I honestly do not know anything "useful" about that cemetery, tho' I have become very interested in cemeteries in general, if you know what I mean? Know just where it is, now that you have "pointed it out". grin. Been there many times as a young'un. I grew up in Branson. My grandmother owned the Shepherd of the Hills Farm. She and my grandfather bought the homestead and built the Farm, the outdoor pageant and all that so am well versed in the characters of the book. grin. Will ask around about the cemetery and let you know if I find anything. There used to be several ROWLANDs in the area... don't suppose you could narrow it down a bit? Used to know some HENSLEY folks, too. Adrienne ----- Original Message ----- From: POGMOTHOIN824@aol.com To: MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [MOTANEY] My Taney County Family Groves/Rowland/Hensley Adrienne, LOL, I really don't know what I want? I would like to see if anyone knows anymore about John Iller or his parents also Laura Ellen ROWLAND groves and her parents. I have pictures of the headstones have been there several times. I don't know the address of the cemetery but it is in the old district over close to the crescent motel. If you were to take old 65 to Branson past skaggs hospital, then cross lake taneycomo it would be the first left and it would be one or two blocks. I don't know who maintains it or if there is any information I could get about it but would like to have it. I would love to know if any family of john or Ella AKA Laura were around for me to contact. As I said my great grandparents and great-great-grandparetns are buried there as well as numerous others and my Uncle who died in infancy is buried there with no marker but I know where he is supposedly buried and would like to see about putting a marker up for him. I have tales upon tales of the Branson area. My grandmother used to read the shepard of the hills to me and my siblings and tell us who the characters were in real life. my family lived in Branson till around 1955. OHH sorry the name of the cemetery is Branson Cemetery est. 1863. thank you Justine ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== "Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter."-C. Lindbergh, "Is Civilization Prgress?" Jul 1964 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237