Seward County KS Archives Photo Tombstone.....Bixler, Cemetery 
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Laura Youtsey-Ball dball@swko.net July 12, 2007, 1:00 am

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Cemetery:           Bixler Cemetery

This is a view of the entire cemetery.

Additional Comments:
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 
Laura Ball 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.
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Date Of Photograph: April 28, 2002
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