This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Woods, O'Dell, Odell, Warner, Moore, Crowley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hMB.2ACI/850.3 Message Board Post: Fishing River Twp straddles the Clay/Ray County line. Folks who lived there were often buried in Odell Cemetery (Ray Co near Elkhorn), Fairview (Liberty, Clay co), New Hope (Liberty, Clay Co), Enon Cemetery (Ray Co), New Garden (Ray Co), Old New Garden (Ray Co), Pisgah (Excelsior Springs-in Clay I think), Crowley (Rayville, Ray Co), Moore (Clay). The terrain in much of this area is steep and rocky and was tough to travel in horse & buggy so where you were buried often depended on which side of the hills you lived on and what season (and year) it was. A good "rule of thumb" when looking for folks in Fishing River Twp is to check both Ray and Clay counties of Missouri. ----- History of the O'Dell Cemetery From the Daily Standard Excelsior Springs, Missouri August 19. 1936. Mrs. Jane O'Dell Warner deeded this spot of two and one-half acres on a pretty western slope to the county for a free burying ground for the public. There we do not need to "bargain for the graves we lie in" as the poet once said. No lots are sold. It is located 7 miles southwest of Excelsior Springs, Mo., a short distance from No. 10 Highway. The place forms a resting place for persons in the different walks of life. Several Civil War veterans such as John Woods, Jake Woods, Isaac Woods, Joseph Woods.