LISTING OF NAMES AND DATES
AND ANY ACCOMPANYING OBITUARIES AVAILABLE
FOR BURIALS IN THE DOBKINS CEMETERY
COURTOIS TWP, MISSOURI

In the years past, this cemetery has sometimes been called The Jerry Campbell Cemetery (for the first burial in it of Jeremiah Campbell’s child; then himself, and later, his wife Mary.) And has been called The Walton Cemetery (to indicate the landowner nearby and identify which cemetery meant, although no Walton is buried there) and finally, The Dobkins Cemetery. The cemetery is on land patented by the Federal Government on 31 May 1824 to Lovel Thompson, father of Sarah ( Thompson) Dobkins, and is on the old John Dobkins home place. John and Sarah Dobkins acquired the property by deeds in 1856. It is not to be confused with the Dobkins-Lambert Cemetery which is On the Lambert farm which was patented by  the U.S. Government to James Dobkins, (brother of John.)

 Compiled from various documents,  records and headstone inscriptions by Beth Garrison.

Given that there are duplicate monuments or records for one or more people, the unofficial final tally for people buried in the Dobkins Cemetery, according to the records and documents available, is 89 people. Of these, 34 are children aged 15 or under, many of whom have no markers.

NOTE: The individuals in red listed below are contained in  Ancestral Quest Data Base of Donovan Yingst. Family data for them may be viewed by going to http://www.users.qwest.net/~alidonyin/Web/Home/Genweb/genweb.htm; then, search in one of the three list categories.

BLOUNT: ( also spelled BLUNT, so these spellings may be interchangeable in obituaries.)

Wingo, 1862-1943

Ida B. (nee Crump) 1866-1959
 

BLUNT:

Kenneth
Born August 16, 1902
Died March 12, 1905
Aged 2 years, 6 months, 25 days

JOINT STONE FOR:
Lou Blunt and Blanche Blunt
Born January 12, 1886 Born June 28, 1882
Died Feb. 9, 1886 Died August 17, 1889
(‘Gone to be an Angel’ ‘Gone to be an Angel’)

Myrtle,
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Blunt, died September 24, 1902, aged 1 year, 11 months, and 21 days. No stone.
 

BRIGHT:

Hallie B.
Wife of E.A. ( or H?)
Born December 28, 1892
Died January 28, 1911
‘Gone But Not Forgotten”
(a stone appears for her also in the Martin family plot.)

Pearl
1893 -1919
 

CAMPBELL:

Jeremiah, h/o Mary Polly Sanders Dobkins---his obelisk marker is next to Mary’s grave, but uninscribed.

Mary
Born Feb.26, 1793
Wife of Jeremiah Campbell (first wife)
(Mary ‘Polly’ Campbell born in Kentucky February 23, 1793, died April 2, 1873 at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. John Dobkins of Osage Township. (He is buried in Dobkins Cemetery also.) She was a sister to Judge James Sanders (also buried in Dobkins Cemetery). She married Lovell Thompson August 24,1809, and came to Missouri Territory in 1820 and settled on Courtois Creek. Her second husband was Jeremiah Campbell. Burial was in Campbell-Dobkins Cemetery on Courtois Creek.

INFANT SON
Of G.W & M Campbell
Born June 13, 1883
Died June 15, 1883
“Little Buds for Earth Too Fair,
Have Gone to Heaven to Blossom There”
 

COMPTON:

Freddie, s/o Wm. B. and Catherine (L.C.) (nee Dobkins) Compton of Berryman, died of inflammation of the bowels at age 8 years, and 7 days, November 30, 1893. ( another record says seven years, 11 months, 16 days.
 

COOPER:

May E. (nee Crump)
1864 -1942

W.A. (William)
1852 -1932

CRUMP:

F.P. 12/22/1835 –2/13/1917 (Fathers Sleeping) (Feadall Parks Crump)

Margie F. 9/23/1843 –8/8/1937 (Waiting in Heaven)
(Mrs. Margie Freances Crump, widow of the late F.P. Crump, passed away Sunday, August 8, 1937. Mrs. Crump was a daughter of the late George Sanders and was born September 23, 1843 at Huzzah. On May 8, 1862, she was married to the late Feadall Parks Crump and to this union nine children were born. The surviving children are Mrs. Mary Cooper, Mrs. Wingo Blount, Miss Lou Crump, George W. Crump, Mrs. James T. Hudson, Mrs. Hattie Crommer, and Mrs. John E. Puckett.

