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 Ainsworth Obelisk - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery - New Franklin, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 39° 02.089 W 092° 44.333
15S E 522599 N 4320671
A think stubby looking obelisk is 11 feet tall.
Waymark Code: WM169Z4
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2022
Views: 1
County of mobelisk: Howard County
Location of obelisk: CR-450 & MO-5, about 1 mile N of New Franklin downtown, Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Tombstone Text:
(Front): J.B. AINSWORTH
DIED JULY 1, 1900
AGED 65Ys. 2Ms. 24Ds.
Sleep My Beloved and Take Thy Rest.
Every ... Thy Head upon thy Saviors'
breast.
We loved the well but Jesus
Loves the best.
(Proper Left): A. S. AINSWORTH
DIED OCT. 31, 1881.
AGED 48Ys. 1Mo 29Ds.
[script unreadable to me]
(Proper Right): SARAH E.
WIFE OF J.B. AINSWORTH
BORN MAY 21, 1842
DIED DEC. 27, 1903
(Rear): ALICE J.
AINSWORTH
BORN MAR. 31, 1872
DIED FEB. 28, 1926
"James Burger Ainsworth was the son of William Ainsworth and Lucretia Smith Ainsworth. He grew up in Cedar county, but returned to Howard county as a young man, where he married Sarah Ellen Smith on 10 Apr 1862. He appears to have lived all his life in Missouri, farming near New Franklin in Howard county." ~ Obituary
Date Created/Placed: 1900
Address:
118 County Road 450,
New Franklin, MO 65274
Height: 11 feet
Illuminated: no
Website: [Web Link]
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