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From: Susan Tortorelli <>
Subject: Re: [MOBARRY-L] Trulove Cemetery
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:32:47 -0500
In-Reply-To: <125.19794b4.2880539c@aol.com>


Judging by the headstone the J.E. in the marriage record is John E.
Truelove. Nope, not joking, my computer is working for a change so I am
rushing to get copies of the original items I promised my cousin Barb onto
my computer. I will ask her if she knows Mary's maiden name and if John was
a nickname or her given name. Barb's Mom (my Aunt Lucille) was 23 when Mary
Thompson died and well Barb is my Dad's age. :o) If she doesn't know our
Aunt Florence might remember.

These are not ready for prime time and in a temporary location but here are
the photos I took for Barb at Truelove Cemetery.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/temp/Truelove/trustones.htm

The double sided stone says:
John E. Wife of W.R. Thompson
Born Apr 24, 1854 - Died Apr. 9, 1900
------------------------
J.T. son of W.R. & J.E. Thompson
Born Feb 9, 1884 - Died Feb 11, 1906

(This is the James in the census record you mentioned and without looking I
bet he is the "Trudy" listed elsewhere on Barry)

Notice how some of the stones on that page are missing from Joan's
transcription but as the photos show they are there.

I checked the paper when my Grandpa & Fannie bought the farm (and cemetery)
from Mary in 1916 but it only lists her as Mary Thompson.

Check this out Bill
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/temp/r-t/ForBarb.html yep, that is Fannie
Thompson.

At 08:37 AM 07/13/2001 , wrote:
>While responding to an inquiry regarding the Trulove Cemetery I discoverd
>an error. This is to admit to my error and to seek help correcting it. The
>inquirer
>is a Trulove researcher who also wanted to know how the cemetery derived
>its name. First, the error:
>
>The error concerns the Mary Trulove Thompson in my statement at:
>
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/data/thomps1.htm
>
>“James was the son of William R Thompson and Mary Truelove Thompson.”
>
>Mary, presumably the second wife of William R Thompson, is buried at Trulove
>Cemetery (1858-1931). She could NOT be the mother of the Thompson children
>because in 1900, William was a widower.
>
>1900 Census, Washburn Twp., Barry Co. MO
>77 Thompson, William Head W M Mar 1850 50 Wd 25 Mo Tn Tn
> James Son W M Feb 1884 16 S Mo Mo Tn
> Dora F Dau W F Jun 1886 13 S Mo Mo Tn
>Smithey, Jane housekeep W F Dec 1837 62 Wd Tn PA NC
>
>The cemetery records list Thompson infants as children of W.R & J.E.
>
>A marriage record: Truelove, J?E to Thompson, William. Dec 27, 1874
>
>I believe the question mark refers to the J. and the name was Helen or
>Henrietta
>of Etta, the daughter of Timothy and Sarah A. Trulove. She may be buried
>at Trulove in an unmarked grave.
>
>As verification: Does anyone have an obituary for the first wife of William R
>Thompson?, between 1884 and 1900. Or the marriage of Mary to W.R.
>Thompson, sometime between 1900 and 1915?
>
>Second:
>How the cemetery got its NAME. Timothy and Sarah Trulove arrived in Barry
>County between 1855 and 1858 with four daughters born in Tennessee. A fifth
>daughter was born before the 1860 census. They may have settled in section
>15,
>Twp. 22 N, Range 28 W where the cemetery is located.
>
>Per GLO record, there were two land buyers of section 15. Lewis Collins
>bought
>80 acres in the northeast corner in 1849/1853. In 1909, 79 acres of this
>purchase
>were owned by J.H.F. Farley. The other acre may have been church land.
>
>Matthew Hubbert bought a total of 440 acres from 1848 to 1853. In 1909, W. R.
>Thompson owned 178 acres of the Hubbert purchases, including the cemetery.
>
>Timothy Trulove(1820-1878) may have established the cemetery when one
>of the family members or neighbor died. The first recorded (by J Kunkel)
>burial is 1868.
>At least three daughters are buried there.
>
>Mary Elizabeth Truelove married John Durham Mar 5, 1868
>J?E or Etta married William Thompson (1850-1915)
>Sarah Trulove was the first wife of Burrel Gowen, married Jan 11, 1872, she
>is buried at Trulove Cemetery
>Drusillar Hackney Truelove m Fernando Alburtus Berryhill in 1878
>-Drusillar Sep 1857-Apr 1879 is buried at Trulove.
>Martha C Truelove m Samuel J McClure Oct 18, 1869, she is buried at Trulove.
>
>Can someone confirm, correct or expand the cemetery history??
>
>My connections are distant: Burrell Gowen was a brother to a g-grandmother
>and
>William Thompson was a cousin to a g-grandfather.
>
>Thanks for reading this far.
>
>Bill Landers
>Cape Cod, MA

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