Moore Prairie Cemetery
Chautauqua County
Kansas


LINK TO ALL TRANSCRIBED CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY CEMETERIES

Transcribed from Mr. G. Herman Guy's Cemeteries in Chautauqua County, Kansas


The Moore Prairie Cemetery is located in S22 — T34 — R10 of Hendricks Township. Go west of Sedan on the highway to Cedar Vale, about 4 or 5 miles you’ll see a small sign directing you to Elgin, turn left (to the south) on that road about 2 miles, then right ½ mile, all on county roads. The cemetery is well cared for and is actively used today. The first burial is evidently John T. Sasser who died 20 Apr 1873. There are several sandstone markers with no wording and older granite stones now worn out. This cemetery was read 15 Aug 1984 by G. Herman Guy.


Lines denoted by **** are names from obituaries that have been added to Mr. Guy's list. The names are links to the obituary.

If you have an obit of a person either listed or unlisted and would like to share it with others, I would be happy to post the obit and link to it. DET


       NAME                    Born          Died         Comment

ADKINS, Otis                                 29 Jun 1884  s/o Calvin & M.S. 
                                                          (2 y, 10 m, 2 d)
ADKINS, Mattie                               25 Jun 1884  d/o Calvin & M.S. 
                                                          (4 m, 26 d) (both
                                                          on a lot with 
                                                          Dr. Joel Hopper)
BEAZER, George C.****          17 Jul 1911   20 May 1992    
BENEFIEL, William J.                         04 Sep 1892  s/o J. & M.C. 
                                                          (23 y, 3 m, 6 d)
BENEFIEL, Emmet C.                           07 Oct 1885  (2 m, 4 d)
BENEFIEL, Maud                               09 Oct 1887  children of J. & M.C. 
                                                          (1 m, 17 d)
BEAZER, George C.                     1884          1954
BEAZER, Mary Ann                      1886          1967  beside Emma Jean Crockett
CHASE, Tom M.                         1873          1956
CHRISMAN, George                      1874          1938  “Father”
CHRISMAN, Jessie                      1867          1950  “Mother”
COFFEY, R. B.                  16 Jun 1855   21 Dec 1884
COFFEY, Jennie Pearl                         04 Oct 1884  d/o C.B. & A.M. 
                                                          (3 y, 6 m, 16 d)
COPPLE, Leonard, Sr.           31 May 1904   17 Mar 1969
COPPLE, Leonard, Jr.****       15 Aug 1927   01 Nov 1989
COPPLE, M. Earlene                    1926          1956
COUCH, James C.                28 Jun 1890   07 May 1977  Pvt, US Army, WW I
COWIN, George W.               16 Jul 1828   02 Sep 1908
COWIN, Elizabeth R.            19 Apr 1835   19 Jul 1913  his wife
CROCKETT, Emma Jean                   1922          1974  (beside George & Mary Ann 
                                                          Beazer)
CUMMINGS, Doris V.             06 Jul 1892   31 Jan 1936  w/o C.C.
DAWSON, Alice                                26 Dec 1889  d/o J.E. & Della 
                                                          (2 m, 21 d)
DAWSON, Della                  31 Jan 1865   22 May 1897  w/o J.E. 
                                                          (32 y, 3 m, 22 d) (buried
                                                          on a lot with Alice 
                                                          Rhodes and Eliza White)
DILLINER, Albert                             21 Sep 1902  (58 y, 8 m, 20 d)
DILLINER, Catharine E.         03 Mar 1845   22 Nov 1925  (80 y, 3 m, 19 d)
DILLINER, Fletie D.            12 Sep 18??   19 Feb 18??
DOYLE, Francis Blossom         12 Dec 1903   22 Sep 1905  d/o A.J. & S.M.
FIELDS, Beatrice E.            29 Apr 1897   22 Apr 1901  d/o R.E. & E.E.
GRAY, Albert                   25 Jun 1912   06 Mar 1917  s/o Jas. & M.R.
GRAY, David                    10 Nov 1857   30 Mar 1931
GRAY, Cora L.                  05 Nov 1868   14 Jan 1952
GRAY, Curtis O.                14 Jan 1901
GRAY, Edna L.                  13 Dec 1906   19 Apr 1983  m — 10 Jan 1932
GRAY, Frank                    15 May 1866   04 Jan 1907
GRAY, J. W.                                  23 Aug 1884  (21 y, 6 m, 19 d)
GRAY, Myrtle R.                27 Jan 1881   06 Jul 1918  w/o J.E.
GOODYKOONTZ, Allen W.          14 Nov 1895   01 Oct 1967  KS PFC, Co. D, 339 Mg. 
                                                          Bn., 88 Div., WW I
GOODYKOONTZ, Louis             22 Sep 1867   21 Apr 1933  “Father”
GOODYKOONTZ, Martha M. D. E.   25 Dec 1872                (Yeoman)
GRIBBEN, J. K.                 30 Dec 1839   12 Mar 1923  “Father”
GRIBBEN, Sarah L.              23 Apr 1841   09 Apr 1916  his wife “Mother”
HANSON, Gladys Letha           25 Nov 1901   04 May 1975
HAYES, Maggie E.               16 Jan 1853   19 Oct 1890  w/o Joseph W.
HENDERSON, William F.          18 Sep 1830   17 Jul 1904
HENDERSON, Eliza J.            13 Aug 1835   25 Apr 1916  his wife
HENDERSON, Lura****            15 Apr 1869   27 Feb 1936
HENDERSON, T. R.****                            Oct 1918 
HOLLISTER, Maurice A.****      07 Jun 1925   02 Feb 2002

