Moran Cemetery

also known as Stewart Cemetery

Empire Township, Section 28

Andrew County, Missouri

Directions: From Savannah, east on Hwy. E 3.5 miles to D.  North on D 4.3 miles to driveway to farm.  Cemetery is on private property.  Drive 0.1 mile east onto property to a path going north through the alfalfa field.  Drive 0.1 mile north right to the cemetery.  Accessible only in good weather, preferably after alfalfa has been cut. (See tombstones by rows.)

Note: This was a family cemetery, used mainly in the 1870s.  Several of the people with surnames other than "Moran" were living with the Moran family at some time.

Moran Cemetery

01 02 03 04 05 06

Brumfield, Rachel*

Rachel Brumfield

Aged about 80 years

07 08 09

Dawes, Mary A.

Mary A. Dawes

Died Feb. 19, 1874

Aged 36 yrs 9 m's 11 d's

42 43 48 47

Long, infant

Infant son of J. H. & M. J. Long

Died June 9, 1871

aged 6 weeks

10 11 12

Moran, Catharine A

Catharin[e A.]

wife of David Mor[an]

Born Feb 29, … [stone broken]

David M[oran]

Jan. 9, 1…

Died May 18, 1…

70 Yr's 2 M & 19 Ds

25 26 27 29 34 30 36

Moran, David L.

David L. Moran

Died Feb. 23, 1903

Aged 43 Y 6 M 9 D

We miss thy kind and willing hand,

Thy fond and earnest care,

Our home is dark without thee, Dave,

We miss thee everywhere.

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Moran, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Moran

Born July 16, 1783                  

Died July 30, 1871

23 24

Moran, S. G.

Gone Home

S. G. Moran

Died April 20, 1870

Aged 51 Yrs 17 Ds

21 22 41

Shearer, infant

[stone broken]

J. M. & H. Shearer

Died Jan. 14, 1874

31 32 33

Tanner, William

Gone Home

Wm. Tanner

Born in Fayette Co. Ky.

Dec. 18, 1796

Died Nov. 18, 1877

38 39 40 46

unknown

37

unknown fragment

… And … rowin…

13

unknown, Elizabeth

[spelled in marbles]

Elizabeth

died Se… [stone damaged]

49 50

Wood, Mary

To the Memory of [Mar]y W[ood]

[stone broken]

35

*African-American

Also reportedly buried here, but no tombstones found in 2006

Buhr. Ferdinand

Buhr, Sarah (Moran)

Dawes, Emma J.

Dick, Charles

Dick, Helena

Dick, Paul Allen

Hess, Mary*

Moran, David

Moran, Martha (Logan)

Smith, Elizabeth Jane (Wiley)

Vaughn, Almora (Moran)

Vaughn, David

Vaughn, Jennie