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Cemetery: Sides Cemetery
Other: Old Sides Cemetery
Sign: No
Street: Bogenpohl Farm on Cape Girardeau County Rd.
parallelling I-55 south of KK, abt. 3 miles north of Oak Ridge
City: abt. 3 miles north of Oak Ridge
Township:
County: Cape Girardeau
State: MO
Nation:
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Medium
Directions: west of county rd, enter Bogenpohl Farm
pasture. Approx. 1000' from county rd.
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural-agricultural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: several medium sized cedar and other types of
trees, scrub growth, livestock sometimes grazing within . . .
damaging stones. Currently are some attempts at building a
barbwire fence in attempt to halt the deterioration of markers.
Land Type: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: early 1800's
Gravestones: approx. 25 - 30
Oldest:
Newest:
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration:
Association: No
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Records location:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: No
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Walkways: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: Unsure
Marble: Yes
Native Stone: Yes
Slate: Unsure
Other Stone: Unsure
Wood: No
Materials: Unsure
Architectural:
Angels: Unsure
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Yes
Lambs: Yes
Monograms: Yes
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Yes
Scrollwork: Yes
Urns: Unsure
Other Carvings: Yes
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: No
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Encroachment
Owner: Private
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Yes
Contacted: I once posted the information (probably about 5
years ago) but I believe the record was lost or the website became
inactive . . . I have been unable to retrieve my original
report in recent years.
name: Kenneth M. Hinkle
Email: k_en@hinkle.com
Date: 3/28/2002
Surnames
Hinkle, Clodfelter, Wills, others
The listing is included in a Cape Girardeau county list I have
seen but I'm writing this report from a remote location (out of
state) and without benefit of the source of the list which
contains about 25 names of persons interred there. I have exact
and specific information on the cemetery's location but am not in
a position to retrieve it as I write this report . . . will amend
and extend the information when I can.
Other Information
There are some recent efforts to
heighten the awareness of descendants and other people in the area
of the situation and to try to "do something" about the
state of this cemetery by a small group of descendants that first
relocated the plot a few years ago. At the moment (2002) we're
trying to put up a barbed wire fence to retard the deterioration
primarily caused by grazing animals and encroaching trees and
undergrowth over the years.
Support
Cape Girardeau County
Genealogical Soc
Update
The Sides Cemetary is shown on USGS maps at coordinates 37N 33'
31" 89N 44' 08"
The Current owner of the land it is located on is: Gary
Bogenpohl 1491 Co. Rd. 408 Oak Ridge, MO 63769
Earlier descriptions of the site show it being on the
"Richter" Farm
Persons interred there by the names: Breckenridge, Clotfelter /
Clodfelter, Crites, Edinger, Hines, Hinkle, Miller, Sides, Wills
Earliest burial dates I have noted on stones was 1823 for
Casper Clodfelter Latest date I noted was for William Crites 1902
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