HOPPER, Dr. Joel               03 Aug 1835   30 Jun 1909
HOPPER, Jane                   28 Jan 1837   06 May 1904  his wife (on a lot with 2 
                                                          Adkins children)
HUNT, Clarence E.              09 Dec 1892   24 Apr 1918
HUNT, Pearl May                29 Dec 1885   29 Dec 1970
HUNT, W. A.                           1858          1935  “Father”
HUNT, Martha A.                02 May 1858   05 Jul 1889  w/o W.A.
JARBOE, Robert H.                     1832          1908
JARBOE, Margaret A.                   1838          1930
JACOBUS, Julia Reid            16 Feb 1898   04 Jan 1923  d/o H.N. & Ainanda Reid 
                                                          above 3 people on plot 
                                                          with Merle M.Reid
JENNINGS, H.                   27 Jan 1850   28 Jun 1885
JOHNSON, Alva A.               19 Jan 1870   25 Feb 1943
JOHNSON, Ruhemma J.            20 May 1876   01 Apr 1929
JOHNSON, Zella R.              14 Mar 1908   02 Nov 1910
JOHNSON, Cecil                 21 Nov 1903   01 Jul 1904
JOHNSON, Carl                  23 Mar 1900   08 Apr 1900  (above 5 on same plot)
JOHNSON, George C.             21 May 1847   30 Mar 1934
JOHNSON, Mary E.               18 Apr 1850   06 Jan 1926
JOHNSON, Leonard A.            09 Aug 1897   16 Jan 1919
JOHNSON, Loretta               18 Jul 1897   17 Nov 1978  w/o Leonard A.
JOHNSON, Leroy A.              24 May 1895   14 May 1975
JOHNSON, Alta M.               04 Mar 1894   23 Jan 1981
JOHNSON, Mary Mildred                        21 Dec 1918  d/o L.A. & I.L. (only
                                                          date given - uncertain if 
                                                          b or d
JOHNSON, R. Janie              28 Aug 1946   04 Dec 1946
JOHNSON, Loran Wayne           02 Sep 1970   03 Sep 1970  s/o Lee Wayne & Esther
JOHNSON, Bryan                 08 Oct 1960   08 Aug 1982
JOHNSON, Jerry                 30 Jan 1962   08 Aug 1982
JOHNSON, Roger ****            02 Sep 1928   28 Jun 2007
KECK, Lucinda                  08 Aug 1861   15 Dec 1899  w/o J.H.
LOGSDON, William Ernest        03 Apr 1888   30 Jul 1981
LOGSDON, Valeria Alice         17 Aug 1894   23 Jul 1960
LOGSDON, Leonard Dale          18 Jul 1928   28 Jan 1930  s/o Valeria & William
LOWE, John M.                  25 Dec 1816   01 May 1900
LOWE, L. W. (Bud)              17 Mar 1854   04 Jun 1910  “Father”
LOWE, M. Alice                 21 Oct 1855   01 Mar 1940  “Mother”
LOWE, Evelyn                   01 Dec 1913   09 Aug 1943  Daughter—in—law
LOWE, Linneous G.              16 Aug 1899   22 Sep 1951  “Son”
LYON                                         07 Jul 1884  Inf. d/o W.H. & L.A. (1 d)
MATTOCKS, Marvin E.****        01 Jan 1945   09 Oct 2004 
McMILLAN, Claude               25 Jan 1909   03 Mar 1976
McMILLAN, Thelma               11 May 1912
McMILLAN, Mildred              12 Aug 1912   25 Sep 1920  d/o C.A. & B.E.
McMILLAN, Calvin A.                   1867          1936  “Father”
McMILLAN, Barbara E.                  1876          1952  “Mother”
MILLS, William A.              21 May 1876   14 Aug 1941
