Abbott Cemetery Iron County, MO

04/13/2026

05/20/2025

UPDATE
This meeting has been CANCELED due to the high amounts of rain. You may send donations to Shirley Link at the address below. Thank you!

The annual Abbott cemetery meeting is coming up on Saturday, June 7, at 10:30 am. I hope several of you can stop by. Any donation you can make is helpful to keep the cemetery mowed, so it doesn’t get overgrown. If you can’t make it to the meeting, but would like to donate, you can mail your donation to :
Shirley Link
5027 Barbagallo Dr
St Louis, MO 63129

Thank you!

07/31/2024

Some new photos from the cemetery meeting today. The cemetery looks beautiful. Also an updated map and phone numbers. Thank you to our caretakers!

04/06/2024

This is Andrew Wilson “Wilce” Crocker 1836-1899 who is buried at Abbott, but does not have a headstone. It was first reported he was buried at Clayton’s Creek. Later a newspaper article reported he was actually buried at Abbott. Does anyone have info on his death or info indicating where he’s buried in the cemetery? What’s ironic about this photo is my dad, his great grandson, looks just like him.

04/06/2024

The annual cemetery meeting will be held on Saturday, June 8th, 2024, from 10:30-11:00 AM, at Abbott Cemetery. If you are unable to attend please consider sending money to Shirley (address in photo) to help cover mowing and maintenance costs. Every little bit helps. It’s important we keep the cemetery mowed. If you’ve been there you know it’s a beautiful, peaceful place. A big thank you to Shirley and family for their work maintaining this special place.

02/28/2024

Is there anyone on this page that lives near Abbott Cemetery? We are hearing there’s a forest fire and wondering if the cemetery was affected. If you have any info please let us know.

02/26/2024

We are happy to announce that we have resumed our normal operatiing hours. We are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays.

A couple of things to note. First, the museum will close from approximately 11:55 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 24. 2024 so that our volunteer working that day can attend the historical soceity' annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. Second, our restrooms are still closed and will remain closed until the the problem with our sewer line is fixed.

We apologize for any inconvenience that our being closed has caused.

01/03/2024

Happy New Year 2024!

My resolution this year is to do more genealogy research and organize what I already have. My aunt taught me to organize info, by family, in binders. Of course families overlap a little. Inside I use acid free sheet covers and paper/markers. On old photos I use only a small dot of acid free adhesive so the original writing on the back isn’t damaged. This has worked well for many different types of things. How do you organize your family history?

12/08/2023

Hello everyone. Just stopped by to say hello. The holidays stir up memories of those we’ve loved and call family. The memories are wonderful, but they make us miss them very much. Wishing you good memories of bygone Christmases and new memories with new generations. Keep creating those memories! Merry Christmas 🎄

06/10/2023

Cemetery meeting is in the morning at 10:30. If you can’t be there please consider sending a donation to Shirley. Every little bit helps maintain this beautiful cemetery.

05/04/2023

The yearly Abbott Cemetery meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 10th between 10:30-11:00 AM, at the cemetery. If the weather is bad the meeting may be rescheduled. I will try to let you know if that happens. If you can’t attend, but would like to make a donation, please send it to:

Shirley Merritt Link
5027 Barbagallo Dr
St Louis, MO 63129-1506

Donations are used solely to keep the cemetery mowed and nice. On a typical year mowing costs are just barely met. If you can help, even a little, it will be much appreciated.

04/27/2023

Andrew “Wilce” Crocker is listed on Findagrave.com as being buried in Abbott Cemetery. He was my 2nd great grandfather. However, there’s no known marker for his grave. My Dad says there’s some question of where he’s actually buried. I came across this news article awhile back. So….I assume he’s buried in Abbott, we just don’t know exactly where.