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Elmwood Cemetery has many old and beautiful grave markers. Many of the markers are adorned with symbolic representations of death, religious symbols, and personal reflections regarding the life of the deceased. Crosses with IHS, In His Service, are sometimes used as grave markers as well as lambs for a child’s memorial. This historic cemetery has many notable gravesites. Those include members of the Dalton Gang, Dalton Raid Defenders, and other noteworthy Coffeyville citizens. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N Anderson, M.N. * | top | Ayers, Thomas G. (1842-1908) *
In 1893, he retired from banking and went to Sioux City, Iowa, where he was treasurer of a wholesale grocery company. In 1894, he resigned and returned to Coffeyville where he resumed the practice of law. He served one term as mayor of Coffeyville. At the time of the Dalton Raid, he was a cashier at the First National Bank where he was shot by Bob Dalton. He survived the shooting. | top | Barndollar, J.J. (1842-1904) In the summer of 1871, he settled at Coffeyville where he engaged in the wholesale and retail business dealing in general merchandise. In August 1862, he enlisted in Company C., One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; he served nine months and was First Sergeant of his company. | top | Bonney, William H. William Henry McCarty (November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney, was a famous 19th century American frontier outlaw and gunman who was a participant in the Lincoln County War. According to legend he killed 21 men, one for each year of his life, but more likely he participated in the killing of less than half that number. | top |
In July 1871, he moved to Coffeyville where he was in the business of loaning money, He was a Trustee of the Parker Township. In 1876 he was elected County Commissioner. | top |
| top | Brown, Charles (1832-1892) * In 1861, he returned to his native state where he remained a short time. His next move was to Wayland, Michigan, where he married Miss Emily L. Morley in the year of 1868. Two years afterwards, he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked at his trade until the fall of 1883, when he moved on a farm three miles east of Coffeyville. He moved to Coffeyville in 1888 and opened a shoe shop, where he remained working at his trade up to the time of his sad and tragic death at the hands of the Daltons on the 5th of October, 1892. | top |
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W.P. and Nancy were married in 1884 in Port Washington, Ohio. They met while she was visiting relatives in the Independence area. When she went home, it is said that Mr. Brown followed her and courted her in her home county of Tuscarawas. They were married there in the Moravian Church. About a year later they returned to Independence, Kansas to make their home. They had five children: Violet who lived to adulthood; two baby sons who died at or soon after their birth; William, who died at the age of 4 from pneumonia; and Donald, who died from complications of diabetes at the age of 11. She died August 25, 1934, at the age of 71, just over two months after W.P.’s death. Some say she died from a broken heart. | top | Brown, Violet Elizabeth (1885-1973) – See Kohler, Violet Elizabeth Brown | top |
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To escape a difficult relationship, Brown left home at the age of 14. His first job was collecting bad debts for a bank. He moved to Cherryvale where he started a grain dealership. Brown met his lovely wife Nancy from Ohio, when she was visiting relatives in Independence. The Browns were married in Ohio but moved back to independence to start a lumber business. They had two sons who died in infancy then four-year-old Willie died of pneumonia in 1898 and son Donald died at age 11. Violet, their first child and only daughter, was their only child who lived to adulthood. The Browns moved to Coffeyville in 1890, and turned an old carpentry shop into a lumber company. Several years later, Brown smelled natural gas outside his company’s building and six months later, he discovered one of the largest natural gas wells in the country. Brown founded the Coffeyville Mining and Gas Company and owned several businesses in the area.
Like typical Stanford White structures, the mansion has many fireplaces, all of different designs. Because Mr. Brown owned a lumberyard as well as having oil and gas interests, the Brown Mansion was completed at a wholesale cost of only $125,000. | top |
George Cubine will always be remembered as one of the Coffeyville citizens who lost his life during the Dalton Raid on Coffeyville, October 5, 1892. As Emmett and Bob Dalton ran for their horses, George Cubine, with a Winchester in his hands, shot but his own live was ended by the outlaws. The inscription on his stone reads:
| top | Cubine, Georgia (1877-1945) She was remembered as an excellent teacher but was also an avid swimmer establishing a national swim record in a meet off Catalina Island. Georgia attended high school in Coffeyville, received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and a Master’s degree from Columbia University. She attended Cambridge University of England and the University of Mexico in Mexico City.
