Directory of the Hartley Cemetery including Genealogy Information

Masters, Madison Township, Cedar County, Missouri, August 1999
by Geraldene "Jerrie" Dixon Lynch

 


HARTLEY CEMETERY - NEW SECTION
GENEALOGY

ROW O

CLIFFORD "DARRELL"2 DURHAM (Clifford Thomas1) was born September 7, 1941, in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, son of Clifford Thomas Durham [1910-1957] and Opal Mae McCrory [1911-1992] Durham.  His parents are buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Bolivar.  Darrell never married and was a laborer.  He died of an apparent heart attack on the way to the Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar on Christmas eve, December 24, 1991, at age 50.  Private graveside services were held on Saturday, December 28, 1991, on the west side of the cemetery.  Darrell is using an old tombstone of his father's with the name Clifford T. Durham and with the years 1910-1957 on it.

ROW A

RONALD RICHARD2 ALLEN, JR. (Ronald Richard, Sr.1) was born June 28, 1966, in Kansas City, Missouri, son of Ronald Richard and Connie Sue (Mullinex) Allen, Sr.  He never married and lived in Lee's Summit, Missouri, where he was employed.  He had passed by this cemetery for years going camping and fishing with his parents in the Masters area.  He told his parents that he thought this was such a beautiful cemetery especially when the white dogwoods were in bloom, and that this is where he wanted to be buried.  Ronald died at age 29 of cancer on Thursday, October 12, 1995, at his parent's home in Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri.  He was buried on Sunday, October 15, 1995, on the west side of the cemetery.  On his tombstone: son of Ronald & Connie

MARY ATHALEE2 (HALL) MURRAY (Everett Hall1) was born June 5, 1916, in Springfield, Missouri, daughter of Everett and Emma (Melton) Hall.  Her parents were married August 19, 1915, in Springfield.  On February 5, 1932, she married JEAN BRIDGES in Springfield.  Three children were born to this union.  They later divorced.  On December 26, 1941, she married IRA PHILLIP MURRAY. Ira [1894-1968] is buried in Maple Park Cemetery in Springfield next to her father.  Athalee was a retired healthcare dietician and passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at age 80, in the Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Missouri.  Graveside services were held on the west side of the cemetery on Thursday, March 27, 1997. Her infant twins died at birth.

Children of Mary A. (Hall) and Jean Bridges:

i.   BETTY JO BRIDGES
ii.   JOHNNIE OTHO BRIDGES
iii.   EVERETT FIDELL BRIDGES

Children of Mary A. (Hall) and Ira Murray:

   i.    IRA PHILLIP MURRAY, JR.
ii.    SYLVIA KAY MURRAY
iii.    Infant, RONALD MURRAY "twin"
iv.    Infant, DONALD MURRAY "twin"
v.    MARY ELAINE MURRAY

 

DAVID MICHAEL2 O'KEEFE (John Edward1) was born August 26, 1955, in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, son of John Edward and Verna Gertrude (Maskell) O'Keefe.  His parents are buried in New Mexico.  Dave, as he was called, never married and was a mobile home service employee. His untimely death came on September 7, 1996, at the age of 41, near his home in the Needmore community, Madison Township southwest of Fair Play, Cedar County, Missouri.  Graveside services were held on the west side of the cemetery.  On his tombstone: Son of JOHN & VERNA


ALBERT "LEON"2 POYSER (Dale Albert1) was born May 19, 1918, on the family farm in Wolf Lake, Indiana, son of Dale Albert and Mary Elizabeth (Lindsay) Poyser. Leon was in the Merchant Marines for five years. Later, he bought a truck stop outside of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and turned it into the second largest in the state.  He raised quarter horses, winning 83 grand championships in Halter, including a world championship, and the 1959 Indiana State Cutting Horse Champion.  On July 11, 1966, he married GENEVA MOTLEY in Lima, Ohio.  Two children were born to this union.  They divorced in February 1973.  Leon and children moved to Missouri in 1974, finally settling in 1993 in Masters, Cedar County.  He died at the age of 80 on Sunday, July 12, 1998, in Norwood, Missouri, while visiting a friend.  On his beautiful tombstone is a picture of him walking his horse.

