list of unmarked graves in
the table rock cemetery
There are many unmarked graves in the Table Rock Cemetery. The location of some are known by burial records but there are many for whom there are no records, even though many of them reported by obituaries to be here. Note that the reference to burial records here is to an informal set of records held by the Historical Society. The Table Rock Cemetery Association has some additional records but they are fragile and difficult to review and we have refrained from imposing upon the Association except in cases of particular interest or important matters (such as locating the graves of veterans). This list (which continues to grow) is a small representation of the unmarked graves based on the best readily-available information. One article in the early 1900s referred to hundreds of unmarked graves, but there is no way of knowing the truth of the matter.
JONATHON ALLISON (1813-1899)
EARLY PIONEER
Table Rock Argus, May 1899.
Jonathan Allison, one of the old setters of Pawnee county, died at his home in Sheridan precinct on Sunday morning, at the age of 86 years. He had been in failing health for some time, and those near him knew that death was hovering near, and that it would be but a short time until he claimed his victim. The funeral services were held at the home on Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. G. M. Gates, and the remains were buried in the Table Rock cemetery. He leaves a daughter who lives near DuBois, and two grandchildren, who made their home with him, to mourn his demise.
Uncle Jonathan Allison, whose death is recorded else where lived in Pawnee county thirty-three years. He was for many years a republican and voted for John C. Fremont the first candidate of that party. He was also one of the very first men in Pawnee county to ally himself with the populist party.
william andrew (1857-1915)
a merchant born of english parents
The cemetery burial records show that William Andrew died February 8, 1915 and is buried in the plot right next to Lincoln Andrew. (Lincoln is in 2-29-1 and William in 2-29-2, i.e., in the northwest quarter of the cemetery, section 29, lots 1 and 2). The Dann Andrew family members are all buried west of there, in Section 22 of the same quarter. If there was a tombstone for William Andrew, it has not survived.
William is buried next to his brother, Lincoln Andrew. The grave of Lincoln, who died many years earlier, is marked. Their brother Dann Andrew (and his wife and some family) is buried elsewhere in the cemetery.
The parents of all three are believed to have been George and Mary Dann Andrew. Dann Andrew's relationship is identified by the Ancestry family tree "hdailey29." Dann (1865-1944) lived a long life. His brothers did not.
Lincoln S. Andrew's tombstone says he was the son of George and Mary Andrew.
William Andrew's relationship is estabished by a March 31, 1886 marriage license in Gage County, Nebraska. It identifies George Andrew and Mary Dann as his parents, and his bride as Mary E. Boggs, daughter of L.B. and Virginia Boggs.
George & Mary, the parents, were born in England, married in 1853, and came to America in about 1859, going first to Illinois and eventually coming to Nebraska. Mary died in 1879 at the age of 47. George reportedly died in 1910.
The 1900 census shows a William Andrew, born in Illinois in 1857, living in Table Rock with wife Mary E. They had children Ransel and Rella, ages 7 and 5. William's occupation was "merchant hardware & far." By 1910, the federal census showed that William and Mary were living in Oklahoma with their children, listed as aged 19 and 17. It is likely that he did not move back to Table Rock. It was common then, as is now, that people would want to be buried where they felt at home so, like his brother Dann, his body was probably shipped back to Table Rock by train and an empty lot next to his brother Lincoln used.
Their son Ransel died of tuberculosis in 1942. He was a chemist. Ransel was born in Table Rock on December 6, 1890 and died June 25, 1942 in Ashville, North Carolina, although Fairfax, Virginia was his usual residence. He was a veteran and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. What became of daughter Rella? It is unknown.
William is buried next to his brother, Lincoln Andrew. The grave of Lincoln, who died many years earlier, is marked. Their brother Dann Andrew (and his wife and some family) is buried elsewhere in the cemetery.
The parents of all three are believed to have been George and Mary Dann Andrew. Dann Andrew's relationship is identified by the Ancestry family tree "hdailey29." Dann (1865-1944) lived a long life. His brothers did not.
Lincoln S. Andrew's tombstone says he was the son of George and Mary Andrew.
William Andrew's relationship is estabished by a March 31, 1886 marriage license in Gage County, Nebraska. It identifies George Andrew and Mary Dann as his parents, and his bride as Mary E. Boggs, daughter of L.B. and Virginia Boggs.
George & Mary, the parents, were born in England, married in 1853, and came to America in about 1859, going first to Illinois and eventually coming to Nebraska. Mary died in 1879 at the age of 47. George reportedly died in 1910.
The 1900 census shows a William Andrew, born in Illinois in 1857, living in Table Rock with wife Mary E. They had children Ransel and Rella, ages 7 and 5. William's occupation was "merchant hardware & far." By 1910, the federal census showed that William and Mary were living in Oklahoma with their children, listed as aged 19 and 17. It is likely that he did not move back to Table Rock. It was common then, as is now, that people would want to be buried where they felt at home so, like his brother Dann, his body was probably shipped back to Table Rock by train and an empty lot next to his brother Lincoln used.
Their son Ransel died of tuberculosis in 1942. He was a chemist. Ransel was born in Table Rock on December 6, 1890 and died June 25, 1942 in Ashville, North Carolina, although Fairfax, Virginia was his usual residence. He was a veteran and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. What became of daughter Rella? It is unknown.
alzina baitey
widow of frank baitey, who was killed in a tragic accident at the brick plant
Her husband was killed in 1906; while attempting to repair a crushing machine, his shirt sleeve apparently got caught between large cogs and he was pulled into the them and instantly killed. Alzina was able to put up a substantial stone for him. However, by the time she died the resources of her two surviving children were apparently insufficient to do the same for her. The records do not appear to show where her grave is located. She was a sister of Julia Munsinger, whose grave is unmarked as well.
