All of you Joeseph and Elizabeth Rooks who came to Grundy i abt 1838 , lived and died as did many of their 15 ch and families and thewir descendants. Severla Rooks ch and or descendnats of them were mar to ch and descend, of the JOHN SCOTT who was a pioneer there. So lets all see what we can do to help raise fiunds for preserving this Cemetery which boasts of some of our ancestors. Maxine Wilton. Descen of Wm "Billie" Rooks and Mahala Smithson and dau Millie Maxine Rooks who died in Colfax, Whitman Co Wa in 30 Oct 1925 at age 79 yrs and some days haveing been b 6/7 Oct 1846 Grundy Co Mo. Mahala , her mother also died there abt 1855 to 1859 Marion TWP. Maxine Wilton in Roy Wa. mmwaw@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Charles Crow <chuck@annsmith.com> To: MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com <MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, June 20, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: [MOGRUNDY-L] old city cem >if the old city cem is the one that is listed in the cemetery list, then >there are several people burried there that had significant input into >trenton, mo...james r. merrill donated quite a large amount of land for >trenton...he was a judge and one of the earliest settlers of the county...i >dont believe that the folks that are burried there were passers by and died >on the trail... > >----- >the following was copied from the opening paragraph of the grundy county web >site... >Before white men settled in Grundy County, it was occupied as a hunting >ground by tribes of Sac, Sioux, and Pottawottomie Indians. No obtainable >record or tradition exists of a permanent settlement being made until 1833, >when General W. P. THOMPSON settled near the Grand River. Among the first >settlers in the vicinity of the present site of Trenton were: James R. >MERRILL, Samuel BENSON, John THRAILKILL, Levi MOORE, William COCHRAN, Jewitt >NORRIS, John SCOTT, and Daniel DeVAUL, plus the PERRY, GRUBB, and METCALF >families. > >the following was taken form the top of the cem listing on the grundy web >site... >This cemetery is regarded as Trenton´s first burial place and was the only >public cemetery in the area prior to 1870. It holds numerous Grundy County >pioneers and Civil War veterans, although many old records of the graves are >lost. An Association was formed in 1924 to preserve and maintain the >cemetery, and there were few available lots after 1934. It is located at the >south end of Ridgeway Street at the old entrance of the Riverside Country >Club. > >Old City was catalogued in 1955 by the following members of the Methodist >Church M.Y.F.: Joe Seymour, Dennie Irwin, Linda Chapin, Chester Hatfield, >Raymond Adams, James Coffman, Pattie Nichals, Mary Lou Hill, Sandra >Skidmore, Mary Ann Laffoon and Barbara Kemptan. Additional names and >notations have since been added, so please be aware of possible errors. > >------- > >i, for one, would be willing to contribute to a fund to maintain this >historical area...it may even qualify for some kind of historical >preservation grants...since james r merrill gave the land to the city, maybe >the city could chip in to save the memories of one of its founding >fathers... > >keep me posted on the subject... > >thanks > >chuck crow > > >

if the old city cem is the one that is listed in the cemetery list, then there are several people burried there that had significant input into trenton, mo...james r. merrill donated quite a large amount of land for trenton...he was a judge and one of the earliest settlers of the county...i dont believe that the folks that are burried there were passers by and died on the trail... ----- the following was copied from the opening paragraph of the grundy county web site... Before white men settled in Grundy County, it was occupied as a hunting ground by tribes of Sac, Sioux, and Pottawottomie Indians. No obtainable record or tradition exists of a permanent settlement being made until 1833, when General W. P. THOMPSON settled near the Grand River. Among the first settlers in the vicinity of the present site of Trenton were: James R. MERRILL, Samuel BENSON, John THRAILKILL, Levi MOORE, William COCHRAN, Jewitt NORRIS, John SCOTT, and Daniel DeVAUL, plus the PERRY, GRUBB, and METCALF families. the following was taken form the top of the cem listing on the grundy web site... This cemetery is regarded as Trenton´s first burial place and was the only public cemetery in the area prior to 1870. It holds numerous Grundy County pioneers and Civil War veterans, although many old records of the graves are lost. An Association was formed in 1924 to preserve and maintain the cemetery, and there were few available lots after 1934. It is located at the south end of Ridgeway Street at the old entrance of the Riverside Country Club. Old City was catalogued in 1955 by the following members of the Methodist Church M.Y.F.: Joe Seymour, Dennie Irwin, Linda Chapin, Chester Hatfield, Raymond Adams, James Coffman, Pattie Nichals, Mary Lou Hill, Sandra Skidmore, Mary Ann Laffoon and Barbara Kemptan. Additional names and notations have since been added, so please be aware of possible errors. ------- i, for one, would be willing to contribute to a fund to maintain this historical area...it may even qualify for some kind of historical preservation grants...since james r merrill gave the land to the city, maybe the city could chip in to save the memories of one of its founding fathers... keep me posted on the subject... thanks chuck crow

