West Liberty Cemetery
Chautauqua County
Kansas


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This recording of the West Liberty Cemetery is a composite of Mr. Guy's readings in 1983 and a later reading by Carolyn Sue (Tharp) Joy.


The cemetery is located on the north side of an east-west county road S12, T32, R12 in the northern part of Salt Creek Township. It is on a side road and there are no readable signs pointing the way. So, the person looking for it may well have to inquire of the local citizens the location. It is well cared for. There are many graves with no words; i.e., metal markers, sandstones, flower beds, etc. I read the cemetery on 3 Apr 1983. G. Herman Guy. The earliest burial (according to grave stones) is that of William Rock, a Civil War Vet, who died in 1876.

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                       ROW   BIRTH DATE     DEATH DATE     COMMENT
====                       ===   ==========     ==========     =======

Adam, Thomas A. G.          6                   21 Oct 1878  (5 m, 8 d)      
Addams, Marty E.            6                   18 Jun 1879  (28 y, 30 d) 
Allen                       3                                Our darling infant son
                                                             W.J. & C. (3 d)
Allen, Charlotte            3    15 Mar 1841    17 Sep 1891  w/o W. J. 
Allen, Henderson            3                   20 Dec 1888  s/o W. J. & C. A. 
                                                             (27 y, 10 d) 
Allen, John A.              3    19 May 1863    28 Feb 1895  s/o Wm J & C.A.
Allen, W. J.                3    12 May 1834    12 Feb 1895  Co. K 114 ILL Inf Vol. 
Attebery, William H.        2           1872           1938
Ballinger, B.               8                                Co H 39 IA INF
Ballinger, Margarett        8                   01 May 1897  w/o B. (66 y)
Ballinger                   2                   11 Nov 1922  infant Daughter
Ballinger                   2                   31 Jan 1924  Infant Daughter
Ballinger, George A.        2    10 Dec 1932    04 Jan 1933
Birch, P. W.                                    ?? Mar 1878  sandstone, hard to read
Briggs, Harbin P.           1    20 Aug 1871    20 Feb 1908  s/o Alfred C & Amanda A
Burks                       1           1872           1917  father 
Burks, Henry A.             1    13 Feb 1866    22 Apr 1911  (45 y, 2 m, 9 d)
Burks, John H.                   28 Oct 1838    12 Nov 1922   
Burks, Lura M.              1    10 Apr 1855    14 Aug 1920  his wife
Carra, Ruth                 9           1902           1906  d/o Fred & Emmy
                                                             (broken stone hard to read)
Carra, Lester               9    26 Feb 1900    26 Feb 190?  s/o Fred & Emmy
Carra, Anna Bell            9    05 Apr 1904    17 Feb 1906  d/o Fred and Emmy
Carra, Katherine            9    01 Oct 1830    06 Jan 1913
Carra, Augustus             9    25 Aug 1853    15 Jan 1894
Carra, George               9    28 Feb 1824    04 Nov 1904
Carra, John                 9    24 Oct 1869    18 Feb 1914
Christensen, Rosa                31 Mar 1900    09 Nov 1906  (6 y, 7 m, 8 d) 	
Coffey, L.T.                     20 May 1852    15 Mar 1931  (79 y, 10 m)
Coffey, Sally                            ???            ???  (72 y, ? m)
Coffey, Silas               3                   14 Mar 1887  (79 y, 11 m)