Children of Leon and Geneva (Motley) Poyser:

     i.  SHAWN MATHEW POYSER
    ii.  MICHELLE LYNN POYSER

ROW F  

JAMES "Jim" RICHARD4 HARTLEY (Solomon Underwood3, Richard2, James, Sr.1) was born January 4, 1918, in Masters southwest of Fair Play, Cedar County, Missouri, the seventh and last child of Solomon Underwood "Doc" and Mary Elizabeth (Adams) Hartley.  His parents are buried in Row F, but in the old section.  On June 14, 1941, he married LORENE ELIZABETH MOORE in Stockton, Missouri.  They owned and operated the Masters store for several years, then divorced.  He married RUBY JEWELL "NIG" WEAVER, January 1, 1967, in Greenfield, Dade County, Missouri.  However, they took out their marriage license in Polk County.  Ruby died on February 5, 1982.  Jim married ELLA OLIVIA MUDD, October 15, 1982, and divorced November 22 that same year.  No children were born to these unions.  Jim was a member of the Masonic Lodge.  He died at the age of 77 on Tuesday, May 2, 1995, in the Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Missouri.

ROW J

EVELYN PEARL2 (PONTIUS) LAW (Cleo Pontius1) was born May 5, 1926, in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, daughter of Cleo and Beulah (Dennis) Pontius.  She operated a hotel for several years at Arma, Kansas, before moving to Missouri.  She had four children, RAYMOND, BARBARA, MARILYN, AND CHERYL.  She moved to Needmore southwest of Fair Play, Cedar County, Missouri, where she operated the Needmore Tavern for 26 years.  On December 20, 1963, she married HOMER LAVERNE LAW in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.  He passed away July 26, 1990, at the veterans hospital in Spokane, Washington, and is buried in Des Moines, Iowa.  FATTIE, as her friends called her, died on Saturday, September 24, 1994, in the Citizens Memorial Health Care Facility in Bolivar, Missouri.

ROW L

ROBERT DWANE4 FINDLEY (William Arley3, James Henderson II2, James Henderson I1) was born August 30, 1924, in Macomb, Missouri, only child of William "Arley" Findley [1898-1955] and Myrtle Iona Binley [1904-1993] Findley.  His parents are buried in the Macomb Cemetery.  At age 18, he enlisted in the U.S. Army during WWII.  While stationed in Maryland, he participated in chemical warfare, received mustard burn on his chest, and was in the hospital three months.  He married BELVA LEE LYNCH, March 12, 1947, in Visalia, California, and celebrated their 50th anniversary in March 1997.  Belva is the daughter of William "Ethmer" Lynch [1906-1967] and Ledra Anita (White) Lynch.  Her father is buried in Visalia, California.  Bob and Belva moved to Masters in 1985.  He died at age 73 on Thursday, December 4, 1997, of pneumonia, due to mustard gas exposure and emphysema, in the Citizens Memorial hospital in Bolivar, Missouri.  He has a veteran marker and on his beautiful tombstone: Son of ARLEY & MYRTLE

Children of Robert and Belva (Lynch) Findley:

 
i.    BEVERLY ANN FINDLEY
ii.    CONNIE SUE FINDLEY
iii.    JANICE LEE FINDLEY
iv.    ROBERT WILLIAM FINDLEY
   

 


