Date: July 4 2000
Cemetery Name: No name just on old Coffman homestead, 4 miles
n/e of Aldrich post office
Street: none
City: Aldrich
County: Polk Co.
State: Missouri
Nation: USA
Zip:
Land Type: Private
Status: Abandoned
Graves within: 4 or 5
Oldest grave: 1838
Records: No
Inventory: Unsure
Owner: On present day Courtney farm land.
Problem's
Cemetery about to be destroyed
Overgrown-trees
Broken Headstones
Buried Headstones
Disintegrating Headstones
Fallen Headstones
General Neglect
Location
Description
On a ridge about 1/4 mile from road and two stones of David
Coffman,b.1787-1938 and wife Susan Bunch Coffman and 2 0r 3 places for
children. The cows now roam all over graves knowing stones around.
Other Problems
The Cows are killing the stones. Owners said they would let someone
build fence
Previous Contacts
Another descendent has contacted State and local Law people to no avail.
Contact sbh@NebrWesleyan.edu
Current Status
The news Paper in Bolivar Mo. took a picture of site in 1977, and that's
how we found. It was in dire need then, and livestock will soon ruin
all graves and stones. We can give $60 Dollars to help on a fence
Submitted by / Contact for additional Information:
name: Carl Coffman
Email: carl_coffman@hotmail.com
