Lyon County Cemetery Series #25 - Bushong Traditional Cache
Lyon County Cemetery Series #25 - Bushong
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I have teamed up with KCChiefs and GumshoeTully to put together a Lyon County Cemetery Series. When completed, this series should include approximately 37 cemeteries scattered around Lyon County, Kansas.
Congrats to Nicooole for the First To Find.
What you are looking for is a cammo plastic jar which contains a dino egg, several dino family members, a light for when things get dark, and a log book (please bring your own pencil) and something for the first to find.
This cemetery has been and still is called by three different names. The original land was the north east corner of the Shoup homestead and has been called the Shoup burial ground. When taken over by the Elmwood Cemetery Association the name became Elmwood Cemetery and since being cared for by the township it is known as Bushong Cemetery.
The Elmwood Cemetery is situated a short distance to the east and south of Bushong, Kansas. The Elmwood Cemetery Association filed a plat in the Lyon County courthouse to be recorded on the 22nd day of April 1887. W. B. VANDIVORT, was the first president of the association, with Irvin KIRK, serving as secretary. It is located in Agnes City Township, and consists of four acres of land. The plot is described as NE corner of NE quarter of Section 25, Township 16, Range 10, Lyon County, Kansas.
Laura French say in her History of Lyon County, "Bushong first called Weeks, was established in 1886, at the time the Missouri Pacific Railway Company built its tracts across the northern part of Lyon County. Joseph WEEKS owned the farm on a part of which the Company wanted to build its station, and he donated to the railway company about twenty acres of land."
Joseph FULLS was the first postmaster, and L. A. GRIMSLEY was the first mayor. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. COTTRELL operated the first hotel. Mr. COTTRELL died in 1896, and the Mrs.COTTRELL married C. E. LEWIS.
There are burials in the Elmwood Cemetery of all these surnames, but only Joseph FULLS has a stone to mark his grave. The people above are most likely buried here, but no one really knows for sure. Like lots of early cemeteries, there are many graves unmarked.
In the 1878 Atlas of Lyon County, the land is recorded as belonging to one F. SHOUP. DanielCROYLE, whose stone is listed, came to this county in 1872 from Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He was listed as stock raiser.
There are many accounts of the early settlers, now buried in this cemetery.
Information provided by the Flint Hills Genealogy Society: (visit link)
As always, remember where you are. Treat the location and its residents with the utmost respect.
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