Prairie Chapel Church is located in Sherman Township in eastern
Harrison County. From Bethany, go east on highway 136 six miles (one
mile east of blacktop Route “T”) to the gravel road to the left (north).
There is a sign at the intersection. Go north one mile to the church
and cemetery. The cemetery is very well maintained.
Original Prairie Chapel
Church
Built in 1891.
It served as the church
until 1954 when it was
replaced with the
current brick building.
Prairie Chapel Cemetery
Photographs taken
by Phil Stewart
Click on the picture to get
enlarged views of the cemetery.
| SURNAME | GIVEN NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | OTHER INSCRIPTION | EDITOR'S NOTES |
| ARNEY | Florence | Apr 26, 1898 | Dec 5, 1986 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| ARNEY | Gilbert | Jan 20, 1897 | July 21, 1970 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| ATTEBERY | Laura | Jan 14, 1877 | Aged 4 yrs, 3 m, 4 dys | No Birth Date Census records spell the surname Atterbery Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| AUSTIN | Ruth Jolene "Jodie" | Sep 8, 1939 | Jul 20, 2006 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| BALLARD | Lester | 1906 | 1916 | Same stone with Vernal Ballard Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| BALLARD | Vernal | 1933 | One date on stone Same stone with Lester Ballard Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| BARTLETT | Everett | Mar 14, 1897 | Aged 4 m, 24 dys | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| BARTLETT | John L. | 1885 | 1957 | Same stone with Mary Bartlett Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| BARTLETT | Mary E. | 1885 | 1948 | Same stone with John Bartlett Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| BOND | Dorothy | Aug 7, 1912 | Mar 17, 2008 | Same stone with Wilbur Bond Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| BOND | Wilbur E. | Oct 11, 1908 | Apr 27, 1983 | Same stone with Dorothy Bond Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| CAVERTY | Ralph Delbert | Oct 3, 1943 | Oct 27, 1957 | Son of James and Viola (Cogdill) Caverty Died in a house fire Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| CAVERTY | Viola B. | Mar 19, 1910 | May 9, 1978 | MOTHER | Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| COATS | Charley H. | Feb 26, 1893 | Oct 11, 1961 | Same stone with Edith Coats Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| COATS | Edith | Feb 21, 1894 | Jan 8, 1976 | Same stone with Charley Coats Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| COGDILL | Dukie | Oct 2, 1929 | Oct 27, 1957 | MISSOURI CPL 847 FIELD ARTILLERY BN | Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| EAGAN | Fred Sanford | May 20, 1926 | Oct 20, 2004 |
Same stone with Laura Lee Eagan Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| EAGAN | Laura Lee | Apr 22, 1931 |
No Death Date Same stone with Fred Eagan Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| EAGAN | Richard Clair | Dec 9, 1963 | Dec 18, 1991 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| EDWARDS | Charles W. | Sep 8, 1868 | June 11, 1936 | Same stone with Cornelia Edwards Click on surname for photo of stone and on given name for closeup. |
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| EDWARDS | Cornelia Ann | Jan 2, 1874 | May 2, 1952 | Same stone with Charles Edwards Click on surname for photo of stone amd on given name for closeup. |
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| EDWARDS | Floyd L. | 1892 | 1949 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| ELMORE | Dowling | April 8, 1880 | April 8, 1880 | Son of P.E. & M. Elmore | Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| ELMORE | James | May 14, 1878 | Aged 5 months, 5 days | No Birth Date Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| ELMORE | Mary E. | Mar 28, 1891 | Wife of P. Elmore Aged 52 yrs, 11 m, 28 dys | No Birth Date Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| FORDYCE | Charlie Wayne | Nov 5, 1936 | Nov 6, 2003 |
Same stone with Clara Fordyce Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| FORDYCE | Clara Lee | Jan 3, 1938 |
No Death Date Same stone with Charlie Wayne Fordyce Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| GILLESPIE | Lela M. | April 19, 1899 | April 22, 1900 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| GILLESPIE | Linos E. | Dec 24, 1893 | Aged 1 yr, 6 m, 16 dys | No Birth Date Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| HAWK | George W. | Oct 27, 1832 | Sep 6, 1913 | CO K 55 OH VOL INF Civil War | Same stone with Sarah Hawk Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| HAWK | George W. | 1884 | 1958 | Same stone with Lillie Hawk Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| HAWK | Lillie E. | 1894 | 1950 | Same stone with George Hawk, Jr. Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| HAWK | Sarah J. | Oct 7, 1845 | May 17, 1919 | Same stone with George W. Hawk Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| HAWKINS | D. Deveryl | Apr 8, 1930 | Feb 17, 1988 | Married Jan 22, 1949 | Same stone with James H. Hawkins Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| HAWKINS | James H. | Oct 18, 1926 | Oct 24, 1989 | Married Jan 22, 1949 | Same stone with D. Deveryl Hawkins Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| HOGAN | Elizabeth | 1846 | 1924 | Same stone with Thomas Hogan Click on surname for photo of stone and on given name for closeup. |
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| HOGAN | Inf dau | Jul 20, 1902 | Jul 20, 1902 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| HOGAN | John Roy | Dec 25, 1929 | Oct 4, 1951 | CALIFORNIA PFC 8 CAV (INF) 1 CAV. (INF) KOREA | Killed in Action Click on surname for photo of stone and on given name for closeup. |
| HOGAN | Thomas | 1853 | 1930 | Same stone with Elizabeth Hogan Click on surname for photo of stone and on given name for closeup. |
