THOMSON CEMETERY

THOMPSON CEMETERY

SANDALS

Polk Township

Ray County, Missouri

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Township 54, Range 28, Section 30

Thomson Cemetery also known as Sandals Cemetery: Quit claim Deed from Thomas Green & Almeda A. dated 3 July 1951 and filed 27July 1951, Book 265, Page 15 for the amount of $100.00.

the SE 1/4 NE 1/4 30-54-28 which is the present location of the Sandals Cemetery and also, Gantors further sell and convey the land immediately west of the present boundaries of said cemetery to the public road running N & S along the west side of said SE 1/4 NE 1/4 30-54-28.

The tract of land last mentioned runs West 64 feet from the present west cemetery line to the public road and is 206 feet wide N and S. The land above described to be used for burial of human bodies only.

Wm. H. McGaugh and Rebecca to Ezekiel Stone, Director: Warranty Deed dated 11-4-1878, Recorded 11-13-1878, Book 19, Page 425.

Part of SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 31, Township 53, Range 28, commencing at the SW corner of the present graveyard on said land thence North 5 rods, thence East 15 rods, thence South 5 rods, thence West 15 rods to the place of beginning. Said land being deeded to Ezekiel Stone, Director is for the purpose of having a graveyard on said land. In case of death or resignation The Judge or Judges of the County Couret of Ray County, Missouri, shall appoint a suitable person for director of the same.

When Jacob and Letitia Misemer were buried, the burial plot was called the "Thomspon Cemetery." The contract for delivery of the marble grave-markers directed them to be delivered to the Thompson Cemetery, Knoxville, Missouri.

In earlier days, Knoxville was called Buncombe.

There are many old Thompson and Thomson tombstones found in the graveyard. The oldest one is inscribed, "Joseph Thomson -- died February 7, 1811, age 61 years." His, apparently, is the first interment made in the cemetery. (Note: Missouri was not a state in 1811. On closer examination of the stone it appears to be the year 1841 of the year of Jospeh. L.S.)

This, possibly, is the reason the plot was originally called the "Thompson Cemetery," or perhaps the land was then owned by Mr. Thomson. (Note: Since, as stated above, Missouri was not a state in 1811 and not owned by the U.S. government, there is not a record of who owned the land in 1811.)

In 1870, James M. Sandals, a railroad employee, settled in Caldwell County, Missouri, before moving into Ray County. He was born december 3, 1847, in Stark County, Ohio.

Mr. Sandals worked as a carpenter and owned a saw mill on Crooked River. In June, 1882, he built a new building near the Thompson Cemetery and started a mercantile business called, "The Sandals Store."

James M. Sandals was married in 1873 to a neighborhood girl, Miss Samantha Ellen Teegarden, daughter of Edward and Rhoda (Cummins) Teegarden.

In 1888, when Mr. Sandals was appointed psotmaster of the little village called "Sandals," he built a larger store for his merchandise and the pigeon-hole cabinet in which he kept the mail.

After Mr. Sandals' wife, Samantha Ellen, died March 24, 1896, she was buried in the old burial plot which was south and east of his store, and it became known as the "Sandals Cemetery."

Mr. Sandals died March 31, 1902, and was buried beside his wife.

Since about 1968, the cemetery has, again, been called the Thompson Cemetery, but it will always be known by many as the "Old Sandals Cemetery."

It is located on Highway D, six miles east of Lawson or one mile north of Knoxivlle on Highway 13, thne three miles west on Highway D.

(This article was probably written in the 1970's or 1980's.)