My parents were born in 1900 in MO and they found nothing charming about a cemetery that was not kept mowed and cleaned up. It was disrespectful to their loved ones that died. Mom and Dad went back to MO and even put in new stones 40 years later so that grandpa and grandma's grave site could always be found for the next generations. I feel the only ones that were buried in tall prairie grass were the ones that died on the trail and the ones who had no relatives or the relatives didn't know where they were buried. I know the people back then kept up the graves on their land. I believe the people who want prairie grass should grow it in their yards and on their own grounds. Just mine and my parents and grandparents opinions. The pictures of the log cabins with my grandparents in front of them in the 1800's didn't show any tall prairie grass close to them so they must not have been too homesick for it. Juanita Jones Johnson << I have visited some of these cemeteries in Missouri and actually found the tall prairie grass--charming(?). I mean, I felt like was walking into a different time period when tall prai >>

To: Roger Brick, Well, you put up a good case. HOWEVER, if they intend to leave the cemetery in three foot high grasses (prairie or otherwise), wouldn't it be nice to mow it or burn it off, as you do with your adopted cemetery, for summer visitors? Couldn't the City at least do that much? The early settlers who are buried there were all contributors to this city as well as the county. Some day, the city MIGHT like to know who they were. I still think there is a lot of excuse in that ..."letting it go to it's natural state". Perhaps the City has no responsibility to maintain commercial cemeteries, but then, why is this called The Old City Cemetery? If it truly was a "City Cemetery", I think they do have some responsibility. To: Jack Wilford, Thanks for the addresses. I shall at least write a letter to the Mayor. Maybe others will join me. Harriet Murphy Awapara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/295.2 Message Board Post: Dear David, In maryland under Somerset and Wicomico County Marriage licenses 1796-1832 go to the grooms section and go to Smith's list Smith Edward m. Horsey Waller Nancy 04 Jun 1799 >From relatives they gave me info. the family of Horsey Smith: 6 children 1. Elisabeth 2. Hiram 3. Sally 4. Nancy 5. Edward 6. Ellen I can't find Horsey Smith anywhere and the wording makes me think that they were surnames. So I looked in Maryland genweb info. and came to the info.above. Jon Chenoweth (web master) helped me connect the Smith's, Chenowths, and Gibbs were all in same county in Ohio! Grundy Co. MO. genweb has land and tax info. Hiram and Edward Smith (I hope are the right family) they buy property in 1838 and 1856. On the tax list Edward is first and underneath him is Hiram. There are too many similar info. that makes me think they are all related in Grundy. I don't know how to get probate info for Edward and Nancy because I don't know where they died at. I also believe some generations came out to Oregon too. I haven't looked at this site until just today. It isn't my usual looking grounds. So I hope this is enough info. to help. Sincerely, Carol Wright Peace on Earth