Table Rock Argus, Mar. 19, 1942.
MRS. ALZINA BAITEY DIES FRIDAY NIGHT...Was 83 Years Old.
Mrs. Alzina Baitey, 84, passed away Friday evening after being ill for the past three weeks and in failing health for several months. She died here at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arleata Hartmann, with whom she had made her home for the past fourteen years.
Funeral services were held at the Kovanda Funeral Chapel Sunday afternoon. Rev. Cordts pastor of the Lutheran church at Falls City had charge of the services, assisted by Rev. W. H. Merrill of Table Rock. Interment was in the local cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her passing her daughter, Mrs. Fred Hartmann of Table Rock; a son Alonzo of Falls City; six grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends.
OBITUARY- MRS. ALZINA BAITEY-
Alzina Newton was born in Allen, Alleghany county, New York, on April 13, 1859. She was one of ten children. When she was two years old, her family moved to Illinois where they resided until 1876. They then moved to Independence, Iowa. Here she embraced the Presbyterian faith and remained a faithful Member until the dissolution of the church in that community. On October 5, 1880, she was united in marriage with Frank W Baitey at Independence.
To this union one child was born in Independence, Alonzo, born on April 23, 1885. In 1893, the family moved to Table Rock, where two more children were born, Elnor Maud on June 29, 1893, and Arleata born June 8, 1895. Elnor Maud died while still an infant, after several months illness.
On May 11, 1906, she was bereft of her husband, Frank, in a tragic accident at the Table Rock Brickyard.
Mrs. Baitey was an honest, upright citizen and respected by all who knew her. After the death of her husband, she supported her family unaided. In 1932 her sister, Julia Munsinger, died and in 1935 another sister, Elizabeth Thomson of Minneapolis, preceded her in death.
Out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral of Mrs. Baitey were: Mr. and Mrs. Lester Jones, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Baitey and son Marvin, Mr. R. O. Thompson, all of Falls City; Mrs. Alberta Baitey Jones, Wayside, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Munsinger and daughter of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartmann, Brownston, Indiana, Mr. DeRoy Baitey, Lincoln, Nebr., and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hartmann of Omaha.
anna kent barnett
a young married woman
Nothing is known of her other than that she was the daughter of Byron and Mary Jane Dow Kent, was born in Indiana in 1868, had a younger brother George Kent, her mother died in 1886 )although her father lived into the 1930s), she married Garret Alonzo Barnett Oct 25, 1889 in Pawnee County, had a son Byron in 1890 who lived to be 80 years old, and she died in 1892. Perhaps she died in childbirth, as was often the case. It is unknown.
elizabeth bently
TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Apr. 2, 1920
Elizabeth J. Bently, widow of Oliver G. Bently was born February 14, 1838 in Pennsyvania. She died at Warm Springs, Montana, March 15, 1920.
The remains were brought to Table Rock for burial by her son. (line skipped?) Price Hobbs, of Gordon, Nebr. on Monday March 29th, accompanied by her daughter and the latter's husband Mr. and Mrs. William Cooper, of Wymore. Mrs. Bently lived in Table Rock for many years, where her children grew to manhood and womanhood.
W. W. BLODGETT
AN OLD SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR
W. W. Blodgett, a Civil War veteran, is shown by Cemetery Board records to be at rest in the northeast quarter, at "1-50-8" but there is no headstone at that location. Dates of birth and death are unknown, and research for getting a military tombstone has been difficult.
sophinah & elizabeth carlock
Mother & baby (1887)
Research, photo, and annotations by Luella Hinrichsen
Sophina was the wife of James Carlock, who for a time was the postmaster at Table Rock. It appears that Sophinah died, then her baby followed shortly after. Baby Elizabeth was the last of possibly 9 children. Everett, whose grave is marked, died young also, at the age of 5.
Little Everett and Elizabeth had been forgotten by his family by the time his father died in 1924. His father's obituary lists six surviving children but does not mention those who went before.
Little Everett and Elizabeth had been forgotten by his family by the time his father died in 1924. His father's obituary lists six surviving children but does not mention those who went before.
joseph catron & Paul clifton
horse thieves caught red-handed & hanged in 1864
In a February 24. 1893 edition of the Argus, the last of a series of articles about the hangings and events leading up to them says that the three were buried together in a grave on the west side of the cemetery near the Barnard family lots. In 1893, the sexton was confident he knew where it was but had not “tested his knowledge.” Unfortunately, no description was given as to where the sexton was confident they were. The Barnard family lots are in the northwest corner of the southwest quarter.
Luther c. and Hannah aylor bowen (1833-?, 1834-1912)
& their son rufus (1871-1931)
parents of children in the same cemetery with some graves and others not
Luther married Hanna in 1854, and they had ten children, four girls and six boys. Luther died at some time between 1880 and 1900 because they were listed in the 1880 census as together and in the 1900 census Hanna was listed as a widow.
Hannah's obituary in 1912 says her body was taken to Table Rock. Presumably she is in the Table Rock Cemetery, where some of her children are also buried. Reportedly, an announcement of her death says that she was to be buried by her husband's side. However, the unofficial cemetery records that the Historical Society has does not list either Luther C. or Hannah and we have not found a marked grave, especially not near their children. Their son Luther N. and his wife Viola have a tombstone (4-D-2 & 3) and there are many open spaces around them where unmarked graves may lie. Their granddaughter Elizabeth Bowen is buried at 4-D-5 and there is a stone. Their son Rufus is buried at 4-D-7 and there is not a tombstone. There are many spaces to either side where unmarked graves may lie. Perhaps these three family members are there.
