Arrow Rock Cemetery - Arrow Rock, Missouri
Posted by: 
BruceS
N 39° 03.948 W 092° 57.507
15S E 503594 N 4324079
Quick Description: Town cemetery for the historic town of Arrow Rock, Missouri.
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 4/22/2007 8:04:31 PM
Waymark Code: WM1EVT
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Long Description:
Cemeteries are hallowed places, they connect us to our past,
to those who have given us life. Perhaps you are here today
to pay honor to one of your ancestors, or to ponder the question,
"What kind of people have called Arrow Rock home?"
Were they like Joseph and Benjamin Hurston, builders of
businesses, or John Locke Hardeman, agriculturalists! Perhaps they
raised children amidst person tragedies like Mary Amend Bingham,
mother of famed artist George Caleb Bingham. Some families
have generations of members buried here, others were buried
singularly as they journeyed westward and fell victim to disease
and hardship. Honor each grave. This is our
heritage.
The original one one acre that created the Arrow Rock
Cemetery was purchased by the Town Board on May 19, 1849, for
$20.00. Additional lands were added in 1868 and 1928. The
Town Board turned over the administration of the cemetery to a
group of volunteer ladies on April 12, 1911. They formed the
Arrow Rock Cemetery Association which is still in operation
today. The first president was Mrs. John McGuffin ~ text
of historical marker at entrance
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