Surname	Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Comments	Obituary
Albertson	Delilah J.	24 Oct. 1858	25 Jan. 1934	Mother
Albertson	William E.	24 Apr. 1851	20 Mar. 1913	Father
Allnutt	Benjamin P.	1877	1954
Allnutt	Rachel D.	1882	1958
Archer	Callie Lee	1883	1951
Arrowood	James	4 Nov. 1818	6 Jan. 1881
Asher	John	1935	1977
Bassett	Lillie Mae	1871	1947		Obituary
Bilton	Arthur C. "Red"	13 Dec. 1927	16 Oct. 1993	m. 2 Oct. 1950
Bilton	Mary F.	17 Apr. 1927	~
Blackwell	F. Patricia	1878	1952
Blackwell	Theodore G.	1874	1938
Blackwell	W. H. C.		3 Mar. 1899	56 yrs., 3 ms., 9 ds.
Blevins	Harriet	24 Feb. 1853	14 Apr. 1914	wife of Hirma
Blevins	Hiram	18 Jul. 1850	28 May. 1913
Blevins	Susan	~	~	wife of William; 65 yrs., 28 ds.
Campbell	Bessie	1884	1933
Campbell	Gladys	1898	1974
Campbell	James A.	1899	1957
Campbell	W. E.	1878	1974
Carroll	Annie		31 Mar. 1878	1 mo., 18 ds.
Carroll	Charles	3 Dec. 1856	30 Dec. 1856	son of W.M. & H.A.
Carroll	Charity		28 May. 1886	wife of Samuel; 39 yrs., 8 ms., 22 ds.
Carroll	Frances A.		23 Nov. 1870	dau of W. M. & H. A.; 7 ms., 3 ds.
Carroll	Ginevea		28 Apr 1869	dau of W. M. & H. A.; 20 ms., 20 ds.
Carroll	Hetta A.		26 Dec. 1880	wife of Wm. M.; 42 yrs., 1 mo., 26 ds.
Carroll	Infant sons		25 Jul. 1876	Infant Twin Sons
Carroll	Infant		3 Sep. 1874	Infant dau of Hetta & Wm.; 1 mo., 10 ds.
Carroll	William J.	23 Jul. 1881	20 Aug. 1908	son of Samuel & Charity
Childress	Bettie		3 Jun. 1897	wife of Luther D.; 62 yrs., 11 ms., 23 ds.
Combs	Ann E.		3 Apr. 1863	wife of H. R.; 17 yrs., 8 ms., 13 ds.
Combs	Annie E.		20 Jan. 1867	21 yrs., 5 ms., 16 ds.
Combs	Nannie D.		17 Sep. 1864	3 yrs., 4 ms., 11 ds.
Combs	Tommie A.		8 Nov. 1889	26 yrs., 7 ms., 9 ds.
Davis	Alwilda		15 Jul. 1882	wife of J. S.; 19 yrs., 6 ms., 20 ds.
Davis	Cinderella	30 Sep. 1865	5 May 1890	wife of J. S.
Davis	John S.	25 Jun. 1861	21 Jun. 1935
Davis	Laura F.	5 Feb. 1872	3 Nov. 1915	wife of J.S.; 43 yrs., 8 ms., 2 ds.
Davis	Mary Jane	25 Dec. 1834	28 sep. 1915	wife of Thomas P.
Davis	Thomas P.	19 Oct. 1827	24 Jan. 1914
Drew	Ethel Gorham	1890	1918
Ealey	Lucille	17 Sep. 1950	2 Mar. 2003	In Memory
Elliott	Lowel C. "Bud"	18 Jun. 1935	~	m. 24 Oct. 1955
Elliott	Sharon Kay (nee Gryder)	22 Jan. 1939	~	m. 24 Oct. 1955
Elliott	Jacob C.	1866	1938	Father
Elliott	Nellie L.	1906	1983
Elliott	Sarah J.	1876	1967
Elliott	Thomas V.	1906	1953
Etherton	Susannah Gorham		15 Mar. 1884	wife of J.C. ; dau of S.B. & Martha E.; 15 yrs., 5 ms., 5 ds.
Fowler	Eliza J.		25 Aug. 1861	dau of T. B. & E.; 16 yrs., 7 ms., 22 ds
