Sterling Cemetery, 500 E. Cleveland Avenue, Sterling, KS 67579
Notable People: Biblical Names and Historical People
As one reads through the cemetery, one finds:
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n Abraham n Adam n Amos n Andrew n David n Esther n Hannah n Isaac n Isaiah n Jacob |
n James n Joel n John Baptist n Joseph n Joshua n Jordan n Mary Magdalene n Naomi n Obadiah n Rebecca |
n Ruben n Ruth n Samuel n Saul n Simon Peter n Solomon n Thomas n Uriah |
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n Benjamin Franklin n Andrew Jackson n Dwight David n Franklin Roosevelt n Taylor n Theodore Roosevelt |
n George Washington n John Adams n Millard Fillmore n Polk n Tyler n Ulysses Grant |
Grant visited Sterling in 1880, which possibly led to the naming. Other Civil War names include Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Sherman, Thomas.
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n Alexander n Byron n Christopher Columbus n Cleopatra n Homer |
n Horace n John Henry n Jessie James n John Dewey n Milton |
n Napoleon Bonaparte n Ovid n Spencer n Washington Irving |