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Everly Cemetery: Oldest Gravestone of Grand River Twp. (1835)

Everly Cemetery: Oldest Gravestone of Grand River Twp. (1835)

Cemetery Lists

Everly Cemetery, located one mile southeast of Jameson, MO, has the oldest dated gravestone in Grand River Township of Daviess County, MO. The gravestone is dated 1835, marking the resting place of an infant son of J. N. and Nancy...
Three Cemeteries Merge Into Potter’s Field at Gallatin, MO

Three Cemeteries Merge Into Potter’s Field at Gallatin, MO

Cemetery Lists, Gone But Not Forgotten

Whenever a deceased person who didn’t have a family to take care of them, burial was furnished by the county and the body was buried in the Pauper Cemetery. The Pauper Cemetery at Gallatin, MO, or Potter’s Field, is located approximately 1/4 mile south...

Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
Trudi Burton, ph: 660.663.7342

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Read the last special edition published by the Gallatin North Missourian in 2021:
Daviess County History Guide

Recent Posts

  • Everly Cemetery: Oldest Gravestone of Grand River Twp. (1835) March 7, 2023
  • Yesteryear Photographs of Jameson, MO March 7, 2023
Presented on behalf of the Daviess County Historical Society; Dan Lockridge, President; Darryl Wilkinson, Secretary.