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Josie Ann (Giles) Dulin

Josie was born Josiah Ann Giles, 27 Jan 1846 to William Phillip Giles and Mary Ann Weir.  Josie and her 8 siblings were all born in Morgan Co., MO.  Her siblings were Elizabeth Jane 1831, Eliza Jane 1832, George W 1834, John 1836, James T 1838, Macolin (a girl) 1840, Virginia 1842, and Mary Ellen 1849.  (Note: some descendants have Josie’s birth as 1848, but census with her parents in 1850 also puts it at 1846.)     

While Josie’s mother lived to be 89 (in 1899), her father died in 1853 at the age of only 46.  After that the younger kids were scattered about to different families.  Two of the children had already passed away before their father died.  Macolin died at age 11 and Virginia at age 3.  Of the 9 children only 4 made it past the age of 30, and one of them died at 47. James only lived to the age of 17, so it is not a surprise Josie only made it to 20 years of age.  It makes one suspect a hereditary condition.  As I recall the death certificates online for a few of William’s grandchildren all had heart conditions as the cause of death.     

Of the 4 children who lived past 30, Elizabeth (Yost), John and Mary (Dempsey – Post) ended up in California.  Eliza (Evans) remained in Morgan County her entire life.  One brother, George, who made it to the age of 29 also stayed in Missouri.     

After her father died, when the kids were scattered about to different families, Josie and her younger sister Mary went to live with the Neal family.  That is how Josie came to be in Cooper County, where she later married Andrew J Dulin in 1898. There were other Dulin’s in the area of this cemetery which were probably relatives of Andrew. The newlyweds moved to Greene County where after only 7 months of marriage Josie died.    Andrew went on to marry Elizabeth Freeman a few years later and they moved to Texas where they remained the rest of their lives.

 Cynthia (Jeffries) Davison, March 2017 

The Jeffries

The Jeffries were from the VA/NC area.  The farthest back I have gotten is James (the father of our cemetery’s William) b. 1800 VA and his wife Louisa Harper b. 1805 VA. The only census they are on which list birth location is 1850 and that has VA.  That was the 1850 census taken in June.  In May of that year he and older son Thomas had already left for El Dorado (later called Sutter’s Mill) for the gold rush.  A few days out from their destination James took ill and died according to an interview years later with his granddaughter Virginia “Vergie”.  A Layton cousin who also was on that trip wrote a letter home which said they arrived October 18.  They started to settle James’ estate in 1851, only to have to start over when Louisa died in March of 1852.  Most everything had been left to her.    With oldest son Thomas in California, 25 yr old William who was the 2nd oldest became the executor.  He took over the land of over 300 acres located about 6 miles northeast of town at that time (where Jones farm was), and he took in his 5 siblings who were still minors.  Louisa V 14, Nathanial Greene 12, Robert E 10, John James 7 and George E 6.  Taxes were paid for on the estate indicating they had commercial crops.  There were hundreds of bushels of corn and wheat, as well as pigs and cattle.  At one time another family member owned a butcher shop in town where they sold their goods.  Unfortunately also there was a tax receipt for 17 slaves.  Not uncommon for the time period, especially if you had a commercial food production.     As the children grew up, especially William’s own, you can see on plat books where he gave 40 acres to each of them as they married.     When he became old, per the city directory, William became a shoe cobbler and owned his own shop on St. Louis Street.  During William’s lifetime most of the kids stayed around Greene and Taney Counties, except for daughter Mary who married John Lynch Adair of the Tahlequah, OK Cherokee and lived there.  As the 1900’s approached they began to scatter to other states.   James moved to Springfield by 1838 when William was 16, though James paid taxes on land here before that.  All that is known thus far about Louisa is that her mother’s name, Anna Harper, appears on the marriage license giving permission for under aged Louisa to marry in 1822 in Caswell Co., NC.  The license says William & Louisa were both living in that county at the time.  Her mother was living in Pittsylvania Co., VA where William was supposedly born.

In 2018 someone posted the actual marriage license for William & Louisa on Ancestry.  Louisa was underage and had to have permission.  Through that, I learned that her mother’s name (who gave the permission) is Anna Harper.  Maiden name still not known.

Cynthia (Jeffries) Davison

Nancy White

Nancy White is buried in Union Campground Cemetery.  This is verified by the following newspaper  account:

Springfield, Missouri Republican, August 19, 1899.     

 “Mrs. Nancy White died Thursday, aged 74 year, and was buried yesterday at Union Camp Ground          Cemetery.”   (Note:  This places her birth year around 1825)

 Her tombstone is missing. The Springfield Land Office Sales Book (1833-1892) has a number of properties owned by individuals with the name of White.  A few of the properties are not to far from the cemetery.  However, since the first name of Nancy’s husband is unknown, we cannot determine any ownership of land.     

