Dove With Sprig - Whiteside Cemetery - Whiteside, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 39° 10.769 W 091° 00.743
15S E 671682 N 4338576
A child's grave....granite tombstone...
Waymark Code: WM12DG3
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2020
Views: 4
County of cemetery: Lincoln County
Location of cemetery: Galloway St., William E. White & Erma Parke White Conservation Area, just S. of Whiteside
Established: 1861
Number of graves: 7
Tombstone:
[Dove W/ Sprig]
JOHN W.
son of
C.L. & M.A. ALLOWAY
BORN
May 1, 1857
DIED
Feb. 9, 1864
AGED
[text buried under earth
and unreadable]
"A town in the northern part of Union Township, about fourteen miles from Troy. The post office was established by 1886. It was named in honor of William Whiteside, who gave three acres of land, a judgement in his favor for $500, and built the St. Louis and Keokuk Railway station in 1882 in order to secure the station for his farm. The railroad officials accepted his gifts and services and laid out the town. In the winter of 1861-62, Mr. Whiteside served six months under General Sterling Price." ~ Postal Guide,; History of Lincoln County, Goodpspeed, pages 455, 627-8; State of Missouri, Williams, page 429