Collings Cemetery

COLLINGS CEMETERY, MERCER COUNTY, MO

Collings Cemetery is located in section 29 of Ravanna Township, approximately three miles east of Princeton. From Princeton, go east on highway 136 to the first gravel road to the right. Go south approx 1/2 mile. The cemetery is on top of the hill west of the road. Collings Cemetery was once totally abandoned and overgrown, but has recently been cleared. Although it is not routinely maintained, it is accessible by foot. The following list has been compiled from various sources including old surveys, burial records and family histories. It should not be considered a complete list of burials.

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	OTHER INSCRIPTION	EDITOR'S NOTES
ADER	Charles A.		Jul 18, 1862	Age 11y, 2m, 22d Son of Jacob & Harriet Ader	No Birth Date
ADER	Harriet		Dec 20, 1872	Age 48y, 1m, 4d Wife of Jacob Ader	No Birth Date Same stone with Jacob Ader 2nd Wife of Jacob Ader Born in Indiana Maiden Name Hunter
ADER	Harriet E.		Jul 7, 1872	Age 6m, 8d Dau of S. & H. Ader	No Birth Date
ADER	Jacob Albert	Oct 21, 1820	Sep 13, 1892	Age 71y, 10m, 22d	Same stone with Harriet Ader Son of John & Susannah (Ripple) Ader Born in North Carolina
ADER	John	Feb 15, 1789	Aug 30, 1864		Husband of Susannah Ader Son of Adam & Elizabeth Ader Born in Maryland
ADER	Susannah	May 8, 1791	May 8, 1854		Wife of John Ader Maiden Name Ripple Born in Maryland
ARMSTRONG	Clara A.	Dec 2, 1859	Jun 3, 1860	Dau of H. H. & Mary Armstrong
ARMSTRONG	Cyrus E.	Jul 24, 1830	June 21, 1906		Son of James & Hettie Armstrong Husband of Sarah Henley
ARMSTRONG	Joseph W.	Feb 16, 1866	May 17, 1867	Son of H. H. & Mary Armstrong
ARMSTRONG	Sarah A.	Nov 22, 1843	Mar 17, 1880	Wife of C. E. Armstrong	Dau of Burell & Mary (Rogers) Henley Born in Arkansas
BAXTER	Clara E.		1892	Wife of Charles Z. Baxter Obit dated Aug 24, 1892	Birth Date unreadable
BECK	Lucinda		Jan 24, 1894	Age 86y, 2m, 22d Wife of William Beck	No Birth Date
BECK	W. T.		Nov 7, 1862	Age 31y, 7m, 15d	No Birth Date Son of William & Lucinda Beck Died while serving in Civil War with Co C, 3rd MO Cavalry
BRADLEY	Gideon L.	Aug 1, 1852	Oct 29, 1862	Son of Joseph & Almira Bradley
BRYAN	Ahaz	Feb 29, 1792	Aug 29, 1852	Age 59y, 8m
BRYAN	Elizabeth J.		Feb 9, 1865	Age 31y, 3m, 7d Wife of A. W. Bryan	No Birth Date
BRYAN	Jonathan H.		Oct 7, 1857	Age 1y, 2m, 4d	No Birth Date Same stone with Elizabeth Bryan
BRYAN	Margaret	Jan 21, 1865	Jan 29, 1868		Dau of A. W. & Elizabeth Bryan
BRYAN	Mary		May 13, 1874	Age 77y, 1m, 14d	No Birth Date
BRYAN	Teresa	Jul 17, 1871	Sep 5, 1873		Dau of A. W. & Elizabeth Bryan
BUNTON	James	Aug 20, 1806	May 21, 1860
