Miriam Cemetery - Bethany, MO
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N 40° 16.473 W 094° 02.324
15T E 411689 N 4458747
Originally called I.O.O.F Miriam Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMJER5
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2013
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County of Cemetery: Harrison County
location of Cemetery: 12th St. & River St., Bethany
Number of Graves: 5,035
One famous interment: Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss
"Civil War Union Major General. Born in Belleville, Virginia, at the beginning of the Civil War he organized a company of volunteers and was appointed Colonel of the 7th Illinois Regiment. In May 1861, he was promoted Brigadier General served in southern Missouri and routed a large body of Confederates at Mount Zion. At the Battle of Shiloh, on the first day he was taken prisoner with most of his command. He was prisoner released in October, 1862, appointed Major General and commanded the post at Helena, Arkansas until he resigned his commission on October 28, 1863." ~ Find a Grave
The Miriam/I.O.O.F. Cemetery was established in 1870. It is located in the northwest portion of the city of Bethany, and is generally considered the City Cemetery. Although it was formally established as the Miriam-I.O.O.F Cemetery in 1870, the original Miriam Cemetery dates back to the 1850s.
Due to its size, the Miriam / I.O.O.F. Cemetery was surveyed in segments. Each portion will include a description of its location in the cemetery. Each segment is alphabetized by surname.
Part One of the survey was conducted on Dec 10, 2002 by Phil & Kathi Stewart and is of burials along the very western edge of the cemetery, from the southwest corner, north to the section that is directly west of the maintenance building.