STONE COUNTY, MISSOURI, PHILIBERT CEMETERY
Document transcribed by Connie A. Yates
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
United States of American
vs.
0.78 of an acre, more or less, Civil Action
in Stone and Barry Counties, No. 1356
Missouri, comprising twelve
cemeteries in said counties
Tracts Defendants Address
F-608 Hammers Cemetary
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Holt, next of kin of Infant Holt, desceased Lampe, Missouri
Tony Hammers, next of kin of R.F.d.#3, Mt. Vernon, MO
Perry Hammers, deceased,
Mattie Hammers, deceased,
John Smith Hammers, deceased,
John Hammers, deceased,
Louisa Hammers, deceased,
Visie Yates, deceased, and
Infant Hammers, deceased.
G-705 Hardin Cemetary
Amelia Dahms, next of kin of Johnnie Dahms, deceased Oroville, CA
Unknown next of kin of Amanda Finnigan deceased Unknown
Unknown next of kin of Philip Finnigan, deceased Unknown
Unknown next of kin of unknown deceased person Unknown
Deceased persons buried in Hadin Cemetary
H-805 Oswalt Cemetary
Unknown next of kin of Samuel Smith, deceased Unknown
Unknown next of kin of Unknown deceased persons buried In Oswalt Cemetary Unknown
H-880 Yates Cemetary
Henry T. Yocum, next of kin Lampe, MO
of Infant Yocum, deceased
Ola Yocum, deceased, and
Daniel Yocum, deceased
Clara Stultz, next of kin of Muncia, IN
Alta M. Little, deceased,
Alma Mae Bluyue, deceased, and
Lofford Bluyue.
James G. Schwyhart, next of kin of Duncan, OK
Clifford Schwyhart, deceased,
George Schwyhart, deceased, and
Marget Schwyhart, deceased
You are hereby notified that a complaint in condemnation has heretofore been filed in the office
of the clerk of the above named court in an action to condemn for public use, in connection with
the Table Rock Dam and Reservoir Project, all right, title and interest of the next of kin in
and to the cemetaries described in Exhibit A heretofore attached, including the right to
disinter and reinter in other locations, together with all burial rights of third parties in
said cementaries, the area of which cementaries in the aggregate consists of 0.78 of an acre,
more or less, in Stone and Barry Counties, Missouri.
The authority for the taking is the Act of Congress approved April 24, 1888 (33 U.S.C. 591),
and the Act of Congress approved March 1, 1917, as amended (33 U.S.C. 701), et seq.), and the
Act of Congress approved July 2, 1956 (Public Law 641-84th Congress), which act appropriated
funds for such purposes.
You are further notified that upon the filing of said complaint an order was made by the court
granting to the plaintiff the immediate right to disinter and remove all bodies of deceased
persons now lying buried in the above-designated tracts, and to reinter said bodies in a site
known as the Joseph Philibert Cemetary, in accordance with a plan of relocation known as
Cemetary Relocation Plan Assemlby No. 3, Barry and Stone Counties, Missour, promulgated by the
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Little Rock District, Little Rock, Arkansas, in May, 1957, a
copy of which assembly was filed in this court on September 30, 1957 in Civil Action No. 1351.
Table Rock Reservoir
Stone County, Missouri
White River
Tracts
H-880
Contend George Yocum, next of kin of Lampe, MO
Joseph Yocum, deceased, and
Matilda Yocum, deceased
Mrs. L.V. Holt, next of kin of Lampe, MO
John Yates, deceased, and
Mary Yates, deceased.
Unknown next of kin of unknown Unknown
Deceased persons buried in Yates Cemetary
G-1711 Galaswell Cemetary
Unknown next of kin of J.A. Laswell, deceased Unknown
Unknown next of kin of unknown Unknown
Deceased person buried in Galaswell Cemetary
R-1801 Thompson Cemetary
Unknown next of kin of ____Barnes, deceased Unknown
Unknown next of kin of ____Barnes, deceased Unknown
Unknown next of kin of unknown Unknown
Deceased persons buried in Thompson Cemetary
F-1832 Henson Cemetary
Unknown next of kin of unknown Unknown
deceased persons buried in Henson Cemetary
DD-3010 Leonard Cemetary
Unknown next of kin of unknown deceased Unknown
persons buried in Leonard Cemetary
DD-3012 Andoe Cemetary
Artha Blasingame, next of kin of Lampe, MO
Eola Andoe, deceased,
Orea Rose, deceased,
Manda Rose, deceased,
Paul Andoe, deceased,
Silas Andoe, deceased,
Infant Andoe, deceased
Hershel Leonard, next of kin of Mary E. Andoe, deceased Berryville, AR
Tracts DD 3012 Cont'd
Unknown next of kin of Butler Boggess deceased Unknown
Unknown next of kin of Elizabeth A. Leonard, deceased Unknown
.
Unknown next of kin of unknown Unknown
deceased persons buried in Andoe Cemetary
FF-3238 Hale Cemetary
Allen Clark, next of kin of Eligah Clark, deceased Neosho, Mo.
W.T. McCullough, next of kin of T.O. Hale, deceased Berryville, AR
Unknown next of kin of T.B.P., deceased Unknown
Unknown next of kin of Ellis Hale, deceased. Unknown
II-3531 McCord Cemetary
Unknown next of kin of unknown Deceased persons buried in McCord Cemetary Unknown
KK-3706 Cole Cemetary
Unknown next of kin of unknown deceased persons buried in Cole Cemtary Unknown
You are hereby notified that a complaint in condemnation has heretofore been filed in the
office of the clerk of the above named court in an action to condemn for public use, in
connection with the Table Rock Dam and Reservoir Project, all right, title and interest of the
next of kin in and to the cemetaries described in Exhibit A heretofore attached, including the
right to disinter and reinter in other locations, together with all burial rights of third
parties in said cementaries, the area of which cementaries in the aggregate consists of 0.78
of an acre, more or less, in Stone and Barry Counties, Missouri.
The authority for the taking is the Act of Congress approved April 24, 1888 (33 U.S.C. 591),
and the Act of Congress approved March 1, 1917, as amended (33 U.S.C. 701), et seq.), and the
Act of Congress approved July 2, 1956 (Public Law 641-84th Congress), which act appropriated
funds for such purposes.
You are further notified that upon the filing of said complaint an order was made by the court
granting to the plaintiff the immediate right to disinter and remove all bodies of deceased
persons now lying buried in the above-designated tracts, and to reinter said bodies in a site
known as the Joseph Philibert Cemetary, in accordance with a plan of relocation known as
Cemetary Relocation Plan Assemlby No. 3, Barry and Stone Counties, Missour, promulgated by the
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Little Rock District, Little Rock, Arkansas, in May, 1957, a
copy of which assembly was filed in this court on September 30, 1957 in Civil Action No. 1351.
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