BRISTOW CEMETERY
Submitted by and mail to: Naomi Sessions: Mail
The Bristow Cemetery is located ½ mile south of the town of Bristow in Boyd
County Nebraska. One must make a turn South off of Highway 281 into an unpaved road.
It is on a hillside West of the road.
There are 21 Rows and 118 Plots located in this Cemetery. The layout is as follows:
Three Plots (two 13x24 one 13x14) a 20 foot driveway running east to west, (uphill)
then three Plots (one 13x14 and two 13x24), the smaller Rows being adjacent to the
driveway. The driveway continues west through Row 15 and then a space for a circular
turnaround has been allocated. The turnaround eliminates 1 large Plot in Rows 16 through 19.
Rows 20 and 21 again have three plots. There are 59 Rows South of the driveway and
turnaround and 59 Rows North of the driveway and turnaround. The Plot map indicates
there is a space of 4 feet between all Rows.
The Rows are numbered in this manner: Beginning in the Southeast corner we start with
Plots #1, 2, 3, south to north then Row 2 above it with Plots #4, 5, 6 north to south etc, this
continues uphill until Row 21 Plots #57, 58,59 at the West parameter of the Cemetery is
reached, then it skips 20 feet and start down the hill East with Row 21 Plots #60, 61,62
going from east to west. The next Row (20) contains Plots #63, 64, 65 going west to east
and continues down hill in this manner until we are at Row 1 Plots #116, 117, 118.
Thus Row 1 contains Plots #1,2,3,116,117,118. Row 2 Plots #6,5,4,115,114,113 reading
east to west.
I walked this graveyard on a hot day in July with nothing but a herd of Llamas to keep me
company. I apologize for the errors. There are many graves that have no markers and though
I have searched and talked with many people I have not been able to find the original records
for this cemetery. I wish to thank Lyle Ruff for a copy of the layout of the Cemetery which
was a great help. If you have family graves that are not marked and wish to add them to this
list please get in touch with Naomi Sessions: nsess17@aol.com
Copywrited for Boyd county by Naomi Sesssions