Noel Cemetery
Noel Cemetery is located on 71st st south of 11th Street.
The Noel cemetery, which is about an acre-sized plot, is located three miles west and one-half mile north of Peck. Mary A. (Mrs. R.G. Hukle) was the first person buried there. The Noel family came from Kentucky and settled in this area. The Noel family gave the land for the cemetery. The plots are marked off with cement. It originally had an iron fence but now it is enclosed with a woven wire fence. It is maintained by the Clearwater Cemetery District as of June 11, 1943.
If you have questions or inquiries regarding this cemetery or lots within the cemetery, please call 620-584-2311.
Ruby Cemetery
Ruby Cemetery is located at 71st Street South and 151st. This quiet and secluded cemetery dates back to the early 1900s. This cemetery is also part of the Clearwater Cemetery District.
The story goes that two families came from Illinois to settle in the area. A child of one of the families dies and the wife of the other family died soon after. They were both buried at the present cemetery site which was thought to be part of the woman’s land. The husband, whose wife died, named the burial ground Ruby, after her, according to Mary McLaughlin Carter of that area. The last name of this family seems to have been forgotten and there are no stones for these graves. Many other pioneers on their way west are buried there, according to Jennie Struthers Williamson.
The deed of the cemetery was recorded February 21, 1881, according to the 1961 Clearwater history book. An early gravestone that can be legibly read is that of Jessie Irene Struthers, who died at the age of 4 years on December 26, 1876. She was the daughter of E.S. and J.A. Struthers, who died July 27, 1879. She was a former teacher in the Weston school southeast of the cemetery.
Charlie Weston, son of T. and M.W. West, died January 5, 1876. He was one of many children who died in the early days from childhood diseases, which people are vaccinated from today. Other early burials were Mary McLaughlin, wife of J. B. McLaughlin, 1892; J. M. Long, 1878, Miles G. Woodard, 1878; Samuel L. Kincaid, 1885; Flora Barney, 1880; Martha A. Barney, 1881; Joey C. Britton, 1883; William Shannon, 1880; Luke Stamp, 1881; and Jefferson Stump, 1885.
Some graves were moved to the Clearwater cemetery and other places. Other pioneer names included Von Rospack, J.P. Morrison, Carlon, Crossley, Pease, Johnosn, Bissell, Cook, Sandusky, Wise, Wilbur, Brown, Mounts, Robinson, Barnett, Likely, Donnell, Hope, McGovney, Phillips and Bacon.
It is maintained by the Clearwater Cemetery District as of June 11, 1943.
If you have questions or inquiries regarding this cemetery or lots within the cemetery, please call 620-584-2311.
Harrington Cemetery
Harrington Cemetery is located on the north side of 111th South at 215th West. There is a fence surrounding the cemetery. There are a few lots available in Harrington Cemetery.
The Harrington cemetery is located three miles east of Viola on the Clearwater to Viola Road. Elisha Rogers Harrington moved to Sedgwick County and took a prairie grass claim west of Clearwater in November 1873. The legal description of this 160-acre claim is as follows: Sec.30 SW1/4 29-2 West.
He donated an acre of the southwest corner of his land to be used as the Harrington cemetery. Both Harrington, who died December 20, 1903 (according to the date on the stone, Mrs. Don (Erma) Harrington relates) and a wife, the last of three, who preceded him in death on October 15, 1871, were among the first buried in the cemetery. A cousin by the name of Nighswonger was buried there in 1885.
Six of Elisha’s children that lived in this area are Thomas Clay, Malinda Green, Columbus Carson, James Wilson, Henry Marshall and Ida Lona.
Genealogical burial records at the Cowtown Library, Wichita, list names of Ashton, Burgess, Cordell, Clark, C.C. Harrington, Dean Harrington, Charley Harrington, Henry and Mary Harrington, Ila Harrington, Maggie Harrington, Laura Harrington, Kerr, Knight, Nelson, Isaac and Bertha Nighswonger, Claude Nighswonger, Clyde Nighswonger, Perry Nighswonger, Earl Nighswonger, Harry and Elnora Nighswonger, Julia Nighswonger, Jay and Nannie Nighswonger, Ralph Nighswonger, Floyd Nighswonger, William and Anna Nighswonger, Nye, Paisley, Shelton, Yersin and Zimmerman.
It is maintained by the Clearwater Cemetery District as of June 11, 1943. Old ornate concrete fence posts and woven wire surround the plot. At one time, it was called the Ninnescah cemetery.
If there any questions regarding the Harrington Cemetery, please call the Cemetery Office at 620-584-2311.