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CHAPTER
NINE
CARVERS OF GRAVESTONES: A GENERATION APART
One hundred twenty-seven signed gravestones were uncovered in the
course of this survey of 177 cemeteries in the three Boonslick countries.
Based upon these signatures,
it seems probable that 16 or 17 individuals (the Warren from both Fayette and
Columbia is probably the same person) in the Boonslick made at least part of
their living by either carving the gravestones themselves or having someone else
sculpt them under their trade name. Approximately
thirteen men made gravestones in counties adjacent to the Boonslick region.
Ten firms surfaced from either St. Louis or other towns to the east along
the Missouri and Mississippi water system. Three names were found on gravestones too weathered to
decipher the town. Table 4 gives
the names, the towns, and the inclusive dates for the Boonslick sculptors.
Table 5 gives the data on the men from adjacent counties while
Table 6
gives the data on the firms from outside mid-Missouri.
Table 7 lists the three firms whose towns are not known.
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# |
Name |
Town |
Dates |
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1. |
W. A. Frazier |
Columbia |
1866-1872 |
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2. |
E.
Farley
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Columbia and Marshall |
1875-1885 |
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3. |
Edwards
& Kirkman |
Columbia |
1875 |
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4. |
Wallace
& Kirkman |
Columbia |
1877-1878 |
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5. |
J.
B. Kirkman |
Columbia
and Gooch’s Mill |
1863-1892 |
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6. |
Warren
& Nichols |
Columbia |
1872-1873 |
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7. |
King
& Warren |
Fayette |
1856-1864 |
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8. |
Wirt
& Merifield |
Columbia |
1870-1874 |
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9. |
E.
Eaton |
Columbia |
1881 |
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10. |
A.
Baier |
Glasgow |
1877 |
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11. |
Philip
Baier |
Glasgow |
1855-1860 |
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12. |
Elias
J. Bedwell |
Boonville |
1854-1882 |
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13. |
G.
G. Dunn |
Rocheport |
1855-1875 |
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14. |
James
Gellatry |
Rocheport |
1858-1859 |
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# |
Cemetery location of signed gravestones |
Number of signed gravestones |
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1. |
Smith Chapel United Methodist Graveyard (H87) |
2 |
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Walnut
Grove Baptist Graveyard (B33) |
3 |
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Riggs
Union Graveyard (B11) |
1 |
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Mt.
Nebo Cemetery (B45) |
1 |
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Union
Primitive Baptist Graveyard (B48) |
1 |
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Fayette
Municipal Cemetery (H64) |
1 |
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2. |
Locust
Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard (B36) |
3 |
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Mt.
Horeb Cemetery (B6) |
1 |
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Rocky
Fork Primitive Baptist Church Graveyard (B36) |
1 |
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Columbia
Cemetery (B38) |
3 |
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Mt.
Nebo Cemetery (B45) |
1 |
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Union
Primitive Baptist Church Graveyard (B48) |
1 |
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New
Hope Baptist Church Graveyard (H17) |
1 |
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3. |
Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery (H71) |
1 |
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4. |
Locust
Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard |
1 |
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Walnut
Grove Baptist Graveyard (B33) |
1 |
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5. |
Goshen
Primitive Baptist Church Graveyard (B62) |
1 |
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Reavis
family burial ground (C62) |
1 |
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6. |
Rocky
Fork Primitive Baptist Church Graveyard (B26) |
1 |
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Columbia
Cemetery (B38) |
1 |
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Locust
Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard (B36) |
1 |
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7. |
Roanoke
Cemetery (H5) |
2 |
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8. |
Oser
farm (H74) |
1 |
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Mt.
Pisgah Baptist Church Graveyard (B7) |
1 |
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9.
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Nashville
Baptist Church Graveyard (B59) |
1 |
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Goshen
Primitive Baptist Church Graveyard (B62) |
1 |
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10. |
Richland
(Disciples of Christ) Christian Church Graveyard (H51) |
1 |
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11. |
Richland
(Disciples of Christ) Christian Church Graveyard (H51) |
5 |
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Lisbon
Cemetery (H53) |
1 |
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Haggerty
Cemetery (H41) |
1 |
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Roanoke
Cemetery (H5) |
1 |
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Lewis
Cemetery (H46) |
1 |
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Washington
Cemetery in Glasgow (H47) |
1 |
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Mt.
Zion Methodist Graveyard or Stapleton burial ground (H69) |
1 |
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12. |
Boonsboro
(Disciples of Christ) Christ Church Graveyard (H54) |
1 |
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Clark’s
Chapel United Methodist Church Graveyard (H57) |
1 |
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Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery (H71) |
1 |
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Family
burial ground (H43) |
2 |
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Mt.
Gilead Baptist Graveyard (H84) |
1 |
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Rocheport
Cemetery (B34) |
1 |
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Locust
Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard (B36) |
1 |
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Roanoke
Cemetery (H5) |
2 |
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Lamine
Graveyard (C6) |
1 |
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Sunset
Hills Cemetery (C9) |
1 |
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Boonville
Catholic Cemetery and Boonville Reformatory Cemetery (C11) |
2 |
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Big
Lick Graveyard at Gooch’s Mill (C17) |
1 |
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Mt.
Nebo Baptist Church Graveyard (C57) |
1 |
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Harris
Cemetery (C69) |
1 |
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Masonic
Cemetery in Bunceton (C78) |
1 |
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13. |
Ashland
(Disciples of Christ) Christian Church Graveyard (H75) |
1 |
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Big
Lick Graveyard at Gooch’s Mill (C17) |
1 |
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Walnut
Grove Baptist Graveyard (B34) |
1 |
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Fayette
Municipal Cemetery (H64) |
1 |
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Locust
Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard (B36) |
1 |
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14. |
Rocheport
Cemetery (B34) |
1 |
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Bethlehem
Baptist Church Graveyard |