MILLS, Iley M.                 07 Jan 1886   05 Dec 1971
MONTGOMERY, William Sedwick    17 Dec 1850   26 Apr 1891
MONTGOMERY, Minnie Josephine   06 Mar 1858   14 Nov 1892  w/o W.S.
MOODY, Rhoda R.                10 Aug 1863   03 Jul 1899  w/o A.J.
MOORE, Mary A.****             20 May 1926   04 Nov 2005
MYERS, Verda ****              10 Oct 1922   02 Jul 2007            
NEBLOCK, David Y.              17 Apr 1830   17 Apr 1910  Co. C, 71 Ill. Inf.
NEBLOCK, M. A.                 28 Aug 1833   31 Aug 1927  his wife
NEBLOCK, Roy B.                03 Jun 1874   14 Apr 1926
POTTER, Billie ****            31 Oct 1928   25 Jan 2007
POWELL, Elizabeth B.           06 May 1828   06 Mar 1903  “Mother Farewell”
POWELL, Marvin                 16 Jun 1855   21 Dec 1884 
PRICE, Albert                  30 Jun 1857   28 Nov 1924  “Father”
PRICE, Christian Albert        31 Jan 1895   13 Mar 1978  Pvt., US Army, WW I
PUMPELLY, Albert L.            08 Jun 1870   10 Jan 1919
PUMPELLY, Lena L. 
             Pumpelly Yeoman   20 Nov 1871   02 May 1935  see Yeoman
PUMPELLY, Benjamin A.          29 Dec 1843   03 Jun 1918  GAR
PUMPELLY, Sarah E.             31 Mar 1848   02 Oct 1921  his wife
PUMPELLY, Charles A.           26 Nov 1872   03 Mar 1946  “Father”
PUMPELLY, Irvin G.                    1908          1962  “Father”
PUMPELLY, Elizabeth                   1914                m—4 Feb 1932 p/o Sonja,
                                                          Barbara & John
PUMPELLY, John H.              16 Apr 1889   01 Jul 1970  “Father”
PUMPELLY, Mildred V.           08 Jan 1892   13 Mar 1967  “Mother”
PUMPELLY, Lemuel               02 Apr 1878                (b   or d?)  “Father”
PUMPELLY, Myrtle               22 Jul 1880                “Mother” m—19 Apr 1899 
                                                          p/o Irvin Goss, 1908—1962
PUMPELLY, William                     1868          1936
PUMPELLY, Elizabeth                   1873          1958
PUMPELLY, William V.           12 Dec 1898   04 Jun 1900
PUMPELLY                                                  one sandstone beside 
                                                          Charles A. — 
                                                          assumed Pumpelly
RATHBUN, Daniel D.                    1834          1926
RATHBUN, Catharine                    1837          1908
RATHBUN, Edmund                29 Sep 1800   02 Jan 1882
RATHBUN, Mary                  31 Jan 1813   14 Feb 1889
RATHBUN, G. M.                 23 May 1836   09 Dec 1923  “Father”
RATHBUN, Tamara                03 May 1838   18 Nov 1905  his wife “Mother”
RATHBUN, Isaac R.              02 Feb 1842   22 Nov 1924  Co. C, 19 Ind. Inf.
RATHBUN, Sarah A.                     1845          1892  w/o I.R.
REID, Merle M.                 24 Oct 1894   10 Mar 1896  s/o H.N. & Ainanda on 
                                                          plot with  Robert Jarboe 
                                                          & Julia R. Jacobus
RHODES, Alice                  27 Dec 1869   16 Nov 1907  w/o E.R. 
                                                          (37 y, 10 m, 19 d)  on 
                                                          plot with Della Dawson & 
