A guide to the history and natural resources of the Kansas City - St. Joseph area and surrounding communities

 

Historic Cemeteries



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Cemetery Description
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Welt Street off of Hwy 45
Weston, MO
Includes relatives and descendants of Daniel Boone, Robert E. Lee, Benjamin Holladay and early Weston slaves.
Maple Hill Cemetery
2301 S. 34th St.
Kansas City, KS 66106
Includes gravesite of Sarah Head, the child bride of William Clarke Quintrill.
Union Cemetery Historical Society
227 East 28th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64108
Approximately 55,000 lie buried here.  Artists, statesmen, missionaries, traders, explorers, farmers, pioneer women and veterans from every American war rest here.  This self-guided walking tour begins at the site of the sexton's cottage.

PO Box 119 ◦ Smithville MO ◦ 64089 Email Phone  816-898-7485