
Butler County, Kansas
Godfrey
Cemetery
According to information dated May
1941, the following persons were buried in an orchard on the farm owned by James
Allen Godfrey and his sister, Nancy. The first burials were children of F. and
Margaret Godfrey Gulley who died of smallpox they contracted on a train trip to
visit their grandmother, Mrs. Godfrey. Margaret Godfrey Gulley was a sister of
James Allen and Nancy Godfrey according to the 1880 Federal Cemetery of Fairview
Township, Butler County, Kansas. Buckner, Infant Child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Buckner Dixon, Lester Son of George and Mary Dixon Gulley, C.G. Aged 9 years, 1 month; child of F. and M.
Gulley Gulley, H.E. Aged 12 years, 5 months, 11 days; son of F. and M.
Gulley Gulley, Jennie Aged 7 years, 3 months, 15 days; daughter of F. and
M. Gulley Gulley, M.C. Aged 2 years, 3 months, 17 days; child of F. and M.
Gulley Gulley, Violia Aged 3 months; daughter of F. and M.
Gulley Hollett, A.W. Company C, 51st Indiana Infantry,
G.A.R. Loewen, F.T. Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Abe
Loewen
A.W. Hollett was the sweetheart of Miss
Nancy Godfrey. The burials, copied on February 21, 1987, were made in the early
1880's.
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