Source Information

Ancestry.com. Marion County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1833-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001.
Original data: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of Marion County, Missouri. Vol. I-II. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1963.

About Marion County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1833-1967

This collection of cemetery records from Marion 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 3,500 entries.

The following cemeteries are included in the database:

  • Little Union: Located Eight Miles West of Palmyra, MO. on Route 168
  • Warren: Located Twelve Miles West of Palmyra, MO. on Route C
  • Dunn: Located one half mile southeast of Philadelphia, MO
  • Philadelphia: Located at Philadelphia, MO
  • Andrew Chapel: Old Section Located fourteen miles west of Palmyra, MO
  • Andrew Chapel: New Section across the road from old section
  • Mitchell Cemetery: Southwest of Palmyra, MO near the old town of New Market
  • Bethany Baptist Church Est. 1859. Location: From Philadelphia, Marion Co., MO, take D to J, left on J for about 5.7 miles, on the left
  • Mt. Olivet Methodist East Church South Est. 1872: Take Highway 24 from Palmyra to Highway 6, left on six. The church is on the right and the cemetery is on the left.
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery: Church established 1859. At the junction of old highway 61 and Marion County 252, northwest of Hannibal, MO
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery: located at Woodland, MO
  • Apostalic Christian Church: North of Taylor, Marion Co., MO on Highway 61, on the left side of the road
  • New Providence Presbyterian Church Est. 1834: Near Ben Bow
  • Private Cemetery: 4 mile north of Junction 168 and Route A on west side of road
  • Crane Cemetery: From Palmyra; Take Highway 168 to C; left on C
  • Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Established 1830: North of Palmyra, MO, west of Community House Rt. 89
  • Massie Cemetery: North of Palmyra, MO
  • West Ely Cemetery
  • Hester: Located on Route P
  • M. E. Church South Cemetery: Established 1860
  • Terrill Graveyard: Go out 168 out of Palmyra, and it is 3 miles this side of Philadelphia, MO
  • Carmon Cemetery: From Palmyra, take 168 to 167; left on 167 for about 3 miles. It is on the left.
  • Bowles Cemetery: From Palmyra, take 168 to A; from A to M. It is about 2.8 miles from Emerson on the left as you go to Emerson from Palmyra.
  • Providence Cemetery: Providence Missionary Baptist Church Established 1849. Southeast of Palmyra, MO
  • Nelsonville Baptist Church: Established 1893. Nelsonville, MO
  • Emerson City Cemetery: Emerson, MO
  • Banks-Marksbury Cemetery: 6.4 miles from the Junction of 168, Route A, on M, near Emerson
  • New Section of Andrew Chapel: Warren, MO
  • Shropshire Cemetery: South of Palmyra on old Highway 61

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