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wright, Bailey, Gibbs, Hardrege, Sharon, Horsey, and Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/295.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Alan, I found a marriage listing in Maryland. Our relatives came from Maryland. I believe this fits your request. I don't usually look in this area, it is by chance today or God is leading me to you. You will need to go to Gen Web Maryland and go to marriages: Somerset and Wicomico Counties Somerset County Marriage Licenses 1796-1832 If you wish to see it yourself type in families of Horsey and Smith and go down to Smith listing for grooms it is easier and you will see Edward Smith m. Nancy Waller Horsey June 4 1799. I believe of their children they had Nancy W. Smith who m. Barna G. Gibbs Senior. We need to find Edward Smith's probate to see if he had daughters Elisabeth and Nancy. Through relatives help we have found that from the family of Horsey Smith, six children were born: 1. Elisabeth 2. Hiram 3. Sally 4. Nancy 5. Edward 6. Ellen Some of the family must have stayed together in some places. My theory with the help of Jon Chenoweth's help (the webmaster to Chenoweth's) is that maybe Elisabeth, Hiram, Nancy, and Edward and the others went to Ohio, MO. and some to OR. but I can't prove this. Jon did know that the Gibbs, Smiths, and Chenoweth's are in Ohio. I found some info on land info. that they also went to Grundy Co. MO. I don't know where Edward and Nancy are buried nor how to get probates in Ohio or MO. So someone closer needs to help in those states. Sincerely, Carol Wright Peace on Earth

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROBINSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/581 Message Board Post: Looking for information about Elisha Robinson b. 1790 MD. Had a land grant for Grundy Co., from 1857. Can be found in the Marion Township for census years 1860 & 1870. His wife was Sarah b. 1799 OH. Looking for information about when they died and where they are buried. Researching my g-g-grandpa John Logan Robinson, one of their sons, he went on to CA. Another son Edward is buried in the Brooks Cemetery in Grundy Co.

I have lurked in the background watching this thread and have decided to put in my two cents worth. I am Roger Brick and I live in Chillicothe (20 miles south of Trenton) I am also the first cousin of the list owner. (so be nice.) I am a member of Livingston County Abandoned Cemetery Association and have adopted a Native Grass Cemetery (Macedonia, about 1.2 acres and established about 1849) in Livingston County and have maintained it for about 6 years. (FYI Livingston County has 114 cemeteries and 43 are classified as abandoned) What makes everyone think that a cemetery should be neatly mowed with neat rows of stones? These old cemeteries were native prairie grass when they were started and most likely were only cut once a year (with a hand scythe) or burned off by the families of the people buried there. Pathways were cut to the gravesites when burials that occurred when the grass was high. One reason that these cemeteries contain native prairie grasses is that they have never been exposed to modern farming techniques. The cemetery that I take care of is on highway 65 and has very easy access. So easy, that it has been vandalized 6 times since 1964. I am happy to say that it has not been vandalized since I have started to take care of it. I round up a crew and burn it off every other spring after I carefully mow or weedeat around each stone to maintain a 2 or 3 foot barrier from the fire. I then keep it mowed neatly until about the middle of June so that relatives will have easy access to their ancestors graves around Memorial Day. I then let it grow up until the next spring. The tall grass grows 4 to 5 feet high and (in my opinion looks nice, is animal friendly and keeps vandals out) The Old City Cemetery in Trenton is very accessible to vandalism due to its location by the golf course and close to town. If allowing the grass to grow discourages any late night visits by kids then it is worth the trouble. Another positive aspect is there is less damage to stones from constant maintaince. There has been more damage to stones in these old cemeteries from well-intended maintence than from any other cause. If you are interested in the information contained on the stones in a cemetery, support the local genealogical society and encourage the sharing of information that will remain long after you are gone and the stones in the cemetery are turned to dust. That information could be in digital pictures, readings of the cemeteries preserved in electronic media, and in printed form. Roger O. Brick, D.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jorge Awapara" <jawapara@ruf.rice.edu> To: <MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:07 AM Subject: [MOGRUNDY-L] Old City Cemetery | Hello Grundy County group, | | I am wondering if there ARE any folks out there in Trenton who even look at | this list. Maybe not.. I am wondering if it would do any good for all of | us interested in this to write or e-mail or call the Mayor's office in | Trenton? or perhaps some county office to ask if something can't be done to | improve the situation in that cemetery. Does anyone know what county | office should be contacted? Does anyone know who the mayor of Trenton is. | I agree with Maxine that it is only an excuse to do nothing to put up a | sign saying it is a prairie grass restoration area. Please ... why in the | cemetery for heavens sake? It is really inexcusable! | | Harriet M. Awapara | |