Fowler	Emily Thomson		17 Aug. 1858	wife of T. B.; 32 yrs., 10 ms., 16 ds.
Galey	Jo Anna	17 Mar. 1851	29 Dec. 1915	wife of John D.
Galey	John D.	27 Mar. 1854	~
Gorham	Ada M.	1890	1982
Gorham	Annis J.	1870	1922	Mother
Gorham	Annie L.	4 Apr. 1876	2 Jul. 1942	wife of Henry C.
Gorham	Arthur O.	2 Feb. 1896	5 Oct. 1973
Gorham	Christa I.	1900	1918	Daughter	Obituary
Gorham	Dewey	18 May 1897	20 Aug. 1989	son of S. W. & L. M.
Gorham	Dicie E.	1892	1989
Gorham	Doris	1920	1926
Gorham	Elizabeth C.	14 Feb. 1833	~	wife of G. W.
Gorham	Ella S.	1893	1982
Gorham	Ellis L.	1889	1958
Gorham	Elmer	31 Jan. 1893	1 Feb. 1894
Gorham	Ernest L.	9 Oct. 1897	17 Sep. 1969
Gorham	G. W.	3 Feb. 1824	12 Sep. 1901
Gorham	Hampton Haynie	17 Feb. 1869	2 Sep. 1955
Gorham	Henry C.	5 Dec. 1876	12 May. 1915
Gorham	James N.	11 Aug. 1867	28 Sep. 1956
Gorham	John C.	31 Aug. 1861	7 Sep. 1950		Obituary
Gorham	Judith A.	16 Dec. 1935	14 Aug. 1972
Gorham	Laura Hanes	1866	1954
Gorham	Lillie	1870	1974
Gorham	Loretta G.	1864	1954
Gorham	Luther A.	1886	1955
Gorham	Lutie E.	1877	1970	Mother
Gorham	M.T.	22 Apr. 1914	30 Sep. 1962	In Memory
Gorham	M. Elizabeth	1875	1933
Gorham	Martha	1890	1892
Gorham	Martha E.	26 May. 1841	30 Sep. 1909	wife of Sanford B.
Gorham	Mary A.	8 Sep. 1837	5 Sep. 1922	date of death per death cert.; death date hard to read on stone
Gorham	Mary		2 Feb. 1882	wife of Sanford; 86 yrs., 7 ms., 14 ds.
Gorham	Mattie K.	25 Sep. 1882	21 Apr. 1967
Gorham	Melvin	1932	1936
Gorham	Nancy F.	24 Aug. 1868	5 Oct. 1924
Gorham	Roy C.	1890	1968
Gorham	S. W.	1864	1922
Gorham	Sanford		28 Jan. 1882	88 yrs., 9 ms., 10 ds.
Gorham	Sanford B.	2 Nov. 1835	14 Aug. 1914
Gorham	Sherry Marie	23 Jul. 1945	7 Feb. 1946
Gorham	Sterling P.	1860	1939
Gorham	T. J., Jr.	1877	1929	Father
Gorham	Thomas B.	1871	1935
Gorham	Velma L.	27 Jul. 1911	3 Apr. 1986
Gorham	Vincent T.	21 Jun. 1916	1 Nov. 1976	Pvt Army Air Force WWII
Gorham	Virgil L.	1907	1911	son of S. W. & L. M.
Gorham	William R.	29 Oct. 1832	6 Mar. 1902
Gorham	Wm. Mac	1869	1945
Green	Almeda	1875	1960
Green	Arnold G.	1920	1920
Green	Clarence E.	1892	1962
Green	Clora	~	~	No dates; piece of tin on stone with her name scratched on.
Green	Florence O.	1891	1955
Green	Floyd M.	24 Nov. 1911	12 Arp. 2000	m. 20 Jun. 1931
Green	Mannie	1886	1958
Green	Nettie E.	6 Nov. 1915	31 Mar. 1994	m. 20 Jun. 1931
Green	Sally	1894	1970
Green	Thomas	1873	1956		Obituary
Green	Virgil	12 Nov. 1887	9 Jan. 1969	Same stone as Clora; piece of tin on stone with name and dates scratched on.	Obituary
Green	Walter Vernon	14 Jul. 1905	29 Mar. 1976
