Highland Cemetery, Doniphan County, Kansas - partial transcription includes 150+ headstones

HIGHLAND CEMETERY- Highland, Doniphan Co., Kansas

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Highland Cemetery

Please NOTE just because photos may be grouped by surnames does NOT necessarily indicate a relationship nor are they necessarily buried beside each other.  This cemetery is partially transcribed on this site. There are over 2,000 names to be entered for this site. All names below have photos courtesy of Cindy Marcell. Every effort has been made to ensure correct transcriptions have been provided however errors are possible so please notify Cindy should you be able to make corrections. If you would like to add a family member that is known to be in this cemetery please contact Cindy.

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Last Name First Name Date Born Date Died Comments
Armstrong Jay Virgil 1880 1943
Armstrong John Jay 1911 1998
Armstrong Kate M. 1881 1965
Baird
 George M.
 1891
 1921
 Father
Baird George T.
 1849
 1928
Baird Geo. T. Mrs
 1859
 1919
Baird Gertie I.
Oct* 12 1873
 d/o J & E Baird.*  Age ? Yr 2mo & 12 dy. Stone very worn.
Baird James A.
Aug 01 1890
 46y 8m 10d. Photo 2.
Baird Martha

w/o James Baird. Age 2(6?) yr __ mos & 25 dys. Unable to read dates.  Photo 2.
Baird Theodore
 1887
 1908
 ? Horace, Grace, Josephine
Baird
 Wilson E.
July 11 1890
 2y 11m 3d, s/o GT & D Baird
Baird
 Wilson
 1846
 1922
Bender
 John K.
 1850
 1930
 ssw Laura Dillon Bender
Bender
 Laura Dillon
 1860
 1932
 ssw John K. Bender
Blevins Brittie M. 1872 1960 Maiden name MARCELL per CMarcell
Blevins Charles E. 1901 1970
Blevins Grace W. 3-8-1898 1-5-1974
Blevins Eddie W. 12-3-1952
ssw W. Leonard & Lillie
Blevins Hugh 1905 1998 ssw Loretta
Blevins Jesse 1870 1942
Blevins Jordan D. 10-10-1894 1-11-1974
Blevins Lillie M. 1920
ssw Eddie & W. Leonard
Blevins Loretta 1918 1992 ssw Hugh
Blevins W. Leonard 1916
ssw Eddie & Lillie
Brim Luemma
12-13-1878 Aged 22 years 10 mos Wife of G.W. Brim
Caudle Edith Elaine 11-2-1919 9-22-1993 Beloved wife & Mother
Caudle Leonard S. 1915 1981 US Navy WWII
Caudle Leonard "Sam" 9-28-1951 8-25-1982
Davis John D. 1919 1938 son of W.B.
Davis Maude 1896 1969
Davis W. B. 1886 1959
Dillon Ben 1871 1966
Dillon John 11-23-1833 6-10-1873
Dillon Katie 4-10-1862 3-05-1874
Dittemore Adam 1867 1947
Dittemore Clotilda M. 12-15-1908 8-17-1991 ssw Eldon H.
Dittemore
 Edgar E.
 7-29-1936
son of  Edgar & Elsie
Dittemore Edgar Irwin 1-08-1895 2-3-1936 ssw Elsie
Dittemore Eldon H. 2-28-1914 11-4-2000 ssw Clotilda M.
Dittemore Elsie Schwindt 7-08-1898 6-10-1977 ssw Edgar
Dittemore Ethel C. 1902 1097 ssw Ralph E.
Dittemore Rachel Anna 1867 1940
Dittemore Ralph E. 1904 1976 ssw Ethel C.
Ford Clyde 1881 1948
Ford Harriet L. 1854 1928
Ford James Lewis 1858 1929
Ford Milford 3-4-1889 3-29-1967 KS Pvt US Army WW1
Ford Nellie 1901 1936
Gigstad Dale C. 7-28-1930 3-242000 "Parents of Martha, Michael, Joyce & Mary." ssw Patricia
Gigstad Patricia J. (Dittemore) 7-2-1932
ssw Dale "Married 9-4-1954"
Gilmore Bessie G. 1885 1964 ssw Harold
Gilmore Effie 1868 1953 ssw Jesse A. & Frank T.
Gilmore Ezra L. 1874 1941
Gilmore Frank T. 1891 1979 ssw Bessie & Harold
Gilmore Harold A. 1904 1928 ssw Bessie & Frank T.
Gilmore Helen E. 12-1-1899 6-18-1989
Gilmore Jesse A. 1868 1935 ssw Effie
Gilmore Jessie 1878 1962 ssw John A.
Gilmore John M. 1870 1933 ssw Jessie
Gilmore John W. 12-5-1921 11-24-1983 ssw Martha
Gilmore Martha Lee 8-21-1923 2-21-2001 ssw John W.
Gilmore Mary E. 1898 1992 ssw Sterling
Gilmore Ollie M. 1875 1945
Gilmore Shelby E. 8-8-1893 8-12-1980 married 2-28-1917 ssw Vera
Gilmore Sophia A. 1876 1922 ssw Thomas
Gilmore Sterling L. 1893 1984 ssw Mary
Gilmore Thomas 1869 1945 ssw Sophia
Gilmore Vera Marie 12-20-1894 5-15-1993 ssw Shelby
Gilmore William B. 6-4-1895 3-27-1960 KS Cpl 314 Ammunition Train WW1
Gordon Margo Caudle 1946 1976
Hershey
 Elmer S.
Mar 15 1882
 6y 11m 24d, s/o J. F. & M. A. Hershey
Hershey
 Maggie A.
April 3 1881
 w/o J. F. Hershey, 32y 5m 11d
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hill
Hills
Hills
Hills
Hills
Hills
Hills
Hills
Hills
Ernest S.
Helen I.
James R.
Kenneth L.
Mattie K.
Ronnie D.
Blish Charles
Henry A.
James
Juliette Tyler
Leander
Louis B.
Mary C.
Ruth A.
1893
1896
1868
1924
1864
1958
1910 Aug 25
1834

