COLORED VETERANS BURIED IN BAXTER SPRINGS CEMETERY
Compiled & Submitted by Earleene Spaulding
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NAME
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INFANTRY
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BIRTH DATE
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DEATH DATE
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SOURCE
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OBITS/NOTE
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SECTION
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| Boyd, Abram |
Co B 68 U. S. C. Inf.
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| Burnett, George |
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February 7, 1836
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June 18, 1911
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| Burnett, James |
Co C 12 U.S. Cld Inf.
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1842 in Tennessee
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May 29, 1932 at his home in Spring Valley Township, Kansas - he is a retired farmer - Wife Irene
Burnett; Father - Bolden Burnett - Mother - Judia Jarrett
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James Burnett 90 year old Negro who was a slave prior to the Civil War and who served as a Private in Company C
12th Regiment U.S. Colored died Sunday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock at his home three miles northwest of here. He
was born in Tennessee and came to this vicinity in 1880. He had lived at the place where he died for fifty years.
Surviving are two sons, Charles Burnett of Parsons, and John Burnett of Baxter Springs, one daughter, Mrs. Bessie
Estes of Baxter Springs, thirteen grandchildren and one sister Mrs. Lizzie Owens of Baxter Springs. Funeral rites
will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the A. M. E. Church by Reverend Duncan assisted by the Reverend
VanHoose. Burial will be in the U. S. Plot in the Baxter Springs Cemetery. There will be a military escort. Wife
- Irene Burnett - Father - Bolden Burnett - Judith Jarrett |
Soldiers Lot - U.S. Plot - Pension #828323 |
| Clay, Thomas |
Co. E 111 U.S. C. Inf
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1832
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July 7, 1896
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Aged 64 years |
Soldiers Lot - Baxter Springs Cemetery |
| Ewing, Nelson Sgt. |
Co. I - 111 U.S.C.
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1840
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November 5, 1895
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Cherokee County Republican
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A colored man by the name of Ewing who lived about 3-1/2 miles northwest of here died and was buried yesterday
at the Soldiers Graveyard. He had been a soldier during the war. |
Soldiers Lot - Baxter Springs Cemetery |
| Wright, Andrew Pvt. |
Co F 111 Reg. U. S. C. Vol. Inf.
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May 15, 1902
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Cherokee County Republican
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Died in Spring Valley Township - was a Farmer - Andrew Wright, a respected colored resident died yesterday at an
advanced age and will be buried this afternoon in the Soldier's Plot at the cemetery. Deceased was a member of
Co. F. 111th United States Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. |
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