Four Corners Cemetery, Gardner, Johnson Co, KS Transcribed and contributed by Linda Lewis, 29 Oct 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Four Corners Cemetery, est. 1879 16400 Four Corners Rd Gardner, McCamish Twp, Johnson, KS Unknown Transcriber's Note: This is a complete transcription by reading and photographing the gravestones. This transcription has been supplimented with a transcription by Harold and Carol Wagner from the early 1970s, provided by Johnson County, as the stones are now missing, broken, or otherwise unidentifiable. Photos available upon request. About the Cemetery: The sign, barely viewable on the western edge of the island of dense tree grown, reads: Mount Pleasant "Four Corners" Burying Grounds Est. 1879. Mount Pleasant was an early community that later was known by the Four Corners at its heart. Two acres of land for this cemetery was given to the Mount Pleasant Burying Ground and Meeting House. The Christian Church Meeting House was located on one of the Four Corners about .5 miles south of the cemetery. During my exploration of this cemetery, I found 8 obvious stones, and 9 indications of graves where the stone is now broken, missing, or almost completely buried. In the early 1970s, this cemetery was transcribed as part of a project by the Johnson Co. Genealogical Society, and donated to the county. At that time the cemetery seems to have been in much better conditions. I have added the transcriptions of stones found then that are now either missing or unreachable. # = Transcription from the early 1970s Caldez, Daisy; d. 11 Jul 1877, Dau of W and N R, # Caldez, Forbes; d. 10 Aug 1879, Son of W and N R, # Davenport, William H; b. 07 Aug 1873, d. 06 Aug 1874, Son of J and A Davenport, Toppled Footstone D W H Easdale, Curtis E; d. 20 Jul 1870, 4 yrs 15 d, Son of B and R, # Easdale, Jennie; d. 19 Jul 1870, 2 y 2 m 1 d, Dau of B and R, # Easdale, Lettie A; d. 01 May 1886, 45 y 4 m 6 d, Wife of Wm Easdale, # Easdale, Nancy J; d. 15 Apr 1891, 22 y 5 m 13 d Easdale, William; b. 07 Feb 1826, d. 31 Jan 1908, Toppled Grovis, M A; d. Feb 1858, Wife of G W Grove; Footstone M A G, Footstone laid under tree 2005 # Hale, Louis W; b. 24 Apr 1869, d. 26 Sep 1872, Son of B A and B, # Hale, Olive B; d. 18 Dec 1882, 32 y 3 m 15 d, Wife of B A Hale, # Ridlon, Ida Mae; d. 25 Apr 1882, 7 y 11 m 16 d, Dau of J F and R, # Smith, Frederick S; d. 13 Oct 1859, 33 y 4 m 20 d, # Smith, Oscar F; d. 19 Jan 1884, Son of Saml and Martha, # Tewksbury, William B; b. 04 Sep 1808, d. 31 Jan 1893 Whetstone, Elizabeth A; b. 13 Apr 1842, d. 22 Aug 1887, Wife of M Whetstone, Footstone E A W Whetstone, George H; d. 14 Mar 1879, 2 y 2 m 14 d, Son of M and E A Whentstone Whetstone, Infant; b. 08 Feb 1893, d. 11 Feb 1893, Dau of M and J Whetstone