Kansas History and Heritage Project-Shawnee County Deaths

Shawnee County Death Records
"Plaindealer" Newspaper Death and Burial Abstracts


The following names were abstracted from the "Plaindealer," an African-American newspaper, and most include death and burial dates, and the name of the cemetery in which the deceased was buried. An asterisk after the name indicates the person died in another state.

Name AgeDate of Death Date of Burial Cemetery
Albert, Rubby 17 05/11/28 05/14/28 Mt. Auburn
Anderson, James 42 04/17/25 not given Mt. Auburn
Arnold, F. E. 78 06/28/28 07/02/28 Mt. Auburn
Arnold, William 11/21/18 11/24/18 Mt. Auburn
Arterbridge, Jesse 78 10/20/26 10/23/26 Rochester
Austin, Charles 55 02/15/20 not given not given
Austin, Mrs. Irene 46 11/19/27 11/23/27 Mt. Auburn
Bailey, Mrs. Etta 11/24/18 11/27/18 Topeka
Barber, Moses 58 02/06/20 02/11/20 not given
Barton, Toletha Ann 71 09/11/25 09/14/25 Topeka
Bates, Carl 01/29/24 02/01/24 Mt. Auburn
Bean, William L. 54 06/21/27 not given not given
Bell, Leonard* 08/29/27 09/03/27 Mt. Auburn
Biggers, Mrs. Pauline 12/06/18 12/09/18 Mt. Auburn
Bledsoe, Mary Irene (d/o Sam'l) 2 09/04/21 09/05/21 Mt. Auburn
Bolden, Mrs. Cora 38 09/02/31 Burlingame
Bolin, Rebecca 02/24/29 02/27/29 Mt. Auburn
Bowman, Mrs. Ella 75 08/02/27 08/04/17 Mt. Auburn
Boyd, I. W. 12/24/20 12/30/20 Mt. Auburn
Boydston, Edward A. 61 09/02/27 09/06/27 Mt. Auburn
Bradley, Mrs. Ernestine Hughes 24 02/20/23 02/23/23 Mt. Auburn
Bradshaw, Charles 83 05/26/28 05/30/28 Mt. Auburn
Bradshaw, Mrs. Maggie 05/26/27 05/31/27 Topeka
Bradshaw, Mrs. Mary 34 02/22/23 02/24/23 Topeka
Brassfield, Mrs. Jennie 80 12/17/24 not given Rochester
Bridges, Mrs. Laura V. 70 08/22/25 not given Dunlap, Kans.
Brooks, Charles T. 47 10/21/27 10/24/27 Mt. Auburn
Brown, Florence D. 2 not given 07/25/18 Mt. Auburn
Brown, Josephine 26 11/09/26 not given Mt. Auburn
Brown, Mrs. Ellen 71 09/14/25 09/16/25 Mt. Auburn
Campbell, Andrew 05/04/28 05/07/28 Mt. Auburn
Cantrell, Dorsey 58 05/10/25 05/13/25 Mt. Auburn
Carroll, Monte Ray 77 09/01/25 not given Mt. Auburn
Cherry, Queeny Barton 46 09/01/21 09/03/21 Topeka
Chinn, Curtis e. 74 09/11/25 not given Wakarusa
Comer, Elsie Lorain 14 not given 07/18/21 Mt. Hope
Cook, James 05/21/25 05/25/25 Mt. Auburn
Cook, Mrs. Mary J. 02/01/24 02/27/24 Mt. Auburn
Cooper, Mrs. Sallie 75 07/13/26 7/15/26 Mt. Auburn
Cowens, Margaret (d/o Roy) inf not given 12/24/21 Mt. Auburn
Custin, Mrs. Cora 30 09/07/26 09/11/26 not given
Davis, Annie 58 08/20/25 not given Higginville, Mo.
Dickerson, Leroy 20 12/29/20 not given not given
Dickerson, Rev. Merriweather 54 09/29/25 10/03/25 Mt. Auburn
Dillard, Mrs. Florence 30 03/16/24 03/16/24 Mt. Auburn
Edmonds, Nophelett 42 09/12/27 09/14/27 Mt. Auburn
Edwards, Garrett* 08/29/31 09/01/31 Mt. Auburn
Essex, Mrs. Matilda 12/11/24 not given Mt. Auburn
Ewing, Hardin H. 96 01/18/25 01/21/25 Mt. Auburn
Finney, Mrs. Carrie* not given 11/09/25 Mt. Auburn
Fisher, William 09/02/27 09/05/27 Mt. Auburn
Fleming, Bertie Woods 52 11/20/27 11/25/27 Topeka
Fort, Mrs. Isabella 72 09/01/22 09/04/22 Rochester
Fullbright, George Thomas 25 08/03/27 08/06/27 not given
Gist, Mrs. Mary 10/31/31 11/04/31 Mt. Auburn
Gleed, Mrs. Lucy 65 not given not given Lawrence, Kans.
