Yarbrough Cemetery (Stories Cemetery)

Yarbrough Cemetery is also known as Stories Cemetery.

Stories Cemetery (Yarbrough Cemetery)

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Stories Cemetery, also known as Yarbrough Cemetery, is located in Pulaski County, MO., in west Waynesville, Historic Route 66 West, to Old Settlers Pass Road. The cemetery is located at the top of the hill, near the playground, at Brookview Apartments.

Stories Cemetery is a small, family graveyard with 6 marked graves. There are also unmarked graves here. There are members of the Story and Yarbrough family interred here. The oldest dated stone is that of Martha G. Story, daughter of J.F. and M.E., who passed away 16 January, 1861, shortly after her first birthday. Her stone is in bad shape, broken in pieces, and lying on the ground.

Stories Cemetery, Waynesville, MO. Photo by Pulaski County Obits, September 2009

Latitude: 37.8130963
Longitude: -92.2362789
Township 36- Range 12- Section 27

Photo by Pulaski County Obits, September 2009

St. John Swede Cemetery

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Photo by Pulaski County Obits, October 2, 2009

St. John Swede Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., near the village of Swedeborg. Highway 133 to Highway BB.

Tombstone Inscriptions of Pulaski County reports that St. John Swede Cemetery is located on land donated by John Strom and that the first burial was Matthew Anderson who died in 1878. John Strom was buried here after his death in 1904. Touring Swedish America writes that this cemetery “holds many gravestones with Swedish names.”. There are many stones that indicate that the one buried beneath was born in Sweden. Some of those names are: Hans Ekstrom, Kjarste Ekstrom, Unknown Erickson, Carl J. Lundstrom, Alfred Peterson, Fred Nordberg, and Albertina Fischer. Albertina’s husband, Joseph Fischer was born in France. Records of burials in St. John Swede Cemetery have been kept.

St. John Swede Cemetery, near the village of Swedeborg, MO. Photo by Pulaski County Obits, October 2009

Gravestone of Alfred Peterson, born in Sweden, died near Swedeborg, Missouri. Photo by Pulaski County Obits, October 2009

Latitude: 37.9180945
Longitude: -92.3623955
Township 37-Range 13-Section 21

Linda Gail (Head) Sears 1942-2007

Linda Gail (Head) Sears departed this life November 6, 2007 at her home near Richland, Missouri, at the age of 65 years, 3 months and 13 days.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, November 9, 2007 at Richland United Methodist Church, Richland, Missouri with the Rev. Ralph Hosman officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Swede Cemetery, Swedeborg, Missouri.
Linda Gail Sears, daughter of the late James Gardner and Marie (Calvert) Head, was born May 21, 1942 in Columbia, Missouri. Linda grew up in Columbia where she graduated from Hickman High School in 1960.
On August 31, 1963, she married Farrell Eudell "Skip" Sears. Linda and Skip were blessed with two children, Julie and Daniel, and shared over 44 years together.
Soon Linda and Skip moved to the Chicago, Illinois area where she worked in the Sears Tower as a bookkeeper for the HOMART Corporation, a commercial development company. She later went to work in the Chicago suburbs District 98 School as a bookkeeper. In 1993, Linda and Skip moved to the Richland area, where she joined the Richland United Methodist Church.
In her spare time, Linda enjoyed being outdoors; whether is was camping or 4-wheeling. She loved spending time with her grandkids and treasured the times that she could spend with them and her family and friends.
Linda will be sadly missed, but fondly remembered by her husband; Farrell E. "Skip" Sears; two children: Julie (Glenn) Stotler of Laquey, Missouri and Danile (Jill) Sears of Oregon, Wisconsin; three siblings: Carolyn (Purn) Webb of Paducah, Kentucky, and Sandra (Bill) Montgomery and Tom Mary Kay) Head all of Columbia, Missouri; six grandchildren: James, Megan, Stephanie, Amy, Daniel and Hannah; two great grandchildren: Erin and Bryn; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

Spalding Cemetery

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Spaulding Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., Highway 28 to Harris Lane.

Spalding Cemetery has approximately 17 marked graves. Four of them are marked by initials only. In addition to members of the Spaulding family, members of the Anderson, Warren, and Wilson families are buried here also. The oldest dated stone is that of an unknown member of the Spaulding family, born 15 December, 1871, and passed away 22 December, 1876. There are no stones dated later than 1918.

