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Gravestones of Rev. Jotham Meeker and Eleanor Meeker

Six photographs of the graves of the Rev. Jotham Meeker and his wife, Eleanor D. Meeker. The graves are in the Ottawa Indian Burial Grounds near Ottawa, Kansas. The Rev. J. Meeker was a printer and missionary who established the Ottawa Baptist Mission in 1836/37. He is reputed to have printed the first book in Kansas, a textbook for Indians.

Date: 1952

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Gravestones of Rev. Jotham Meeker and Eleanor Meeker - Photo #6 is of the monument and grave site of Rev. Jotham Meeker and his wife, Eleanor. Rev. Meeker and his wife founded the Ottawa Mission in 1836.Gravestones of Rev. Jotham Meeker and Eleanor Meeker - Photo #7 is of the gravestone of Jotham and Eleanor D. Meeker. The grave is in the Ottawa Indian Burial Grounds near Ottawa, Kansas. The photo was taken in May, 1952, by Russell W. Walker of St. John, Kansas.Gravestones of Rev. Jotham Meeker and Eleanor Meeker - Photo #8 is of the Meeker grave in the Ottawa Indian Cemetery.Gravestones of Rev. Jotham Meeker and Eleanor Meeker - Photo #9 is the Meeker grave in the Ottawa Indian CemeteryGravestones of Rev. Jotham Meeker and Eleanor Meeker - Photo #10 is of an unknown man standing near the Meeker grave in the Ottawa Indian Cemetery.Gravestones of Rev. Jotham Meeker and Eleanor Meeker - Photo #11 is of the Meeker monument in the Ottawa Indian Cemetery.

Gravestones of Rev. Jotham Meeker and Eleanor Meeker - Photo #6 is of the monument and grave site of Rev. Jotham Meeker and his wife, Eleanor. Rev. Meeker and his wife founded the Ottawa Mission in 1836.

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Item Number: 215402
Call Number: FK2.F3 .61 *6-11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215402

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