Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery - near Americus, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 45.525 W 091° 37.745
15S E 619114 N 4290897
Find-A-Grave has it as Bluffton, MO-another ghost town, but is closer to Americus.
Waymark Code: WM12HRB
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2020
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County of cemetery: Montgomery County
Location of cemetery: Bethany Church Rd., about 1 mile S. of MO-K, 1 mile W. of MO-P, Americus
Number of grave: 250

Token Tombstone:

FISCHER

RICHARD D.
FEB. 5, 1924 --- AUG. 19, 2000

RICHARD DAVID FISCHER
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
FEB 5, 1924 - AUG. 19, 2000

This cemetery has 7 steel welded home-made tombstone...and I found four "cairn" tombstone. The ones from very long ago where a rock was put at the head of the grave and the deceased persons "mark" was placed on it. You know and "X" of a squiggle ...no names no dates.

"Bethany Baptist Church: In west Loutre Township, north of Bluffton. Organized in 1870. A Bible name (Mat. 21:17) meaning "house of unripe dates." In this village Jesus often visited in the home of friends." ~ History of Montgomery County, 1885, Goodspeed, p. 758

Name of church or churchyard: Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery

Approximate Size: Large (100+)
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