./ Hillside Near Saf[ordville:

Cemetery Tells Community Storycle who for a friend, helped dig the fordville, and, of course, Toledo.grave, then shaved him and dres-: These late years of the 19OO'ssed the body, hurried back to see if have erased community lines andthe digging was going well, then the old schools have all gone. onecleaned himself up as he was to be by one. Ho~ever, family andcasket bearer. friendship ties are strong and

During those early years, the many are brought back to Hillside,Civil War was not far behind them, their last resting place.and those who had served and Too, old friendships continue,were now departed comrades assisted just a bit by the Socialwere recalled with music, Concerns Committee of the Saf-speeches, and t.he decorations of fordville United Met.hodlst church.the graves. . . . Each Sunday afternoon ar1d all of

Each Memorial Day morning ~~~I}da.Yl0}lowlng, th~!D0gern_there was a program at the cburch _ Memorial Day, or weekeifd,with t.he orators. John Madden. r rather, this committee serves cof-

. Dennis Madden. F. F. Cochran, 1 fee, iruit drink, sandwichesandJudgeRuggleseachtakinghls (chicken Is the favorltel andturn .. ..:..:.:-~.~.,.. cookies to those who visit. They

After the "'s~rvite, the "Ilvlng are often surprised at the oldservicemen" would march to the friends who are there. This yearcemetery to place flowers on each . visitors came from all over Kan-grave of those who died in service sas and from California, Colorado,for his country. Heading the pro- Georgia. Missouri and Texas .. -cession might be the Grand Army B.G.B. BOT\Q,beih. 51·1e. Ke 1\of the Republic, Myser Post No.d8. The American nag was car-ried by' Zack Campbell or WilliamStone as each had been a colorbearer in the Civil War. M.Lj'1::5 was commander. and threeblack soldiers - Lewis. Tabor-andAmos Emerson - who had servedwith the North. joined the Marchwith other veterans:'·

After the flowers had beenplaced on the graves of their "de-parted comrades" they drove tothe Lyon-Chase County linebridge, and cast flowers on the wa-ters of the Cottonwood River inmemory of each one who had givenhis life and been buried at sea.

Charles Woolwine, the last of alarge family that setlled here withhis parents In 1878 when he was ababy. He left Chase county to livein Dodge City in 1909. but eachMemorial Day he returned to visitthe graves of his family andfriends. and to check new gravesas long as he lived.

At one time he sorted in his mindthe old friends from all the little.rural communities that were sucha precious part of rural life. Therewere friends from Buckey. Ca-naan. Plymouth. Grandview. Saf-

Memorial Day weekend has pas-sed for this year, and HillsideCemetery northeast of Saffordvil-l e is quiet in a setting of thebeauties of our Flint Hills, a grasscoverlet neatly tended, and theolue, blue sky above.

As our citizens are cherishingolder homes, and preserving

__ some, so are they studying old~ cemeteries as the names and datesa- make an interesting history. .-s .;

~ In March. 1885, George Barber,• son of Hugh and Sarah Barber,

If) was a vletim of typhoid fever when._, In his 40's. Realizing that he would- never recover, he asked that he not~ be burled in th-e little Quaker',:) cemetery east of the Toledo town-

....., site as It was alJ gumbo and "heldwater like 3\dlshpan.'· The'mother, a' widow and her livingchildren must have followed hiswishes. as this man's burial wasthe flrst in Hilltop"':" as It was firstcalled - on a piece of Barber pas-ture land donated for a cemetery.

The marble-faced monument.smaller and taller than the heavytombstones that were popular la-ter. was the flrst erected in thec::' cemetery. From dates it has been-Qt' decided that they moved the

~ father's body from the lower(t, cemetery to Hilltop when the stone

"'C was erected. Mrs. Barber. who\~ had been a widow since 1869. livedWoI only a few months after son

George's death.A grea t-great granddaughter.

Mrs-. Fred Thomas of rural Dun-lap. places flowers by this monu-ment each Memorial Day.

The first purchase o£lots went toBarbers. Stones D.r. Conaway whopracticed In Saffordville. Linds.Hancocks and Shellenbargers. La-ter there was a Hilltop Cemetery,but for many years the one name.Hillside. has been used.

During those early years graveswere-dug by members of the fami-ly if there were enough husky boys.but if help was needed. there werewilling neighbors.

