Boswell Cemetery, Grundy County, MO

Also known as Mears Cemetery

This cemetery is located in Franklin Township; Sec 26-T63N-R24W. It is part of the road, about a mile in a pasture. The cemetery is poorly fenced and completely untended. Several graves are unmarked and funeral markers impossible to read. Thomas Boswell gave the plot (approximately 1 acre) for the cemetery. He lived in a little two-room house near by and he and wife Eliza are buried in the cemetery. The cemetery was recorded in 1964 by Mrs. Vernal Ralston, Mrs. Delbert Hasler and Mrs. B. F. Hoover.
ALLISON Brough L. 'Bruff' 04  Mar  1869 10  Sep  1919 50y 6m 6d; husband of Sarah Ann (CROCKETT)
ALLISON Sarah Ann (CROCKETT) 1855 1951 dau of James Harrison Sr. & Betty (MEARS) CROCKETT. wife of Brough L. ALLISON.
BARNES Cyntha
18 Jun 1852 Wife of Galaway; "Dying is but going home"
BARNES Galaway
Dec 1855 Aged 40y; husband of Cyntha; "There are no partings in Heaven"
BERRY Della Birdie (POPPINO) 1909 01 Jan 1932 22y; wife of John Arthur BERRY; dau of George POPPINO. one source gives name as "Birda Dell"
BERRY John Arthur 1905 1934 h/o Della Birdie (POPPINO)
BOSWELL Eliza 1813 15 Dec 1899 86y 3m 17d; wife of Thomas; 2 unmarked graves next to Eliza
BOSWELL Thomas

husband of Eliza
CALL Infant

Son of A. I. & G. A.
CALL Reuben J.
08 Aug 1873 1y 6m 24d; son of A. I. & G. A.
CARTMILL Charles "Charley"


CARTMILL Grover Cleveland 23 Nov 1885 27 Mar 1963 Son of John & Mary (MEARS) CARTMILL. husband of Sylvia (OSBORN). 3 native rocks, unmarked north of Grover Cleveland
CARTMILL John A. 1834 1910 h/o Mary CARTMILL. 4 unmarked graves (rocks) south of John A.
CARTMILL Mary 1849 1929 Wife of John A. CARTMILL.
CHANDLER Albert H. 25 Sep 1864 31 May 1936 2nd h/o Martha 'Mattie' Leann (GENTRY) CORNWELL. Unmarked grave south of A. H.; Unmarked grave north of A. H.
COOPER Infant
Apr 1901 Dau of L. G. & G. M.
COOPER Mickey S.
18 Jun 1873 56y 2m 24d. w/o Rev. A. T. COOPER
COX Riley R.
14 Sep 1897 3y 16d; son of L. E. & M.
CROCKETT Betsy E. 16 Apr 1846 01 May 1912
CROCKETT Betty (MEARS)

Wife of James Harrison CROCKETT Sr.
CROCKETT Eldora (SMITH) 16 Apr 1880 18 Mar 1946 dau of Henry & Mary (LUKEMYERS) SMITH; wife of 1st Oliver BRIGGS & 2nd James H. CROCKETT Jr., 5 graves marked with rocks north of Eldora
CROCKETT Eli 01 Jun 1867 12 Nov 1872 son of James H. CROCKETT
CROCKETT James Harrison,Sr., Corporal 14 Feb 1836 18 Jan 1923 Govt stone: Co C 23 Mo Inf; husband of Betty (MEARS); (grandfather of Pina Poffino Kennedy); born in Ralls Co, MO
CROCKETT James Harrison Jr. 14 Jul 1892 28 May 1947 Son of James Harrison Sr.; 2nd husband of Eldora (SMITH)
CROCKETT Lilly Fae
16 Sep 1883 1y 7d;dau of P. M. & E. A.; Native stone south of Lilly Fae
CROCKETT Sinthy 02 Mar 1871 18 Nov 1874 dau of James H. CROCKETT
CROCKETT W. 21 May 1875 08 Sep 1876 child of James H. CROCKETT
GENTRY Green 08 Mar 1850 16 Jan 1941 Son of Robert; husband of Nancy (MEARS)
GENTRY Nancy (MEARS)
08 Sep 1927 71y; wife of Green; sister of Samuel MEARS
HARTZELL Abram

Govt. stone: Co F 5th Iowa Inf; Sgt
KENNEDY Infant

Son of C. E.
MEARS David
14 Mar 1894 73y 4m 14d
MEARS Elizabeth
13 Aug 1904 82y
MEARS G.
20 Jan 1852 77y 2m 10d; husband of Naomy; (native stone north of G)
MEARS Lewis M. 15 Nov 1849 Dec 1908
MEARS Naomy
22 Sep 1871 86y 4m 22d; wife of G.; (stone is broken)
MEARS Samuel, Jr 09 Jul 1864 05 Mar 1948 Son of Samuel Sr. & Tina MEARS
MEARS Samuel, Sr 14 Sep 1814 01 Apr 1880 h/o Tina
POPPINO Charles B. 1912 1936 Son of Bert & Elizabeth (SMITH) POPPINO.
POPPINO Cliff 09 Mar 1903 19 May 1963 60y;son of George & Virginia "Jennie" (CROCKETT) POPPINO
POPPINO George
06 Jul 1946 73y. son of Jessie & Mary POPPINO. husband of Virginia "Jennie" (CROCKETT). (Schooler funeral marker)
POPPINO Virginia "Jennie" (CROCKETT)
22 Dec 1918 44y. wife of George POPPINO
RALSTON Infant
1914 Dau. of J. O. RALSTON
RITKO Kathaleen (WENSEL) 13 Dec 1914 01 Dec 2004 died in Hemet, CA. d/o Frank & Eva (WARREN) WENSEL. w/o Harold RITKO. Cremated.
SMITH J. William Jinks 21 Sep 1877 01 Mar 1943 Son of John & Prudence; "At rest" husband of 1st Sophia (ALLEY) d. 21 Oct 1921 & 2nd Margaret (BROWN)
SMITH Prudence 1855 1920
WARREN Elizabeth C. (MEEKER) 19 Feb 1852 1940 Wife of Henry; dau of David & Rebecca MEEKER; born in Randolph Co, IN; wife of Henry WARREN; (funeral marker); Native unmarked stone about 20 feet south of Henry; North of Elizabeth is native unmarked stone
WARREN Henry 24 Jan 1842 31 Oct 1904 62y 9m 7d; husband of Elizabeth C. (MEEKER); Govt stone: Co G 129 Ind Inf
WENSEL Eva Mabel (WARREN) 15 Jan 1883 04 Jan 1968 dau of Henry & Kathryn (MEEKER) WARREN; wife of William Franklin "Frank" WENSEL 26 Apr 1894
WENSEL Revera Rachel 26 Nov 1901 11 Dec 1901 Infant dau. of William Franklin & Eva Mabel (WARREN) WENSEL
WENSEL William Franklin "Frank" 1870 26 Jun 1938 68y; husband of Eva Mabel (WARREN) 26 Apr 1894
WINGER Alvin 1890 30 Jun 1913 Son of Seigel
WINGER Seigel

(no dates)

This material transcribed from the written records by Julie Jolly.
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