Date: June 2, 2000
Cemetery Name: Mt. Zion Cemetery
Street:
City: Ozark
County: Christian
State: Missouri
Zip:
Land Type: Private
Status: Abandoned
Number of graves: 15-20
Oldest grave: 1854
Records: Don't Know
Inventory: No
Owner: Elizabeth Breazeale
Problem's
Cemetery about to be destroyed
Overgrown-ground cover
Broken Headstones
Buried Headstones
Disintegrating Headstones
Fallen Headstones
General Neglect
Location
Description
Was once a Family Cemetery. Ancestor
J.J.C. Breazeale, Mo.
Legislator and Civil War Veteran buried there, along with 3 wives and
3 other marked graves, there are others. I think may include slaves.
Other Problems
This Cemetery not protected by fence, cattle are allowed to roam
over graves
Previous Contacts
Need information as to where to start. Cemetery is not on County
Maps.
Current Status
My relative Elizabeth Breazeale has deed to cemetery has no
financial means to protect or restore cemetery. I need direction as to
what steps are necessary to protect. I believe developers and farmers
will soon destroy these graves
Submitted by / Contact for additional Information:
name: Sharon E. Rogers
Email: GReatGrams1@aol.com
