Hawns Mill Area 1836-1839 Burials
Part of Grand River Township – Now Fairview Township
Unmarked Graves
Township 56 Range 26, Caldwell County, Missouri
Margaret Evans
Birth: 3 January 1835, Richland County, Ohio
Death: 27 August 1836, Ray (now Caldwell) County, Missouri
Father: David Evans
Mother: Mary Beck
Note: 7-months-old
Source: APMT
Alma Foutz
Birth: 4 December 1834, Richland County, Ohio
Death: October 1838, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: Jacob Foutz Sr.
Mother: Margaret Mann
Note: 3-years-old
Source: APMT
Araminta Evans
Birth: 21 August 1838, Caldwell County, Missouri
Death: 1 October 1838, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: David Evans
Mother: Mary Beck
Note: 1-month-old
Sources: APMT
Elias Benner*
Birth: 5 June 1795, Venango County, Pennsylvania
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: Daniel Benner
Mother: Catherine Ettleman
Spouse: Maria Clapper
Note: 43-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,136,268,418,488,491,723; JY; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
John Byers/Boyers*
Birth: About 1815, of Missouri
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father:
Mother:
Spouse:
Note: about 23-years-old.
Sources: MRP:268,488,491; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Alexander Campbell*
Birth:
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father:
Mother:
Spouse:
Note:
Sources: MRP:31,268,488,491,723; JY; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Simon Cox*
Birth: about 1815, of Missouri
Death: 31 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father:
Mother:
Spouse:
Note: Lived with the Jacob Myers Sr. family. About 23-years-old.
Sources: MRP:30-31,268,320,488,723; JY; DL; JR (listed as Oliver Cox); ASMF; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Josiah Fuller*
Birth: About 1803, New York
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: Josiah Fuller
Mother:
Spouse: Catherine Laur
Note: about 35-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,268,320,451,488,491,723; JY; DL; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Austin Hammer Sr.*
Birth: 6 May 1804, Randolph County, North Carolina
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: John Hammer
Mother: Nancy Ann York
Spouse: Nancy Jane Elston
Note: 34-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:268, 320, 488, 491, 723 (listed as Harmer); JAH; JY (listed as Augustine Harmer); DL; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
John Lee*
Birth:
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father:
Mother:
Spouse:
Note:
Sources: MRP:268,320,488,491; DL; EE; HCLCM:149
Benjamin Franklin Lewis
Birth: 22 April 1803, Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: Neriah Fredrick Lewis
Mother: Mary Moss
Spouse: Johannah Ryon
Note: First buried on the David Lewis farm but later moved to a nearby graveyard. The county court suggested that his body be moved to a cemetery. –Sacred Places Missouri, Volume IV, p. 355. 35-years-old.
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,268,275-276; 320,488,491,722-723; DL; JY; JABY; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Thomas White McBride Sr.*
Birth: 12 March 1776, Loudoun County, Virginia
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: James McBride
Mother: Mary White
Spouse: Catherine John
Note: 62-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,90,117,260,267,275,282,320(listed as Amos),409,417,467,474,487-88,491,539,542,722-23; JM; EE; DL; JY; JAH; ASMF; WGS; OJGA; NKK; ABS; MMF; LWSK; WHW; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Levi Newton Merrick/Myrick*
Birth: 20 May 1808, Bridport, Addison County, Vermont
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: William Myrick/Merrick
Mother: Hannah Watts
Spouse: Philinda Clark Eldredge
Note: 30-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,268,320,441,488,491,505,722-23; FMM; JY; DL; JABY; KNK; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
William Napier/Naper/Neppaier Sr.*
Birth: 1795, Vermont
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father:
Mother:
Spouse: Ruth Hoag
Note: about 43-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,268,296,320,488,491,506,506,723; JY; JM; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
George Spencer Richards*
Birth: 8 January 1823, Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: Phinheas Howe Richards
Mother: Wealthy Dewey
Spouse: None
Note: 15-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,268,488,491,723; JY; JABY; DL; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Sardius Washington Smith*
Birth: 26 September 1828, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: Warren Smith
Mother: Amanda Melissa Barnes
Spouse: None
Note: 10-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,90,117,260,268,275,320,408,452,487-88,491,537-38,723; ABS; WGS; ALSH; JY; NKN; WHW; JABY; DL; ASMF; MMF; LWSK; EE; WF; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Warren Smith*
Birth: 14 June 1794, Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Death: 30 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: Chileab Smith
Mother: Nancy Marshall
Spouse: Amanda Melissa Barnes
Note: 44-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,90,117,268,320,408,487-88,491,537-39,723; ABS; WGS; ALSH; JY; DL; NKK; JABY; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
John York Jr.*
Birth: About 1782-1779, Sandy Creek, Randolph County, North Carolina
Death: 31 October 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: John York Sr.
Mother:
Note: about 56-59 years-old
Spouse: Hannah Hammer, 8 January, 1801, Randolph County, North Carolina
Sources: APMT; MRP:31,267,320,488,491,558,723; JAH; JY; DL; ASMF; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Rebecca Jane Lewis
Birth: 26 July 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Death: 6 November or 8 December 1838, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: Benjamin Franklin Lewis
Mother: Johannah Ryon
Spouse: None
Note: 3 or 4-months-old
Source: APMT
Charles Merrick/Myrick
Birth: 11 December 1828, Bridport, Addison, Vermont
Death: 25 November 1838, Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell County, Missouri
Father: Levi Newton Merrick/Myrick
Mother: Philinda Clark Eldredge
Spouse: None
Note: 9-years-old
Sources: APMT; MRP:31[listed as William],260,268,275,320,457,488,491,505,537,539,722-723 [listed as William]; JY; JM; EE; HCLCM:149; SLGD
Abbreviations of Sources
ABS – Amanda Barnes Smith
ALSH – Alvira Lavona Smith Hendricks
APMT – Ancestry Public Member Trees
ASMF – Artemisia Sidnie Myers Foote
DL – David Lewis
EE – Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
FM – Fannie Merrick/Myrick
HCLCM – 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri
JABY – Jane Adeline Bicknell Young
JAH – John Austin Hammer
JM – James McBride
JR – James Rollins
JY – Joseph Young
LWSK – Lucy Walker Smith Kimball
MMF – Margaret Mann Foutz
MRP – Mormon Redress Petitions
NKK – Nathan Kinsman Knight
OJGA – Olive Jane Gibbs Ames/Eames
SLGD – St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 27 September 1887, The Hawn’s Mill Massacre, Burr Joyce
WF – Warren Foote
WGS – Willard Gilbert Smith
WHW – William Holmes Walker
*Buried at the Hawn’s Mill site.