1803 Jan 28

1880
1837
1887
1967
1976
1956

1948
1995
1985 Jul 04
1919
1872
1900 Jul10
1887 Oct 13
1950
1915
1955

Hills
 Lathrop L.
June 12, 1867
 "35y 8m 28d, Division Engineer UPPR. Killed by Indians near the present site of Cheyenne"
Hischke
 Leo O. T. 1900
 1966 ssw Nellie Hischke. Family source cites name as Leo Otto Theodore Hischke
Hischke
 Nellie B.
 1899
 1978
ssw Leo Hischke. Family source cites name as Nellie Blanche Johnston
Jasper Charles C. 1813 1890 ssw Thursa "Father & Mother"
Jasper Thursa 1812 1887 ssw Charles "Father & Mother"
Jeffers Gene Elton 5-19-1934 2-1-1998 Capt USNR
Jeffers Harold P. 1910
ssw Loma E.
Jeffers Judith Joy Kimmel 3-25-1938
ssw Gene
Jeffers Lloyd C. 1880 1958 ssw Verna E.
Jeffers Loma E. 1915 1983 ssw Harold P.
Jeffers Robert D. 12-8-1932
ssw Virginia
Jeffers Robert Lloyd 1905 1946
Jeffers Verna E. 1879 1972 ssw Lloyd C.
Jeffers
 Virginia
 8-21-1941
 1-10-1994
 ssw Robert D., "married 3-29-1962"
Jenkins Alice L. 11-22-1913
ssw Peggy & Paul
Jenkins Ebbie 9-7-1890 9-2-1957
Jenkins James L. 1849 1928 ssw Mary
Jenkins John H. 4-18-1879 no date ssw Minnie
Jenkins Mary E. 4-23-1885 8-29-1923 ssw James
Jenkins Minnie F. 4-23-1885 8-29-1923 ssw John
Jenkins Muriel 8-14-1916 7-5-19
Jenkins Paul F. 10-22-1912
ssw Peggy & Alice
Jenkins Peggy Jo 11-5-1937 10-28-1993 ssw Alice & Paul
Johnston
 A. Elizabeth
 1875
 1949 ssw Walter Johnston. Family source cites name as Amanda Elizabeth Ebert
Johnston
 Walter J. 1871
 1966 ssw A. Elizabeth Johnston. Family source cites name as Walter Jay Johnston
Jones Jane E. 1922
Jones Jean L. 1922 1996
Kennedy John 10-03-1807 8-01-1897 buried along side the John DILLON family
Keller Dorothy 1910 1987
Koeliker Loretta J. (Lewis) 7-21-1936
ssw Ronald
Koeliker Ronald E. 9-25-1934 9-4-1986 ssw Loretta "Married 2-17-1961" Masonic emblem
Lamm Gladys Mulkey 1891 1959
Landrum Harold A. 1901 1927
Landrum W. F. 1827 1918
Lewis Earl W. 1898 1951 ssw Ora
Lewis Eva A. 7-25-1903 12-13-1984
Lewis Fannie C. 1914 2003 Eastern Star Emblem
Lewis John E. 1873 1956 ssw Mary
Lewis John J. 1910 1998 Masonic emblem
Lewis Mary E. 1877 1968 ssw John E.
Lewis Norman J. 10-2-1906 8-22-1982 ssw Sadie M.
Lewis Ora A. 1899 19-- ssw Earl
Lewis Sadie M. 10-28-1906 2-28-1999 ssw Norman J.
Lewis Samuel F. 3-01-1876 2-15-1968 ssw Violet A.
Lewis Terry W. 1945 1962
Lewis Violet A. 2-17-1879 5-26-1910 ssw Samuel F.
Lively Helen E. 8-13-1913 8-13-1992 Mother Nana
Marcell Charles 12-15-1803 6-15-1884
Marcell Charles A. 6-19-1870 6-19-1903 s/o J.O. & M.E. Marcell
Marcell Charles L. 1-13-1847 12/19/26 s/o James E. & Mattie D. Marcell per CMarcell
Marcell Elizabeth 8-18-1882 1-07-1893 Maiden name UTLEY per CMarcell
