PLAYERS BURIED IN UNMARKED GRAVES

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

Charles Albert "Joe" Green

Mount Glenwood Cemetery, Chicago, IL

Joe Barnes

Sherman Barton

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

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI

William Joseph McMurray

Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, OH

Granville "Red" Haley

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

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)

Cherry Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, KY

Pythias Russ

Bethel Cemetery, Staten Island, NY

William Julius "Julie" Bowers

Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, PA

Richard "King Tut" King

Roy Parnell

Edward Bolden

Mt. Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA

Phil Cockrell Williams

Chaney Leonard White

Greenwood Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Isaac "Ike" Carter (gravesite confirmation required)

Greenwood Cemetery, Pleasantville, NJ

Napoleon "Chance" Cummings

Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa

Jess "Cannonball" Jackson

Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ

Andres Mesa

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.