| top | Cubine, John (1845-1911)
Despite several personal tragedies, his boot manufacturing business thrived; his company was the first to make the “fitted boot” helping Coffeyville develop its western image. John was also the first boot maker to use tanned alligator hide on boots. He sold over 372 pairs of boots in 1891. There once was an article in the Coffeyville Journal called “The Boot that Made Coffeyville Famous.” In the article, a man came across a camping ground in Utah where he noticed that all the cowboys were wearing boots with an identical pattern. When asked about the boots the cowboys simply replied, “They are made to order for us in Coffeyville, Kansas. All the boys around here wear Cubine boots!” | top | Dalton Defenders *
| top | Dalton Gang ** These members of the Dalton Gang were killed in Coffeyville on October 5, 1892. A portion of the hitching rail where they tethered their horses before the infamous raid on two Coffeyville banks is shown on the left and is a permanent part of the grave marker.
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The Daltons’ mother tried to have Bob and Grat buried beside Frank after the Coffeyville raid. Indignant Coffeyville citizens said no. So in Elmwood, Frank Dalton is buried two cemetery blocks away from Bob and Grat. Frank Dalton’s monument is elaborate compared with his brothers. “Erected by his affectionate mother,” it bears this deeply religious sentiment: “Whose God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guide. He gave thee; He took thee and He will restore thee. And death has no sting for the Savior has died.” | top |
Grat never married and he died in Coffeyville during the infamous bank robbery of October 5. Before turning to crime, Grat had served as a U.S. Deputy Marshal for the Fort Smith court and had once been wounded in performance of his duties. In 1931 when brother Emmett returned to Coffeyville for a visit he said, “Poor Grat. Here he sleeps, an aimless, discontent boy who grew into a fierce fighting man.” Grat was known as the best shot of the Dalton Gang, often firing from the hip. | top |
Bob never married but there are various tales about a girlfriend who tapped telegraph lines to obtain information about trains with gold shipments. One story has her dying of cancer just before the Coffeyville raid. Perhaps the first person that Bob killed was a man named Charlie Montgomery who was wanted for horse theft, impersonating a law officer, and several other offenses. Bob was known as the most wild and reckless of the Dalton Gang. | top |
| top | Elliot, David Stewart (1843-1899)
Captain David Stewart Elliott died at age 56, having led a full life and serving his country in two wars. His wife Clara was a sister of J. J. Barndollar who is also buried in Elmwood Cemetery. | top |
D. C. Gill’s daughter, author of the poem, died in 1975. | top |
J. H. married Clara May Beeson in 1889. J. H. and Clara bought their farm from Samuel Beeson and the Gregory’s lived on this same farm for the rest of their lives. Both, along with their three sons, are buried in Elmwood cemetery. J. H. and Clara made one of their trading visits to Coffeyville October 5, 1892. Unaware of the significance of the day, they were enroute to Coffeyville in their horse drawn buggy at the time of the Dalton Raid. | top |
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William and his wife had five children with two surviving to adulthood. His land consisted of more than 114 acres. His home was originally located on Eighth Street in Coffeyville but it was later moved to Ninth Street because it stood on a government land grant. The property is now known as the Ingmire addition. | top |
In October 1871, Mr. Isham, with his brother J. T. Isham, purchased hardware stock and they pursued the hardware business together until 1875, then H. H. went to Texas but his brother continued with the family business. J.T. primarily sold heavy and light hardware, stoves, tinware, agriculture implements, wagons, and carriages. The Isham Hardware was the source of guns and ammunition for the defending citizens during the Dalton Raid. The Isham Hardware continues in business today. | top | Kloehr, John J. (1860-?) * On October 5, 1892, Kloehr was reclining on a cot in the stable when the Dalton Gang arrival was announced. He immediately armed himself and is credited for shooting Dick Broadwell and killing Bob and Grat Dalton. The president of the First National Bank of Chicago presented him with a $1,000 gold and diamond medal for his bravery. Engraved upon the medal were these words, “John Joseph Kloehr – the Emergency Arose and the Man Appeared.” Mr. Kloehr was a citizen of whom Coffeyville was very proud. | top |
At the age of 19 Violet moved out and married a man from the Wichita Eagle family. They divorced not long after their first and only child, a little boy, died. He only lived a short time. Violet was what you might call an independent woman; she traveled the world, had a second marriage, and went to college. Her second husband was from a Swiss family who made chocolates. Violet went back to school following her second divorce and earned a degree in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin. She then became the librarian at Carnegie Library in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Violet moved back to the Mansion to help her parents when her father became ill. She was 49 years old when her parents died. When they died they left the Brown Mansion to Violet. Since the depression had such a great effect on her family’s fortune there was not enough money for the upkeep of the home. In 1970 Violet decided to sell the mansion to the Coffeyville Historical Society to use as a museum. She took what she needed and moved into a nursing home in Independence, Kansas. Violet lived there until her death on November | top | Morgan, John (1835-1910) | top |
