Solomon Valley Chronicles

Rock Creek Cemetery

From microfilm of the plat map:
[Contributed by Jan Beecher]

Rock Creek Valley Cemetery

Contains one square acre, clear of the usual allowance of 30 feet for public roads
It is located in NW corner of Sec. 34-T7-R24 of Graham Co. Kansas.
Laid out in 4 blocks of 21 lots each.
Divided by N and S driveway of 8 feet wide and E and W driveway of 8 feet wide.
Lots on the N of Block 1 and 2 are 28 feet long and 10 feet wide. The other 2 tiers are 32? feet long and 10 feet wide. Lots 3 and 4 are the same.
Lots in each block are divided by an alleyway N. and S, and E and W, of 5 feet.
There is a margin between lots and boundary line N and S and E and W of 6 feet.
Cemetery survey done Feb. 23rd, 1898.
Cemetery measures 333 1/3 chains on all sides.
(Chain=100 links A link is 7.92 inches. One chain=66 feet. Cemetery is 220 feet, by 220 feet.)

Directions: On U.S. Hwy 24, approximately 1.25 miles west of the Penokee exit, turn North on 190 Avenue. Continue driving North for three miles. The cemetery is on the East side of the road at the intersection of 190 Avenue and T Road, and the gate is on the North.

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Surname	Given Names	Birth	Death	Insciption	Notes
BARLEEN	Triplet	11/2/1909	11/3/1909		Unmarked. Newspaper Items.
BARLEEN	Triplet	11/2/1909	11/12/1909		Unmarked. Newspaper Items.
BARLEEN	Triplet	11/2/1909	11/15/1909		Unmarked. Newspaper Items.
BELVEAL	J. Floyd	1871	1931	Father	Husband of Minnie W. Porter.
BELVEAL	Ralph P.	1905	1917		Son of John Floyd & Minnie (Porter) Belveal.
DOPP	Beulah D. (Belveal)	1903	1925		Daughter of John Floyd & Minnie (Porter) Belveal.
EDWARDS	Harvey	5/12/1874	1/23/1917		Homemade concrete marker. Son of Norman Ulysses & Luzetta (Blodgett) Edwards; husband of Nellie Maude Bell.
EDWARDS	Luzetta (Blodgett)	6/6/1843	1/9/1917		Homemade concrete marker. Daughter of Darrow and Malinda (Sneer) Blodgett; wife of Norman Ulysses Edwards. Obit
EDWARDS	Norman			Co. K 65 Ohio Inf.	Son of Alpheus & Leah (Schriner) Edwards. Was married 3 times: Elisabeth Melissa Hastings, Sophie Bish, and Luzetta Blodgett.
EVANS	Billie G.	6/19/1925	9/12/1926		Son of Ova Martin & Mary (Carver) Evans.
EVANS	Dale LaVerne	8/18/1932	7/6/1933		Son of Ova Martin & Mary (Carver) Evans.
EVANS	Infant	2/19/1909	2/19/1909		Obit
EVANS	Mary (Carver)	5/11/1898	10/14/1932		Daughter of Arizona Bingham & Hanna Jane (Watt) Carver; wife of Ova Martin Evans.
EVANS	Mary D. (McDowall)	1869	1941		Daughter of William Martin & Mary Ellen (Headley) McDowall; wife of Thomas Harvey Evans; niece of Mary Ellen (McDowall) Merwin. Obit
EVANS	Thomas H.	1863	1935		Son of Harvey & Lydia Evans; husband of Mary D. McDowall. Obit
GODDARD	Laurel Ted "Wimp"	7/13/1928	12/6/2018		Son of Edward P. and Katie (Fox) Goddard. Obit
GODDARD	Patricia Ann (Schuricht)	9/22/1933	12/28/1992	Our Beloved Mother	Daughter of Albert "Al" & Frances "Pete" (Watson) Schuricht.
GOFF	Elnora F.	12/13/1900	7/10/1922	Dau. of J. W. & Lovie Martin Goff
GRAHAM	Claudene	3/11/1907	3/7/1908	Dau. of G. W. and N. E.	Daughter of George and Nancy (Herington) Graham. Obit
GRAHAM	Pearl E.	7/15/1902	7/6/1909		Daughter of George and Nancy (Herington) Graham. Obit
HODSON	Alma Jennie (Stephens)		1929		Unmarked.
HODSON	Phillip	4/19/1849	11/20/1911		Unmarked. Civil War veteran. His wife, Alma Jennie Stephens, died in 1929 and was buried at Hill City. [Source: Graham County Historical Society and Jan Beecher] Obit
LOTRIDGE	Shirley Ann	5/14/1937	5/15/1937
McDOWALL					Native limestone severely eroded.
McDOWALL	Samuel Douglas	2/22/1812	1896		Possibly either unmarked or the McDowall native limestone marker. Obit
MERWIN	James D.	3/17/1862	4/5/1906		Woodman of the World (tall marker of a tree stump) marker. Son of James William & Mary Ellen (McDowall) Merwin.
MERWIN	James W.	3/24/1838	3/23/1902		Son of James & Sabra (Knott) Merwin; husband of Mary Ellen McDowall.
MERWIN	Joseph	9/20/1907	12/20/1908		Unmarked. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Merwin. Obit
MERWIN	Joseph Marten	1/14/1864	6/17/1916		Son of James William & Mary Ellen (McDowall) Merwin.
MERWIN	Mary Ellen (McDowall)	7/23/1837	6/6/1923	Wife of James W. Merwin; She was the last of the 1879 homesteaders on Rock Creek.	Daughter of Samuel & Delilah (Martin) McDowall.
ODLE	Malinda C.	8/31/1860	5/19/1913	Wife of S. H. Odle
ODLE	S. H.	1872	1933
PARKS	Albert Newton	1857	1925		Husband of Mary Ella Newman, who is buried in Hill City Cemetery.
PARKS	Alta Clara		1/24/1898	9 mo. 2 days; Dau. of A. N. & Mary E. Parks	Daughter of Albert Newton & Mary Ella (Newman) Parks. Newspaper item
PARKS	Ella Alberta	12/8/1899	3/5/1918		This stone has fallen. Obit
PARKS	George William	7/20/1893	12/27/1951		Son of Albert Newton & Mary Ella (Newman) Parks.
PHELPS	John H.	1858	1928		Obit
PHELPS	Melissa	1/31/1853	3/5/1920		Unmarked. Obit
ROLLS	Baby				Possibly two Super children, William and an infant girl, are buried here. [Source: Jan Beecher]
RUBERSON	James Arthur	9/13/1903	8/27/1906	Son	Son of James Dudley & Grace Angeline (Merwin) Ruberson.
RUBERSON	James Dudley	12/31/1877	5/18/1923	Father	Husband of Grace Angeline Merwin; son-in-law of James William & Mary Ellen (McDowall) Merwin. Article about his death in a train collision.
RUBERSON	Richard	5/13/1908	4/26/1928	Son	Son of James Dudley & Grace Angeline (Merwin) Ruberson. Obit
SUPER	William	11/27/1931	11/27/1931		Possibly one of two Super children marked as "Baby Rolls". Son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Super. [Source: Jan Beecher] Obit
UNKNOWN					Large rectangular limestone with 2 holes drilled down. Possibly says "Father".
UNKNOWN					Small gray stone; if lettering existed, it is now too weathered to identify.
WAGGLE	Luther Harold	12/22/1920	1/8/1921	Son of W. C. Waggle	Son of William C. & Mettie E. Waggle.

Contributors: Site-owner and Src #2

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