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| HOLLOWAY | Glen Arbor | Sep 16, 1906 | July 30, 1993 | Married Sept 8, 1928 | Same stone with Violet Holloway Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| HOLLOWAY | Violet Vase | Jan 30, 1908 | Aug 25, 1981 | Married Sept 8, 1928 | Same stone with Glen Holloway Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| HOWE | Velma E. | Oct 31, 1852 | July 27, 1929 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| JAMES | Charles R. | Oct 9, 1875 | June 12, 1882 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| JOHNS | Nancy K. | Feb 8, 1939 | Married Mar 15, 1958 |
No Death Date Same stone with Robert Johns Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| JOHNS | Robert D. "Bob" | Jun 5, 1933 | Dec 4, 2004 | Married Mar 15, 1958 |
Same stone with Nancy K. Johns Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| LINTHACUM | Mary Ellen | 1940 | 2003 |
Dates from Social Security Death Index: b. Nov 9, 1940 d. May 18, 2003 Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| MCDONALD | Rev. Joseph | Aged 32 years | Click on surname for photo of stone. | ||
| MCELHINEY | James Agustus | Feb 6, 1901 | Apr 2, 1995 | Married Mar 15, 1958 | Same stone with Sylvia McElhiney Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| MCELHINEY | Sylvia May | Feb 4, 1902 | Apr 30, 1980 | Married Mar 15, 1958 | Same stone with James McElhiney Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| MILES | Doris E. | 1910 | 1971 | SON | Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| MILES | Elma | Jun 11, 1901 | Dec 31, 1994 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| MILES | Forest P. "Buck" | Jun 23, 1914 | Oct 11, 2000 | Married Aug 16, 1940 | Same stone with M. Maxine Miles Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| Miles | Hattie L. | 1881 | 1944 | MOTHER | Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| MILES | John P. | June 2, 1850 | July 29, 1918 | Same stone with Sophrona Miles Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| MILES | Lee | 1879 | 1967 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| MILES | Lester | Mar 23, 1894 | Nov 20, 1977 | Same stone with Elma Miles Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| MILES | M. Maxine "Blondie" | Nov 26, 1923 | Married Aug 16, 1940 | Same stone with Forest Miles Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| MILES | Sophrona | Oct 15, 1859 | Nov 26, 1924 | Same stone with John Miles Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| MOSBY | Maude Miles | 1885 | 1934 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| MULNIX | Grace L. | Nov 1, 1899 | Jan 3, 1986 | Same stone with Rayman Mulnix Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| MULNIX | Rayman M. | July 31, 1897 | Jan 14, 1986 | Same stone with Grace Mulnix Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| ORME | Leah Payne | Aug 24, 1939 | Dec 10, 1959 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| PAYNE | Esta M | . Mar 8, 1912 | Sep 13, 2004 | Wed Mar. 27, 1937 |
Same stone with Garland Payne Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| PAYNE | Garland | Mar 21, 1910 | Jun 11, 1982 | Wed Mar. 27, 1937 | Same stone with Esta Payne Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| PAYNE | Nathon John | Dec 15, 1989 | Dec 15, 1989 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| PEUGH | Charley H. | 1872 | 1954 | Same stone with Nancy Peugh Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| PEUGH | Chester W. | 1904 | 1986 | Same stone with Dorothy Peugh Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| PEUGH | Dorothy C. | 1909 | 1979 | Same stone with Chester Peugh Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| PEUGH | Guy V. | 1898 | 1968 | Same stone with Ida Peugh Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| PEUGH | Ida | 1896 | 1964 | Same stone with Guy Peugh Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| PEUGH | Nancy B. | 1876 | 1953 | Same stone with Charley Peugh Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| POLLEY | Joseph | Feb 23, 1832 | Jan 16, 1916 | Same stone with Margaret Polley Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| POLLEY | Luthena | Feb 29, 1884 | Aged 8 yrs, 9 m | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| POLLEY | Margaret J. | Feb 15, 1837 | Feb 14, 1916 | His Wife | Same stone with Joseph Polley Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| REBEL | Jay | Jan 26, 1936 | Married Feb 3, 1957 |
No Death Date Same stone with Nancy Rebel Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| REBEL | Nancy | Aug 22, 1937 | Mar 13, 2006 | Married Feb 3, 1957 |
Same stone with Jay Rebel Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| RENFRO | Edith May | Mar 8, 1881 | Dau of W. A. & M.B. Renfo Aged 2 yrs, 6 m, 20 dys | No Birth Date Stone worn. Parents initials may be incorrect. Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| RENFRO | James | July 20, 1881 | Aged 60 yrs, 5 dys | No Birth Date Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| ROLOFSON | Winfield T. | Mar 6, 1878 | Aged 24 yrs, 6 m, 1 d | No Birth Date Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| ROSE | Vennettia M. | Feb 23, 1897 | Jan 28, 1910 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| SHEETS | J. Neal | Apr 23, 1908 | Feb 9, 1973 | Click on surname for photo of stone. | |
| SMITH | Albert |
No Birth Date Unreadable Son of ? and M. Smith Stone worn and broken Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| SMITH | Mary | Apr 25, 1888 | Wife of T. Smith Aged 79 yrs, 4 m, 21 d | Click on surname for photo of stone and on given name for closeup. | |
| SMITH | Thomas | Aug 23, 1887 | Aged 80 yrs, 8 m, 8 ds | Click on surname for photo of stone and on given name for closeup. | |
| WILEY | Bedonna L. | 1934 | MOM | Same stone with Delno Wiley Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| WILEY | Clifford | Oct 10, 1904 | Jan 16, 1983 | Same stone with Fern Wiley Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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| WILEY | Delno L. | 1933 | 1978 | DAD | Sane stone with Bedonna Wiley Click on surname for photo of stone. |
| WILEY | Fern E. | Aug 27, 1905 | Nov 19, 2009 | Same stone with Clifford Wiley Click on surname for photo of stone. |
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