Oak Hill Cemetery (aka Old Fairview) at Lonedell, Franklin County, Missouri This old, abandoned cemetery is located on a densely wooded hilltop on the present day Heideman property off Hendricks Rd., south of Hwy.30. The adjacent Oak Hill Methodist Church burned, and was abandoned around 1880. The congregation relocated to the new Fairview Methodist Church around 1880, hence this cemetery being commonly known as "Old Fairview" today. The cemetery itself was deserted soon after 1900. The present day cemetery is highly overgrown and only five legible tombstones remain. It appears that there were perhaps three rows of gravestones at one time, possibly containing thirty or more burials. No other stones have survived. Interestingly, the cemetery was apparantly in virtually the same condition when described in a St. Clair Chronicle article some fifty years ago. The existing burials are: BOYD, George Washington 15 Apr 1815 - 24 Apr 1894 BOYD, Mahala (THORNHILL) 3 Aug 1812 - 2 Mar 1900 BOYD, James Andrew 5 Jul 1874 - 29 Apr 1882 STRATTON, James (no dates) military veteran's stone: Co. H 39th Ohio Militia HAWKINS, Eola J. d. 29 Jan 1875 age 1y 28d HAWKINS, George C. d. 23 Aug 1873 age 1y 7m HAWKINS, James J. d. 27 Aug 1873 age 8y 7m George and Mahala BOYD were my gggrandparents. James Andrew BOYD was the older brother of my grandfather, Elmer BOYD. He reportedly drowned in the nearby Little Meramec river when left alone fishing during another family funeral. James STRATTON was the husband of George and Mahala's daughter, Eliza Ann BOYD. Anyone related to the persons listed above or having information regarding other burials in this location is strongly urged to reply. Mike Boyd St. Louis, MO ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mike Boyd ====================================================================