                                                          Eliza White
RILEY, Eva V.                         1889          1967  “Mother”
RILEY, E. Harve                       1878          1964  “Father”
RILEY, John E.                        1825          1890  “Father”
ROMINE, Ray E.                 23 Jun 1910   07 Mar 1973
SASSER, Joseph L.                            12 Sep 1876  (4 y, 6 m, 27 d)
SASSER, John T.                              20 Apr 1873  (3 d)
SASSER                                       31 Jan 1878  Infant
SASSER                                       27 Aug 1878  Infant
SASSER, Olie                                 24 May 1880  (4 m, 23 d) Children of J.B. & M.A.
SASSER, Mary A.                              24 Jan 1880  w/o J.B. (34 y, 7 m, 6 d)
SEARS, Forest P.                      1904          1958
SEARS, M. Grace                       1906          1982
SEARS, Della West                     1885          1921  (see Della West Sears)
SHERROD, E. H.                 21 Feb 1862   13 Jun 1949
SHERROD, Emma                  31 Mar 1870   30 Oct 1956
SHERROD, J. H.                 02 Nov 1818   28 Feb 1897  Civil War Vet.
SHERROD, Sarah J.              04 Jan 1828   27 Mar 1900  w/o J.H.
STEPHENS, Floyd L.             07 May 1912   23 Apr 1980  WW II
STEPHENS, Ethan A.             10 Jul 1899   21 Mar 1984
STEPHENS, Francis M.           20 Mar 1843   29 Oct 1917
STEPHENS, Emily                04 Aug 1852   07 Dec 1919
STEPHENS, Fred M.                     1885          1950
STEPHENS, Harry                       1890          1951
STEPHENS, Henry C.                    1880          1945
STEPHENS, Sarah E.                    1881          1921
STEPHENS, Oscar W.             24 May 1878   25 Nov 1945
STEPHENS, Martha W.            17 Apr 1879   30 Mar 1947
STEPHENS, Ivan Oscar           21 Nov 1917   10 Feb 1938
STEVENS, Jennie M.                           05 Apr 1893  (45 y, 2 d)
THOMPSON, LeRoy****            25 Sep 1925   27 Mar 2004 
TROWER, Thomas J.              01 Dec 1851   10 Feb 1906  “Father”
TROWER, Virginia E.            04 Sep 1853   18 May 1930  “Mother”
TROWER, Myrtle B.              30 Oct 1881   23 Jan 1957  “Daughter”
TROWER, Ernest                        1877          1933
TROWER, Mary L.                       1881          1972
TUSING, Frank Collins                 1910          1911
TUSING, William A.             04 Jan 1906   12 Jan 1906  s/o I.P. & S.J.
TUSING, Bessie                        1883          1910  “Mother”
URIE, Armon O.****             21 Aug 1913   17 Oct 2000
URIE, James Coleman            10 Mar 1883   03 Aug 1963
URIE, Hester Ann               18 Apr 1885   24 Jul 1968  dates are not on stone, 
                                                          but given by Funeral 
                                                          Director
VAN EATON, James F.                   1840          1898  “Father”
VAN EATON, Emily J.                   1846          1935  “Mother”
WADE, Lorin L.                 30 Aug 1883   21 Jul 1884  s/o W.F. & O.L.
WADE, Olive L.                 06 Apr 1844   09 Oct 1883  w/o W.F.
WADE, Mary E.                  17 May 1873   24 Aug 1873  d/o W.F. & O.L.
