Sherman Obelisk - Linn Cemetery - Wentzville, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 48.232 W 090° 51.158
15S E 686466 N 4297202
The largest obelisk in the cemetery
Waymark Code: WM167KD
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2022
Views: 2
County of obelisk: St. Charles County Location of obelisk: MO-Z & S. Linn Ave., Linn Cemetery, Wentzville
There are several people named on this obelisk The top of this obelisk had at one point been broken off, and has since been repaired.
Tombstone Text:
(Proper South): WESLEY W. SHERMAN
NOV. 27. 1836 _ OCT. 10. 1914 NONE KNEW THEE BUT TO LOVE THEE ______ JOSEPHINE D. SHERMAN FEB. 27. 1843 _ SEPT. 8. 1920 SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD
(Proper West): LULU CORALINE Daughter of WESLEY & JOSEPHINE SHERMAN Born: Feb. 5, 1864, Died Dec. 10, 1885 [cursive script unreadable]
(Proper East): IRA MORTON Son of
JAS. & MINNIE SHERMAN HARE JAN. 2, 1808 - DEC. 6, 1904 THY MEMORY SHALL EVER BE A GUIDIGNG START TO HEAVEN ---------
MINNIE SHERMAN HARE JULY 10, 1866 JUNE 22, 1926 A MOTHER ALWAYS
(Proper North): MARY ANGELINE Wife of IRA SHERMAN Born Apr. 5, 1819 Died March 8, 1885 [unreadable script] ------ IRA SHERMAN Born Aug. 4, 1813 Died June 9, 1886 [more mostly unreadable script]
Date Created/Placed: 1885
Address: S. Linn Ave.,
Wentzville, MO 63385
Height: 12 feet
Illuminated: no
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