Bucyrus Cemetery

Bucyrus Cemetery
24030 Quivira Rd
Bucyrus, Ten Mile Twp, Miami, KS

Ten Mile Township Cemetery Association
9502 W 223rd St
Bucyrus, KS 66013
913.879.2313

Latitude, Longitude: 38.720600, -94.722200

Near: Corner of 225th St and Quivira Rd south of old Bucyrus School (The Mower Doctor)

Driving Directions: From Overland Park, KS, take Metcalf Ave / US 69 S to 225th St and turn west. Continue west to Quivira Rd and turn south. Cemetery is on the south side of the old Bucyrus School.

About the Cemetery

The Bucyrus Cemetery is located next to the historic old Bucyrus school, in front of the baseball field and the BNSF railroad that runs through the heart of Bucyrus. The only access to the ball field is through the cemetery.

Cemetery usage, based on the gravestone inscriptions, averaged 20 per decade from the 1890s through the 1920s and then steadily increased to a peak of 59 in the 1970s, and has declined slightly since.

The oldest legible gravestone memorializes J M Allen, Aug. 29, 1807- Dec 21, 1872. Allen and his wife Rebecca J, Feb. 14, 1813 - July 18, 1896 have the earliest birth dates etched in stone. The oldest people, calculated from the dates on the stones, are G. Harold Stuteville, 1903 - 2002, and William N. Kirby, 1856 - 1955, approximately 99 yrs. old. The oldest female was Hazel N Cusey, 1895 - 1993, approximately 98 yrs. old.

Transcription

Transcribed by Linda Lewis on 09 Jul 2006. This is a complete transcription by reading the gravestones. Several names appear in the Cemeteries of Miami County, Vol II that correlate to partially weathered stones, however there is not enough evidence or stone remains to tie the rest. Those names, as well as the unidentifiable stones, are included in this transcription.

This cemetery is not mowed regularly and the grass gets very tall. The cemetery appears to be little cared for and unkempt. There is evidence of missing stones, and several stones are partially or totally obliterated by erosion.

Several names appear in the Cemeteries of Miami County, Vol II that correlate to partially weathered stones, however there is not enough evidence or stone remains to tie the rest. Those names, as well as the unidentifiable stones, are included in this transcription.