Bower Cemetery

also known as Beale Cemetery

Jackson Township, Section 17

Andrew County, Missouri

Directions: From Fillmore, go south on State Route H.  The cemetery is on the east side of SR H, one mile from the intersection of H with A.  Entry is by permission, through private property.

Note: This cemetery was cleaned in October, 2005 as part of the Eagle Scout Project of Nathan Stone. 

 

Name

Inscription

Photograph(s)

Bower CemeteryBefore and after clean-up007N 008 118 119

Auld, Catharine

Catharine

wife of John Auld

Died Mar. 22, 1896

Aged 68 y's 11 m's

Gone but not forgotten

062 063 064 096

Bennet, Margaret A

Margaret A. Bennet

died July the 19, 1864

aged 21 Yr 4 Mo 21 Ds

059 060 061

Bennet, Sarah

Sarah                          

wife of  R. E. Bennet

died Nov. 7, 1870

Aged 54 Yrs 4 Mo 17 d's

057 058 061

Bower, Catharine

Catharine

dau. of H. & E. Bower

Born Dec. 29, 1831

Died Feb. 4, 1850

079

Bower, Catherine

Catherine Bower

Died Nov. 1, 1893

Aged 47 Y 1 M 28 D

099 100

Bower, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Bower

Died May 30, 1877

Aged 73 Y 1 M 11 D

080 080N 083

Bower, Elizabeth J.

Elizabeth J.                  

wife of John Bower

Died Apr. 16, 1879

Aged 37 Y 6 M 28 D

John do not lonely be

But live aright and come to me

Children I am happy now

With a crown so bright upon my brow

Friends you must meet me here

Where ne'er is known a sigh or tear.

068 068N 069 070N

Bower, Elizabeth W

Elizabeth W.

dau. of H. & E. Bower

Born Feb. 12, 1828

Died Feb. 10, 1851

074

Bower, George

George Bower

Born Oct. 30, 1829

Died Mar. 21, 1905

055 056 102

Bower, Henry

Henry Bower   

Died Oct. 8, 1859

Aged 63 Y 23 D

081 082 084

Bower, Louisa J.

Louisa J. Bower          

Born Nov. 14, 1848

Died Sep. 10, 1883

John do not lonely be

But live aright and come to me

George I am happy now

With a crown so bright upon my brow

Friends you must meet me here

Where ne'er is known a sigh or tear.

075 076 077 078

Bower, Martha

Martha

dau. of H. & E. Bower

Born April 23, 1834

Died Feb. 5, 1851

104 105 106

Bower, Mary A.

Mary A.                      

wife of John Bower

Died July 10, 1864

Aged 31 y'rs 9 mo's 14 days

065 066

Foster, William H.

William H.                   

son of   G. G. R. & Nancy J. Foster

Born Aug. 26, 1873

Died Sept. 23, 1874

Sweet little bud

For earth too fair

Has gone to heaven

To blossom there.

072 073

Hummon, John W. F.

John W. F.

Died Aug. 11, 1874

Aged 11 M's

Children of D. & Eliza Hummon

Dearest, bitter tears for thee are shed

Blossomed of being vision of beauty

Who's all of life a rosy ray

Blushed into dawn and gently passed away.

071

Hummon, Mary M.

Mary M.         

Died July 25, 18[67]

Aged 7 Y's 6 D's         

Children of D. & Eliza Hummon

Dearest, bitter tears for thee are shed

Blossomed of being vision of beauty

Who's all of life a rosy ray

Blushed into dawn and gently passed away.

071

Kennedy, Elizabeth

Our father and mother at rest

Elizabeth his wife

Born Apr. 16, 1816

Died Apr. 12, 1903

092 094 095

Kennedy, Thomas

Our father and mother at rest

Thomas Kennedy

Born Mar. 30, 1817

Died Oct. 24, 1888

092 093 093N 094

Lincoln, Justus Alvin

Our darling Justus Alvin

son of   John & M. F. Lincoln

died Feb. 4, 1880

aged 4 Y 6 M 24 D     

Kind angels watch his sleeping dust

Till Jesus comes to raise the just;

Then he may wake to sweet surprise

And in his saviour's image rise.

107 111 112

Tipton, Reuben

[possible footstone]

114

Trapp, Fannie B.

Fannie B                      

wife of  U. G. Trapp    

Died Sep. 1, 1885

Aged 19 Y 7 M 13 D

Lord, she was thine and not my own

Thou hast not done me wrong

I thank thee for the precious loan

Afforded me so long.

086 087 088 089

unknown

… 8 d's [possibly Jeremiah Cole]

053N

unknown

 

091

unknown

 

103

unknown

 

116

unknown

 

117

Also reportedly buried here, but no tombstones found in 2006

Cole, Jeremiah [see fragment]

Cole, Rebecca

Kennedy, James O.

Messick, Mary J.

Messick, William

Pearman, Edward

Pearman, Lizzie

Tipton, Ruben [see footstone, but has tombstone in Fillmore]

Tipton, Sarah [has tombstone in Fillmore]

©Photograph Andrew County Tombstones (PACT) Project, 2006

Pictures may be used for personal research,

but not for duplication or sale.

These pictures were taken by Nathan Stone's Eagle Scout Project, 2005, and Betty Halvorsen, 2006.

©THE Transcriptions (Taylor, Halvorsen, Eshelman)

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