Friends or relatives shaved themen or dressed the hair of thewomen. One person recalls an un-

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THE OLD FRIENDS CEMETE~Y OF TOLEDOSubmitted by

Mrs. Helen Y. WhiteIn submittin~ the following burial records for the Old

Friends Cemetery 6f Toledo, Mrs. White stated that·until shemade the~e cODies from the one existin~ book, th~re was onlyone CODY. This cemetery is in Chase County, Toledo Townshiuin Kansas. Mrs. White further states that Toledo is ~ot onthe maD q~y more, but it can be located by ~oing one mile tothe east of Saffordville (which i~ onlv a si~n) on U. S. ,0.Go north on the Lake Kahola road one mile, turn east on agraveled road and drive about one-fourt~ of a mile. The cem-etery is on the north side of the road. The monuments are inneed of reDair and~some need to be reset. The cemetery ismowed regularly whenever HilltoD Cemetery is mowed. Thefirst burial here was in 1862 and the last burial was in 1920.

The ~raves are laid out in 8 tiers, running north andsouth. The west tier~s the same as tier # 1.

West TierDeplina T JonesDella M OsbornStella M Osborn·Baby MoffittSusan MoffittMary Ina MoffittWm ROlfe OsbornEli r~offittThomas E. MoffittLibbi? MoffittR. A S~erman OsbornWilliam Osborn GARHannah OsbornThomas N' JonesJane· JonesAar6n H Jones GARLevi T JonesSarah Jane BrickellEliza Mor~anMyrtle PerryE-lisha H MorganJerusha AlbersonWilliam C AlbertsonOscar C. AlbertsonJohn H Moore

Morton GarrisonCharlie Garrison

1868188619~6187818?91A7?1872186618~8

·18681R9l11873

.IA62H?~218711~7718961879189318681873187318831888

1880181-30

Second TierNathan P Cove GARW Rolfe OsbornElizabeth E CopeOscar D CopeJames H NewkirkMary MoffittPhebe Moffi tt

I David Moffi ttEmma ~1offittMary Moffittnot known" "It "

Eliza A FlickengerFlicken~er

*Ruha D Fl1ckengerZenow MorganRosa MooreMorris MooreMary MooreSamuel MooreElizabeth AllenThomas NAllenEd AllenJeremiah L Pressna1l~~rtha Bales Pres~nallOra Ella BrownJohn B. MooreNelley 0 SmileyMary J SmileyDavid J Smiley

*Stella M Murdock(Name should follow theFlicken~er names.)

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1897187?l8~1186719081901~1882186518~1

IB6R18~81897 (moved)l8fJ91870187218811890187519201875189618A718891879187918791881

----,------------------------Third Tier

Clyde R SmithJohn J SmithMa ttie M Re edJohn MarriotUnknown""Clarence HammerHarr1son HammerUnknown""

Fifth TierThomas F HoskinsMary M HoskinsJohn A Hosl<::insLydia HoskinsJames M BaileyJane BaileyBessie MoonSarah T Murphy

Seventh TierLucy May CoonerHattie May CamobellInfantArthur L CooperEn f'a rrtJoel A CoonerHenry H Pilcherv

1.984lSg4181311873

18771879

189)1884-18RO1~8018~118~n1881

19(10188L!.

/r ou r: '-II

Lillie Tv'! rl.ooreBertie E MooreJoel Church ~Orsey McCorkleJohn McCorkle

1881H376187619011880

Lydia Bennett 1880

Isaac Inl?'JT!ireAngenette In~jre

18R11881

Sixth TierFranci s A Kirk1'f:CiryA Jor:nson(former wife of franci~A Kirk)Frances IngmireG W Lee

18,9918831884

UnknownElmer GolladayRena Eell GolladayBertha J CampbellInfant

18821884-1910

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Copied from the Bible Records of Ezekiel DyeThis Bible was owned by Marian Rice Rhodes of Wichita, Kansas. Ezekiel Dye'Washer great -grandfather 'Whoserved 'inthe Civil War. His diary 'Was'Writtenup by Helen Lee in the Mid'WestGenealogical Register, Vol. Xl, #1 - June 1976.The Bible was given to Helen Lee by Marian Rhodes in May, 1976.Eze~iel Dye was born September 11, i339. Je~ie B. Townsend was born May 20,IJ95 and they 'Weremarried on the 26th of March, 1872. Three children 'Wereborn;Henrietta S. Dye - 28 May, 1874. Mable Augusta Dye 31 August, 1874 and Edgar'Clarene (Clarence) Dye 13 October, 1080.Jennie B. Dye died June 19, 1929 - Ezekiel Dye died January 13, 194-\1'Edgar C. Dye .Mabel (Mable) A. Dye Rice died November 16, 1962.

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