Bates County Missouri

Bates County Cemetaries

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Civil War Markers, Jackson Cemetery/Amoret, MO

Homer Township, Section 22- Bates County, MO

Located appox. 1-1/2 miles from Spy Mound, approx. 2-1/2 miles from John Brown Mound/Massacre Park (KS

 

Wm. Payne CO H 7 ILL. INF.

Jesse Feeback CO G KY CAL.

Elam Mills CO H 7 ILL. INF.

Jos. A. Wilson CO G 115 IND. INF.

Wm. Conway CO D 147 IND. INF. (Buried by Phobe&Laura Conaway)

John Stephenson CO C 5 MO S.M. Calvary

Thos. Wright CO L 11 MO CAV.

Thomas Lackey CO G 72 IND. VOL. INF. (B. 1/21/1838 D. 6/14/1911)

 

 Jesse Feeback was a Union soldier in Company G. 7th Kentucky Cavalry under Captain’s Robert Scott and Felix G. McCrea, 1st Lieutenant James W. Brewer. (page 190, “The Union Regiments of Kentucky by Captain Thos. Speed.
 Elam Mills, Co. H, 7th Illinois Infantry, was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, where his Lieutenant Leo Wash Myres and Private John H. Duff were killed.
Joseph A. Wilson, Co. G, 115th Indiana Infantry served from August 13, 1863 to February 1864.
 William Conway, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry is listed as “William Conoway” from Connersville, Indiana, mustered in on February 15, 1865 and mustered out on July 17, 1865. The regiment lost 44 enlisted men by disease.
 John Stephenson, Company C, 5th Missouri State Militia Cavalry. The regiment was stationed at Harrisonville, MO, from March 1862 to June 1863 and lost one officer and 47 enlisted men to death due to Illinois or accidents, 21 men were killed or mortally wounded in action. Their commander, Colonel William A. Pennick was quoted in August 14, 1862 – “It is next to impossible to fight these guerrillas on their own ground in the brush, where they have every advantage over us. We must make it unhealthy for the neighborhoods where they harbor to allow them to remain among them without giving information to us.” (cited Nosworthy, The Bloody Crucible of Courage: Fighting Methods and Combat Experience of the Civil War [New York, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003]) pages 332-335.)

 

 

:  Bates County Cemetery Information

Bates County, MIssouri has 34 registered cemeteries.  The chart below will provide you with location information from various intesections in the county.  We’ve also included latitude and longitude coordinates if you use a GPS system.

For additional cemetery info also visit:  http://www.cemetery.poplarheightsfarm.org/


Johnstown Cemetery – Photo courtesy Poplar Heights Farm www.poplarheightsfarm.org.

Use the FROM INTERSECTION column to drive to the area of the cemetery, or use the LAT/LON information with your vehicle GPS Unit (Garmin, Tom Tom, etc.) to drive directly to the cemetery. Also, use Google Earth or Google Map. Simply highlight the LAT/LON numbers, copy and paste to the Google search. A map will then show the location and directions can be printed.

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CEMETERY
NAME
LOCATED ON ROAD APPROX. DISTANCE DIRECTION FROM
INTERSECTION
LAT LON
ANTIOCH HWY BB 1/4 MILE SOUTH HWY BB & HWY D 38.30999 94.12642
ASHLEY 1001 1/4 MILE NORTH ROADS 2 & 1001 38.22480 94.36894
BENJAMIN HWY 52 WEST 230 FEET WEST ROAD 2001 & HWY 52 WEST 38.25453 94.57029
BETHEL 8004 1/2 MILE WEST HWY BB & ROAD 8004 38.33295 94.17169
BURDETTE HWY FF 103 FEET SOUTH HWY FF & ROAD 15002 38.44030 94.48227
CLOUD 12004 1/2 MILE WEST ROAD 12004 & HWY T 38.39107 94.18664
CRESCENT HILL 14002 1/4 MILE EAST ROADS 14002 & 1001 38.42363 94.35736
DOUBLE BRANCH 3506 1/4 MILE EAST HWY N & ROAD 3506 38.16722 94.24889
GERMAN REFORM 7586 1 MILE WEST HWY O & ROAD 7586 38.10741 94.19235
GREEN LAWN HWY A 1/8 MILE EAST HWY PP & HWY A 38.09851 94.38551
HOWELL 7521 1/2 MILE NORTH ROADS 6002 & 7521 38.31602 94.48572
HUME 8508 220 FEET EAST ROADS 13007 & 8508 38.10306 94.58860
INDEPENDENCE HWY V SOUTH 250 FEET NORTH HWY V SOUTH & ROAD 6508 38.13203 94.56036
JACKSON HWY 52 WEST 220 FEET EAST HWY 52 WEST & ROAD 12001 38.25447 94.56876
JOHNSTOWN 14453 375 FEET NORTH HWY D & ROAD 14453 38.30988 94.08151
MYERS 10695 3/4 MILE SOUTH HWY 52 EAST & ROAD 10695 38.20376 94.15384
MORRIS 2701 3/4 MILE NORTH ROADS 3 & 2701 38.23171 94.40074
MULBERRY 4502 1/2 MILE WEST ROADS 11001 & 4502 38.29047 94.56110
OAK HILL EAST MILL ST 150 FEET WEST HWY H & ROAD 1763 38.26343 94.31754
PARK 4721 1/4 MILE NORTH HWY TT & ROAD 4721 38.29924 94.43529
PLEASANT GROVE 6576 1/2 MILE WEST HWY P & ROAD 6576 38.11929 94.08137
POAGE 9004 1/4 MILE WEST HWY OO & ROAD 9004 38.34584 94.10422
PRAIRIE CITY HWY O 1/2 MILE SOUTH HWY B & HWY O 38.08514 94.17720
RADFORD HWY H 1/4 MILE EAST HWY H & ROAD 10623 38.26289 94.14890
MEYERS 10356 3/8 MILE EAST ROADS 15305 & 10356 38.06411 94.06776
RODGERS 2116 3/4 MILE WEST HWY O & ROAD 2116 38.18792 94.19434
SAINT BRIDGES HWY A 1/8 MILE EAST HWY PP & HWY A 38.09858 94.38553
SMITH 2004 1/4 MILE WEST ROADS 9503 & 2004 38.24591 94.17854
SNODGRASS UNION HWY H 1/8 MILE WEST ROAD 14853 & HWY H 38.25870 94.07553
STRATTON/BLACKWELL 3066 2 1/4 MILES WEST ROAD 3066 & HWY W 38.17083 94.11657
VIRGINIA 6001 1/4 MILE NORTH HWY 52 E & ROAD 6001 38.26889 94.45917
WEST POINT 12002 1/2 MILE WEST HWY Y & ROAD 11002 38.38467 94.59753
WHITE 4004 1/2 MILE WEST ROADS 9503 & 4254 38.27865 94.18231
WOODFIN V SOUTH HWY 3/4 MILE NORTH HWY V SOUTH & HWY U 38.18455 94.53023