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Kirk - Bethel Cemetery
Seneca, Missouri

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Directions from Seneca

Take Hwy 43 east 3.7 miles, turn right onto Kapol Dr. a half mile, Kapoke turns north (left) to the cemetery.

memorial
photo by Judie


During 1882 a smallpox epidemic spread through the state of Missouri, including the area in and around Seneca.
The disease affected all races of people as it spread.
An area of Kirk Cemetery was set aside for the African American smallpox victims' burials.
In the northern part of the cemetery, approximately 50 African Americans were buried in unmarked graves.
A memorial stone was placed in the area to honor the memory of the ones that lost their lives.


NAME
BIRTH
DEATH
Anglen, Dora Ellen DOOLEY
28 Mar 1884
10 Dec 1943
Anglen, Mavern
1925
1925
Anglen, Opal May
1 Jun 1905
1 Jun 1095
Anglen, Philip Zephanar
14 Sep 1878
12 Feb 1960
Anglen, Philoma Fay
1 Apr 1908
23 Jan 1919
Baker, David Wayne
1 Mar 1952
8 Apr 2024
Baker, Eliza SHORT
17 Dec 1813
3 Jan 1891
Baker, Frances Boswell
25 Mar 1905
1 Jun 1905
Baker, Frank
1907
1967
Baker, Henry
1905
1932
Baker, Henry L.
28 Mar 1805
4 Nov 1888
Baker, James N.
20 Mar 1861
22 Apr 1915
Baker, Jim Nelson
10 Oct 1937
28 Aug 1975
Baker, John William
26 Jun 1895
5 Aug 1916
Baker, Lewis A.
8 Apr 1904
27 Jul 1975
Baker, Patricia Joan CHOCH
3 Jun 1934
9 Jun 2017
Baker, Ray Warren
23 Apr 1930
16 Feb 2005
Ball, Claud
20 Sep 1891
22 Oct 1900
Ball, K.D.
unknown
unknown
Ball, Mary Margaret Ellen DeWEESE
21 Mar 1849
3 Oct 1930
Bandy, Helen Louise LIVINGSTON
20 Apr 1932
27 Jul 2018
Bandy, Raymond Luther Sr.
21 Jun 1931
29 Jan 2022
Baugh, Gary Wayne
5 Feb 1978
15 Nov 2010
Bennett, Abraham
17 Jun 1831
18 Jan 1922
Bennett, Isabelle
13 Apr 1838
28 Jun 1913
Bennett, Scott
12 Sep 1859
1 Feb 1889
Boswell, Frances Baker
1911
1979
Boyer, Della Bee SELLERS
1887
1971
Boyer, Earnest Clayton
12 Jul 1891
17 Dec 1910
Boyer, infant
5 Jul 1905
5 Jul 1905
Boyer, Johney W.
30 Jan 1877
3 Mar 1907
Boyer, Michael Andrew
29 Oct 1855
6 Jan 1923
Boyer, Robert Walter
20 Jun 1885
Jul 1977
Boyer, Virgil A.
7 Sep 1903
7 Sep 1903
Brady, Edith Ellan
19 Sep 1891
1 Oct 1892
Brady, infant
23 Feb 1898
3 Mar 1898
Brady, James William
29 Mar 1870
10 May 1948
Brady, Minnie Florence BENNETT
28 Dec 1876
19 Jul 1956
Brady, Nancy
unknown
unknown
Brady, Samuel Richard
13 Feb 1868
8 Sep 1918
Brown, Clarence Lee
11 Jun 1955
13 Dec 1990
Brown, Mary Lou SHARP
8 May 1928
17 Oct 2020
Brown, Virgil Leroy
unknown
19 Jul 2002
Buno, Dempsey Eri
28 May 1828
7 Nov 1907
Burkhart, Alta S.
22 Nov 1881
26 Aug 1884
Burkhart, Claude M.
1882
1883
Burkhart, Eliza Ann DURHAM
4 Nov 1824
26 Jun 1902
Burkhart, Maudie M.
