Highland (Nall) Cemetery
This is an archived index from the Digital Cemetery.
Address
5000 W 65th Street
Prairie Village, KS
Owner
Highland Cemetery Association, www.highlandcemeteryprairievillage.com
GPS Location
39° 00' 40" N, 94° 38' 40" W
39.011, -94.644
GoogleMap
Legal Location
Section 16, Township 12S, Range 25E
About the Cemetery
Highland Cemetery, sometimes known as Nall Cemetery, is tucked away in a quaint residential neighborhood in Prairie Village, KS, near the state and city line of Kansas City, Missouri. In the 1850s, this land was part of the Shawnee Nation reservation. As the Treaty with the Shawnee was modified and land opened up, pioneer brothers John and Thomas Nall and their families claimed 200 acres and became prosperous farmers.
This 1-acre cemetery was originally comprised of two seperate family cemeteries. The south 1/2 acre of the cemetery was on the Nall property and served as their cemetery while the north 1/2 acre was on the White property and served as their family cemetery. Many of the old marble stones on the White side are broken or lost.
In 1946 the first yearly meeting was held for the Highland Cemetery Association. The Nalls, Porters, and their other neighbors made up this association. Offices were elected and donations were given to fund the care of the cemetery in apparent exchange for lots. The association continued to have yearly meetings, and provide donations in this way, into the next generation of the Nalls and their neighboring families. In 1968, the first official plat was made in the newly developed city of Prairie Village. The first plots were sold to Asher Langworthy, and his namesake and other descendents of those first pioneers still hold offices in the Highland Cemetery Association today.
Index
Photographed and transcribed by Linda K. Lewis, 22 Jul 2005. Re-photographed in 2007 where possible. This is a complete transcription by reading and photographing the gravestones. Additional information was provided by the sexton.
Keys: s/w = same stone with, * = Supplemented from sexton records, # = Supplemented from Cemetery Index, ^ = Added from Cemetery Index (no stone), + = Known Veteran
??, ??; d. 21 Apr 1866; Photo
??, Eurene; b. 26 1879; d. ?? Nov 1890; Daughter of ?? and C A ???; Stone illegible; Photo
??, Joseph W; d. 01 Jan 186?; s/w Mary ??; Photo
??, Mary; s/w Joseph ??; Photo
??, Thomas A; Son of ??; ^;
?tice, John A; Photo
Bates, Dora Jean; b. 1905; Photo
Bates, Kenneth M; b. 1905; d. 1971; Photo
Boles, Elizabeth; b. 14 Mar 1843; d. 09 Feb 1922; s/w Thomas Nall, Mary Nall; Photo Photo
Bowers, Garland Thiermann; b. 21 Feb 1901; d. 22 Jan 1982; Photo
Bowers, Naomi Lois; b. 06 Feb 1911; d. 27 Jul 1966; Photo
Bowers, Peter Elwood; b. 12 Oct 1893; d. 21 Jul 1968; Photo
Bowers, Peter Elwood Jr; b. 18 Sep 1928; d. 21 May 1996; Photo
Brewer, Archer; d. 02 May 1869; Son of B and M A Brewer; *#; Photo
