Oakwood Cemetery located at 200 South Leawood, opened on June 1, 1872 as the city cemetery of Parsons

Parsons, Kansas

Parsons is a city in the northern part of Labette County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,500...

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Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

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United States

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American Civil War

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 veterans who came to Parsons as settlers after the war are buried in a special section which they bought in 1886. They named it Antietam Circle. This portion of the cemetery contains a gazebo and Civil War memorial statues.

External links

• The Political Graveyard
• "Historic Oakwood Cemetery", Travel Kansas