Green	Wiley M.	29 Nov. 1917	18 Jan. 2000	TEC 4 US ARMY WWII
Griffing	Ira L.	17 Mar. 1896 / 1886	14 Mar. 1897	son of W.P. & S.H.
Griffing	Purlina C.	11 May 1892	17 Dec. 1896
Groshong	William Henry	11 Mar. 1882	4 Aug. 1959
Gulley	Alexander	5 Mar. 1860	3 Oct. 1925	per Missouri death certificate
Gulley	Mary L.	31 May 1869	4 Sep. 1941	per Missouri death certificate
Harrison	Elizabeth Green	17 Sep. 1935	21 Mar. 2001	Mother
Harrison	John L.	20 Oct. 1909	20 Feb. 1981	CM3 USN WWII	Obituary
Harrison	Rex Lee	1942	1956	Son	Obituary
Harrison	Sarah M.	30 Jan. 1915	6 Dec. 2002		Obituary
Hawkins	Thos. A.		12 Mar. 1862	32 yrs., 2 ms., 12 ds.
Hemry	Eliza		7 Nov. 1888	wife of John; 46 yrs., 2 ms.,
Hemry	John		27 May. 1894	57 yrs., 7 ds.
Hodson	Allie	1894	1984	m. 22 Jan. 1916
Hodson	Marion	1893	1976	m. 22 Jan. 1916
Hodson	Perry S.		18 Oct. 1920
Hodson	Rilla A.		25 Jul. 1937
Holman	Eva Lee	12 Aug. 1896	11 Feb. 1919
Holman	Lee		1919
Holt	Bernard A.	1901	1981	m. 15 Aug. 1929
Holt	Fern M.	1910	2004	m. 15 Aug. 1929
Hunt	Effie	24 Nov. 1883	11 Apr. 1905	wife of Arthur A.
Keen	Estella Hope	2 Feb. 1918	11 Feb. 1918	dau of N. E. & wife
Keen	Ethel P.	1905	1926	wife of M. Elvin
Keen	Evelyn J.	1926	1926	dau of Ethel P. & M. Elvin
Keen	Levi O.	1852	1930
Keen	Lolo C.	14 Dec. 1884	18 Dec. 1922	wife of O. H.
Keen	Mary E.	1853	1924
Keen	Nester E.	1881	1953
Keen	O. H.	29 Jan. 1884	30 Jul. 1955
Keen	Roy C.	22 Dec. 1925	22 Dec. 1925	son of O.H. & Oma
Keen	Selena A.	1882	1970
Knutter	Amos F.	1847	1935
Mayes	A. D.	1886	1924
Mayes	Laura	1886	1933	wife of A.D.	Obituary
McAdams	Maude E.	27 Jun. 1882	6 Dec. 1911	wife of Fred
McCollough	E. J.	22 Nov. 1861	25 Jan. 1911
McCollough	Forest		30 mar. 1892	son of E.J. & Lizzie; 5 ms., 13 ds.
McCollough	Infant		21 Jan. 1894	infant dau of E.J. & Lizzie
McCollough	Mary E.	19 Nov. 1868	29 Jan. 1949	wife of E.J.
McDougal	Edith M.	1928	2005
McDougal	Justin William	20 Jun. 1985	11 Oct. 2003
McDougal	William L.	1927	1985
McKee	Nancy E.		24 Feb. 1887	wife of William; 53 yrs., 2 ms.
McKee	William H.	29 Oct. 1832	26 Sep. 1908
McKown	Thomas B.		1861	son of J. & M.E.; 10 ds.
McPhail	Marcy L.	1966	~
Minter	Ernest L.	10 May. 1910	15 Oct. 1915	per Missouri death certificate
Minter	George E.	26 May. 1910	15 Oct. 1915	5 yrs., 4 ms., 20 ds.
Minter	Lazarus L.	1860	1948
Minter	Martha A.	1870	1936
Minter	Ocie E.	1892	1991	Mother
Minter	R. Everett	1907	1989
Minter	Wm. E., Sr.	1889	1969	Father
Misemer	Ella N.		4 Oct. 1882	dau of W.F.M. & L.A.; 1 mo., 25 ds.
Misemer	Jacob		12 Jul. 1860	52 yrs., 8 ms., 13 ds.
Misemer	Lettice		13 Sep. 1893	84 yrs., 9 ms., 3 ds.