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scott, Bacon, Shank, Milner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/286.1 Message Board Post: Hello Victor, My research shows that Charles W. SCOTT is my maternal G-G-Grandfather. His son, Charles Sheridan Scott married Elizabeth Ellen Milner and they migrated to Oklahoma ca. 1900. I believe the son Porter Scott is really Peter Scott b. April 27, 1877. And he is just one of nine siblings of Charles & Sally. Would love to share information with you. Sam Shank Littleton, Co. samshank@uswest.net

Here is the weebpage for the Missouri laws governing cemeteries. http://www.moga.state.mo.us/statutes/chapters/chap214.htm I have visited some of these cemeteries in Missouri and actually found the tall prairie grass--charming(?). I mean, I felt like was walking into a different time period when tall prairie grasses were everywhere. (The preservation of prairie grass is considered important in the Midwest, since it has almost vanished.) Searching through the tall grass in the cemetery (in this case, Chestnut Cemetery in Mercer Co) was exciting--I had to really search! Of course, the chance of missing a stone was a problem, too. I've made this sound way too romantic, because I also remember getting stung by a wasp which had built it's nest in the grass. I was told that these cemeteries have yearly cleanings where locals get together and burn off the grass, clear out the weeds, etc. I think this is prior to Memorial Day. I believe those interested in cemetery cleaning should especially look at section 214.020 of the above website. If you are researching NORTON, GOTT, THARP, MCATEE, GAY, BETZ, HARPER, SHIRLEY, RATLIFF, Marmaduke SCOTT

Here are some addresses : Trenton Administrator 1100 Main St. Trenton, Mo. 64683 660-359-4310 Trenton Republican Times (news paper) 122 East 8th St. Trenton Mo. 64683 660-359-2212 Chamber of Commerce 617 Main St. Trenton, Mo. 64683 660-359-4324 Mayor Tom Whitaker 412 East 18th St. Trenton, Mo. 64683 THIS IS HIS HOME ADDRESS. YOU MAIL HIM THERE YOU WILL GET HIS ATTENTION!! Or you could just put Mayor of Trenton Trenton, Mo. 64683 Hope this helps

I thought the Fed. Gov. made a law to keep the cemeteries cleaned up. I mean that they appropriated money? This was a lot of years ago. I know they came in and cleaned all the old cemeteries up in IL and it was the Feds paying for it. Kept them clean and mowed too. These were old, old cemeteries that some could not even be read.Does anyone know if there was money set aside for this?? Juanita << While I agree with you wholeheartedly about the disrespect shown for the deceased, I am afraid to say that this situation exists over most of the rural areas. There are no people left in the community that have family at these old cemeteries and the people living near or in the communities do not feel a responsibility to take care of the old cemeteries. There is also no money to pay for their upkeep and this day and age no one is going to go and take care of the cemetery unless the >>

Hello Grundy County group, I am wondering if there ARE any folks out there in Trenton who even look at this list. Maybe not.. I am wondering if it would do any good for all of us interested in this to write or e-mail or call the Mayor's office in Trenton? or perhaps some county office to ask if something can't be done to improve the situation in that cemetery. Does anyone know what county office should be contacted? Does anyone know who the mayor of Trenton is. I agree with Maxine that it is only an excuse to do nothing to put up a sign saying it is a prairie grass restoration area. Please ... why in the cemetery for heavens sake? It is really inexcusable! Harriet M. Awapara

Maxine, While I agree with you wholeheartedly about the disrespect shown for the deceased, I am afraid to say that this situation exists over most of the rural areas. There are no people left in the community that have family at these old cemeteries and the people living near or in the communities do not feel a responsibility to take care of the old cemeteries. There is also no money to pay for their upkeep and this day and age no one is going to go and take care of the cemetery unless they are paid to do so. This is happening in Nebraska, Kansas, and other states as well as Missouri. In fact, if the cemeteries are in the middle of a farmer's field and few stones left--the cemetery is just farmed over--as sad as that is to say. This is really no different than the situation in Germany. In many places in Germany, the plots are only leased for 50 years and then the next person is buried there--stones are removed and discarded and no one even knows the person was buried there. I have felt for quite some time now that a national bill should be sponsored to provide funding for such cemetery maintenance projects or at least that matching grants would be granted to communities or organizations that can be put in an investment account of some type and people paid to take care of the cemeteries. Something does need to be done, but I am not sure how one should go about initiating such a plan. Maybe if this group would involve other counties and states through USGenWeb and right to representatives and senators a bill could be drafted that would provide funds to cover these expenses or at least provide assistance to groups that are interested in raising funds for cemetery maintenance across the country. I hope maybe this e-mail can generate interest and a group of us can try to do something that will help provide a solution rather than just a place to vent our frustrations. Sharlene Miller

