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Cemetery: Kessler Cemetery
Other: St. Joseph's Cemetery
Sign: No
Street: Hwy 31
City: Easton
Township: Marion
County: Buchanan
State: MO
Nation: United States
Zip:
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: W
long_h:
long_mmss:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: Hwy 36 to Hwy 31, One mile north of Easton, MO
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: Yes
Features: oak trees, hay fields
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: Non-locking
Established: 1849
Gravestones: 75
Oldest: 1849
Newest: 1923
Removed: Yes
Relocated: No
Repairs: Yes
Methods: Other
Restoration: Yes
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: No
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Yes
Granite: Yes
Marble: Yes
Native: Yes
Slate: Unsure
Others: Unsure
Wood: No
Materials: Yes
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: Yes
Hands: No
Lambs: No
Monograms: Yes
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: Yes
Scrollwork: No
Urns: No
Carvings: Yes
Condition: Cemetery vandalized
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: No
Vandalized: Yes
Report: No
VA1: Gravestones-Overturned
VA2: Gravestones-Broken
VA3: Gravestones-Stolen
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4:
GroundCover:
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Good
Problem1: Encroachment
Problem2:
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Smaller
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: No
Habitat: Yes
Contacted: Kansas City/St. Joseph Catholic Diocese
Surnames:
Gerstner, Siela, Wunderlin, Payne, Kessler, Beck, Scanlon,
Mallon,Carmicheal,Digeman, Kendziora, Roskowski, Wiedmaier
Other Information:
The cemetery contains two men who were killed in the Civil War.
Support:
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Name: Matthew Gerstner
Email: m_gerstner@hillyard.com
Date: 6/5/2003 |
