Mt. Olive Cemetery
MOUNT OLIVE CHURCH AND CEMETERY - The records indicate that John G. Palmer and Matilda Palmer deeded a tract of land consisting of a part of the SE 1/4 SEC 15, TWSP 3S, R21W to the trustees of the M. E. Church on Jan. 11, 1888. The church is no longer there, but the cemetery which was located in the churchyard remains.
MOUNT OLIVE CEMETERY - Mt. Olive Cemetery is located (from the junction of Highways 36 and 60) one mile east, three miles south, and one-half mile west. The first grave was dug in the late 1800�s. This little two acre cemetery and one-time church yard was the final resting place for many of our ancestors. Many soldiers were buried here and each Memorial Day a flag is placed at their grave by the Almena American Legion. The Grant 4-H Eagles took this cemetery as a community project at one time and planted trees at the cemetery. The Grant 4-H Club also had a baseball team (which were champions) and often, after ball practice held in Ira Mulder�s pasture, the club members would haul water in cream cans from Bill Campbell�s to water the little cedar trees.
Ira Mulder set the first tree out showing the club members how it should be done. The cemetery was cared for many years by Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Engelhardt.
Blue text indicates some evidence that the person is buried in this cemetery without a headstone.
Transcribed by Ardie Grimes and Howard Van De Wege for the Norton Genealogical Society February 2005.
Last Name | First Name | B.Y. | B.M. | B.D. | D.Y. | D.M. | D.D. | Notes |
Aldrich | Clarence | 1875 | Jan | 1 | 1945 | June | 21 | son of Cyrus & Emma; born WI |
Aldrich | Cyrus | 1835 | May | ? | 1906 | Feb | 26 | COD grippe; veteran - has AL marker, Civil War veteran; wife Emma; birthdate from 1900 census; born NY; 1860 census lived in Niagara County, NY |
Aldrich | Emma G. | 1847 | Jan | 14 | 1926 | July | 1 | maiden name Beardsley; born NY; husband Cyrus; children Clarence & Lucetta |
Allen | Ida Bell | 1873 | Sept. | 23 | 1904 | Oct. | 25 | born Keokuk Co. IA to Mr. & Mrs. R.F. Legy; spouse J.H. Allen |
Altman | Andrew | 1823 | Dec. | 12 | 1887 | July | 28 | |
Altman | Elizabeth | 1852 | May | 27 | 1889 | May | 27 | COD hemorrhage |
Altman | Lucinda A. | 1859 | April | 25 | 1888 | May | 16 | |
Altman | Mary | 1867 | Oct. | 20 | 1895 | Jan. | 31 | |
Bailey | Bessie | 1856 | Nov. | 14 | 1896 | June | 16 | maiden name Raisheek, wife of F.H. Bailey, born Benton, WI |
Bennett | Charley | 1874 | Feb. | 2 | 1933 | Dec. | 12 | |
Bennett | Clarence E. | 1896 | 1918 | |||||
Bennett | Clyde W. | 1895 | 1905 | |||||
Bennett | Eliza | 1872 | Aug. | 3 | 1935 | Feb | 6 | |
Bennett | Frances J. | 1913 | June | 28 | 1913 | Nov. | 1 | middle name Joshua, (infant) |
Bennett | Israel L. | 1839 | Mar. | 28 | 1920 | Jan. | 4 | veteran - has AL marker; served 150 Ind Inf & Co B 116 Ind Inf; enlisted from Boone Co. IN |
Bennett | M. E. Mary | 1842 | Dec. | 9 | 1917 | Jan. | 17 | |
Birkholz | Infant | 1898 | 1898 | probably infant of William A. & Martha Suhr Birkholz | ||||
Blaine | Rebecca | 1885 | Feb. | 12 | 1885 | Oct. | 6 | |
Boatman | Mrs. Grandma | 1908 | May | 17? | died Beaver City, NE; aged almost 84;no stone | |||
