NOTE: MUST HAVE PERMISSION TO ACCESS THIS CEMETERY
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This cemetery is located 1½ miles North and 1½ miles West of Elsmore Township on private property. The size is about 45 feet square.

The Ard Cemetery is located on the David Ard claim that was sold to a nephew James Ard, and sold again to his brother, Jacob C. Ard, and then lost to the railroad because the claim could not be proven.
Those buried here were descendents of Reuben Ard, who was born April 14, 1769, Anson County, North Carolina and died January 1, 1845 in Morgan County, Missouri. He was married to Elizabeth Lefever(re) in 1798. She was born July 14, 1776 in Virginia, and died August 31, 1842 in Morgan County, Missouri.

The first burial was David Ard, born in 1814 and died in 1862.

Sources:
1. Ard Family Historian. Anna Belle (Ard) Manly, Chanute, Kansas, October 1982. The cemetery has been maintained from Ard Reunion funds.
2. SEK (Southeast Kansas) Public Library, Iola, KS.
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DIRECTIONS:
1. From US 59 at Elsmore, Kansas, turn West on Florida Rd.
for 2 miles.
2. Turn North for about one-half mile. (on the south side of creek is a farmers road into his field.)
3. Turn West into this pasture for about three-fourths mile. Then walk.

NOTE: MUST HAVE PERMISSION TO ACCESS THIS CEMETERY
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This cemetery is located 1½ miles North and 1½ miles West of Elsmore Township on private property. The size is about 45 feet square.

The Ard Cemetery is located on the David Ard claim that was sold to a nephew James Ard, and sold again to his brother, Jacob C. Ard, and then lost to the railroad because the claim could not be proven.
Those buried here were descendents of Reuben Ard, who was born April 14, 1769, Anson County, North Carolina and died January 1, 1845 in Morgan County, Missouri. He was married to Elizabeth Lefever(re) in 1798. She was born July 14, 1776 in Virginia, and died August 31, 1842 in Morgan County, Missouri.

The first burial was David Ard, born in 1814 and died in 1862.

Sources:
1. Ard Family Historian. Anna Belle (Ard) Manly, Chanute, Kansas, October 1982. The cemetery has been maintained from Ard Reunion funds.
2. SEK (Southeast Kansas) Public Library, Iola, KS.
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DIRECTIONS:
1. From US 59 at Elsmore, Kansas, turn West on Florida Rd.
for 2 miles.
2. Turn North for about one-half mile. (on the south side of creek is a farmers road into his field.)
3. Turn West into this pasture for about three-fourths mile. Then walk.