Hannah's obituary in 1912 says her body was taken to Table Rock. Presumably she is in the Table Rock Cemetery, where some of her children are also buried. Reportedly, an announcement of her death says that she was to be buried by her husband's side. However, the unofficial cemetery records that the Historical Society has does not list either Luther C. or Hannah and we have not found a marked grave, especially not near their children. Their son Luther N. and his wife Viola have a tombstone (4-D-2 & 3) and there are many open spaces around them where unmarked graves may lie. Their granddaughter Elizabeth Bowen is buried at 4-D-5 and there is a stone. Their son Rufus is buried at 4-D-7 and there is not a tombstone. There are many spaces to either side where unmarked graves may lie. Perhaps these three family members are there.
baby cockerell
an infant deserted by his father
An infant buried under sad circumstances as reported in the Nebraska State Journal of September 27, 1897. (There are no surviving editions of the Argus.) According to the article, Warren Cockerell of Table Rock was jailed after a young single lady of a respectable family named him as the father of her newborn child. He was thrown in jail until he married her. Once he had married her, he took off. Whether the baby's death had anything to do with the abandonment is not stated. The article, so quick with words like perfidy, indignation, heart-broken, and sympathy does not mention the baby's name nor even its gender.
infant cooper
son of vernon & laura samson cooper
His parents graves are marked. Vernon was a son of Henry & Phebe Cooper, contemporaries of Elias & Catherine Wood Cooper. These two Cooper families may not be related.
sarah davis Cooper
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JAMES COOPER, SR.
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Here is a summary of the examination of this part of the cemetery.
There are 6 Cooper burials in Section 43 of the northwest quarter of the cemetery, lots 1 through 6 (2-43-1 to 2-43-6):
Lot 1, Elias Cooper, Lot 2 Catherine Cooper, his wife
Lot 3 Thomas Cooper, Lot 4 Sarah Cooper, his wife
Lot 5 Claude Cooper
Lot 6 James Cooper Sr.
An attached photograph shows Section 43 looking from north to south, with the stone of Elias and Catherine closest to the camera. Careful examination shows that there are only four tombstones. Beginning with the stone to the north side of the section and continuing south, there is a tombstone for Elias and Catherine, then one for Sarah's husbamdThomas. Then there is a very large stone with the family name that is in the middle of the section, which would seem to be where Sarah would be buried, with the next tombstone being Claude’s and the last lot being grass covered and with no stone, which is where James Sr.., is buried. The next tombstone belongs to the next section and is difficult to read but one can make out that it is the stone of a child who lived from 1891-1893 In sum, there are no tombstones for either Sarah or James Sr.., in this section where, according to the burial records, they are at rest.
There are 6 Cooper burials in Section 43 of the northwest quarter of the cemetery, lots 1 through 6 (2-43-1 to 2-43-6):
Lot 1, Elias Cooper, Lot 2 Catherine Cooper, his wife
Lot 3 Thomas Cooper, Lot 4 Sarah Cooper, his wife
Lot 5 Claude Cooper
Lot 6 James Cooper Sr.
An attached photograph shows Section 43 looking from north to south, with the stone of Elias and Catherine closest to the camera. Careful examination shows that there are only four tombstones. Beginning with the stone to the north side of the section and continuing south, there is a tombstone for Elias and Catherine, then one for Sarah's husbamdThomas. Then there is a very large stone with the family name that is in the middle of the section, which would seem to be where Sarah would be buried, with the next tombstone being Claude’s and the last lot being grass covered and with no stone, which is where James Sr.., is buried. The next tombstone belongs to the next section and is difficult to read but one can make out that it is the stone of a child who lived from 1891-1893 In sum, there are no tombstones for either Sarah or James Sr.., in this section where, according to the burial records, they are at rest.
dr. c. c. & laura mumford COVERT (1871-1946, 1875-1965)
He: dentist, bandleader she: daughter of first pioneers
Dr. Carl Clifton Covert and his wife Laura are buried next to her parents, along the east-wide central road in the northwest quarter of the cemetery. Her father's grave is now marked with a military tombstone, dedicated in 2016 by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. However, the graves of Dr. Covert & Laura are unmarked, as is the grave of her mother.
nicholas a. craig
murdered while doing his duty as town marshal (1896)
"September 21, 1896 In the circa 1890 photograph at right, the bottom is annotated, "When clay was first taken from the Norris pasture, N. A. Craig, Boss." There are only two men who are not obviously laborers, the man on the left and the man standing above him. One is probably a company official, the other probably the "boss" of the workers. Which one is Craig? He would have been in his early 30s at the time. As the man in charge on the ground, he probably would not have worn a pocket watch, which would put the man on the ground as him. On the other hand, the man on the ground may be a little older, and looks like one of the Civil War veterans in a photograph of he old soldiers taken only a few years before. Which is Craig? We don't know. And it is the only photograph citing his name. |
1903 -- The whereabouts of his grave was apparently known then. He owned four plots in the northeast quarter but there are not records of burials there. He may be there, though.
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elkanah decker
an old soldier of the civil war
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We don't know when he was born or died but we know he is buried close to the middle of the northeast quarter, as Katy Kreifel, keeper of the Cemetery Association records, found an old record annotated with the burial location. His burial in the cemetery is confirmed by lists of the graves of old soldiers of the Civil War whose graves were paid tribute each year on Decoration Day, such as the list at right from the May 31, 1900 edition of the Argus.