Latitude: N37 51.408
Longitude: W-92 05.700

Elevation 1035 ft

(GPS Coordinates Courtesy of Pulaski County Historical Society & Museum)
Township 36-Range 11-Section 22

Pictures of Spalding Cemetery can be found on Pulaski County Historical Society & Museum's cemetery page on facebook: www.facebook.com/pulaskicountycemeteries

Portuguese Cemetery (Smith Cemetery)

Portuguese Cemetery is also known as Smith Cemetery.

Local legend tells that the original settlers of this area of Pulaski County were not Portuguese, but were of Native American blood, possibly mixed with Caucasian pioneers, and chose to identify themselves as Portuguese to avoid the negative sentiments that would likely be thrust upon them if the truth was known.

Smith Cemetery (Portuguese Cemetery)

United States Geographical Survey map of Smith Cemetery's location in Pulaski County, Missouri

The red box designates the most probable location of Smith Cemetery, based off the USGS map above.

Smith Cemetery, also known as Portuguese Cemetery, is located in Pulaski County, MO. Tombstone Inscriptions of Pulaski County reports that “it was on the Gasconade River below Portuguese Point but has been destroyed.". Comparing road maps to United States Geographical Survey maps, it is located in a field at the end of Holiday Lane Road, off Y Highway.

Information given to the Pulaski County Museum and Historical Society in 1984 or 1985, by an individual living in Dixon, Missouri reports the following grave sites at Smith Cemetery. It is unknown if these graves are marked.

Arthur Bradford
Relocated from Bradford Cemetery January 7, 1909

Berta Bradford
Relocated from Bradford Cemetery January 7, 1909

Everett Bradford
Relocated from Bradford Cemetery January 7, 1909

Moses Bradford
Relocated from Bradford Cemetery January 7, 1909

Joe Harmon
3 March, 1905-about 46

Elias Smith
21 April, 1905
Hung in Pulaski County

Infant Smith
No Dates
Son of Elias

Editor’s Note- It is unknown which Bradford Cemetery, James (Fort Leonard Wood), or William (H Highway) the four members of the Bradford family were relocated from, or why they were moved. It is known that Elias Smith was convicted of murdering James Smith (no relation) near Dixon. He was hung on the Courthouse Square in 1905.

Latitude: 37.9072622
Longitude: -92.0979435
Township 37-Range 11- Section 26

Shockley Cemetery

Shockley Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., near Waynesville, Missouri, in an area known as Shockley Bottom, on a farm known as the Howard Shockley Farm. Highway 17 North to Lexington Road.

Shockley Cemetery is a small, family cemetery with approximately 14 marked graves, all but one bearing the surname “Shockley”. Sarah Price, who died in 1901, was married to P.P. Price, and was the daughter of Owen and Elizabeth Shockley. The oldest dated stone is that of twins, Oliver and Ollie Shockley, who both passed away June 1888, less than two months old. The most recent stone belongs to Oliver W. Shockley who died 14 June, 1926.

Township 36-Range 12-Section 12

Sheppard Cemetery

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Sheppard Cemetery, near Dixon, MO. Photo by Pulaski County Obits, October 2, 2009

Sheppard Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., near Dixon, Missouri near Sheppard Ridge. Highway 28 to Cardinal Road then 9/10 of a mile.

Sheppard Cemetery has 100 plus marked graves. The oldest dated stone is that of James P. Clayton who passed away 6 May, 1864, less than 2 years old. Dale Burnett, who was killed in action 18 May, 1951, in Kapyong Korea, is buried here.

Latitude: 37.922262
Longitude: -92.1148887
Township 37-Range 11-Section 22

Photo by Pulaski County Obits, October 2009

Sewell Cemetery

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Sewell Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., east of Crocker, Missouri, on Sewell Creek.

Sewell Cemetery has 67 marked graves and many unmarked graves. In addition to members of the Sewell family, members of the Alexander, Boulware, Brittian, Christeson, Davis, Finley, Goodman, Gypsy, Hamilton, Hancock, Helmes, Houser, Logue, Manson, Mitchell, Payne, Roberts, Routh, and Withers families are buried here. The oldest dated stone is that of Mary J. Routh, wife of J.N., who died 1 September, 1872. Pamela Diane Alexander was buried in Sewell Cemetery in 1993.

Latitude: 37.9561505
Longitude: -92.180169
Township 37-Range 11-Section 07