Tipton Soldier's cemetery listings

Moniteau County Missouri

Soldier's Cemetery listings

According to the Recordings of Willow Fork and Moreau Township Cemeteries, this cemetery was once called Soldier's Cemetery. Later the soldier's were buried elsewhere. At the bottom is a list of ones known to have been moved. There are a few Caucasian graves remaining here.

Located in the northwest part of Tipton at the edge of Prairie Grove cemetery.

Both cemeteries are located to the west (behind) of the Tipton Correctional Center.

Directions to cemetery: Take Hwy B north through Tipton, across the railroad tracks. Turn left (west) on Howard Street (in front of the Maclay Mansion). Turn right (north) on Pacific St, go approximately 1/4 mile past the Masonic cemetery. The cemetery will be on the right (east) side of the road. This will be behind the Tipton Correctional Center.

* = Calculated Date based on age; d/o = daughter of; s/o = son of; w/o = wife of; m = married

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Last Name, First Name, Middle, Birth Date, Death Date, Comments

? August -- Refer to explanation in Cem book (below)
? Augusta -- Refer to explanation in Cem book (below)
? F S -- Refer to explanation in Cem book (below)
? Julia -- Refer to explanation in Cem book (below)
? Julius -- Refer to explanation in Cem book (below)

Hamilton Frederick -- 1844 * - 1863 Sep 25 -- Aged 18y 11m 25d -- Pic 1: Pic 2: Pic 3:

Lee Frederick -- 1829 Aug * - 1882 Jul 09 -- Aged 52y 11m 3d -- Pic 1: Pic 2:

Miller Harvey P -- 1820 Jun 02 - 1866 Aug 25 -- Pic 1: Pic 2:

-- Killed by Jesse James according to this source -- Source 1a and Source 1b

More information on this Tivis/Tives family can be found here.

Tivis Snoden -- 1800 * - 1853 Dec 27 -- Aged 53y --s/o Nathaniel Jr & Nancy Burgin Tivis/Tives -- Pic 1: Pic 2:
Tivis Susan -- 1804 * - 1852 Nov 20 -- Aged 48y -- w/o Snoden Tivis -- Pic 1: Pic 2:

The recordings without a surname above have the following explanation in the Recordings of Willow Fork and Moreau Township Cemeteries:

The following are first names of a family. A concrete base is around these markers. There was a time when people came and decorated these graves.

The following is a list of people known to have been moved from this cemetery. They are supposed to have been re-interred at Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis, MO. A search of National Cemetery burials can be made here.

Brown J L -- 14th Regiment Co D

C V S -- There is a Virgil S Cox listed as buried at Jefferson Barracks - the only person to match these initials in my search

E J

Johnson J C -- 26th Indiana Co C

-- there are 2 J C Johnson's listed as buried at Jefferson Barracks - one with death date of 17 Aug 1862 and a 2nd with death date of 01 Jan 1864

Love John A -- Died 1864 Nov 24 -- 45th Missouri Co A

-- there is a J A Love listed as buried at Jefferson Barracks with death date of 24 Nov 1864

L W

McCaib T -- there is a Thomas McCaib listed as buried at Jefferson Barracks with no death date

Melvin E -- 2nd Illinois Co A -- there is an E M Melvin listed as buried at Jefferson Barracks with no death date

N D H -- 26th Indiana

Reem Colvin -- Co E

S J M

Simpson Jeremiah -- Died 1864 Feb 14 -- 4th MSM Co K

-- there is a Jeremiah Simpson buried at Jefferson Barracks with death date of 14 Feb 1864

-- there is a Jeremiah Simpson listed here (National Park Service site - do a search)

Taylor J L -- 45th Missouri Co A

-- there is a J L Taylor buried at Jefferson Barracks with death date of 22 Nov 1864

Teiman John -- 6th Missouri Co A -- there is a John Tieman listed here (National Park Service site - do a search)

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