Gooch, Lula 64 02/06/21 02/10/21 Mt. Auburn
Goodbar, Mrs. Emmaline 60 not given not given Mt. Auburn
Graham, Robert E. 63 01/07/25 01/10/25 Mt. Auburn
Grant, Clifford W. 20/30 08/31/27 09/02/27 Mt. Auburn
Green, Mrs. Lizzie 06/15/22 06/17/22 Mt. Auburn
Grimes, Arthur 06/05/27 06/08/27 Mt. Auburn
Gudgill, Mrs. Julia 81 06/20/26 06/22/26 Mt. Auburn
Haggard, Benjamin 80 09/02/22 09/04/22 Mt. Auburn
Hall, Spencer E. 11/11/26 11/13/26 Mt. Auburn
Hall. Robert 24 10/29/26 not given Paxico, Kans.
Hardy, Alberta Lee 19 07/03/26 07/07/26 Mt. Auburn
Harmon, Mrs. Fannie 06/25/22 not given Mt. Auburn
Harris, Alvrey 27 06/16/28 not given Rochester
Harris, Calvin 73 08/20/27 08/24/27 Mt. Auburn
Harrison, H. 59 01/06/25 01/10/25 Mt. Auburn
Haskell, Mrs. Anna 41 05/28/26 06/01/26 Mt. Auburn
Haynes, Albert 72 08/23/27 08/28/27 Burlingame
Hickman, Rev. Dan 76 11/22/17 not given Bogue, Kans.
Hines, Mrs. Anna 12/05/21 12/07/21 Mt. Auburn
Holloway, Andrew J. 09/02/22 09/06/22 Mt. Auburn
Holmes, Mrs. E. 85 06/27/28 06/29/28 Mt. Auburn
Holmes, Mrs. Mary R.* 05/02/28 05/05/28 Mt. Auburn
Jackson, Charles N. 09/08/25 not given Chicago
Jackson, Clinton 9 07/21/18 07/23/18 not given
Jackson, Lucretia 25 02/13/20 02/16/20 Mt. Calvary
Jackson, Margaret 25 09/13/25 09/16/25 Mt. Auburn
Jackson, Mrs. Emily 65 10/05/25 not given Rochester
Jackson, W. H. 09/06/22 not given not given
Jaco, Jesse 07/10/22 07/13/22 Topeka
Jenkins, Annabel (d/o Willis) 12/23/21 12/26/21 Mt. Auburn
Johnson, Evelyn 19 08/29/27 09/01/27 Mt. Auburn
Johnson, Jack 69 05/05/28 05/08/28 Rochester
Johnson, Mrs. Ebbie 60 07/20/21 07/23/21 Mt. Auburn
Johnson, Mrs. Minnie 45 11/06/23 11/09/23 Rochester
Johnston, Jefferson 55 09/12/27 09/14/27 Mt. Auburn
Jordan, Albert 40 02/24/21 not given not given
Joyce, Blanch 42 08/31/27 09/02/27 not given
Joyce, Clarence 40 08/31/27 09/02/27 Mt. Auburn
King, Carrie Ashworth 02/23/29 02/26/29 Mt. Auburn
King, Elmer 26 12/27/21 Mt. Auburn
King, Mrs. Mary 60 06/23/26 06/26/26 Mt. Auburn
Kizer, Mrs. Mattie Vaughn 02/19/20 not given not given
Lane, Mrs. Lizzie 65 06/19/26 06/22/26 Mt. Auburn
Lee, Miss Martha Rose 31 01/21/25 01/24/25 Mt. Auburn
Lewis, Mrs. Addie 39 05/24/28 05/26/28 Mt. Auburn
Lewis, Mrs. J. 12/19/24 not given Mt. Auburn
Lindsay, Robert 64 10/26/26 10/28/26 Mt. Auburn
Maghana, Victoria 31 09/05/27 09/0/27 Mt. Auburn
Martin, Mrs. Phoebe 84 10/03/25 10/0/25 Mt. Auburn
Mason, Mr. Ephriam 12/15/20 12/20/25 Richies
Mason, Mrs. Flora 33 09/01/25 not given not given
McClellan, Edward 70 12/04/27 not given Rochester
McCord, Samuel 64 08/26/27 08/29/27 Mt. Auburn
McCullough, Mrs. E. Matilda 09/08/25 not given Iola, Kans.
McDonald, M. 30 11/22/27 not given Pine Bluff, Ark.
McGruder, Mrs. Janes not given 12/08/18 Rochester
Miller, Maud 34 09/09/25 Oskaloosa, Kans.
Mitchell, Mattie* 02/14/20 not given Rochester
Mitchell, Viola 27 12/19/21 not given Missouri
Morris, Schuyler 17 02/21/21 not given Coffeyville
Moss, Mrs. Anna D. 62 11/05/26 11/08/26 Threadville, Miss.
