The Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...

. It was first constructed as a way for the people of Lawrence to remember those who were killed in

Quantrill's Raid The Lawrence Massacre, also known as Quantrill's Raid, was an attack during the American Civil War (186165) by Quantrill's Raiders, a Confederate guerrilla group led by William Quantrill, on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas, killing a ...

. Several prominent Kansans are buried there, including Charles L. Robinson,

John P. Usher John Palmer Usher (January 9, 1816 – April 13, 1889) was an American administrator who served in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Life and career Born in Brookfield, New York, Usher trekked west in ...

, and James H. Lane. It was built in 1866.

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Lawrence, Kansas National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County, Kansas Cemeteries in Kansas 1866 establishments in Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub