I went on a self-guided tour of Union Cemetery today. That means I picked up the brochure/map and walked for 2 1/2 hours. This place is huge - 55 acres. When they dedicated the cemetery in 1857, it was thought that the cemetery would accommodate all deceased in Westport and Kansas City for all time.
Sexton Cottage, the office of the cemetery
The message on this one - Basic Black and Pearls Will Take You Anywhere
There were a lot of these tree headstones.
There were many unique headstones
It's small but that bit of orange is a fox.
It ran across the path ahead of me.
Frank Barnum
"Murdered at Brownsville, Missouri"
Alexander Majors
His house is a museum. We toured it.
For the confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war.
Richard Nelson - One of the wealthiest men in the area
John McCoy
Owner of the West Port Store
Hattie was 11 years old when she was sold as a slave in 1855.
She was afraid of one of the buyers and pleaded with a kind man to buy her.
Charles Kearney was the man. After buying her he set her free. She had no place to go
so he hired her. She worked for the family for 80 years.
Charles Kearney
Chinese Grave Site
There are 4 of these in the cemetery.
That is rare because the Chinese dead were sent back to China to be buried with ancestors.
This is the receiving vault.
The map had 41 graves on it. I believe there are 55,000 people buried here. So I decided not to bore everyone with all 41 and 85 pictures.
I came home and moved half of the plants outside. It's should be above freezing for the next week.
Until tomorrow.
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