I.O.O.F. Miriam Cemetery - Bethany, Mo.
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N 40° 16.376 W 094° 02.412
15T E 411562 N 4458569
This Odd Fellows Cemetery is located at 12th & River Streets in Bethany, Mo.
Waymark Code: WMMD8J
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2014
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The Cemetery is named after the Lodge #129 - Miriam - that is located in Bethany. According to Find a Grave:
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"• View all interments (4,807)
• 40% photographed.
• 1 famous interment"
The famous internment is Major General Benjamin Prentiss:
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"Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss (November 23, 1819 – February 8, 1901) was an American soldier and politician. He fought in the Mexican-American War and on the Union side of the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major general."
There is a small veterans memorial near the flagpole and the building.