Maggie Lou 1869- 1942 (At Rest)

Joint Stone for:
Martha F.
Born June 20, 1864
Died July 3, 1864

And (children of E.P. and F.M. Crump.)

James F.
Born September 24, 1872
Died April 18, 1873

P.F. December 22, 1835- February 13, 1917

(The Crumps are relatives of Beulah Banta, who was a Crump, also related in some other way to the Dobkins’ and Sanders)

Frank Balie
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Crump
Born October 17, 1902
Died November 24, 1902
Aged 1 month and 1 week
(‘Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven”)
 

DAVIS:

Robert G.
1889 -1941

Dora W. (Roussin)
1878 -1965
 

DOBKINS:

Francis M. (son of John and Sarah Thompson Dobkins)
Born July 29, 1851
Died June 20, 1861

John (husband of Sarah Thompson)
Born 1/20/1811
Died 10/18/1872
Age 62 years, 8 months, 28 days
(John, son of Thomas and Mary Brickey McAdams Dobkins, born January 20, 1811, and died October 18, 1873. He was born in East Tennessee and was one of the first men to receive land grants by petition from the Federal Government when Missouri Territory was opened up for settlement. He owned the land that the Dobkins Cemetery is now on, and had a home just above the cemetery a bit, on the hillside. He married Sarah, daughter of Lovel and Mary ‘Peggy’ Sanders Thompson, also pioneer settlers.)

Joshua T. (son of John)
Died November 25, 1884
Aged 35 years, 6 mos. 14 days.
(Joshua T. Dobkins, son of John and Sarah Thompson Dobkins, died at his home near Osage of pneumonia fever, November 25, 1884 aged 35. Left a wife and 6 small children; the oldest 12. His wife was the daughter of Isom Goad. Father of Rev. Will Dobkins.

Margaret E. (sister of Joshua) d/o John and Sarah Thompson Dobkins.
Born Sept 11, 1846
Died June 6, 1863

Sarah
w/o John
born July 24, 1817
died March 22, 1890
72 years, 7 mo. 28 days
 

GARRISON:

Alzada (Pidcock) (wife of Louis Garrison)
February 1838 –April 1908

Anna E. (daughter of Louis and Alzada; mother of Alfred Garrison)
August 1872 –September 1898

Edna L. (daughter of Louis and Alzada)
October 1936-March 1937

Elizabeth D. (Thompson)
Wife of John Garrison
Died October 24, 1868 Aged 57

John (husband of Elizabeth)
July 11, 1800 –March 29, 1883
(John Garrison was a pioneer settler of Crawford County in the Berryman area,
and married Elizabeth Thompson, sister of John Dobkins’ wife Sarah. They owned
adjoining lands for some time.)

Louis (husband of Alzada Pidcock)
December 24, 1835 –June 11, 1891

Samuel Rufus
August 1875 –August 1955

William T. S. (Uncle Billy)
July 1865- October 1947
(some records show William Tecumseh Sherman Garrison)
(William T. Garrison, brother of Rufus Garrison died October 13, 1947 at Waynesville General Hospital where he had been taken when he was injured while crossing the Frisco tracks near his home West of Cuba, Missouri. Mr. Garrison was born in Crawford County near Steelville, Missouri, July 30, 1865 and had attained the age of 82 years, 2 months, and 13 days.

One uninscribed stone in the Garrison plot, is thought to be for:
Melinda,
Sister of Annie
 

HARRISON:

Joint stone:
Lizzie E.
Born March 24, 1870
Died August 4, 1871

AND

Sara A.
Born June 6, 1872
Died October 12, 1872

(Children of Dr. S. I. and Elizabeth Harrison)
(Dr. Harrison was living with the C. T. Dobkins family
in the 1860 census) (Elizabeth was a Sanders)
 

HAWKINS: (These two stones are in the large crypt spot
In the middle of the cemetery)
 

Beulah M.
Daughter of L.M. and M.E. Hawkins
Born May 22, 1891
Died August 1, 1891
(Beulah , the two-month-old child of Mary and Lemuel Matthews Hawkins, died on Huzzah Saturday.)

In Memory of
Catherine Hawkins
Died September 6, 1865
Aged 30 years, 3 months, and 16 days
 

HILL:

Roberta (stillborn twin of Robert Hill. Child of Clinton and Claudine Garrison Hill)
November 1948 –November 1948 (The inscription on the stone looks like ‘Robert’, but is his sister, Roberta.)
 

