Clay County Cemetery Records,
Volume II

Source: Ancestry.com

Little Shoal Graveyard

Located: Section 35, Twp. 52, Range 32. Public burying ground, 2 1/2 miles northwest from Liberty. Many of there records were taken in 1937. October, 1948, a check over the graveyard was taken and many of the 1937 records were nowhere to be found. Some stones entire gone, the graveyard a mass of weeds and in a deplorable condition. Here lie many pioneers of Clay county.


Name: Archibald Adams
Birth Date: 04 Dec 1818
Death Date: 24 Nov 1884
Comment:
"My husband here lies under ground
The dearest friend I ever found.
But through our Lord's unbounded love,
We will meet again in realms above"

Name: Argin Capps Adams
Birth Date: 23 Nov 1818
Death Date: 19 Jul 1891
Comment: wife of Archibald

Name: Myrtle Alder
Birth Date: 18 Apr 1879
Death Date: 07 Feb 1897

Name: Elizabeth Arnold
Death Date: 05 Apr 1872
Age: 34 yrs
Comment: wife of W. B.

Name: Simmie A. Collins Arnold
Death Date: 10 Oct 1861
Comment: daughter of W. B. and Elizabeth Arnold

Name: Alfred M. Brown
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1847
Death Date: 18 May 1918

Name: Emma Brown
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1862
Death Date: 26 Mar 1919
Comment: wife of Alfred M.

Name: Luther Brown
Birth Date: 1881
Death Date: 1918

Name: Parmilia Bowring
Birth Date: 08 Oct 1816
Death Date: 06 Oct 1905
Comment: wife of Daniel

Name: J. J. Brost
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1831
Death Date: 22 Jan 1909

Name: Mary M. Brost
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1845
Death Date: 08 Mar 1908
Comment: wife of J. J.

Name: Margaret Blackwood
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1780
Death Date: 10 Apr 1854

Name: Napoleon Bush
Birth Date: 21 May 1835
Death Date: 25 Dec 1909

Name: Mary T. Bush
Birth Date: 09 Sep 1831
Death Date: 08 Oct 1912
Comment: wife of Napoleon

Name: Cordelia Bush
Birth Date: 09 Dec 1876
Death Date: 30 Mar 1903
Comment: daughter of Napoleon and Mary Bush

Name: Minerva Blackmore
Death Date: 18 Feb 1897
Age: 2 yrs
Comment: wife of C. W.

Name: A. B. Capps
Birth Date: 02 Jan 1861
Death Date: 22 Nov 1905
Comment: "Farewell my wife and children all; From you a father Christ hath called"

Name: John Capps
Death Date: 03 Sep 1857
Age: 73 years, 26 days

Name: Rebecca Capps
Death Date: 16 Sep 1846
Age: 67-7-18
Comment: wife of John

Name: John L. Carlyle
Birth Date: 02 Jul 1883
Death Date: 02 Jul 1942
Comment: son of John L. and Martha James Carlyle

Name: Lank B. Carlyle
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1891
Death Date: 15 Mar 1945
Comment: son of John L. and Martha J.

Name: Carlyle
Death Date: 1894
Comment: Infant

Name: Nathan Chaney
Birth Date: 1790
Death Date: 16 Oct 1872

Name: Nancy Collins
Death Date: 15 Mar 1887
Age: 39-10-9
Comment: wife of S. F.

Name: E. W. Capps
Death Date: 20 Sep 1865
Age: 33-10-18

Name: Wm. E. Carey
Birth Date: 1870
Death Date: 1937

Name: Alice A. Collier
Death Date: 29 Oct 1879
Age: 32 years, 11 days
Comment: wife of James S.; "Dying is but going home"

Name: Simeon Collins
Death Date: 12 Sep 1896
Age: 86 years, 7 mos

Name: Jane Ann Collins
Death Date: 12 Aug 1881
Age: 68-5-25
Comment: wife of Simeon

Name: Robt. Collins
Birth Date: 1773
Death Date: 15 Jul 1854
Age: 81 yrs., 8 mos., 14 das

Name: Susanna Collins
Death Date: 22 Sep 1854
Age: 80 yrs., 8 mos., 2 days
Comment: wife of Robt. Collins

Name: Sallie Collins
Death Date: 24 Jun 1859
Age: 62 yrs., 28 days

Name: Wm. Collins
Death Date: Oct 1884
Age: 97 yrs

Name: Lavinia Collins
Death Date: 13 Oct 1873
Age: 43 yrs
Comment: wife of J. W.;
"Where mortal spirits reign then shall we meet again"

Name: Callie Darby
Death Date: 28 Aug 1901
Age: 31-6-14
Comment: wife of Lon

Name: Margaret Ann Dunagan
Birth Date: 1820
Death Date: 11 Jul 1857
Comment: wife of William

Name: Florellen Ann Dunlap
Age: 76 years
Comment: daughter

Name: Florellen Ann Dunlap
Death Date: 26 Jun 1861
Age: 32 years, 11 mos., 1 day
Comment: daughter of Robert and Margaret

Name: Nannie B. Dulin
Birth Date: 17 May 1841
Comment: wife of J. E. Dulin and daughter of Moses Willis
born in Madison county, Kentucky;
died in Liberty, 02 Nov 1871, 04 Sep 1820-01 May 1901 (?)

