Shawnee Indian Cemetery, est. 1854

About the Cemetery

The cemetery, in the care of the Kansas State Historical Society for decades, is currently owned by the Shawnee Mission Indian Historical Society. A plaque was added to the cemetery that states In Memory of our Pioneers by the Shawnee Mission Indian Historical Society 1934 that has recently been removed. Many pieces of head and foot stones are set into a concrete slab near this marker. According to research provided by Gail Chamberlin, "Approximately 14 pieces of headstones are embedded in a concrete slab. They are (supposedly) from the Shawnee Quaker Mission Cemetery which was located about 1 1/2 miles to the east on 61st & Hadley (near the current day DAR marker.) The headstones (no bodies) were moved because they were disappearing.

 

10905 59th Terrace, Shawnee, KS
Section 11, Township 12S, Range 24E
39° 01' 16" N, 94° 42' 54" W
39.02096, -94.71279

Cemetery Index

Photographed by Linda K Lewis, 2005.
Transcribed by Maureen Reed, 21 Nov 2005.
This is a complete transcription by reading and photographing the gravestones. Additional information was added with permission from a previous transcription by Maureen Reed in 2000.

Keys: s/w = same stone with, * = No stone, Maureen Reed index, 2001, Q = Quaker.

??, ??; C P; Footstone; Photo
??, ??; d. 11 Nov 1855; Aged 18 yrs 10 mo 21 dys; Broken; In concrete pad; Q;  Photo
??, ??; Stone missing; Photo
??, ??; Stone missing; Photo
??, ??; Stone missing; Photo
??, ??; Stone missing; Photo
??, ??; d. 21 Dec 1863; *;
Allen, Walter Ernest; d. 12 Mar 1875; Son of ?? & E K Allenl; Broken; In concrete pad; Photo
Baldwin, William; d. 27 Aug 1869; Age 11 yrs 21 dys; Son of Isaac Baldwin; Broken; In concrete pad; Q; Photo
Bluejacket, Julia Ann; d. 02 Feb 1865; Dau of C and J A Bluejacket, Footstone J A B; Broken; Footstone in concrete pad; Photo Photo
Bluejacket, Julia Ann; d. 11 Jul 1870; Photo
Bluejacket, Robert; b. 04 Jan 1840; d. 25 Mar 1858; Broken; Photo
Bluejacket, Robert; b. 07 Jul 1862; d. 22 Nov 1866; Son of D and L Bluejacket; Broken; Photo
Booth, ??; d. 05 Jan 1860; *;
Booth, Sallie; d. 11 Jan 1865; Dau of H & J Booth *; Photo
Donelson, Charles; Aged 5 yrs; In concrete pad; Broken; Photo
Jessup, Alexander; d. 31 Apr 1876; Broken; In concrete pad; Q; Photo
Kirby, Asenath C; d. Nov 1855; Dau of JA & K Hadley; Broken; In concrete pad; Q; Photo
Mendenhall, H M; d. 13 Oct 18??; Broken; In concrete pad; Q; Photo
Mendenhall, R; Broken footstone; In concrete pad; Q; Photo
Painter, Margaret F; d. 17 Jan1867; Wife of David Painter; Broken; In concrete pad; Photo Photo
Parks, Catherine; d. 11 Oct 1858; Wife of Joseph Parks; Photo
Parks, Joseph; d. 03 Apr 1853; Aged 65 yrs; Footstone J P; Photo Photo Photo
Parks, Nancy; b. 15 Sep 1831;Aged 6 yrs; Daughter of J and C Parks; Photo
Randall, James S; d. 12 Aug 1865; Photo
Silverheels, Chas; b. 20 Sep 1844; d. 05 Apr 1864; Photo

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