Dahl, Cornelia Nall; b. 1868; d. 1948; Photo
Deveney, Joseph R; b. 1919; d. 1962; Photo
Galloway, George; d. 20 Jul 1871; 8 weeks, Son of G W and A Galloway; Photo
Gimlin, Milton Jr; b. 29 Sep 1912; d. 05 Jul 1997; Loving Husband and Father; Photo
Goertz, ??; *;
Goodman, E Ruth Jones; b. 1917; Photo
Goodman, John Davis (Witkoski); b. 1910; d. 1994; Photo
Hartner, H; *;
Hartner, Mildred Ann; b. 1911; d. 2006; Amos Family metal marker; Photo
Henderson, Mary E; d. 23 May 1888; Wife of ? Henderson; #; Photo
Honn, Ruth Elizabeth; b. 1893; d. 1977; Photo
Honn, Stephen D; b. 01 Feb 1862; d. 17 Dec 1894; Photo
Hutton, ??; d. ? Sep 1898; small illegible stone with George and Amanda Hutton; Photo
Hutton, Amanda M; b. 1877; d. 1948; s/w George A Hutton; Photo
Hutton, Cass A; b. 1853; d. 1940; Father; s/w Margaret Hutton; Photo
Hutton, Daniel A; b. 08 Jul 1887; d. 31 Jan 1904; Photo
Hutton, George A; b. 1870; d. 1965; s/w Amanda M Hutton; Photo
Hutton, John W; Father, Freemason; Photo
Hutton, M Ethel; b. 1888; d. 1971; Mother; Photo
Hutton, Margaret; b. 1853; d. 1923; Mother; s/w Cass A Hutton; Photo
Jewell, John; d. 04 May 1903; Son of A and M E Jewell ; *;
Johnson, Laurence; Son of I R and ? Johnson; Photo
Johnston, Dorothy Mead; b. 15 May 1908; d. 09 Jan 2001; m. 31 Jul 1933; s/w Wilbur Thomas Johnston; Photo
Johnston, Wilbur Thomas; b. 11 Jul 1907; d. 21 Jan 2000; m. 31 Jul 1933; s/w Dorothy Mead Johnston; Photo
Jones, Edna M; b. 1895; d. 1980; Photo
Jones, Harry E; b. 1893; d. 1935; Photo
Jones, Leo H; b. 1900; d. 1978; Photo
Kessler, Rodney Arthur; b. 08 Jun 1953; d. 22 May 1990; Photo
Langworthy, Asher Clinton; b. 21 Jan 1901; d. 20 Jan 1980; Photo
Langworthy, Georgia Hodges; b. 07 Apr 1905; d. 16 May 1988; Photo
Lowry, Nancy; b. 1835; d. 1910; Mother; Photo Photo
McClelland, Senia; b. 1880; d. 1954; Mother; Photo
McClelland, William J; b. 1878; d. 1961; Father; Photo
Meidinger, Lambert M; b. 15 Aug 1905; d. 14 Jun 1982; Photo
Miller, Thomas J; b. 1862; d. 1903; Photo
Morris, Elizabeth S; b. 1876; d. 1959; Photo
Morris, J H; b. 1872; d. 1914; Photo
Nall, ??; d. 13 Apr 18??; *;
Nall, Allice J; d. 17 Aug 1867; Dau of J and N J Nall; *; Photo
Nall, Annie O; d. 21 Oct 1863; Dau of O and M E Nall ; *;
Nall, B F; b. 1864; d. 1936; Father; Photo
Nall, Jennie; Mother; Photo
Nall, John; Father; Photo
Nall, John; b. 1832; d. 1917; Father; Photo
Nall, Lemuel; d. 05 Jan 1894; Photo
Nall, Lemuel Jr; b. 1870; d. 1870; Photo
Nall, Lottie E; b. 06 Sep 1874; d. 10 Aug 1905; Wife of T H Nall; Photo
Nall, Mary; d. 17 Mar 1909; Sister; s/w Thomas Nall, Elizabeth Boles; Photo
Nall, Matthew E; b. 1882; d. 1912; Brother; Photo Photo
Nall, Maud; d. 12 Jul 1880; Dau of S O and S Nall ; *;
Nall, Melvina; b. 19 Jun 1829; d. 25 Feb 1906; Wife of Orvill Nall Mother at rest ; Photo
Nall, Minnie L; b. 1877; d. 1904; Sister; Photo Photo
Nall, Nancy J; b. 1834; d. 1870; Photo
Nall, Orville; b. 1828; d. 1920; Photo
