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Maria Boone
August 5, 1819- December 19, 1893

Maria (or Marie) Boone, mother of Caroline (Boone) Berry, was born in Kentucky in 1819, most likely as a slave. Berry oral tradition recounts that Maria was enslaved on the plantation of Nathan Boone and gave birth to at least one child—Caroline—fathered by Nathan Boone. Census records indicate that in 1850 and 1860, Nathan Boone’s eldest son James "owned" a female slave matching Maria's age.  This woman appears to have given birth to mulatto twins in about 1850 in Polk County, Missouri, where Caroline’s son said she was born. However, the first definite record of Maria ​Boone is the 1880 census, where she is listed as a widow, living with her daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren in Ash Grove, Missouri. Maria died thirteen years later, at the age of 73 (Russel 2012).
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Maria Boone. Ozarks Afro-American History Museum Online, accessed February 3, 2022, https://oaahm.omeka.net/items /show/146.
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Maria Boone, date unknown

Grave Marker: The grave marker for Maria Boone is a cross vault obelisk style monument. Both the monument and its base are limestone. Excluding the base, the monument is 23 x 6 x 6 inches in size. The base is 11 x 14 x 11 inches in size. By 2010, the upper portion of the monument had detached from the base. In 2017, with funding from the Phenix Marble Co., the upper portion was re-attached to the base of the monument. Text is engraved on the west face of the monument, and the surname "BOONE" is inscribed on the west side of the base. Images are engraved on the north and south sides of the top of the obelisk.
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The gravestone and base in 2010, before repair.
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Floral image on upper part of obelisk
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Image on upper part of obelisk
Text on west face of monument:

​MARIA
BOONE
born
 Aug. 5, 1819
died
 Dec. 19, 1893
 ---
BOONE

                                                      
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West face of monument
Berry Family, Ash Grove, MO; Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum; Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Humanities and Public Affairs, Missouri State University
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  • Interred Individuals
    • Fannie (Herron) Allen
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    • Della May Berry
    • Helen Drucella Berry
    • Charles Frank Berry
    • Hubert W. Berry
    • Infant (Kyle?) Berry
    • Kenneth Berry
    • Luther D. Berry
    • Mamie T. Berry
    • Millard W. Berry
    • Sarah E. Berry
    • William H. Berry
    • Maria Boone
    • A Boyd
    • Peter Boone
    • John Bray
    • Bobbie Darnell Carlock
    • Evaline Coleman
    • Nelson Danforth
    • Elizabeth Decks
    • Mollie Ellison
    • Sip Ellison
    • Sampson Farley
    • Mary Harrison
    • Lulie E. Harvey
    • Maude Lee Harvey
    • Rev. Harrison Harvey
    • Sarah A. Harvey
    • William E. Harvey
    • Maggie Hendricks
    • James Aaron Herron
    • Clara Herron
    • Della Lorine Herron
    • Louise Herron
    • Ross Herron
    • Susan V. Herron
    • Rachel A. Huddleston
    • Charity James
    • Martha Jane (Robinson) Jones
    • R. S. Jones
    • John Mason
    • Fanny Murray
    • Joseph Flem Murray
    • Alma L. Oliver
    • Jocy Bell Peryman
    • Cassie Reaves
    • Leo Reaves
    • Mary Reaves
    • William Harvey Reaves
    • Isaiah Rice
    • Enoch Simmons
    • Jasper Simmons
    • Ralph Simmons
    • Baby Walls
    • Bob Walls
    • Charles Walls
    • James Aaron Walls
    • Joe Walls
    • Press Walls
    • Levina "Vine" Walls
    • Grace White
    • Harrison Wilson
    • Effie (Reaves) Yokum
    • Frank Yokum
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