Bainum Cemetery
Langdon Township, Reno County, Kansas
Bainum Cemetery is located on Andre Road about 1/2 mile south of Irish Creek Road. The oldest marked grave is that of Oscar L. Bainum in 1883. Several of the headstones are hard to read. The front row has what appears to be 3 graves around the grave of Infant daughter Bainum while the history provided in the RCGS cemetery book state there are 10 graves.
Cemetery visited by Gale Wall and Kathleen Dankanyin January 2006
Photographs by Gale Wall
Complete cemetery transcription and photographs
Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Inscription / Comments |
Bainum, Elizabeth Ann | 1854 | 1945 | |
Bainum, Infant Daughter | 6/16/1906 | 6/16/1906 | Infant dau of C. A. & M. E. Bainum |
Bainum, James A. G. | 7/26/1880 | 5/3/1884 | Son of [J&] E. Bainum (hard to read) |
Bainum, Josephus | 12/26/1846 | 5/23/1907 | |
Bainum, Mary L. | 4/15/1875 | 2/22/1889 | Dau of J & E. A. Bainum |
Bainum, Oscar L. | 4/9/1882 | 8/20/1883 | Son of J & E. A. Bainum |
Bainum Footstones |
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removed from graves, (children of Jospheus & Elizabeth Ann) | |
Birt, Joe | 1/16/1906 | 4/5/1906 | Son of J. & E. V. Birt |
Secrest, William A. | 1864 | 1906 | Same stone with Paulina A. /Slab |
Secrest, Paulina A. | 1874 | 1956 | Same stone with William A. |
Tucker, Jonnie M. | 8/17/1906 | 9/27/1906 | Son of W. M. & E. E. Tucker |
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Unknown 2 | |||
Unknown 3 | |||