HARTLEY CEMETERY - OLD SECTION

GENEALOGY

ROW O

HENRY E. "H.E."4 HARTLEY (Richard Donathan "Buck"³, Richard², James, Sr.¹) was born May 9, 1892, and died July 27, 1892, at two and one-half months old in Madison Township, Cedar County, Missouri.  He was the seventh of fourteen children of Richard Donathan "Buck" Hartley [1857-1945] and Rebecca Maranda "Elizabeth" McCrory, in Polk County, Missouri.  His parents are buried in Fasken Cemetery northeast of Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.
ETHEL4 HARTLEY (Richard Donathan "Buck"³, Richard², James, Sr.¹) was born July 23, 1893, and died March 18, 1896, at the age of two years and eight months old of membranous croup, in Madison Township southwest of Fair Play, Cedar County, Missouri.  She was the eighth child and fifth daughter of the fourteen children born to Richard Donathan "Buck" Hartley [1857-1945] and Rebecca Maranda Elizabeth McCroy [1859-1939] Hartley.  Ethel's brother, V. H. Hartley, died just six days later of the same illness.  They are buried on the west side of the cemetery with two other siblings.  
VIRGIL H. "V.H."4 HARTLEY (Richard Donathan "Buck"³, Richard², James, Sr.¹) was born May 14, 1895, and died March 24, 1896, at ten months old of membranus croup, in Madison Township, Cedar County, Missouri.  He was the ninth child and fourth son of Richard Donathan "Buck" Hartley [1857-1945] and Rebecca Maranda Elizabeth McCroy [1859-1939] Hartley.  His father was living at the old Cottage Hotel on Main Street in Carthage, Missouri, when he died November 27, 1945, at age 88.  His parents are buried in Fasken Cemetery in Carthage.  His little sister, Ethel Hartley, died six days earlier of the same illness.
EDITH J.4 HARTLEY (Richard Donathan "Buck"³, Richard², James, Sr.¹), the next to last child of fourteen children of Richard Donathan "Buck" Hartley [1857-1945] and Rebecca Maranda Elizabeth McCroy [1859-1939] Hartley, was born May 23, 1900, and died July 11, 1901, at her home in Madison Township southwest of Fair Play, Cedar County, Missouri.  Her parents are buried in Fasken Cemetery northeast of Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. Little Edith is buried on the west side of the cemetery in the same row with three of her siblings.
EULALAH FAYE6 THOMPSON (Omer Lee5, Nathaniel Chesterfield "N.C."4, James "Young" William3, Lawson2, James M.1), the first child of four children of Omer Lee and Ruth Bell (Wallen) Thompson, was born about 1911 and died at two and one-half months old.  Her parents were married September 3, 1910, in Cedar County, Missouri.  Her mother passed away in Phoenix, Arizona, Wednesday, November 21, 1951, at age 56, and is buried there in the Greenwood Cemetery.  Her father died September 20, 1966, at age 74, and is buried in Mountain Memorial Cemetery in Yucaipa, California.  Little Eulalah is the last one buried in this row on the northwest end of the cemetery.  On her tombstone: Infant of OMER AND RUTHIE 
MARY "GENEVA"3 (LYNCH) WALLEN (William Lynch2, William Lynch, Sr.1) was born December 30, 1873, in Masters, Madison Township, Cedar County, Missouri, the fifth child of William and Ellen Elizabeth (Hartley) Lynch, who are buried in Row A.  When she was 15 years old and had the consent of the mother, she married HENRY HALL "H.H.& Harry" WALLEN, August 1, 1889, at her mother's home in Masters.  To this union 10 children were born; however, six died at birth.  She died in 1908, at age 34 at her home in Masters, from complications of childbirth with their 10th child, who also died at birth.  Her husband married LEE ORA WILLIAMS, August 3, 1910.  She shares a triple tombstone with her husband and his second wife, LEE ORA, on the northwest side of the cemetery.
HENRY HALL "H.H."3 WALLEN (Francis Gilbert2, Ebenezer P.1) was born March 22, 1868, in Salem County, New Jersey, the third child of Francis Gilbert "F.G." and Deborah D. (Ernst) Wallen.  His parents are buried in Row H.  He came to Missouri in about 1872 with his parents and two brothers and lived north of Cane Hill, Cedar County, and later settled in the Masters community, Cedar County, but near the Dade County, Missouri, line.  On August 1, 1889, he united in marriage with MARY "GENEVA" LYNCH, who was often called Jenny.  She died in 1908 in childbirth at their home in Masters.  Harry, as he was often called, married LEE ORA WILLIAMS, August 3, 1910, in Cedar County,  He fathered 25 children by his two wives.  He died at age 85, Thursday, October 1, 1953, at the Ellis Fischel State Cancer Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.  He is buried between his two wives with a triple tombstone.
LEE ORA2 WALLEN (Richard Marion Williams1) was born September 17, 1891, in Aldrich, Missouri, the daughter of Richard Marion Williams [1848-1943] and Mandelia Caroline (Box) Williams [1864-1950].  Her parents are buried in Carroll County, Arkansas.  On August 3, 1910, she married HENRY HALL "H.H. & HARRY" WALLEN in Cedar County, Missouri.   They were blessed with 15 children.  However, only 11 children lived to adulthood.  H.H. also had four living children by his first wife.  He was born March 22, 1868, in Salem County, New Jersey, and died at age 85 on Thursday, October 1, 1953, in the Ellis Fischel State Cancer Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.  LEE ORA lived 17 years after the death of her husband and passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 1971, in the Dade County Nursing Home in Greenfield, Missouri, at age 79.  She shares a triple tombstone with her husband H.H. and his first wife, MARY G. (LYNCY) WALLEN.