Campbell | Matilda | 1889 | Sept. | 25 | 1960 | Oct. | 19 | |
Campbell | William H. | 1908 | Mar. | 27 | 1973 | Dec. | 19 | |
Campbell | Winifred M. | 1913 | Mar. | 6 | 1986 | Aug. | 1 | |
Cobb | Gertrude | 1889 | Dec. | aged 24y 3m 11d; COD typhoid fever; buried 12 Dec 1889; widowed; occupation kitchen maid; lived Grant township | ||||
Eli | Alice | 1898 | Aug. | 2 | 1910 | June | 9 | |
Eli | Elizabeth | 1883 | Jan | 11 | 1893 | Feb | 26 | COD dropsy |
Eli | Ethel Breathouwer | 1890 | Aug. | 14 | 1910 | June | 10 | |
Eli | George | 1895 | 1962 | July | 16 | |||
Eli | George Westley | 1863 | 1935 | married 25 Feb 1886 in Norton Co. to Myrtle A. Short, aka Marietta Arthetia Short | ||||
Eli | Marietta | 1871 | Dec. | 4 | 1945 | April | 27 | |
Eli | Mary E. | 1861 | Nov. | 11 | 1923 | Mar. | 31 | COD pneumonia |
Eli | Phillip Eugene | 1922 | 1923 | |||||
Gibson | Virgil | 1891 | 1892 | Feb. | 23 | aged 1y 1m 26d; COD scarletina | ||
Glenn | Bell | 1880 | Sept. | 2 | 1913 | Dec. | 4 | |
Glenn | Ben J. F. | 1868 | May | 19 | 1917 | April | 16 | |
Glenn | Earl | 1910 | Jan | 28 | 1921 | Jan. | 11 | died at home of Aleck Scott; in Birkville Items 27 Jan 1921 |
Grapenthin | Paul | 1871 | Dec. | 22 | 1886 | July | 30 | son of Theodore; COD diptheria |
Grapenthin | Theodore | born Feb 1838; Grant twp. census 1880, 1895, 1900, 1910; found dead by Fred Roeder; wife Augusta not enum. aft. 1880, likely also buried here | ||||||
Guesford | Nancy | 1795 | Jan | 25 | 1893 | Jan. | 22 | born Crab Orchard, KY; maiden name Miller spouses (1)Thomas Hamilton, (2) Joshua Guesford; mother of Prudence Hamilton Hays |
Harper | Abigail | 1848 | Feb | 6 | 1928 | Oct. | 1 | born IA; spouses Joseph Stateler, Thomas Harper |
Harper | James C. | 1906 | 1932 | |||||
Harper | Lillie M. | 1879 | 19?? | dau. of James Hugh & Mary Catherine (Tisdell) Randles Scott; spouse Perry Albert Harper | ||||
Harper | Minnie L | 1900 | 1917 | |||||
Harper | Perry A. | 1874 | 1945 | son of Thomas & Drusilla Brenton Harper; spouse Lillie May Scott Harper | ||||
Harper | Thomas W. | 1846 | Aug. | 20 | 1936 | Feb | 16 | born near Eagleville, Harrison Co. MO; enlisted Co H 43 Reg MO Volunteer Infantry; spouses Drusilla Jane Brenton, Abigail (Carson) Stateler; came to NT Co. May 1886; veteran - has AL marker |
Hays | Andrew | 1911 | 1913 | infant son of Marion C. & Pearl W. White Hays | ||||
Hays | Marion C. | 1859 | April | 25 | 1934/5 | Dec. | 9 | born near Galesburg, IA to David & Prudence Hamilton Hays; married (1) Nellie G. Ross (2) Pearl W. White |
Hays | Pearl W. | 1880 | Sept. | 1943 | Oct. | 7 | spouse Marion C. Hays | |
Hoover | Ora Johnson | 1908 | Feb. | 19 | 1984 | Oct. | 21 | |
Howell | Frank M. | 1867 | 1933 | |||||
Howell | John | 1897 | ||||||
Karnopp | Infant | 1907 | April | 11 | infant of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Karnopp | |||
Karnopp | John (Eldon) | 1921 | July | 29 | 1996 | June | 30 | |
Karnopp | Madge D. (Stewart) | 1914 | Nov. | 17 | 1993 | May | 24 | |
Koch | John | 1833 | April | 22 | 1909 | Mar. | 1 | 1900 census: divorced,
born Germany, immigrated 1867, naturalized, farmer, lived alone |
Maynes | Joseph | 1885 | May | 13 | 1886 | Mar. | 28 | |
