Leavenworth County, KS
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Mount Olivet Cemetery Leavenworth County, KS |
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Mount Olivet is the churchyard cemetery of the Saint Joseph of the Valley Catholic parish outside of Leavenworth, Kansas. | ||
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Mount Olivet is the churchyard cemetery of the Saint Joseph of the Valley Catholic parish outside of Leavenworth, Kansas. A substantial index of the graves in Mount Olivet is available from Find-A-Grave. | ||
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The churchyard holds the graves of some of the pioneer residents of Leavenworth County, including those of my ancestors in the Herley and Kennedy families. | ||
| The Graves | ||
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A panoramic view of the churchyard. | ||
 The second-generation Herley family monument. |
 Close-up, showing the inscriptions for David, Cora, Carl, David Jr., and Lucien. |
 The first-generation Herley family monument. |
 The first face shows Mary, Annie and John Joseph. |
 The second face commemorates Mary, wife of David. |
 The remaining face is for William. |
 Three views of the stone for Elizabeth Dunne Kennedy. |
 Elizabeth's stone is highly eroded... |
 ...but her husband Lawrence Kennedy's stone seems to be missing. |
 The Heintzelman's are not directly related to me... |
 ...but are part of the network of intermarriages... |
 ...and Tilly was very close to my family. |
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Click on a photo below for markup and more detail. See also the Google Maps view. | ||
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| Leavenworth County Map | Vicinity of Mt. Olivet | Aerial View of Cemetery |
| Return to the cemeteries list. | ||
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