Prairie Gem Cemetery Records

Prairie Gem Cemetery

Driving directions: From Highway #9 Drive North of Lenora 6-1/2 miles,
then east two miles. Cemetery lies on the south side of the road.

Prairie Gem gate photo

Legal description: NE corner of 13-4-24; Highland Township

Tombstones Are Righted
A small band of neighbors gathered it at the old Prairie Gem Cemetery southwest of Norton to trim the grass around graves and straighten monuments which had been tipped by vandals during the past year.

L. E. Holeman, Norton, one of the workers, said that early last fall some one had entered the cemetery and upset about 20 monuments. Several small markers were broken.

The cemetery, supported by the old Prairie Gem United Brethren Church, has had no graves added to it during the past 40 years or so but it serves as the final resting place for some of Norton County's oldest pioneers.

Residents of the area said today they "had a pretty good idea" who the vandals were and that the matter will be called to the attentions of the sheriff.

Taking part in the cleanup project were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Tweed, Mr. and Mrs. John Holeman, Mr. and Mrs. Vic Breiner and Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Holeman.

[Source: The Salina Journal (Salina, Kansas), 26 May 1954.]

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Surname	Given Names	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscription	Other Information
Bales	Mary		9/16/1907	Mother; Aged 74y 4m 26d	Same stone as William Bales. Maiden name was Doane.
Bales	William		9/5/1906	Father; Aged 75y 15d	Same stone as Mary Bales.
Black	David S.	1827	1905	At rest	Obit
Carr	B. W.	6/4/1867	5/25/1937		Full name was Barton Worley Carr.
Carr	Emma M.	2/19/1868	6/17/1913	Wife of B. W. Carr	Maiden name was Carson.
Carr	Norma Grace		9/29/1926	Infant daughter of Clarence & Dora Carr	Obit
Edloff	Victor			Son of P. A. & Ziona Carr; Aged 7y 6m 5d; With Christ in Heaven.	Plot is fenced. Died from injuries in a terrible wind storm. Obit
Hansen	Odesa			Daughter of A. G. Hanson; Aged 3y 4m 24d	Daughter of A. G. Hanson
Holeman	Arron	1/1/1815	9/1/1903		Same stone as Lafayette and Caroline Holeman. Arron's inscription is on the north face of the stone.
Holeman	Caroline	2/12/1852	3/12/1923	Aged 71y 1m	Same stone as Lafayette and Arron Holeman. Maiden name was McDaniels.
Holeman	Lafayette	4/4/1850	8/3/1934		Same stone as Arron and Caroline Holeman. Full name was Charles Lafayette Holeman.
Livingood		9/9/1925	10/18/1925	Baby. Son of N. & Mary Livingood. Asleep in Jesus.	Stone sunken (July 2009).
Livingood	Noah	1860	1923		Birth year was originally carved as 1890 then corrected to 1860.
McDaniels	Benjamin	1828	1915		Same stone as Melissa McDaniels. Civil War veteran.
McDaniels	Malissa	1831	1907		Same stone as Benjamin McDaniels.
Miller	Frank				No marker for 2 children buried here.
Moser	Viva G.	11/15/1882	4/27/1909	Daughter of Z. & S. F. Ireland. At Rest.	Parents were Zavin and Sarah Frances (Morford) Ireland. Wife of Ray Moser.
Mulkey	Frank				This grave is unmarked. According to a submitter, Frank's parents were Barton and Kathrine Mulkey and that he was born during March 1899 in Kansas. Obit
Rima	Lavina	1874	1903	Mother
Romine	Allen Louis	1/19/1858	12/17/1933	Father	Marker only contains "Father" beside the marker of Nancy Ellen (Roundtee) Romine. Name obtained through research. Dates submitted.
Romine	John D.	2/28/1892	9/13/1905	Son of A.L. & N.E. Romine.
Romine	Nancy E. (Rountree)	3/12/1860	9/20/1919	Eternal rest
Roundtree	Grandma		1905	Aged 82y	According to obituary, "Grandma Roundtree" was buried in this cemetery about 5/16/1905. Obit on file at Norton Co. Genealogical Society. Possibly Mary Ann "Molly" Friend, wife of Erasmus D. Roundtree. No marker as of 7/15/2009.
Rountree	Henry	2/1847	12/29/1940		Son of E. D. Roundtree. On 7/15/2009 had metal Enfield-Eckhart funeral home marker. Dates submitted.
Rountree	Erasmus Darwin		12/18/1902		His wife was Mary Ann "Polly" Friend Roundtree, probably the "Grandma Roundtree" buried here. Name inscribed on stone as "Rountree".
Walrath	J. D.				Obit
Walrath	J. D.		2/1934		Obit
Walrath	Mrs. J. D.		2/1907		Walrath on top of marker, no other discernible inscription on 7/15/2009. Second marker, same plot, completely blank. Obit
Watkins	Clair Lewis	2/17/1918	6/11/1918	Child of Jess Watkins	Child of Jess Watkins. No marker as of 7/15/2009.
Watkins	Clara	11/29/1919	11/30/1919	Child of Jess Watkins	Child of Jess Watkins. Enfield-Eckhart funeral home marker.
Worley	J. R.				Enfield-Eckhart funeral home marker. Obit
Worley	Johnnie				On 7/15/2009 no evidence of funeral home marker.
Worley	William				On 7/15/2009 no evidence of funeral home marker. Obit