Freedom Cemetery

Freedom Cemetery

Warren #25   41689  215th Ave

Land for the Freedom Cemetery in Section 25 of Warren Township was purchased from Edward Essex and wife, S. I. Essex, and S. G. Rose and wife, R. I. Rose, for the sum of $1.00. It was deeded July 9, 1866 to the trustees of Freedom Burial Ground: Samuel Cowden, Charles Garton, and Edward Essex, and was to be a burial ground for the neighborhood of Freedom. To reach this cemetery from Chariton, drive south 5 miles on Highway 14 and make a right turn onto the paved 425th Street (Derby Road H-50), and go approximately 1 mile west to 220th Avenue. Turn left to drive south 2.3 miles to 415th Street, then turn west to go about .2 mile to a lane, 215th Avenue. Turn north into the lane which leads to the cemetery entrance .3 miles. Address 41689 215th Avenue.