The Great Pyramid In Missouri

Located at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Mount Vernon, MO.

On the front side is this.

Enoch's Circle (Diagramed)

Genesis 5:23 (And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years)

Luke 21:24-32(24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

26Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

29And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

30When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

31So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.)

Enoch Circle

There is massive amounts of information on Enoch's Circle. All you have to do is Google it.   

Picture of the out side of the Great Pyramid.

Mathew 21:42 (Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?)

Ephesians 2:20:21(having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, ²¹ in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord)

Zechariah 4:7(Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.)

Psalms 118:22-23(22 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; 23 the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.)

First Peter 2:6(6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”)

This is a diagram of the inside of the Great Pyramid. 

286.1 Pyramid Inch

PI 3.14159

Job 38:31(Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion)

Amos 5:8(Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:) 

You can read the explaination of this at http://www.vectorpub.com/CH10.htm.

This is the location of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The closest markers were these two. So I am assuming they belong with the pyramid.

Joseph D

1919 - 2006

Patricia Addline

1913 - 1997

Hiding In The Shade

Located at Mount Vernon City Cemetery, Mount Vernon, MO.

Ann T

Wife of G. G. Gillette

Born

Feb 10, 1807

Died

Jan 27, 1880

I Find This Sad

Located at Mount Vernon City Cemetery in Mount Vernon, MO.

This is a very nice well maintained plot with obviously two people buried here. Why is it only one has a name attached to it? 

I looked all over for a name to attach to the second grave but there was nothing to find. 

James R Martin

Born

Aug 29, 1830

Died

Nov 25, 1893

Aged 63ys 2ms 26ds

I am gonna go out on a limb and say my best guess is the second person in this plot is his wife who was Paulina (spelled Paulina, Pulina and Pulinia on the census records)  Martin who shows up on Census records with him.

1860 United States Federal Census about James R Martin

Name: James R Martin

Age in 1860: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860: Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri
Gender: Male
Post Office: Mount Vernon
Household Members: Name Age
James R Martin 30
Pauline Martin 20
Benj Martin 62

1870 United States Federal Census about James R Martin

Name: James R Martin

Birth Year: abt 1831
Age in 1870: 39
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1870: Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
James R Martin 39
Pulina Martin 33

1880 United States Federal Census about James Martin
Name: James Martin
Home in 1880: Vineyard, Lawrence, Missouri
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Pulinia Martin
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
James Martin 49
Pulinia Martin 37
Nancy Kelly 50

James F. Hardin - Assassinated

Located at Mount Vernon City Cemetery in Mount Vernon, MO.

Sacred To The

Memory Of

James F. Hardin

Born

Sept 8, 1836

Assassinated

Feby 3, 1876

 1845-1890. Catalogue of Phi Alpha Society ... Illinois College, Volume 23  By Illinois College. Phi Alpha Society, Illinois College

This is from Find A Grave. (http://www.findagrave.com/; by I remember when. . ., May 29, 2011.)

"M. L. VanGilder in 1995 notes: 9 December 1875, attorney James F Hardin shot attorney William H. Phelps twice in a court room, who recovered (Phelps had been elected to state legislature in 1872). Then James F. Hardin was gunned down by blasts from shotguns on 3 February 1876 when going home. His widow signed a complaint against William H. and brother Charles H. Phelps with an arrest made. Both acquitted on 28 September, 1876."

 I found this excerpt in an article, Historic Home Auction, that was written in 2006.

"The second occupant, lawyer James F. Hardin, shot another attorney during a court proceeding in December 1875. Hardin died after he was shot in an ambush in February 1876 a short distance from his home."

This is from View From the Courthouse: Abstracts of Lawrence County, Mo., Circuit Court Documents, 1858-1869

"In 1866, James F. Hardin, son-in-law of the Honorable John C. Price, served as Circuit Attorney. Hardin undoubtedly brought some excitement into the proceedings. Following Hardin's murder in Carthage in 1876, his obituary in a Springfield paper defended his character by stating "he was a better man than his sneaking cowardly assassins because whenever he had an enemy who needed to be injured, he met them face to face in public." It was Hardin who shot William H. Phelps in the courthouse at Carthage in 1875."

Sadly I wasn't able to find out much more than this. As always if you discover anymore information please feel free to email me and let me know and I will update the post. 

Migrating Mound Builders

This was an unexpected find while visiting a cemetery. Which you can see in the back ground of the historical marker. On the back of this marker it says  "Locally known as the Old Spanish Fort" but it was named Fort Ancient after a study of more than 40 years by Dr. E. M. Shepard, an archaeologist and geologist.

Located at Spanish Fort Cemetery aka Fort Ancient Cemetery in Mount Vernon, MO.

Fort Ancient believed to

have been constructed

by a group of eastward

migrating mound builders,

a band of Indians

probably long antedating

the Osages, on their way

to what is now Ohio.

These earthworks are a

small replica of the

Great Fort Ancient in

Ohio, where this

prehistoric group reached

it's greatest culmination.

This tribe probably had

it's village in the valley,

and used these

fortifications for defense.

First pioneers describe

the walls as originally

about 5 ft high and the

moat 2 ft deep.

Springfield University

Club Historical Marker

No. 16 Erected Oct 1930

I was unable to get photos of the mounds due to the over grown grass.  But I was able to find this photo posted on http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1300_FORT_ANCIENT_Ozark_Mountians By GEO*Trailblazer1.

You can see the mound that runs along under the marker and turns and runs left from the marker. The marker says the mounds were originally about 5 ft high, some believe they were as much as 15 ft high.

Springfield - Greene County Library
 
A Fun Note: This cemetery is said to be haunted and many have witnessed  glowing red lights that sometimes appear around the cemetery.  Guess I should plan a night time trip back with a video camera. Sadly I did not experience any paranormal activity while I was there.

Forgotten Pioneers

I recently came across this sad sight. Strange thing is that half this cemetery was well maintained. I spotted this marker about 20 feet from the cleared section. I wonder why they maintained part of this cemetery but not all of it.

Located at Shelton Cemetery in Mount Vernon, MO.

I could also see the tops of about 3 other markers. I wasn't brave enough to risk getting snake bit, or chiggers, or poison ivy or whatever else lurked there to get any closer. I was able to zoom in with my camera and get this much of  the marker.

Buried here are Moses

Hurt Shelton (1804 - 1869)

& wife Nancy Clark Shelton

(1813 - 1869), Vineyard TWP

pioneer settlers who left

Pittsylvania Co., Va in 1836,

lived ?0 years in Todd Co.,

Kansas and moved to  Lawrence

Co. Mo.

It says something about owning a farm nearby but I can't make out enough to tell any more. The rest is sadly hidden by the weeds.

Here is the information I could find on http://www.ancestry.com/.

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Moses Hurt Shelton
Name: Moses Hurt Shelton
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1801
Spouse Name: Nancy Clark
Spouse Birth Year: 1813
Marriage Year: 1828
Number Pages: 1

Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 about Nancy C. Shelton
Groom Name: Moses H. Shelton
Bride Name: Nancy C. Shelton
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1828
County: Pittsylvania
State: Virginia

1860 United States Federal Census

1860 United States Federal Census about Moses H Shelton
Name: Moses H Shelton
Age in 1860: 56
Birth Year: abt 1804
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Vineyard, Lawrence, Missouri
Gender: Male
Post Office: Gilbert Station
Household Members: Name Age
Moses H Shelton 56
Nancy C Shelton 47
Chas C Shelton 29
Virginia Shelton 21
Giddion F Shelton 19
John D Shelton 17
Letcy F Shelton 10
Jas B Shelton 3