Murphy, Howard W. 38 10/24/27 10/26/27 Mt. Auburn
Murphy, McKinley 27 05/13/25 05/15/25 Mt. Auburn
Neal, Mrs. Julia 12/16/20 12/18/20 Mt. Auburn
Newman, Ann Elizabeth 01/10/25 01/12/25 Rochester
Nolan, Mrs. Emma 64 11/07/27 11/09/27 Topeka
North, Mrs. Julia A. 78 06/30/26 07/03/26 Mt. Auburn
Patterson, Mrs. Roxie N. 09/02/27 not given Mt. Auburn
Payne, Osborn 57 02/22/21 02/23/21 Mt. Auburn
Perkins, Mrs. Lillian Lee 16 12/04/24 not given Mt. Auburn
Perkins, Mrs. Louise 69 05/19/25 05/21/25 Mt. Auburn
Perry, Miss Henrietta 07/05/22 07/08/22 Mt. Auburn
Perry, Mrs. Ellen Louise 12/11/18 12/14/18 Mt. Auburn
Phillips, Mrs. Mary 45 08/21/27 08/23/27 Mt. Auburn
Powers, Mrs. Winchester 03/13/29 03/15/29 Mt. Auburn
Queenary, Mrs. Elizabeth 12/08/18 12/10/18 Osage City
Ransom, Mrs. Anna 08/29/31 09/01/31 Mt. Auburn
Reams, Rebecca 57 02/16/21 02/21/21 Mt. Auburn
Reeves, Robert 64 09/12/25 09/15/25 Mt. Hope
Richards, Henry 64 09/03/27 09/06/27 Mt. Auburn
Richardson, James 11/09/25 11/13/25 Mt. Auburn
Roberson, Alveria 14 05/23/28 05/28/28 Mt. Auburn
Roberson, Francis A.* 39 05/23/28 05/29/28 Mt. Auburn
Robinson, Eliza 03/21/23 03/24/23 Mt. Auburn
Robinson, Mrs. Mary E. 53 09/06/26 not given Mt. Auburn
Robinson, Pearl Durpee 02/17/20 02/20/20 Topeka
Scott, Mrs. Hattie 11/29/18 11/23/18 not given
Shucks, Mrs. Sara 63 05/27/25 not given not given
Simmons, Matthew 24 10/26/26 11/06/26 Threadville, Miss.
Simpson, Robert 24 11/06/23 not given Mt. Auburn
Smith, Maurice 29 08/28/27 08/31/27 Mt. Calvary
Sneed, George P. 74 11/11/27 11/15/27 Mt. Auburn
Speers, Mrs. Ethel 36 10/28/27 not given Rochester
Steele, Mrs. Mary 71 07/03/26 07/06/26 Mt. Auburn
Stevenson, Robert 66 01/19/25 01/22/25 Mt. Auburn
Stull, Isreal 74 12/05/21 12/08/21 Mt. Auburn
Sullivan, Geraldine 16 08/17/27 08/20/27 Mt. Auburn
Taylor, Lena Louise (d/o Guy) not given not given Mt. Auburn
Thomas, Mrs. Chrisia 54 09/25/27 09/27/27 Mt. Auburn
Thomas, Rebecca* 47 11/13/27 11/18/27 Mt. Auburn
Thomas, Tom 06/15/27 06/18/27 Mt. Auburn
Thompson, Mrs. Mabel Johnson 33 05/27/26 06/02/26 Topeka
Thornton, Henry 42 08/24/27 08/25/27 Lyons, Kan.
Vaughn, Gilbert Plater 03/04/29 03/06/29 Mt. Auburn
Walker, Henrietta 82 08/22/27 08/24/27 Mt. Auburn
Washington, George 80 05/30/20 06/01/20 Mt. Auburn
Washington, Mrs. 43 not given 02/23/20 Topeka
Waters, Mrs. Mary 06/29/22 07/05/22 Mt. Auburn
Watkins, Mrs. Mollie 50 11/22/17 not given Mt. Auburn
Wayne, Berry 25 10/03/25 not given Cherryvale
Weatherly, Fred H.* 42 11/27/27 12/02/27 Rochester
Webb, Mrs. S. 12/12/24 not given Osage City
White, Isaac 28 05/13/25 05/14/25 Mt. Auburn
White, Mrs. Millie 11/21/18 not given Mt. Auburn
Wiggins, Richard L. (s/o Floyd) inf 02/08/20 2/10/20 Mt. Auburn
William, Leanna 30 not given 02/03/21 Mt. Auburn
Williams, Arthur M. 33 06/26/26 07/02/26 Mt. Auburn
Williams, Charles 45 11/15/27 11/17/27 Mt. Auburn
Willis, Jesse 27 03/16/23 not given Mt. Auburn
Winchester, Mrs. G. W. 31 08/31/21 09/03/21 Kinsley, Kans.
Witherspoon, Ada 27 11/31/21 12/02/21 Mt. Auburn
Wood, Mrs. Eliza 11/29/18 not given not given
Woods, Carrie Venerable 49 08/09/27 08/11/27 Mt. Auburn
Young, Lizzie 58 11/24/27 11/28/27 Mt. Auburn






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