Shawnee Indian Cemetery
Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas
Take I35 to Shawnee Mission Parkway. Take Shawnee Mission Parkway
west to Nieman Rd. Turn north on Nieman Rd to 59th Terrace, you will
see a Kansas State Historical Marker for the cemetery at 59th Terrace.
Turn right and continue 2 blocks. Street dead-ends at the cemetery.
Photographed and transcribed by Johnna Quick and Jane Owens
on 28 October 2005.
We do take headstone pictures for anyone who can't get to the cemetery.
Check our Service Page for more information.
NO NAME
Name missing from stones, couldn't locate in old records.
Died 11th month 1855 aged 18y 10m 21d
Died Oct 21 1863 aged 1yr 8mo 16da
ALLEN
Walter Ernest, son of CW & EK Allen died 3rd Month 12th 1875
aged 1 yr 4 mo 3da
BALDWIN
William, son of Isaac Baldwin died Aug 27, 1869 aged 41 yrs 1 mo
BLUEJACKET
Julia Ann, wife of Chs Bluejacket died July 11 1870 aged 50 years
Robert Bluejacket born April 1, 1840 died March 25 1858
Julia Ann, daughter of C & JA Bluejacket died Feb 2 1865
Robert, son of D & A Bluejacket born July 7 1862 died Nov 22 1866
BOOTH
Sallie daughter of WH & J Booth died Jan 11 1865
Son of WH & J Booth Jan 5 1860 aged 2 yrs
DONELSON
Charles aged 5 yrs
JESSUP
Evender died 5th mo 31st day 1876
KIRBY
Asenath G. died 11 Month 1855 wife of B. Kirby, daughter of JA & M Madley
MENDENHALL
HM Mendenhall died 15th of 6th Mo 18?? aged 27 yr
R Mendenhall no data, stone broken
PAINTER
Margaret F., wife of David Painter died 2nd Mo 17th 1862 aged 49 yrs
PARKS
Joseph Parks died Apr 3 1859 aged 65 yrs
Catharine wife of Joseph Parks died Oct 14 1858 aged 58 yrs
Nancy daughter of J & C Parks born Sept 15 1831 aged 6 yrs
RANDALL
James S son of MP & E Randall died Aug 12 1865 aged 1 yr
SILVERHEELS
Chas born Sep 20 1844 died Apr 5 1864
The following headstone information was found in The Kansas City Star in a
column titled "In a House of Yesterday" written circa 1939.
Jesse Harvey of Harveysburgh b. 26d of 11th month 1801 d. 12d of 5th
month 1848
Chouteau, William d. 2-7-1868 aged 7y
Son of Benjamin Chouteau