7 Oct 1882
3 Nov 1883
Burkhart, Nelson
6 Jun 1810
Sep 1875
Burkhart, Sarah
unkonwn
1958
Burkhart, William Nelson
16 Jul 1856
7 Nov 1924
Burns, Rev. Robert LeRoy
8 Apr 1930
26 Aug 2014
Burns, Wilma FARMER
11 Jan 1933
2 Feb 2008
Burrow, Cade
20 Feb 1877
20 Feb 1877
Burrow, Cynthia Ann SPEARS
16 Nov 1844
24 Feb 1877
Buzzard, Barbara Allen
16 Jul 1933
23 Jul 1933
Buzzard, Francis Jane
22 mar 1920
1 Jun 1920
Buzzard, Stella
25 Jul 1884
12 Mar 1892
Cannon, Mary Anna CRADDOCK
4 Dec 1851
21 Feb 1888
Childers, Martha Josephine LEDBETTER
25 Apr 1860
13 Sep 1938
Childers, Moses T.
5 May 1860
6 May 1926
Childers, Paul William
11 Jan 1937
11 Jan 1937
Clark, Sue Francis BAKER
9 Feb 1940
9 Jun 2006
Cohen, John Howard
28 Apr 1905
23 Mar 1937
Cohen, John W.
1880
1951
Cook, Adam Paul
14 Feb 1979
12 Jan 2010
Cook, Kimberly Gail
20 Jun 1978
20 Jun 1978
Cook, Nancy Sue HUNSUCKER
13 Mar 1939
18 Dec 2021
Cook, Norma Jean DUFFIE
24 Dec 1930
14 Dec 1990
Cook Terry Lynn
25 Nov 1954
29 Dec 2006
Cook, Vernon Ray
30 Apr 1927
20 Dec 2019
Corbin, Barbara Louise COSS
28 Apr 1939
25 Mar 2007
Cross, Cate Marianne
8 Oct 2002
8 Oct 2002
Daniels, Ella Mae KYTLE
6 Oct 1926
17 Oct 2009
Daniels, Herschel Kent
17 Feb 1953
25 May 2019
Daniels, Herschel Lavaughn
14 Jan 1928
22 Jun 2011
Daniels, Ida Belle MOODY
28 May 1905
8 Sep 2001
Daniels, Vaughn Ervin
8 Oct 1904
1 Jul 1978
Dater, Clara Alto DOOLEY
unknown
7 Aug 1889
Davis, Leslie Alford Jr.
31 Aug 1935
1 Nov 2013
Davis, Robert Emmett
19 Oct 1862
12 May 1929
Davis, Sarah Jane DeWEESE
14 Aug 1860
19 Sep 1922
Defoe, David A.
6 Jun 1945
4 May 2019
Defoe, Mary M.
10 Jun 1940
11 Jun 2019
DeHart, Wanda G. BURKHART
24 Jun 1921
26 Aug 203
DeWeese, Andrew Wallace
18 Sep 1857
24 Jan 1917
DeWeese, Claude A.
16 Dec 1906
12 Apr 1943
DeWeese, David Robert
9 Ja 1833
18 Oct 1902
DeWeese, Elizabeth Helena STELTS
1 Sep 1899
4 Dec 1997
DeWeese, Emma Elizabeth KUHN
2 Jan 1872
11 Aug 1940
DeWeese, Enoch A.
9 Mar 1847
13 Jun 1931
DeWeese, George Franklin
3 Jan 1885
16 Nov 1900
DeWeese, Hulda Jane WILSON
20 Oct 1861
23 Apr 1946
DeWeese, infant son
24 Jun 1900
30 Jun 1900
DeWeese, Jeannine Rae CROACH
26 Jan 1932
28 Mar 2008
DeWeese, John alexander
18 Oct 1852
23 Mar 1924
DeWeese, John Elviin
11 May 1912
28 Feb 1974
DeWeese, John L.
10 Jun 1879
18 Jan 1927
DeWeese, John R.L.
15 Apr 1924
1851
DeWeese, Jubilee
29 Oct 1788
20 Nov 1871
DeWeese, Kenneth Harold
23 Aug 1915
7 May 1995
DeWeese, Margrette Saphire DeBOLT
5 MAr 1835
22 Apr 1922
DeWeese, Mary E. BAKER
10 Sep 1859
2 Mar 1956
DeWeese, Osbern Kuhn
24 Apr 1894
11 Aug 1954
DeWeese, Owen Lee
20 Feb 1909
3 Apr 1909
DeWeese, Sarah Jane BUZZARD
17 Aug 1849
25 Feb 1917
DeWeese, Thomas Monroe
21 Dec 1866
1 Feb 1942
DeWeese, Troy F.
