Jonesburg City Cemetery - Jonesburg, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 51.012 W 091° 18.155
15S E 647296 N 4301522
Find A Grave lists as 997 grave sites, but this is much larger
Waymark Code: WMR1CA
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2016
Views: 3
County of cemetery: Montgomery County
Location of cemetery: Railroad Ave., Jonesburg:
Number of grave sites: approx 2,250
No cemetery web site as far as I can tell, the city does not have a web site either.
The entrance columns for the cemetery were erected by the Hardin Camp Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1915
The were repaired and rebuilt by the Jonesburg Garden Club using individual contributions in 1955
One of the interred is a fallen Marine, Cpl. Richard Scott Haymes. With family permission the Warren County Marine Corps League named their detachment after him. He was a Warrenton kid, graduated from Warrenton High School, and is also featured in the book Vietnam MEDAVAC" by Walt Wisniewski. He died of wounds received in the care of others.