Mc Farland | Martin V. | 1835 | Jan. | 25 | 1914 | Oct. | 19 | |
Mc Farland | Mary. J. | 1837 | Dec. | 14 | 1926 | May | 2 | |
Mc Hone | Anna | 1850 | June | 26 | 1893 | Jan. | 28 | peritonitis |
McHone | Infant Dau. | 1888 | May | 12 | infant of George McHone | |||
Morris | Josephine | 1868 | 1890 | |||||
Morris | Susan M. | 1841 | April | 5 | 1917 | May | 6 | |
Morris | T. G. | 1838 | Aug. | 22 | 1914 | Oct. | 18 | |
Morris | William L. | 1865 | 1916 | Mar. | 2? | car accident; survived by wife, dau Mrs. Henry Underwood and aged mother | ||
Palmer | John G. | 1823 | June | 9 | 1898 | Mar. | 9? | spouse Mary |
Palmer | Mary | 1827 | Nov. | 8 | 1887 | Feb. | 5 | born Listershire, England; maiden name Skinner; spouse John G. Palmer; came to KS 1879 |
Pratt | Alfred | 1888 | April | 10 | 1889 | Jan. | 10 | infant son of William M. & Ella Jane (Wharton) Pratt |
Pratt | Ella Jane (Wharton) | 1846 | May | 18 | 1894 | Sept. | 4 | dau of Benjamin S. and Maria Yeoman Wharton; born Buchanan Co. MO; spouse William M. Pratt; COD consumption (tuberculosis); no stone |
Pratt | Rosalee | 1875 | Oct. | 21 | 1888 | Nov. | 28 | dau of William H. & Ella Jane (Wharton) Pratt; COD diptheria |
Reeves | James | N.D. | N.D. | veteran - has AL marker | ||||
Remington | Infant | 1907 | Feb | 28 | ||||
Ritter | Lewis | died in fire; brother of Caroline Ritter Schesser; said to be buried next to her; was married to a Higgins; enum. 1900 with sister John & Caroline Schesser, born Canada July 1855, married twice, emigrated 1882 | ||||||
Robb | Mary J. | 1826 | April | 26 | 1886 | July | 28 | spouse J.L. Robb |
Robb | Sherman G. | 1865 | Sept. | 24 | 1887 | Dec. | 22 | |
Roeder | Augusta (Voss) | 1855 | June | 6 | 1891 | Oct. | 1 | born Germany, maiden name Voss; spouse William Roeder |
Roeder | Carl J. (infant) | 1893 | Dec. | 20 | 1893 | Dec. | 26 | middle name John; infant of August & Anna Bach Roeder |
Roeder | Christina A. | 1884 | Mar. | 31 | 1890 | May | 31 | middle name Anna; aka "Tina"; daughter of William & Augusta Voss Roeder |
Roeder | Christina L. (Hein) | 1819 | Dec. | 21 | 1909 | Feb. | 22 | born Germany; maiden name Hein; spouse Frederick F. Roeder |
Roeder | F.F. | 1821 | Mar. | 22 | 1913 | April | 23 | born Germany; spouse Christina L. Hein; came to US 1867; came to Norton Co. 1879; name Frederick F. |
Roeder | Harold (infant) | 1912 | April | 16 | 1912 | April | 21 | infant of Frederick W. and Lottie Pratt Roeder |
Roeder | Oscar A. (infant) | 1901 | Feb. | 12 | 1901 | Mar. | 27 | middle name August; infant of August & Anna Bach Roeder |
Roeder | Wilfred (infant) | 1911 | Mar. | 1 | 1911 | Mar. | 5 | infant of Frederick W. and Lottie Pratt Roeder |
Runkle | Absalom | 1864 | 1918 | |||||
Sanders | Samuel A. | 1852 | Oct. | 22 | 1905 | Mar. | 23 | |
Schesser | Albert | 1875 | 1911 | husband of Louise | ||||
Schesser | Bertha (infant) | 1895 | Mar. | 30 | 1895 | Aug. | 28 | |
Schesser | Caroline | 1851 | Mar. | 11 | 1924 | Feb. | 1 | maiden name Ritter; spouse John |
Schesser | Caroline (infant) | 1897 | Feb. | 20 | 1898 | Dec. | 26 | |
Schesser | Caroline P. (infant) | 1892 | May | 10 | 1892 | May | 11 | |
Schesser | Elizabeth | 1874 | Dec. | 9 | 1892 | June | 17 | |
