Kansas School Cemetery is located near the intersection of S.E. 15th St. and Peebly Road. From I-40 between Midwest City and McLoud, take Peebly Road north about four miles. Turn left on S.E. 15th and go west for about 2/10ths of a mile. The cemetery is on a hill on the north side of the road, just across the street from an underground home. I have listed the graves by row starting from the north east end of the cemetery with plots proceeding from north to south. Examples: R3-4 would be the fourth grave in from the north end of row 3. This is an old and small cemetery that has many stones missing or broken. There appears to be many more graves without stones than with them.

Most of the following information was obtained from Choctaw Oklahoma and Eastern Oklahoma County - A History, Volume 1, 1893-1993 by the Choctaw Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Centennial Committee, compiled by Doris E. Ellis {Eagle Printing: Harrah, OK} 1993, page 54. The Kansas School was built in the 1890's. Many of the early settlers were from the state of Kansas and so named the school it its memory. District #68 school was located in Pottawatomie Township, Oklahoma County on the Northwest corner of SE 15th St. and Peebly Rd. The schoolyard adjoined the Kansas Cemetery where the first recorded burial was of I. Griffis, April 2, 1890, wife of S. Griffis.
The first homesteader of this land in Oklahoma Territory was Simpson Stilwell. He filed his homestead application of October 10, 1891 and cancelled his claim March 19, 1893. The next homesteader on the land was Franklin F. Gilcrest. He filed his application of May 24, 1893 and received his patent on October 22, 1902. Once he received and recorded his patent, Mr. Gilcrest and his wife, Cora M. Gilcrest, deed one and one-half acres to School District #68 on November 28, 1903. The same day he and his wife deeded 2 1/4 acres to the East Side Cemetery Directors and their successors for $1.00. Recorded in Book 45, page 104.

In 1960, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints made a canvass of all legible markers and gravestones. A list of 26 names were recorded with the Oklahoma Historical Society Library. {Information obtained from OK County Cemetery Index - compiled by OK County HCE Genealogy Group, page 57.}

If you know of someone buried in Kansas School Cemetery who is not listed,
please contact the county coordinator for inclusion.

LOCATION	LAST NAME	FIRST MI	MAIDEN	BIRTH	DEATH	PHOTO	OBIT	COMMENTS
	CRUZE	Unknown		unk.	unk.
R3-1	ELLITHORP	Ina Mae		1896	1898
R3-2	ELLITHORP	Russell		1904	1907
R4-6	FALLIN	Timmie A.		8 Oct 1903	20 Nov 1906			Son of C.M. & N.L. Fallin.
R5-7	GARNER	Jane		4 Mar 1844	5 Mar 18??			Wife of W.W. Garner.
R3-3	GLASMER	Edmond		11 Jan 1904	18 Aug 1905			Son of Mr. & Mrs. H. Glasmer.
R4-1	GRIFFIS	Louisa Clementine	Johnson	19 Oct 1841	2 Apr 1890			Wife of Wilson Shannon Griffis.
	Harper	Annie	Sparks	1 May 1864	26 Aug 1908
R5-6	HINSON	Earl O.		1898	1926
R5-4	JOHNSON	Mary Estie		20 Feb 1910	25 Jun 1910
R5-3	JOHNSON	Ray		17 Jun 1905	31 Jul 1906
R5-5	JOHNSON	unk.		1898?	1920?
R3-5	LEWELLEN	B.		unk.	unk.
R5-1	MONGOLD	Ivan Neal		21 May 1895	26 Aug 1896
R5-2	MONGOLD	Jasper W.		25 Aug 1896	25 Aug 1896
	Moore	May		1849	21 Jan 1917			Husband of John O. Moore.
R6-1	OAKES	Emory		15 May 1824	6 Sep 1909			Civil War - Union - BLACKSMITH  CO B  3 Missouri CAV Husband of Hester A. Oakes.
R6-2	OAKES	Ora E.		13 Mar 1880	27 Aug 1897
R6-3	SHORT	Lovey A.		7 Dec 1807	21 Jun 1901
R1-1	STEVENSON	Samuel		21 Apr 1835	4 Mar 1901
R2-1	STRONG	Mary E.		25 Jan 1822	13 Jan 1909
R4-2	SWARTZ	Tempie		30 Mar 1875	27 Nov 1906			Wife of H.H. Swartz.
	Unknown	5 graves		unk.	unk.
	W.	I.		unk.	unk.
R4-3	WERNER	Augusteene		1845	1909
R4-5	WHITE	Alpha Iola		20 Oct 1912	27 Mar 1913
R3-4	WHITE	Baby		17 Feb 1914	21 Mar 1914
R4-4	WHITE	Birdie		21 Feb 1909	14 Mar 1909
	White	Frederick William		24 Mar 1905	28 Apr 1905
R4-7	WILLIAMS	Nancy C.	Pucket	20 May 1837	7 Feb 1908			Wife of Stephen G. Williams.
R4-9	WILLIAMS	Oscar		unk.	unk.
R4-8	WILLIAMS	Stephen G.		30 Jul 1835	unk.			Civil War - Confederacy - SGT  CO K  16 Tennessee REGT Husband of Nancy C. Pucket Williams.