Powers Cemetery
Pepsin, Missouri


The location of the cemetery was originally one of the pieces of land Moses Powers and his father-in-law, Josiah Boyd,
purchased from the U.S. Government when land was put up for private purchase. The cemetery was established when a family
was traveling traveling through the area. A son became ill and died. The family asked Moses Powers for permission to bury their
son in his field. this was the first burial where the cemetery presently located. Moses Powers did not own the land when it was deeded
as a public burial ground in 1881, on October 31st; however several persons were buried there, by the time it was
officially deeded. An engraved stone marks the first burial sight and reads:
"FIRST GRAVE PIONEER BOY 1852"