Source Information

Ancestry.com. Miller County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1858-1961 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001.
Original data: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of Miller County, Missouri. Vol. I. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1963.

About Miller County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1858-1961

This collection of cemetery records from Miller 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 800 entries.

The following cemeteries are included in the database:

  • Brays Avent: Located near Brays Avent Christian Church, southeast of Highway 42, Section 16, Township 39N, Range 12W
  • Brumley: Located Section 5 R. 13W., Township 39N, near Highway 17
  • Capps: Located near Capps, MO., north of Highway 52
  • Green Ridge: Section 10, Range 15W, Township 42N, north of Eldon, MO
  • Hawkin: Location Section 35 Range 14W, Township 41N.
  • Hickory Point: Located southeast of Tuscumbia, MO. on EE Route.
  • King: Located on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Osby W. Pendleton, Tuscumbia, MO
  • Lawson: Located Section 1, Township 39N, Range 12W by the side of Number 42 Highway near the Maries County Line.
  • Mt. Zion: Located east of Mt. Zion Church on gravel road, north of Highway 17, southeast of Tuscumbia, MO
  • Mount Union: Located southeast of Brumley, MO.
  • New Hope: Located south of 134 Highway, south of Kaiser, MO.
  • Nixdorf: Located near Junction of Highway 17 and C. Road.
  • Rodden: Located near the Rodden Church southwest of Brumley.
  • River View: Located at the junction of Highway 54 and Highway 134 Section 5, Township 39N, and Range 15W.
  • Robinett Cemetery.
  • Scott: Located Township 4ON, Section 20, Range 14W
  • St. Elizabeth: Located Jim Honry Township at Elizabeth, MO. on Road E
  • Wright: Located Section 30, Township 39N, Range 14W near Brumley

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