Source Information

Ancestry.com. Randolph County, Missouri, Cemetery Records and Histories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001.
Original data: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Randolph County, Missouri, Cemetery Records and Histories. Vol. 1-6. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.

About Randolph County, Missouri, Cemetery Records and Histories

This collection of cemetery records from Randolph County adds to the growing number of databases in the "Ellsberry Collection." The database was compiled by long-time researcher, school teacher, and professional genealogist Elizabeth Ellsberry. These cemetery records contain the name of the deceased, relatives, birth date, death date, etc as well as age, when given. Also included are brief histories of the towns Moberly and Huntsville, as well as biographical excerpts of many of the men buried in these towns. The database includes more than 5,600 entries.

The following books are included in the database:


  • Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri, Volume IV - Part I, 1884 (Oakland Cemetery and history of Moberly)
  • Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri, Volume IV - Part II, 1884 (Oakland Cemetery and history of Moberly)
  • Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri, Volume IV - Part III (Oakland Cemetery and history of Moberly: Taken from Moberly-Monitor Index, May 10, 1958)
  • Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri, Volume IV - Part IV (Oakland Cemetery, Moberly; History of Moberly: Taken from St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Aug. 20, 1944)
  • Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri, Volume IV - Part V (Oakland Cemetery, Moberly)
  • Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri, Volume IV - Part VI (Biographical Excerpts of Men buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Moberly, Missouri, taken from History of Macon and Randolph County, Missouri, 1881)
  • Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri, Volume V - Part I Hunstville
  • Cemetery Records of Randolph County, Missouri, Volume V Part II Huntsville (Copied from an old Randolph County Atlas)

Ms. Ellsberry began genealogical publication in 1958, when she published her own family history, The Warrens and You. In researching her own family, she found that libraries needed additional information from cemetery records, wills, land records, probate records, census records, etc., to help people with their family history. Ellsberry decided that she wanted to help by publishing books that contained solid genealogical data. She taught school for 34 years, but on weekends and summer vacation, she would travel around to different courthouses and cemeteries, recording the information she found. She also corresponded with several researchers and helped them in their research. Ellsberry self-published more than 300 books, and most of them are available for sale. Most of the compilation of these books took place between 1958 and into the 1970s, so the recorded information should include the cemetery and/or courthouse records of that time period.

Address:
Ms. Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry
P.O. Box 206
Chillicothe, MO 64601