Richards Cemetery
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Cuivre Township, St. Charles Co., MO
Name Birth Death Comments
Bondurant, David E. 22 Apr 1862 21 Jan 1890 MJM
Bondurant, Fannie D. 9 May 1825 21 Apr 1880 MJM  w/ Lewis
Bondurant, John 5 Dec 1855 6 Jun 1915 MJM
Bondurant, Lewis 29 Oct 1825 9 Nov 1884 MJM   w/ Fannie
Culp, Tommie N. 29 Apr 1878 son of G. & M.E.1y2m6d stone broken
Custer, David 26 Aug 1813 3 Apr 1869 55y7m8d stone broken dates from MJM
Faber, Ethel 30 Jul 1923 MJM   1y5m "undertaker's slab'
Faber, James E. 25 Nov 1852 30 Oct 1879 stone broken & down
Hall, Emily V. 11 Nov 1855 14 Oct 1896 MJM   40y 11d 3d
Hall, Kittie 20 May 1866 28 May 1897 'beloved wife of C.L."
Harris, Prudence 9 Mar 1873 aged 68yrs  wife of Reuben
Harris, Reuben 26 Dec 1808 28 Apr 187- broken stone  death date 1870 or 1878?
Richards, David H. 10 Feb 1819 15 Oct 1902 w/ Martha S.
Richards, Edward R. 20 Mar 1822 22 Mar 1872 broken - very difficult to read
Richards, Emily V. 14 Oct 1895 47 yrs old
Richards, Joel 11 Oct 1852 66y 2m 15d  stone broken
Richards, Lucy 30 Jan 1867 wife of Joel  79y 7m  stone broken
Richards, Martha A. 29 Sep 1833 2 Feb 1913 w/ David H.
Richards, Mary F. 15 Dec 1834 31 Oct 1900 wife of E. R.
Richards, Sarah 7 Mar 1872 wife of E. W.  52y 8d
Richards, Sarah W. 19 Oct 1852 32y 2m 17d   stone broken
Richards, Shadrach M. 24 Feb 1881 66y
T47N R1E Sec 16.  Located at 1066 North Point Prairie Road on Prairie Hill Farm.  Owned by Charles and Karla Hagan. 
See p. 43 Gone But Not Forgotten.   Many of the stones are down, and a few are not found.   Several are marked 'infant' -- noted by MJM as 'infant children of Lewis & Fannie Bondurant'; she also notes one grave marked onlywith rough stones, which are still there.  Her account says this is the burial grond of Joel and Lucy Richards who came to Missouri from Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, in wagons, bringing 30 slaves with them.  In 1933 this farm was said to have been held by one family longer than any other farm in the county -- over 100 years.  The slaves' burying ground was located north of the house.
Childred of Joel and Lucy Richards, as listed by Mrs. McElhiney, wer: Shadrach M., Elijah W., Edward R., David, Fanny, Susan and Sally (unmarried).  Heirs of Shadrach and his wife Sally were Mrs. Sally Mitchelll (of California), Mrs. Jane Harmon (of St. Louis), and Mrs. Abigail Beckman (St. Louis County).  These three sisters inherited the farm, and Mrs. Beckman, wife of W.L., bought the interest of her two sisters.  The farm was also know as the "Dwyer Place."

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