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Dear Jill,
I don’t know if anyone has contacted you about the location of Alexander Cemetery but I can provide you directions. My great-great grandparents, William Edward Freels and Jane Stevens Freels, and my great-grandmother, Amanda Walker Freels are buried there (as well as Stevens, Woodson, Darst, Pierce, Dunkin and Hendren ancestors). As far as I know, we were not related to the Alexander’s but my great-great grandfather’s (Freels and Stevens) once owned property next to the Alexander property.
The directions – The cemetery is located about five and one-half miles northwest of Madison. Take Hwy 151 North, turn left on Route K. Turn right on the third gravel road (there is a blue water tower at this turn), go north past the Billy Darst house and there will be a gate on left, you can open the gate and drive through the field to the cemetery (it is not very far from the road.) If you have problems getting there you can always stop at Billy Darst’s house for direction. I don’t know Billy very well but I do know he mows the cemetery. If he asks, I got the directions from our cousin Ruth Embree Maupin. She still owns property further up the road (it was her dad’s) and a Freels cousin still owns the same property that was my great-great grandfather’s. I grew up in Monroe County but don’t live there anymore.
I found this info about the Alexander Cemetery written in 1982 in my papers (don’t know where I got it many years ago) -
Alexander Cemetery, 1839-1982
The first grave in the Alexander Cemetery was that of Elizabeth Smith Alexander, wife of William Alexander who homesteaded on this farm land in 1839. On their way over from Lexington, Kentucky, his wife became ill, and when the got to Florida, MO, he left her there and came on with his slaves to this plot of land and began to cut logs and build their home. When he finished, he returned to Florida, to get his wife and learned she had just died. So he brought her body back with him and buried her here on the farm land, thus establishing the Alexander Cemetery, which is 143 years old this 1982.
There are eleven slaves buried in the southwest corner of the cemetery. The paper clipping (see below) was written by Dr. Mortimer Alexander, a grandson of William and Elizabeth, in 1942. Among others buried here are the – Clark’s, King’s, Woodson’s, Darst’s, Walker’s, Freels’, Bean’s, Blackwell’s, Crawford’s and Dunkin’s.
This Edward King in the paper clipping (see below) is my Great-Great Grandfather.
Paper Clipping:
To Whom It May Concern
A cemetery in Missouri that has been a burying ground for ten years is guaranteed a title and a way out by the State of Missouri. The Alexander cemetery five and one-half miles northwest of Madison is 103 years old. P.S. The late Edward King, great-grandfather of Homer and Frank Clark, is buried here. King was captured when a young man by the Indians in Virginia, taken to their camp, tied to stakes with rawhides, then the Indians held a pow-wow, dancing until exhausted. That night it rained for hours, the wet rawhide stretched, releasing the captive who escaped while the tired Indians slept. Written by Dr. Mort Alexander
I don’t know if the extra info does you any good but thought I would add it anyway. Best of luck in your search.
Jan Freels Hurt
janfreelshurt@hotmail.com
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