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christian dennis (1826-1913) and his (granddaughter?) iva and (grandson?) john
Christian Dennis died at 87 and his obituary his short.
The obituary says specifically that he was buried in the Table Rock Cemetery but there is no listing for him in the unofficial records held by the Historical Society. His grave is unknown and unmarked. His wife Susanna, who died before he came to Table Rock, is buried in Illinois.
There are four Dennis graves in the cemetery, all in one group at 4-76-1 to 4, for John, Iva, and Sarah Dennis and Sarah's husband John Cox. Christian died in 1913 and Iva and Sarah followed shortly thereafter, in 1914 and 1916. Where is Christian? Not here.
In 4-76-1 is the unmarked grave of John Dennis, no dates of birth of death are listed in the burial records. He was probably the first to die, but we don't know where he fit into the family. Christian did have a son named John Clinton Dennis, born in 1859, and that John reportedly lived to adulthood and is buried elsewhere. Of course, it was not unknown for a parent to re-use the name of a child who had died very young but John Clinton Dennis, born in 1859, was alive and well when the family came to Table Rock.
In 4-76-2 is Iva Dennis (1885-1914), who died at the age of 28, unmarried. Her grave, like John Dennis's, is unmarked. Her obituary says that she was orphaned as a child; her aunt Sarah Dennis Cox raised her.
Who were John and Iva? Because Iva's last name was Dennis, one might suppose that her father was one of Sarah's brothers; however, Christian's obituary names his children, including a daughter who predeceased him and the others were alive. Was the John Dennis who is buried here the father of Iva, perhaps an uncle or a cousin to Christian? Without an obituary it is almost impossible to know, and without a date of death it is almost impossible to get an obituary.
In 4-76-3 is Christian's daughter Sarah Dennis Cox (1855-1916), and next to her is her husband John Cox, in 4-76-4. Those graves are marked, making it easy to determine where those of John and Iva are.
Interestingly, just a ways south of Sarah & John Cox's marked graves (not adjacent to them) are two concrete foundations which presumably once supported tombstones. Who lies in THOSE now unmarked graves? Well, that's another story.
The obituary says specifically that he was buried in the Table Rock Cemetery but there is no listing for him in the unofficial records held by the Historical Society. His grave is unknown and unmarked. His wife Susanna, who died before he came to Table Rock, is buried in Illinois.
There are four Dennis graves in the cemetery, all in one group at 4-76-1 to 4, for John, Iva, and Sarah Dennis and Sarah's husband John Cox. Christian died in 1913 and Iva and Sarah followed shortly thereafter, in 1914 and 1916. Where is Christian? Not here.
In 4-76-1 is the unmarked grave of John Dennis, no dates of birth of death are listed in the burial records. He was probably the first to die, but we don't know where he fit into the family. Christian did have a son named John Clinton Dennis, born in 1859, and that John reportedly lived to adulthood and is buried elsewhere. Of course, it was not unknown for a parent to re-use the name of a child who had died very young but John Clinton Dennis, born in 1859, was alive and well when the family came to Table Rock.
In 4-76-2 is Iva Dennis (1885-1914), who died at the age of 28, unmarried. Her grave, like John Dennis's, is unmarked. Her obituary says that she was orphaned as a child; her aunt Sarah Dennis Cox raised her.
Who were John and Iva? Because Iva's last name was Dennis, one might suppose that her father was one of Sarah's brothers; however, Christian's obituary names his children, including a daughter who predeceased him and the others were alive. Was the John Dennis who is buried here the father of Iva, perhaps an uncle or a cousin to Christian? Without an obituary it is almost impossible to know, and without a date of death it is almost impossible to get an obituary.
In 4-76-3 is Christian's daughter Sarah Dennis Cox (1855-1916), and next to her is her husband John Cox, in 4-76-4. Those graves are marked, making it easy to determine where those of John and Iva are.
Interestingly, just a ways south of Sarah & John Cox's marked graves (not adjacent to them) are two concrete foundations which presumably once supported tombstones. Who lies in THOSE now unmarked graves? Well, that's another story.
OBITUARY-THE TABLE ROCK ARGUS |
OBITUARY-THE TABLE ROCK ARGUS, MARCH 20, 1914 |
the dobson family - a mother & daughter
nellie dobson finn
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serena earley dobson penrod
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Her parents were James & Serena Dobson; when Nellie died, her mother was 51 and her father had died three years before at the age of 81. Her name was Nancy Ellen but she went by Nellie. Nellie was born in 1870, a late life baby who followed four other children born between 1857 and 1862. She had two brothers, William and John, but they died at ages 3 and 5 before Nellie was born. She had a sister named Aretha who would die ten years after Nellie, at age 40. And she had a sister named Ann who who would live to be 101.
Nellie was 20 when she died and was married to William Finn, who would go on to live a long life. She had a son named Leslie Dobson Finn but we don't know what happened to him. What happened to her? We don't know. Where is she buried? That is one thing we know: Sect. 3-Lot 28-Space 2. |
Serena Earley was born in 1839, married James Dobson, and arrived in Table Rock in 1855, well before the wave of the settlers of the Nebraska Settlement Company, who came in 1857.
