CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS
Bonner Springs, Wyandotte CountyBonner Springs City Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: A large polished granite ball is mountewd on top of a gray granite base. The front is inscribed: "In Memory of ~ Those Who Gave ~ Their Lives In ~ Defense Of ~ Their Country". G.A.R. is carved on the base. References: Wells, 2002 Photographs: RM Thies, March 19, 1999 DE McGovern, July 9, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Kansas City, Wyandotte CountyMaple Hill Cemetery
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Type: Granite Soldier Statue Description: Large square granite column with eternal sentinel on top. The front is inscribed: "Erected ~ By ~ Captain Kingscott ~ W.R.C. No 177 ~ In Memory ~ Of ~ The Soldiers ~ And Sailors ~ Who Fought ~ In Defence Of ~ The Union ~ 1861 - 1865 ~ Erected 1910". It is reported that the dedication was Memorial Day 1911 by the Captain John W. Kingscott Chapter, W.R.C. No. 177, Department of Kansas, Argentine G.A.R. and Women's Auxiliary, Wyandotte G.A.R., Shawnee G.A.R. and K.C. Chapter of the L.G.A.R. Space for the memorial was given by the cemetery owner. Cost of monument was $1,500 plus $200 for curbing. References: SOS! 1994, Wells, 2002 Photographs: RM Thies, 2001 DE McGovern, July 9, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Kansas City, Wyandotte CountyOak Grove Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: Oblong marker, about six feet high, four by five feet on the ground. It cost $600, and the money was raised by subscription. On the top is an open book, with the word" MOTHER" inscribed. Facing west is the following: "In Memory Of Mary A. Sturges, ~ 1809-1892; ~ A Union Army Nurse ~ From 1861 To 1865 ~ Erected By ~ Burnside W. R. C. No.1 ~ Department Of Kansas ~ Sturges". On the back, which fronts east, is the following: "In Nov 1861 At The Call For Nurses ~ Mrs. Sturges With Her Daughter Mary B. Enlisted In The 6th ~ Ill Cavalry ~ Was Immediately Sent To Camp Butler Springfield, Ill, ~ Where She Entered Upon The Duties Of Regiment Nurse. ~ Here Her Patient Loving Care Of The Boys In Blue Won For Her The ~ Endearing Name By Which She Was Ever Afterwards Called ~ In Jan 62 She Was Sworn Into The United States Service And ~ Entered A Broader Field Of Hospital Work At Memphis Tenn She ~ Was Finally Placed In Charge Of Adams Block Hospital ~ And Remained Until Mustered Out Of Service In June 1865. Many Noble ~ Women Entered The Ranks As Army Nurses But None Gained A Warmer ~ Place In The Soldier's Heart Than Did Mother Sturges. The ~ Dear Old Mother Never Relaxed Her Interest In Charitable Work Until She ~ Died In Her 83d Year, Happy In A Christian Faith That Sustained Her ~ Through Life. Truly It May Be Said Of Her ~ 'This Woman Was Full Of Good Works Which She Did". References: Baruch and Beckman, Martin, 1910, 1978, Wells, 2002 Photographs: RM Thies, August 30, 1994 DE McGovern, July 9, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Kansas City, Wyandotte CountyOld Quindaro area
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Type: Stone Soldier Statue (John Brown) Description: Sandstone statue of John Brown. The support column is inscribed: "Erected To ~ The Memory of ~ John Brown ~ By A Grateful ~ People". A small bronze plaque on the base reads: "Western University ~ Memory Club ~ Commemorates This Site ~ Of Western University ~ 1861 - 1943". This monument was originally dedicated August 30, 1877, on the site of the former Western Reserve College. After vandalism, it was moved in 1972 and then relocated to its present site in 1990. Plaques on the wall surrounding the plaza describe Western University and the Quindaro area. "Western University ~ 1881-1948 ~ Western University had its beginning as the Quindaro Freedman's School founded in the 1860"s by the ~ Reverend Eben Blachly, a Presbyterian minister. The Freedman's School was intended to provide an education for the children of escaped slaves and ~ black families that had begun to settle in the area. The school received support from the state in 1867 ~ and 1873, but became inactive following the death of Reverend Blachly in 1877. The school was revived ~ in 1889 under the sponsorship of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, renamed Western University, ~ and reopened in 1882. In 1891, the school was moved from the valley to another building and named Ward ~ Hall. Located near 27th and Sewell, William T. Vernon, who was subsequently named Registrar ~ of the Treasury by President Theodore Roosevelt, was placed in charge of the school in 1896. When Dr. Vernon ~ retired from the school in 1910, he left behind a flourishing campus with many fine buildings. The ~ statue of John Brown was unveiled on Commencement Day, 1911. The monument was the project of ~ Bishop Abraham Grant of the A.M.E. Church and was paid for by contributions from students and the ~ citizens of Kansas City. Western University continued to prosper under Dr. H.T. Kealing, adding a Junior College and a School of Religion. As with many small schools, Western University was ~ severely affected by the Great Depression, and was finally forced to close in 1948. ~ A Kansas City, Kansas Historical Site". "Quindaro ~ 1856 - 1862 ~ Near this site was located the historic town of Quindaro, founded 1856 as a Port-of-Entry ~ for free-soil immigrants into Kansas. The principal founder was Abelard Guthrie, who named the ~ town for his Wyandotte Indian wife, Nancy Quindaro Brown. Other proprietors included Joel Walker, ~ S.N. Simpson, Vincent J. Lane, Charles Robinson, and Sylvester Storrs. The township stretched ~ from 17th to 42nd street and from Parallel to the Missouri River. The Missouri River was then ~ west of its present location, exposing a rock ledge that formed a natural levee for the steamboat ~ landing. The main street of the town was intended to be Kansas Avenue, now 27th street, but ~ it was never cut through to the river. The town boomed for three years, with much of the building ~ occurring in the valley leading to the levee. Quindaro became a station on the underground ~ railway, with slaves escaping from Plate County crossing the river in small boats and secret runs ~ of the Parkville-Quindaro Ferry. The runaways hid with local farmers before taking the long ~ trek to Nebraska and freedom. With the outbreak of the Civil War the town was abandoned by most of ~ its inhabitants, the young men enlisting and their families moving to Wyandotte City for safety. ~ The town's incorporation was revoked by the Kansas State Legislature in 1862, and the site ~ was never fully revitalized. Even the ruins have now disappeared. ~ A Kansas City, Kansas Historical Site". References: SOS! 1994, Wells, 2002 Photographs: RM Thies, 1996 DE McGovern, July 9, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
Kansas City, Wyandotte CountyWoodland Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: Marker dedicated Memorial Day 1905 by the Sumner Relief Corps Post No. 22, W.R.C. The main inscription reads: "Erected In ~ Memory Of The ~ Known And Unknown ~ Colored Soldiers And ~ Sailors Who ~ Fought In Defense Of ~ The Union From ~ 1861 - 1865 ~ By Sumner Relief ~ Corps No 22 ~ Through The Special ~ Efforts Of The ~National Aides ~ line obliterated ~ Cora S. Dameron". One other side is inscribed: "Mrs. Cora S. ~ Dameron ~ Nat. Special ~ Recruiting Aid ~ Cornelia ~ Wilson ~ Nat. Aid". References: Wells, 2002 Photographs: RM Thies, September 16, 1996 DE McGovern, July 9, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
