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Culdesac Cemetery

The Twin Rivers Genealogy Club read the stones in the Culdesac Cemetery in the early 1970s, but it has been known for some time that there are many unmarked graves there. The situation was aggravated some ten years ago when the dried grass and rosebushes were burned off. Some of the graves had wooden markers that disappeared during the fire.

January 26, 1992 was a very pleasant and mild day with no wind so members of the society went out to check the stones. Nearly all the old ones were found, and a few new ones. Some were marking burials since 1970 and some that have been recently erected marking earlier graves.

After checking the stones they decided to check the funeral home records that have been copied by the society and many records of burial have been found. The ones checked are:

- - - Vassars (now Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home) from 1898 to 1919

- - - Merchants Funeral Home from 1912 to 1930

- - - Brower-Wann Funeral Home from 1925 to 1975

It should be remembered that in the early days funerals were sometimes "home made" with a carpenter built coffin and neighbors laying out the body so that no professional undertaker was called. Or sometimes the coffin was obtained from the undertaker, but no other services were furnished.

According to the dates on the stones the earliest burial was 1901 and the last two were 1958 and 1973, respectively.

The terrain of the cemetery has contributed a great deal to its lack of use in recent years. It is right on the edge of the city, but is laid out up a very steep hill that faces south. Climbing that hill with no more burden than a pencil and notebook makes it a cause for wonder how they ever got the coffins and the stones up there. Pall bearers must have been chosen for physical strength.

The rows of graves are laid out south to north, which makes them run up the hill and the rows are close together. The foot markers of one row and the head stone of the next row are not much more than a foot apart, so there is not even a very good path up the hill, and certainly not room for a vehicle to haul anything. The shape of the cemetery is rather like an L. The old part, long and narrow, runs up the hill past the point where it is really steep. At some other time an addition was made to the east, about half the length of the original but somewhat wider. That is where the more recent burials have been made because it is much easier to get at.

It was hoped that the recording could be made according to row and lot, rather than alphabetically, but the rows were so uncertain it was decided to stick to the former listing, however the first column shows whether a stone is in the W (West), or old side, the E (East) or newer side, - (a dash) show that either the stone was not seen or there is none, and ? (question) shows that burial there is probable from a record, but not sure.

 
SURNAME
GIVEN NAME
BORN
DIED
COMMENTS 
-
BATEMAN C. W.
no date
no date
Stone not seen in 1992
E
BATEMAN Plen Alfred
1899
1942
 
W
BAUGH Arthur T.
10 Apr 1890
16 Nov 1962
Wife - Hattie M.
W
BABY  
no date
no date
Baby size white picket fence in corner of Baugh lot -- no name
W
BAUGH Hattie M.
17 Oct 1897
no date
Husb - Authur T.
E
BEASLEY Julius Charles
15 Mar 1856
11 Apr 1934
Wife - Sophronia
E
BEASEY Sophronia
5 Jul 1855
31 Jan 1934
Husb - Julius Charles
-
BEEMAN Clara Bell
20 Mar 1873
22 Jun 1896
b. Walla Walla, WA; d. Beeman, ID
E
BOLEN  
no date
no date
 
E
BOLES George "Bill"
1885
1973
Brower-Wann marker
E
BOOTH Anna Mae
__ Jun 1915
16 Apr 1929
 
E
BOOTH Clara M.
__ Jul 1884
__ Nov 1959
 
E
BOOTH Edward G.
__ Jul 1872
__ Nov 1946
 
E
BOYER Frances O.
5 Sep 1870
15 Nov 1944
 
E
BOYER Arthur J.
18 Aug 1877
8 Nov 1953
 
-
BRANSON Inez
10 Nov 1897
1 Apr 1905
Father-O. P., Mother-M.A.; stone not seen in 1992
E
BURKE Edward L.
6 Jun 1872
18 May 1919
 
E
CAMPBELL George W.
1880
1941
 
W
CARLISLE Baby son
no date
15 Sep 1901
Father - Charles E., Mother - Elma
W
CARLISLE Charles E.
15 Oct 1866
12 Jun 1912
 