Children of Henry Hall and Mary G. (Lynch) Wallen:

+ i.   Infant WALLEN 1890-1890
+ ii.   Infant WALLEN 1892-1892
+ iii.   Infant WALLEN 1894-1894
  iv.   RUTH BELL WALLEN 1895-1951
+ V.   Infant WALLEN 1897-1897
+ vi.   Infant WALLEN 1899-1899
  vii.   HOWARD LANNING WALLEN 1901-1948
  viii.   GENE LOREN WALLEN         1904-1975
  ix.   WALTER LINDEN WALLEN 1906-1979
+ x.   Infant WALLEN 1908-1908

 

Infant4 WALLEN (Henry Hall3, Francis Gilbert2, Ebenezer P.1), the first child of Henry Hall "H.H. & Harry" and Mary "Geneva" (Lynch) Wallen, died at birth in year 1890 in Cedar County, Missouri.  On the tombstone: WALLEN, OUR SLEEPING ANGEL INFANT
Infant4 WALLEN (Henry Hall3, Francis Gilbert2, Ebenezer P.1), the second child of ten children of Henry Hall "H.H. & Harry" and Mary "Geneva" (Lynch) Wallen, died at birth in year 1892 in Cedar County, Missouri.  On the tombstone: WALLEN, OUR SLEEPING ANGEL INFANT
Infant4 WALLEN (Henry Hall3, Francis Gilbert2, Ebenezer P.1), died at birth in the year 1894 in Cedar County, Missouri, the third child of ten children of Henry Hall "H.H. & Harry" and Mary "Geneva" (Lynch) Wallen, who were married on August 1, 1889, in Cedar County, Missouri. On the tombstone: WALLEN, OUR SLEEPING ANGEL INFANT
Infant4 WALLEN (Henry Hall3, Francis Gilbert2, Ebenezer P.1), died at birth in the year 1897 in Cedar County, Missouri, the fifth child of ten children of Henry Hall "H.H. & Harry" and Mary "Geneva" (Lynch) Wallen, who were married on August 1, 1889, in Cedar County, Missouri. On the tombstone: WALLEN, OUR SLEEPING ANGEL INFANT
Infant4 WALLEN (Henry Hall3, Francis Gilbert2, Ebenezer P.1), died at birth in the year 1899 in Cedar County, Missouri, the sixth child of ten children of Henry Hall "H.H. & Harry" and Mary "Geneva" (Lynch) Wallen.  On the tombstone: WALLEN, OUR SLEEPING ANGEL INFANT
Infant4 WALLEN (Henry Hall3, Francis Gilbert2, Ebenezer P.1), died at birth in the year 1908 in Cedar County, Missouri, the tenth and last child of Henry Hall "H.H. & Harry" and Mary "Geneva" (Lynch) Wallen.  The mother also died from complications in this childbirth.  Six infant children of these parents died at birth.  Each child has a small tombstone with this inscription: WALLEN, OUR SLEEPING ANGEL INFANT
Children of Henry Hall and Lee Ora (Williams) Wallen:
 
