Old Salem Cemetery - Reform, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 47.237 W 091° 45.707
15S E 607541 N 4293899
There once was a Baptist Church here, and this was its cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMXRHK
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2018
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County of cemetery: Callaway County
Location of cemetery: MO-0, about 1½ miles E. of MO-CC, Reform
Number of graves sites: over 120
Someone is caring for the cemetery, from the signs in other cemeteries in this county...the county takes responsibility for old cemeteries. No a standard thing in other counties.
I viewed old photos in a historic archives, and many were knocked over, when I visited in person, most of the damaged ones were upright and repaired...
One famous person, well, famous in history...is buried here, Richard B. Jackson, Door-Keeper for the Missouri Legislature and Marshal for the Missouri Supreme Court.
"The church is mentioned in the 1884 History of Callaway County as being organized in
1820 or 1821. Ruth Upp wrote in her presentation “Early Church in Callaway County”
that the church organized on May 31, 1818 in the home of Rev. William Coats, with a
long church constructed in 1820. According to Upp the original “church building was
made of hewn logs, was very tall, had a shingle roof, a rough floor, and was pointed with
mortar made of lime and sand. Seats were made by splitting longs and putting legs on
them.” The 1884 county history notes that this original building was still in use, though
covered in weatherboard. The old log building was in ruins by c. 1913." ~ Missouri Department of Natural Resources