Marcell James Dillon 1901 1953
Marcell James Everett 1875 1952 s/o CL & MJ Marcell per CMarcell
Marcell Jordan O. 10-30-1840 5-14-1923 ssw Margaret E. Jeffers
Marcell Margaret 1901 1983 Maiden name DOWELL & w/o James E. Marcell per CMarcell
Marcell Margaret E. Jeffers 9-03-1848 7-6-1914 ssw Jordan O.
Marcell Martha J. 2-18-1850 3-27-1919 Maiden name is Burchfield per CMarcell
Marcell Mattie Dillon 1874 1938 Maiden name is DILLON per CMarcell
Marcell Maudie P. 4-24-1881 3-03-1885 d/o CL & MJ Marcell per CMarcell
Marcell Ollie 9-5-1873 4-22-1874 OLLIE - Infant daughter of C.L. & M.J. Marcell died 22 Apr 1874 aged 7 months 17 days.
Miller Charles E. 6-7-1841 10-17-1904
Miller Daisy 1890 1944
Miller
 Delilah Davison
 Jan 22 1832
 Dec 20 1908
 beside John & Monroe Miller.
Miller Earl 1884 1950
Miller Elva 1891 1892 beside Delilah, John & Monroe Miller
Miller Etta 4-24-1858 12-22-1891
Miller Helen B. 1915 1988
Miller John 10-7-1865 3-2-1935
Miller Mildred Jones 2-3-1913 9-17-1996 ssw Waldo
Miller Monroe 8-16-1867 7-2-1910
Miller Robert S. 1913-1975
Miller Waldo Allen 9-10-1908 12-13-2002 ssw Mildred
Morehead Myrtle Dittemore 1901 1991
Morehead William 1888 1922
Mulkey Ida M. 1869 1951 ssw John J. Maiden name MARCELL per CMarcell
Mulkey John J. 1859 1940 ssw Ida M.
Mulkey Sarah Grace 1894 1954 d/o Ida & John Mulkey per CMarcell
Overlander Charles W. 7-01-1865 11-29-1946
Overlander Infant none none Daughter of G.W. & May Overlander
Overlander John P. 1870 1945 ssw Lillian Overlander
Overlander Lillian T 1884 1978 ssw John Overlander
Overlander
 Maude M.
 1879
 1952
 last name NOT on stone - note beside Jean & Jane JONES. (Maude would be their aunt - CM)
Overlander May B. 3-19-1868 7-9-1936
Pardun
 Isaac
 Mar 14 1794
 Aug 29 1872 (Name supplemented from 1870 Iowa Twp, Doniphan Co., KS Federal census, living with William & Sarah Pardun. by CMarcell)
Parker Helen J. 1909 1961 (this would be Helen Jones Parker - CM)
Peabody Fred William 7-21-1893 11-14-1943 KS QM1 CL US Navy
Peabody Jessie Irene 7-6-1893 4-28-1981
Pierson Goldie Smith 1898 1922
Ritchey Bessie L. 9-22-1891 4-6-1982
Ritchey John C. 1883 1971 Father
Ritchey Vern 1912 1937
Rittenhouse Carolyn 2-1927-1945 10-14-1988 married Dec 1 or 4/ 1979 ssw Stanley Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse Edna P. 7-26-1927
ssw Stanley D. Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse Elmer 1889 1974 ssw Verna
Rittenhouse Stanley E. 1218-1946
wed 12-17-1979 ssw Carolyn Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse Stanley D. 1-17-1920 12-10-1982 wed 10-12-1945 ssw Edna P. Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse Verna M. 1890 1964 ssw Elmer
Skinner Lewis 1867 1944 ssw Minnie
