New Hope Cemetery
New Hope cemetery is located
northeast of Kearney, Missouri near the Clinton
county line, and is approximately three miles east of
I-35 at the Holt, Missouri exit. Listings are by row,
starting with the southwest corner:
Stower, John P., b. 4/12/1849, d. 8/19/1904
Stower, spiral stone, unreadable
Hunt, H. A., 1862/1933, Baptist Evangelist
Hunt, Nannie G. 1862/1951
Hawkins, Benjamin F., d. 2/19/1892, age 42 years, 10
months, 3 days
Hawkins, Mary C. wife of John P., d. May 5, 1858
Yates, John E., d. 1/16/1860, age 19 years, 7 months,
16 days
Yates, William L. 7/10/1802 to 9/23/1869
Yates, Elizabeth, 6/21/1814 to 1/4/1870
Sullenger, Margaret, d. 12/1/1863, age: 34 years, 1
month, 22 day, (wife of James Sullenger)
Barr, Mabel A., d. 3/6/1900, age: 2 years, 7 months,
16 days
Barr, Samuel W. d. 4/4/1827 to 7/10/1887
Garrett, Simeon, 8/1850 to 4/4/1910
Garrett, Bethenia Elizabeth, 6/13/1846 to 2/23/1901
Garrett, Matilda Emerine, 1/14/1822 to 9/21/1890
(wife of J.J.)
Garnett, John J. d. 2/28/1884, age: 67 years
Mimms, Robert W. 3/20/1830 to 12/28/1891,
(brother-in-law of the outlaw, Jesse James)
Mimms, Martha A., b. 7/23/1841, (wife of Robert)
Wilhoit, Thomas P., 10/5/1862 to 11/6/1862
Wilhoit, Mourning, 5/12/1830 to 11/22/1880
Wilhoit, Thomas, 6/26/1823 to 12/6/1892
Wilhoit, John K., 1853/1889
Wilhoit, Mary J. 1852/1918
Wilhoit, Edna K., 6/26/188? to 11/30/1911, (daughter
of John and Mary)
Wilhoit, Jewel, 1879/1928
Warren, infant daughter of W. D. & C. L. b.
4/14/1907
Warren, Margaret A. 2 12/1850 to 6/29/1900, (wife of
Branson Warren)
Warren, Martha, 10/12/1812 to 2/27/1894, (wife of
James Warren)
Martin, Thomas, d. 2/18/1858, age 5 years
Dagley, Joseph P. 9/25/1826 to 5/23/1875
Dagley, Julia A. 9/11/1829 to 9/21/1902, (wife of
Joseph P.)
Dagley, Emily, 10/1/1819 to 9/4/1848, (daugher of J.
& D.)
Thomason, Sarah, 4/15/1803 to 10/12/1851, (wife of
Robert Thomason - Sarah Thomason was the mother of
Zerelda James, mother of Frank and Jesse James)
Thomason, Manlius, 12/7/1833 to 9/3/1861 (Manilus
Thomason C. S. A. son of Robert and step-son of
Sarah, was killed during the Battle of Lexington,
MO.)
Thomason, Robert, 12/17/1791 to 4/2/1864
Thomason, Simeon, 9/24/1825 to 12/15/1847, (son of
Robert & his 1st wife)
Harris, Tyra, d. 2/12/1861, age: 63 years, 2 months,
25 days
Smith, Willie (stone inscribed "our little
Willie")
Smith, Lillie, d. 4/30/1864, age: 3 months, 2 weeks
(daughter of W. H. & S. B. Harris)
Smith, L. V. d. 12/21/1875, age: 9 months, 21 days
Brockman, William, 11/9/1822 to 5/30/1899
Brockman, Elizabeth, d. 5/19/1881, age: 93, (wife of
William)
Brockman, Ambrose, d. 1862
Gow, Eliza, d. 1/19/1859
Early, Amstard (no other information)
Early, Jane, wife of A. (stone worn & mostly
unreadable)
Harris, infant son of J. F. & M. J. , d. 1/6/1895
Willis, Finely A. d. 5/19/1832
Larue, William Henry, 4/19/1860 to 1/1/1890
Harris, Lura Lee, 2/7/1863 to 10/16/1912 (same stone
with William Larue)
Harris, John F., 10/9/1855 to 7/30/1895
Harris, William M. 10/14/1828 to 5/17/1898
Harris, Mary A. 2/24/1830 to 4/20/1898 (same stone
with William)
Harris, Roma M. 1891/19??
