Dodder / Highland Cemetery - Greenwood County

Dodder / Highland Cemetery Douglas County, Kansas

Information submitted & © 2004 by: Cindy L. Marcell
Photo links can be found at Cindy Marcell's site

Highland - DODDER Cemetery, Douglas County, Kansas - 5 miles east of Overbrook on Hwy 56 at intersection 300E & 300N (NE corner) or 9.1 miles west of Hwy 59 on Hwy 56 in Marion Township. Sign missing for cemetery, seen from road at NE corner and is maintained by Douglas County. This cemetery was walked, digitally photographed and transcribed by Cindy L. Marcell on Aug. 11, 2004.

All transcriptions compared to “Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas Co., Kansas”, V 2, 1987, p 345-6. This book reveals the land was originally owned by Josiah Sholbert, then Dr. J. E. Deming, and lastly by Marshall Dodder. First grave reportedly Marhsall Dodder’s friend’s child in 1875 followed by Peter Dodder (Marhsall’s father) in 1875. The cemetery was not surveyed and plotted until 1882 and is recorded in the plat book No. 2 in Douglas County Court House on April 25, 1882. Last burial said to be of Addie Dodder Huston on August 15, 1948.

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	BORN	DIED	REMARKS
Badsky	John F.	1848	1910	ssw Eliz & Pearl
Badsky	Elizabeth Roy	1849	1918	"His Wife" ssw John & Pearl
Badsky	Pearl Oliver	1884	1920 *	ssw John & Eliz
Baldwin	Belle	1875	1908	"Wife of J.H. Baldwin"
Baldwin	John Henry	1864	1935	"Gone but not Forgotten"
Baldwin	Edith Marie **	--	Feb 18 1917	"Aged 19 Days" no last name on stone however is beside the Baldwin’s
Baldwin	Infant	unmarked grave*	--	Infant of Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Baldwin*
Beard	Mildred	Sept 9 1883	Sept 9 1888	Lamb atop stone “dau of Jno & G.B. Born into new life Sept 19 1988”.
Beine	Wm. F. H.	Nov 22 1817	Aug 21 1890	"Aged 73 years 9 months" "We trust our loss will be his gain and with Christ he is gone to reign"
Bennett	William	1832	1921	ssw Jessie
Bennett	Jessie B.	1828	1921	"His Wife" ssw William
Bennett	Charles T.	Sept 27 1866	Feb 25 1945
Bennett	Elda E.	--	Sept 30 1905	"Aged 27 Ds" "Dau of CT & EL Bennett" "Our Loved One"
Best	Sammy	unmarked grave*	--	Child living in home of Mr. & Mrs. Wm Beine*
Bysley	Infant Twins	unmarked grave*	--	Infants of Mr. & Mrs. Bysley*
Collins	Martha I.	1843	1919
Collins	Orville	Apr 26 1839	Apr 6 1908	"Co B 108 ILL INFT"
Collins	Frank E.	Oct 9 1868	Nov 13 1894
Collins	Charley	Dec 22 1876	May 4 1886
Collins	Albert	Aug 11 1916	Apr 18 1945	"Kansas PFC 164 INF World War II"
Collins	Mrs. Wm.	unmarked grave*	--	Dau of Mr & Mrs Wm St. Clair*
Collins	William	unmarked grave*	--
Deming	Grace C.	--	Jan 30 1881	"Dau of Dr. J.E. & Mattie M. Deming" "aged 2 yrs 24 d's" “Our Pet”
Deming	Myrtle E.	--	July 11 1886	"Dau of Dr. J.E. & Mattie M. Deming" "aged 1y 4m 8d"
Deming	Cloyce L.	Feb 19 1887	July 1 1888	"Dau of Dr. J.E. & Mattie M. Deming"
Dodder	Peter	--	Feb 17 1875	"71Y 9M 17D" ssw Margaret
Dodder	Margaret	--	Feb 4 1892	"84Y 7M 15*D" ssw Peter
Dodder	Lennie H.*	--	Sept 14 1881	"Dau of Marshall & Mattie Dodder" "aged 7 days"
Dodder	Infant Daughter	--	--	"Aged 1 day" "Infant dau of Marshall & Mattie Dodder"
Dodder	Jennie	--	Apr 26 1884	"1Y 3M 11D" "Infant Dau of M. & M.J. Dodder"
Dodder	Elmer	Jan 21 1889	July 21 1889
Dodder	Marshall	1847	1918
Dodder	Mattie	1853	1925
Dodder	W.R.	Aug 9 1876	Dec 21 1905
Dodder	Bertie	--	June 22 1889*	(age 4mos 3ds*) ssw Infant & Robert - Unusual tree shaped stone
Dodder	Bertie	--	--	F.S. below ssw Robert Dodder - no inscription other than BERTIE
Dodder	Infant	--	--	Below Bertie’s name on tree monument - ssw Bertie & Robert - Unusual tree shaped stone
Dodder	Infant	--	--	F.S. below ssw Robert Dodder - no inscription other than INFANT
Dodder	Robert S.	Aug 14 1851	Mar 8 1883	ssw Bertie & Infant - Unusual tree shaped stone
Finch	Ida A.	--	Dec 18 1891	"Dau of WM & S Baldwin" "Aged 25 Yrs" +religious inscription
Huston	John B.	Dec 9 1865	Jan 27 1911	ssw Addie +F.S. “Father”
Huston	Addie M.	Sept 19 1873	Aug 15 1848	ssw John +F.S “Mother”
Huston	Chester F.	Oct 12 1892	June 3 1905	"Son of J.B & Addie Huston"
Huston	CFH**	--	--	No other inscription - between Chester Huston and Wm & Jessie Bennett
Roy	Ralph G.	--	Oct 12 1881	"26Yrs 6Mos 27Ds"
Roy	Stephen V.	--	June 12 1872	(?mos 27 ds*) Son of N.J. & Annie E.” Broken & F.S.
Roy	Walter Scott*	Sept 19 1880*	Mar* 21 1899	Tall stone difficult to read
Roy	Theopholus	June 6* or 8 1810	July 6 1874
Roy	Lydia A.	Aug 2 1814	Feb 21 1891	“Wife of T. Roy”
Roy	Frank T.	1863	1934	"Father"
Simmons	P. A.	Aug 24 1836	May 6 1901	ssw Elmira
Simmons	Elmira	1840	1904	"His Wife" ssw P.A.
Simmons	Myrtle R.	Aug 28 1888	Sept 25 1905	"Granddaughter"
Simmons	Amy	unmarked grave*	--	Dau of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Simmons*
Transmeier	Ernest	1860	1893	BROTHER
Walters	Leslie	unmarked grave*	--	First burial on this property in 1875*

* Information from “Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas Co. Kansas” V 2 1987 located at Lawrence & Overbrook KS public libraries as Cindy was unable to read all or parts of some stones.

** most likely this surname due to stone placement

F.S. = Fallen Stone

SSW - shared stone with

Every effort has been made to ensure correct transcriptions have been provided however errors are remotely possible so please notify Cindy Marcell should you be able to make corrections. Please note that Cindy does NOT live in Overbrook, KS and is unable to provide further research assistance. Please send corrections to Cindy L. Marcell

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