Gove County Kansas

Morning Star Cemetery

NW Corner of NW 1/4 of Section 16 Township 14 Range 27

From Quinter this cemetery is about 15 miles south of I-70 and 5 miles west, on the east side of the road. Indian Creek, later known as Morning Star, was one of the mission points of the Quinter Brethren Church. The last funeral Bertha Daniels can remember going to at Morning Star was for the baby of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Fortiner. The baby was buried west of any stones in the cemetery. It wasn't very long after that until the church was sold. Tom Werth (NE 1/4 of 8-12-27) moved it to his farm and made a home out of it.

This information was gathered and filed in the Gove County Register of Deeds Office in 1986. At that time, Betty (Mrs. Larry) Jacobs cared for the cemetery and kept it mowed.

Click on picture to enlarge

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date on Headstone	Death Date on Headstone	Inscription on Headstone Notes
Albin	Inf. Son		Dec. 6, 1920	Son of E.L. and M.H. Albin
Baker	Mrs. E.E.	Nov. 30, 1875	Jan. 9, 1916	Myrtle. This grave moved to Gove Cemetery
Fortiner	Baby			Baby of Mr. & Mrs. Jasper Fortiner. No marker-no date
Harper	Sarah	1844	1912	Wife of Samuel Harper
Harper	Zeno	1869	1924	Son of S. & S. Harper
Kidwell	Reva Alvera	July 6, 1915	Feb. 29, 1920
Richardson	Infant Son	July 18, 1910	July 26, 1910	Little Lamb; Infant son of Hiram and Ola Richardson; Asleep in Jesus; Huey
Robertson	Richard	June 5, 1844	Sept. 12, 1917	Father. This grave moved to Gove Cemetery
Robertson	William	Oct. 8, 1870	Mar. 11, 1931	Son. This grave moved to Gove Cemetery
Shaw	Wm. E.	1857	1920	Father
Shaw	Amy Ellen	1861	1925	Mother
Snowden	Infant Son		Jan. 13, 1917	Son of E.W. & E.J.
Snowden	Victor	Apr. 3, 1914	Apr. 30, 1914

Return to Gove County Cemetery Index Page

Return to Gove County Main Page

Last updated 05/06/2005

Background and KSGenWeb logo were designed and are copyrighted by
Tom & Carolyn Ward
for the limited use of the KSGenWeb Project.
Permission is granted for use only on an official KSGenWeb page.

©2002, Tom & Carolyn Ward

KSGenWeb
Archives Return to
Gove County