Gove County Kansas

Red Top Cemetery

SE Corner of Section 6 Township 13 Range 26

This cemetery is eight miles south of Quinter on the west side of Castle Rock road.

Michael J. and Susanna Frantz deeded to the German Baptist Church of Quinter, Isaac Studebaker, A.H. Hamm, Jonathan Frantz, Gotleib Roesch, Benjamin Ikenberry and their successors as trustees January 6, 1888, one square acre in the SE corner of 6-13-26 to be used for a cemetery free for any or all persons wishing to use the same for cemetery purposes without regard to sect or creed. There was a very active Sunday School and church service program being carried on at the Red Top Schoolhouse at this time.

This information was gathered and filed in the Gove County Register of Deeds Office in May 1986.

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Surname	Given Name	Birth Date on Headstone	Death Date on Headstone	Inscription on Headstone Notes
Pilcher	Mrs. Esther R.		18 Feb 1898	aged 72Yrs 5Mo 5Ds In Memory of Our Mother Asleep in Jesus Mother of Al
Miller	George	1851	1888	Corp. US Army Indian Wars; Veteran US Indian Wars metal marker
Miller	Rollin J.		18 Sept 1909	Aged 21Y 9M 10D; Son of G. and I. Miller nephew of Al Thy God has claimed Thee as His Own
Perry				Inf. Sons of J.N. Perry--1889 J.N. was a minister
Unknown				a gray rock or cement; no inscription
Unknown				a rock about 18" high (looks like a petrified tree stump) no inscription
Unknown				a cement marker about 27x5x3"; No inscription

The following graves were moved from Red Top Cemetery to the Quinter Cemetery

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscription/Notes
Roesch	Sadie Jane		16 Sept 1886	21y 11m 25d; wife of Christian Roesch; She was a charter member of the Church of the Brethren; moved to Lot 6 Block 43 Quinter
Frantz	Jesse	1876	9 July 1886	son of M.J. and S. Frantz; moved to Lot 8 Block 35
Oblinger	Chester H.	20 Nov 1885	15 Aug 1886	son of U.W. and L.T. Oblinger; moved to Lot 7 Block 43
Hemby	Sarah		Aug 1886	wife of Benjamin Hemby/ Mother; moved to Block 24
Hemby	Mary		Nov 1887	daughter; moved to Block 24
Hargitt	Kate L. Hansell	12 June 1854	23 June 1890	Wife of Geo. T.; moved to Lot 1 Block 27
Hargitt	Walter G.	14 June 1890	8 July 1890	24 days old; moved to Lot 1 Block 27
Weeks	George A.	1883	1886	Son of G.A. and E.F. (Friends of Geo. Hargitts who moved back east); moved to Lot 1 Block 27

The following are unmarked graves reported to have been buried at Red Top Cemetery

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscription/Notes
Hamm	Noah	2 Sept 1881	17 Aug 1886	Son of Abe and Sarah
Hamm	Joseph	11 Nov 1887	26 Mar 1888	born at Quinter; son of Abe and Sarah
Hamm	Mary E.	10 Jan 1870	19 Dec 1888	born Oakley, IL; died Quinter, KS; daughter of Abe and Sarah
Hemby				child of Ben and Sarah
Hemby				child of Ben and Sarah
Hemby				child of Ben and Sarah
Boyd	Lydia	14 July 1884	17 Dec 1894	child of Will and Anna Frantz Boyd
Boyd	Frank	11 Dec 1891	27 Nov 1894	child of Will and Anna Frantz Boyd
Frantz				child of M.J.
Frantz				child of M.J.
Frantz				child of M.J.
Wooden				child of Elmer and Julia Mills Wooden
Bonk				child of Conrad Bonk
Unknown				child of a family moving through this area

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