Armstrong Cemetery
Armstrong Cemetery
The following information was submitted by Jim Vandergriff: The Armstrong Cemetery is located just off of Highway T. From MO Highway 7, go toward Stoutland on T. Take the second (I think) gravel road to the left. (This road used to go past the Independence School, though that building is now gone. However, this is the road that continues on into Stoutland.) The Cemetery is on Ozark Fisheries property. With permission, one enters the first cattle gate on the left and follows the farm path about 1/4 mile. The cemetery is a fenced 40' by 40' enclosure just behind the Hatchery barn. The cemetery is sort of maintained by Armstrong descendants, thanks to the cooperation of the Hatchery owners. The following persons are buried there, though I'm not certain the tombstones are actually set at the grave sites. Also, family legend says there is an infant (unrelated to the family) buried there. The story says that a family was passing by, stopped at the Armstrong house because the child was too ill to travel. It died and was buried there, then the family moved on. I don't know if the story is true, but Elizabet Armstrong told it to me as an event she remembered from her childhood. Armstrong, Jno W. [John Wesley] Editor of the Rustic 26 Sept. 1838 - 28 Oct. 1884 Lucy E. (Dodson) 30 June 1844 - [John and Lucy share a tombstone. His name is on one side; her's is on the other.] Perkins, Lucy Ella [Gibson] 21 Oct. 1895 - 10 Mar. 1929 [Daughter of Harley and Elizabeth Gibson] Gibson, Harley O. 1 Nov. 1869 - 11 Jun 1947 Gibson, Elizabeth D. [Armstrong] 26 Aug. 1878 - 1974 [Daughter of John and Lucy] Armstrong, John Roscoe "Ros" 3 Sept. 1874 - Aug. 1924 [Brother of Elizabeth; son of John and Lucy Armstrong]
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