Nall, Pearl; d. 25 Aug 1908; Photo
Nall, Phillip; d. 03 Mar 1910; Photo
Nall, Sarah; b. 1846; d. 1905; Photo
Nall, Stephen O; b. 1857; d. 1906; Photo
Nall, Susan E; b. 1852; d. 1915; Mother; Photo Photo
Nall, T Josephine; b. 1869; d. 1941; Photo
Nall, Theodore S; b. 1871; d. 1902; Photo
Nall, Thomas; d. 31 Dec 1903; Brother Thomas; s/w Mary Nall, Elizabeth Boles; Photo
Nall, Thomas J; b. 1862; d. 1903; *;
Nall, Thomas W; b. 1873; d. 1904; Photo
Nall, Tillman H; b. 1858; d. 1913; Photo
Nall, William H; b. 19 Aug 1865; d. 21 Feb 1906; Our Brother, Erected by Woodsmen of the World; Photo
Obenhaus, Oswald W; b. 1877; d. 1932; s/w Sarah E Obenhaus; Photo
Obenhaus, Sarah E; b. 1881; s/w Oswald W Obenhaus, interred 2006; Photo
Pearson, Lottie E; d. 23 Apr 1878; Dau of E and E Pearson; #; Photo
Porter, Ada; b. 14 May 1866; Daughter; Photo
Porter, Aileen Small; b. 17 Jan 1911; d. 22 Apr 1993; s/w Beverly Small; Photo
Porter, Ann E; b. 30 Jun 1839; d. 29 Feb 1884; Footstone A E P Mother s/w Thomas L Porter; Photo
Porter, Carrie A; b. 20 Feb 1837; d. 08 Nov 1914; Photo
Porter, Frank D; b. 12 Jan 1868; d. 28 Feb 1883; Son; Photo Photo
Porter, Ida; b. 14 May 1866; Daughter; Photo
Porter, Thomas C; b. 24 Feb 1827; d. 16 Dec 1909; s/w Ann E Porter; Photo
Robinson, Frances Clare Abts; b. 17 Sep 1922; s/w Robert Dale and Teresa Clare Robinson, Bench, added late summer 2005; Photo
Robinson, Robert Dale; b. 19 Apr 1922; d. 15 Jun 1995; s/w Frances Clare and Teresa Clare Robinson, Bench, added late summer 2005; Photo
Robinson, Teresa Clare; d. 15 Oct 1957; s/w Robert Dale and Frances Clare Robinson, Bench, added late summer 2005;
Rockwell, Wayne L MD; b. 13 Oct 1925; d. 02 Dec 1994; Amos Family Funeral; Photo
Small, Beverly; b. 03 Feb 1913; d. 09 Mar 1989; Bev; s/w Aileen Small Porter; Photo
Small, Carrie U Demming; b. 1888; d. 1965; Photo
+ Small, James A; b. 04 Dec 1919; d. 02 Aug 1982; SGT US Army World War II; Photo
Smith, Cora E Nall; b. 1875; d. 1912; Photo
Stanbury, Bessie E; d. 14 Dec 1904; s/w William E Stanbury; Photo Photo
Stanbury, William E; d. 11 Dec 1897; s/w Bessie E Stanbury; Photo Photo
Stinson, Helen J; b. 02 May 1926; d. 04 Nov 1995; Photo
Tower, Lilly May; d. 09 Oct 1868; Dau of H B and S D Tower; Photo
Trantham, ??; *;
Vinson, H S; *;
Walker, Ella Nall; d. 30 Jan 1882; Daughter of O and M E Nall; Photo
Walsh, Sylvia M; b. 02 May 1902; d. 03 May 2000; Photo
Weston, Fannie Ellen; Dau of Thos and Mary Weston; s/w Thomas Weston; Photo Photo
Weston, Thomas; b. 13 Mar 1834North Kilworth Leigestershire England; d. 06 Feb 1904; s/w Fannie Ellen Weston; Photo
White, Benjamin A; d. 20 Mar 1867; Son of J A and M J White ; *;
White, John; d. 28 Jul 1866; Photo Photo
White, Mary E; d. 13 Jun 1883; Wife of C A White; ; Photo Photo
White, Mary J; d. 13 Oct 1875; Wife of John A White, Footstone MJW; Photo Photo
Williams, R; *;
+ Wilson, Thomas J; d. 25 Jan 1910; CO H 16th CAV KANS; Photo
