Miscellaneous Graves

 

All information that is recorded is given here. It is not formatted as the others are.

 

Gravesite, South of Riverside Oregon

Alfred J. SHUMWAY b1828 d1908

Infant son TRIMBALL d 1917

John W. COX approx. 1910

Sally COX approx. 1910

 

 

Graveyard Point Cemetery

So named because of the small cemetery at the foot of the prominent landmark located 4 miles weest of Homedale on Highway 201, turn south at State Line Store, for 3 miles, sets just within the bounds of Idaho. There is a standing monument with the following names engraved on the plaque:

------ MCCONNELL 1896

THOMAS Infant 1901

MUSSELL Infant 1901

Jack SPARKS 1914

Old Uncle Billy STULL no dates

This information, however, is not correct. Here is the corrected information:

Dennis Edward MCCONNELL - b18 Apr 1873 at Ithica, New York. S/o Mrs. Sarah McConnell (sister of Jacob Mussell.) d. 1891

THOMAS infant - 1901

NORTON Baby - 1901 s/o Elliot Norton (b/o Mrs. Jacob Mussell.)

Tim COLLINS - d. 1894

Alvin COLLINS - died ca. 1899

J.D. "Billy" STULL, - died 1901

Uncle Billy CHRISTERSON - d. 1902-2

Jack SPARKS - died 7 Nov 1913

In the book "Sagebrush and Post Offices" - Mildretta Adams, it states that there are 2 McFarland babies also buried here.

 

Owyhee River

Unmarked graves are across the river, east of Owyhee Junction on Highway 201. Survived the Utter Party Massacre at Sinker Creek, only to starve to death at the river:

Susan UTTER b.10 Sep 1859 d.18 Oct 1860

Christopher TRIMBLE b.28 Nov 1850 d.10 Oct 1860

Elizabeth TRIMBLE b.9 Jan 1852 d.14 Oct 1860

Daniel CHASE Sr. d. 2/3 Oct 1860

Daniel CHASE Jr. d.17/18 Oct 1860 age 8 yrs.

Albert CHASE d. 19/21 Oct 1860 age 6 yrs.

Survived the Utter Party Massacre at Sinker Creek, only to be massacred by Indians between Farewell Bend and Huntington:

Alexus Van ORNAM d. 13/15 Oct 1860 age 39 yrs.

Abagail Van ORNAM d. 13/15 Oct 1860 age 39 yrs

Marcus Van ORNAM d. 13/15 Oct 1860 age 17 yrs.

Samuel GLEASON d. 13/15 Oct 1860 an adult

Charles UTTER d. 13/15 Oct 1860 a child

Henry UTTER d. 13/15 Oct 1860 a child

Van Ornam family from Lafayette Co. Wisconsin. The Utter boys were step-brothers to the Trimble children.

 

Jordan Valley

(Pleasant Valley Cemetery)

J. DOUGHERTY d. 20 Nov 1874 age 50 yrs

J. G. MURRAY d. 21 Mar 1880 34yrs. 11 mo. 14 da.

J.G.M. a small grave, no dates

John MANGIN d. 21 Oct 1874 52 yrs.

Edward JACKSON d. 15 Jan 1880 38 yrs.

6 Unknown Graves

 

Pleasant Valley

John MC COMMONS d. Feb. ? 1865 (killed by Indians)

Mr. GREGORY d. Feb ? 1865 (killed by Indians)

Mrs. George GLASS d. July 10, 1873 (childbirth)

Sarah Jane GLASS d. Sept. 30, 1873 2 mo. 3 wks. d/o Geo.

Inf. Dau. Of Mr. And Mrs. Geo GLASS d. Nov 6, 1879

 

 

Vale Vincinity

John HENDERSON d. Aug 1852 died along Oregon Trail.

 

 

Riverside Area

John Gordon MC RAE d. 11 Jul 1900 3yr. 7mo. 9da.

 

 

Sheep Ranch

near Arock (cemetery is no longer visable)

Isaac EVANS d. 1 Jul 1885 only stone in cemetery, was moved

to a ranchers yard.

