Mt. Olive Cemetery and Community, Norton County, KS

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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