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JOHN BRESSIE
FAMILY CEMETERY
(a/k/a Bressie Farm Cemetery)

 

Located between Park Hills and Farmington at edge of woods behind Crown Motors.  Cemetery is divided into two sections and surrounded by a concrete wall.   See more pictures below.
Visited and copied June 2003 by B. Warner
COLE, Martha Bressie - b. 1840; d. 1881 / wife of William M.
BRESSIE, Elizabeth - b. 1846; d. 1854
BRESSIE, James Y. - d. Jan. 21, 1864, aged 21y, 8m
BRESSIE, John - b. 1811; d. 1866  "GRANDFATHER"
BRESSIE, John W. - b. Feb. 8, 1873; d. Oct. 2, 1876
BRESSIE, John W. - b. 1854; d. 1887  "Asleep In Jesus"
BRESSIE, Joseph I. - b. Mar. 24, 1879; d. Apr. 16, 1879
BRESSIE, Lewellyn - b. Dec. 17, 1875; d. Aug. 5, 1891  - Another view of tombstone.
BRESSIE, Lucetta - b. 1858; d. 1862
BRESSIE, Rachel Murphy - b. 1816; d. 1895 - wife of John
BRESSIE, Robert Y. - b. Nov. 8, 1869; d. Mar. 22, 1885
UNKNOWN - This stone marker with no inscription is located between the grave of Rachel Murphy and John W. Murphy (1854-1887)

The John Bressie Family appears in the 1850 St. Francois County census as follows:

BRESSIE, John, 39, w/m - farmer (slaveowner) - Born North Carolina
                 Rachel, 34, w/f - Born Missouri
                 Sarah, 13, w/f - Born Missouri
                 Lewis E., 12, w/m - Born Missouri
                 Martha, 10, w/f - Born Missouri
                 James, 8, w/m - Born Missouri
                 Mary, 6, w/f - Born Missouri
                 Rachel, 5, w/f - Born Missouri
                 Robert M., 2, w/m - Born Missouri  

 

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