25 Apr 1905
30 May 1907
DeWeese, Vernon Dean
7 Aug 1930
10 Aug 2014
Doke, Coeta Norine
28 Apr 1942
20 Oct 1942
Doke, Gloria M.
25 Jul 1968
9 Sep 1993
Doke, Sgt. James Allen
5 May 1943
24 Mar 1966
Doke, Leonard Paul
16 Apr 1941
unknown
doke, Marsha Jean
25 May 1972
1979
Doke, Mary Ellen FRITCHEY
8 Aug 1923
23 Dec 1995
Doke, Rex Leo Sr.
30 May 1948
5 Feb 1978
Dooley, Dora B.
31 Mar 1871
8 Jan 1883
Dooley, Elizabeth P. CANNON
27 Feb 1826
18 Jul 1869
Dooley, Lydia Marguerite
22 Apr 1854
2 Aug 1925
Dooley, Malissa
20 Apr 1834
3 Feb 1898
Dooley, Nancy E.
7 Sep 1845
25 Aug 1880
Dooley, Samantha Jane
11 May 1855
21 Feb 1921
Dooley, Thomas Kyle
16 May 1846
6 Jan 1917
Dooley, Sgt. William
1826
16 Jan 1894
Dooley, William A.
21 Dec 1903
23 Aug 1905
Dorsey, Sarah E.
24 Jun 1838
24 Jun 1874
Duffie, George Washington
16 Nov 1900
13 Feb 1988
Duffie, Neola Belle HANCE
11 Feb 1910
6 Jan 1994
Duncan, Deborah G.
10 Feb 1958
17 Jan 2023
Durham, Edna C. BENNETT
12 Sep 1869
6 May 1936
Durham, Fina Ann
29 Jan 1857
26 Dec 1938
Durham, Granville Bazzel
1 Feb 1867
15 Jan 1960
Durham, Ina
14 Aug 1905
31 Jan 1996
Durham, infant son 1
4 Nov 1893
9 Nov 1893
Durham, infant son 2
19 Nov 1894
19 No 1894
Durham, Jesse W.
6 May 1833
2 Apr 1879
Durham, Louisa BOZARTH
17 Dec 1834
3 Sep 1903
Durham, Ray
29 Dec 1897
16 Dec 1924
Durham, Rena Anna
1 Nov 1863
28 Apr 1941
Durham, Sarah Melissa BELL
30 Apr 1830
16 Jul 1902
Durham, William W.
8 Sep 1829
25 Jan 1894
Farmer, Billy Ray
5 Mar 1956
8 Jul 2021
Farmer, Gary lee
6 Feb 1958
21 Jun 1987
Farmer, John W.
18 Oct 1913
10 Dec 1945
Farmer, Melvin Glen
1 Sep 1935
24 Nov 1935
Farmer, Norma Laverne WORKMAN
12 Jul 1934
27 Mar 2013
Farmer, Rev. Wilmer Bud Ray
8 Aug 1934
24 Aug 2001
Fritchey, Zee Louise
5 Feb 1939
7 Feb 1939
Gilstrap, Lonnie Wayne
30 Dec 1950
29 Jul 2022
Goodall, Joseph Erbert
17 Jul 1870
10 Dec 1917
Goodall, Mary Ellen BURKHART
14 May 1837
17 Nov 1913
Goodall, Pauline Edna SHERWOOE
16 Feb 1875
16 Aug 1920
Goodall, William
2 Feb 1837
12 Mar 1916
Gray, Andrew
24 Aug 1839
12 Jun 1876
Gray, Frank Sumner
27 Jan 1875
14 Jun 1875
Harrington, Mitsuko Gima
5 Jun 1937
9 Jul 2017
Harrington, Norma Jean
27 Jan 1941
8 Jun 2005
Hayman, Frank
unknown
unknown
Hayman, Louisa Jane HOBBS
unknown
unknown
Hayman, Trove?
unknown
unknown
Hayman, unknown
unknown
unknown
Hicks, James
unknown
9 Oct 1877
Higginbotham, Grace GOODWIN
1805
3 Jun 1872
Hoadley, John
16 Jan 1825
25 Jul 1879
Hoadley, John Jr.
10 Jun 1866
19 Feb 1890
Hole, Sarah S.
