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Butler County, Kansas

Boston Cemetery

The following information was obtained from the Butler County Historical Museum, El Dorado, Kansas.

This cemetery is on private property in El Dorado Township, SW ¼, Section 34, Township 26, Range 5E. The cemetery is located on a hill, fenced, and has four cornerstones that are very worn. In the center of the cemetery are two gravestones identical in size and much larger than the others. They are worn so badly by the elements that it was impossible to discern any information.

The land was owned by F.S. Boson in 1921 and is likely the reason the cemetery is called Boston Cemetery.

· Wiley, Mollie R. – Wife of O.F. Wiley, born in Lee County, VA,
20 August 1853; died in Butler County, Kansas, 14 September 1878.

· Fox, Rebeca J. - Wife of George F. Fox, died 6 August 1882.

· Henderson, Lucy – Daughter of J.E. & B.B., died 10 May 1873 or 1878

· Sno--, Alice M. or Smo--, Alice M. – Daughter of A. and M.C.,
Died July 12, ????. This name might be Snow or Smock. C.A. Smock
owned land in Spring Township in 1921 and there was a Snow Schoolhouse
in the area.

· Hopkins, Orpha – Daughter of Ruth E. Hopkins; died in August, year
of death is unreadable. Orpha was listed in the 1880 Federal Census
of Butler County, Kansas, El Dorado Township with Joseph L. Hopkins,
age 28, a farmer; and Ruth E. Hopkins, age 23, all born in Pennsylvania.
Orpha was 1 year old in 1880.

· Hopkins, Willie Amos – Son of T.M. and M., born 6 December 1878, death date is unreadable. In the 1880 Federal Census of Butler County, El Dorado Township, T.M. Hopkins, age 30 and Mary Hopkins, age 27, born in Pennsylvania and Iowa respectively are listed with daughters Grace E., age 3, and L.M., age 5, both born in Kansas. Evidently, Willie Amos, born in 1878, died before the 1880 census. T.M. Hopkins and Mary Fowler were married in Butler County on 16 April 1874.

· Sumner, Neil W., son of M. and A.E. Sumner, died 1 December 1880,
age 9 weeks. The 1880 Federal Census of Butler County, Kansas, Augusta Township, lists McKenzie Sumner, age 42 and Annis E. Sumner, age 41, both born in New York. Eight children are listed: Annis E. 19, George 18, Cora 13, Thomas W. 11, Roy E. 9, Levi M. 7, Sara E. 6, and Henry T. age 2. The birthplaces of the children indicate that the family came to Kansas in 1869 but went to Arkansas by 1873 and returned to Kansas by 1878. Mr. Sumner served with Company H, 19th Regiment, of the Michigan Infantry and had been in Libby Prison during the Civil War. The 1880 Federal Census states that Mr. Sumner is unemployed due to shot wounds.