Shawnee Methodist Mission Cemetery
This is an archived index from the Digital Cemetery.
Address
3201 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Fairway, KS
GPS Location
39° 01' 50" N, 94° 37' 19" W
39.03069, -94.62193
GoogleMap
Legal Location
Section 3, Township 12S, Range 25E
About the Cemetery
This cemetery contains the remains of Rev. Thomas Johnson, who this county is named for. With him is his wife, his brother Rev. William Johnson, and several Johnson babies. Also interred here are two adult children of Thomas Johnson. His daughter Eliza married John Bristow Wornall, a Kansas City, MO historical figure who owned the farm to the east of the Shawnee Reservation and Mission. Eliza Johnson Wornall gave birth to 7 children, but only two lived past childhood. The other 5 children are buried here with Sarah, who died shortly after the birth of her 7th child. Also interred here is Sarah Berryman, the wife of Rev. Jerome C Berryman, another Mission teacher.
Ownership History
This historical cemetery is owned and maintained by the Kansas Historical Society as part of the Shawnee Indian Mission site, and is located a few blocks from the Mission buildings in what is now a suburban housing division on Shawnee Mission Parkway, a main artery to Kansas City. The Mission has been owned by the Kansas Historical Society since 1927, and was designated a National Historical Site in 1968.
A plaque at the entrance of the cemetery states the following: "Rev. Thomas Johnson, a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Founder of the Shawnee Mission; Rev. William Johnson, Missionary to the Kansa Indians, and members of their families were buried here from 1839 to 1930. Plaque furnished by the Old Mission United Methodist Church 1988."
Index
Photographed and transcribed by Linda K. Lewis, 29 Jun 2005. Rephotographed in 2008. This is a complete transcription by reading and photographing the gravestones.
Berryman, Sarah C.; b. 22 Sep 1808; d. 28 Jul 1846; Wife of Rev J C Berryman She was a good and loving wife. We shall meet again.; Photo
Davis, Sarah; b. 15 Oct 1768; d. 16 May 1865; Photo Photo Photo
Hume, Marrieta; b. 11 May 1831; d. 05 Jul 1860; Photo
Johnson, Alexr McAllister; b. 18 Jul 1831; d. 15 Aug 1831; Photo Photo Photo
Johnson, Ann E; b. 11 Mar 1838; d. 26 Mar 1852; Photo Photo
Johnson, Elizabeth Price; b. 04 Mar 1850Clay Co. MO; d. 02 Aug 1930Kansas City, MO; Photo Photo Photo Photo
Johnson, Mary Cummins; b. 15 Jan 1838; d. 19 Mar 1838; Photo Photo Photo
Johnson, Rev. Thomas; b. 11 Jul 1802; d. 02 Jan 1865; The Devoted Indian Missionary; Plaque: Son of a Revolutionary Soldier Erected by Kansas City Chapter D.A.R.; Plaque: United Methodist Minister; s/w Sarah T Johnson, Johnson Co. Kansas named for Rev. Johnson, Methodist Minister, missionary, and founder of Shawnee Indian Mission Kansas; Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo
Johnson, Rev. Wm.; b. 02 Feb 1805; d. 10 Apr 1842; Photo Photo
Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth; b. 11 Aug 1834; d. 08 Jun 1840; Photo Photo Photo
Johnson, Sarah T.; b. 22 Jun 1810; d. 26 Sep 1873; Our Mother; Wife of Rev. T. Johnson; Our Mother, Wife of Rev. T. Johnson; Photo Photo Photo
Johnson, Thomas; b. 20 Jul 1851; d. 14 Apr 1852; Son of A S and P Johnson; Photo Photo Photo
Johnson, Wilbur McKendrie; b. 15 Nov 1841; d. 15 Apr 1844; Photo Photo
Johnson, William McKendree; b. 06 Jul 1845; d. 14 Feb 1924; Son of Rev Thomas Johnson and Sarah T Johnson His wife Elizabeth Price Johnson 1830 - 1930; Photo Photo Photo
Johnson, William Thomas; b. 22 Jun 1839; d. 02 Apr 1840; Photo Photo Photo
Waterman, Laura; b. 22 Jul 1847; d. 12 Feb 1884; Photo Photo Photo
Wornall, ??; d. ?? ??? ????; Our Babes of J B and Eliza Wornall; Photo Photo Photo
Wornall, Ednie; d. 11 Dec 1863; Daughter of J B and Eliza Wornall; Photo
Wornall, Eliza S; d. 05 Jul 1865; Wife of John Wornall; Born 20 Apr 1836; Photo Photo
Wornall, Fannie; d. 22 Sep 1859; Daughter of J B and Eliza Wornall; Photo Photo Photo
Wornall, Sallie; d. 16 Aug 1861; Daughter of J B and Eliza Wornall; Photo Photo
