Fairview Methodist Cemetery
Enterprise Township
West of Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Fairview Methodist Cemetery is a small church cemetery. Can be found on the east side of the church with a fence surrounding it. It looks well maintained & appears to be still active.
To reach Fairview Methodist Cemetery from Hutchinson, KS drive west starting at the Arkansas River Bridge on West Fourth Avenue about 8 miles. Or from State Hwy14 and West Fourth Avenue, drive east for about 1 mile. The cemetery is on the north side of the road at the intersection with South Fairview Road.
Tombstone Inscription & (Helpful Notes)
I have included (Helpful Notes) where they may apply. Please keep in mind that the information entered between these marks ( ) are just helpful notes from my observation of the headstone or marker locations and from the names on the headstone or marker. Please note that it will be up to the researcher to determine the connections if any. Any other notes listed have been copied from that individual headstone or marker.
Hope that these (Helpful Notes) will be beneficial in your research.
(Please feel free to submit any corrections, any burials that I may have missed, additional burials, headstone photos or obituaries that you would like to add to this cemetery transcription. Please contact Cindy Koegel.)
Complete Tombstone Reading & Transcription by Rose Stout.
Read all existing & legible headstones.
Submitted by Rose Stout on August 27, 2005
| Surname | Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Tombstone Inscription & (Helpful Notes) |
| Allen | J. L. | Mar 12 1856 | Mar 12 1903 | |
| Barnes | Christy | Sep 3 1839 | Nov 12 1879 | |
| Bechtelheimer | Martin L. | Sep 25 1879 | 26yrs 10m 12d | |
| Brown | Edwin F. C. | Feb 24 1870 | May 17 1894 | 24yrs 2m 28d (next to Thomas) |
| Brown | Thomas | Jan 5 1900 | 74yrs (next to Edwin F.C.) | |
| Bumole | J. W. | Jul 9 1864 | Aug 11 1879 | son of T.O. & Mary |
| Chinn | Mary | 1816 | 1906 | |
| Claypool | Annie L. | 1860 | 1887 | wife of G.O. (next to Minnie Allen) |
| Claypool | Anson | 1870 | 1879 | son of J.W. & M.J. (same stone with John W.) |
| Claypool | John W. | Jan 28 1833 | May 26 1897 | Priv CO K 70 Ind. Inft (same stone with Anson) |
| Claypool | Minnie Allen | 1875 | 1901 | wife of C.E. (next to Annie L.) |
| Cook | James Wm. | Jul 14 1864 | Nov 1 1893 | |
| Cooper | Bertha M. | 1878 | 1911 | wife of S.L. |
| Cooper | Birdie | June 19 1871 | daughter of S.M. & N.E. | |
| Cooper | Mary | 1850 | 1883 | (same stone with Thomas) |
| Cooper | Thomas | 1842 | 1910 | (same stone with Mary) |
| Dixon | William H. | Feb 14 1861 | June 26 1894 | |
| Earmer | Eliza O. | Mar 6 1825 | Dec 12 1829 | |
| Ensminger | Dale | Jan 1 1881 | 3yrs 11m 17d son of W.P. & S.R. | |
| Ensminger | Sarah R. E. | 1843 | 1910 | Mother |
| Ensminger | William P. | 1836 | 1917 | Father Corp. CO K 6 Ind. Inf. |
| Ensminger | ( surname | tombstone ) | (large marble surname tombstone maybe family plot) (near Dale, Sarah R.E. & William P.) | |
| Fritch | Anures | ( No Date ) | ( No Date) | 80yrs |
| Fritch | Mary A. | ( No Date ) | ( No Date) | 80yrs |
| Griffin | William | Jan 20 1877 | Dec 3 1878 | son of J.W. & Emma A. |
| Grover | Betsy Brake | 1830 | 1908 | His wife (same stone with G.B.) |
| Grover | C. L. | 1868 | 1902 | |
| Grover | Celina | 1832 | 1896 | wife of C. (next to Christopher) |
| Grover | Christopher | 1828 | 1896 | (next to Celina) |
| Grover | Frank L. | Feb 14 1891 | 30yrs 15d son of C.B. & C. | |
| Grover | G. B. | 1830 | 1908 | (same stone with Betsy Brake) |
| Hoskins | Wesley | 1890 | 1913 | |
| Kellams | Alice Allem | 1851 | 1910 | wife of J.C. |