1858
15 Jan 1913
Holm, Carl
3 Feb 1843
23 Feb 1876
Jenkins, William N.
8 Apr 1882
26 Jun 1900
Jump, Robert S.
23 Jun 1871
1 Feb 1883
Kirk, Benjamin J.
15 Mar 1821
13 Jan 1894
Kirk, Blanche
22 Jun 1883
31 Jul 1899
Kirk, Chester
15 Jan 1887
27 May 1935
Kirk, Daniel Marion
Oct 1853
31 Dec 1874
Kirk, Emily F.
9 Aug 1879
12 Oct 1880
Kirk, George Washington
24 Oct 1859
12 Oct 1885
Kirk, Hester
13 Nov 1884
26 Jul 1886
Kirk, Mary DURHAM
unknown
7 Mar 1855
Kirk, Rebecca J. ANDERSON
7 Apr 1829
8 Mar 1907
Kirk, Thomas Benjamin
1862
11 Feb 1879
Kirk, Walter
9 Nov 1894
9 Dec 1899
Kuhn, Anna Alice DeWEESE
22 Dec 1869
2 May 1952
Kuhn, baby
27 Jun 1897
22 Jul 1897
Kuhn, Bruce L.
9 Jun 1959
19 Dec 2013
Kuhn, Caleb Cheyenne
9 Feb 1988
19 Dec 2007
Kuhn, Charles Augustine
29 Sep 1880
2 Jul 1959
Kuhn, Deborah Kay
13 Apr 1958
24 Oct 2004
Kuhn, Dena LOURDES
15 Aug 1926
4 Mar 1995
Kuhn, Dorothy E. ZIRKLE
17 May 1912
17 Oct 2006
Kuhn, Edward Sr.
2 May 1838
5 Dec 1915
Kuhn, Edward William
8 Apr 1868
7 Apr 1921
Kuhn, Eugene Lane
5 Nov 1907
22 May 1969
Kuhn, Frank Antone
18 Aug 1876
7 Nov 1951
Kuhn, Goldie Pearl LANE
12 Jul 1886
1 Feb 1961
Kuhn, Helen L. BETTIS
6 Mar 1916
20 Feb 2009
Kuhn, John Charles
19 May 1904
6 Jan 1975
Kuhn , John Charles Jr.
13 Nov 1939
1 Feb 2008
Kuhn, Larry Wayne
7 Dec 1939
22 Aug 2019
Kuhn, Mary Louisa
2 Dec 1865
12 Feb 1910
Kuhn, Mary Minerva SMITH
1 May 1844
19 Apr 1899
Kuhn, Morris Cale
unknown
28 Oct 1934
Kuhn, Norma Lee
26 Sep 1934
21 Dec 2015
Kuhn, Oren E.
27 Apr 1890
10 Apr 1892
Kuhn, Patricia Ruth WEHMEIER
12 Jun 1942
22 Oct 2022
Kuhn, Robert Eugene
29 Apr 1930
14 Feb 1999
Kuhn, Thomas A.
22 Feb 1915
27 Feb 1992
Kuhn, Vivian Edith HOARE
9 Aug 1912
16 Mar 2007
Lacy, Gladys T. DeWEESE
21 Jun 1891
1976
Lacy, Grover Cleveland
8 Dec 1885
28 May 1970
Lane, Alpha Jane JONES
24 Feb 1866
15 May 1942
Lane, Sarah S. BURKHART
7 Aug 1858
15 Jan 1913
Marrs, William Arlington Jr.
12 Aug 1931
26 Oct 2006
Martin, Donna Jean REYNOLDS
11 Apr 1959
9 Oct 1997
Meeks, Jacob W.
1820
28 Jan 1898
Meeks, Mary E.
22 Mar 1848
29 Dec 1888
Meeks, Susan FREDRICK
28 Feb 1839
23 Sep 1914
Merit, Florence
19 Feb 1922
10 Jul 1923
Merit, H.D.
14 Apr 1861
12 Aug 1927
Mitchell, Mary J.
17 May 1837
18 Jun 1874
Moore, Rora
unknown
23 Mar 1872
Murrah, Bennett L.
1892
1976
Murrah, Zilphy Cleao MOODY
5 Feb 1902
5 Jul 1984
Olson, J.E.
