Mount Sidney Cemetery
Last Name First Name Maiden Name Birth Date Death Date Age Source Remarks Contact
Brock Jennie Eudora Siscoe 22-Oct-1869 1951   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Wesley E Brock  
Brock Nadine   29-Dec-1919 13-Feb-2005 86 Obituary    
Coulter Lula L Lewis 19-Mar-1910 22-Jul-2001 91 Obituary    
Curtiss Glenn Dallas   24-Aug-1946 16-Jan-2004 57 Obituary    
Drown Lonna Cutshall 10-Jul-1955 04-Apr-2001 45 Obituary    
Duncan Viola Mary Tudhope 28-Oct-1857 31-Oct-1880   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Frank F.M. Duncan  
Glimpse Joseph M   25 Dec 1828 19 Jul 1896   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Frances Marie Thrasher  
Glimpse Joseph M   25 Dec 1828 19 Jul 1896   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Jenette Fergusson  
Harbaugh Anna C   13 Aug 1759 12 Jun 1833   Submitted by Linda Carpenter    
Harbaugh Anna May Duncan 30-Apr-1871 abt 1954   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of John W H Harbaugh  
Harbaugh John W Henry   24 Jun 1867 21 Apr 1914   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Anna May Duncan  
Harbaugh Julia   5 Apr 1847 1 Mar 1910   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Thomas J. Harbaugh  
Harbaugh Laura Alice   13 Dec 1846 6 Apr 1916   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of James K. P Harbaugh  
Harbaugh Thomas J.   29 Jun 1836 29 Mar 1915   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Julia R. Harbaugh  
Parry Etta Faye   3 Jul 1893 1974   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of William Theodore Parry  
Parry Hugh   10-Mar-1850 07-Jul-1931   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Sarah Ester Tudhope  
Parry John Allen   25 Nov 1882 30 Jul 1964   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Minnie Isabel Allen  
Parry Minnie Isabel Allen 31 Mar 1886 23 Jan 1961   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of John Allen Parry  
Parry Sarah Ester Tudhope 21-Jul-1860 23-Jul-1860   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Hugh Parry  
Parry William Theodore   9 Oct 1889 6 Nov 1928   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Etta Faye Reid  
Siscoe Betty Ann   5 Nov 1923 28 Dec 1924   Submitted by Linda Carpenter    
Siscoe Cleo May Hanah 27 Dec 1922 1981   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of John Tudhope Siscoe  
Siscoe Clinton Arthur   03-Jan-1881 08-Nov-1941   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Mary G. Harbaugh  
Siscoe Clyde Fayette   27-Sep-1877 09-Jan-1942   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Maggie Dewitt  
Siscoe Donald Fayette   17 Nov 1900 10 Aug 1983   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Nellie May Hubbard  
Siscoe Earnest Fayette   05-Jan-1849 27-Sep-1904   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Ellen Bedsaul Snyder  
Siscoe Ellen Bedsaul Snyder 09-Apr-1849 07-Feb-1918   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Ernest Fayette Siscoe  
Siscoe Ernest F   1 Apr 1910 18 Apr 1982   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Jennie C. Hubbard  
Siscoe Fred Lee   06-Jan-1872 13-Dec-39   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of August L Bedsaul  
Siscoe Hannah Green Wilder 25-Sep-1825 03-Apr-1891   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Eleazer Siscoe  
Siscoe John Tudhope   10 Jun 1920 27 Jul 1994   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Cleo May Hanah  
Siscoe Maggie Glimpse 1862     Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Esten Eleazer Siscoe  
Siscoe Maggie Dewitt 7 Mar 1874 8 Jul 1959   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Clyde Fayette Siscoe  
Siscoe Mary G Harbaugh 07-DEC-1881 28-Aug-1955   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Clinton Arthur Siscoe  
Siscoe Nancy   1951     Submitted by Linda Carpenter    
Siscoe Nellie May Hubbard 2 May 1898 25 Jul 1970   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Donald Fayette Siscoe  
Snyder Maggie Dewitt 7 Mar 1874 8 Jul 1959   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of Richard Snyder  
Stickles Nancy         Submitted by Linda Carpenter    
Tudhope Isaac Allen   26-Dec-1855 22-Nov-1874   Submitted by Linda Carpenter    
Tudhope James   09-Sep-1870 06-Nov-1950   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Margaret Ann Robson  
Tudhope John   10 Apr 1833 26 Jun 1927   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Mary Williamson  
Tudhope John   10 Apr 1833 26 Jun 1927   Submitted by Linda Carpenter h of Sarah E Junk Meyers  
Tudhope Margaret Ann Robson 13-Oct-1863 23-Feb-1955   Submitted by Linda Carpenter w of James Tudhope  

