Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project

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PLAYERS BURIED IN UNMARKED GRAVES

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With information from researchers, historians and fans of Negro Leagues Baseball, the following players are thought to be buried in unmarked graves.  We appreciate all additions, corrections, confirmations, photographs.  

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

William McMurray

Chicago Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip Illinois

Tullie McAdoo

Alex Radcliffe

Admiral Walker


Mount Glenwood Cemetery, Chicago, IL

Joe Barnes

Sherman Barton

Harry "Mike" Moore-confirmation required (see below)


Frederick Douglass Cemetery, Staten Island, NY

Elias "Country Brown" Bryant 


Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, PA

S.K. Govern (1924)


 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI

William Joseph McMurray


Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, OH

Granville "Red" Haley


Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

Sellers McKee Hall 


Mount Hope Cemetery, Youngstown, OH

William "Dizzy" Dismukes 


St. Peter’s Cemetery, St Louis, MO

Comer Lane "Hannibal" Cox

Palmer Hubbard

Daniel "Kenna" Kennard

Robert Clarence Palm

Cowan "Bubba" Hyde


Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, MD

Sam Lacy 


Detroit Memorial Park West Cemetery, Redford, Michigan

Cecil Kaiser (2011)


Mount Olive Cemetery, Troy, KS

Bert Wakefield 


Woodlawn Cemetery, Dayton, OH

W.G. Sloan


New Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Antioch, SC

Charles "Chino" Smith-pending grave identification


Forest Grove Cemetery, Lexington, MO

William "Bill" Lindsay

William "Ashes" Jackson


Cherry Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, KY

Pythias Russ


Bethel Cemetery, Staten Island, NY

William Julius "Julie" Bowers





Unlocated players

William Bedford

William Bedford was struck by lightning and killed in 1909 while playing second base for the Cuban Giants in Atlantic City, NJ.  Reports state that his body was returned to Cairo, Illinois for burial.  His location of burial has not yet been identified.  

Harry "Mike" Moore

Harry Moore was a utility player for many teams during his career including the Chicago Unions, Chicago Giants, Leland Giants, Philadelphia Giants, Cuban X Giants.  He died in 1917 from tuberculosis at the age of 40.  His death certificate reports a burial at Mount Glenwood Cemetery in Thornton, Illinois.  The cemetery cannot confirm that internment.  

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