SHAWNEE METHODIST MISSION CEMETERY                                                                                                               

         

                  Also known as the Mission Cemetery and the Johnson Family Cemetery

 

                                                 Visible Burials

 

     1.  Laura L. Johnson Waterman, b. 7-22-1847, d. 2-12-1884.  Daughter of  the        

          Johnsons.

 

            2.  Rev. Thomas Johnson, b. 7-11-1802, d. 1-2-1865

 

      3.  Sarah Tittle Davis Johnson, b. 6-22-1810, d. 9-26-1873.  Wife of Rev. T Johnson.

 

  1. Ann E. Johnson, b. 3-21-1838, d. 3-26-1852.  Daughter. of  Wm. Johnson, Rev. T.          

Johnson’s brother.  She died in Glascow, Howard County, Missouri and was brought to the Mission Cemetery for burial.

 

  1. Rev. William Johnson, b. 2-2-1805, d. 4-10-1842.  Brother of Rev. T. Johnson.          

 

  1. Wilber McKendrie Johnson, b. 11-15-1841, d. 4-15-1844.  Son of Rev. William Johnson.

 

  1. Eliza Shallcross Johnson Wornall, b. 4-20-1836, d. 7-5-1865.  Daughter of the Johnsons.

 

  1. Sallie Wornall, b. 10-26-1862, d. 8-16-1864, Daughter of John and Eliza Wornall.

 

  1. Edna (Ednie) Wornall, b. 11-21-1860, d. 12-11-1863.  Daughter of John and Eliza Wornall.

 

  1. “Our Babes,” ca, 1854   Twins of John and Eliza Wornall.

 

  1. Fannie Wornall, b. 12-18-1857, d. 9-22-1859.  Daughter of John and Eliza Wornall.

 

  1. Thomas Johnson, b. 7-13-1853, d. 9-5-1853.  Son of Alexander Soule Johnson and grandson of the Johnsons.

 

  1. Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, b. 8-11-1834, d. 6-8-1840. Daughter of the Johnsons.

 

  1. Wm. Thomas Johnson, b. 6-22-1839, d. 4-2-1840.  Son of the Johnsons.

 

  1. Mary Cummins Johnson, b. 1-15-1836, d. 3-19-1838.  Daughter of the Johnsons.

 

  1. Alexander McAllister Johnson, b. 7-18-1831, d. 8-15-1831.  Son of the Johnsons.

 

  1. Sarah C. Berryman, b. 9-22-1808, d. 7-28-1846.  Wife of Rev. Jerome Berryman.  Body was encrypted when street was widened in the 1950’s. 

 

  1. Sarah Davis, b. 10-15-1768, d. 5-15-1865.  Mother of Rev. T. Johnson’s wife, Sarah.

 

  1. Marietta Hume, b. 3-14-1831, d. 2-7-1860. Sarah Johnson’s niece.

 

  1. Wm. McKendree Johnson, b.7-6-1845, d. 2-14-1924. Son of the  Johnsons.

 

  1. Elizabeth Price Johnson, b. 3-4-1850, d. 8-2-1930.  Wife of Wm. McKendree J.

 

According to Edna Johnson (from interview conducted by KSHS, in Mission Library  “Johnson File.”) the following are also buried in the cemetery:

 

Preston Johnson, son of David Johnson, brother of Rev. T. Johnson

Many children and adult Indians were buried near the present cemetery, Including an Indian Chief.       

 

Howard Ziegenhorn

August, 2006

 

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