SAMPLES CEMETERY

This was copied from "Ozark Heritage Dent County Missouri Area Cemeteries & Families" Vol III 1994 by Ken Fiebelman of Salem, MO. Reprinted with the permission of Ken Fiebelman on behalf of the Dent County Historical Society

Submitted by Kathy Welch Heidel

(also known as Bushwhacker Cemetery)

CROW, S. O. "OTTO" (Corporal Co. K 3rd Mo. Cav. Civil War, Union Army); m. Mary Coppedge, ch.: Augusta E. (m.William David Kitchen, bur. Kitchen Cem.), Richard Y. (bur. Black Cem.), Robert "Bob" Walter (m. Maude M. Stites, bur Enke Cem.), Mrs. Moreland

CROW, MARY, w/o S. O. "Otto", nee Coppedge

ROSEBERRY, THOMAS, b. 1792 VA - d. 12/22/1872, age 80 yrs. 27 das.; Soldier War of 1812; m. Jane "Jennie" Neal, ch.: Jesse Neal (m. Sarah Ann Roberts, both bur. Roseberry Cem.); bro. to: Samuel b. c1817; lived Hamilton Co. OH, to Jefferson Co. IN 1811, then to Trimbel Co. KY, & to near Edgar Springs MO.

SAMPLES, JOHN b. c1817, KY (Co. B 10 Mo. Cav., Union Army, Civil War), shot by bushwhacker, forerunner of Samples family; m. Lurana (Lureny) Perkins, ch.: Mary C. (m. W. D. Eaves) (?), James, Wesley (m. Sinthy Ann Falkenberry,1874, Dent Co.), Permelia Elizabeth (b.8/16/1850, Dent Co., m. Wm Merrill, 11/2/1873, m. Wm. H. Edwards, 1/8/1878, Texas Co.), Sarah (m. Lee Jacobs, 1870, Dent Co.), Benjamin Franklin, Gregory F. (m. Rachel L. Black of Phelps Co., 1879, Dent Co.), Stanford, Elijah *Samuel Samples m. Martha Jane Edney, 1865, Dent Co.

SAMPLES, LURANA w/o John nee Perkins 4/23/1819 KY - 7/1/1872 * This plot is located near Samples Creek, the present Lawrence Rogers farm. The home is in Phelps Co., the burial ground in Dent Co. There are several unmarked graves including other members of the Samples family. This farm was later owned by Coon Black.