Fairview Cemetery - Lincoln County, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 03.101 W 091° 10.398
15S E 658067 N 4324099
Formerly the Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMW27R
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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County of cemetery: Lincoln COunty
Location of cemetery: MO-0 & Fairview Church Rd.,
Number of graves: 227

A very old cemetery, seems inactive
Only two signs, none that could be called a named sign.
Text of those signs:
(1) -

Donations are need
for mowing cemetery
Darlene Zumwalt Hammett
42 DAVIS RD.
TRY, MO 63379
(2) -
I have taken over
The care of Fairview
Cemetery need donation
for mowing
Darlene Zumwalt Hammett
42 Davis Road
Troy, MO 63379


Fairview:
"The post-office was discontinued in 1905." ~ General Scheme of Missouri, 1905, Taft, for the use of Railway Mail Clerks, page 61

"Fairview was situated on Section 31, Township 50 N, Range 3 W" - Plat Map of Missouri, 1894, Rand McNally

Fairview Baptist Church - In the southeast part of Nineveh Township. It was organized in 1845 as the Bethlehem Baptist Church, and so named for the Biblical town where Christ was born (Mat. 2:1). In 1875 Old Prairie and Bethlehem Churches united and formed Fairview Baptist Church, and in that year the present place of worship was erected two miles southeast of the old site and named for the town." ~ History of Lincoln County, 1888,Goodspeed, page 476; Williams N.E. MISSOURI I, Williams, page 402; Rev. O.A. Gordon; Mrs. W.F. Guinn

Name of church or churchyard: Fairview Baptist Church

Approximate Size: Large (100+)

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