W
CARLISLE Phillis W
28 Jun 1909
9 Sep 1909
 
E
CARPENTER J. H.
1862
1924
 
W
CLAPP Clarence D.
9 Mar 1885
25 Oct 1911
 
W
COFFLAND Julia
1835
5 Jan 1906
 
W
CONGER Anna E.
1850
1930
 
W
CONGER Herod
1848
1914
 
E
COPE Fred Raymond
no date
2 Mar 1921
Pvt. USMC
-
CRONE Ross Ebersole
5 Apr 1852
20 Jul 1933
Age 81y
E
CROW James
31 Dec 1869
3 May 1954
Wife - Lillie M.
-
CROW Lillie M.
29 Apr 1872
9 Jun 1927
Husb - James; stone not seen in 1992
E
CROW Gussie M.
1879
1978
New Stone
W
CULNAN Granvil
25 May 1902
7 Sep 1902
 
W
CULNAN Stanley
3 Dec 1903
11 Mar 1904
 
W
CULNAN Tom
17 Oct 1850
25 Dec 1917
 
E
CUNNINGHAM Charles Clair
16 Oct 1918
16 Oct 1918
Father - E.
W
DANIELS Doris Mae
1 Oct 1910
2 Mar 1922
Red stone by entrance gate leaning on fence
E
DAVIS Homer A.
1910
1929
Father - B. H., Mother - M. J.
E
DAVIS Martha J.
1885
1939
 
W
DENHAM Edward W.
1868
1921
 
W DENHAM Sarah Jane
17 Jul 1846
21 Mar 1916
 
W DE VAULT Mary A.
11 Feb 1864
21 Jun 1934
A new, modern stone
  DEVIN Billie
1929
1935
 
  DEVIN Keith
1923
1937
 
- EGGART Cora Edith
9 Apr 1892
9 Jul 1918
Husb - Everett; stone not seen in 1992
E EGGART Ellen
1 May 1907
1 May 1907
Father - J. W.
E EGGART Everett
31 Mar 1892
13 Jun 1919
Wife - Cora Edith
E EGGART Mary C.
9 Feb 1870
5 Apr 1955
Husb - J. William
E EGGART J. William
25 Feb 1865
8 Jan 1946
Wife - Mary
W FARRIS Margaret
9 Apr 1842
17 Jan 1913
 
W FINCH Alice B.
no date
16 May 1908
Age 8 y 11 m; Father - A. E.
W FISHER  
no date
no date
 
- FISHER H. J.
no date
12 Dec 1914
Age 78y 2m 10d
E FONBURG Pearl May
13 May 1899
25 Feb 1954
 
E FONBURG Albert "Al"
28 Feb 1882
30 Jan 1971
New stone
E FORD Rosa W. Bolick
14 Mar 1891
4 Feb 1929
 
- FREDERICK A.
no date
__ Jan 1902
died in Conway, Age 20m
E GEORGE Florence M.
4 Dec 1897
4 Feb 1931
 
W GIBSON James L.
5 Oct 1879
26 Dec 1907
 
- GODDARD Lloyd R.
30 Mar 1899
21 Mar 1969
 
- GOLDNER  
no date
no date
 
E GOLDNER Sarah J.
5 Jul 1878
26 Jun 1971
 
E GOODALL Hazel
22 Aug 1907
13 Feb 1946
 
E GOODALL John W.
1869
1936
 
E GRAHAM Lola M.
1881
1961
Husb - Robert L.
E GRAHAM Robert L.
1878
no date
Wife - Lola M.
- GRANT W. Martin
1872
1933
stone not seen in 1992
- HAGER Charles M.
19 Nov 1853
8 Jun 1919
Wife - Rosabelle
- HAGER Rosabelle
18 Aug 1862
10 May 1947
Husb - Charles M.
E HAMMOND Ella Mae
1869
1934
Husb - James
E HAMMOND James
1856
1928
Wife - Ella Mae
W HARRINGTON Nancy J.
30 Jun 1844
2 Dec 1908
Husb - G. E.
- HARRINGTON W. T.
no date
21 Jun 1915
Age 41y 2m
- HART Thomas Burton
no date
17 Aug 1923
died at Winchester, age 70y 2m 1d
? HENDERSON George
no date
28 Sep 1903
Age 2y
W HENSLER Joseph P.
1854
1927
 