Coffey, Calvin Leroy        3    25 Jul 1888    30 Mar 1972  husband
Coffey, Blanche Ringeisen   3    02 Dec 1900    31 Jan 1976  wife
Coffey, Francis W.          3           1922           1990  US Army WW II
Coffey, Mary Ellen Parish   3                                w/o Silas Coffey
Collins, Frank P.           3           1857           1929
Cornue, Montie              5    16 Mar 1891    23 Sep 1905  (14 y, 6 m, 7 d)
Cornue, John T.             5    13 Jul 1830    27 Mar 1908
Cornue, Whistler                 29 Mar 1857    18 Nov 1938  m/o Mary Jane
Crossfield, W. B.                               14 Mar 1877  (17 m)
Crossfield, Wallace E.      5           1873           1929
Crossfield, Willis W.       5                   12 Jul 1894  (50 y, 4 m, 7 d)
Crossfield, Malinda A.      5    14 Jul 1846    15 Nov 1916  (70 y, 4 m, 1 d)
Crossfield, Florence        5    30 Jan 1887    25 Jan 1937
Crossfield, George          5    30 Dec 1795       Mar 1888
Crossfield                  5                                (Grand PA) 
Dalsing, Maggie             1    14 Sep 1893    05 May 1917  w/o John
                                                             (Mother & Baby)
Dalsing, Father                         1872           1947
Dalsing, Henry F.           10          1868           1945
Dalsing, Porter Florence    10   03 Aug 1880    20 Dec 1913  w/o H. F.
Dalsing, Phoebe May         10   02 May 1908    28 May 1908  d/o H.F & P.F.
Dalsing, Mary Golda         10   15 May 1905    29 Nov 1909  d/o H.F.& P.F.
Dalsing, Frederick Kruschke 10                  10 Jun 1906  (73 y, 3 m,
Dalsing, Rosa Christensen   10   31 Mar 1900    09 Nov 1906  (6 y, 7 m, 8 d)
Davis, Harvey F.            8           1882           1963
Davis, James C.             8    28 Oct 1839    30 Mar 1920
Davis, Joel Francis         8    11 Nov 1847    09 Sep 1933
Davis, Sarah E.             8           1851           1923
Davis, Clara J.             9           1879           1894
Deen, Elizabeth Deen        5    09 May 1824    14 Oct 1899  (75 y, 5 m, 5 d)
Fletcher, Floyd             6           1884           1947  Father   
Fletcher, Rosa              6           1891           1918  Mother  
Fletcher, Opal              6           1918           1918  Daughter
Floyd, Fletcher                                 03 Feb 1928  (62 y, 10 m, 11 d)  
Fonburg, Lavina Burks-Adams 5           1851           1891  W/o Paul
Fonburg, Paul (Vonburg)     5           1845           1910
Greenburg, Emma Stella      8    13 Jan 1905    12 Oct 1996
Greenburg, Herbert Henry    8    04 Nov 1902    14 Jul 1968  (born in Kansas)
Greenburg, ??               8                                Infant Baby (Maybe a
                                                             Greenburg)
Greenburg, James Harley     8    18 Feb 1872    17-Jul 1936  (63 y, 5 m) born Ind
Greenburg, Mary M.          8    03 Mar 1877    13 Mar 1905  w/o J. H. born Macon
                                                             Co, Tenn
                                                             (27 y, 9 m, 13 d)
Gregory, A. W.              6    25 Nov 1830    15 May 1908  (Father)
Gregory, Mary J.            6    01 Oct 1831    24 Mar 1909  (stone marked Mother
                                                             and Father)
Gregory, B. P.              6    11 Jan 1863    30 Apr 1918
Gregory, Harry B.           6           1876           1937
Gregory, James W.           6           1871           1924

