Ole Pioneer Cemetery - Mokane, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 40.547 W 091° 52.585
15S E 597736 N 4281398
This cemetery is also known as: Smith Cemetery; ChurchYard Cemetery, and currently the Pioneer Smith Cemetery or Mokane Christian Church Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMT4G3
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2016
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County of cemetery: Callaway County
Location of cemetery: Fulton Ave. (MO-C), behind the Mokane Christian Church: Number of graves: 187
Cemetery established approx 1875 or earlier
Earliest burial date I found was 1876
After July 1st 1893 ...." After this date, a frame, two story school house was built and the Methodist and Christian Churches were also built." ~ Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society
The residence of this town only remember this as the christian church and the cemetery to them was a pioneer cemetery in front of which the church built their building.
I can find nothing in print to confirm or contradict the statements.
".......married her in 1845 in Mokane, Callaway County, MO. Six yrs later she died & burial is in Smith Cemetery behind Mokane Christian Church. This is a city cemetery never associated with the church. Married 2nd wife Mathilda E. Estill on Dec 30, 1852." ~ WikiTree