| Kellams | Bessie Mabel | ( Unlegible ) | ( Unlegible ) | daughter of J.C. & E.A. |
| Kellams | Gideon W. | Jan 12 1889 | Sep 23 1889 | son of J.C. & E.A. |
| Kellams | James C. | 1854 | 1923 | |
| Kellams | James G. | Jun 18 1885 | June 1887 | son of J.C. & E.A. |
| King | Barbara A. | May 21 1937 | ( No Date) | (next to Robert Earl) |
| King | J. W. | 1909 | 1957 | |
| King | Mary E. | 1879 | 1969 | |
| King | Mary J. | 1837 | 1916 | (same stone with W.R.S.) |
| King | Perry E. | 1907 | 1928 | |
| King | Rober Earl | Nov 26 1918 | Nov 29 2003 | Sgt US Army WWII (next to Barbara A.) |
| King | W. R. S. | 1827 | 1904 | (same stone with Mary J.) |
| King | Warner Archie | 1910 | 1944 | US Army WWII Purple Heart |
| Kittle | Elizabeth L. | 1871 | 1931 | (same stone with Silas Milton) |
| Kittle | Ema J. | 1845 | 1923 | His wife (same stone with Stacy F.) |
| Kittle | Silas Milton | 1871 | 1924 | (same stone with Elizabeth L.) |
| Kittle | Stacy F. | 1847 | 1923 | (same stone with Ema J.) |
| Ledgerwood | Andrew J. | Mar 7 1843 | Apr 28 1900 | |
| Mahuran | James W. | 1843 | 1928 | |
| Mahuran | Mary A. | 1844 | 1882 | |
| Mahuran | Robert E. | 1868 | 1883 | |
| Manley | Larry | 1941 | 1997 | |
| McFarland | Alva Pike | Jun 12 1925 | ( No Date) | A strong & loving man US Merchant Marine WWII (same stone with Marilyn) |
| McFarland | Marilyn | Nov 11 1926 | May 21 2003 | A loving wife & mother (same stone with Alva Pike) |
| Mitzner | Bertha H. | Jul 25 1836 | 21yrs 1m 10d daughter of Louis & Julia | |
| Mitzner | Charlie L. | May 11 1908 | Feb 13 1996 | married Aug 21 1932 (same stone with Edith) |
| Mitzner | Clara J. | 1874 | 1960 | (same stone with Louisa C.) |
| Mitzner | Edith | May 22 1909 | Jan 19 1997 | married Aug 21 1932 (same stone with Charlie L.) |
| Mitzner | Julia A. | 1844 | 1935 | (same stone with Louis A.) |
| Mitzner | Kimberly Ann "Sissie" | Aug 30 1971 | May 22 1973 | |
| Mitzner | Louis A. | 1840 | 1924 | (same stone with Julia A.) |
| Mitzner | Louisa C. | 1866 | 1955 | (same stone with Clara J.) |
| Mitzner | Tula O. | 1881 | 1955 | (same stone with Wm. A.) |
| Mitzner | Wm. A. | 1870 | 1948 | (same stone with Tula O.) |
| Nuest | Anna | 1859 | 1938 | (same stone with Otto) |
| Nuest | Ed A. | Jan 25 1898 | May 9 1904 | |
| Nuest | Edna G. | 1921 | 1971 | (same stone with John P.) |
| Nuest | Frank | Dec 10 1899 | Apr 25 1904 | |
| Nuest | Henry | 1883 | 1966 | (same stone with Leone) |
| Nuest | John P. | 1912 | 1997 | (same stone with Edan G.) |
| Nuest | Leone | 1878 | 1980 | (same stone with Henry) |
| Nuest | Mary | 1890 | 1965 | |
| Nuest | Otto | 1857 | 1926 | (same stone with Anna) |
| Nuest | Otto | Feb 7 1886 | Oct 6 1971 | |
| Nuest | William | Mar 19 1895 | Apr 5 1973 | PFC US Army WWI |
| Rundell | Herbert G. | 1861 | 1925 | |
| Shuyler | Ina H. | Mar 27 1874 | Sep 13 1907 | wife of W.P. |
| Shuyler | Omer C. | Oct 4 1909 | 37yrs | |
| Shuyler | Willard | 1883 | 1884 | son of J.S. & J.M. |
| Shuyler | ( surname | tombstone ) | (large marble surname tombstone maybe family plot) (near Omer C. & Willard) | |
| Sliffer | Donna J. | jan 14 1925 | Jul 17 1995 | |
| Stauffer | Mahlon F. | Nov 3 1905 | Sep 21 1986 | (next to Verna Detter) |
| Stauffer | Verna Detter | Nov 29 1901 | Mar 15 1997 | (next to Mahlon F.) |
| Vinecke | Ellen | 1857 | 1908 | wife of H. |
| Walker | Edward W. | Jul 8 1898 | May 28 1974 | (same stone with May Pauline) |
| Walker | May Pauline | ( No Date ) | ( No Date) | (same stone with Edward W.) |
| Winder | Alpha | 1891 | 1921 | |
| Winder | G. W. ( George ) | 1861 | 1921 | |
| Winder | George | Dec 2 1819 | 2 Oct 1881 | CO Vol (unable to read rest of military info) |
| Winder | Harold R. | Sep 31 1918 | Jun 30 1973 |