MARTIN:

(There is one stone inscribed ‘Martine’*, which connects to others of the “Martin” name)
 

MARTIN:

Annie
Born 1888

Annie (Viehman) Martin
Wife of Joshua
January 14, 1863 –April 14, 1940
(Mrs. Annie K. Martin, nee Viehman, was born January 14, 1863, and died April 14, 1940 at the age of 77 years, 3 months. She was born at Pilot Knob and moved here with her parents while yet young.. She was married to J.I. Martin on March 14, 1908. She leaves her husband, four sisters, Mrs. Amelia Wolf, Mrs. Mary Stafford, Mrs. Bert Parsons, Mrs. Kruse Hopkins, and one brother, Henry Viehman, all of Missouri.)

Arilla D.
(daughter of Charles and Mary Dobkins Martin)
Born March 12, 1871
Died Dec. 17, 1915
‘Thy Will Be Done”
“Gone But Not Forgotten”

Charles, born August 8, 1832. aged 41 years, 11 months, 14 days.

Clara
Daughter of J. I. and Anna V.
March 30, 1881 –April 1, 1906

Clara, wife of J.I., March 30, 1881 – April 1, 1906, age 25 years, 14 days.
(Clara Martin, (first) wife of J.I. Martin of Potosi, died on Sunday , April 1, 1906 after a long illness of lung disease. Left a husband and three small children. The remains were conveyed to Berryman for burial in the Dobkins Cemetery.)

(In memory of)
Eveline Martin
(first wife of Charles Martin)
Born March 25, 1838
Died March 8, 1863 aged 24 years, 11 mos. 8 days
(one record states born March 27, 1838 and died March 8, 1864 but I think the stone
was hard to read when that record was posted and that the first dates here are correct.)
Eveline Martin was the only child of Jeremiah Campbell’s second marriage, to the widow Mary Polly Sanders Thompson.)

Frances Eva
Daughter of Charles E. and Polly Dobkins Martin
1866 -1935
(Married Cornelius C. Murry, May 12, 1894.
Also shown on his gravestone) **
(She also appears on record as having been the wife of a Mr. Miller. I
am not sure in what order her husbands were.)

Gracia
Daughter of Joshua I. and Clara Bondinet Martin
1903 -1903
4 months old struck by lightning
(Gracia, the four-month-old daughter of J.I. and Clara Martin was killed by lightning at her home in St. Louis August 26, 1903 at 3:00 a.m. The lightning struck a telephone pole near the building where they lived, and for a second the room in which they slept had the appearance of being on fire. The coroner’s examination said that nearly every bone in the child’s body was broken. Buried in the Dobkins Cemetery at Berryman.)

Hallie B. wife of E. Dec. 28, 1892- Jan. 29, 1911

I.C.
Son of C.E. and F. Martin
Died February 14, 1858
Aged 6 mos. 24 days

(Beside this stone is another small, uninscribed one.)

Irene * stone marked ‘Martine’
Daughter of Joshua and Clara Bondinot Martin
December 2, 1900 –July 6, 1901

Irvin
Son of Joshua and Clara Bondinot Martin
1906 – 1907

John T.
(John Thomas, son of Charles and Mary Dobkins Martin)
Born Sept. 20, 1864
Died June 10, 1901
(“Weep Not for Him
He hath Reached Before us the
Safe, warm shelter of his long loved Home”)
(John Thomas Martin after an illness of severalmonths, succumbed to that dread disease, consumption. He passed away Thursday, January 10, 1901 and was buried Sunday in the family cemetery on the Dobkins farm. Rev. Pryor Harvey conducted the services.

Joshua
Born 1873

Joshua
(son of Charles and Mary Dobkins Martin)
Husband of Annie Viehman Martin
(Married March 14, 1908)
1875 -1963

Mary C. (‘Aunt Polly Dobkins” Martin”
(wife of Charles E. Martin, married October 14, 1863)
Born March 4, 1844
Died February 18, 1899
Aged 54 years, 11 months, 4 days.
(“Gone to a better land”)
(“Aunt Polly” Martin of Courtois Township died of grippe, February 18, 1899)

Walter P.
(son of Charles and Mary Dobkins Martin)
Born January 18, 1863
Died September 6, 1878
Aged 10 years, 7 months, 23 days
 

MATTHEWS:
 

Carry
Died Sept. 23, 1876
Aged 11 years, 10 months

Thomas
Died Feb. 25, 1882
(“Be ready for in such an hour as ye
know not, the Son of Man Cometh”
Mark X)
(Thomas Matthews died of brain fever Thursday morning, February 2, 1882, at his home in Osage Township. He was 60 years old.)
 

MILLER:

Eva, 1866-1935
(Mrs. Frances E. Miller nee Martin died Saturday , June 29, 1935 at her home in Steelville. She was born on December 29, 1866 and reached the age of 68 years,
6 months. She was the daughter of Charles E. Martin and Polly Dobkins Martin.
 

MURRAY:

(shared stone)
C.H. 1896-1906 and Eva (1866-1906)
(son of Joseph Murry and Julia Brickey Murray) husband of Frances Eva Martin, d/o Charles and Polly Dobkins Martin. Tjey were married May 12, 1894.)
(apparently one husband of Eva Martin)
(Cornelius ‘Corny” Murray, son of Joseph Murray died February 3, 1906 at his home near Berryman . He leaves a wife and several small children.)


Murry (misspell?—same family?)

Effie 1896-1916

Eliza “Lizzie”
1905 -1921

Hallie, born 1893
 

PAUL:

Martha A.
Wife of G.W. Paul
Died April 5, 1869 age 28 years.
 

RIGSBY:

Margaret
Born May 16, 1813
Died October 1853
Margaret/Mary (Thompson) sister of Sarah Dobkins and d/o Lovel and Mary Sanders Thompson Campbell, was married to Mr. Rigsby; then to Mr. Holloman. This may be a daughter.
 

ROBISON:

Sarah R. (nee Dobkins, d/o John and Sarah Thompson Dobkins)
Wife of James M. Robison
Age 28 years
Born 6/23/1854
Died 5/20/1883
 

SANDERS:

Elizabeth
Wife of James
Born October 31, 1802
Died May 1, 1892
Aged 89 years, 6 months
(Elizabeth Hudspeth married James Sanders in 1821. They were the parents of 12 children: Sarah-1826, Mary-1828, Elizabeth-1831, George Washington-1833, Catherine-1835, James Madison-1838, Martha-1841, Francis Margaline-1843, and Lucretia,-1846.

James (brother of Joshua)
Son of Joshua and Peggy
(was a judge in Crawford County)
March 24, 1800 – September 28, 1882
(James Sanders was the son of Joshua and Peggy Sanders. He was born in Kentucky; he came to Washington County with his parents, then to Crawford County. Judge James Sanders of Courtois Township died at his home Thursday, September 28, 1882 age 82 years, of erysipelas. He was buried Saturday at the old Jerry Campbell burying ground near Courtois Creek. (Dobkins Cemetery)

James DeVol
Died June 20, 1862
Aged 1 month, 28 days

(In memory of)
James M. (James Madison)
Born April 7, 1838
Died January 1, 1862
Aged 23 years, 9 months
Son of James and Elizabeth Hudspeth Sanders

Margaret Jane
Who departed this life December the 20th, 1843
Age 18 years, 11 months, 22 days

Mollie
Wife of James
Died July 27, 1864
Age 22

Ophelia E.
Died September 8, 1861
Aged 1 year, 3 months, 8 days
 

SIMPSON:

Sacred to the memory of:
Mrs. Mary Simpson
Died 1940
 

STAPLES:
 

Martha J.
Daughter of S.O and M.E (this was Effie Staples, the midwife). Staples
Died September 1, 1872
Aged 10 months, 10 days
(“Only sleeping”)

In Memory of:
Samuel Staples
Born in 1830
Died October 4, 1873—or 1878--unclear
Aged 61 years
(‘Gone but not Forgotten”)
 

WOOD:
 

(In Memory Of Pvt.)
Alva E. Wood 1891 -1918
(Buried in Arlington, Va. January 12, 1922, Grave No. 4052)

Anna. H. wife of Paris E.Wood. 7/12/1851-7/21/1917
“Heaven’s My Home”

Anna M.
(daughter of P.E.S. and Anna Wood)
Born December 26, 1884
Died September 20, 1888
Aged 3 years, 9 months, and 24 days.
“To Bloom in Heaven”

Enoch
Son of A.E. and M.G. Wood
Died October 21, 1882 aged 1 yr. 9 mos. 23 days
“In life beloved: In Death remembered’

Infant Son of A.E. and M.G.Wood
Died March 14, 1875

Ira A.
Son of P.E. and Anna
November 26, 1873- December 3, 1887

Paris E. 10/28/1846 –3/17/1933

Wood (illegible or no first name)
Born Nov. 26, 1873
Died Dec. 3, 1887 aged 14 years, 7 days
 

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UPDATED: 08 Sep 2007