Cemetery Records

Arthur Cemetery
Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, USA

Armente (aka Arminta) Evelyn Spencer Arthur
Birth 9 Feb 1858, Missouri
Death 9 Dec 1878, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 20 years, 10 months, and 0 days)
w/o Dennis Arthur; d/o William Thomas Spencer and Eliza Scroggins Evelyn Spencer
note: familysearch shows the spelling of her name as Arminta Evelyn Spencer

Bersheba Butts Arthur
Birth 1801
Death 7 Sep 1869, Pike County, Missouri USA
w/o Masten Arthur
Bersheba and Masten were the parents of six children, four lived to adulthood

Dennis Arthur
Birth 1858, Missouri
Death 1900, Pike County, Missouri, USA
h/o Armente (aka Arminta) Evelyn Spencer Arthur

Eliza Ann Scoggins Spencer Arthur
Birth 7 Apr 1832, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death 24 Oct 1877, Pike County, Missouri, USA
w/o William T. Spencer; w/o John James Arthur, 3rd wife; d/o Lorenzo Scoggins and Catharine Scoggins

Elvira J. “Elviry” Arthur
Birth 8 Jul 1876, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death 24 Oct 1877, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 1 year, 3 months, and 16 days)
d/o John James Arthur and Eliza Ann Scoggins

James S Arthur
Birth abt 1865, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death 25 Aug 1875, Pike County, Missouri, USA

John James Arthur
Birth 2 May 1830, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death, 21 Nov 1896, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 66 years, 6 months, and 19 days)
s/o Masten Arthur Bersheba Butts (eldest son).
h/o Rhoda Nalley, first wife; h/o Elizabeth Spencer, second wife; h/o Eliza Ann Scoggins, third wife

Mary Cagle Scroggins Arthur
Birth 11 May 1856, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death 1 Aug 1881, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 25 years, 2 months, and 21 days)
w/o Mastin B. Arthur

Masten Holland Arthur
Birth 24 Jun 1808, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Death 6 Apr 1887, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged (aged 78 years, 9 months, and 13 days)
Bio on FindaGrave Mastin came to Pike County, Missouri around 1828 and eventually owned a large farm on the Old Frankfort Road, near Arthur's Bend. He owned slaves and raised tobacco. Mastin kept a keg of whiskey at his gate to refresh passersby. This might explain why he was elected County Assessor 1848-1856, Sheriff 1856-1860 and Public Administrator 1860-1872. Mastin and Bersheba were the parents of six children, two died in infancy. The four we know of are, John James Arthur, William B. Arthur, Jane Emeline Arthur and Nancy Arthur
h/o 1st wife Bersheba Butts; h/o 2nd wife Elvira Parks Keith; s/o John Arthur and Elizabeth (Betsy) Hackworth

Mastin B. Arthur
Birth 16 Aug 1853, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death 1892, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 38–39)
h/o Mary Cagle Scoggins; s/o John James Arthur and Rhonda Nalley

Rhoda Nalley Arthur
Birth 28 May 1831, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death 25 Aug 1863, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 32 years, 2 months, and 28 days)
w/o John James Arthur

Margaret Allen England
Birth 28 Feb 1912, City of St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Death 24 Aug 1912, Buffalo Township, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 0 years, 5 months, and 27 days).
d/o Richard Crabtree (familysearch shows a Jacob Crabtree) and Rose England; adopted daughter of George England and Margaret

Obit savied on findagrave Margaret's parents were Mrs. Richard Crabtree, a daughter of George England's brother, and she died shortly after Margaret's birth in St. Louis and the father died shortly after the mother of the child. George England and his wife Margaret adopted the child shortly after the birth.

Manetti V. “Nettie” Fuget
Birth 12 Sep 1886, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death 8 Jul 1890, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 3 years, 9 months, and 26 days)
d/o L.D. & M.G. Fuget (aka Fucet)

Inscription: Sleep little Nettie Take thy rest. God called you home He thought it best

James Samuel Henderson
Birth 13 Sep 1835, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death, 4 May 1919 Buffalo Township, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 83 years, 7 months, and 21 days)
h/o Nancy Adeline Arthur; s/o Rufus R. Henderson and Sarah Tolbert White

Nancy Adeline Arthur Henderson
Birth 29 Nov 1839, Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death 2 Mar 1923, Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 83 years, 3 months, and 1 day)
w/o James Henderson; d/o Masten Holland Arthur and Bersheba Butts

Jane Shallenberger Ramsey
Birth 27 Apr 1836, Stark County, Ohio, USA
Death 27 Nov 1913, Buffalo Township, Pike County, Missouri, USA (aged 77 years, 7 months, and 0 days)
Death Cert # 37103
d/o Jacob Schallenberger
Obit Abstract Jane was born in 1836 in Ohio. Her family removed to Wisconsin early in life and she joined the Methodist Church. in 1855 Jane married W. M. Ramsey until his death in 1890. She resided with nephew for 3 months prior to her death, George England. Jane is interred in Arthur Private Cemetery, Frankford Road. Services were officiated by W. L. Taylor, Grassy Creek Church

Abbreviations:
d/o = daughter of
h/o = husband of
s/o = s/o
w/o = wife of

Source: FindaGrave, transcribed by Pike County CC, Kimberly Taylor Morgan