50N, R3W, Sec 31; FROM THE STOPLIGHT IN MONTGOMERY CITY GO N ON STATE HWY 161 ABT 4.6 MILES TO HWY “V”. TURN EAST (RIGHT) GO ABOUT 4.6 MI ON “E” TO BELLFLOWER. CONTINUE ON 1 ½ MI TO DD. GO RIGHT ABOUT 3 MI. TO COLLINS ROAD #103 (#112) TURN LEFT GO 1.7 MI TO HOUSE NUMBER 307. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY RON MATTESON. NEIL & WILMA BRUNING LIVE IN THE HOUSE AND WILL TAKE YOU TO THE CEMETERY.

 

My 4th great-grandfather, Joseph Baugh, and his family were early settlers (1816) of Callaway County. His son William Gentry moved to Montgomery County soon after and settled near Bellflower.

William G.’s wife Susannah (Carter) Baugh is not listed in the MCHS summary. She does not have a headstone, but on a visit there in 1997 I found a footstone marked ’SBB’ in line with William G.’s grave.  (https://mikepage.us/tree/Wm_G_Baugh_1796.html)

Graves of Wm. G. and Susan B. Baugh,
Amasa Baugh,
unnamed Baugh (infant son of Wm. G. and Susan),
Mary E. Baugh (daughter of H.S. and N.J. Baugh - N.J. is Nancy Jane Baugh),
Jesse Baugh (son of Wm. G. and Susan Baugh) and
Thomas J. Parsons (son of L. and M.A.E. Parsons).
At present it is in dire need of upkeep. It lies in a heavily wooded corner of a soybean field.