GC6KB2K Family Tree #8: Jenkins' (AKA: Vienna) Cemetery (Multi-cache) in Kansas, United States created by DrPowercat

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Hidden : 6/1/2016

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Genealogy is my other hobby and it has taken me to almost as many cemeteries as geocaching. A combination of the two seems like a natural fit. This cache will be part of an CONNECTED series of caches in cemeteries where I have a family connection. As always with cemetery caches, please be respectful, no night time caching allowed, and no searching for the cache if there is a service in progress.

Jenkin's Cemetery is also known as Vienna Cemetery. It is a small country cemetery and is all that is left of the small township of Vienna. The first burial in the cemetery was Alla Dell Jenkins in 1867. She was buried on land owned by her father, Major Richard Willett Jenkins. He donated the land to the township of Vienna and several other members of the community were buried here over the next several decades. Among those people were my ggg-grandparents and gg-grandparents. This is a three stage multi. The first two stages are in the cemetery and will take you to burial locations of my ancestors. The third and final stage is outside of the cemetery, but it is only a short drive away.

STAGE ONE
The posted coordinates will take you the final resting place of my ggg-grandparents. They share a stone that looks like two markers fused together. In the spring and early summer, the stone is nearly engulfed by a peony bush that is over 100 years old. He was the town doctor and the descendant of Scotch-Irish immigrants. His wife, Mary, was the daughter of an American Revolutionary War veteran and also of Scotch-Irish descent. Answer the following questions to find the burial location of their son. He and his wife are located at: N 39 26.8AB W 096 08.8CD A: number designation of the month that HE died B: multiply the two digits of the day that HE died Checksum for AB is 10 C: first digit of the day that SHE died D: third digit of the year that SHE died Checksum for CD is 10

STAGE TWO
Welcome to the final resting place of my gg-grandparents. They were the parents of eleven children. Ten of those children reached adulthood and had children of their own. Their fourth child was my great-grandmother and she can be visited at stage one of Family Tree #2: Holton Cemetery. They farmed in the Vienna area for several decades. He was born in Indiana. My gg-grandmother's parents died when she was young and her mother can be visited at stage one of Family Tree #7: Pioneer Cemetery.

My gg-grandparents

My gg-grandparents with an early hot rod

Answer the following questions to obtain the coordinates of the final. It can be found at the following location.
N 39 26.ABC W 096 08.DEF A: sum of the two digits of the day HE was born B: sum of the last digit of the year SHE died and the last digit of the year SHE was born C: second digit of the year HE died Checksum for ABC is 27 D: last digit of the year HE was born E: second digit of the year SHE died F: sum of the two digits of the day HE was born Checksum for DEF is 25

Punch those coordinates into your GPSr.
Take a short drive, or you can even enjoy a nice walk in the country.
Say hi to the cache and sign the log.
Thanks for visiting my family.

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A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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