Old Time Cemetery

This cemetery was established in 1847 for public burial. In 1897 many graves were moved to Oak Ridge Cemetery, now known as the City Cemetery. The concrete wall around the family plot of Dr. William Proctor was meant to keep livestock from knocking down tombstones and disturbing the grave site. Most grave sites were unmarked. Marked graves include those of Lemuel Kittrell, Doniphans' first settler, 12 soldiers killed at the Christmas Day Massacre, Capt. James Madison Ponder, also killed in the Civil War, and Zebedee Washington Stephens, who has many descendants still living in Ripley County.

Doniphan, Missouri · United States