In the 1880 census, Serena was listed as being paralyzed. Her husband James Dobson died in 1887, almost 30 years before her. She married Jacob Penrod the next year. He was then a widower of 70; he died in 1895 and is buried in the Cincinnati Cemetery near Dubois where his first wife lay. Serena and James Dobson husband had five children, and they died at the ages of 3, 5, 20, 40, and 101. Only the long-lived one survived to bury Serena. The stone of James Dobson is badly damaged and Serena's, if ever there was one, cannot be found. Luella Hinrichsen says that there is a large fieldstone near James Dobson's grave but no record of where she was buried; it is not known whether that has always been there or was used as a tombstone. Her obituary says she was buried in the Table Rock Cemetery. |
joe dobson
died of injuries suffered in a kansas coal mine
From the June 27, 1897 Nebraska State Journal:
He died in Table Rock, other Dobsons are buried in the Table Rock Cemeter, and at least two other Dobsons with unmarked graves. There are three Dobsons are on the unofficial burial records held by the Historical Society (James, John B., and William J., died 1860, 1867, and 1887 respectively), as well as Nellie and Serena, a mother and daughter with married names. For these reasons, we think it likely that Joe Dobson is one of the many graves in the cemetery that are unmarked.
john doe
"killed by the cars," PRESUMABLY AT THE DEPOT (1899)
From the August 2, 1899 edition of the Nebraska State Journal comes a story about a man killed in a train accident whose identity was apparently never learned. They cleaned up his body and took his picture in hopes that it might lead to identification; who knows where the picture went to.
capitola edmondson
buried by her son (whose grave also is unmarked & unknown (1922)
Luella Hinrichsen discovered that Capitola Wilson Edmondson lies in the Table Rock Cemetery, but there is no record of where that is. Luella has sarched for her stone repeatedly, as well as that of her son, next to whom she was buried, to no avail. That she is there is attested to by an article on the front page of the August 25, 1922 Table Rock Argus:
The funeral service of Mrs. Harry Edmondson took place from the M. E. Church on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased had moved from Table Rock to Kansas only a few weeks ago and was taken seriously ill and taken to a hospital in Kansas City, where she was subjected to an operation under which she died. The body was brought to Table Rock for burial beside the grave of her son. Rev. A. L. Ogden preached a sermon on the shortness of life. Her husband, two sons, two daughters and her aged father were among those who came with the body. a more extended history of her life will be given next week.
(Note: Unfortunately that next issue is missing.)
Capitola, who went by "Tola" was born in 1873; she married Harry Wilson in 1893. She was 49 years old whens he died in Kansas City. As was an oft-repeated custom, her body was brought "home," to Table Rock for burial. She was the daughter of Jeremiah and Nancy Moore Wilson; her father lived a long life but her mother had died 40 years before at the age of 38. The article cites four children, two sons and two daughters, but it was three sons and two daughters when counting the son who had gone before: Leoneo, Clement, Henry, May, and Rosa. Henry had died in 1916 at the age of 16.
henry edmondson, a lad of 16 (1916)
killed in a hunting accident
Shot To Death |
A young Lawrence Griffing from an undated band photo. Excerpt from Photo 163. The whereabouts of his grave in the Table Rock Cemetery likewise is unknown.
Dr. McCrea, who tried to save his life, in 1941.
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nellie dobson finn
see nellie dobson
ADA FISHER
A NURSE WHO DIED OF INFLUENZA (1918)
Ada died during the influenza pandemic. Her family lived in Omaha but their roots were in Table Rock. An October 25, 1918 notice in the Argus says that the body "will be shipped to Table Rock for burial."
October 25, 1918
DORRIS frasier
A SMALL BOY WHO DIED OF INFLUENZA IN 1918
Young Dorris died during the influenza pandemic. Services were held at the Presbyterian Church, offering an inference that he is buried in the Table Rock Cemetery. Findagrave.com does not reflect resting place elsewhere in Pawnee County, at least as of November 2016.
November 15, 1918
peggy freeman
died in influenza pandemic at the age of 20 (1918)
alpheus fulton
an old soldier of the civil war buried next to his beloved wife; a neighbor at birth, her obituary said they had been "rocked in the same cradle"
Al Fulton died at the Old Soldiers Home in Leavenworth in 1912, at age 63, and was buried next to his wife, who had predeceased him. They are along the central north-south road in the northwest quarter of the cemetery. You can read their lovely story in the link below. "A voice I loved is stilled."
horatio nelson gere & his wife juliana
their daughters hanna jane & julia
first-wave pioneers with the nebraska settlement company
Hanna Jane died first, in 1857 age 1, and was the 3rd person to buried in the Table Rock Cemetery. (Who was first is unknown.) Julia died in 1859 at age 18, H.N. died in 1860 at the age of 60, and Juliana, who after she was widowed married Tom McClure, another first-wave pioneer, died in 1875 at the age of 67. There is much to be said of this early pioneer family, and this entry may later be amended. Their son John N. Gere, killed by Indians in 1870, is buried on the west side of the northwest quarter. There are many open spaces to either side of his grave, and one wonders whether his grave was placed to be among the father and sisters who had died before. However, the location is unknown. No newspaper accounts exist to confirm they are there, but they came to Table Rock in 1856, were active in the community, never lived anywhere else, and died in Table Rock.
george s. & eva samson griffing
both born to table rock pioneers before the end of the civil war &
Lived to a good age
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From the February 16, 1939 edition of the Argus:
Funeral Services For George Griffing
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Eva died in 1928 at the age of 64. Eva's grave seems to be unmarked, but she is in the northeast quarter: 1-1-8., very near her parents, early pioneers Russell & Emeline Samson. Perhaps her husband, who died after her, is nearby.
