Garden Valley Cemetery
Garden Township, Harvey County, Kansas

GARDEN VALLEY CEMETERY - May have also been called Farnsworth Cemetery. This cemetery is located in Garden Township, Harvey County, Kansas Section 24. From I-135 take Hwy 50 West to County Road 801. You will find County Road 801 about a mile past the Halstead Cemetery. Take CR801 north for 6 miles and then go 1 mile east on NW 60th (dirt road) then go north 1/2 mile. The cemetery is off the road in a field on the east side of the road. There is no fence around this cemetery and it is in very bad shape. Nearly every tombstone there is broken and worn. This cemetery was transcribed on March 6, 2003 by Carrie Hall, 410 Wedgewood Ct., Hesston, Kansas 67062. s/w=shared with (one stone) (cemetery #7)

Submitted by Carrie Hall on March 10, 2003.

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

MARRIAGE

INSCRIPTIONS

NOTES

?

Alice

19 MAY 1873

s/w Ottie G. ?

?

Edgar

20 APR 1890

Aged 2 mos 14 days

s/w Elbert ?

?

Elbert

5 MAR 1879

Aged 3 mos 17 days

s/w Edgar ?

?

Ottie G.

17 JAN 1877

Aged 6 yrs 11 mos 2 days

s/w Alice ?

BONHAM

Andrew W.

23 FEB 1871

Son of F. M. & J.A. Bonham - Aged 11 yrs 3 mos 15 days

s/w Maybell Bonham and Bradford Bonham

BONHAM

Bradford

16 MAR 1875

Son of F.M. & J. A. Bonham - Aged 2 yrs 0 mos 14 days

s/w Maybell Bonham and Andrew Bonham

BONHAM

Cora B.

12 NOV 1881

Daughter of L. & M. J. Bonham - Aged 2 yrs 1 mo 3 days

s/w Hiram L. Bonham

BONHAM

Hiram L.

26 AUG 1868

Son of L. & M. J. Bonham - Aged 1 yr 5 mos 9 days

s/w Cora B. Bonham

BONHAM

Maybell

16 APR 1870

Daughter of F. M. & J. A. Bonham - Aged 1 yr 1 mo 0 days

s/w Bradford Bonham and Andrew Bonham

COOK

George H.

22 NOV 1812

11 SEP 1877

CRABTREE

James F.

11 SEP 1880

Son of W. & H. Crabtree - Aged 22 yrs 6 mos 25 days

EBERHART

Frisby Briscoe

26 JUL 1878

Aged 20 yrs 9 mos 17 days

FOWLER

Stephen

27 AUG 1837

23 NOV 1886

Company I, 129 Indiana Vol. Infantry

HICKMAN

Laura

17 FEB 1883

Daughter of J. & S. T.(?) Hickman - Aged 1 yr 3 mos 24? Days

HODGKINS

George H.

22 SEP 1880

Aged 5 yrs 6 mos 7 days

JOHNSON

John T.

4 NOV 1856

13 NOV 1875

Son of John & Catherine Johnson - Aged 19 yrs 0 mos 15? Days

KNIGHT

Amos

24 JAN 1832

16 FEB 1893

s/w Caroline Knight

KNIGHT

Caroline

16 APR 1840

16 APR 1895

s/w Amos Knight

MOTT

Mary K.

11 NOV 1877

Aged 79 yrs 11 mos 29 days

s/w Richard G. Mott

MOTT

Richard G.

24 APR 1882

Aged 85 yrs 17 days

s/w Mary K. Mott

NICKELL

Infant Daughter

28 AUG 1876

25 SEP 1876

Children of J. H. & N. J. Nickell

s/w John Nickell

NICKELL

James D.

8 JUN 1883

Children of J. H. & N. J. Nickell - Aged 3 yrs 7 mos 17 days

s/w Martha E. Nickell

NICKELL

John

25 FEB 1874

9 NOV 1878

Children of J. H. & N. J. Nickell

s/w Infant Daughter Nickell

NICKELL

Martha E.

14 JUN 1883

Children of J. H. & N. J. Nickell - Aged 11 yrs 3 mos 9 days

s/w James D. Nickell

PRIDE

Brucie

8 AUG 1879

Son of F. A. & J. E. Pride - Aged ?yrs ?mos 27 days

STONE

Eliabeth J.

12 DEC 1880

Wife of Edmond Stone - Aged 24 yrs 10 mos 0 days - Gone But Not Forgotten

Information from a family member that I did look ups for suggests that Elizabeth is Sarah J. Thurstin's daughter.

THURSTIN

Sarah J.

24 JUN 1881

Wife of D. Thurstin - Aged 52 yrs 3 mos 19 days - We saw not the angels who met her there, The gates of the city we could not see; Over the river, Over the river My darling stands waiting to welcome me.

Information from a family member that I did look ups for suggests that this name may have been changed from Thurston to Thurstin.

WAGONER

E. J.

20 OCT 1880

15 JUL 1881

WOOD

Clarence

6 JAN 1875

30 NOV 1880

Son of J. O. & Julia G. Wood - Aged 5 yrs 10 mos 24 days

 

This information collected and recorded by Carrie Hall, 410 Wedgewood Ct., Hesston, Kansas 67062.  My email address is carriehall@fastmail.fm. I will do look ups for any Harvey County cemetery and some surrounding counties as well.  I don't charge anything for my time, I only ask to be reimbursed for expenses such as mileage, photo developing, postage etc.

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