Star cemetery, West Mineral, Kansas

Star Cemetery is located southwest of West Mineral, Cherokee County, Kansas. West Mineral was a thriving coal mining town in the early part of the 20th century. Coal miners, their families, and descendants are buried in the cemetery, Some of the headstones were vandalized about 1990, but many head stones remain legible. The clerk of West Mineral Township has been compiling data on the names and dates of those buried in Star (sometimes Starr) Cemetery. Some of those buried there are: Egisto Mazzanti - His headstone is simply marked "M E" At one time there was a photograph of him imbedded in the obelisk shaped stone, but it has long since been removed. Donald Doff-Sota James Geddes Harriett Powell Geddes, wife of James Geddes. Emma Elizabeth Bishop Powell-unmarked just south of Harriett Geddes, her sister in law.&#160; William Powell-unmarked just south of Emma Powell, his mother.

Kansas Cemeteries