Boles Cemetery, Edwardsville, Johnson Co, KS

Transcribed and contributed by Linda Lewis, 31 Jul 2005

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Boles Cemetery, est. 1863
W 55th St and Clare Rd
Edwardsville, Monticello Twp, Johnson, KS 

Cemetery Contact:
Monticello Cemetery Association

Transcriber's Note:
This is a complete transcription by reading and photographing the gravestones. 
Additionally the sexton provided a transcription from the 1960s and these 
records were added. Photos available upon request.

About the Cemetery:
Research reveals this cemetery has also been known over the years as the King 
Cemetery, and in county records as no name cemetery. Rev. Charles Boles was 
appointed Missionary by the Methodist Church to the Shawnee Indians from 1852-
1857. Rev Boles settled here, claimed 160 acres in 1860, including this ¸ acre. 
He continued to preach in Kansas for 55 years. The first known burial was 
Elizabeth Boles, believed to be his wife in 1863. The property changed hands 
several times. In 1883, David Johnson a merchant in Wilder, bought the property. 
A 1928 deed to Herman Gilbert specifically identified this ¸ acre as a burial 
ground. There are 13 documented graves, the last burial in 1939. There may be 
other graves as original stones have disappeared over the years. Charles King, 
and employee of Rev. Boles and father of Harry King, Johnson Co. Commissioner in 
the 1950s, is buried here, along with other King family members. Property of 
Monticello District Cemetery Association, erected 2004. Quoted from cemetery 
sign.

* = From stone
# = Transcription from the late 1960s

Footstone J W B, #
Footstone F K, #
??, ? ; d. 01 Aug 1929, Cement marker #
??, Pearl; d. 13 Jul 1881, 7 y 9 m 19 d, Dau of Rev T C and R E Downs, #
Boles, ??; b. 1842, d. 1928, Mother, Marker in front of illegible stone *
Boles, Elizabeth; d. 1863, First burial in cemetery
King, Baby; d. 28 Sep 1897, Son of H and A King, #
King, Carrie Ann; d. 31 May ????, 6 y 8 m 7 d, Dau of H King, s/w Fannie, Carrie 
Ann, and Charles King #
King, Charles; d. 16 Mar 1875, 11 yrs 2 d, s/w George T, Carrie Ann, and Fannie 
King
King, Fannie; d. 07 Sep 1872, 5 y 11 m 1 d, Dau of C and E King, s/w George T, 
Carrie Ann, and Charles King #
King, George T; d. 23 Jun 1871, Son of H and C A King, s/w Fannie, Carrie Ann, 
and Charles King #
King, Rhoda; b. 1844, d. 1913, *
Smith, June; b. 1923, d. 1929, Dau, #
Smith, Thomas; d. 28 Jan 1897, 22 y 6 m 2 d, Son of J and M A Smith, #