WADE, Olie J.                  11 Oct 1866   29 Jun 1887  d/o W.F. & O.L.
WARMBRODT, Rhudelph            17 Sep 1889   01 Jul 1891  s/o F. & N.C.
WENDT                                        11 May 1916  Inf. s/o W.A. & Mabel 
                                                          “Our darling baby”
WEST, Lemuel W.                       1849          1920
WEST, Ora Naomi                       1879          1896
WEST, Lemuel W., Jr.                  1889          1890
WEST, Della West Sears                1885          1921  (see Della Sears)
WHITE, Louie V.****            21 Jun 1901   23 Apr 2003
WHITE, Buel O.                 05 Apr 1915   29 May 1974
WHITE, Mary E.                 06 Oct 1918   05 Jan 1982
WHITE, Orville D.              29 Mar 1905   21 Oct 1948
WHITE, Delbert H.              22 Dec 1932   26 Mar 1984  Cpl. US Army, Korea
WHITE, Eliza                   30 Nov 1839   11 Oct 1920  (in lot with Della Dawson 
                                                          & Alice Rhodes)
WHITE, Fred S.                        1867          1933  “Father”
WHITE, Hannah E.                      1875          1949  “Mother”
WHITE, Howard C.               01 Aug 1872   17 Feb 1954
WHITE, Mary F.                 13 Nov 1876   15 Oct 1964
WHITE, H. Fern                 25 Jul 1903
WHITE, Joycelyn Phylene        01 Dec 1973   03 Dec 1973  daughter
WHITE, Jaunita M.              31 Aug 1918   28 Apr 1984
WHITE, Ralph (Boots)           20 Dec 1901   10 Sep 1971
WHITE, Ray A.                         1900          1959
WHITE, Vernon D.               09 Oct 1915   06 Jun 1973  WW II
WILBER, J. A.                  05 Feb 1841      Oct 1888  Co. D, 22nd Ill. 
                                                          Inf. (dates were 
                                                          furnished by Wayne L. 
                                                          Wilber)
WILSON, A. P.                         1859          1918
WILSON, H. W.                  29 May 1829   13 Sep 1905  “Father”
WILSON, C.                     21 Mar 1835                “Mother”
WILSON, Leslie A.                     1895          1970
WILSON, Cleta C.                      1904                m — 01 Jun 1922
WILSON, P. Alvah                      1856          1938
WILSON, Belle Z.                      1871          1958
YEOMAN, Allen J.               03 Nov 1865   12 Nov 1960
YEOMAN, Maggie C.              10 Apr 1870   25 Oct 1925  his wife
YEOMAN, Annie Bethire          27 Jan 1880   15 Mar 1963  sister
YEOMAN, Cora A.                12 Apr 1884   02 Nov 1968
YEOMAN, Lena L. Pumpelly       20 Nov 1871   02 May 1935  (see Lena L. Pumpelly)
YEOMAN, Martha M. D. E.        25 Dec 1872
YEOMAN                         28 Nov 1884   28 Nov 1884  Inf. d/o A.J. & M.E.
YEOMAN                                       08 Nov 1894  Inf. d/o R.A. & M.D.
ZUMWALT, John H.               11 Jun 1849   02 Apr 1933
ZUMWALT, Margaret A.           09 Jul 1855   04 Oct 1921
ZUMWALT, Nina Myrtle           17 May 1888   13 Aug 1906



RETURN TO

Cemetery Index

Chautauqua Trails

This page was last modified:
Copyright © 1996-2007, Donald Tharp - All Rights Reserved