Kansas History and Heritage Project--Douglas County Cemeteries

Douglas County Cemeteries
July, Aug., Sep. 1892 Burial Report, Lawrence


Included below are burials reported in Lawrence's two largest cemeteries, Oak Hill and Maple Grove, for the third quarter, through Sept. 20, 1892 These are not necessarily death dates, only burial dates as reported by the sexton:

Oak Hill--July

Chammes, Agnes A., 25, July 5, inflammation of bowels
Spaulding, Clyde, white, 16, July 27, drowning
Oberg, John, white, 48, July 27, alcoholism
Sparr, child of R. W., white, 7d, July 31, premature birth
Stimpson, Mary G., white, 26, July 28, accident



Maple Grove--July

Cosgrove, infant, white, July 3, still born
Anderson, Zella, white, 7, July 7, brain fever
Hick / Hicks, Gray L., white, 2m, July 10, whooping cough
Sable, Minerva, white, 67, July 26, stomach cancer



Oak Hill--August

Hayes, Homer, white, 72, Aug. 3, general debility
Ferrill, Etta, colored, 6m, Aug. 3, flux
Peterson, Andrew, white, 17, Aug.7, summer complaint
Johnson, Charles J., white, 35, Aug. 9, inflammation of bowels
Allen, infant, colored, Aug. 10, still born
Prentice, Louisa A., white, 80, Aug. 15, old age
Broker / Broeker, Eddie, white, 1m, Aug. 21, whooping cough
Redmond, infant, white, 1m, Aug. 22, cholera infantum
Manter, A. A., white, 81, Aug. 24, old age
Broker / Broeker, white, 4, Aug. 25, whooping cough
Shirar, Alber, white 10m, Aug. 30, dysintery
Breckenridge, Samuel, colored, 80, Aug. 29, old age
Adams, James W., white, 82, Aug. 29, dysentery



Maple Grove--August

Cornell, F. M., white, 8m, Aug. 2, whooping cough
Clark, infant, colored, 3m, Aug. 2, not given
Hunsinger, infant, white, Aug. 3, not given
Tingle, Elizabeth, colored, 47, Aug. 5, pneumonia
Baker, Harriet, colored, 31, Aug. 9, congestion of bowels
Pine, Ollie, white, 27, Aug. 9, summer complaint
Petty, J. W. white, 81, Aug. 13, old age
Chancellor, Benjamin, colored, 60, Aug. 13, heart trouble
Drake, infant, colored, Aug. 18, still born
Jones, D. E., colored, 9m, Aug. 17, whooping cough
Doddridge, Martha J., white, 48, Aug. 19, cancer
Coats, Owen, not given, Aug. 15, heart trouble



Oak Hill--September

Rhodes, infant of Betsy, colored, 27 (?), Sept. 2, whooping cough
Harvey, Joseph, white, 64, Sept, 6, pneumonia
Gray, William W., not given, Sept. 7, liver and kidney disease
Banks, Charles, white, 82, Sept. 8, lagrippe
Hoag, Polly M., white 82, Sept. 9, old age
Thralls, Lavina, white, 66, Sept. 8, heart failure
Conway, infant, white, 9m, Sept. 11, cholera infantum
Sutton, F. R., white, 75, Sept. 13, blood poisoning
Crew, D. A., white, Sept. 14, overdose morphine
Hoyt, Sarah E., white, 81, Sept. 16, old age
Harris, Lottie, colored, 17m, Sept. 18, whooping cough.
Baldwin, Eugene, white, 22m, Sept. 21, teething
Boyd, Thomas, white, 90, Sept. 26, old age




Maple Grove--September

Scott, Rhoda, colored, 8m, Sept. 2, dysentery
Butler, G. E., white, 8m, Sept, 17, brain paralysis


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