Name: David Street Earls
Birth Date: 04 Sep 1820
Comment: married 10 Feb 1840

Name: Mattie Earls
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1859
Death Date: 30 Jul 1898
Comment: wife of C. B. Robinson

Name: Amasetta Bush Earls
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1824
Death Date: 1898
Comment: wife of David Street Earls; Graves marked M. C. E.

Name: Benjamin Tillman Earls
Birth Date: 1854
Death Date: 22 Apr 1847
Age: 93 yrs., 23 das

Name: Abraham Estes
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1823
Death Date: 15 Jul 1864
Comment: died by the hands of assassins;
"Friends, I am going home.
When I am cold and in my grave
And all my bones are rotten,
Perhaps then you'll
Remember me or I will be forgotten"

Name: Sarah E. Estes
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1831
Death Date: 05 Nov 1895
Comment: wife of Abraham

Name: Jas. H. Estes
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1820
Death Date: 29 Oct 1839
Comment:
"Remember Youth as you pass by.
As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now, so you will be,
Remember this and follow me"

Name: Sherman Elliott
Birth Date: 03 May 1865
Death Date: 02 Mar 1895
Comment: son of A. and A. M. Elliott

Name: Granville Francis
Birth Date: 18 Dec 1822
Death Date: 20 Dec 1876

Name: Granville Francis
Birth Date: 26 Apr 1828
Death Date: 26 Apr 1873

Name: Dicy Fleming
Birth Date: 08 May 1803
Death Date: 23 Jul 1868

Name: William Fox
Death Date: 22 Dec 1874
Age: 32 years

Name: John Foley
Birth Date: 29 Oct 1829
Death Date: 27 Jan 1898

Name: Elizabeth A. Foley
Birth Date: 30 Jul
Death Date: 17 Nov 1898
Comment: wife of John

Name: Fannie C. Foley
Birth Date: 03 Sep 1869
Death Date: 07 Nov 1898
Comment: daughter of John and Elizabeth A. Foley

Name: Maggie F. Foley
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1863
Death Date: Sep 1889
Comment: daughter of John and Elizabeth Foley

Name: Emma D. Foley
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1870
Death Date: Sep 1889
Comment: daughter of John and Elizabeth Foley

Name: David Sleet Earls
Birth Date: 04 Sep 1820
Death Date: 01 May 1901
Comment: Married 10 Feb 1840

Name: William Gabbert
Birth Date: 29 May 1832
Death Date: 27 Aug 1886

Name: Lavinda Gabbert
Birth Date: 03 Apr 1833
Death Date: 04 Apr 1897
Comment: wife of William

Name: Lafayette Gaines
Birth Date: 27 Feb 1827
Death Date: 25 Apr 183?

Name: Amos Groom
Birth Date: 05 Feb 1803
Death Date: 17 Apr 1883

Name: Sarah Groom
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1813
Comment: wife of Amos; died no date

Name: Joseph Groom
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1796
Death Date: 26 Jun 1889

Name: Nancy Groom
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1800
Death Date: 11 Jun 1871
Comment: wife of Joseph

Name: J. M. Groom
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1840
Death Date: 09 Jun 1918

Name: Groom
Birth Date: 12 Jan 1842
Death Date: 08 Aug 1911
Comment: wife of J. M.

Name: William Groom
Death Date: 21 Aug 1875
Age: 60-9-29

Name: Miriam Groom
Death Date: 12 Apr 1851
Age: 60-9-29
Comment: wife of William

Name: Sarah Groom
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1781
Death Date: 16 Nov 1859

Name: Melvin G. Groom
Birth Date: 1865
Death Date: 1946

Name: Mary Lena Hayes Groom
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1875
Death Date: 25 Jan 1939
Comment: wife of Melvin Groom

Name: William Groom
Death Date: 21 Aug 1875
Age: 60-9-29

Name: Martha W. Groom
Death Date: 22 Aug 1866
Age: 38, 10, 6
Comment: wife of William;
"Kind angels watch her sleeping dust,
Till Jesus comes to raise the just.
Then may she awake in sweet surprise
And in her Saviour's image rise"

Name: Amanda Grimes
Birth Date: 09 Oct 1842
Death Date: 19 Oct 1869
Comment: wife of L.

