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 Masonic Cemetery - Farmington, Missouri Posted by:  BruceS
N 37° 46.556 W 090° 25.208
15S E 727212 N 4184089
Cemetery in Farmington, Missouri where first protestant church and first Sunday school west of the Mississippi River were located.
Waymark Code: WMJ30X
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2013
Views: 2
"In the northeast corner of the MASONIC CEMETERY, Henry St. five blocks S. of the square, is a white marble shaft marking the site of a log church in which "the first Sunday School west of the Mississippi River was organized and taught by Sarah Barton Murphy in the year 1805." Mrs. Murphy Is said to have gone about on horseback, asking parents to send their children to her on Sundays. She kept them all day, fed them, and taught them Bible lessons, singing, reading, and writing. Mrs. Murphy's grave is a few yards south of the shaft. David Barton, Missouri's first Senator, was a nephew of Sarah Barton Murphy." - Missouri: A Guide to the "Show Me" State, Tour 7, pg. 453.
The shaft mentioned is still present in the cemetery at the location indicated (coordinates for waymark are at the shaft) The cemetery is not maintained very well and is getting overgrown. It appears it is mostly inactive with a few burials in last few years.
Book: Missouri
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 453
Year Originally Published: 1941
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