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

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