+ i.   BESSIE REDWING WALLEN            1911-1943
  ii.   ROBERT BROOKS WALLEN 1913-1996
  iii.   ONITA "FERN" WALLEN  
+ iv.   Infant WALLEN  "twin" 1916-1916
+ v.   Infant WALLEN  "twin" 1916-1916
  vi.   SHELBY "FLOYD" WALLEN  
  vii.   MAY "VIOLET" WALLEN  
  viii.   VERLA MAXINE WALLEN  
  ix.   LENA "MYRL" WALLEN  
  x.   ALTA "PAULINE" WALLEN  
+ xi.   CHARLES HENRY LEE WALLEN 1926-1927
  xii.   DENZIL FAYE WALLEN  
+ xiii.   MARVIN MARION WALLEN 1929-1930
  xiv.   CECIL "DALE" WALLEN  
  xv.   NORBAN ARLIE WALLEN  
Infant WALLEN "twins", died at birth in the year 1916 in Masters rural Fair Play, Cedar County, Missouri, the fourth and fifth child of fifteen children of Henry Hall "H.H. & Harry" and Lee Ora (Williams) Wallen.  their tombstone is next to their little brother, Charles Henry Lee Wallen, in the northwest corner of the cemetery and in the same row with their parents and six half brothers and sisters.  On their tombstone: WALLEN, OUR SLEEPING ANGELS, INFANT TWINS
CHARLES HENRY LEE4 WALLEN (Henry Hall3, Francis Gilbert2, Ebenezer P.1), the eleventh child of fifteen children of Henry Hall "H.H. & Harry" and Lee Ora (Williams) Wallen, was born April 9, 1926, in Masters, Madison Township, Cedar County, Missouri, and died on Saturday, May 7, 1917, at the age of one year and 28 days.  He is buried next to his parents and infant twin siblings and in the same row with six of his half brothers and sisters.  On his tombstone: HE WALKED ON EARTH A SHORT WHILE, NOW HE IS WALKING WITH JESUS.

ROW A

NANCY JANE (WARNER) ADAMS was born about 1830 in Virginia.  Her parents are unknown.  On July 23, 1845, she married LEVI FRANKLIN ADAMS in Macon County, Tennessee.  He was born July 16, 1824, in Tennessee, the fourth child of John Adams [1791-1873] and Elizabeth Angeline (Payne) Adams who was born in 1799.  Elizabeth "Nunisa", was the daughter of a white trader named Willis A. Payne, born in 1769 in North Carolina and a full-blood Cherokee named Quatie of a North Carolina family born about 1780.  NANCY, LEVI, and their children moved to Missouri where, in 1866, they bought 160 acres in the Masters community southwest of Fair Play, Missouri, Cedar County. Of Levi's parent's large family, only his and Nancy's descendants are eligible for Cherokee tribal membership.  Nancy died on January 29, 1889; age about 60 years is on her tombstone.  Levi was a Corporal in Co. M 15th MO Cav. Union Army during the Civil War.  He died June 1, 1898, at age 73.  However, because of some hard feelings with the land owner of the Hartley Cemetery, he was buried in Lindley Prairie Cemetery near Bear Creek, Cedar County, Missouri.

Children of Nancy Jane (Warner) and Levi Adams:

  i.    JOHN WILLIAM ADAMS      1846-1864
  ii.    NOAH HALBERT ADAMS 1847-1920
+   iii.    JAMES HENRY ADAMS 1849-1912
  iv.    MARY ANN ADAMS 1852-1884
  v.    ANDREW JACKSON ADAMS 1854-
  vi.    BAILEY WILSON ADAMS    1858-
  vii.    LEVI FRANKLIN ADAMS, JR. 1861-1949
  viii.    ELIZABETH JANE ADAMS 1863-1879
+ ix.    AMANDA WILSON ADAMS 1866-1946
+ x.    SARAH ANGELINE ADAMS 1868-1895
  xi.    MARTHA ALICE ADAMS 1871-1947
  xii.    SOLOMON DEAROW ADAMS 1874-1875

 

