The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
View looking northeast.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
Forrest City Cemetery Burials
Provided by Sybil A. L. Viehweg
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NAME
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BIRTH
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DEATH
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SPOUSE
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MISC DATA
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Aug 8, 1834
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Sept 15, 1915
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Charles Garten
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Children: George, James, Albert, Anna
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Aug 18, 1856
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Feb 18, 1874
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Father: Charles Garten
Mother: Nancy Ellen Nurse |
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George B. Garten
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Mar 12, 1862
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Nov 29, 1901
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Father: Charles Garten
Mother: Nancy Ellen Nurse |
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Father: Charles Garten
Mother: Nancy Ellen Nurse Children: Nellie, Ruby, Myrtle, Frank |
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Feb. 25, 1902, age 39 yrs, 5 days
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Walter W. Garten
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Aug 1892
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Sept 28, 1893
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Father: J.G. Garten
Mother: S.E. |
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Lena May Garten
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1899
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1915
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Father: James C. Garten
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Alice Wiley
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Mar 17, 1869
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Oct 27, 1874
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Father: B.P. Wiley
Mother: S.R. |
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Carrie Garten
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1843
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Feb 20, 1902
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Anna Garten
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1869
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Oct 17, 1891
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J. D. Montgomery
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The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
View looking northeast.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
What things you will find when you get off the beaten path. I was tired of waiting at the bridge construction lights on Hwy 160, so I took the Forest City shortcut back to the River Road on my way home. I had not been down this road in a LONG time. Rediscovered the cemetery that I had remembered was north of the tracks. It is south of tracks. Robert Frost said "Two roads diverged in a wood... and I took the once less travelled by..." And I am glad I did.
The light was from the west and perfect. Note the deer leg in the picture of the entrance. They frequently jump over fences and hook their hind legs in the fence or twist/break the top wires. This one was probably not so lucky. I thought of removing it for the picture, but reflected that this was indeed a pioneer and prairie cemetery. It is fitting in a strange way to leave it alone. Some of the old graves (I believe one was from 1874) surely had a few buffalo and prairie fires wander slowly or plow viciously through this burial ground.
Stay tuned for a transcribing of the stones. The pictures don't reveal the lettering very well. This shows marked 8 graves.
-- Nathan Lee, 5 December 2006 e-mail to Jerry Ferrin.
The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
View looking east.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
Garten Family Marker
The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
Gravestone for Nancy Ellen Garten, Aug. 8, 1834 - Sept. 5, 1915, "Forever with the Lord"
The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
Gravestone for George Garten, Mar 12, 1862 - Nov 29, 1901
The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
Gravestone for Walter Garten, "Walter, Infant, Son of J.C. & S.E. Garten, Died Sept 28, 1893, Age 1 Y, 1 M"
The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
"Albert, Son of Charles & Nancy Garten, Aug 18, 1856 - Feb 18, 1874, Gone but not forgotten"
The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
Gravestone for Lena May Garten, 1899 - 1915
The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
"Anna E., wife of J.D. Montgomery, Died Oct 17, 1891, Aged 20 Ys, 22 Ds, Gone but not forgotten"
(According to family historian Sybil A. L. Viehweg, Anna's maiden name was Garten.)
The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
"Alice, Dau. of B.P. & S.R. Wiley, Born Mar. 17, 1869, Died Oct. 27, 1874.
The Forrest City/Garten Cemetery, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo by Nathan Lee, December 2006.
FORREST CITY CEMETERY (aka Garten or Martin Cemetery) is eight miles west of
© 2002 Ed Rucker for KSGen Web Project
