Hello everyone, I am just back at home in Australia after a couple of months wandering around Missouri (and London and Paris). While in Shannon County, I visited several cemeteries where my ancestors are buried. First was Summer Cemetery at Ink. Its not easy to find unless you know just where to go. Despite its remote location, it is well kept and still in use. My greatgrandfather Warren Newton Burnett was buried there in 1925. He had married (second marriage) one Mary Stringer in 1884, and a number of her family are buried there, explaining why he wound up there rather than Munsell where, given Burnett family connections, one would have expected him to be. Next to other Stringer graves dating from the 1920s and 30s are two graves marked only with unengraved rough stones. Given the coincidence of family names and dates, I am convinced that there lies my greatgrandfather and his second wife. Another hard-to-find cemetery is that at Rector. Also beautifully kept and still in use, there lies my great uncle Grover Cleveland Wilson, his Terrill relations (he married Anna Terrill), and a young Wilson relative. Some of you may remember our amusement at a nice little pink granite stone in the Delmar Cemetery (on 106 highway between Eminence and Ellington), bearing only the inscription "Aunt Puss" with no dates. This turns out to be the tombstone of Mary Katherine Shelton who died on 14 February 1930. She never married and lived most of her adult life minding children and housekeeping for various of the Thompson families of the area. So there are a few tidbits for our archives. Of less interest to our topic, I stayed at a small comfortable hotel in Paris near the Pere La Chaise cemetery, and very much enjoyed a stroll through this very large, old place established in the very early 19th century. Among the resting places of the famous that stopped me for moments of silent reflection were Oscar Wilde, Frederic Chopin, Vicenzo Bellini, Edith Piaf, Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, Adelina Patti, Sarah Bernhart, Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas, and perhaps most impressive of all, the transferred effigies of 12th century lovers Heloise and Abelard. Best regards to everyone, Ron Burnett Melbourne, Australia ron@cryptic.rch.unimelb.edu.au

Ron - I'm not sure I noticed previously that you have Stringers in your family. Mine are rather across the house, but are also classmates and their parents that I grew up with in Willow Springs, Howell County, Mo. There was a large family, and they were all very athletic. First, or oldest, I have is Finis Henry Stringer, born in probably Kentucky, July 12 1841. He had enlisted in the Civil War at Bowling Green, Ky and came to Missouri in 1884. Do you know if your Stringer(s) came West with other family members? Bonnie KAY County, Okla look-ups, Cemetery Inscriptions, Ponca City High School Alumni lists New WebSite: http://oslo.okcomputer.org/hoisington/kayco/okkay.htm CRAIG Co. Ok. - Vol 3 Heritage of Craig County bios plus Bluejacket Cem. Inscrpt. HOWELL Co, Mo. - Cem. Inscrpt. - Marriages 1866-1903 - and more. TEXAS Co, Mo. - Cem. Inscrpt. - 2 Vol Heritage bios MERCER Co, Mo. - 2 Vol Pioneer Traces CHRISTIAN Co, Ill - Cem. Inscrpt.- Marriages 1839-1902 CEDAR Co. Mo. - Cem. Inscrpt. LINCOLN, WARREN, ST CHAS. Mo. - some bios MISC - Reads LOVING-LOVAN book: Musick's COTTLE book; OZARK REGION Reminiscent History Bonnie Johnson @ Wichita, Ks bonniej@southwind.net Web Site: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~grandpasletters/ Collection of letters, cards, pictures from 1880s-1920s found in G-Grandpa's desk in Howell Co, Mo Marilyn's URL for Eskies: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/KS37.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Burnett" <ron@cryptic.rch.unimelb.edu.au> To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 2:07 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Cemeteries: Summer, Rector, Delmar > Hello everyone, > > I am just back at home in Australia after a couple of months > wandering around Missouri (and London and Paris). > > While in Shannon County, I visited several cemeteries where > my ancestors are buried. First was Summer Cemetery at Ink. > Its not easy to find unless you know just where to go. Despite > its remote location, it is well kept and still in use. My greatgrandfather > Warren Newton Burnett was buried there in 1925. He had married > (second marriage) one Mary Stringer in 1884, and a number of > her family are buried there, explaining why he wound up there > rather than Munsell where, given Burnett family connections, one > would have expected him to be. > > Next to other Stringer graves dating from the 1920s and 30s are > two graves marked only with unengraved rough stones. Given > the coincidence of family names and dates, I am convinced that > there lies my greatgrandfather and his second wife. > > Another hard-to-find cemetery is that at Rector. Also beautifully > kept and still in use, there lies my great uncle Grover Cleveland > Wilson, his Terrill relations (he married Anna Terrill), and a young > Wilson relative. > > Some of you may remember our amusement at a nice little pink > granite stone in the Delmar Cemetery (on 106 highway between > Eminence and Ellington), bearing only the inscription "Aunt Puss" > with no dates. This turns out to be the tombstone of Mary > Katherine Shelton who died on 14 February 1930. She never > married and lived most of her adult life minding children and > housekeeping for various of the Thompson families of the area. > > So there are a few tidbits for our archives. > > Of less interest to our topic, I stayed at a small comfortable hotel in > Paris near the Pere La Chaise cemetery, and very much enjoyed > a stroll through this very large, old place established in the very early > 19th century. Among the resting places of the famous that stopped > me for moments of silent reflection were Oscar Wilde, Frederic Chopin, > Vicenzo Bellini, Edith Piaf, Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, Adelina > Patti, Sarah Bernhart, Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas, and perhaps most > impressive of all, the transferred effigies of 12th century lovers Heloise > and Abelard. > > Best regards to everyone, > Ron Burnett > Melbourne, Australia > ron@cryptic.rch.unimelb.edu.au > > > >

At 15:50 10/11/2002 -0600, Bonnie L. Johnson wrote: >Ron - I'm not sure I noticed previously that you have Stringers in >your family. I don't, really. I should have a little more specific about this. Warren Newton Burnett is the father of my grandfather, Edmond Burnett, born 1879. Edmond's mother was, I believe, a Hattie Simmons, although I have no records for this (just a casual mention by my father many years ago). Apparently, Edmond's mother died at his birth, or shortly afterwards, and Warren Newton came with his infant son to Shannon County. We are not sure where they came from, but family anecdote suggests somewhere in Arkansas. Not long after their arrival in Shannon County (Eminence), Warren Newton Burnett married a Mary Stringer (in 1884). There is no record or family knowledge of any children by this second marriage. We know that Warren Newton Burnett died in 1925 at Eminence, and was buried in an unmarked grave at Summer (Summers?) cemetery at Ink. Now that I know about the marriage to Mary Stringer, and that many of her relatives are buried there, it is logical to assume (indeed, I am convinced) that the two unmarked graves in the midst of all the Stringer graves of the 1920s/30s is indeed my greatgrandfather and his second wife. It would be lovely to have independant confirmation of this, but I'm satisfied, in my heart (he speaks to me!) that he's there. Now .... I want to find where he came from, where and when he was born, and who his parents were, and something about his first wife Hattie Simmons (or did Dad say Summers? An intriguing thought.) So that's my (very tenuous) connection to the Stringers. All the best from a balmy, bright warm day down under, Ron P.S. My records show a Mary (aka Mollie) Stringer was the daughter of Harrison Tyler (Tip) Stringer (1840/1910) and Rebecca McHenry. Tip and Rebecca were apparently married in Shannon County on 28 September 1866, and had 7 children (Leta, Levi, Ada, Harrison, Mary, Tom and George). Whether it was this Mary (Mollie) who married my greatgrandfather, or Tom Stringer's widow (Mary Etta Boyd), I don't know.