Source Information

Ancestry.com. Sullivan County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001.
Original data: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Inscriptions of Sullivan County, Missouri. Vol. 1-5. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1963.

About Sullivan County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1852-1953

This collection of cemetery records from Sullivan 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 8,004 entries.

Typing in the name of the cemetery will often provide you with information on its location. The following cemeteries are included in the database:

  • Campground Cemetery
  • Clay Martin Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
  • Haley Cemetery
  • Harris Cemetery
  • Maxey Cemetery
  • McCullough Family Cemetery
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Thomas Union Cemetery
  • Stone Cemetery
  • Todd Cemetery
  • Wintersville Cemetery
  • Brackett Cemetery
  • Deeds or Liberty Union Cemetery
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
  • Humphreys Cemetery
  • Hurst Cemetery
  • Judson Cemetery
  • Marley Cemetery
  • Montgomery Chapel Cemetery
  • Mount Zion Cemetery
  • Newtown Cemetery
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Owasco Cemetery
  • Pleasantville Cemetery
  • Schook Cemetery
  • Winigan Cemetery
  • Busby Cemetery
  • Fields Cemetery
  • Green Castle Cemetery
  • Johnson Cemetery
  • Lone Graves
  • Oakwood or Milan Cemetery
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Overstreet Cemetery
  • Payne Cemetery
  • Shepherd Cemetery
  • Springer Cemetery
  • Wilhite Cemetery
  • Bairdstown Cemetery
  • Baker Cemetery
  • Baldridge Cemetery
  • Blair Graves Cemetery
  • Brookshier Cemetery
  • Campbell Cemetery
  • Derthick Cemetery
  • Emberton Cemetery
  • Glaze Cemetery
  • Harrison Cemetery
  • Hawkeye Cemetery
  • Hatcher Cemetery
  • Head Cemetery
  • Hollon Cemetery
  • Mairs Cemetery
  • Miller Cemetery
  • Montgomery Cemetery
  • Mount Olivet Cemetery
  • Mount Zion Cemetery
  • Pickerel Cemetery
  • Plainview Cemetery
  • Reynolds Cemetery
  • Asbury Cemetery
  • Deep Spring Cemetery
  • Hannah Cemetery
  • Henry Cemetery
  • Hoover Cemetery
  • Knifong Cemetery
  • Lindley Cemetery
  • Shatto Cemetery
  • St. Mary's Cathelic Cemetery
  • Union Grove Cemetery

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