Odom Cemetery The remains of an old cemetery, pre-dating the Civil War, on what is known as the "old Odom place" - a large cemetery on a bluff overlooking the north prong of the Little Black River. Over grown and virtually inaccessible at the time this original listing was made with Mr. and Mrs. Hume Skaggs in Oct of 1972. Much later this cemetery was said to be on the "Emmons homeplace" - both families have been in Ripley Co. since about 1837 and have intermarried. Additional information was obtained from Mrs. John (Inez) McKinney) Borth of Doniphan in Sept of 1973. It is owned privately by a son-in-law of Hume Skaggs. Many Many graves are unmarked and unknown. Last burial according to markers occured in 1942. Denise, There are entirely too many listings for me to type them all up here. I would recommend you buy a copy of "Ripley Co. Records Cemeteries Part III by Thelma McManus 507 Vine St. Doniphan MO 63935 $15.00 Odom's listed here are: Daniel - 25 Dec 1851 - 5 Nov 1930 unmarked but known to be buried here Minerva Elizabeth (Stephens) 8 Feb 1856 - June 1892 - first wife of Daniel Emmons - her parents were ZW and Melissa (Woods) Stephens Unmarked. Dempsey - 1815 - ? unmarked Delilah (Emmons) @ 1815 - 7 Jul 1899 age 84 y unmarked obit in PN 20 Jul 1899 Sarah (Webb) Emmons - unmarked - no dates - she first married Martin Emmons and later became Daniel Odom's second wife. Martin - a son of Dempsey and Delilah (Emmons) Odom - unmarked - he was killed during the Civil War and is presumed to be buried here. Grif. - "died last Monday night" age @ 14 - 15 years. Unmarked - obit in PN 24 Jul 1885 Theophelus died 2 Oct 1881 - unmarked - age @ 40 - 41 years obit in PN 7 Oct 1881 Many other members of the ODOM family are probably buried here in unmarked graves. Also.. FYI ... there is a small town called ODOM 2 counties over in Howell Co. between West Plains and Willow Springs. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Jackie" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:33 AM Subject: Re: Cemetary lookup > Dear Jackie, > I have only heard about this Odom Cemetery thru family info. Would you have > a listing of whom are buried there? > Also, the info on James and Roda's son, would be great!! I am not from that > direct line, but all the info on the family is always helpful! > > Sincerely, Denise > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jackie" <[email protected]> > To: "Denise Pollard" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 6:49 PM > Subject: Re: Cemetary lookup > > > Denise, > > I show an Odom Cem. in Ripley Co. but no listing for James. However the > note for the cemetery states there are many unknown Odom's buried there in > unmarked graves. > > I show a son of James and Roda buried elsewhere in the county if you need > that, and I show a listing for him on the 1876 Census for Ripley Co. if you > need that. > > Let me know > > Jackie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise Pollard" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:19 AM > Subject: Cemetary lookup > > > > > > Hello, > > I am looking to find a James Odum/Odom buried in Ripley County Missouri. > > I have reson to believe that he is buried there, but can not seem to find > > any info. > > James was born about 1854 and died before 1888. He was living in Jordan > > Twsp during the 1880 Census, and his wife remarried to George Prater in > 1888 > > in Ripley County. > > Any info that you may find or know of, would be greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > > Denise Jiles-Pollard > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > >