Avilla Cemetery Gravestone Page

Avilla Cemetery Gravestone Page Avilla Cemetery Gravestone Page
with partial pictorial index

Avilla Cemetery is located approximately one mile north of Avilla, in Jasper County, MO (NE quarter of Section 30, Township 29 North, Range 29 West of the 5th principal meridian.

All photos were taken by David J. Thomas in 1995 and 1999, and may be freely reproduced for non-profit purposes. Click on the images to obtain higher resolution versions. This page was created by David and Jannette Thomas.

Names with transcriptions: Maiden or previous names not on the stones are in parentheses.

ATCHISON: Julia (KOLLENBORN)
BINNEY: Clarinda; Meshach; Orrin T.; Walter B.
BURNETT: Mary A.
BRIGHT: Henry Michael; Nancy Caroline
CLAMPITT: H.H.
HILLY: Henry E.
KOLLENBORN: Allan T.; Ernest W.; Francis K.; Hazel M.
KOLLENBURN: Alfred W.; Edward L.; Effie May (MAIN) FRAKES; Elverda A.; John H.; John J.; John L.; Nancy (HILLY); Leroy; Loyd; Leta; Nora L (BURNETT); Walter H.; William C.
MAXWELL: Goldia Fay (KOLLENBURN); James Ben
MELTON: B.A.; J.R.; David R.; Elizabeth (BINNEY KOLLENBURN); Rebecca SUMMERVILLE
POLK: LaVena M. (KOLLENBURN)

Avilla Cemetery entrance

Above are some views of groups of gravestones for which I do not have transcriptions. Some of the markings are legible at higher resolution.

A group view of the following four Kollenborn graves. The stone directly behind the far right of the four marks the grave of Julia (Kollenborn) Atchison. The stone behind the far left of the four is for Henry E. Hilly grandfather to Julia and great-grandfather to the four infants in front of them.

KOLLENBORN (on top)
Ernest W.
Aug. - 1893
Sept. - 1893

KOLLENBORN (on top)
Allan T.
Aug. - 1893
Sept. - 1893

KOLLENBORN (on top)
Francis K.
Feb. - 1896
Feb. - 1896

KOLLENBORN (on top)
Hazel M.
Apr. - 1900
Apr. - 1900

Julia
wife of Atchison
Dec 28 185?
July 22 1881      Dearest wife thou hast left us
     Here thy loss we deeply feel
     But it's God who hath bereft us
     He can all our sorrows heal.

(In 1969 census of the cemetery:
"Atchison, Julia S. 1858-1881, w of J.A., Wm. Kollenborn lot"; in 1999 the above was all that was legible)

HILLY (on top of stone)

Grandfather
Henry E.
1806-1895

(While the picture is not very defined due to the angle of light and the shallowness of the carving, the inscription was quite distinct and easy to read.)

J.J. KOLLENBURN
Born Nov 15, 1821
Died Jun 21, 1882

Walter H.
Son of J.J. & E.
KOLLENBURN
Born Mar 28, 1877
Died Sept 19, 1877

Edward L. (The stone is very deteriorated and the writing continues beneath the soil level.)

[He was the son of J.J. and Nancy KOLLENBURN. He was born c. 10 Apr 1870 and died before 1880.]

Nancy
wife of J.J. KOLLENBURN
Born Nov 15 1850
Died Apr 10 1870

[Married to J.J. KOLLENBURN on 12 Dec. 1867 in Jersey Co., IL.]

MELTON group of stones near the grave of Rebecca Summerville.

Rebecca SUMMERVILLE Born in Ohio 1817 Married to D.R. Melton Died Apr. 15 1883Church M (?) P

MELTON
David R.
Sept 29, 1833
Sept 23, 1916

MELTON
(on top)
Elizabeth
MELTON
Jan 13, 1852
July 22, 1927

These are three faces of the same stone. J.R.'s inscription appears on the front, B.A.'s on the side and H.H. Clampitt on the back (in orientation to the adjacent stones).

J.R. son of
D.R. & E MELTON
Born March 9, 1891
Died Feb 19, 1892

H.H. CLAMPITT
nephew(?) of D&E MELTON
Born Jan 17, 1878
Died Aug 12, 1892
(w/ epitath underneath)

B.A. son of D&E MELTON
Born May 5 1889
Died Jan 19, 1904
(w/ epitath underneath)

Mary A. wife of
J.B. BURNETT
Jan 22, 1833
Apr 15, 1897
Our Mother
(the rest was illegible)

KOLLENBURN
Nora L William C
1872-1946 1873-1933

Nancy Caroline
His wife
Aug 2, 1865
Jan 27, 1951

Henry Michael BRIGHT
Apr 18, 1854
May 6, 1928

Gone but not forgotten
BRIGHT
[There are two smaller stones placed behind the headstone. The small stone to the left says "FATHER" (behind H.M.B.'s inscription); the other says "MOTHER".]

Group view of the three stones below.

Elverda A. KOLLENBURN
1900 - 1917
(replacement marker)

KOLLENBURN
(on left)
Effie Kollenburn
FRAKES
1878-1952
(on right)
John H.
KOLLENBURN
1872-1917

Lavena M. POLK
June 7, 1906
Nov. 24, 1991

The center of the photo depicts the following three stones.

James Ben MAXWELL
1887-1968

Goldia Fay MAXWELL
1898-1982

KOLLENBURN
Loyd Leta
1900-1972 1901-1996

John L.
son of Wm & C.A.
KOLLENBURN
Died Aug 11, 1878
Aged 5yrs & 21 d.

Alfred W. KOLLENBURN
1902-1922

Leroy
Infant son of
W.C. & Nora Lee
KOLLENBURN
Born Nov 20, 1894
Died Jan 1, 1895

Other transcriptions without pictures:

Meshach BINNEY May 7, 1811 Apr 27, 1892	Clarinda BINNEY Feb 4, 1827 Feb 4, 1907
Walter B. son of Geo. T. & Susanna M. BINNEY Born Sept 6, 1877 Died July 15, 1879	Orrin T. son of J W(?) & M I(?) BINNEY Died Mar 12, 1879 Aged 7 Mos & 6 ds.

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