St. Joesph's Cemetery, Springdale twp, R 3 W, T 31, sec 3, NW 1/4 of SW 1/4.

Location from Conway Springs 1/2 mile south on Highway 49.

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The information for this cemetery was gathered by members of the Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Society and is current as of 2000.

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The following is from the book Cemeteries in Sumner County, Kansas by Harvey and Ruth Swan

A Statutory Warranty Deed, dated Feb. 12, 1946 and filed Nov. 3, 1948, between Nicholas Neises and Kathrina
Neises, his wife, and other persons, conveyed and deeded to C H Winkelmann as Bishop of Wichita, the following tract.

"Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, Township 31 South, Range 3 West of the
6th Prome Meridian, thence East 20 rods, thence South 16 rods, thence West 20 rods, thence North 16 rods to place of
beginning in Sumner County, Kansas."

"This deed constitutes a gift of the above described property for use as a cemetery, and no money consideration passed."

A deed dated Oct 27, 1948 and filed April 14, 1949, shows Mark K Carroll as Bishop of Wichita, and by William M Farrell
and Joseph C Goracy, as Trustees under the Last Will and Tesament of Christian Winkelmann, deceased, all three being
grantors, deeding to the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, a non-profit corporation, grantee, the same above described tract.

In this Deed the grantors conveyed to the grantee "all of their title to, or interest in, any real estate whatsoever located in
Sumner County, Kansas."

The first burial was that of Clarence Timmermeyer, who died March 11, 1950.

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