Permenius Luther BANNER d. 10 May 1868 at Merrills Ranch

Annie Flora MERRILL d. 13 May 1871 5y 2m 20d d/o Mr. & Mrs. Merril

George MCCLUTCHEN d. 15 June 1878 stage driver killed by Indians

Fred WITTIEMORE d. 16 Jan. 1880 age 23, buried nearby

 

 

Malheur River

(near mouth of)

Mr. PARKINSON. He left Nebraska by wagon train. His widow, Mary Anne (Nutman) Parkinson remarried 13 Dec 1871 to David S. Littlefield in Baker City, Oregon.

 

 

Owyhee Junction Area

Mrs. BLACK d. 1899 buried about 100 yards to N.W.

Baby Hazel BETTERLY d. 1890-5 buried on old Harris place

Fred CRISWELL’S Son d. 1884 buried in sand dunes above Highway 281 near the bridge

Carl Hamilton MILLIKAN d. 1889 age 10m s/o John S. and Hannah Millikan buried 1 mile west of river bridge

Baby John SCHWEIZER buried on old Otto Schweizer place

 

 

Squaw Creek

Charlie BROWN d. 1885 killed 1885, small marker.

 

 

Range 46 E.

Mary BRASSFIELD b. 31 Mar 1864 died at 56y 6m 10d

 

 

Riverside

James BARKER d. 10 Nov 1923 age 55 yrs.

 

 

Cord Cemetery

In Barren Valley

Thomas SEAWARD b. 16 Aug 1836 d. 6 May 1910

Mary Hanna Cordelia (Springer) SEAWARD b. 1 May 1836 d. ? Nov 1912

Luane (Stanley) SEWARD d.1907 wife of L.L. Seward (he changed spelling of last name)

Mr. CURTIS sheephearder

Joseph TYPTON d. 22 Dec 1925 self inflicted gun shot

 

 

Charles Becker Cemetery

near Westfall

Charles BECKER b. 1835 d. 1925

Myria BECKER b. 26 Oct 1859 d. 4 Jun 1938 (second wife of Charles Becker)

Val BECKER b.28 May 1890 d. 3 Jan. 1960

Verna BECKER b. 29 Sep 1922 d. 1939

 

 

Jamieson Area

(fenced graves, but no markers)

First wife of Charles Becker, and their two daughters, all died with typhoid fever about the same date, prior to 1880

 

Jim Becker Cemetery

near Westfall

2 unmarked graves

John BOUNCER Killed by Indians

Martha MULLINS a small girl. D/o Mary Jane (Westfall) Mullins

 

 

Castle Rock

North fork of Malheur River

Sarah CHAMBERS b. 25 Jul 1823 d. 3 Aug 1852 d/o Nahum and Sarepta (Norton) King. She married Rowland Chambers 17 Aug 1841.

 

 

Lower Succor Creek

Charles ALBERTS d. 29 Mar 1887 Killed by Jacob Mussell

 

 

Owyhee Ferry

near present day Rome, Oregon

David P. BROWN d. 22 Feb 1866 killed by Indians

Moses MOTT d. 22 Feb 1866 killed by Indians

W. WILCOX d. Nov 1866 killed by Indians near Owyhee Ferry.

21 May 1866 Fifty China men in one party and forty-five in another party were killed by Indians just above the mouth of Jordan Creek. Remains gathered and shipped to China in September 1872.

Michael JORDAN d. 15 Jul 1864 killed in Indian Battle on Owyhee River, along Idaho-Oregon State line. They were buried where they fell.

 

 

Charbonneau’s Grave Site

aka Inskip Stage Station, Danner, Oregon.

Jean Baptiste CHARBONNEAU b. Feb 11, 1805 d. May 16, 1866 As a baby with his mother, Sacajawea, a member of the Lewis and Clarke Expedition. As a man was a pioneer of the west – of peasant manner and esteem in the community.

Jake DIXON d. Oct 7, 1866

Ethan WRIGHT d. Aug 13, 1896

Gertrude INSKIP b. May 10, 1872 d. Dec 10, 1873

Emigrant CHILD d. 1870’s

James DOE d. Mar 23, 1881

 

 

Mormon Basin

Mattie Pritchard—child

 

West of Vale

Mary Myers d. 1881 age 4 near Bishop/Russell Ranch

 

Lower Willow Creek

Gertrude Wentworth d. 1874 6 years old

 

Lost Creek

Tom Godwin d. 1963 Buried in concrete tomb, which he built before his death.

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