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He graduated from the Boston Law School in June 1864, but he never became a member of the Bar of Montgomery County until June 29, 1895. After locating to Coffeyville, he became one of the most prominent men of the city and practicing in the judicial and police courts. For some time, he served as Judge of the Court of Coffeyville. The building housing the old Condon Bank is known as the Perkins Building. | top |
He was shot while in the bank unable to use his shooting arm. When he finally managed to leave the bank, he and Grat were caught in the middle of crossfire between men on either side of the Plaza. He tried to hide in the rear door of a store, but the door was locked. As he staggered down the alley to his horse, another shot hit him in the back. He fell dead beside his horse. | top | Read, Hazzard W. (1850-1930) He met his wife when she traveled from Kansas City to Coffeyville to visit relatives. They had six children. H. W. became good friends with members of the Delaware Indian Tribe; they even made him an honorary chief. | top |
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| top | Slosson, Minnie Hatch (1844-1928) The Slossons were very community minded and did all they could to support the town. George Slosson was a founder of the First National Bank which was later robbed by the Dalton Gang. Minnie died in 1928, but she left $5,000 in her will to construct the stone shelter house for Elmwood Cemetery and another $5,000 for the beautiful iron gates and fence. | top | Stuckey, John (1831-1906) | top | Upham Family | top | Wells, Daniel (1848-
Daniel and Robert continued their business at Parker until 1873, when they moved to Coffeyville. They built up an immense wholesale and retail business in general merchandise and also dealing in cattle, horses, ponies, wools, hides, and furs. The first year their business amounted to about$50,000. |
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He moved to Coffeyville, May 25, 1880, and engaged in a banking business under the firm name of Ayres & Stule. This firm was afterwards dissolved and in its stead the First National Bank of Coffeyville was organized. Mr. Ayres continued in the business for some years with the new organization. 
J. J. Barndollar, an early-day Coffeyville merchant, was born in Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, on May 5, 1842. In 1868, he moved to Lanark, Illinois, where he resided until the spring of 1870, when he came to Humboldt, Kansas. 
only 15 years of age, he went to California and engaged in gold mining for about 13 years.
W.P. Brown began plans for his home around the turn of the century. He contracted with the architectural firm of Wilder and Wight of Kansas City, Missouri to build a mansion, known today as the 
John’s first wife died in 1870, but not before the birth of their daughter, Maggie. John then remarried a woman named Alice Wright. Sometime later, his daughter died. 
In 1885, he moved to Coffeyville where he became a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association. However, the newspaper business kept calling Elliott and he became editor of the Coffeyville Weekly Journal in 1892. Approximately ten years later, he enlisted in the Spanish-American War where he was shot in the line of duty by a Filipino sharp shooter. 
Grisham, Richard C. (1833-1911)
Isham, H. H. (1836-1906)
store’s merchandise with H. W. taking the women’s clothing lines. 
She worked for Violet for 37 years before her death in January of 1973. Because Violet had broken her hip and was an invalid she could not care for herself after Mildred’s death. The depression had a great effect on the Brown family fortune there was not enough money for the upkeep of the Mansion. Violet sold the Mansion to the Coffeyville Historical Society in April 1973 with the stipulation that it be open to the public and that the oriental rugs remain in place. Violet moved to a nursing home for the last few months of her life. 
Minnie Slosson/Minnie Hatch was born in New York and met her husband, George Slosson, in Lawrence, Kansas. The couple moved to Coffeyville to establish their home. Minnie’s husband was known as a dignified and honorable man with an acute mind for business. He built the first brick business building in Coffeyville, served as the town’s first druggist, and owned several pieces of real estate. 
contractor and he provided much leadership to the lying of Coffeyville’s city street.
Daniel was born in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on August 26, 1848. He moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, in the spring of 1869. He then moved to Parker, Montgomery County, and embarked in mercantile business in partnership with his brother Robert L. Wells.