Maxine and all- The cemetery records for Old City are on-line at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogrundy/cemetery/oldcity.html Records for all the Grundy County cemeteries can be found and searched at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogrundy/cemetery/gccem.html For everybody: updates and corrections are welcome! Please send them to me and I'll get them posted. Several folks are helping transcribe records for the more recent years and updates are posted almost every day. If you wish to help transcribe records, please send me a message and let me know - there are plenty to go around! Larry Flesher Grundy County, MO Cemetery Records

Larry, Well, I think that is more of a slam against Grundy Co Mo with a Cem next to a Golf Course with all that nice Greens being well taken care of, WOW. and a cem looking like a Grass field of nothing to be proud of. What a sight I can imagine that is to see. If the grass grows tall as you said, there must be moisture and no reason why the tall grass couldn't be mowed by volunteers with weed eaters. etc. and raked or so. How are the Stone's holding up.?? Burning, Lazyness, and disrespect of the community. I would hate to think this day and age that I would be buried and no one cared about where I was or could find where and have to walk through ashes and burned grass and maybe even garbage being dumped etc. I can envision what a starking difference between the two properties being adjoining each other. How can a place not be ashamed of what people think of a community to let this happen. I know I am over a thousand miles away but this is not acceptable but just an excuse I would say. Is there a picture of it that could be sent out on the Grundy Co list??? or a Cemetery link to go to , to have one, and a listing of people interned in this cemetry??? I wonder how many of my ancestors are buried there???? Is the name , OLD CITY CEMETERY?? Maxine Wilton mmwaw@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Larry G. Flesher <lflesher@fidnet.com> To: Maxine Wilton <mmwaw@sprynet.com> Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:06 AM Subject: Re: [MOGRUNDY-L] Old City Cemetery >Maxine- > >No, the cemetery is right at the edge of town adjoining a golf >course. I visited there once during a research trip to Grundy County. > >Larry

Thanks, Larry Flesher, It don't sound like a good thing for the Gravestones to have them with fire around them as could damage them in time if not already. Is this Cem. out of town in a desolated place?? Maxine Wilton mmwaw@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Larry G. Flesher <lflesher@fidnet.com> To: MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com <MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 17, 2002 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [MOGRUNDY-L] Old City Cemetery >It is my understanding that the Old City Cemetery in Trenton is >indeed a prairie grass restoration area and is allowed to grow - it >is burned off once a year (by someone - I do not know who). > >Can someone from the Trenton shed more light on this? > >Larry Flesher >Grundy County, MO Cemetery records >