It is frustrating when so little information is available about a burial in the cemetery.  Perhaps one day someone will be able to furnish more details.

By Jean Rayl 2016

The Seybold Children

The infant son of Seth Seybold   B:1898  D: 22 Mar 1898              

 Age 2 months The tombstone is missing. The only information we have concerning this burial is found in the following newspaper article:      SEYBOLD,  Infant of Seth   B:1898    d: 22 Mar 1898 ate 2 mo.

 Springfield MO Republican Mar 23, 1898.   “The two months old infant of Seth Seybold died yesterday of bronchial pneumonia at the Sage farm, three miles east of Springfield.  The remains will be buried this morning at the Union Campground cemetery.”  In Greene Co. MO 1900 Census, ED. 61, p. 1154 Vol 7, Sheet 23, North Campbell Twp. Seth Seybold age 28 living with Joseph and Leah Seybold.  

 Greene County MO archives had no marriage record for Seth Seybold or ownership of property.  Plat book records of Greene County show a W.W. Sage owning property in Sec. 22 Taylor Township with the post office address as Ozark, MO. (this was in the year 1884).

A daughter of W.W. Sage (Mary E.) is also buried in Union Campground Cemetery.  She was 3 years old,  1 month ad 25 days.

BY Jean Rayl 2016

R Campbell

B: 6 Aug 1909 D: 27 Aug 1909, 21 days old. Springfield, MO Republican, 26 Aug 1909:

 “The infant of Ben Campbell died yesterday of blood poison. The funeral will be held at 10 o’clock this morning at the residence, Lyon and Commercial Streets, with interment in Union Camp Cemetery.”

Records at the Greene Co., MO archives provide this additional information. Records of Deaths, City of Springfield, pg.45 (address given as 335-1/2 Commercial) Name of deceased: R. Campbell-white-male-Died 27 Aug 1909, 21 days old. Cause of death: infantile jaundice. Name of physician: W. Mc. F. Brown. Note: Date of death on Records of Deaths differs from account of newspaper. A tombstone is missing. A search was made for land ownership for Ben Campbell but nothing was found.

by Jean Gaffga Ray! 2014

James P. Lester

He was a young man of 21 years, buried in Union Campground Cemetery.  Cause of his death is unknown.

The years have not been kind to his tombstone, one that originally stood upright with some type of design carved into the stone.  Now, the stone is broken into two sections, whether from vandalism, the elements or grazing cattle, and the inscriptions erased by forces of nature.

Records I the Greene County, Missouri Archives show his name on an 1860 census.  He was 12 years old at the time.  Below is a listing of the family:

Joseph (father), 38, TN engaged in farming

Elizabeth, 32 KY

James, 12 TN

Juanita?, 10 TN

Leonardo, (or Leonard) 6 MO

Josephine?, 1 MO

A certificate of death from the Missouri State Board of Health shows another son George W Lester born June? 29, 1861.

No marriage license was found for James P Lester and no ownership of land.  A discolored footstone was discovered in the same area as his tombstone and bears the initials J.P.L.

Martha & Warren Jones

Early in the summer months of 2014 a death certificate surfaced for Martha Jones. The certificate (File#32660 issued by the State Board of Health) verifies her burial in Union Campground Cemetery.

She was the wife of Warren Jones, also buried in the cemetery.  Information on the certificate states Martha was born in Tennessee on 4 Jun 1833, and when she died from paralysis agitare in 1912 she was 79 years old, 4 months and 25 days. She was a widow at the time of her death. Her father’s name was H. Jarrett, born in Tennessee, and her mother’s name was Martha Ricks, born in Tennessee. A supplementary death certificate (with the same file number as above) gives the date of death as 9 October 1912.  Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Paxson Undertaking Company.

The 1900 Federal Census of Greene County, MO., E.D. 61, Sheet 24, North Campbell Township, lists her husband as Warren Jones, Black, born 1 April 1838, age 60; wife Martha, born January 1837; nine children born, 4 living, married 28 years, occupation farmer. Birth date differs on the census for Martha from that recorded on her death certificate. 

A tombstone for Martha is missing.  She is probably buried close to her husband, Warren, but his tombstone is also missing. Some years ago, a foot stone with the initials W.J. was found in the northwest section of the cemetery near the base of a damaged headstone.

Note: Paralysis agitare (the cause of Martha’s death) had to do with her neurological system, causing her to suffer from advanced Parkinson’s Disease.

Prepared by: Jean Gaffga Rayl 2015

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