Eva was a year old when her father sat with the last of the three horse thieves to be hung while Rev. Giddings was making the speech of his life trying to stop the lynching. From the November 16, 1928 Argus: OBITUARY- |
abraham D. & minnie horton (1856-1906, 1868-1895)
neither lived to old age
alice palmer horton smith -- see alice smith
The location of their graves is known: 4-51-1 & 2, which is in the southeast quarter, a little east of due center of that quarter. A. D. likely was one of the original Table Rock Hortons. He and his wife lived in "Dakota" and had five children. They "returned" to Table Rock in 1895 and she died shortly thereafter at about age 26. Perhaps she was ill and her husband came back to be amongst friends and relatives. In any event, A. D. was working at the brickyard when he died at age 50. His obituary consists primarily of a detailed account of the circumstances of his death by apparent heart attack. Abraham married a second time; that wife, Alice Palmer, survived him and herself remarried.
Table Rock Argus, Apr. 19, 1906.
HORTON, A. D., a well-known citizen of Table Rock, died very suddenly on Tuesday evening from neuralgia of the heart. He had worked at the brickyard all day apparently in his usual health, but at 6 o'clock when he started for home he complained of not feeling well and rode up town with Art Barrett, leaving the wagon at the Tibbet's corner and walking through the park toward his home; when he reached a point opposite Norris' store he saw Dr. McCrea on the street and called on him that he wanted to see him at his office; the doctor told him all right, to come across and wait a minute and he would go with him, so he came and sat down on the sidewalk in front of the Norris store, when the pains came on him again; the doctor gave him something for relief, and sent for a team and when it arrived Mr. Horton got up and walked to the wagon and the doctor accompanied him home, where he soon seemingly got better and the doctor left for his home. Shortly after the doctor left, he was again attacked with acute pain and in a few moments he became rigid, his eyes set, and Mrs. Horton sent for help and the doctor, but he was undoubtedly dead before the arrival of either.
The deceased was 50 years, two months and 3 days old, had lived here when a boy and then left a number of years lived in Dakota, but came back here with his family about eleven years ago, shortly after coming back his wife died, leaving a family of five children, the youngest being about two years old.
About three years ago he married Alice Palmer, one child being born to them [Alice's obituary says there were two children Ruth and Cecil; Alice married John Smith in 1911 and is buried near him, also in an unmarked grave.]
Mr. Horton was a member of the A.O.U.W. [Ancient Order of United Workmen, a fraternal organization of railroad men], and carried $2000 insurance in the order, the policy being made to the children of the first marriage, never having been changed since his second marriage.
The funeral services were held this afternoon at the M. E. Church, conducted by Rev. J. T. Roberts, under the auspices of the Workman Lodge. Mr. Horton was a quiet, industrious man, a kind husband and father and had many friends among the people of the community.
2 children of henry & ellen sedoris jones
known only by their grandmother's obituary0
Margaret and David Jones came to Table Rock from Carmarthenshire, Wales via Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Iowa. They came by wagon to Tble Rock, lived a few months there, then settled on a homestead southwest of Table Rock/northeast of Pawnee City, in 1860. Their daughter Margaret Jones Coard's obituary in 1918 said that "the old farm, undivided, [was] still held by the children."
At least six children lived to adulthood, Margaret (1844-1918), Henry (1845-1902), Emma Jones Harrison (1860-1936), John S. Jones, Albert T. Jones, and Jacob H. Jones. Three others identified in the 1860 and 1870 censuses were Elinor (born about 1851), Mary (born about 1857), and Simon (born about 1859).
Margaret Jones' obituary lists five as surviving (as of 1910) -- Margaret, Emma, John, Albert and Jacob. Her son Henry had preceded her. He had married Ellen Sedoris and they "lived to raise families. Two children were buried in the Table Rock cemetery in the sixties. Henry Jones enlisted in the war after coming here, and was outlived by his mother eight years, although he died thirty-seven years after the close of the war."
And thus we know of two little children -- of Henry & Ellen Jones -- who lay somewhere in the Table Rock Cemetery. Their grandchildren and many relatives are near, but their father, Henry, is in Pawnee City, with wife Adelia A. Reynolds Jones (definitely not named Ellen, so perhaps a second wife). Henry's daughter Myrtle, born in 1872, and son Claud, born in 1880, both whom lived to adulthood, are also in Pawnee City.
At least six children lived to adulthood, Margaret (1844-1918), Henry (1845-1902), Emma Jones Harrison (1860-1936), John S. Jones, Albert T. Jones, and Jacob H. Jones. Three others identified in the 1860 and 1870 censuses were Elinor (born about 1851), Mary (born about 1857), and Simon (born about 1859).
Margaret Jones' obituary lists five as surviving (as of 1910) -- Margaret, Emma, John, Albert and Jacob. Her son Henry had preceded her. He had married Ellen Sedoris and they "lived to raise families. Two children were buried in the Table Rock cemetery in the sixties. Henry Jones enlisted in the war after coming here, and was outlived by his mother eight years, although he died thirty-seven years after the close of the war."
And thus we know of two little children -- of Henry & Ellen Jones -- who lay somewhere in the Table Rock Cemetery. Their grandchildren and many relatives are near, but their father, Henry, is in Pawnee City, with wife Adelia A. Reynolds Jones (definitely not named Ellen, so perhaps a second wife). Henry's daughter Myrtle, born in 1872, and son Claud, born in 1880, both whom lived to adulthood, are also in Pawnee City.
