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.

The "Other Information" column may contain information garnered through the transcriber's research.

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NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	INSCRIPTION	OTHER INFORMATION
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.
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, 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, 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.	Obit
GRAHAM, Pearl E.	7/15/1902	7/6/1909		Obit
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, S. D.	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.
PARKS, Ella Alberta	12/8/1899	3/5/1918		This stone has fallen.
PARKS, George William	7/20/1893	12/27/1951		Son of Albert Newton & Mary Ella (Newman) Parks.
PHELPS, John H.	1858	1928
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.
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: Jackie Wilson Goddard and Jan Beecher

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