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Welcome to Newton County, Missouri |
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Hutchison homesteaded land in Newton County around 1834 and moved his
family onto the property. First burial in the Hutchison Homestead
Cemetery was Stanford Hutchison 1839 followed by a few more Hutchisons.
Mr. Shadrach Boaz a traveling dealer in land grants must have been
staying at the Hutchison homestead and died in 1860. Mr. Boaz was buried
in the Hutchison and died in 1860. Mr. Boaz was buried in the Hutchison
Homestead Cemetery 21 years after the first Hutchison's. Over the years
because of two other Hutchison Cemeteries in Newton County this
cemetery has become known as the Boaz Cemetery. Located at latitude 36 946 985N/ longitude 94 103 490W To get to the cemetery take Hwy 60 east out of Neosho turn left on to Walleby Rd. About three miles on the left side of road just before the Hutchison Creek. At this time the land owner will not allow anyone on property to visit the Boaz Cemetery.
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