WESLEY loe
DIED OF INFLUENZA IN 1918, LEaving A YOUNG WIDOW
Wesley died during the influenza pandemic. Services were held at the Presbyterian Church, offering an inference that he is buried in the Table Rock Cemetery. Findagrave.com does not reflect resting place elsewhere in Pawnee County, at least as of November 2016.
baby luthy
killed when wandered onto railroad tracks (1887)
June 10, 1887 Nebraska State Journal
Charles and Maye Belle Stanek Luthy (died 1986 and 1989 respectively) are the only Luthy family members buried in Pawnee County, at least that could be found on Findagrave.com as of November 2018; they are buried in the Pawnee City Cemetery. Findagrave lists 12 Luthy family members buried in Richardson County, buried 1911 to 2004, but not this baby. The Historical Society does not have access to burial records for cemeteries other than those in and near the town. Perhaps the baby is buried in Richardson County but the grave is not yet listed on the website. The Luthys pretty originally lived on the Pawnee County side of the Pawnee-Richardson County line, so the baby could be buried in either county. For now we will call it an unmarked grave.
mike mCCOrT, "a silent burial" (1904)
Mike McCort's grave is one that is only unmarked, but unknown. He is in the Table Rock Cemetery. We know that because Luella Hinrichsen, poring over old editions of the Argus, found his obituary. It is especially poignant.
Editor Frank Taylor understood the rich tapestry woven by the lives of the people of Table Rock. He reported news but also painted word pictures of people he knew, almost always with dignity. In the August 25, 1904 edition of the Table Rock Argus is the obituary of Mike McCourt. Taylor's word image of Mike McCourt, who was believed to be 65 or 70 years old:
Editor Frank Taylor understood the rich tapestry woven by the lives of the people of Table Rock. He reported news but also painted word pictures of people he knew, almost always with dignity. In the August 25, 1904 edition of the Table Rock Argus is the obituary of Mike McCourt. Taylor's word image of Mike McCourt, who was believed to be 65 or 70 years old:
Mike McCourt, whom nearly every man, woman and child in this vicinity knew at least by sight, is dead and buried.
For twenty five years or more he has lived here. He was a bachelor and lived alone in a little house on a thirty-acre tract of ground northeast of the city, which he has owned and occupied for several years.
Mike was eccentric in the extreme, his brain mechanism not always working harmoniously, but he was never known to injure anyone. One of his vagaries was a belief that his enemies had set the spirits on him and that these demons haunted his house to do him injury.
On Friday, Mike was found outside his house "in a helpless condition." He was cared for and his condition improved but then he fell and hit his head, an attributed attributed to a "paralytic stroke" and shortly thereafter.
Mike's burial leaves question never to be answered about his relationship to the Catholic Church. He was said to have money, but he kept his financial affairs to himself. He was said to have made a will giving his property to the Catholic Church. However, the obituary reported that burial in the Catholic Cemetery (St. John's, northeast of town) had been REFUSED.
Taylor wrote:
Taylor wrote:
There were no funeral services; no priest at the grave; but amid a silence, broken only by the falling of the clay upon the coffin, the body was laid in its tomb.
Perhaps in its utter silence the burial was more impressive than had there been elaborate ceremonies, but it is unusual.
"squire" martin j. mumford & his wife maria & daughter ruby
first-wave pioneers
Their graves are unmarked but we know where they are. Squire Mumford (so-called because he was a Justice of the Peace for many years), is in Grave 1-32-2, Mrs. Mumford is at 1-32-3, and their daughter Ruby is at 1-32-6. There are no records showing who, if anyone, is in 1-32-4 & 5. He was born in 1808 but we don't know when he died; it was probably prior to about 1898, as the Argus editions prior to that date are scarce. Maria lived a long life (1801-1885) as did their daughter Ruby (1836-1905).
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The only obituary found has been that of Ruby. The August 18, 1905 Argus reported, "Ruby Mumford died at the home of A. E. Heywood on Thursday night of last week. She was 71 years of age and had been an invalid nearly all of her years of life, and the latter years was entirely helpless. She came to Table Rock with her parents in 1857, and has been a continued resident of this city ever since. The funeral services were held at the home at 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. A. Taylor, and the remains were laid to final rest in Table Rock cemetery."
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melissa huntley mumford richardson
came as child of first wave of pioneers
1842-1940
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Burial records show that Melissa Huntley Mumford Richbardson is by the side of her first husband, Henry Mumford. Her and Henry's daughter, Laura, is next to them as well as Laura's husband, Dr. C. C. Covert. The only marked graves of the Henry Mumford family are of Henry and little Alice, daughter of Henry and Melissa.
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GEORGE & JULIA Munsinger
four of their six children died before them
Their obituaries both establish that they are buried here.
TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Apr. 8,1932. |
FROM A JANUARY 1932 EDITION OF THE ARGUS |
serena dobson penrod
see serena dobson
BENJAMIN RILEY
ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE OF HORSETHIEVES, HANGED IN 1864
alice palmer harmon horton smith
as a child in the 1870s, she came here in a covered wagon
Photo by Luella Hinrichsen
Alice was thrice married. In 1893, at age 20, she married Albert Harmon and they had two children; we don't know what became of him. In 1903, she married Abraham D. Horton and they had two children. Abe died of an apparent heart attack at age 50. His grave is unmarked. He was buried by the side of his first wife, who had died 8 years before Alice married him. Alice again married in 1911, at age 38, marrying John Smith; they apparently had no children; he was 16 years older than her. John was a widower; his first wife, Nancy McCurry, had died in 1907. Alice lived to the age of 60. She died in 1934. Her third husband, John, the only husband to survive her, died in 1937 at the age of 80. Alice's second husband, Abe, is in an unmarked grave and so is Alice, who lies on the other side of John's stone from his first wife, Nancy.
TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Aug. 24, 1934. (pg.8)
OBITUARY
Alice Palmer was born in Iowa on April 1, 1873. When she was a child the family came in a covered wagon and settled on a farm in Clear Creek in this county. At fifteen she confessed her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and became identified with the Baptist church. She grew to womanhood in this community and January 26, 1893, she was united in marriage to Albert Harmon at Tecumseh. To this union two children were born, Boyd of Oakland, Calif. and Ralph of Tuscon, Ariz. September 6, 1903, she married A. D. Horton and to this marriage were born two children, Mrs. Ruth Spradley of Tecumseh and Cecil David Horton of Table Rock.
On November 4, 1911, she was united in marriage to John Smith at Pawnee City and they made their home in Table Rock.
Mrs. Smith has been in poor health for several years but became confined to bed about a week ago. She departed this life at home August 14, 1934, aged 61 years, 4 months and 13 days. Besides her immediate family she is mourned by a brother and many other relatives. She was a good wife and mother, a considerate neighbor and friend.
The funeral was held at home at 2 o'clock Thursday August 16, 1934 by Rev. Harold Reel of the Christian church and interment was in the Table Rock cemetery
MARY rubis
NEWLY-ARRIVED TO WORK AT THE HOTEL MURPHY, DIED OF INFLUENZA IN 1918
18-year-old Mary Rubis died during the influenza pandemic. Her fiance's parents took his body back to his hometown. Mary's father came to Table Rock and decided to bury her here. No burial record nor stone has been found as of yet.
mollie samson
a young mother who died at the dentist (1890)
She was the daughter of first-wave pioneers Russel & Emeline Samson and sister-in-law to Eva Samson Griffing (whose grave is unmarked as well). As a young mother, she went to the dentist and her husband later that day received a telegram that she was dead. They lived in Kansas, but he bought his wife's body to be buried in Table Rock, where as a young woman she had taught country school.
Mollie Samson as a young woman
Mollie's husband and children
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From the October 20, 1890 Argus:
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william c. simmonds, he came to nebraska in 1915 at the age of 48
He is buried in the southwest quarter of the cemetery, Section 3. There are 8 plots to a section, and there are no stones for plots 1 to 5. In plot 6 lies Sarah Elizabeth Griffing, and in Plots 7 and 8 lie Joseph & Frances Griffing.
ralph skillet, a young man who died in the influenza pandemic
He is buried in plot 1-1-6, next to his parents Jasper & Ella Skillet, who outlived him by many years. Jasper died in 1948, Ella (also Mary Ellen) in 1960.
His obituary in the Pawnee Chief, as transcribed by Luella Hinrichsen, reads:
OBITUARY-THE PAWNEE CHIEF
FEBRUARY 21, 1919
Ralph Jasper Skillett was born near Table Rock on January 8, 1900, and passed away on Wednesday morning, February 5, 1919. His death was caused by contracting the influenza which developed into pneumonia.
In 1916 this young man graduated from Elk Creek high school and about a year ago moved to Baileyville, Kansas, where he made his home until the time of his death. He leaves to mourn his demise his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Skillett of Baileyville, Kansas, two brothers, Elmer Skillett of Table Rock, Bert Skillett of Baileyville, Kansas, and three sisters, Carrie Morton, Table Rock, Mrs. Goldie Roberts, Elk Creek and Mrs. Elsie Wopata, Table Rock.
Funeral services were held at the Table Rock cemetery on Friday afternoon, Feb. 7th, at 3:30, conducted by Rev. Dunning. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved parents and relatives of the deceased in their sorrow.-Table Rock Argus.
His obituary in the Pawnee Chief, as transcribed by Luella Hinrichsen, reads:
OBITUARY-THE PAWNEE CHIEF
FEBRUARY 21, 1919
Ralph Jasper Skillett was born near Table Rock on January 8, 1900, and passed away on Wednesday morning, February 5, 1919. His death was caused by contracting the influenza which developed into pneumonia.
In 1916 this young man graduated from Elk Creek high school and about a year ago moved to Baileyville, Kansas, where he made his home until the time of his death. He leaves to mourn his demise his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Skillett of Baileyville, Kansas, two brothers, Elmer Skillett of Table Rock, Bert Skillett of Baileyville, Kansas, and three sisters, Carrie Morton, Table Rock, Mrs. Goldie Roberts, Elk Creek and Mrs. Elsie Wopata, Table Rock.
Funeral services were held at the Table Rock cemetery on Friday afternoon, Feb. 7th, at 3:30, conducted by Rev. Dunning. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved parents and relatives of the deceased in their sorrow.-Table Rock Argus.
the little snook child
The December 5, 1878 Pawnee Republican reported on the death of a child; there appear to be no records for this child:
“The little child of Mr. _____Snook, that was severely burned last Wednesday, and was buried in the cemetery at Table Rock on Thursday. Services by Rev. F. M, Esterbrook.”
unidentified people in unmarked graves
In the Table Rock column of the May 29, 1878 edition of the Pawnee Enterprise is an intriguing comment. There was no newspaper in Table Rock and this is the only account found. Presumably the reference to people, although with lodges and the satire sometimes used in newspapers one never knows. What was reported was simply this:
“The remains of the Orientals were buried last Saturday night with a grand funeral.”
ANNABEL wheeler, 8 YEAR-OLD WHO DIED in the influenza pandemic
She died of the flu in the 1918 wave of the epidemic. Her obituary says she is buried at her father's side, but there is no stone there.
December 6, 1918
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 Annabel's father
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