This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swander Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1325.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Cemetery Records for Reno County Kansas 1865 - 1978 (book) Fairview - Elmer Cemetery Yoder Twsp. south/east of a small community of Elmer, Reno County, Kansas Catherine Swander 1838 - 1921 Dennis Swander 1845 - 1920 Henry Swander 24 Aug 1810 - 24 Aug 1878 Otto Swander 15 Sep 1879 - 8 Apr 1881 parents: D.F. & C.L. (Elmer is located about 2 - 3 miles south of South Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS) -------------------- According to the cemetery book: "Fairview - Elmer Cemetery was originally a small plot of land on the homestead of Warren F. White. His son Goerge H. White, seven years old, was the first person to be buried there in 1873. In 1880, Warren White, fifty years old, was buried there also. After this date there were trustees for the growing cemetery who surveyed and potted the land. The record book noted that lots were selling for $3.00 each in 1883. The cemetery is in the SW Corner of NW1/4 Sec. 17-24-5 in Yoder Township. It is one mile east and 1/2 mile south of the very small community of Elmer."