Name: Laura E. Hieronymus
Birth Date: 12 May 1844
Death Date: 21 Mar 1874
Comment: wife of A. P.

Name: Rebecca E. Hall
Birth Date: 07 Jan 1849
Death Date: 03 Apr 1905
Comment: wife of A. E.

Name: Henry A. Halcomb
Birth Date: 05 Mar 1855
Death Date: 23 Jul 1895

Name: William M. Halcomb
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1822
Death Date: 18 Mar 1910

Name: Halcomb
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1824
Death Date: 06 Apr 1905
Comment: wife of William M. Hall;
"Gone to be with Jesus"

Name: William Haynes
Birth Date: 04 Mar 1899
Death Date: 10 Oct 1879

Name: Susan Haynes
Birth Date: 1854
Death Date: 10 Oct 1879
Comment: wife of William

Name: Bessie Kincaid
Birth Date: 1890
Death Date: 1892
Comment: daughter of John R. and Maude

Name: Hugh Kincaid
Comment: son of John R. and Mary

Name: John D. Kincaid
Birth Date: 01 Jan 1829
Death Date: 23 Nov 1901

Name: John R. Kincaid
Birth Date: 24 Feb 1868
Death Date: 29 Aug 1930

Name: Mabel Kincaid
Comment: daughter of John R. and Mary Kincaid

Name: Marie Kincaid
Comment: daughter of John R. and Mary Kincaid

Name: Martha Groom Kincaid
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1836
Death Date: 08 Apr 1924

Name: Maud Thompson Kincaid
Death Date: 26 Aug 1891
Comment: wife of John R.; married 15 Aug 1889

Name: Walter G. Kincaid
Birth Date: 05 Jan 1875
Death Date: 01 Jul 1893

Name: John Kern
Birth Date: 05 Jun 1876
Death Date: 20 Jan 1933

Name: John Lee
Birth Date: 19 Jul 1834
Death Date: 12 Mar 1915

Name: Rhoda Lee
Birth Date: 02 Oct 1836
Death Date: ?
Comment: wife of John Lee;
"Peace be unto thee, fear not"

Name: William G. Long
Birth Date: 09 Jul 1781
Death Date: 07 Mar 1811

Name: Henry Clay Long
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1820
Death Date: 23 Jun 1853

Name: John Long
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1778
Death Date: 30 Jan 1859

Name: Mary Whittington Long
Death Date: 25 Jun 1852
Age: 69 years, 10 days
Comment: wife of John Long

Name: Elizabeth E. Long
Death Date: 13 Aug 1845
Age: 28 years, 10 days
Comment: wife of John P. Long

Name: Alice D. Long
Death Date: 08 Mar 1858
Age: 22 years
Comment: 2nd wife of John P. Long

Name: Mary Hemby Long
Death Date: 14 Apr 1843
Age: 24 years
Comment: consort of D. B. S. Long

Name: Jennie Suggert Long
Death Date: 17 Mar 1854
Age: 62 years, 9 months and 8 days
Comment: wife of Reuben Long

Name: Reuben Long
Death Date: 08 Aug 1852
Age: 72 years, 5 mos., 5 das

Name: William D. Ligon
Birth Date: 1807
Death Date: 26 Dec 1878
Age: 70-10d

Name: Elizabeth Ligon
Birth Date: 1811
Death Date: 13 Apr 1877
Age: 66-11-22

Name: Edwin G. Ligon
Birth Date: 09 Oct 1836
Death Date: 07 Sep 1920

Name: Mary Ligon
Birth Date: 04 Oct 1850
Death Date: 24 Mar 1923
Comment: wife of Edwin G.;
"Gone Home" (Stone down)

Name: Reuben Tillery
Death Date: 01 Feb 1866
Age: 64 years

Name: Martha A. Tillery
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1829
Death Date: 26 Sep 1860
Comment: wife of Reuben;
"Jesus can make the dying bed
Soft as a downy pillow"

Name: Mary Tillery
Death Date: 10 May 1872
Age: 69-9-12
Comment: wife of Reuben

Name: Clayton Tillery
Birth Date: 1801
Death Date: 17 Jun 1868

Name: Edward C. Tillman
Birth Date: 1808
Death Date: 14 Jun 1886

Name: Kezia Tillman
Death Date: 09 Sep 1871
Age: 58 years, 11 months, 10 days
Comment: wife of Edwin C. Tillman

Name: Elder William Thorpe
Birth Date: 1772
Death Date: 07 Mar 1853
Age: 81 years, 1 month, 10 days
Comment: born in Va.; moved to Kentucky, 1786, to Missouri, 1809;
Died in Clay county, Mo.; A minister of the gospel 57 years

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Elder William Thorpe, a minister of the gospel of the regular Baptist church.
The first pioneer who smoothed the rugged path of the Baptists in the
western wilds of Missouri. Organized the first association in Upper Missouri.