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This page was created by Jude Richardson on Monday, July 03, 2006.

 

A Brief History of the Cemetery

From the collections at the Leavenworth County Historical Society and Museum. Reprinted with permission from The Leavenworth County Historical Society and Museum and the Leavenworth Times. Donated by Debra Graden.

Mt. Sidney Cemetery is named for only son of 'Blind Bob' Elder
by L. Candy Ruff (Times Lifestyles Editor)
Leavenworth Times, August 21, 1988

Sidney Elder was skating on the frozen Stranger Creek, when he fell through the ice. His friends got him out of the water, built a fire and there he lay until his clothes dried.

He caught a chill that developed into pneumonia. Several days later on Jan. 20, 1895, the 16-year-old-boy died. Robert and Allie Ward Elder had lost their only child. They buried him on the highest elevation of their southern-Leavenworth County farm outside Linwood. They named the area Mount Sidney.

"They say that boy had a future," Robert Elder said Monday afternoon. "He was real responsible for a boy of 16 and his father trusted him to drive the wagon into Kansas City once a week."

Sidney's father was Robert Elder's uncle. The rural Linwood farmer lived with his uncle at one time. "Blind Bob," as the senior Elder was called, would often speak of his son and the monument he erected in his honor.

"That angel they put at Sidney's grave was brought all the way from Italy and it cost $1,100. Back in those days that was quite a lot of money," he said.

His uncle lost his eye sight sometime after the turn of the century. When the younger Elder was a boy, he, his parents and seven sisters lived with his uncle. He said the sightless man would walk to town from his home outside Linwood.

"He knew just how many steps it took to get into town and he carefully counted them when he walked by himself. They say he lost his eyesight by not taking care of his eyes. He just let it go thinking it would get better. It didn't."

Robert Elder's lack of eyesight didn't stop him from visiting his son's grave. Mount Sidney Cemetery overlooks the Kaw River on County Road 26 east of Linwood. Sidney's parents donated 2.32 acres to the Mount Sidney Cemetery Association a few short months after their son's death. The location soon became a popular burial ground, especially after the Linwood flood of 1903.

Lifetime Linwood resident, Ovid Snyder, says the cemetery sign that greets today's visitors was made and installed by his father, John, in 1935.

"My dad was a blacksmith and could work with metal of all kinds," Snyder said from his home Monday afternoon. "He made that sign and I can tell you it was heavy. It was all his idea to do something for the cemetery."

Snyder says during the past 70 years, the largest funeral to take place at Mount Sidney was for Glenn Curtiss.

"He was just about the nicest man you could ever know. He had been away to World War II and was home working at the Linwood bank. He was killed by two men trying to rob the bank."

His funeral was held in the high school auditorium and for miles the cars lined the dirt road leading to the cemetery, Snyder remembered.

The saddest funeral occured when Genevieve Menicke died in 1934.

"She died from that terrible pneumonia and left four little girls without their mother. People from all around here were sadden because of those little girls," he said.

Eurick and Lois Fern Schwartz donated additional land to the cemetery association in recent years. The Sherman Township took over the care of the cemetery several years ago. Percy and Dorothy Mosser donated about 2½ acres of land not long ago. A monument to Mrs. Mosser is located in the new section.

As of 1979, there were 575 graves in the old section and 32 in the newer part.

Article donated by Debra Graden, President
Leavenworth County Genealogical Society, 1998

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