Stillman Cemetery
Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas, USA
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Manhattan, Kansas 66502 United StatesCoordinates: 39.21160, -96.57497 - Cemetery ID:
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Stillman cemetery re-creates a cemetery of unknown name that originally lay about 60 yards to the southeast. Meadowlark Hills‘ commitment to honor the memory of the deceased led to the cemetery's relocation. The excavation was conducted by professional archeologists under the authority of the District Court. The remains were re-interred in 2007.
The cemetery was actively used circa 1860 – 1900. With the last burial, made in 1900, being that of Dr.William Henry Stillman, who owned the land. Dr. Stillman was a physician who operated an unofficial poor farm and possibly an orphanage.
The cemetery holds 17 graves, four of which are empty. One of these originally was the grave of Dr. Stillman's daughter, Elsie, who died in 1878 at the age of 18 months. Another was Dr. Stillmans original grave. Dr. Stillman died in September, 1900. His and Elsie's remains were moved to sunset cemetery in March, 1901. The other two empty graves are those of Geary Taylor, who died in April 1875 at age 22, and his niece, Martha Jane Taylor who lived only 3 days. The Taylors were moved to Sunset Cemetery in 1880.
Of the individuals interred here, Sarah Jane Jackson was about 3 years old when she died in November 1878. Her grave was identified from a footstone with the initials SJJ. Eliza Peters died in March 1881 at the age of 36. The identities of the other individuals are unknown.
Although some minor changes occurred in its design, the smaller Stillman Cemetery is faithful to the original in layout, orientation, and mode of interment. All individuals were originally interred in wooden coffins and were re-interred in cloth-covered wooden coffins. Each individual was (and is) laid on their back, and buried oriented perpendicular to the river, overlooking the Blue River valley, with their head toward the west.
Additional information concerning the original cemetery and the deceased can be found at the Riley County Historical Society. END OF PLAQUE TEXT.
Memorials included in the Stillman Cemetery page cosist largely of Unknown individuals who were exhumed, studied by forensic archeologists for identification, but were still unidentified. Descriptive information was obtained and included on grave plaques. Memorials for these individuals are included to make that descriptive information available.
Information from Kevin Stilley, Sept 21, 2012. Sarah Jackson and the Taylor boy are actually buried in the Stillman Cem. It was first known as the Taylor/Jackson Cem as those were the only two stones that could be identified.
Stillman cemetery re-creates a cemetery of unknown name that originally lay about 60 yards to the southeast. Meadowlark Hills‘ commitment to honor the memory of the deceased led to the cemetery's relocation. The excavation was conducted by professional archeologists under the authority of the District Court. The remains were re-interred in 2007.
The cemetery was actively used circa 1860 – 1900. With the last burial, made in 1900, being that of Dr.William Henry Stillman, who owned the land. Dr. Stillman was a physician who operated an unofficial poor farm and possibly an orphanage.
The cemetery holds 17 graves, four of which are empty. One of these originally was the grave of Dr. Stillman's daughter, Elsie, who died in 1878 at the age of 18 months. Another was Dr. Stillmans original grave. Dr. Stillman died in September, 1900. His and Elsie's remains were moved to sunset cemetery in March, 1901. The other two empty graves are those of Geary Taylor, who died in April 1875 at age 22, and his niece, Martha Jane Taylor who lived only 3 days. The Taylors were moved to Sunset Cemetery in 1880.
Of the individuals interred here, Sarah Jane Jackson was about 3 years old when she died in November 1878. Her grave was identified from a footstone with the initials SJJ. Eliza Peters died in March 1881 at the age of 36. The identities of the other individuals are unknown.
Although some minor changes occurred in its design, the smaller Stillman Cemetery is faithful to the original in layout, orientation, and mode of interment. All individuals were originally interred in wooden coffins and were re-interred in cloth-covered wooden coffins. Each individual was (and is) laid on their back, and buried oriented perpendicular to the river, overlooking the Blue River valley, with their head toward the west.
Additional information concerning the original cemetery and the deceased can be found at the Riley County Historical Society. END OF PLAQUE TEXT.
Memorials included in the Stillman Cemetery page cosist largely of Unknown individuals who were exhumed, studied by forensic archeologists for identification, but were still unidentified. Descriptive information was obtained and included on grave plaques. Memorials for these individuals are included to make that descriptive information available.
Information from Kevin Stilley, Sept 21, 2012. Sarah Jackson and the Taylor boy are actually buried in the Stillman Cem. It was first known as the Taylor/Jackson Cem as those were the only two stones that could be identified.
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- Added: 21 May 2011
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2402992
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