Skinner Minnie 1866 1950 ssw Lewis
Smith Clarinda R. 7-25-1886 8-5-1891 w/o J.D. Smith
Smith Gretha M. 1908 200? ssw Henry J.
Smith Henry J. 1901 1977 ssw Gretha
Smith Jacob 1867 1958 Father
Smith J. D. 5-29-1832 no date Co. F 15th Ills Inf - goes w stone below
Smith John D. no date no date 1st Sgt Co F 15 ILL INF
Smith Laveda 1891 numbers missing temporary metal marker beside Minnie
Smith Minnie B. 1869 1947 temporay metal marker beside Laveda
Smith Theresia 1877 1942 Mother
Thornton Grace Armstrong 1908 1955
Thornton Paul R. 1907 1955
Thorp Charlotte 1888 1976
Thorp Della V. 1866 1954
Thorp Elmer F. 1893 1928
Thorp Ernest H. 1899 1929
Thorp John T. 1860 1928
Thorp Mabel R. 1894 1964
Thorp  Raymond J. 1912 1939
Thorp  Virginia F. 1902 1930
Unknown Soldier no dates no dates Memorial Cross
Vanderslice Annne
10-19-1865 aged 1m 17d" ssw Lilly - "Children of TJ & SJ Vanderslice"
Vanderslice Daniel
9-27-1874 aged 19y 3m 11d. Son of TJ & SJ Vanderslice"
Vanderslice Daniel 2-10-1799 2-5-1889 ssw Thomas J. Sarah J. & Nancy
Vanderslice Lilly B.
9-23-1861 aged 6m 28d" ssw Annie
Vanderslice Louis C.
6-24-1872 son of Daniel & MA Vanderslice - 4y 7m 20d
Vanderslice Mary A.
2-28-1873 Dau of TJ & SJ Vanderslice
Vanderslice Nancy 2-28-1806 12-23-1881 ssw Thomas J., Sarah J. & Daniel
Vanderslice
 Nancy
 Feb 28 1806
 Dec 23 1881
 In Memoriam of Nancy Vanderslice. Wife of Danl
Vanderslice Sarah J. 2-20-1834 11-12-1878 ssw Thomas J., Daniel & Nancy
Vanderslice Susan F.
12-03-1861 Wife of William Vanderslice - In the 24th year of her life"
Vanderslice Thomas J. 11-10-1827 3-18-1902 ssw Sarah J, Daniel & Nancy
Vytlacil Mary E. 9-27-1926 4-1-1986 Rest in Peace
Walters Ada E. 11-28-1867 8-16-1946
Walters Ben Gutherie 2-19-2000 11-9-1989
Walters Dolly S. 5-7-1900 6-19-1972
Walters John W. 1879 1912 ssw Maude M.
Walters Maude M. 1880 blank ssw John W. - "His Wife"
Walters William G. 6-27-1866 9-22-1952
Weis Violet E. 1-14-1901 4-17-1979
Wolff Laverne P. 1905 1939
Wolff Mary F. 1905 1938
Wyatt Joseph I. 1846 1915 ssw Sophia
Wyatt Martha J. 3-13-1825 7-25-1907 ssw Migajah
Wyatt Migajah 1-21-1820 7-29-1891 ssw Martha
Wyatt Sophia K. 1859 1897 ssw Joseph


































































































* - When unable to read inscriptions I used "Cemetery Readings of Doniphan Co., KS" by Speedy & Gail Stewart and noted those inscriptions with an asterick*

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Abbreviation Notes:     ssw = shared stone with      W/o = wife of      H/o = Husband of     S/o = son of      D/o - daughter of      Ch/o = children of
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