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Mulvane Cemetery
Mulvane, Sumner County, Kansas
Lat: 37° 28' 21"N, Lon: 97° 12' 25"W
Gore Twp, T30N R2E NW¼ NW¼ Sec 3
Contributed by Della M Shafer, Aug 21, 2008, last edited Sep 04,
2008 [thescoop@cox.net]. Total
records = 3,073.
To reach cemetery from Mulvane, drive east on Main Street for 1.5
miles, turn right onto Greenwich Road. The cemetery will be on your
right or west side of the road.
The original cemetery measured 664' x 742'. The Plat was filed
Dec. 8, 1886. The oldest legible marker is dated 1879. The first
cemetery association was composed of Adam Huffbauer, Erasmus Shull,
M D Canady, 11 acres were purchased from Oscar Potter. Early in
1957, the Mulvane Cemetery and the Littleton Cemetery were made
into a district to be funded by a Township Mill Levy. This district
became known as the Mulvane-Littleton Cemetery Association. Feb
16, 1957, five directors were elected: G C Hooten, Pres; Geo Bradfield,
Vice-pres; Jessie Long, Sec; and Margaret Conklin. At that time
the Township Board granted them $495.07; that was the balance
in the cemetery fund at that time. A water well was soon put down,
and with capable caretakers the area has always been beautifully
kept. In May, 1962, 11 acres more were bought from Louie and Minnie
Braddy. - From Cemeteries in Sumner County by Harvey and Ruth
Swan, 1983
As we transcribed this cemetery, we referred to some old ownership
and burial records located in the Mulvane Public Library and to
burial records on site at the cemetery to aid in locating lot
numbers for the stones and in some cases filling in additional
dates, burials and other information. We understand that the burial
records up to sometime in the 1930s were destroyed by fire.
Melvin Shafer and I walked and recorded this cemetery from April
to December of 2005. A map of the cemetery can be seen here.
- Della M Shafer
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