- HETTIE  
1873
1960
Stone not seen in 1992
E HILL Helen Lucile
1919
1919
 
- Indian child    
25 Nov 1909
Age 2y
W JONES Edith Grant
1884
1955
 
- KANE Jemima
22 Oct 1868
17 Apr 1918
Husb - Thomas Faye; stone not seen in 1992
- KANE William W.
19 Dec 1900
10 Feb 1903
Mother - Mary E; stone not seen in 1992
W KELLER Emily A.
1819
1936
??, face of stone covered by lilacs
W KELLER William D.
1819
1914
??, face of stone covered by lilacs
- KENNEDY Infant daughter  
5 Dec 1905
Father - John, Mother - Maude
  KING Juluis G.
no date
no date
Funeral 27 Jan 1916 in Lewiston (Vassar)
W KING Thomas D.
19 Jan 1835
15 Oct 1908
 
W KNOPES Lenna
6 May 1906
2 Aug 1906
Father - H. M.
E LARUE Annie Laurie
1917
1920
 
E LARUE Felex G.
1870
1943
 
E LARUE Grace F.
1889
1923
 
E LEE James
31 Oct 1876
4 Mar 1940
 
E LEE Martha Jane
1876
1969
 
W LOPER Hearold
24 Aug 1807
21 Jul 1915
Father - W. H., Mother - C. M.
W LOPER Mrs. W. W.
1854
1919
Husb - W. W.
W LOPER Carrie Mae
1899
1954
Modern stone
W LOPER W. W.
1849
1912
 
? MAPES Edna Mond
30 Mar 1898
29 May 1930
Merchants Funeral Home
E MARTIN John S.
11 Feb 1844
29 Jun 1921
 
E MARTIN Mary A.
9 Aug 1854
7 Aug 1934
 
W MARTIN May E.
1875
1915
 
- MASTERSON Nancy A. Hawkins
1828
1917
Stone not seen in 1992
W MATTSON Mrs. Engred Linberg
11 Oct 1837
13 Oct 1928
 
W MATTSON Saac Bengamon
25 Nov 1881
15 Nov 1904
 
- MCKENZIE  
no dates
no dates
Father, stone not seen in 1992
W MCKENZIE Infant
25 Apr 1909
1 May 1909
Father - A.M.
- MCKENZIE  
no dates
no dates
Mother, stone not seen 1992
W MEIER S. J.
9 Oct 1866
25 Aug 1928
 
W MEIER May
1863
1915
Husb - E. J.
- MERRY Frank
No date
20 Nov 1906
A barber in Culdesac
W MILLER Julia A.
26 Jun 1839
4 Jun 1914
 
E MISECHER

(Mesecher)

Hartwell E.
No date
24 May 1951
Age 80y 11m 28d
E MORTIMORE Nancy A.
1863
1949
Husb - P. Allen
E MORTIMORE P. Allen
1856
1921
Wife - Nancy A.
W NEWMAN Beatrice
24 Nov 1898
27 Mar 1915
Husb - E. A.
E OMAN Johnnie S.
13 Apr 1873
26 May 1917
 
W OVERMAN Marion C.
11 Jan 1914
24 Jan 1916
Father - Charles
? O'KELLY Mrs. Joseph
No date
14 Dec 1910
Age 62
E PALMER Ronald Harry
6 Nov 1930
31 Jan 1931
Father - Harry V.
- PARKER H. P.
26 Dec 1864
28 Aug 1919
 
E PARKS Charles A.
1865
1954
Wife - Cynthia I.
E PARKS Cynthia I.
1871
1966
Husb - Charles A.
E PARKS Lillian Blanche
28 Dec ____
30 Dec 1919
 
W PARSONS Emma L.
No date
20 Dec 1912
Age 54y, Husb - GeorgeD.
W PATTERSON Ermest
22 Aug 1886
12 Jan 1904
Father - Samuel, Mother - Etta
- PEEK (Peer?) Baby
No date
11 Sep 1920
Stillborn
- PEER Mary B.
No date
No date
Buried 22 May 1923
W PERKINS William A.
10 Apr 1830
22 Jul 1916
 
