To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Kansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Kansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 2/22/14 • Approved: 2/23/14 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R27774-G0-S3
February 14, 1864 - July 14, 1904
William was born in Illinois and died in Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., KS.
Fort Scott Tribune, July 18, 1904
Benjamin Hill, (this has to be William) who has been sick at his home, corner of Hill and 2nd St., for some time died Sat. Eve. at 5 o'clock, July 14, 1904 of flux after a lingering illness. The deceased was a brother of Mrs. Sam Odell of Mapleton, Kans., Martin Brown of Berlin and Mrs. Frank (Perry) Holtsclaw of Ft. Scott. His mother resides near Berlin, Kans. The deceased was 42 years of age. The funeral was held last evening at Walnut Hill Cemetery and interment was made there.
-------
William is buried on the west side of the cemetery. Furthest of the stone slabs on the north is William's mother, Elizabeth Banks-Brown Hill, then William, then daughters, Eva and Addie, of William's half brother Martin W. and Amanda M. Brown.
Photo Courtesy of
Evelyn Jones Christensen
Contributed on 2/22/14
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 27774