The 1930s plant of Salem shows this lot divided with the north half owned by "Tharp" and the south half, by "Wilson." I have no idea who either Tharp or Wilson is. Whatever the case, there is only one marked grave on the north half of the lot, that of Joe E. Clark. I've been unable to find an obituary for Joe, but the death notice here suggests that there might have been some initial indecision about exactly where to bury him. Joe E. Clark, 79, for many years a resident of this vicinity, died last night about midnight at his home on North Seventh street, after a brief illness with pneumonia.
1860-1939
Dies Monday Night at Home on North 7th St. (in Chariton);
Rites Set for Wednesday
Surviving him are his wife, and one brother, Verne Clark, of Hedrick, and three sisters, Mrs. Lulu Spiker, of Hedrick, and Mrs. Della Carmack and Mrs. Jas. F. McDowell, of Chariton.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Miley funeral home, and burial will be in the Chariton (sic) cemetery.
The Chariton Leader, 19 December 1939
A very small stone with no insciption, of the sort used elsewhere in the cemetery as a footstone, is located at either the extreme south end of the south half of this lot, or at the extreme north end of Lot. No. 15. I do not know whose grave this stone might mark.
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