Moss	Ella M.	3 Nov. 1864	29 Dec. 1912	wife of Oscar
Moss	George S.	1886	1920
Moss	Oscar W.	1859	1948	Father
Peoples	Diane M.	29 Jan. 1940	~
Peoples	James Jim Lee	5 Jul. 1938	~	Love is Eternal m. 22 Feb. 1957
Patton	Allene	1911	1996
Patton	Delmas	16 Mar. 1907	28 Jan. 1920
Patton	Ida	25 Mar. 1889	27 Jan. 1920
Patton	John D.	1909	~
Patton	Kelly	12 Aug. 1882	Oct. 1967
Patton	Patricia A.	1936	1937
Patton	John D.	3 Aug. 1909	6 Nov. 2008	Per obituary
Petty	Infant		14 Aug. 1930	dau of P.T. & Mary
Petty	Sarah		ca. 1904	Info from obituary; she is not listed on the transcription	Obituary
Petty	William L.		2 Dec. 1894	66 yrs., 9 ds.
Peiercey	Lucy A.	31 Jul. 1860	31 Mar. 1909	wife of A. K.
Piercey	Mary A.	15 Jun. 1855	17 Sep. 1883	wife of A. K.
Piercey	W. F.	10 Sep. 1883	3 Dec. 1903
Quick	Damian	29 May. 1981	8 Nov. 1999	Son, Brother, Father
Reuss	Ruby Keen	1924	1977
Rowan	James D.		27 Oct. 1879	son of A. & M.A.; 18 yrs., 8 ms., 28 ds,
Russell	Francis M.		22 Feb. 1886	wife of J.R.; 56 yrs., 5 ms., 10 ds.
Russell	John		25 Sep. 1889	78 yrs., 9 ms.
Russell	Joseph	3 Feb. 1833	2 Mar. 1917
Russell	Mary T.	8 Dec. 1835	14 Dec. 1914	wife of Joseph
Sandals	James M.	3 Dec. 1847	31 Mar. 1902
Sandals	James M.	24 Aug. 1883	13 Apr. 1903	son of J.M. & S.E.
Sandals	Samantha Ellen	26 Oct. 1853	24 Mar. 1896	wife of J.M.
Schooler	Nancy H.	2 Apr. 1844	6 May. 1926	death date per death certificate
Sharp	Edgar	1891	1960
Sharp	Edgar (Ed)	10 Oct. 1915	19 Jul. 1976		Obituary
Sharp	George W.	27 Sep. 1923	1 Jun. 1959
Sharp	Luchresia	1879	1967
Skinner	Mable R.	1902	1945	Mother
Skinner	Tommie A.	1895	1965	Father
Smith	Maria		27 Dec. 1884	dau of J.M. & M.; 28 yrs., 15 ds
Stanberry	Edgar Lawrence		6 Jul. 1886	son of J.S. & M.A.; 6 ms., 15 ds.
Stockard	John N.	1849	1940
Stockard	Mary E.	1853	1926
Taylor	Delores M.	6 Aug. 1917	25 Sep. 1997	m. 21 Feb. 1970
Taylor	Jackie C.	17 Oct. 1939	16 May. 1996	m. 21 Feb. 1970
Teagarden	Edward	25 Sep. 1826	20 Sep. 1904
Teagarden	Rhoda J.		12 Apr. 1894	wife of Edward; 66 yrs., 4 ms., 3 ds.
Teegarden	Bertha J.	23 Nov. 1882	11 May. 1902	wife of P.
Teegarden	Joseph E.		8 Oct. 1882	son of A.C. & C; 14 ds.
Teegarden	Mattie E.	1883	1967
Teegarden	Moses , Jr.	1878	1925
Terry	Helen Gorham	21 Jul. 1915	5 Jun. 1972
Thompson	Ann Haynie	19 Mar. 1785	25 Mar. 1870	wife of Joseph
Thompson	Flora M.		22 Feb. 1872	dau of J.H.H. & M.A.
Thompson	Joseph H.		9 Jan. 1861	39 yrs., 8 ms., 25 ds.
Thompson	Wm.		3 Apr. 1871	68 yrs., 6 ms., 6 ds.
Thomson	Agnes	3 Jan. 1846	27 Jun. 1848	dau of A.H. & S.L.
