Sutton Obelisk - Maple Grove Cemetery - Dodge City, Kansas
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N 37° 45.441 W 100° 02.965
14S E 407559 N 4179411
This 10 foot grey granite obelisk is located in the Maple Grove Cemetery - 1100 Matt Down Rd. in Dodge City, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMY2PF
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2018
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The only engraved face on the obelisk reads:
Florence Estelle
Wife of
M. W. Sutton
Born July 26, 1859
Died June 3 1888
The obelisk is 10 foot tall and made of grey granite. The family name appears towards the bottom of the obelisk. There are four polished areas for inscriptions - only the west face has been inscribed above. The obelisk continues above. The top has a carved covering with a cross.
I didn't find info on Florence, however, her husband Michael Westernhouse is an interesting character. From the Legends of Kansas - (
visit link) :
"An attorney, he was born in Orange County, New York in 1848 and was raised in Tompkins County, living there until November, 1867. He then moved with his family to Johnson County, Missouri, where he followed agricultural pursuits with parents and attended school. He also began to read the law and was admitted to bar in March, 1872 at Warrensburg, Missouri. After the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in Company B, Sixth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery in February, 1863 and participated in all the battles of his command, beginning at Gettysburg and ending at the surrender of Robert E. Lee. He was mustered out August 24, 1865. He came to Kansas in May, 1872, where he settled in Wellington and practiced law until December. He then went to Medicine Lodge where he practiced private law and served as the Barber County attorney for two years. In June, 1876, when he moved to Dodge City and established the firm of Sutton & Wenie. In 1879, he married Florence E. Clemons, of Genesee County, New York and the couple would have one child. He served as Ford County Attorney for November 1, 1876 until March 1882. Sutton was an avid prohibitionist and worked against his friend Bat Masterson during the liquor war of 1886. Also, he served in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1893."