BURK	Martha Ellen		Feb 10, 1875	Age 33y, 1m, 15d Wife of D. S. Burk	No Birth Date
BUSH	Frances E.		Jun 2, 1875	Age 24y, 21d Wife of W. W. Bush	No Birth Date
COKER	Clarissa Jane	Feb 29, 1860	Aug 27, 1879		Dau of Isaac & Hannah Coker
COKER	Hannah M.	Jul 11, 1832	May 21, 1879
COKER	Hannah M.		Feb 22, 1872	Age 11m, 13d	No Birth Date
COKER	Melvina	Oct 8, 1855	May 21, 1878		Dau of Isaac & Hannah Coker
COLLINGS	Abraham L.		Dec 27, 1862	Age 61y, 7m, 24d	No Birth Date Son of Spencer & Catherine Collings Born in Shelby Co., KY Husband of Lydia Graham
COLLINGS	Chestina A.		Feb 2, 1855	Age 1y, 6m, 27d	No Birth Date
COLLINGS	Florence		Nov 7, 1862	Dau of William & M. E. Collings	No Birth Date
COLLINGS	Jennie		Feb 10, 1874	Age 1y, 8m, 4d Dau of William & M. E. Collings	No Birth Date
COLLINGS	Joseph G.	1826	1861		Son of Abraham & Lydia Collings
COLLINGS	Joseph G. Jr	1862	1868
COLLINGS	Lilly Frances	1879			Death Date unreadable Dau of William & Mary Collings
COLLINGS	Lydia	1803	Dec 13, 1885		Wife of Abraham Collings Dau of Joseph Graham Born in Kentucky
COLLINGS	Margaret			Age 2 Years Dau of William & Mary Collings	Dates unreadable
COLLINGS	Martha E.	1855	1877
COLLINGS	Mary A.		Jan 14, 1872	Age 5y, 7m 3d Dau of Lorenzo & Sophia Collings	No Birth Date
COLLINGS	Mary C.		Oct 6, 1869	Age 2y, 1m, 8d Dau of A. & R. Collings	No Birth Date
COLLINGS	Mary F.		August 18, 1922	Age 71y, 5m, 13d	No Birth Date Same stone with William Collings
COLLINGS	Mary L.	1825	1895
COLLINGS	Mase			No Birth Date	No Dates Military Stone Co I 7th MO State Militia Cavalry
COLLINGS	William A.		December 25, 1926	Age 80y, 9m, 5d	No Birth Date Same stone with Mary F. Collings
DAVIS	Annie		Jul 18, 1892	Age 28y, 5m, 12d Wife of J. L. Davis	No Birth Date
DAVIS	Frank		Jan 8, 1892	Age 3m, 27d Son of J. L. & A. Davis	No Birth Date
DAVIS	James L.	1859	1920
DAVIS	Rose Ella	Jan 16, 1861	July 04, 1939
EVANS	Hiram F.		May 7, 1873	Age 1y, 3m, 6d Son of J. & E. Evans	No Birth Date
EVANS	Robert	Oct 4, 1822	Sep 1852
FIEHLER	George W.	1872	1873		Son of George & Mary Fiehler
GANNON	Lucinda Margaret		Feb 2, 1875	Age 24y, 8m, 1d	No Birth Date
GANNON	Mary Jane		Oct 25, 1869	Age 25y, 1m, 2d	No Birth Date
GANNON	Sabra B.		Aug 28, 1869	Age 1m, 2d Dau of Mary Jane Gannon	No Birth Date
GARLAND	Mary E.		Oct 2, 1879	Age 2y, 1m, 18d Dau of T. & E. Garland	No Birth Date
HALL	Jehu	Feb 12, 1805	Feb 28, 1886		Son of Samuel & Nancy (Steele) Hall Born in North Carolina Husband of Rosannah Rhodes & Cynthia Rhodes
HALL	Maggie	May 6, 1883	Jun 2, 1884
HALL	Mariah	Dec 3, 1818	Nov 3, 1893		Wife of Thomas Dow Hall
HALL	Perry N.	Aug 24, 1869	Apr 16, 1882		Son of Bird Pyle Hall and Elizabeth Jane Street
