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Gamel Cemetery
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Gamel Cemetery, the first cemetery in Festus originated from a private burial ground owned by the Gamel family. Two members of the Gamel family were killed during the Civil War by northern sympathizers.
Inventoried by Jerry McKee April 2002
T42 R4 S33
| Last Name | First Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Cemetery | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayers | Maggie F. | Feb 06 1894 | Dec 08 1970 | Gamel | |
| Batchelor | Mary L | None given | Sep 14 1952 | Gamel | |
| Browning | Sammetta | Jul 07 1912 | Aug 19 1951 | Gamel | |
| Buckner | Annie | Oct 21 1878 | Oct 07 1952 | Gamel | |
| Cawvey | Deborah Jean | Feb 15 1951 | Mar 18 1951 | Gamel | |
| Cross | Charles W. | May 25 1882 | Apr 11 1941 | Gamel | |
| Conardy | Cora V. | Oct 06 1873 | Jan 25 1950 | Gamel | |
| Conardy | Mildred | Apr 22 1939 | Gamel | 44y, 1m, 18d | |
| Dallas | Stella M. | Apr 06 1891 | Jul 06 1950 | Gamel | |
| Danks | Edward | Feb 12 1851 | Aug 18 1936 | Gamel | Scotland |
| Danks | Elizabeth Allen | None given | Sep 4 1923 | Gamel | Glass Rays 12/1938 |
| Davis | Eugene Robert | None given | Apr 21 1937 | Gamel | 3 mo 15 d; Glass Rays |
| Davis | Howard James | Dec 6 1938 | Gamel | 5 mo; Glass Rays | |
| DeClue | Baby | Oct 04 1955 | Oct 04 1955 | Gamel | |
| DeRousse | Leon L. | Feb 10 1910 | Mar 17 1960 | Gamel | |
| Dorsey | Randall, DeClue | Oct 30 1916 | Oct 14 1951 | Gamel | |
| Ellis | Robert J. | Dec 24 1893 | Feb 21 1955 | Gamel | |
| Ellis | Milliam R. | None given | Jul 9 1940 | Gamel | Glass Rays |
| Fallin | Michael | Aug 15 1888 | Feb 04 1954 | Gamel | |
| Fast | Mary Alice | Oct 23 1914 | May 02 1950 | Gamel | |
| Fluegel | Steven A. | Jul 03 1954 | Jul 03 1954 | Gamel | |
| Frame | William W. | Nov 5 1868 | Sep 11 1937 | Gamel | Glass Rays |
| Gamel | Albert Robert | Jun 17 1953 | Jun 17 1953 | Gamel | |
| Gamel | Alexander H. | Dec 25 1841 | Jul 28 1862 | Gamel | Shot down by a Hireling Soldiery |
| Gamel | Robert W. | Mar 01 1839 | Jul 28 1862 | Gamel | |
| Giebler | Charles Donald | Feb 11 1903 | Jul 19 1939 | Gamel | Source: GlassRays |
| Guidrow | Ellen H. | Jan 31 1879 | Dec 28 1952 | Gamel | |
| Hewitt | Ona A. | 1878 | 1963 | Gamel | SSA William |
| Hewitt | William | 1873 | 1940 | Gamel | SSA Ona |
| Hill | Elizabeth E. | None given | Oct 08 1920 | Gamel | |
| Hill | Infant | Feb 27 1924 | Feb 27 1924 | Gamel | |
| Hill | James | Mar 27 1925 | Apr 6 1925 | Gamel | |
| Hill | Ellen | Mar 27 1925 | Apr 8 1925 | Gamel | |
| Holdinghausen | Mary Caroline | Oct 25 1877 | Mar 4 1938 | Gamel | Glass Rays |
| Holt | Adrian J. | Feb 2 1892 | Oct 6 1935 | Gamel | |
| Holt | Alberta | Sep 18 1922 | Nov 12 1923 | Gamel | |
| Holt | Nancy C. | Jun 25 1841 | Jun 10 1924 | Gamel | SSA W.F. |
| Holt | W.F. | Feb 18 1834 | Apr 6 1906 | Gamel | born in London England |
| Horn | Arthur | Aug 7 1920 | Oct 29 1920 | Gamel | |
| Jenni | Andrew J. | Jan 29 1852 | Mar 14 1938 | Gamel | Glass Rays |
| Jones | Edward A. | Aug 19 1880 | Aug 12 1954 | Gamel | |
| Juncker | Pearl | Dec 31 1909 | Mar 2 1938 | Gamel | Glass Ray |
| Knotts | William R. | Sep 17 1869 | Sep 23 1938 | Gamel | Glass Rays |
| Kronk | Phillip S. | Jun 10 1866 | Nov 11 1866 | Gamel | |
| Leonard | Gary Ray | Jun 15 1945 | Nov 06 1952 | Gamel | |
| Leonard | Sharon Mildred | Sep 15 1947 | Nov 06 1952 | Gamel | |
| Lotz | James Arthur | Jan 13 1882 | Mar 5 1940 | Gamel | Glass Rays |
| Luebbers | William R. | Jan 21 1866 | Jun 17 1949 | Gamel | |
| Mattingly | Nancy Rebecca | 1868 | Mar 6 1940 | Gamel | Glass Rays |
| Meyers | Sarah E. | Jun 01 1872 | Jul 31 1953 | Gamel | |
| Nelson | Charles W. | Aug 08 1891 | May 05 1950 | Gamel | |
| Oberle | Chester T. | 1929 | 1938 | Gamel | |
| Oldham | Virgie Ann | Jan 06 1888 | Jan 26 1951 | Gamel | |
| Peebles | Laura B. | Jan 20 1867 | Mar 3 1940 | Gamel | |
| Perry | Mary Catherine | Feb 29 1872 | Jun 22 1949 | Gamel | |
| Priest | Edith Ellen | Dec 03 1900 | Feb 11 1953 | Gamel | |
| Primo | Jeanette | Nov 20 1882 | Sep 21 1953 | Gamel | SSA Theodore |
| Primo | Theodore | Feb 24 1878 | Feb 23 1954 | Gamel | SSA Jeanette |
| Pritch | Dolly | May 08 1882 | Jan 21 1950 | Gamel | |
| Pullen | Lois Ann | May 8 1932 | Aug 1938 | Gamel | Glass Rays |
| Pullen | Morgan | 1877 | Mar 4 1940 | Gamel | Glass Rays |
| Pullen | Minnie M. | Feb 28 ?? | Nov 24 1949 | Gamel | |
| Rasche | Gertrude | 1900 | Aug 25 1939 | Gamel | |
| Russell | Mary Martha | Dec 30 1881 | May 08 1950 | Gamel | |
| Schwab | Baby | Jan 18 1953 | Jan 18 1953 | Gamel | |
| Singers | Edwin C. | Nov 13 1866 | Jul 08 1954 | Gamel | |
| Stockstill | Mary E. | Dec 04 1878 | Mar 09 1953 | Gamel | |
| Vaughn | Margaret E. | 1860 | 1925 | Gamel | "His wife" SSA Robert |
| Vaughn | Robert H. | 1854 | 1938 | Gamel | SSA Margaret |
| Wehner | Baby | Apr 24 1953 | Apr 24 1953 | Gamel | |
| Whitt | Oscar Lee | Dec 05 1894 | May 12 1851 | Gamel | |
| Williams | Bertha Jane | Jan 27 1884 | May 10 1949 | Gamel | |
| Woody | Donald E | Feb 06 1904 | Sep 04 1963 | Gamel |