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  That is great!  Wish they had done this ten years ago, as it would have saved me a whole lot of time and expense.  Better late than never, though.  Wonder why 1922 is the stopping point?

Everything prior to Jan 1, 1923 is now public domain due to copyright expiration.  There are many variants of copyrights 1923 and later, but the pre-1923 is cut and dried, so no worries with any violations.

It looks like I have a couple corrections on the Elk County Confederates (and I will edit the previous post as to reflect such as well).  I looked at some transcription books today at the Kansas Genealogical Society Library in Dodge City, and it shows Elbert S. Cox as being buried in the Salem (AKA Fairview) Cemetery.  Unfortunately, I cannot find that cemetery listed anywhere, unless it is one of these on a D.O.T map that is just listed as an unnamed cemetery. Is anyone familier with this cemetery?

William Hooper, who was reported to have lived at Longton and drowned in a river after falling in, I had down as Longton Cemetery, with a ?.  I did not find him listed in any cemetery, so he may have been buried elsewhere, or an unmarked location.

John Henry Ivey has an interesting history.  I had to check into him, not knowing at the time he was a Confederate veteran, just because of the surname Ivey.  John Henry Ivey was born in 1851, and I did not figure him to have served, but his obituary surprised me and stated he joined after his father was killed at Vicksburg, and he later was a member of the Wichita Confederate Camp No. 1350, made up of Confederate veterans in the area.

I had seen a mention of Francis Marion Chaffin on the forums here previously.

Elk County

Brundage, Albert   2nd Texas Partisan Rangers   (Longton Cemetery - Longton)
Burdette, John Jackson   3rd VA Cavalry   (Green Lawn Cemetery - Grenola)
Cox, Elbert S.   Co. C 34th AR Infantry (Salem AKA Fairview Cemetery)
Divine, Robert McGaughey   Co.K  IT 1st Cherokee Cavalry   (Grace Lawn Cemetery - Howard)
Gobble, Thomas    Washington Co VA Mil Infantry   (Green Lawn Cemetery - Grenola)
Ruddle, James H.   Co. 2F 62nd VA Mounted Inf.   (Moline Cemetery - Moline)
Sooter, James Madison   Co. B AR Inf Cocke's Regiment   (Green Lawn Cemetery - Grenola)
Thompson, Solon Francis   Co K. 8th KY Cavalry   (Mt Olivet Cemetery - Moline)
Wicker, Alson G.   Co. D 57th NC Inf   (Elk Falls Cemetery - Elk Falls)
Wilson, Charles Franklin   Co. B 59th TN Mtf Inf   (Moline Cemetery - Moline)
Wilson, Elijah M.   Co. K  62nd TN Mtd Inf   (Moline Cemetery - Moline)
Chaffin, Francis Marion   *Unit undetermined  (Ames Chapel Cemetery)
Hooper, William   *need confirmation, probably served in TX   (Unknown Burial Location) Drowned in River, Lived at Longton in 1885
Hughes, John Addison   * Unit undetermined    (Oak Valley Cemetery - Oak Valley)
Ivey, John Henry   *Unit undetermined   (Mt Zion Cemetery)
McDaniels, J.W.   *Unit undetermined   (Grace Lawn Cemetery - Howard)

If anyone knows of additional information, or Confederate veterans, any help is appreciated!

I started a new topic, Confederates buried in Kansas, under the Good Old Days. It may be better suited under genealogy or even obits, but will leave that decision up to the moderator

Chautauqua County

Jenkins, Samuel H.   Co. F LA 9th Infantry   (Ceder Vale Cemetery - Ceder Vale)
Cardin, James M.      Co. B 59th Tennessee Mtd Inf   (De Busk Cemetery - Elgin)
Wilson, James Reed  Texas Home Guard   (Wilson Cemetery - Elgin)
Harris, Zachariah Taylor  Co. A 5TH GA Reserves   (Fairview Cemetery - Niotaze)
Dyer, William S.   Co E. 25th VA Inf   (Crum Cemetery - Sedan)
Bowers, James C.   *unconfirmed, unit undetermined (Greenwood Cemetery - Sedan)
Hobson, W.T.   Co F. NC 1st Jr Reserves   (Spring Creek Cemetery - Sedan)

There is also a James McDonald Peters who I have seen on rootsweb that died at Sedan (no date mentioned) that was a Confederate...his wife, May (or Malia) Peters (maiden name Bowers) is buried at Casement Cemetery, but apparantly no mention of his burial is there.

Due to number, it will take me awhile to get the Elk County veterans into a more friendly format. 

Can you provide these fellows names?

Yes I can, but if you don't mind, I will create a new topic more fitting

Thanks for the information.  I was going on the strong family stories about him being in the confederacy.  Also his stone in the cemetery has no reference to Union servvice.

You are welcome, but I sure hated to be the bearer of bad news.  Out of curisoity, is the grave marked as a Confederate?  With the obit stating him being born in Tennessee, and then heading up a company in Missouri and Arkansas, it may have just been assumed he was with the Confederate Army, but with Sam Donelson (or close family member) providing the information to the Kansas census taker that matches a service record,  I think that would have to clinch it.

gcrebel,

How many confederate soldier burials have you folks been able to identify in Elk or Chautauqua?

W. Gray,

Right now, it looks like I have 7 Confederates in Chautauqua, and 16 in Elk County, but still have some of them I am looking for documentation, with possibly more Confederates to be found.

I would think that the odds of two people with that similar of a name, both in Chautauqua County, would be unlikely however, I am only seeing the one Samuel Donelson in the 1895 Kansas census in Chautauqua County, and it states the Indiana unit in the military service.   As I mentioned previously, the obit stated this person went to Indiana in 1850.

The obit calls him Colonel, then states in the body of the obit:  In 1861 he raised a company and for eighteen months served in Missouri and Arkansas, being the captain. Ill health caused his resignation and he was offered a colonelcy but declined.

That parallels the service record for Captain Samuel Donelson...Samuel Donelson enlisted as a Captain in July 15 1861, commissioned in the Indiana 18th infantry Aug 16, 1861, and resigned Dec 1862

I have seen different spellings as well, both of yours, as well as Donalson.

The obit I am referencing is dated April 29, 1904 at http://www.ksgennet.org/ks/cq/obits/obitsd1.html#01711