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Howard Cemetery
Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri

639 NE Woods Chapel Road, Lee's Summit MO

Lat: 38° 58' 57"N, Lon: 94° 21' 50"W

Contributed by Sharon Kroner, Aug 08, 2007 [sharonmok2@sbcglobal.net]. Total records = 9.

Howard Cemetery is located on the south side of Woods Chapel Road, ¼ mile west of I-470 between the First National Bank of Missouri at 639 NE Woods Chapel Road and the Chapel Lakes Center Shopping Center.

This very small cemetery has a plaque on the rock wall which says "The Property known as Howard Cemetery has been designated as a local Historic District on Apr 01, 1999, by the Lee’s Summit city council.

This cemetery is enclosed by a rock wall with a wrought iron gate. here are 9 known graves. They range in date from 1838 to 1896. There are two tall monuments and the rest a smaller variety that have fallen over and are laying face up on the ground.

This is a complete transcription of all existing and legible stones and markers completed on Aug 02, 2007.

- Sharon Kroner

??,Infant, d. ??, Age 5m 12d
Caldwell, Lettice A, b. 10 Jun 1844, d. 15 Jun 1845, dau of Samuel C & Sarah C Caldwell
Emmerson, Mary M, d. 12 Sep 1882, dau of S & MR White, age 67y 10m 5d
Glo?, ??, d. 19 Feb 1877, wife of Gilbert Glo??, Age 72y
Howard, John, d. 6 Dec 1853, son of Wm B & MD Howard, Age 4y 4m
Howard, Maria D, b. 22 Nov 1825, d. 16 Feb 1865, wife of Wm B Howard
Howard, William B, b. 10 May 1846, d. 23 May 1851, son of Wm B & MD Howard
Howard, Wm B, b. 10 Mar 1821, d. 13 Jul 1896
White, ??, d. 31 May 1838, dau of S & MR White, Age 4y 4m 9d