Spring Creek Cemetery
Chautauqua County
Kansas

The Spring Creek Cemetery is located in S11 - T33 - R1O of Summit Township. It is not visible from the road and one must enter up a lane past some oil storage tanks and there behind these tanks is this small cemetery. This cemetery was read in June 1984 by Mike Brown and Bonnie Beckham and updated in December 1984 by G. Herman Guy. The earliest burial is that of Davis Straight or Mahion Cox both of whom carry dates of 1879. The last burial is that of Spencer W. Hobson who died 16 Mar 1974. There are over 20 graves with clear markers but no names or dates.

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

BINGANAN, Daisy F.             13 Nov 1874   26 Sep 1965
BINGAMAN, Bertran U.           01 Jul 1870   28 Mar 1919  (48 y, 8 m, 27 d)
BINGAMAN(?), David                           07 Oct 1916  (no last name given on
                                                          stone, beside Bertran U.
BINGAMAN, Ella M.                            15 Jul 1893  w/o B.U., d/o J.R. & S.E. 
                                                          Mansfield (20 y, 10 m, 2d)
BINGAMAN, David S.             10 Jan 1845   27 Jun 1889  “Vet” (44 y, 5 m, 17 d)
BINGAMAN, Lucy A.              17 Feb 1852   24 Jul 1934  w/o D.S. “Mother”
BINGAMAN, Freddie M.                         16 Sep 1883  s/o D.S. & L.A. 
                                                          (11 m, 21 d)
BIRD, Luly May                               06 Jul 1888(?  d/o P.B. & M.(F. or S.) 
                                                          (2 y, 3 m, 5 d)
BOON, M. F.                    09 Apr 1817   26 Apr 1889
BURGESS, Malinda Clarinda 
               and infant                           1911  “Mother”, wife and son 
                                                          of J.B.
CHAMBERLAIN, Calvin L.         23 Jun 1901   17 Jul 1901  s/o F.H. & E.L.
COX, Mahion                                         1879    
COX, Sarah                                      Apr 1887  (two matching stones, 
                                                          fairly new)
GRAHAM, Carrie B.              31 Aug 1884   19 May 1916  w/o W.R.
GWARTNEY, Aiphard              20 Aug 1881   03 Jul 1883  s/o A. & Francis
HARP (HART?), Diana            11 Apr 1834   11 Aug 1883  “Mother” See Note #1 below
HENSON, Nancy J.               17 Dec 1822   15 Jan 1899  born in Knox Co. OH, 
                                                          died in Chautauqua 
                                                          Co, KS
HOBSON, Spencer W. ****        23 Apr 1882   16 Mar 1974  s/o W.T. & Rebecca
HOBSON, W. T.                  09 Jan 1847   04 Apr 1928
HOBSON, Rebecca P.                           07 Jun 1892  w/o W.T. 
                                                          (42 y, 10 m, 10 d)
HOBSON, Mary F.                08 Jan 1849   01 May 1926  w/o Wm. T.
HOBSON, Bertie M.                            13 Jan 188(7? s/o W.T. & R.P.
JONES, Levi Butler             03 Sep 1868   15 Jan 1886  s/o A.C. & 0.C.
KIMZEY, Florence               04 Dec 1879   21 Jan 1899  w/o W.T. d/o S. & M. 
                                                          Bruner
KIMZEY, Anna                   12 Feb 1895   04 Feb 1897  d/o J.A. & Belle
KIMZEY, Ora S.                 21 Dec 1896   26 Mar 1898  s/o W.T. & M.F.
KIMZEY                         20 Jan 1899   20 Jan 1899  Inf. s/o W.T. & F.
MANTOOTH, Donald G.            17 Feb 1927   09 Jun 1928
McLAUGHLIN, Infant****                          Feb 1897
MILLER, Earl Joseph****                      10 Feb 2006
RINKER, Ralph Eugene           22 Mar 1870   04 Apr 1937
RINKER, Lillie A.              07 Feb 1876   31 Jan 1949
STRAIGHT, Irwin C.             15 Sep 1913   22 Feb 1918
STRAIGHT, Myrtle M.            20 Jun 1884   24 Sep 1888  d/o A.W. & M.E.
STRAIGHT, Davis                              24 Aug 1879  (64 y, 2 m, 15 d)
STRAIGHT, Abigail Genson                     16 Sep 1895  w/o D. (74 y, 6 m, 12 d)
VAN LIEU, James A.             11 Oct 1832   22 Sep 1900
VAN LIEU, Sarah A.             01 May 1832   25 Nov 1900
WEBB, Elisabeth                                     1896  (77 y) This is an unique grave 
                                                          long stones encircle the grave;
                                                          the words & letters are carved 
                                                          into the stone on the head of 
                                                          the grave.
WILKES, Harley L.              28 Dec 1873   22 Sep 1958
WILKES, Elsie A.               10 Nov 1872   08 Oct 1957
WILKES, Lyle                   15 Apr 1901   21 Jul 1907  s/o H.L. & E.A.
WILLIAMS, Lewis J.             18 Oct 1850   04 Aug 1937  (86 y, 9 m, 16 d)
WILLIAMS, Susan H.             14 Apr 1854   03 Jun 1897  w/o L.J. “Mother”  
                                                          (43 y, 1 m, 20 d)
WILLIAMS, Alvin H.             11 Jun 1891   21 Feb 1951

Misc. — , Melvin can’t read, stone is leaning against a tree beside some of the Bingaman
          family
        , Canton E. can’t read
        , L. C. L. carved in sandstone

NOTE #1: Surname is Harp as confirmed by a descendent. Diana's maiden name was Clinkenbeard and her husband Carter Harp is buried in the Alford Cemetery, both were born in Arkansas.