Ness City, Ness County
Ness County Courthouse (202 W. Sycamore St.) – Map
Type: Bronze Soldier Statue
Description: Erected June 1, 2002. The inscription on the base of the statue reads: “Corporal V.B. Ness ~ Seventh Kansas Cavalry ~ Died August 22, 1864 ~ Abbeville, Mississippi ~ In 1878, The Kansas Legislature Named Ness County In His Honor. This Statue Is In Memory Of Noah Ness And All The Brave Men Who Have Fought To Keep This Country Free. ~ Dedicated June 2000 ~ Sculptor: Harold T. Holden”.
References:
Fritzler and Gantz, 2000,
Mark Coplin
Photographs:
Mark Coplin, June 2002
DE McGovern, August 15, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Utica, Ness County
Utica Cemetery (east of town on W. 265 Rd.) – Map
Type: Granite Monument
Description: A granite monument is flanked by flagpoles. The monument is inscribed: “Post 380 ~ American Legion ~ In Honored ~ Memory Of All ~ Military Dead ~ Dedicated May 29, 1972”.
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, May 17, 2006
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Department of Kansas Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War 