Schesser | Elta (infant) | 1919 | April | 22 | 1919 | June | 28 | |
Schesser | Guy C. (infant) | 1893 | Dec. | 12 | 1905 | Aug. | 27 | |
Schesser | Infant | 1902 | June | 2 | 1902 | June | 28 | |
Schesser | John A. | 1842 | Nov. | 11 | 1918 | Aug. | 4 | born Germany; spouse Caroline Ritter; minister & farmer |
Schesser | Louise | 1878 | 1972 | wife of Albert, maiden name Higgins | ||||
Schesser | Orland E. | 1896 | Aug. | 21 | 1918 | Oct. | 12 | born NT Co, KS; spouse Lela M. Archer, dau of Sherman; died Ft. Riley, KS of Spanish Influenza; veteran - has AL marker |
Schesser | Pauline Louise | 1875 | Apr | 18 | 1950 | Mar. | 30 | wife of Socrates, maiden name Gunther |
Schesser | Socrates | 1873 | Apr | 20? | 1947 | Feb. | 7 | husband of Pauline; in 1900 census children were Arthur, Guy, Orland, Gertie, Roy; in 1910 census children were Earl, Orland, Gertie, Roy |
Schmidt | Katie Bertha | 1886 | May | 12 | 1906 | Mar. | 19 | |
Scott | James H. | 1837 | Oct. | 14 | 1915 | Jan. | 26 | middle name Hugh; born Dewitt County, IL to William Liddell and Nancy (Scott) Scott; spouses Mary Emily Goodvin, Mary Catherine (Tisdell) Randles; came to NT Co 1892; veteran - has AL marker |
Scott | Mary | 1848 | Jan | 22 | 1910 | May | 11 | maiden name Tisdell, spouses William H. Randles, James H. Scott |
Sharp | ||||||||
Short | Mary | 1842 | June | 7 | N.D. | |||
Short | Phillip | 1828 | July | 12 | 1910 | June | 28 | |
Smith | Daniel | 1822 | April | 10 | 1905 | Mar. | 8 | born PA; birth date calculated; made home with Marion Taylor; married Miss Mooser in 1851; daughter - Mrs. Slegley of Norton |
Smith | Uri J. | 1889 | April | 7 | 1890 | Aug. | 22 | |
Stewart | Grace Belle | 1875 | June | 25 | 1926 | Dec. | 5 | |
Stewart | Infant ??? | 1898 | Nov. | 25 | 1899 | Jan. | 22 | |
Stewart | John Wealey | 1875 | June | 6 | 1958 | June | 18 | |
Suhr | Johanna | 1845 | Oct. | 6 | 1925 | Aug. | 25 | maiden name Blandorn; spouse of Carl |
Suhr | Rev. C. | 1839 | Mar. | 5 | 1906 | Mar. | 8 | born Hemrichshagen, Mecklenburg, Shelitz, Germany; spouse Johanna Blandorn; religion Evangelical; full name Carl |
Taylor | Charles | 1827 | April | 22 | 1904 | Feb. | 21 | born in Homes Co. OH; came to NT county June 1879; spouse Harriet Morney |
Taylor | Eli J. | 1860 | July | 22 | 1938 | Oct. | 29 | |
Taylor | Floyd (infant) | 1898 | Sept. | 2 | 1899 | Feb. | 20 | |
Taylor | Harriett | |||||||
Taylor | Jonathan | 1858 | April | 28 | 1938 | Jan. | 25 | |
Taylor | George O. | 1856 | May | 22 | 1950 | April | 13 | |
Thompson | Infant | 1884 | July | 28 | 1884 | July | 28 | |
Thompson | Jessie A. | 1884 | Aug. | 18 | 1888 | Mar. | 1s | |
Thompson | Lulu M. | 1832 | July | 30 | 1885 | Dec. | 22 | middle name Maud; daughter of J.R. and M.B. Thompson; COD bronchitis |
Wachendorfer | N.D. | N.D. | ||||||
Waters | Clara | 1851 | Dec. | 15 | 1889 | Aug. | 2 | |
Waters | Edward | 1871 | 1950 | |||||
Waters | Joseph W. | 1846 | Sept. | 15 | 1896 | Jan. | 29 | born in Clark County,
OH; came to NT county 1879; burial 31 Jan; COD Bright's disease |
White | Thomas | 1863 | Sept. | 12 | 1909 | Aug. | 1909 | born near Fairfield, IL; moved to KS 1877; spouse Lena Gunther |
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