AMANDA WILSON (ADAMS)5 THOMPSON (Levi Franklin Adams4, John Adams3, Elijah Adams2, Solomon Adams1) was born March 1, 1866, in Cedar County, Missouri, the ninth child of the twelve children of Levi Franklin Adams [1824-1898] and Nancy Jane (Warner) Adams.  Her mother is buried in this cemetery; however, her father is buried in Lindley Prairie Cemetery near Bear Creek, Cedar County.  Amanda married the love of her life, NATHANIEL CHESTERFIELD "N.C. & NAT" THOMPSON, October 1, 1885, at her parent's residence in Masters, Cedar County, Missouri.  He was born February 10, 1859, and died January 25, 1937.  After the death of her husband, Amanda moved to Lindsay, Tulare County, California, to be closer to her children.  She passed away in Lindsay on Saturday, March 16, 1946, at age 80, and was brought back home to Cedar County.  She shares a double tombstone with her husband.
NATHANIEL CHESTERFIELD "N.C."4THOMPSON (James "Young" William3, Lawson2, James M.1) was born February 10, 1859, in Green Township, Polk County, Missouri, the ninth child of ten children of James "Young" William [1817-1869] and Eliza Jane Stevens [1818-1866] Thompson.  His parents were married October 8, 1840, in Polk County.  they were buried in Hubbard Cemetery, but due to the Stockton Lake, this cemetery was moved to Vaughn Cemetery in Dade County, Missouri.  Nat, as he was often called, married AMANDA WILSON ADAMS, October 1, 1885, in Cedar County, Missouri.  To this union fourteen children were born, one dying in infancy.  All their children were born in Cedar County.  Nat owned 68 acres in Masters, Madison Township, Cedar County, 1908, and was a retired farmer.  He passed away at his home on Monday, January 25, 1937, at age 77.

Children of N.C. and Amanda (Adams) Thompson:

+ i.     HATTIE JANE THOMPSON  1886-1886
  ii.     SAMUEL HENRY THOMPSON 1886-1952
  iii.     IDA ALICE THOMPSON 1888-1962
  iv.     CLARENCE EVERETT THOMPSON 1891-1972
  v.     OMER LEE THOMPSON 1892-1966
  vi.     MARY ELIZA THOMPSON 1894-1977
  vii.     JAMES YOUNG THOMPSON 1895-1975
+ viii.     WILLIAM "LEWIS" THOMPSON 1897-1933
  ix.     JEWELL MINERVA THOMPSON 1899-1988
  x.     EVA PEARL THOMPSON 1901-
  xi.     JESSE FLAY THOMPSON 1903-1988
  xii.     WALTER "YOULAS" THOMPSON 1905-1966
  xiii.     HANNAH CORA "OPAL" THOMPSON 1907-1996
  xiv.     NELLIE MILDRED THOMPSON 1909-
WILLIAM "LEWIS"5 THOMPSON (Nathaniel Chesterfield4, James "Young" William3, Lawson2, James M.1) was born June 5, 1897, in Masters rural Fair Play, Cedar County, Missouri, the eighth child of fourteen children of Nathaniel Chesterfield "N.C. & Nat" and Amanda Wilson (Adams) Thompson. On February 11, 1922, he married NORA MORGAN, in Polk County, Missouri. However, their marriage license was issued in Cedar County, Missouri. No children were born to this union. They moved to California, and Lewis passed away in a Stockton Hospital on Thursday, November 9, 1933, at the age of 36. He was brought back home to Cedar County and buried next to his parents on Tuesday, November 14, 1933. His tombstone has: W.R. THOMPSON
SARAH ANGELINE5 (ADAMS) THOMPSON (Levi Franklin Adams4, John Adams3, Elijah Adams2, Solomon Adams1) was born in 1868 in Masters rural Fair Play, Cedar County, Missouri, the tenth child of twelve children of Levi Franklin [1824-1898] and Nancy Jane (Warner) Adams.  Her mother is buried in this row; however, her father is buried in Lindley Prairie Cemetery near Bear Creek, Cedar County.  Angie, as she was called, married YOUNG RICHARD LYONS "Y.R.L." THOMPSON, November 5, 1885, at her parent's home in Masters.  To this union five children were born.  She died February 26, 1895, at the age of 26.  She was buried on Wednesday, February 27, 1895, on the west side of the cemetery. Y.R.L. [1861-1931] married Emma Ford Reed.  They are buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, located two and one-half miles southwest of Aldrich, Polk County, Missouri.

NOTE:  THE DEATH DATE ON SARAH ANGELINE'S TOMBSTONE IS 1894.  HOWEVER, HER OBITUARY WAS IN THE FEBRUARY 1895 NEWSPAPER.