5 Apr 1876
8 Jul 1890
Olson, Nelson
Jul 1834
11 Jan 1919
Olson, Sophia May ERICKSON
Dec 1840
10 Apr 1893
Pace, Charles Taylor
20 Feb 1938
23 Apr 2015
Pace, Wilma Elaine HUGHES
7 May 1924
25 Feb 2016
Payton, Robert James
18 Jun 1920
2 Nov 2008
Payton, Virginia Dee MOBLEY
23 Nov 1931
20 Apr 2010
Phillips, Charles Wayne
21 Aug 1947
30 Apr 2020
Reynolds, Floyd Cecil
7 Mar 1925
28 Feb 1994
Reynolds, Lora Imogene COOK
4 Mar 1937
8 Jun 1994
Reynolds, Floyd Cecil
7 Mar 1925
28 Feb 1994
Reynolds, Lora Imogene COOK
4 Mar 1937
8 Jun 1994
Rhea, Mary Ann KUHN
1941
unknown
Rhea, Ronald E.
21 Nov 1910
26 Mar 1985
Roberts, Amanda BAILEY
8 Jun 1917
7 Nov 2012
Roberts, Carl
29 Jan 1914
2011
Robertson, Vivian Jean DeWEESE
7 Aug 1930
2 Nov 2013
Robinson, Opal Marie HARRIS Farmer
1917
1985
Rush, Mary F. MATTICKS
24 Dec 1803
22 Mar 1882
Sanders, Ava Lee SNOW
10 Sep 1931
23 Sep 2006
Sanders, Rev. Carl Jackson
25 Feb 1933
12 Apr 2006
Sellers, John william
10 Apr 1856
24 Mar 1924
Sellers, Nancy
1865
1945
Shapland, Katherine Evelyn Rozelle KUHN
20 Nov 1920
12 Aug 2008
Shepherd, Stella
1887
1986
Simonds, Elbert A.
30 May 1860
21 Apr 1895
Snyder, Emily E.
25 Dec 1844
20 Jun 1902
Standeford, Hal E.
31 Jul 1946
9 Aug 2017
Standeford, Marica Kay
2 May 1979
2 May 1979
Stanphield, Lola Margerett DAVIS
1895
1941
Stelts, Emma Agusta OLSON
5 Jun 1872
13 Jul 1954
Stelts, Raymon
4 Feb 1902
31 Jul 1915
Stelts, William Henry
24 Mar 1872
3 Jun 1960
Straughn, Mildred Ann RUSH
30 Sep 1847
31 Aug 1887
Straughn, Tillman Howard
28 Aug 1846
28 Aug 1895
Street, Nancy Ann MATHIS
1848
10 Sep 1873
Stuart, Kemmy Lee BOYER
14 Mar 1973
2021
Surridge, Clarence Thomas
15 Nov 1920
20 May 1926
Taylor, Ellie
4 Nov 1877
12 Aug 1878
Taylor, Sarah Alto
28 Feb 1876
20 Oct 1876
VanPelt, Anthony Todd
4 Dec 1970
29 Aug 2005
Vaughan, Leander
unknown
13 Sep 1867
Wacaser, Anna Coffman Bard
1820
1909
Wacaser, John
31 Jan 1818
13 Sep 1894
Wacaser, Nancy CHAPMAN
12 Aug 1809
1 Dec 1879
Watkins, Stephen MArk
1 Jan 1957
26 Apr 2009
Williams, Kai Thomas
7 Apr 2018
13 Apr 2018
Willoughby, Destiny
18 Mar 1999
7 Oct 2000
Wilson, child
unknown
unknown
Wilson, Joel
25 No 1825
16 Dec 1906
Wilson, Roxey
10 Apr 1829
12 Sep 1894
Woodward, Isabel M. MEEKS
1 Dec 1847
6 Jan 1921
Woodward, John O.
28 Dec 1845
31 Dec 1923
Woodward, Nancy GILBREATH
14 Oct 1809
23 Jan 1892
Wyatt, Eda Lee
15 Apr 1877
4 Feb 1878
Wyatt, Edward Lee
1872
1875
Wyatt, Ida May
6 Sep 1873
12 Jan 1875
Yocom, Thornton S.
2 Apr 1813
30 Dec 1873
Yust, Timothy Delmon
22 Oct 1953
5 Sep 1974
Yust-Dack, Bernice Elenor DeWEESE
3 May 1926
20 Aug 2012