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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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