge: Northwest of Sampsel, MO.
    Christian Church Cemetery: Mooresville, MO.
    Mooresville: Mooresville, MO.
    Ross: Northeast of Chillicothe, MO
    Gaunt: Northwest of Mooresville, MO
    North: (Colored)
    Jones: Located East of Chillicothe, MO
    Anderson - Smith: Located 2 miles north on Highway 65 and 3 miles west of Highway 65
    Ward: Located Northwest of Chula, MO
    Van Horne: Located Northeast of Chula, MO
    Brassfield: Located Northwest of Chillicothe, Mo.-5 mi. East of Graham Mill
    Mt. Pleasant: Located One Mile Southwest of Springhill, MO
    May: Located Southwest of Chula, MO
    Catholic Cemetery: Chillicothe, MO
    Wheeling Cemetery: 1/4 mile south of Wheeling, MO on Highway 36
    Blue Mound Cemetery: Location: South of Chillicothe, MO
    Resthaven Memorial Gardens: Located One Mile North of Chillicothe, MO. on Highway 65, as recorded in the Resthaven Memorial Garden Office.

    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