Jones-Bane Cemetery

Jones-Bane Cemetery

Located 2 1/2 miles South of Platte City on what is known as the Jones Farm. The cemetery in general is in a very run-down condition. Many markers, due to age, are illegible.

Ashby
Casilio G., b: 4/16/1849
infant son, d: 6/2/1822, age 14 days

Bane
James Madison Blackwell, b; 6/21/1856, d: 7/20/1873
John, d: 6/30/1871, age 52 (or 58) years, 5 months, 10 days
J. R., b: 1/18/1854, d: 8/12/1881
Mary, wife of John Bane, d: 3/5/1832, d: 2/17/1874

Grisham (or Gresham)
Melvina A., wife of S. Grisham, b: 7/5/1832, d: 2/17/1874

Harlan
Anna, daughter of M. J. & W. C. Harlan, d: 4/14/1878, age 7 days
Malinda J., daughter of D. & M. A. Wallace, wife W. C. Harlan, d: 4/8/1878, 25 years, 6 months, 10 days

Jacks
????(only name legible)

Johnson
Charles, b&d. 3/1/1788(?)
Eliza, d: 6/22/1871, age 1 day
Isaac Mulkey, d: 6/5/1879 (?)
Nancy J., d: 4/12/1875
Sarah J., b: 5/6/1870, d: 8/6/1870

Jones
John E., b:2/1/1854, d: 3/12/1902
Susan Laura, d: 10/9/1935, age 72 years, 10 month, 12 days
Paper makers from Rollins Funeral Home

LeMay
Sophia, wife of O. W. Lamary, d:????, age 35 years, 9 months, 5 days

Mulkey
Charles, b: 2/11/1799, d: 3/24/1815
Joseph, 1840-1922
Lucy A., wife of Joseph, 1838-1912
Sarah, wife of Charles, b: 4/16/1806, d: ???

Ratliff
John W., 1855-1904
Nina, wife of Mark, d: 1899

Smelby
James, b: 3/8/1862, d: 4/11/1871

Smith
James W., son John & Sarah, 1860-1881
John W., b: 3/26/1827, d: 3/23/1911
Sarah E. wife of John W., b: 11/18/1834, d: 5/25/1907
Willier (?), son of John and Sarah, b: 9/8/1870, d: 2/19/1889

Wallis
?????, d: 8/9/1866, age 10 months

Whitton
Calvin, b: 12/25/1805, d: 2/13/1876(?)
Jack, no dates
Kisrie, no dates
Pleasant, d: 8/6/1860/68

In this cemetery were other stones on which we were unable to read the data. There are several rocks of soft limestone, which no doubt were Markers, but the markings have been eroded away by the elements over the years.