Source Information

Ancestry.com. Macon County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1830-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001.
Original data: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of Macon County, Missouri. Vol. I-XI. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1963.

About Macon County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1830-1963

This collection of cemetery records from Macon 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 19,200 entries.

The following cemeteries are included in the database:

  • Mt. Saleh: 6 miles south on Highway 63 and 1/2 mile west of Macon, MO
  • Woodville: 5 miles south on Highway 63 and 8 miles on Route V from Macon.
  • Bethlehem: Route PP, 6 miles southeast of Macon, MO
  • Graves Chapel: 9 miles southeast of Macon, MO, on Route V.
  • Chapel Hill: 2 miles south on Highway 63, 1 mile southeast of Macon, MO.
  • Cox: 6 miles south on Highway 63 and 5 miles east on Route V from Macon.
  • Cash: 3 1/2 miles north of New Cambria, MO., on Route 2.
  • Brush Creek: Located 1 mile north on Route 2, 3 miles north on Route TT, 1 mile west of New Cambria, MO
  • Tuttle: Located 1/2 mile north on Route 2, three miles west and 1/2 mile north of New Cambria on the Sarah York Farm in a field.
  • New Cambria: Located at New Cambria, MO.
  • Catholic Cemetery: Located 1 mile northwest of New Cambria, MO
  • Hammock: Located 2 miles south of New Cambria, MO on Highway P
  • Lingo: Located 2 1/2 miles west on Highway 36, 3 1/2 miles south on Highway 129, from New Cambria, MO.
  • High Hill: Located 5 miles west on Highway 36, 2 miles south from New Cambria, MO.
  • St. Charles: Located at Bevier, MO.
  • Locust Grove: Located at Callao, MO
  • La Plata: Located in La Plata, MO
  • Botts: Located North of Meadville, MO
  • Dryden Graveyard: located southwest of Purdin, MO
  • Strawberry: Located southwest of Heckla, MO
  • Locust Valley: Located north of the county line in Sullivan County, west of Browning, MO
  • Enterprise Graveyard: located southeast of Browning, MO. Laid out in 1869 by Mr. Swisegood; first interment was the remains of Mr. Ira Porter
  • Ogle: Located on the Old Ogle Farm, southeast of Browning
  • Gooch Cemetery
  • Wesley Chapel: Located on the Schrock Farm, northeast of Purdin, MO
  • Pierce: Located northwest of Purdin, MO
  • Jenkins: Located southeast of Browning, MO., on the northeast quarter of section twenty, township sixty, range twenty.
  • Haseville: Located west of Browning, Mo., and a half mile east of Haseville, MO
  • Smith: Located on the Harley Smith Farm, northwest of Shafter; southeast quarter of the southwest quarter section 23, township 60, range 22
  • West Liberty: Located in Jackson Township, section 26, township 60, range 22, on the Guy Grider Farm, southwest of Purdin, MO
  • Purdin: Located northwest of Purdin, MO
  • Mundell: Located southwest of Browning, MO
  • Morris Chapel: Located on the northeast quarter section 4, township 50, west of Purdin, MO
  • Calhoun: Located west of Browning, MO., on the Nickell Farm
  • Hooker: Northeast quarter of section 16, township 60, range 21, Jackson Township; southwest of Browning, MO
  • Parson Creek: Located southwest of Hecla, MO
  • Prather: Located Southeast corner section 12, township 60, range 21, west of Browning, MO
  • Bethel: Located west of Linneus, MO
  • Chariton Grove: Located 4 miles north of Elmer, MO., on Route D
  • Hull: Located 6 miles south of Elmer, MO.
  • Bunce: Located 2 1/2 miles northwest of Elmer, MO
  • Elmer Cemetery: Located at Elmer, MO
  • Helton: Located 8 miles northwest of Elmer, MO
  • Bell: Located 3 miles northwest of Elmer, MO
  • Woodlawn: Located in Macon, MO
  • St. Mary: Located in Macon, MO
  • Edgewood Cemetery: Chillicothe, MO
  • College Mound: Located in College Mound, MO
  • Hebron: Located 3 1/2 miles southwest of College Mound, MO
  • New Salem: Located 5 1/2 miles south of Bevier, MO, off Highway C
  • Antioch: Located 3 miles south and 1 mile west of Macon, MO
  • Mt. Olive: Located 2 1/2 miles southwest of Macon, MO
  • Shiloh: Located: 3 miles north of Atlanta on Highway 63 and 1/2 mile west
  • New Harmony: Located: 6 1/2 miles east of La Plata on Highway 156
  • Hopewell: Located 4 miles west of Atlanta, MO
  • Bloomington: Located 3 miles east of Bevier, MO
  • Howard: Located 6 miles northwest of Callao, MO, on Highway UU
  • Rose: Located 3 1/2 miles north and 1 1/2 miles east of Callao, MO
  • Basler: Located directly south of Enon Cemetery
  • Milam Chapel: Located 6 miles north on No. 0, l mile west and 1 mile north of Bevier, MO
  • Enon: Located 2 1/2 miles north on No. 0, 2 1/2 miles northwest on No. 00 of Bevier, MO
  • Mt. Zion: Located 2 1/2 miles northeast of Callao, MO, on Route UU
  • Chariton: Located 6 miles north of Callao, MO, on Route 3
  • Condon: Located 1 mile east on Highway 36; 3 miles south on Highway 3 and 1 mile east from Callao, MO
  • Ten Mile: Located 3 miles east on Highway 36, 4 mile north on Route K, 1/2 mile east on Route AA from Macon, MO
  • Bethel: Located 3 1/2 miles north of Anabel, MO
  • Ewing: Located 3 1/2 miles east on Highway 36 and 3/4 mile north on Route K from Macon, MO
  • Gaunt: Located 2 miles south on Highway 63 and 1/4 mile southwest from Macon, MO
  • Friendship: Located 2 1/2 miles south on Highway 63 and 2 3/4 miles southeast of Macon, MO
  • White: Located 1 1/2 miles on Route 149, 1/2 mile north and 1 mile west of Ethel, MO
  • Union Chapel: Located 4 miles west to Route VV, 1/2 mile north on Route VV, 1 1/2 miles northwest of Ethel, MO
  • Bell: Located 1 1/2 mile northwest of Ethel, MO, on Highway 149
  • Ethel: Located in Ethel, 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