Harris, William A. 1861/1905
Harris, Susan F. 1865/1905
Harris, Garvin A. 1889/1904
Brawner, Charles L. 1866/1942
Brawner, James T. 1861/1928
Brawner, Jacob G. 11/10/1838 to 3/10/1816
(Confederate Civil War Vet)
Brawner, Martha A. 6/27/1844 to 3/6/1907 (wife of
Jacob/same stone)
Scott, Merit J. d. 3/31/1882, age: 29 years, 9 months
Scott, Alice, 12/2/1944 to 5/24/1930, (wife of Merit,
daughter of Robert & Sarah Thomason)
Scott, James F. Sr., d. 11/3/1882, age: 29 years, 9
months
Scott, Susan, d. 12/23/1885, age: 25 years, 10
months, 6 days, (wife of James F./same stone)
Scott, Bessie K., only date shown: 2/1879
Scott, Margaret M., 6/1877 to 8/1932 (same stone as
Bessie)
Groomer, Elizabeth, (wife of William)
Groomer, Gail, d. 1860, age: approximately 74 years,
("They cared enough")
Brawner, David O. d. 8/6/1869, age: 66 years, 10
months, 20 days
Brawner, Sarah, 8/7/1807 to 5/12/1874, (wife of
David)
Arnold, "Little Frankie", d. 7/20/1887,
age: 2 months, 13 days
Wilhoit, Elton C., d. 7/20/1887, age: 8 months, 20
days
Dilley, Alice, d. 7/1870
Bayless, Elijah E. d. 10/7/1881, age: 22 years, 2
days
Whitten, Charles, 1835/1905
Whitten, Thomas, 6/20/1803 to 8/22/1879
Whitten, Mahitable, 8/22/1800 to 7/27/1882, (same
stone as Thomas)
Whitten, Jane, d. 8/2/1880, age; 50 years
Whitten, Thomas, Co. E, 6 Mo S M Cav. (possibly same
Thomas as above)
Whitten, Hartson, 8/1/1832 to 8/16/1901
Baber, John C., 1894/1896
Larson, Archie R. 2/2/1897 to 3/27/1899, (son of
George & Lillie)
Madderra, Amelia H. 4/9/1845 to 3/10/1871, (wife of
George T.)
Cole, Daniel H., d. 12/26/1883, age: 20 years, 8
months, 16 days (son of Jesse Richard Cole)
Cole, Joseph T., d. 10/6/1877, age: 2 years, 6 days,
(son of J. R. & Emma Cole)
Cole, Mary B., 10/14/1852 to 2/26/1871, (daughter of
J. R. & L. G. Cole)
Cole, Louisa G., 9/7/1829 to 11/5/1870, (1st wife of
Jesse Richard Cole)(Jesse Richard Cole was the
brother of Zerelda James and uncle of the outlaws,
Frank and Jesse James)
Cutler, Lucius B., 4/20/1849 to 12/19/1907
Cutler, Martha, 4/9/1853 to 4/30/1931, (wife of
Lucius/same stone)
Cutler, Royal, son of L. B. & M. (same stone as
above)
Stevens, William, 10/7/1824 to 4/18/1887
Stevens, Nancy A., 3/22/1829 to 3/16/1889 (wife of
William/same stone)