Little Shoal Baptist church was organized in Clay County, Missouri, May 28, 1823.
It was first a log church building and later replaced by a brick church.

The above article was copied from the head stone at the grave
of Elder William Thorpe. About 10 years ago, a check of burial records
in Little Shoal Graveyard in Oct. 1948, no trace of the slab on which
this inscription was made could be found. Only the record of
Elder Thorpe's birth and death was found on the base of the movement.
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Name: Frances ?? Thorpe
Death Date: 30 Jul 1860
Age: 87 years 2 months, 5 days
Comment: wife of Elder William

Name: Joseph Thorpe
Birth Date: 13 Dec 1804
Death Date: 14 Jun 1890
Comment: son of Elder William and Frances Owen Thorpe;
born Madison county, Ky.; came to Missouri, 1809

Name: Nancy Monroe Thorpe
Birth Date: 01 Oct 1812
Death Date: 23 Jan 1881
Comment: wife of Joseph Thorpe;
Died in Clay county, Mo., born in Howard county, Mo.

Name: Daniel S. Thorpe
Birth Date: 28 Nov 1839
Death Date: 24 Mar 1885

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The reminiscences in the book, "Early Day in the West"
were written by Judge Joseph Thorpe and
published in the Liberty Tribune in the 1880's.
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Name: William Vincent
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1828
Death Date: 20 Apr 1888

Name: Mary E. Vincent
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1830
Death Date: 10 Aug 1868
Comment: wife of William

Name: Robert G. Vance
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1803
Death Date: 08 Jan 1858
Comment: "Remember me as you pass by"

Name: Sarah Vance
Birth Date: 30 Nov 1803
Death Date: 01 Apr 1891
Comment: wife of Robert G.

Name: Benjamin Vance
Birth Date: 05 Jul 1854
Age: 20 years
Comment: son of Robert and Sarah

Name: Samuel M. Wear
Birth Date: 04 Jul 1842
Death Date: 30 Jan 1905

Name: Mary A. Wear
Birth Date: 06 Jun 1852
Death Date: 01 Aug 1889
Comment: wife of Samuel

Name: Mary Wear
Birth Date: 1889
Death Date: 1929

Name: Thomas Wren
Birth Date: 02 Feb 1848
Death Date: 12 May 1919

Name: Lucy S. Wren
Birth Date: 09 Mar 1894
Death Date: 04 Nov 1940
Comment: wife of Thomas

Name: Andrew J. Wilson
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1834
Death Date: 23 Mar 1893

Name: Martha J. Wilson
Birth Date: 30 May 1845
Death Date: 20 Mar 1917
Comment: wife of Andrew J.

Name: Isaac Wisler
Birth Date: 13 Apr 1829
Death Date: 31 Jul 1904
Comment: Union Veteran

Name: Ann Harmon Wagner

Name: Rosana Warren
Birth Date: 10 May 1817
Death Date: 14 Sep 1899

Name: Elizabeth Warren
Comment: wife of Isaac Warren

Name: Warren
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1830
Death Date: 23 Dec 1897 ?

Name: Thomas H. Warren
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1841
Death Date: 03 Sep 1907

Name: Lucy J. Warren
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1841
Death Date: 28 Jul 1909
Comment: wife of Thomas H.

Name: Greenberry Warren

Name: Amanda J. Wilkerson
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1865
Death Date: 03 Feb 1947
Comment: born at Pattonsburg, Mo.

Name: Jarrott Williams
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1826
Death Date: 14 Dec 1898

Name: Lucinda Williams
Birth Date: 02 Jan 1834
Death Date: 02 Sep 1886
Comment: wife of Jarrott Williams

Name: Eliza J. Williams
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1837
Death Date: 31 Jul 1891
Comment: wife of Jarrott Williams

Name: Edward L. Williams
Birth Date: 07 Aug 1859
Death Date: 09 Mar 1911

Name: Anna Frances Williams
Birth Date: 1904
Death Date: ?

Name: Aura A. Williams
Death Date: 24 Aug 1892
Age: 20 years, 6 months, 17 days
Comment: wife of Charles Williams

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