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Cotton Creek Cemetery
Alton, Oregon County, Missouri

Lat: 36° 35' 04"N, Lon: 91° 19' 28"W
Jobe Twp, Sec 7

From Alton south on Hwy E. for 9 miles to KK Hwy about 3-4mi, cemetery on the east side of the road

Land for the school, cemetery and church was donated by Ray Dethrow, Sr. by 1896. Children used to play at recess in the caves below the cemetery. The old school/church is no longer standing, but the present day Cotton Creek Freewill Baptist Church is on the grounds and is still going.

This is not a complete listing of burials! The records below were provided by contributors to Cemetery Records Online. Total records = 33.

Contributor's Index:

• [LM] Lanita Miller [ozarkn@southwind.net]

Dethrow, Beatrice, 11 Mar 1891, 8 May 1925, 1st w/o Elmer Dethrow
Dethrow, Beulah Mae Whittenburg, b. 14 Jul 1914, d. 27 Aug 1988, w/o Myles
Dethrow, Beulah O'Neal, b. 27 Sep 1893, d. 18 Oct 1979v
Dethrow, Champ, 21 Oct 1920, 30 Jul 1921
Dethrow, Charley Waif, 10 Jun 1909
Dethrow, Charley, d. 10 Aug 1905, s/o E.D. & M.D. Dethrow
Dethrow, Clinton Lafate, b. 14 Sep 1922, d. 27 Sep 1924
Dethrow, Dallas M. Arnold, 2nd w/o E.D. Dethrow, b. 7 Jun 1888, d. 8 Dec 1920, d/o Elias D. Arnold and Mary Matilda Birchett
Dethrow, Eli David, b. 22 Dec 1873, d. 26 Nov 1956, s/o Eli S. and Phebe Elliott Dethrow
Dethrow, Eli Samuel, b. 4 Aug 1826, d. 18 Aug 1909
Dethrow, Elmer, b. 12 Mar 1889, d. 30 Oct 1979, s/o Eli S. and Phebe Elliott Dethrow
Dethrow, Gwenda Lee, b. 11 Oct 1938, d. 13 Oct 1938, d/o Miles and Beulah
Dethrow, Henry Allen, b. 26 Aug 1910, d. 18 Oct 1910
Dethrow, Infant, b. 9 Sep 1897, d. 9 Sep 1897, Inf. of E.D. & Melissa Frey
Dethrow, Lola, b. 8 Apr 1904, d. 3 Jan 1927
Dethrow, M. A., b. 26 Oct 1907, d. 12 Feb 1937
Dethrow, Maud E., b. 16 Aug 1892, d. 9 Dec 1971, w/o Elmer
Dethrow, Maxine, b. 19 Apr 1918, d. 20 Oct 1920, d/o Ray Sr & Vie
Dethrow, Meda May Thompson, b. 5 Sep 1918, d. 9 Mar 1995, w/o Herbert
Dethrow, Melissa Frey, b. 6 Oct 1876, d. 9 Sep 1897, 1st w/o E.D.
Dethrow, Myles, b. 10 May 1912, d. 17 Oct 1988
Dethrow, Phebe Elliott, b. 1846, d. 14 Jan 1929
Dethrow, Ray Sr., b. 12 Jan 1885, d. 14 Jun 1975, s/o Eli S. Dethrow and Phebe Elliott
Dethrow, Vida, b. 8 Oct 1891, d. 11 Jul 1970, w/o Ray Sr.
Dethrow, Wiley, b. 5 Feb 1877, d. 18 Nov 1912, s/o Eli S. Dethrow and Phebe Elliott, h/o Minnie
Forrest, Ben, b. 1867, d. 1936, h/o Liza Bennett
Forrest, Liza, b. 1871, d. 1906, d/o Rev. James M. Bennett and Ladora Olive 'Ollie' Davis
Hendrix, Carmen Ray, b. 17 Aug 1905, d. 16 Oct 1996, s/o Rev. James and Emma P. Dethrow Hendrix
Hendrix, Emma Pearl Dethrow, b. 4 Apr 1883, d. 22 Apr 1956, d/o Eli S. Dethrow and Phebe Elliott
Hendrix, Rev. James, b. 22 Apr 1882, d. 14 Jan 1975
Proctor, Henry F., b. 8 May 1876, d. no date
Proctor, Malissa Jane Dethrow, b. 5 May 1880, d. 20 Jul 1955, d/o Eli S. Dethrow and Phebe Elliott Dethrow
Proctor, Noel, b. 11 Sep 1920, d. 24 Jan 1929, s/o Henry and Malissa