Biographies of 30 African Americans buried in Potter’s Field at Oak Hill Cemetery

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Title

Biographies of 30 African Americans buried in Potter’s Field at Oak Hill Cemetery

Subject

Allen, Hagar (1834-1917)
Allen, Isaac (1820-1902)
Allen, Israel (1859-1904)
Allen, Robert (1867-?)
Allen, William (1863-1883)
Alexander, Cora Thurston (b. 1876)
Anthony, Lettie A. (1865-1883)
Bradley, Brazil (1866-1891)
Bradley, Elias L. (1819-1896)
Bradley, Elmore (1861-1889)
Bradley, Frances E. Mumford (1845-1891)
Bradley, Jennie (1875-1893)
Clayton, Alex (1843-1872)
Drake, Charles (1859-1894)
Howard, Alice Woods (1884-1936)
Hoyt, Fannie Blackburn (1858-1944)
Hoyt, James W. (1851-1898)
Jackson, Joshua (1858-1873)
King, Isaac (1860-1882)
McGee, Henry (1853-1886)
Morgan, Randolph (1846-1871)
Reeves, Harry (1848-1894)
Shepherd, General (Lee) (1849-1877)
Robertson, George (1863-1882)
Shepherd, Juda/Judy (1812-1873)
Shepherd, Peter (1857-1879)
Shepard, Samuel B. (ca. 1810-1909)
Stewart, Mabel Allen (1884-1928?)
Strode, Anna (1846-1889)
Strode, Frank
Thurston, Alice (1880-?)
Thurston, Ann Eliza (1863-1882)
Thurston, Edward (1832-1908)
Thurston, Maggie B. (1873-1887)
Thurston, Sarah (1840-1885)
Thurston, Ulysses (1869-1884)
Thurston, Will (b. 1879)
Vinegar, Eliza (1842-1873)
Vinegar, Margaret “Sis” (1866-1889)
Vinegar, Peter (1836-1882)
Voorhees, Richard (1861-1883)
Washington, Edward P. (1850-1883)
Woods, Albert “Little Shucks” (1882-1906)
Woods, Albert “Shucks” (1844-1894)
Woods, Bert (1879-1858)
Woods, Edward/Edwin (Ed) (1872-1889)
Woods, Johnny (1866-1873)
Woods, Lucretia (1847-1930)
Woods, Mary (May) (1869-1873)
Woods, Oscar A. “Hun” (1886-1925)

Description

A series of biographical sketches of African American individuals and families who are buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery Potter's Field in Lawrence, Kansas.

Creator

Klein, Jeanne

Publisher

NAACP Lawrence Branch #4045 (Lawrence, Kan.)

Date

2026

Contributor

NAACP Lawrence Branch #4045 (Lawrence, Kan.)

Rights

Copyright Jeanne Klein, 2026. Please contact the copyright holder for permission to use this item. The item may also be subject to rights of privacy, rights of publicity and other restrictions.

Format

PDF

Language

eng

Type

Text

Coverage

Lawrence (Kan.)

Citation

Klein, Jeanne, “Biographies of 30 African Americans buried in Potter’s Field at Oak Hill Cemetery,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed May 2, 2026, https://lplks.omeka.net/items/show/1722.

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