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Bassora Cemetery

 
 
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Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 6, 2018
1. Bassora Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Within this block, known since 1959 as Krog Park, lie the bodies of many early settlers of Washington. The town of Bassora was founded October 8, 1836 and this block was set aside for the city's cemetery. In 1847 this cemetery received the remains of bodies disinterred from an early Washington cemetery located near the present City Hall. Eventually, Bassora was annexed by a rapidly growing Washington. Burial of dead human beings within the city limits of Washington was prohibited by an ordinance passed in 1880. Bassora Cemetery was officially closed in 1883. In 1926, the City agreed with directors of the new hospital that the cemetery had become derelict and should be eliminated. The majority of the remains were not moved and remain buried here. Grave markers still visible in 1959 when the cemetery was dedicated as Krog Park were buried at that time. Washington Historical Society in 1997 began a drive to obtain monies for this monument for those who remain buried here. Of special note, the founders of Washington, William and Lucinda Owens are buried here. The list of names on this monument is the result of extensive research by the Washington Historical Society. It is unknown exactly how many persons may still lie buried here. Therefore we dedicate this monument to the memory of those known and unknown early settlers of our community
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who lie buried beneath the sod of this beautiful park. Their determination and foresight was the foundation for the enterprising spirit which continues in our city today.

Eliza Cowherd — 1820-1853
F.W. Dieckmann
Anna Dierking — 1860-1861
John Dierking — 1858-1858
Johanna Dierking
Fritz. Voelker — Co. A.H.G.
Martha Berry — 1829-1852
Ella Berry — 1851-1851
Conrad Brehe — 1800-1873
Sophia Brehe — 1803-1862
Louisa Brehe — 1830-1849
Juliane Brehe — 1848-1865
Amelia Brammel — 1850-1851
Susannah Brammel — 1832-1856
William Dobyns — 1829-1850
Judith Dobyns — 1835-1853
Judith Dobyns — 1806-1856
Augusta Kruger — 1850-1851
Ernst Kruger — 1853-1854
Carl Gallenkamp — 1823-1859
Louis Gallenkamp — 1856-1857
C. Gallenkamp
Frederich Gronemeyer — Co. E. H.G.
Charles Magann — 1863-1864
Johannes Eilts — 1833-1866

G.H. Lammert — 1812-1860
C.E. Lammert — 1806-1860
Catherine Schuller — 1857-1857
Liet. E. Furber — 47 Mo. Inf.
Frederick Gersie — Co. A. H.G. — 1822-1880
Katharine Gersie — 1829-1873
Carl Firnstein — 1818-1866
Emma Kirnat — 1854-1881
Carol Mertens — 1851-1870
Charles Firnstein — 1855-1857
William Firnstein — 1850-1851
Harriet Ohl — 1845-1863
H. William Fricke — 1858-1862
Walter Fricke
Bassora Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 6, 2018
2. Bassora Cemetery Marker
— 1867-1868
Waldermar Baudissin — 1824-1856
Bernard Fricke — 1799-1882
Elsie Fricke — 1806-1875
Carl Fricke — 1833-1875
Julie Bagmeister — 1847-1851
William Owens — 1796-1834
Lucinda Owens — 1796-1860
Sophia Diez — 1843-1865
Theodore Weber — 1820-1861
Henry Gast — 1837-1875
Dietrich Stumpe — Co. G. 17. Mo. Inf.
Nancy Monroe Bennett — 1836-1869
Jennie Bennett — 1862-1869
John H. Westermann — 1832-1868

William Gallenkamp — 1822-1861
August Gallenkamp — 1861-1861
Henrette Arcularius — 1843-1851
Conrad Arcularius — 1812-1851
Johanna John — 1819-1861
Emma Gast — 1870-1872
Elizabeth Whittaker — 1780-1856
Carilie Roehrig — 1851-1857
Maria Finke — 1854-1872
Emillie Gallenkamp — 1836-1854
James Glenn — 1803-1855
Edward Glenn
Sue Glenn — 1835-1857
Anna Sandmann — 1851-1861
George Steege — 1796-1850
Klaree Essenfield — 1873-1874
Andrew King
Sarah Lay
H.M. Greive — 1860-1861
August Hangarland — 1825-1870
Franz Rahmann — 1845-1868
Anna Droste — 1850-1868
Leonard Boggs — 1835-1872
William Nalley — 1812-1859
Martha Nalley — 1801-1859
Andrew Schultze
David Sterigere — 1796-1843
Emily Sterigere — 1809-1849
John Sterigere
 
Erected 1998
Bassora Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 6, 2018
3. Bassora Cemetery Marker
by Washington Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is October 8, 1836.
 
Location. 38° 33.108′ N, 91° 0.168′ W. Marker is in Washington, Missouri, in Franklin County. Marker is on State Highway 47 south of East 5th Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800 East 5th Street, Washington MO 63090, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Gravesite of Washington's Founder (within shouting distance of this marker); Korean War Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); St. John's A.M.E. Church (approx. half a mile away); Southern Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Marie Krog House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Historic Log House (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Washington.
 
Bassora Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 6, 2018
4. Bassora Cemetery Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 467 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 8, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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