Dillon Cemetery, Grundy County, MO

This cemetery is located in Liberty Township; S13-T62N-R23W. It is about 1/4 mile east of the road in what be a wooded pasture, except that it is fenced expensively with a steel mesh fence six feet high. Enclosure is about 50 ft x 70 ft, mowed, and planted with trees & flowers (1964). The cemetery was recorded by Mrs. B. F. Hoover and Mrs. O. L. Livingston. There is a footstone for each headstone; however, some footstones are out of the ground. It is said there is one unmarked grave outside the fence to the east.

ALLEN Francis Ann 21  May  1838 11  Sep  1879 41y 5m 22d; 3rd wife of Daniel W. ALLEN 03 Aug 1879; her 1st husband-William P. DILLON
BEST Charles H.
19 Dec 1868 1y 9m 25d; son of T. B. & M.
DILLON William P. 29 Mar 1827 19 Sep 1875 48y 3m 20d; 1st husband of Francis Ann (UNKNOWN) ALLEN
DILLON Edna
12 Jan 1887 16y 3m 11d; dau of William P. & Francis Ann
DILLON Infant 12 Jul 1859 12 Jul 1859 dau of William P. & Francis Ann
DILLON Infant 08 Jul 1861 08 Jul 1861 dau of William P. & Francis Ann
DILLON Infant 09 Apr 1857 09 Apr 1857 dau of William P. & Francis Ann
DILLON Infant 03 Apr 1863 03 Apr 1863 dau of William P. & Francis Ann
DILLON Jacob Rile 1856 1921 first buried in IOOF Cemetery because of muddy roads, later removed to Dillon Cem; husband 1st of Maggie (DOWNING); 2nd of Lillian VAN HORN
DILLON Maggie (DOWNING)
10 Dec 1890 31y 7m; 1st wife of Jacob R.; "Blessed in the sight of the Lord are the death of the saints"
DILLON Glennie
25 Mar 1888 4y 4m 5d; dau of Jacob Rile & Maggie (DOWNING) DILLON
KIRK Francis M. 01 Jun 1861 01 Jun 1861 son of H. P. & M. A.
LESLIE George 17 May 1819 21 Sep 1895 husband of Phoebe (CHRISMAN) 25 Apr 1841. Co B 23 Mo Inf. [also recorded buried Black Oak Cem.]

This material transcribed from the written records by Larry Flesher.
Copyright © 1997-2008 Grundy County, MO Genealogical Society; reproduced here with their permission.

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