North Cemetery - Labadie, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 31.733 W 090° 51.055
15S E 687331 N 4266687
This North cemetery sits between the Methodist church and the Rail Road tracks. Right behind the Labadie Post Office on small hill.
Waymark Code: WMY16K
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2018
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County of cemetery: Franklin County
Location of cemetery: 3rd St. & Washington St., behind post office, Labadie
Number of graves: 36+
"The James North family pioneered and improved a
sizable farm; Flavius North, of the second generation, expanded on
this base to become one of the county's wealthiest farmers, and one of
the major tobacco producers in the antebellum years.
"In addition to farming, James North
established a tannery, built the first water mill in the county, and
practiced medicine. Following their arrival in Franklin County about
1817, the North family earned a promenent position in the county
gentry, who supplied most of the early leaders and established a
social and political influence which persisted for many years. James
and Flavius North held state and county offices of public trust
throughout their lives. Over generations, the family contributed to
the progress of the county as physicians, lawyers, farmers, and teachers.
"Goodspeed's history states that James North was drowned in the creek near his
mill. This was in September of 1836; his son Jabez died in the same year, and
Catherine Clark North in 1839. Burials were in the family cemetery, then
on their farm but now located in the village Labadie." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
Labadie Creek was named for a French trapper/hunter, "L'Abbadie" and the town after the creek. L'Abbadie" translated into English means: "lost in the cave in the vicility."