Historic Sibley Cemetery at Fort Osage Missouri is a photograph by Catherine Sherman which was uploaded on October 29th, 2013.
Historic Sibley Cemetery at Fort Osage Missouri
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Historic Sibley Cemetery at Fort Osage Missouri
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Catherine Sherman
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"Historic Sibley Cemetery at Fort Osage, Missouri" by Catherine Sherman.
Sunlight streams through the trees into the early morning mist in the historic Sibley Cemetery, which is thought to be the oldest historic cemetery in Jackson County and western Missouri. The cemetery contains about 600 graves and is situated on a high bluff edge directly above the Missouri River.
The cemetery began as the military cemetery for Fort Osage (1808-1827), and the oldest known graves are those of 48 soldiers from Fort Osage and Fort Atkinson buried here from 1810-1820. After the fort was abandoned, the cemetery was greatly enlarged for use by local occupants. The military section of the cemetery was nearly forgotten until it was relocated in the 1990s. Most of the graves in this cemetery are of local residents of the town of Sibley (platted in 1836) and the nearby area. The non-military graves date from around 1820 to 1994. Burials are no longer allowed. In addition to the Fort Osage and Fort Atkinson soldiers buried here, the graves of a famous "mountain man", Zenas Leonard, is also here, as are several members of early families who initially settled in the area such as the McClellan, Harrelson, Chiles, and McMillan families. There are also graves of veterans of the War of 1812, Civil War, WWI, WWII, and Vietnam.
Zenas Leonard spent the years 1831-35 trapping and exploring throughout the West and wrote a famous and widely read account of his travels entitled, "Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard." He settled in Sibley in 1836 and married a local woman, Isabel Harrelson. Leonard operated a store and freight business in Sibley until his death in 1857.
Also important in the history of Jackson County is Abraham McClellan, who moved his family to the Sibley area around 1820 while the fort was still in operation. McClellan was elected as a Missouri state representative in 1826 and appointed as one of the first Jackson County judges in 1827. He was also the Missouri State Treasurer from 1838-43.
The cemetery is part of the Fort Osage National Historic Landmark operated by Jackson County Parks & Recreation. It is in the northeast corner of Jackson County. The cemetery is south of the Fort Osage Education Center.
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Mary Lee Dereske
Congratulations on your first place win in the Peaceful Cemeteries contest! Beautiful image, pinnednwith artist credit given to: https://www.pinterest.com/maryleedereske/contest-winners-fine-art-america/