Stevens, Waller C., d. 9/9/1894 to 7/29/1921
Enslow, Cecil Lee, 8/9/1894 to 7/29/1921
Enslow, Irene, 2/25/1920 to 2/28/1920, (daughter of
C. L. & B.)
Harris, William G. 6/25/1910 to 9/16/1971, (veteran
of WWII and Korea)
Harris, Ruff, 1906/1959
Morgan, Raymond L. only date: 1930, (Iowa Pvt. US
Army)
Barnett, Myrtle B. 1892/1953
Morgan, Jenome William, 12/23/1925 to 12/26/1925,
(son of Ray & Myrtle)
Harris, James C. d. 12/5/1904, (son of Solomon and
Amelia)
Harris, Nancy E. 1870/1941
Harris, William G. 1869/1950, (husband of Nancy/same
stone)
Harris, Dail Clifton, 12/30/1902 to 8/7/1903, (son of
W. G. & N. E.)
Harris, Blanch Nola, d. 3/5/1904, age; 5 months, 9
days (daughter of W. G. & N. E.)
Harris, "Little Kenneth", d. 6/25/1885,
age: 1 month, 25 days (son of T. W. & M. L.)
Harris, Solomon, 12/10/1844 to 3/4/1915
Harris, Amelia, 10/19/1850 to 2/2/1917, (wife of
Solomon and daughter of Jesse R. Cole)
Harris, Lizzie B., d. 7/24/1866, age: 23 years, 11
months, 1 day (daughter of S. & N. A.)
Green, Mattie L. d. 8/12/1866, age: 1 year, 2 months,
(daughter of Y. O. & M. M.)
Green, Yelverton O. d. 11/21/1865, age: 43 years, 11
months, 6 days
Cavender, Robert H., 5/4/1832 to 3/27/1908
Cavender, Anna E., 11/4/1851 to 12/17/1910, (wife of
Robert/same stone)
Cavender, James R., d. 9/19/1875, age: 8 months, 13
days (son of Robert & Anna)
Strode, Judith A., 3/27/1827 to 5/2/1895, (wife of J.
N.)
Shanks, Edgar, 3/16/1888 to 7/25/1888, (son of W. A.
& Susan)
McEntire, Roy, 1916/1961
McEntire, Coromon, 1940/1954
Vanzant, Joe Brian, 4/16/1947
McEntire, Lucy Wade, 12/3/1874 to 6/23/1956
Cavender, Pauline, 3/20/1904 to 7/22/1904 (daughter
of W. M. & Maud B.)
Cavender, infant son of W. M. & M. B.) d.
9/8/1899
Porter, Samuel S. , 5/27/1795 (in Orange county, VA.)
to 6/16/1870
Porter, Mary A. 3/27/1803 to 9/21/1864 (wife of
Samuel)
Porter, ?, b. 7/10/1815
Cosby, Eliza, 1/15/1815
Snow, infant daughter of G. W. & L., d. 3/3/1906
Snow, Myrtle O., 8/18/1891 to 8/5/1912
Snow, Lizzie, 1871/1948
Snow, George W., 1870/1927
Henderson, Wesley, 8/30/1813 to 2/10/1889
Henderson, Sarah, 8/22/1812 to ?, (wife of Wesley)
Green, Mary, 4/1/1789 to 6/18/1874
Clark, Nannie, d. 2/16/1905, age: 67 years, 9 months,
18 days
Wilhoit, Pleasant, 1835 to 1921
Wilhoit, Mary E., 1844 to 1910, (wife of
Pleasant/same stone)
Wilhoit, Sidney, d. 5/18/1858, age: 18 years, 10
months, 4 days
Wilhoit, lela M., d. 5/30/1879, (daughter of P. &
M. E.)
Wilhoit, Harry E., 5/23/1885 to 6/5/1887
Offutt, infant son of B. R. & O., d. 1/11/1899
Wilhoit, David L., 1841/1912
Wilhoit, Eliza Yates, 1838/1918
Younger, Susan F., d. 1/27/1878, age 21 years, 9
months, 16 days, (daughter of H. A. & A.)
Fitzgerald, Matilda, 10/21/1805 to 4/27/1877
Fitzgerald, Leander Steadman, 7/8/1842 to 12/9/1861
Mothershead, Moses B., d. 3/10/1857, age 56 years
Maret, Pamelia, 11/13/1808 to 1861, (wife of Alvah
Maret)
Benton, infant son of C. D. & N. V.
