Pg. 413 (As it reads)
The Confederate Soldier’s Cemetery
Sometimes called the Self Cemetery
SE corner 71st St. and Troost Ave.
Data gathered from interviews with Mr. Kemp, Mockbee, Mr. G. M. Toliver, Mr. Greenberry Ragan, and Mrs. Lem. Stevenson.
The Federal Government cared for the dead Union soldiers in the Civil War but it was left to the family and friends to care for the Confederate dead. During the war the dead were generally buried near were the fell. Several years after the war it was decided to gather as many as possible of the Confederate soldiers buried in and near Kansas City, and place them in an acre of ground at 71st Street and Troost Avenue. Captain Napoleon Davis was one of the leaders in this undertaking. Many friends and relatives attended the service held at the time these soldiers were reburied. The soldiers rested there until 1892 or 1893 when they were removed to Forest Hill Cemetery across the street.
In 1902 the Kansas City Missouri Chapter 149, United Daughters of the Confederacy, erected a monument "To the Brave Southern Soldiers Who Fell in the Battle of Westport, October 23, 1864.”
The monument stands almost upon the exact spot where General Jo Shelby and his soldiers slept the night before the battle of Westport. Jo Shelby’s grave is close to the base of the monument. Eighty unknown soldiers, who were killed at the battle of Westport, were buried together on the field. The monument was dedicated May 30, 1902.
It is known that the following were buried at 71st and Troost Avenue:
Upton Hays
Richard Yager
William McGuire
Officer Jones from Arkansas
In the quit claim deed recorded in connection with the sale of the burying ground at 71st and Troost Avenue the name mentioned is the Byram Ford Cemetery Association.
-Confederate Soldiers buried on Mockbee Farm-
On the Mockbee Farm, which would now be located at 76th and Holmes Streets, were buried Confederate soldiers who were killed in the neighborhood during the Civil War.
These bodies were moved to the Byram Ford Confederate Cemetery of Jackson County, which was located at what would now be the southeast corner 71st and Troost Avenue, and still later moved into Forest Hill Cemetery. (~Per: Jan Toms)
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(* Jan Toms is Muir descendant and was completely invaluable in my query.) (My query was to the effect that is Dick actually buried at Forest Hill Cemetery or is that just a memorial?)
As far as Judge James middle names goes, I can not be certain for lack of documentation but I am aware that there was in fact a Brumfield in the ancestry... ~Don