Thomson	Allen H.	25 Apr. 1812	2 May. 1853
Thomson	Belitha N.		13 Mar. 1860	35 yrs., 2 ms., 16 ds.
Thomson	Bettie Ann	15 Oct. 1875	30 Mar. 1908	wife of Robert F.
Thomson	David		21 May. 1845	44 yrs., 3 ms., 27 ds.
Thomson	Eliza J.	1863	1919
Thomson	Francis C.		8 Apr. 1881	dau of H.H. & R.A.; 21 yrs., 3 ms.
Thomson	Hampton H.	2 Jun. 1816	16 Jan. 1899
Thomson	J. H. H.	11 Mar. 1856	2 Oct. 1935
Thomson	John A.	23 May. 1849	11 Nov. 1921	Father
Thomson	Joseph		7 Feb. 1841	In the 61 years….
Thomson	Joseph	4 Dec. 1841	6 Jun. 1862	son of A.H. & S.L.; born Columbia Mo
Thomson	Julia A.	19 Mar. 1856	29 Nov. 1950	wife of John A.
Thomson	Lucinda		31 Aug. 1886	wife of David; 81 yrs., 10 ms., 4 ds.
Thomson	Lucinda		13 Oct. 1842	dau of David & Lucinda; 1 yr., 11 ms., 18 ds.
Thomson	Mary A.	5 May. 1859	7 Sep. 1925	wife of J. H. H.
Thomson	Mildred A.	1880	1946	Mother
Thomson	Octavia L.	1857	1945
Thomson	Pansy V.	1901	1912
Thomson	Rebecca A.	22 Jul.. 1827	10 Apr. 1915	wife of H. H.
Thomson	Robert F.	20 Jul. 1875	20 Sep. 1962
Thomson	Sallie R.		24 Jun. 1870	dau of H.H. & R.A.; 2 yrs., 2 ms., 3 ds.
Thomson	Sanford W.	1848	1914
Thomson	Sarah E.	1853	1933	wife of Sanford W.
Thomson	Susan L.	4 Aug. 1819	30 Dec. 1887	wife of Allen H.
Thomson	Wm. H.	1875	1918	son of Sanford & Sarah
Thomson	Wm. D.		20 Dec. 1879	20 yrs., 6 ms., 28 ds.
Walker	Amy Sue	23 Dec. 1961	19 Apr. 1986	beloved wife & mother
Wallace	Annie E.	18 Oct. 1871	12 Oct. 1872	dau of W. & S. 11 ms., 24 ds.
Wallace	Robert B.	15 Jul. 1879	19 Jun. 1880	son of W. & S.; 11 ms., 4 ds.
Wilkerson	Belle M.	7 Oct. 1864	16 Jul. 1889	Mother
Wilkerson	J. O. , M.D.	11 Oct. 1854	20 Jun. 1910	Father
Zimmerman	Ann	19 Jan. 1828	13 Apr. 1883	Mother ; wife of Isaac H.
Zimmerman	Belle	1861	1928
Zimmerman	Charley	1870	1936
Zimmerman	Daniel	1855	1928
Zimmerman	Effie	1881	1950
Zimmerman	Elbert	1858	1939
Zimmerman	Elizabeth	1857	1957
Zimmerman	Ellen	1853	1881	wife of George A.
Zimmerman	George A.	1853	1920		Obituary
Zimmerman	Ida May	4 Dec. 1876	27 Jun. 1961
Zimmerman	Isaac H.	20 Jan. 1821	4 Oct. 1896	Father
Zimmerman	John C.	1849	1950
Zimmerman	Joseph H.	27 Jun. 1847	9 Sep. 1899
Zimmerman	Josie		12 Feb. 1886	wife of Daniel, dau of J.M. Smith; 22 yrs., 8 ms., 3 ds.
Zimmerman	Josie E.	30 Nov. 1885	18 Aug. 1886	dau of Daniel & Josie
Zimmerman	Leah E.	11 Apr. 1881	4 Feb. 1950	per Missouri death certificate
Zimmerman	Lou	1856	1920	wife of George A.
Zimmerman	Mary A.	28 Oct. 1849	25 Aug. 1941		Obituary
Zimmerman	Missouri B.	1857	1924	wife of Elbert

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