Marley (Gramling) Cemetery
Sullivan County, MO

Compiled by JoAnn Loudon.

The Marley (Gramling) Cemetery is located Sullivan County, Missouri--the NE part of Section 22, Township 62 North, Range 20 West; about 2 miles South of Milan by the side of the road; The site used to be the Marley Farm ca 1953.

(Note: Rows 4, 5 & 6 are staggered & not in straight line with 1, 2, 3)

Row 1

  1. Stone: "Marvin Gramling Oct 10, 1888 - Aug 4, 1968"
    In front of this is a flat military marker that reads: "James M Gramling, Mo Pvt 42 Co 164 Depot Brig WWI Oct 10, 1888 - Aug 4, 1968" (James Marvin Gramling, son of James & Nancy Gramling)

  2. James Gramling June 8, 1857 - May 20, 1930
    Nancy E Gramling Oct 16, 1860 - Dec 31, 1950

  3. GRAMLING
    Earl A Gramling 1891 - 1939 (May 13, 1891 - Sept 9, 1939)
    Ethel G 1894 - 1972 (Ethel G Murphy)

  4. Baby Boy Murphy son of Vert & Esther Murphy Oct 10, 1915
    (Note: Esther was Esther Gramling daughter of James & Nancy Gramling.)

  5. Philip Mac Murphy son of Mack & Ula Murphy May 28, 1938
    (Note: Baby Boy Murphy & Phillip Mac Murphy are a single flat stone.)

  6. Jerry Dale Sheppherd 1941 - 1954

Row 2

  1. Reuben A Gramling, died Mar 8, 1893 Age 65 years, 7 months
    (Note: This is a tall slender stone. Obituary for wife Harriet D Brandon Gramling states she is buried in Gramling Cemetery, but I did not find her stone. Reuben is father of James Gramling & Mary Jane Gramling Ford.)

  2. Just to the left of Reuben's stone is a small metal marker with a faded card, but it is readable:
    William P Gramling, died Feb 17, 1942 (Note: This is Reuben's son, William Penn Gramling.)

  3. To far right & set back some is flat stone:
    "Roy Allen Gramling 1911 - 1912" (son of Orlan Hamilton and Ida May Foster Gramling)

Row 3

  1. Our Darling Alva H, Son of H & Mary J Ford Apr 23, 1882 - Aug 25, 1885, BABY FORD

  2. Infant daughter of H & Mary J Ford Nov 10, 1899 FORD

  3. FORD, Henry Ford Aug 25, 1854 - May 19, 1921
    Mary J his wife Sept 15, 1854 - Dec 17 1932
    (Note: Mary Jane Gramling was daughter of Reuben A & Harriet D Brandon Gramling.)

Row 4

  1. (Flat stone) Mary Bethel Compton 1899 - 1901

  2. (Single flat stone) COMPTON, James May 17, 1859 - Feb 5, 1944
    Nancy Feb 3, 1862 - Feb 18, 1950

  3. Anna M Compton Feb 7, 1891 - Jan 9, 1961

These next stones are staggered & not actually in Row 4:

  1. Mary Lelia Thorpe 1891 - 1964
    (Note: Mary is daughter of Edward S & Eliza Gramling Tharp.)

  2. THORPE, Herman E Feb 18, 1882 - June 16, 1959
    Blanche M Sept 20, 1887 - March 1, 1948
    (Note: Herman is son of Edward S & Eliza Gramling Tharp)

  3. Tall Stone & top flat part is THARP
    Front: FATHER & MOTHER
    Edward S 1843 - 1902
    Eliza A 1851 - 1895
    Lizzie J wife of E A Gramling 1887 - 1914
    (Note: Lizzie was the first wife of Earl Anderson Gramling.)

Row 5

  1. "Robert GRAMLING 1910 - 1911 Son of Rebecca Gramling"

  2. (Tall upright stone) Mary J wife of Thomas HOSKINS Died Oct 5, 1895, 70 years
    (Note: Mary Jane Roach Gramling Hoskins was wife of Thomas Coke Gramling, mother of Eliza Gramling Tharp)

Row 6 (staggerd stones)

  1. TEUTEBERG, John H 1870 - 1931
    Ara E 1864 - 1949

  2. BINGHAM, Mary E Sept 24, 1849 - Dec 26, 1936
    William R Sept 6, 1847 - Jan 12, 1924

  3. Edward R MALONEY, MO Pvt 138 Inf, 35 Div June 26, 1931

Row 7 (staggard stones)

  1. MORELOCK, David Edward Dec 26, 1873 - Sept 30, 1935 God Is Love

  2. Mother - Clara E McMULLIN 1882 - 1955

  3. WATSON, Sara C wife of Samuel Watson, died May 16, 1904, aged 65 y 7 mo

Row 8 (in the back of cemetery)

  1. Tall stone with the top slender part broken off & leaning against the tall base:
    KELLEY
    Sarah C Dau of WC MC KELLEY, died Oct 7, 1913, 18 years, 8 months
    Another side says: Mary C wife of William C Kelley Died Oct 18, 1907, 41 years 11 months 8 days

  2. (small upright stone) Emly KELLY 1871 - 1964 (Note: it is spelled Emly Kelly.)

  3. JUPP, James R Dec 18, 1842 - Jan 2, 1922
    Lodenia A Apr 8, 1966 - May 18, 1951
    (Note: James & Lodenia Jupp were parents of Katheryn Avaline Jupp Gramling, wife of William Henry Gramling.)

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