Hello out there, in the Midwest Mo. I most likely have ancestors who have contributed as stated in the messgae below. I will see what I can do to contact all my E mail relatives and see if any have money they can donate to a fund to get help to clean up our ancestors resting place. I would have to go to the cemetery site and check. if they were indead bur. there but some must have been. I am a grt grt grt grandau of the JOSEPH and ELIZABETH " JACKSON " ROOKS who went to Grundy Co. Mo abt 1837/8 from Randolph Co Ind. Joseph had gotten quite a large land grant for there and many or most all his children 15 of them, some older ones who were married and some not old enough to be yet married,. He gave them some of the Land so I know many of them had done things for the Trenton, Lindley, Galt, etc. area. Some of them lived in the Marion TWP area etc. many are still in the area with varying surnames as of now. Chrisman, Ishmael. Snodgrass, Chowning, McAlister, Scott, Dye, Holloway, and many others. Also with some of these surnames intermarrying down through the years. I ask any remaining persons there that descend from any of our Rooks 15 children of Joseph and Elizabeth Rooks who died 1869 and abt 1880 and are buried there, maybe can come forward and help form a committee of some kind to start or help jump start some funding to go to a Bank in the are that donations could be sent to with a Chairman person and a secretary and treasurer to take charge of clean up and keeping this Cem clean. and records of the funds. Has it been filled and not in use now and or why has it been abandoned??? Letting it go back to its natural state is no excuse nor reason to abandon any cemetery. Let us all rally around here and get to the bottom of this. Is or was there a Cemetery Association in the area for this cem?? I am willing to help get something started but since I am 73 yrs old and live in Washington State I can only ask others in my own genealogy line to help with any amount of spare money they can in place of labor others can donate. Please let me know about how we can help. Our descendants may no doubt want to some day go and visit the cemetery and be able to still see a Head stone with names etc. Thank you GRUNDY CO, Mo for any imformation. here. Maxine M Baldwin Wilton. and I am a , Descend of son of Joe and Eliz, William " Billie" Rooks b 1817 d 14 sep 1875 and bur. in Susanville Ca mar Mahala Smithson in 1837 in Randolph Co. Ind Lived in Grundy Co. Marion Twp where Mahala died abt 1855 to 1859 Unknown date and place of burial but there?? They had 6 ch. Isaac, Smith, Allen Unknown where they went aftere mother Mahala died. , Louisa , Wm Harrison, and Millie Maxine Rooks , ( as I am from Millie) I have found imfo on. Thank you much and would like to hear from any descenandts of any of these 15 ch here. and Wm's ch. Thanks much. Maxine Wilton in Roy, Wa. mmwaw@sprynet.com Below is the first message I saw about this Grundy Co Mo cem's condition. What a disgrace. read on. -----Original Message----- From: Jorge Awapara <jawapara@ruf.rice.edu> To: MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com <MOGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 17, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: [MOGRUNDY-L] Old City Cemetery >Dear list, > >I have just heard from someone who visited Trenton that the Old City >Cemetery is in absolutely deplorable condition with weeds three feet high. >He mentioned that there was a sign which indicated that they were honoring >the original settlers of Trenton by letting their final resting place go to >its natural state. I hope that was a sarcastic criticism of the condition >of the cemetery. Who in the world could one contact in Trenton to find out >if there isn't any group of folks there who care enough about the original >settlers or history of the area to do something about that cemetery? Many >of the original settlers of the area are buried there I understand, and >many of those contributed to the city in donations of money as well as land >for things such as the railroad going through the area early on. Others >helped form the first churches, etc. Is there any group with a sense of >history who might get involved in doing something about the cemetery? Is >there an Historical Society which may raise funds for projects such as >cleaning up and mowing and seeing that this old historical site is >maintained? > >Harriet Murphy Awapara >email: jawapara@ruf.rice.edu > >

Old City Cemetery...deplorable condition ....weeds three feet high.... original settlers .... Yep, thats were my Mathew Gibson and wife are buried, for sure. Can't find them anywhere else. Chuck Gibson On Monday 17 June 2002 03:55 pm, Jorge Awapara wrote: > Dear list, > > I have just heard from someone who visited Trenton that the Old City > Cemetery is in absolutely deplorable condition with weeds three feet high. > He mentioned that there was a sign which indicated that they were honoring > the original settlers of Trenton by letting their final resting place go to > its natural state. I hope that was a sarcastic criticism of the condition > of the cemetery. Who in the world could one contact in Trenton to find out > if there isn't any group of folks there who care enough about the original > settlers or history of the area to do something about that cemetery? Many > of the original settlers of the area are buried there I understand, and > many of those contributed to the city in donations of money as well as land > for things such as the railroad going through the area early on. Others > helped form the first churches, etc. Is there any group with a sense of > history who might get involved in doing something about the cemetery? Is > there an Historical Society which may raise funds for projects such as > cleaning up and mowing and seeing that this old historical site is > maintained? > > Harriet Murphy Awapara > email: jawapara@ruf.rice.edu

It is my understanding that the Old City Cemetery in Trenton is indeed a prairie grass restoration area and is allowed to grow - it is burned off once a year (by someone - I do not know who). Can someone from the Trenton shed more light on this? Larry Flesher Grundy County, MO Cemetery records