Pence, Robert F., 5/10/1869 (only date)
Pence, Alvah J., d. 12/1861
Pence, George A., 5/29/1861 (son of R. & M.
E.,/only date)
Pence, Annie L. d. 1860, age: 5 months, 30 days,
(daughter of R. & M. E.)
Pence, Robert S., 1/11/1829 to 11/26/1903
Pence, Margaret E. 9/21/1839 to 11/2/1888
Pence, John E. P. 10/15/1861 to 12/27/1889
Harris, Elizabeth, 8/7/1818 to 12/27/1889
Harris, Nancy, 1/10/1811 to 7/17/1859
Harris, James Sr., d. 8/29/1882, age: 84 years, 1
month, 4 days
Harris, Francis M. (no dates)
Harris, Benjmain F., 1847 to 1876
Cave, C. L. 7/13/1852 to 3/28/1939
Cave, Nancy M. 7/14/1859 to 8/30/1919
Askew, Daniel N. d. 9/3/1878
Askew, Daniel H., b. 2/28/1828, murdered 4/12/1875
(Daniel Askew was a neighbor of the James/Samuel
family who was believed to have been murdered by
either the James brothers or by Pinkerton agents for
his involvement in the January 26, 1875 murder of
Archie Samuel (Jesse's half-brother) and the maiming
of Zerelda James Samuel (Jesse's mother).
Swearenger, Addie Askew, 11/10/1835 to 6/2/1900,
(widow of Daniel Askew)
Swearenger, R. S. 11/28/1834 to 8/23/1905
Sellars, Charles F. 2/3/1892 to 9/1/1895
Sellars, Edna M., 11/8/1893 to 11/13/1893
Whitten, Alexander C., 10/1/1844 to 6/15/1918
Whitten, Elizabeth, 8/9/1830 to 3/18/1899
Baber, John, 1871/1934
Baber, Kate, 1870 to ?
Malott, Amy D., 1877 to 1922
Malott, Baby Virgil, 1906 to 1910
Malott, Arthur J., (no dates)
Johnson, Adalinum, 4/8/1816 to 2/2/1893
Cave, Donald, 1900/1943
Cave, Edith, 1/24/1909 to 6/21/1909
Shugart, William I., 1855/1931
Shugart, laura E. 1868/1900
Shugart, Cora, 1884/1953
Shugart, Myrtle S. 1886/1948
Shugart, Mollie T., 1889/1953
Bailey, Jay, 5/22/1842 to 2/13/1913
Bailey, Zoah, 2/15/1847 to 3/6/1933
Grues(?), Susan F., 8/20/1851 to 1/13/185(5?)
Black, Virginia Alice, d. 8/1/1851; age; 1 year, 2
months, 8 days
Black, Mary Elizabeth, 9/10/1855 to 8/15/1865
Warren, Thomas, d. 2/18/1858
Maret, Mary, 5/11/1848 to 8/1/1863
Wilhoit, Laura E., d. 3/20/1858; age: 1 month, 8 days
Wilhoit, Elizabeth L., d. 3/9/1854; age: 2 years, 4
months, 16 days
Wilhoit, Sydney, d. 5/18/1858, age: 18 yars, 10
months, 4 days
Wilhoit, Andrew, d. 10/28/1860, age: 48 years, 7
months, 6 days
Wilhoit, Jane, d. 5/11/1874, (wife of Andrew)
Cole, William F., d. 8/?/1877, (son of J. R. Cole)
Courtney, James C., d. 2/10/1875, age: 23 years, 9
months, 10 days
Courtney, Moses, d. 10/8/1874, age: 1 year, 11
months, 11 days, (son of J. C. & B.)
Albrigbht, Bettie, 8/10/1855 to 11/22/1961 (wife of
E.)
Maret, Elizabeth M., 12/13/1837 to 4/9/864, (wife of
D. H.)
Harris,James
Garrett (no further information)
Information obtained by Phil Stewart, research
historian at the Jesse James Farm & Museum,
Kearney, MO. and additional information can be
obtained by writing to Mr. Stewart at the farm.
