SUMMERS CEMETERY

This is quite a large cemetery which was known as the Aunt Jane Summers grave-yard. The cemetery has not been used for many years. I have been told there may be around 100 graves here.

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

BOYCE, JAMES SAMUEL, s/o James Sr. 5/29/1820, Ripley Co. IN, 5 ch.: Sarah (m. Joel Shelton, 1858, Dent Co., both bur. Cage Cem.), William (8/20/1846 MO - 12/26/1863, shot at age 17, bur. near old old East Schoolhouse), Thankful (b. 4/6/1848 MO, m. Rufus Holloman, 1866, Dent Co.), Mary Elizabeth (bur. Cedar Grove Cem., m. Joseph Thomas Halbrook, 1867, Dent Co.), James A.; James Sr.m. b. c1790-94-d.early 1840's, MO -- settled what was then Ripley Co., had ch.: James S. (m. Lydia Lewis), Sarah (m. William Roberts), Mary (m. William Lewis, c1844), Alexander (10/14/1828 - d. 1864, Civil War in AR, m. Thankful Lewis, 8/11/1853, Dent Co.); James S. reared his family along & near Gladden Valley, Dent Co. near Shannon Co.

BOYCE, LYDIA w/o James S.; b c1820 MO - d. 10/17/1873, d/o John Lewis * Lydia Boyce m. John O. Jarrett, 1871, Dent Co.

BOYCE, JAMES "UNCLE JIM" ALEXANDER 5/5/1856 - 4/1927 at home 4 miles SW of Gladden near Shannon Co. line; m. c1856, Ithenia Isabell "Nannie" Lawson (10/9/1860 TN - 7/15/1942, bur. Cedar Grove Cem.), 3 ch.: Ada T. (Mrs. Joe Lewis), John J., & Minnie O.; reared Josiah "Joe" Alvin Lewis; farmer on Gladden Valley; well known fiddler, did not use alchohol.

BOYCE, JOHN JAMES s/o James & Nannie 7/12/1884 - 9/15/1894 on Sat.

BOYCE, MINNIE OLFIELDER d/o James & Nannie 7/21/1871 - 10/23/1880

EAST, WILLIAM THOMAS 9/28/1858, Richmond W. VA - 10/19/1938, Custer MO, home of dau. Katie Welch, s/o Wm. & Lucinda; m. Julia Ritchey, 1882, Dent Co., 12 ch.: Oscar, Thomas & Edward " Jack" ---all moved to OR, Robert (TX), Lucinda Katherine " Katie" (m. Joe Lewis & Eddie Welch, she bur. Miner Cem.), Willie (bur. Empire Cem.), Dollie East Melton & Rose Waytus---both bur. Cedar Grove Cem., Albert ( St. Joseph), & 3 died young ---Ruth; to MO with parents as small boy---spent rest of life Dent Co.; converted 1913, joined Jadwin Church; farmer near Jadwin

EAST, JULIA MAE w/o Wm. T., nee Ritchey; d. 1/6/1924, home near Jadwin

HALBROOK, children of Joe & Mary nee Boyce HODGES, Inf. of S. Green & Tryphana E. nee Lewis

HODGES, BERNADINE d/o Arthur; parents bur. Cedar Grove Cem.

HODGES, CLAUDINE d/o Arthur, who is son of Green & Tryphana

HOWELL, child of John & Sally; parents bur. Jadwin Cem.

JARRETT, LYDIA BOYCE nee Lewis, d/o John; m. James S. Boyce, m. John O. Jarrett, 1871, Dent Co.

LEWIS, JESSE husband of Sarah nee Bugg (bur. Rector Cem.); parents of James Jesse (bur. Jadwin Cem.), John Franklin (bur. Rector Cem.), A. J. "Joe", Lula E. (Mrs. James Prater) -- bur. Upper Indian Creek Cem., Zena (m. Ike Epstein)-- bur. Cedar Grove Cem.

LEWIS, ALVIN JOSIAH "JOE" s/o Jesse & Sarah, d/ 10/1929 with typhoid fever; m. Ada Boyce, c1899, ch.: Myrna Ianthia (Mrs. Willie Lee Jones) & Vera Arnie (m. Jack Farris)--both bur. Cedar Grove Cem., James Vernon, & Inf.; Joe later m. Lucinda Katherine "Katie" East, 3/14/1915, Rector, ch.: Arley, Donna (m. Eldo Schafer)--bur. Miner Cem., Alvin Joseph (Inf.) --bur. Akers Cem.; Katie later m. Eddie Welch, 1933, Rolla --she bur. Miner Cem.

LEWIS, ADA TEXANNA w/o Joe, nee Boyce, d/o James & Nannie, 8/12/1883 - 4/18/1913

LEWIS, inf. of Joe & Ada nee Boyce

?LEWIS, WILLIAM b. c1825, s/o John & Thankfur nee Short; m. Mary Boyce, c1844, ch.: Lydia Mary (m. George W. Willis), Samuel, Alexander (m. Mary S. Wofford, bur. Empire Cem.), William James (m. Lois Summers, bur Empire Cem.), Mary E. (m. Nathan Moffitt, 1873, Dent Co.), Tryphana Emily (Mrs Samuel Green Hodges, bur. Akers Cem.), Jefferson D. (m. Martha A. Hodges, 1881); to Dent Co. 1840 from TN, lived Gladden Valley & Barren Fork

?LEWIS, MARY w/o William nee Boyce; b. 5/5/1825 IN, d/o James Boyce Sr.

ROBERTS, SARAH d/o James Boyce Sr., b. 1817 - d. 18? m. William Roberts in IN

STEELMAN, IDA wife of Jim (who d. Ark.), d/o Green & Tryphana Lewis Hodges (parents bur. Akers Cem.; mother of Captain Hodges (bur. Cedar Grove Cem.- Salem)

SUMMERS, relatives of Murna Lewis Jones