Kansas History and Heritage Project--Douglas County Cemeteries

Douglas County Cemeteries
April, May, June 1892 Burial Report, Lawrence


Included below are burials reported in Lawrence's two largest cemeteries, Oak Hill and Maple Grove, for the months of January, February and April. The January list was not as detailed as the others, only including names and ages. I was unable to obtain records for the rest of 1891. These are not necessarily death dates, only the burial month and/or day as reported by the sextons:

Jan., 1891

Oak Hill
Maria Norway, 84
Lucy Hook, 28
Emma Bartledes, 78
Salina Watson, 78
Perlie Jackson, 1
Nellie Thacher Henry
Frank Holmes Churchill, 22
George A. Featherolf, 28
Alexander G. Eidemiller, 57
Wesley, infant of Sherman
Rebecca Cooper, 30
Philip Preisach, 61
Annie Hedlund, 54


Maple Grove
Missouri Morgan, 15
Thorp, child of Emma, 1m
Adda Wood, 10
Jessie Wilkinson, 5
Sarah Drake, 34
Cearles Oscar Jenson, 1m
Della Ann Soule, 45
Melissa Godfrey
J. E. James, 10m
Pullen infant



Feb. 1891

Oak Hill
Wm. Young, , white, 83 , Feb. 3 , old age
James Blood , white, 72 , Feb. 7 , inflammation of bowels
Banks infant , colored, , Feb. 6 , still born
Louis Andrew , white, 88 , Feb. 7 , paralysis
Annie Stewart , white, 3 , Feb. 9 , membraneous croup
Eliza M. Love , white, 49 , Feb. 12 , consumption
Hattie Carter , colored, 25 , Feb. 12 , consumption
E. W. Jackson , colored, 40 , Feb. 13 , consumption
Mrs. Williams , colored, , Feb. 14 , consumption
L. D. Hardwick , white, 59 , Feb. 13 , dropsy
H. Maria Clark , white, 56 , Feb. 14 , paralysis
Darby infant , white, , Feb. 13 , still born
E. W. Brown , white, 56 , Feb. 17 , abcess
Francis Bradley , colored, 47 , Feb. 17 , heart trouble
H. H. Richards , white, 89 , Feb. 20 , paralysis
Irwin infant , white, , Feb. 23 , still born
H. Biebusch , white, 71 , Feb. 26 , cancer of stomach
W. M. Ellison , white, 29 , Feb. 28 , enlargement of heart
J. P. Randall , white, 44 , Mar. 1 , consumption


Maple Grove
J. Victor , colored 69 , Feb. 3 , not given
F. Remington , white, 8m , Feb. 8 , lagrippe
F. McKinney , white, 78 , Feb. 16 , old age
Cyrus Baker , white, 69 , Feb. 18 , general debility
Jane Hill , colored 30 , Feb. 18 , lagrippe
Wm. Cooley , white, 37 , Feb. 24 , pneumonia
Ellis infant , white, 7d , Feb. 25 , cholera infantum



April 1891

Oak Hill
Edna Smith , white, 1 , Apr. 2 , membraneous croup
Willie Dennis , white, 6 , Apr. 7 , rheumatism
Mary McConnell , white, 62 , Apr. 9 , catarrhal bronchitis
James H. Harris , white, 63 , Apr. 9 , paralysis
J. Garret , white, 89 , Apr. 13 , old age
C. J. Leeper , white, 37 , Apr. 15 , consumption
Linda Waffle , white, 50 , Apr. 26 , pneumonia
Emma Weber , colored 28 , Apr. 28 , ulcer of stomach
Jane Ellis , white, 39 , Apr. 29 , consumption
Robbie E. Farrar , white, 7m , Apr. 29 , scarlet fever


Maple Grove
Dt. H. H. West , white, 35 , Apr. 18 , apoplexy
Robert Winfield , colored 65 , Apr. 22 , not given
Maria Campbell , white, 47 , Apr. 25 , bilious fever


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