Arrow Rock Cemetery
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BruceS
N 39° 03.948 W 092° 57.507
15S E 503594 N 4324079
Historic marker commemorating the town cemetery for Arrow Rock, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM1EVP
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2007
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Cemeteries are hallowed places, they connect us to our past, to those who
have given us life. Perhaps you are here today to pay honor to one of your
ancestors, or to ponder the question, "What kind of people have called Arrow
Rock home?"
Were they like Joseph and Benjamin Hurston, builders of businesses, or
John Locke Hardeman, agriculturalists! Perhaps they raised children amidst
person tragedies like Mary Amend Bingham, mother of famed artist George Caleb
Bingham. Some families have generations of members buried here, others
were buried singularly as they journeyed westward and fell victim to disease and
hardship. Honor each grave. This is our heritage.
The original one one acre that created the Arrow Rock Cemetery was
purchased by the Town Board on May 19, 1849, for $20.00. Additional lands were
added in 1868 and 1928. The Town Board turned over the administration of
the cemetery to a group of volunteer ladies on April 12, 1911. They formed
the Arrow Rock Cemetery Association which is still in operation today. The
first president was Mrs. John McGuffin ~ text of marker