Children of Sarah Angeline (Adams) and Y.R.L. Thompson:

+ i.    WALTER THOMPSON 1886-1889
  ii.    LEVI "Lee" THOMPSON 1888-
  iii.    BERTA B. THOMPSON 1890-
  iv.    PEARL THOMPSON 1892-
  v.    CARRIE THOMPSON 1894-
       

 

SARAH JANE6ADAMS (Noah Halbert5, Levi Franklin4, John3, Elijah2, Solomon1), the first child of the fifteen children born to Noah Halbert Adams [1847-1920] and Martha Minerva "Minervy" Tow [1853-1948] Adams, was born on December 26, 1870, and died September 26, 1872, at the age of one year and nine months old, at her parent's home in Madison Township, Cedar County, Missouri. Her parents were married October 25, 1868, in Cedar County. they are buried in Lindley Prairie Cemetery near Bear Creek, Cedar County, Missouri. Her tombstone has: Daughter of N.H. & M.M.
WILLIAM2 LYNCH (William, Sr.1 ), the seventh child of the twelve children born to William Lynch, Sr. and Sarah "Sally" Lynch, was born August 3, 1843, in Van Buren County [changed to Cass County, February 19, 1849], and was a twin to Sary Lynch, who died at 3 months old.  His mother was born March 1, 1814, and died at age 40, March 29, 1854, 37 days after giving birth to her twelfth child.  His father was born September 24, 1810, and died November 20, 1856.  It is not known where they are buried.  William and his two brothers, Elijah and Robert Lynch, left Missouri with a wagon train headed west for California during the gold rush days.  After the frustrations of pioneer travel, William and Elijah turned back and settled in Cedar County.  Robert went on with the wagon train and died June 15, 1851, of cholera on the trail.  Elijah later settled in Dallas County, Missouri.  William was a Pvt. in Co. A. 15th Regt. MO Cav. Volunteers in the Union Army during the Civil War.  He got acquainted with Richard "Dick" Hartley and married his daughter, ELLEN ELIZABETH HARTLEY, July 28, 1864.  He was a farmer and died March 13, 1876, at age 32 of brights disease at his home in Masters, Cedar County, Missouri.
ELLEN ELIZABETH3 (HARTLEY) LYNCH (Richard Hartley2, James Hartley, Sr.1), the first child of eleven children of Richard and Almira T. (Underwood) Hartley, was born November 6, 1848, in Cedar County, Missouri.  On July 28, 1864, at her parent's home in Masters, she married WILLIAM LYNCH who was still in the Union Army stationed in Stockton, Cedar County.  Her husband was born August 3, 1843, and died March 13, 1876, leaving her with five children.  Granny Coon as she was called, never remarried.  She lived her entire life in Cedar County and passed away on Friday, January 4, 1929, of bronchopneumonia.  She shares a beautiful double tombstone with her husband on the west side of the cemetery.

NOTE: ELLEN'S PARENTS DONATED THE LAND FOR THIS HARTLEY CEMETERY AND ARE BURIED IN ROW B.

Children of William and Ellen (Hartley) Lynch:

+ i.    SARAH MENDENA LYNCH 1865-1866
+ ii.    JAMES RICHARD LYNCH 1866-1952
+ iii.    JONAS "WAYMAN" LYNCH 1869-1893
+ iv.    WILLIAM HENRY LYNCH 1871-1958
+ v.    MARY "GENEVA" LYNCH 1873-1908
+ vi.    MARTHA LAURINDA LYNCH 1875-1957
       
SARAH MENDENA3 LYNCH (William2, William, Sr.1) was born August 29, 1865, in Linn Township, Cedar County, Missouri, and died January 11, 1866, at four and one-half months old.  She was the first child of six children of William and Ellen (Hartley) Lynch.  She is buried next to her parents on the west side of the cemetery.  Her tombstone has: Daughter of W. and M. (However, it should read Daughter of W. and E.)
JONAS "WAYMAN"3 LYNCH (William2, William, Sr.1), the third child of six children born to William and Ellen Elizabeth (Hartley) Lynch, was born January 19, 1869, in Linn Township, Cedar County, Missouri.  His father died when he was about 7 years old.  He never married and lived with his mother and helped her on the farm in Masters rural Fair Play, Cedar County, Missouri.  One day a lady came through the gate and left it open.  Some mules got out, so he jumped on his horse and was tying to put them back into the field.  His horse ran into a rail fence and he fell off.  A piece of wood from the fence went into his neck and he died of lockjaw at age 24, Saturday, December 23, 1893.  His tombstone has: Son of WILLIAM & ELLEN E.

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