Seward County, Kansas, Bixler Cemetery This file is part of the KS Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.usgwtombstones.org/kansas/kansas.html ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ Contributed to The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project by: Laura Youtsey-Ball and additions added by Oz . ************************************************ * * * * * * * * Bixler Cemetery Seward County, Kansas Bixler Cemetery is located outside of Liberal. Turn off hiway 54 onto Blue Bell Road and continue 13 miles E and the cemetery is located on the left hand side of the blacktop on the corner of road O and U. This cemetery is small and unkept and a metal gate is wired shut across the entrance. This cemetery is not in use and has not been for many yrs and was started in the early 1900's. A hand drawn map of the cemetery and notes was made many yrs ago by Margaret Jannett Long, mother to Frank Long and in the 1920's she had helped maintain this cemetery. I personally walked this small unkept cemetery myself April 22,2002 and recorded the following data and added the notes and names as recorded on the hand drawn map as well. It is stated by the Miller Mortuary that when the people who owned this cemetery passed away, the records were lost and there is not a complete listing of people buried here, to anyone's knowledge. In the late 1980's, the Scout troop went out to this small cemetery and cleaned it up and located and marked many of the unknown graves, with metal markers from Miller Mortuary. If anyone knowing or having further info regarding this cemetery or persons buried here, and wish to donate information, please contact Cindy Koegel who overseas this site or Laura Ball at so that information can be added. This cemetery is not kept up and if visitors should stop by, please use caution during the warm months, as snakes are frequent in this area and can be dangerous. Some of the notes are hard to read, but are as follows when available: Information compiled by Laura Youtsey-Ball and submitted 28 April 2002. ======================================================================================================================================================== NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE OTHER INFORMATION ======================================================================================================================================================== 1st ROW ======================================================================================================================================================== No Marker Present No Dates No Dates Map and notes states Still * Map states had been moved, repositioned by Sheila Gift and Frank Long. No Marker Present No Dates No Dates Map and notes state Beglow* Map states had been moved, repositioned by Sheila Gift and Frank Long. Gowens No Dates No Dates Notes state born Oct 12,1911- April * 1912 (Twins) Steinmetz, Tina Anna May 28,1920 June 19,1920 Gartung, Evelyn Delight Sept 23,1934 May 10,1935 Unknown No Dates No Dates Notes and map state: Zimmerman, Arley Hugh - Dec 23,1919 - Oct 16,1920 Zimmerman, Keith Noble Feb 4,1925 March 6,1925 Infant son of Mr & Mrs. Wade Zimmerman ======================================================================================================================================================== NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE OTHER INFORMATION ======================================================================================================================================================== 2nd ROW ======================================================================================================================================================== Long, William C. 1912 1912 Son of Mr & Mrs Long, Notes state William Charlie - brother to Frank Long. No Marker Present No Dates No Dates Map and notes state Marvin Edward Birchell Closin No Dates No Dates Notes state Peter Clossen Closin No Dates No Dates Notes state Mrs. Clossen Perry, W. D. "Doug" 1870 1938 Perry, Lucy E. Oct 9,1851 Dec 28,1933 Mother Perry, Dudley Jan 6,1856 Dec 20,1910 Father Perry, Ica G. Sept 2,1893 Nov 4,1918 Ica Bowles Perry was the sister of Mary Bowles Sliger. Perry, Robert E. Dec 13,1911 Aug 16,1913 Son of Albert & Ica Perry ======================================================================================================================================================== DRIVEWAY ======================================================================================================================================================== ======================================================================================================================================================== NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE OTHER INFORMATION ======================================================================================================================================================== 3rd ROW ======================================================================================================================================================== Baker No Dates No Dates Notes state Mrs. Baker Wooden No Dates No Dates Notes state baby boys, Maybe Twins?. Wooden No Dates No Dates Notes state baby boys, Maybe Twins?. Bixler, J(ames) M(onroe) March 28,1835 Nov 8,1907 Notes state Mr. Bixler.Per Nancy Bixler Aitkenthe:Name, Dates, Born in Illinois. Bixler, (Rachel Anne) Dec 28, 1842 Feb 12, 1920 Notes state Mrs. Bixler.Per Nancy Bixler Aitken: Name, Dates, . . . Born in Ohio, Died in Harrison Twp, Sioux Co. Nebraska. ======================================================================================================================================================== NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE OTHER INFORMATION ======================================================================================================================================================== 4th ROW ======================================================================================================================================================== No Marker Present No Dates No Dates Notes and map state Mr Land Monroe, B.F. July 19,1854 Sept 10,1913 Boles, Tiffany M. April 23,1852 Sept 6,1921 Notes state Mr Boles. Boles, Serana E. Oct 3,1856 Aug 15,1919 Notes state Mrs. Boles. ======================================================================================================================================================== NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE OTHER INFORMATION ======================================================================================================================================================== 5th ROW ======================================================================================================================================================== Henson No Dates No Dates Notes stateMrs Henson. Unknown Grave No Dates No Dates Notes state that a "baby" was buried at night that no one knows or admits knowing. Sliger, Robert J. 1919 1929 Sliger Richard J. 1875 1935 Richard J., Roberta B. & Mary A. are on same stone. Sliger Roberta B. 1918 19** Richard J., Roberta B. & Mary A. are on same stone. Buried in Hutch Cemetery. Sliger Mary A. 1879 19** Richard J., Roberta B. & Mary A. are on same stone. Buried in Hutch Cemetery.Mary Bowles Sliger was the sister of Ica Bowles Perry. ======================================================================================================================================================== NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE OTHER INFORMATION ======================================================================================================================================================== 6th ROW ======================================================================================================================================================== No Marker Present No Dates No Dates Map and notes state Risley twin girls of Walter Risley, thought to be Etta and Victoria. Feb 21,1921.Surname could be Risselie. Stokes, Our Darling Sons No Dates No Dates Our Darllings, Sons of V. R. & E.W. Stokes. Notes state 2 twin boys unnamed and no dates. ================================================================================================================================================================================