Gregory, Susan C.           6           1857           1942
Hogan, William              6                                (Sandstone rough
                                                             could not read)
Hook, Charley               3           1860           1955
Hough, Bessie               2    01 Feb   21    21 Mar 1925
Hough, Maudine Haugh        2    07 Sep 1917    22 Dec 1920
Huffman, Olive Gregory      6           1902           1934
Hunn, J. T.                 7                   13 Jul 1933
Hunn, Lorette M.            7    25 Aug 1934    15 Dec 1997  (mother & wife)
Kruschke, Fredrick                              10 Jun 1906  (73 y, 3 m) 
Law, Leroy E.               7           1887           1947  (Son) 
Law, Riley                  7           1857           1941  (Father) 
Leatherman, Grandpa                                          (sandstone - not legible)
Markley, Harold H.          7                   07 Sep 1921
Markley, Linda Marie        7    03 Oct 1951    08 Jan 1952
Markley, Mary Iris          7    12 Dec 1922    24 Dec 1990
Miller, Mary A.             7           1865           1946  (Mother)
Morris, Emma E.             5     3 May 1876     2 Dec 1911  (35 y, 3 m, 23 d) 
                                                             w/o J. E.
Olthoff, Wichelm            9    29 Feb 1890       Aug 1898  born sherman Co. Ks
Page, William                                          1876  (41 y) 5th Reg. Co. D
                                                             KS V.C.
Parish, Mary                                                 w/o Silas Coffey
Phillips, Andrew Harris          09 Nov 1910    23 Sep 1920  son        
Phillips, Rosa Lee                      1903           1937
Pickett, Candy Lynne        8           1953           1958  (Metal Marker)
Pinnell, Rosa               2           1864           1937
Pinnell, Sherman L.         2    08 May 1896    14 Mar 1944  Kansas CPL 164 
                                                             Depot Brig
Pinnell, W. D.              2           1856           1937
Powell, Homer G.            4                   15 Oct 1878  (15 y, 10 m 3 d)
Powell, Leah                4                   02 Dec 1876  (40 y, 2 m, 6 d)
Powell, Jonathan           10            UNK           1892 
Powell, W. G. S.            4    26 Jun 1821    06 Jan 1900  In loving memory of our
                                                             father born in West
                                                             Virginia served 3 years
                                                             2 months in the rebellion
                                                             and was a member of GAR
                                                             Post #128
Reed, Lena                  7    26 Mar 1895    27 Oct 1966
Reed, Mary Ann              7    20 Sep 1919    20 Sep 1919
Roebuck, George M. C.       7                   28 Nov 1889  (26 y, 14 d)
Roebuck, Thos J.            7                   26 Feb 1888  (56 y) 17th Reg Co. 
                                                             A Ind V.I.
Sigman, Eunice              8                   14 Aug 1888  (3 m, 10 d) daug of 
                                                               L. & L. J.
Stark, Margaret             5                   19 Feb 1877  (62 y, 8 m, 2 d)
Stark, Bernetta Jane        6    27 May 1858    06 Aug 1946  (Mother)
Stark, Clara Orpha          6    28 Jan 1887    14 Feb 1887
Stark, Curtis Ora           6     4 Jan 1883    29 Jul 1893
Stark, James Madison        6     4 Aug 1854    08 Dec 1920  (Father)
Stark                       7                                large marker
Stark, Charles              8                   09 Oct 1896  (74 y, 9 m, 14 d)
Stark, Frank                8           1887           1933
Stark, H. Detha             8           1885           1963
Stark, Mattie               2                   14 Apr 1900  w/o T.J. 
                                                             (48 y, 5 m, 26 d)   
Stark, Sylvia E.            2                   28 Oct 1882  d/o T.J. & Mattie
                                                             (2 y, 2 m, 1 d)
Stark, Thomas J.            2           1854           1901
Tharp,                      4                                (Melvins wife?)
Tharp, Del
Tharp, Glenn Wesley         4           1962    03 Oct 1968  Infant son
Tharp, Melvin H.            4           1920           1975
Tharp, Adelmer M.           5           1872           1947
Tharp, Alfred Paul          5           1923           1934
Tharp, William H.****       ?    26 Jul 1865    13 Oct 1949       
Tharp, Emma C.****          ?    10 Aug 1852    10 Dec 1928               
Tharp, Francis E.           5    19 Apr 1925    23 Mar 1978
Tharp, Frank E.             5           1869           1959
Tharp, Viney C. (Fonburg)   5           1890           1967
Tharp, Elihu H.             6           1833           1920
Tharp, Elizabeth Hogan      6
Tharp, Harriet Janette      6    07 Feb 1855    20 Mar 1907
Tusing, Nadine              3           1926           1926
Tusing, Rex                 3           1921           1923
Waterman, Helen A.          7           1890           1974  (Wife)
Waterman, Sam               7           1889           1948  husband
Whistler, Mary Jane Cornue  5    29 Mar 1857    18 Nov 1938

Misc. -----, Julia, dau of J.E. & G.S.
 

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