Stafford Cemetery is in Jefferson county and is 2.8 miles ENE of Kingston Furnace: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=38.13389&lon=-90.70389&datum=NAD27&s=50&size=l Mike On 30 May 2006, deannamc@mo-net.com wrote: >I found in the death records, Isabel Hearst, age 90, died Dec 20, 1884. She was born in >South Carolina and at the time of her death, had been a resident of Missouri for 70 >years. Her death cert. lists her as being buried at "Stafford Graveyard" at Kingston >Furnace. > >My questions: I looked in the Wash Co Cemeteries and didn't find Stafford >Cemetery/Graveyard. Does anyone know if it exists or goes by a different name now? I >didn't find her in the early marriages after 1834. > >I'm wondering if Isabel Hearst was my ggg-grandmother, Isabel Frazier. She was born in >S. Carolina, mid-1790s. Her father was Alexander Frazier. Her sister, Hester, was the >2nd wife of George Hearst (at age 14) - she was widowed by 1822 and married Elias >Gibson. Her sister, Annie Frazier, married Joseph Hearst (who was apparently the son of >George Hearst and his 1st wife). > >The Hearst, Frazier (Frazer), and Gibson families all immigrated to the US from Ireland >in the 1700s. They were given land grants in the Old 96 (Long Canes) District of South >Carolina. In the very early 1800s, they migrated to Cahokia, IL (South St. Louis), and >then came to Franklin County by 1820. The 3 families inter-married quite a bit. > >Isabel Frazier married Valentine Cook, May 10, 1821, in Franklin Co, MO. She was >widowed Feb. 4, 1834. In the 1850 Washington County (Liberty Townshp) census, she is >head of household and several of her children live at home. She is not listed (as >Isabel or Isabella Cook) in any census after that. Also, I believe Valentine to be >buried at Burgowich Cemetery and have her listed there too - that cemetery was near >their land. > >If anyone has any thoughts, I would appreciate ideas. :o) Thanks!