E PETTERSON Andrew W.
27 Apr 1831
25 Nov 1919
 
- PHILLIPS James D.
1 Oct 1833
23 Dec 1917
 
- PHILLIPS Timea E.
17 Apr 1836
9 Jan 1916
Stone not seen in 1992
W PICKLE Little Neta
24 Jun 1902
22 Nov 1905
Father - H. B., Mother - V. M.
- POWELL A. G.
1 Sep 1847
13 Oct 1909
Stone not seen in 1992
W PROPER Martha A.
12 Jan 1845
2 Feb 1910
Husb - L.
W PROPER Levi
1848
1910
New cement stone
- REED Hazel M.
4 Nov 1892
6 Jul 1909
Stone not seen in 1992
W REED Olive A.
1887
1917
 
E RHODES Dora E.
1883
1953
 
E ROHRMAN Babies
No date
No date
 
W SALES Amy
22 Sep 1848
5 Feb 1911
Wife of John, new stone
- SHAPLEY Mrs. M. C.
4 Feb 1854
16 Nov 1919
Born in Tennessee
W SHIELDS W. H.
25 Apr 1858
12 May 1914
 
- SHORES Baby
1 Nov 1925
1 Nov 1925
Brower Wann funeral records
W SIMMONS Alfred H.
3 Aug 1875
16 Jul 1906
Age 30y 11m 13d
W SIMMS J. M.
6 Mar 1882
3 May 1909
 
- SKELTON Edna M.
No date
22 Sep 1915
Age 39
W SMITH Barbara G.
29 Sep 1882
22 Dec 1918
 
E SNYDER Elvira G.
1865
1903
Husb - M. A.
- SNYDER Mrs. G. F.
No date
26 May 1903
Age 37
E SNYDER M. A.
1853
1936
 
E SOGARD Albert
1868
1934
 
W SPOONER Helen M.
12 Sep 1905
10 Dec 1979
Pvt US Army WWII (in Carlisle lot - Army stone)
W STEWARD G. W. Fleet
29 Feb 1864
__ Aug 1916
 
- STEWART William Albert
2 Aug 1841
12 Mar 1929
Age 67y 5m 38d
E TEADE Doris May
9 May 1925
30 Jun 1949
 
E TIFFANY Albert C.
1886
1939
 
E TIFFANY Elizabeth C.
1866
1952
 
E TIFFANY Gideon K.
1846
1928
 
E TIFFANY John Oliver
22 Jun 1897
14 Sep 1966
Pvt Army Air Force WWII
E TIFFANY Myrtle G. Snyder
1894
1918
 
W TODD Annetta
6 Feb 1897
30 May 1908
Husb - J. B.
W TODD J. B.
1875
1924
 
W VAN ALLEN Bart
1830
1916
Cement stone
E. VAWTER Irene Myrl
1928
1928
 
E VAWTER Marvin W.
1929
1930
 
E VAWTER Teddy Lee
1935
No date
 
E WARD Ida
1928
No date
 
E WILSON Eliz. J.
17 May 1833
8 Aug 1919
 
W WILSON Laverne
13 Aug 1916
13 Aug 1916
Father - H. M., Mother - G. L.
E WILSON S. L.
1854
1930
 
W WREN Clifford
No date
9 Feb 1913
Age 5m 24d, Father - J. E.
W WREN Infant
No date
No date
Father - I. O., Mother - T.
E WREN Teresa
1878
1929
Husb - I. O.
E WRIGHT Elizabeth
1844
1931
 
E WRIGHT Fred E.
20 Nov 1871
10 Oct 1951
 
E WYMAN George H.
25 May 1846
20 Nov 1919
 
E WYMAN Martha H.
23 Aug 1850
2 Nov 1926
Husb - G. H.
- YOUNG David Mace
No date
19 Mar 1927
Age 74

NOTES:

A shaped brown field stone, no marks, near James L. Gibson.

Next to West fence, near Simmons, looks like a removal.

Row 2 West, remains of a wooden cross.

Two stones in the West were mostly unreadable due to lichen, they are--in an iron fenced enclosure with J. M. Simms & Lena Knoppes, a baby grave with dates 1908-1909. In the West, Baugh lot, a mossy stone, that reads: "Born June 24, 1902."

This page was originally created by Dona L. Lannon.
Copyright 1999-2002 by Dona L. Lannon, Lewiston, ID.
Thank you, Dona!



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