William and Nancy Smith – Larned Cemetery, Larned
William and Nancy Smith were born in slavery and remained in servitude until the Civil War. Then, together, they came to Pawnee County in...
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- Aug 20, 2022
- 2 min
James J. Myler and family – Larned Cemetery, Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas
On Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1908, the James Myler home was destroyed by a fire. James replaced it with a brick, two-story house....
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msschartz
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
A Tale of Two Families – Arnold and Rolo – Larned Cemetery, Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas
“At the age of twenty-three John Arnold enlisted in the British army to engage in the Crimean war, remaining until peace was declared,...
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msschartz
- Jan 26, 2022
- 2 min
Capt. Henry Booth – Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas
Capt. Henry Booth passed away at the age of 59. In that time, Henry accomplished quite a lot. He served as a Union Soldier in the Kansas...
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msschartz
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
All in the Family Salmans – Larned Cemetery, Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas
There are 29 headstones in Larned Cemetery with the surname Salmans. This is the story of two of those individuals. Arabell Ann Salmans...
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msschartz
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
Pioneer – Timothy McCarthy, Larned Cemetery, Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas
Timothy McCarty filed on a 160-acre claim east of Larned in February 1872 and was one of the citizens who signed the title to the...
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msschartz
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
Oldest Headstone – Christian Ward Heaton, Larned Cemetery, Pawnee County, Kansas
Christian Frances Ward was born in 1795 in North Carolina, six years after North Carolina had become a state. Her parents, Richard and...
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msschartz
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
Pioneers – William and Jonathan Blount, Larned Cemetery, Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas
The Blount brothers came to Pawnee County in the 1870s. William and his family settled on Ash Creek 4 ½ miles northwest of Larned....
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msschartz
- Apr 21, 2021
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Founder of Larned – Col. Wesley R. Adams – Larned Cemetery, Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas
Col. Adams was one of the founders of the city of Larned. He was also a prisoner of war in the Civil War. Being one of those early...
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msschartz
- Apr 7, 2021
- 2 min
Early Settlers – Daniel A. Bright and Emma F. Post – Larned Cemetery, Pawnee County, Kansas
Emma Post came to Pawnee County with Col. Wesley R. Adams and his wife, Matilda in 1873. The Adams’ were one of the early founders of...
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msschartz
- Mar 24, 2021
- 2 min
Rev. Charles and Sarah Wardell Sturdevant – Larned Cemetery, Pawnee, Kansas
Rev. Charles Sturdevant was born in 1807 in Pennsylvania. He was the oldest of seven children born to Stephen and Sarah Tash Sturdevant....
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Larned Cemetery
Pawnee County, Kansas
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