PLAYERS BURIED IN UNMARKED GRAVES

Grave of Jonathan Boyce Taylor with flowers and flags.

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 Joseph McMurray

Dave Wyatt

Chicago Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip Illinois

Tullie McAdoo

Alex Radcliffe

Admiral Walker

Charles Albert "Joe" Green

Mount Glenwood Cemetery, Chicago, IL

Joe Barnes

Sherman Barton

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

Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, OH

Granville "Red" Haley (awaiting family permission)

Mount Hope Cemetery, Youngstown, OH

William "Dizzy" Dismukes

St. Peter’s Cemetery, St Louis, MO

Palmer Hubbard

Daniel "Kenna" Kennard

Cowan "Bubba" Hyde

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, MD

Sam Lacy

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)

Cherry Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, KY

Pythias Russ

Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, PA

Richard "King Tut" King

Roy Parnell

Edward Bolden

Greenwood Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Isaac "Ike" Carter (gravesite confirmation required)

Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ

Andres Mesa (searching for relatives for approval)

Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN

Porter Lee Floyd ("Jack Hannibal")

George Board

William Prim

Fred "Puggy" Hutchinson

Otis "Cat" Francis

New Crown Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN

Alfred "Al, Toad" Satterfield (needs family release)

Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

John Reilly Garcia

Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois

Thomas Mann

Unlocated players

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.

Henry "Harry" Blackmon

Henry Blackmon was a third baseman for the Indianapolis ABCs and the Baltimore Black Sox. Stricken by an asthma attack at age 32, his death certificate says his body was shipped to Hillsboro, Texas. His burial location there has not been identified.

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.