In September 2023, my husband and I traveled to several places in Missouri while I was participating in the All Missouri Quilt Shop-Hop. When we were in the northwest part of the state, we stopped in Savannah in Andrew county. My second great-grandmother’s sister, Matilda (Reed) Imus Beale, is buried at Savannah Cemetery. Next to her are her son, a grandson and granddaughter.
Matilda Ann Beale and her son Albert L. Imus
Albert’s son and daughter – Benjamin L. Imus and Lulu M. Imus
Matilda Ann Reed (16 Apr 1826 – 8 Apr 1887) was born in Maryland according to each US Census from 1850 to 1880. She married Elon Imus on 28 Aug 1848 at the age of 22 in Coshocton, Ohio. By July 1852, the family were living in Galesburg, Illinois and two years later, they settled in Iowa where they continued to live. Elon died in October 1865. One year later, Matilda married Samuel S Beale in Andrew county. The following April, Matilda passed away aged 60 years 11 months 29 days. Her gravesite is in Section 1 Row 19 (north to south) M08
Albert Lincoln Imus was born in March 1861 in Iowa. He married Lellie Moran in Savannah, Missouri in Aug 1888. The family included eleven children. Albert died in Savannah in 1923 and Lellie died in 1945 and is also buried at Savannah Cemetery.
Benjamin and Lulu Imus – two of the eleven children of Albert and Lellie – were born in 1900 and 1892 respectively. He married Mazie Fallen in December 1925 in Rolla, Missouri. They had one child – Benjamin W Imus before the father, Benjamin, passed away in 1927. Lulu, born in Holt county, Missouri trained as a nurse at the Johnson Sanitarium in Springfield. It was there that she probably contracted tuberculosis during her short career as a nurse. She passed away at the age of 25 having never married.
It was a good feeling to finally “meet” my great-aunt Matilda – especially since my ancestry is not in Missouri. I’m still finding other distant relatives who ended up migrating from Ohio or Indiana to Missouri and have a list of cemeteries to visit.
Photographer: Wendy J Littrell (please request permission to use).
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