Reconstructed African-American Cemeteries: Colored Masonic Cemetery,  Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.

Stricklin, Dawn C.

Annals of Genealogical Research > Vol. 6, No. 1 (2010)

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Reconstructed African-American Cemeteries: Colored Masonic Cemetery, Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.

Dawn C. Stricklin, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Abstract
Millions of African-American slaves, former slaves, and freeborn men, women, and children lie in unmarked graves throughout the United States. The Colored Masonic Cemetery in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri is a case in point. In this Midwestern cemetery in the Missouri Ozarks, there are only approximately eighty-five individuals that can be positively identified. The lack of tombstones creates a void for professionals in anthropology, history, professional genealogy, and African-American studies. However, through the application of a multidisciplinary framework, an additional seventy-two burials have been revealed.

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Cite as: Dawn C. Stricklin, "Reconstructed African-American Cemeteries: Colored Masonic Cemetery, Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.," Annals of Genealogical Research Vol. 6, No. 1 (2010) at http://www.genlit.org/agr/viewarticle.php?id=33

Subject areas: African-American; cemetery; Missouri; St. Francois County;; Farmington; St. Francois County; Missouri

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