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~~ Bash/Burr/Haines ~~
Benkelman Cemetery, Benkelman, NE
Benkelman, Nebraska, a small town of about 962 population and the county seat of Dundry County, is located just a few miles from the Nebraska/Kansas state line.  It was originally a Post Office named Collinsville but its name was changed in June 1885 to Benkelman for stock raiser J. C. Benkelman.
Benkleman Cemetery is located in Dundy County, Nebraska, 1 mile north of Benkelman, the county seat and on the west side of Highway 34.  Benkelman Cemetery has had three burial lots over the years.  The first cemetery was on the hilltop just above the soddy home of Elmer Miller. A son of Elmer was buried there in January 1880 and the cemetery was known as "Cowboy Grave Yard" on a high hill.  Later, the remains of the graveyard were uncovered while street grading and leveling operations were being done.  The Benkelman Cemetery association was organized in

1883 and 4.8 acres were designated for the cemetery and the Elmer Miller baby was reburied there.  In 1886 this cemetery plot was determined to be too small and too near the town.  The 4.8 acre plot was left to the Catholic Cemetery and a new cemetery was laid out one mile north of benkelman.  In 1886 the present cemetery lot was purchased from Sinclair Balderson.  Mr. Balderson donated a 5 acre tract north of the new cemetery to the Catholics with the provision that they would remove their burials from the 4.8 acreage that were within his holdings.  All their burials were then moved to the new cemetery north of town.  The Benkelman Garden Club has made many improvements to the cemetery since 1957.  When  we visited the cemetery during May 2005 we learned it had run out of space and had expanded to a plot on the east side of the highway.  This expansion must have been completed before October 2000 since Janet H. & John Haines are buried there and Janet's tombstone gives death date as Oct. 8, 2000.
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NOTE: We visited Benkelman Cemetery in May of 2005 and took the photos you see here.  The area was badly in need of rain then and we could see a big fire east of the cemetery.  A great, great granddaughter of William & Mary (Bash) Haines saw my family tree on World Connect and contacted us, Jan. 8, 2007.  She told us this was an electrical fire, starting just east of the cemetery and going through her nephew's yard.  Her brother used his tanker semi to haul water for the fire trucks to use to save his son's house.  The restaurant we ate at later in the day was owned by her 2nd cousin on her mother's side of the family.  She stated, "you were surrounded by family and didn't know it!"

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Benkelman Cemetery Entrance
Cemetery Map & Plat
Memorial
Brenda K. Bash-Martinez
b. May 21, 1969 -- d. Nov. 17, 1993
Inscription on stone: "We love and miss you"
She was the granddaughter of Gay Oliver & Stella Mae (Stute) Bash; the great granddaughter of James Orville  & Flossie Ellen (Artist) Bash & the great, great granddaughter of Henry Orlando & Selista E. (Long) Bash
I have not been able to determine which of Gay & Stella's sons, (Bill Henry, Joe Gary or Tom Gay), she is the daughter of.
Section J, Row 2, Lot 23
Vina Bash
Daughter of James & Flossie Bash
Granddaughter of Henry O. & Selista E. Bash
b. Aug. 31, 1908 - d. Feb. 10, 1909
Section J, Row 1, Lot 28
Henry Orlando & Selista E. (Long) Bash
Henry b. 1849 -- d. 1895
Selista b. abt 1849 -- d.1905
Henry was the brother of Mary J. Haines
Section J, Row 3, Lot 32
Ray I. & Vonda I. (Bash) Burr
Ray b. 1914 - d. 1984
Vonda b. 1919 - d. 1978
Section J, Row 1, Lot 28
They were the parents of Beverly Ellen Burr
Vonda was the daughter of James O. & Flossie Bash
Beverly Ellen Burr
b. 1939 - d. 1941
Section J, Row 1, Lot 28
She was the daughter of Ray & Vonda (Bash) Burr
Gay Oliver Bash
b. Aug 20, 1917 -- d. Apr 28, 1900
Name of living spouse removed
Gay O. was the son of James & Flossie Bash
Grandson of Henry O. & Selista E. Bash
Section J, Row 1, Lot 23
Clinton A. & Hazel B. Bash
Clinton b. Apr. 9, 1910 -- d. Nov, 16, 1989
Hazel b. July 2, 1915 -- d. Mar. 22, 2001
Section J, Row 1, Lot 25
James Orville & Flossie Ellen (Artist) Bash 
James b. Feb. 25, 1879 - d. 1947
Flossie b. 1888 - d. 1945
James was the son of Henry O. & Selista E. Bash
Section J, Row 1, Lot 28
Walter Benjamin Haines
b. 7 Nov. 1878 -- d. 29 Jul 1917
He was the son of William R. & Mary J. (Bash) Haines
Section J, Row 2, Lot 17
Harley T. Haines
b. 30 Mar. 1890 -- d. 20 Mar. 1894
He was the son of William R. & Mary J. (Bash) Haines
Section J, Row 2, Lot 17
Marjorie May Haines
b. 30 Dec. 1919 -- d. 13 Oct. 1920
She was the daughter of Rolla "Rollie" R. & Maude V. Haines
Section H, Row 1, Lot 15
Myrtle Mae Haines
b. 24 Jun. 1882 -- d. 11 Nov. 1934
She was the daughter of William R. & Mary J. (Bash) Haines
Section J, Row 2, Lot 18
William R. & Mary J. (Bash) Haines
William b. 1855 -- d. 1906
Mary b. 1856 -- d. 1919
Mary was the sister of Henry O. Bash
Section J, Row 2, Lot 17
Rolla "Rollie" R. & Maude V. Haines
Rolla b. 1894 -- d. 1957
Maude b. 1894 -- d. 1955
Rolla is the son of William & Mary J. (Bash) Haines
Section H, Row 1, Lot 15
Glen J. & Della I. Haines
Glen b. 1904 -- d. 1989
Della b. 1903 -- d. 1977
Section C, Row 2, Lot 24
Helen J. Haines
b. 18 May 1934 -- d. 26 Sep. 1979
Name of living spouse removed
She was the daughter-in-law of Rolly R. & Maude V. (Sauer) Haines
John W. & H. Janet Haines
John b. 25 Oct. 1923 -- d. 2 Feb. 2001
Janet b. 20 Nov 1926 -- d. 8 Oct. 2000
Section A, Row 2A & 2B East
Section of cemetery on east side of Highway
John W. was the son  of Rolly R. & Maude V. (Sauer) Haines
Job Henry Haines
1819 -- 1885
Father of William Haines who married Mary Jane Bash
Buried in unmarked grave
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