Clay County Marr Family

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Permalink Reply by Kate Steere on August 22, 2009 at 5:32am

Good morning Phillip, I did a quick search on FindAGrave, and found Emily(May 27, 1866-68) and Helen(March 28, 1868-1876) at Paradise Cemetery in Clay County. There are no photos of the tombstones, but they are listed as the children of John and Eliza.

Here's a link to more information on Paradise Cemetery, which was originally "Gosneyville Cemetery" as Gosneyville was the original name of the town that became Paradise.

I did find a tombstone photo for Alice(1855-1834) and her husband Berry Wade(1856-1924) at the IOOF (an Odd Fellows cemetery) Cemetery in Smithville, Clay County,

You should be able to find Alice and Berry on the Missouri Death Records available online(free):
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/
http://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/clay/cemeteries/parad2.txt

Permalink Reply by Phillip Marr on August 22, 2009 at 11:58am

Thank you very much for your response. I went to FindAGrave to see the entries on Emily and Helen. I am now going to look at the two links you included. Phillip.

Permalink Reply by Kate Steere on August 22, 2009 at 12:23pm

You're welcome, Phillip-

Kate

Permalink Reply by Tiff Wright on August 24, 2009 at 3:34pm

Hi. I am not far from clay County. If you have your list of names and cemeteries I can try finding them for you! :-)

Permalink Reply by Phillip Marr on August 25, 2009 at 11:15am

Thank you for the offer. The three girls are Emily Marr, died 1868; Georgie Marr, died 1874; and Helen Marr, died 1876. The family lived near or in Paradise (formerly Gosneyville) so I am thinking they are buried in Paradise Cemetery. In FindAGrave Emily and Helen are listed as buried in Paradise Cemetery but I have no proof. If you do get to Clay County and can find the gravesites I would be extremely grateful. Phillip

Permalink Reply by Tiff Wright on August 25, 2009 at 3:38pm

I will see what I can do! :-)