HALL	Rosanna		Sep 19, 1873	Age 64y, 3m, 18d Wife of J. Hall	No Birth Date Wife of Jehu Hall Dau of Jesse & Martha Rhodes Born in Tennessee
HALL	S. P.		Mar 28, 1890	Age 53y, 4m, 5d	Given name Samuel P. Son of Thomas Dow and Mariah Hall No Birth Date Co I 7th MO State Militia Cavalry
HALL	Thomas Dow	Dec 18, 1813	Mar 8, 1886		Son of Samuel & Nancy (Steele) Hall Husband of Mariah Hall
HALLOCK	Elisha W.		Jul 15, 1871	Son of Ira & Julia Hallock	Birth Date unreadable
HENLEY	E. J.	1849	1933
OWEN	Carl C.		Sep 3, 1881	Age 1y, 21d Son of R. M. & M. I Owen	No Birth Date
PICKETT	Eliza		Jun 13, 1875	Age 52 Years Wife of C. Pickett	No Birth Date
PICKETT	John L		. Jun 20, 1878	Age 1y, 4m, 12d Son of M. & M. A. Pickett	No Birth Date
PICKETT	Melinda		Oct 23, 1857	Age 2y, 11m, 23d Dau of William & Rachel Pickett	No Birth Date
POWELL	Allie		Mar 20, 1871	Age 28y, 6m, 10d Wife of J. L. Powell	No Birth Date
POWELL	Andrew	1836	1858		Son of Moses & Agnes Powell Born in Illinois
POWELL	Benjamin Franklin	Jun 23, 1848	May 07, 1928		Son of Moses & Mary Powell
POWELL	Betty (Pickett)	Aug 1, 1860	December 12, 1928	Wife of B. F. Powell
POWELL	Dora A.		Aug 19, 1871	Age 6m, 15d Dau of J. L. & A. Powell	No Birth Date
POWELL	Eliza A.	Oct 2, 1823	Jun 8, 1895
POWELL	Julia A.		Jul 10, 1875	Age 33y, 1m, 20d Wife of B. F. Powell	No Birth Date
POWELL	Mary		1869		Birth Date unknown
POWELL	Moses	1805	1883		Son of Simon & Jane (Johnson) Powell Born in Kentucky Husband of Agnes McElvain, Mary Humphrey Street, and Eliza Calvin
POWELL	Nora M.		Dec 21, 1874	Age 1m, 25d Dau of J. L. & A. Powell	No Birth Date
PRETTYMAN	Sarah Margaret	21 Oct 21, 1826	Sep 27, 1896		Age 69 y, 11m, 6d Daughter of John and Susanna (Ripple) Ader Born in Stokes Co., NC Married 1st Robert Evans; 2nd Lewis Hedden; 3rd Isaac Prettyman
ROWE	Jane		May 30, 1869	Age 14y, 8m, 18d	No Birth Date
SHOOK	Sarah C.		Sep 8, 1876	Age 49y, 11m, 3d	No Birth Date Maiden Name Smith
SMITH	Elmira		Feb 6, 1874	Age 37y, 3m, 17d Wife of William Smith	No Birth Date
SPENCER	Sarah M.	Apr 17, 1823	Jul 4, 1859	Wife of O. Spencer
SUMNER	Joel Auty		Sep 1, 1878	Age 7y, 11d Son of S. C. & E. Sumner	No Birth Date
Van AKEN	Amelia		Mar 9, 1873	Age 75y, 1d Wife of J. Van Aken	No Birth Date
Van AKEN	Jerimiah		Jul 8, 1877	Age 82y, 5d	No Birth Date Husband of Amelia VanAken Son of Gideon & Elizabeth (Masten) Van Aken Born in New York
Van AKEN	Marquis O.		Nov 20, 1871	Age 39 Years Son of J. & A. Van Aken	No Birth Date
Van AKEN	Mary Ann	Sep 7, 1821	Jan 25, 1897
WELLS	Olive		Oct 12, 1874	Age 9m, 24d Dau of D. W. & R. E. Wells	No Birth Date
WELLS	Ranson		Jul 31, 1871	Age 1y, 2m, 19d Son of D. W. & R. E. Wells	No Birth Date

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