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Headstone Timeline
A newspaper article
in 1881 said that
Edmund had the
first real headstone
erected in the
cemetery. The article
said it was marble,
so either the article
was incorrect, or
this is a replacement
headstone.
Edmund M. Hopson
Born: abt 1837
Died: 18 Nov 1880
Although Robert
Belmear died in
1879, an article in
the newspaper
stated that the
headstone erected
for Edmund
Hopson in June 1881
was the first one in
the cemetery .
Robert Wesley Belmear
Born: 25 March 1827
Died: 26 Aug 1879
Although Rosa died
in Jul 1880, before
Edmund Hopson,
an article in the
newspaper stated
that the headstone
erected for Edmund
in June 1881 was the
first one in the
cemetery. That
would mean that
this headstone was
likely installed after
this date.
Rosa A. Parker
Born: 2 May 1876
Died: 2 Jul 1880
Although Albert &
Clifford died in
1880, an article in
the newspaper
stated that the
headstone erected
for Edmund
Hopson in June 1881
was the first one in
the cemetery .
Albert & Clifford Culver
Born: 1876
Died: Dec 1880
Nelson Leroy Ackerman
Born: 8 Aug 1878
Died: 23 May 1881
Hulda Rohrig
Darla Rohrig
Born: 12 June 1877
Died: 17 Jan 1881
Born: 24 June 1881
Died: 24 Jun 1881
Bertha Rohrig
Born: 18 Nov 1856
Died: 27 Jun 1881
Isaac "Ike" Thomas Stockton
Born: 29 Feb 1852
Died: 27 Sep 1881
Kate Westcott
Born: 14 Aug 1868 in Tennessee
Died: 19 Sep 1881
Mabel Barrie
Born: 21 Apr 1881
Died: 17 Oct 1881
Daniel Culver
Born: abt 1837
Died: 11 Dec 1881
Triplett Children
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Sarah Galloway
Born: 9 Jan 1881 in Colorado
Died: 18 May 1882
Rebecca Elizabeth (Samuels) Scott
Born: 11 Mar 1796
Died: 18 Jul 1882
This headstone is at
Greenmount
although
Greenmount was
not a cemetery in
1882.
Sarah Wickline
Born: abt 1860
Died: 28 Jul 1882
Melanie Faigle
Born: 1836
Died: 29 Sep 1882
Infant Culver who
died in Dec 1881 is
also memorialized
on this headstone,
but it was likely
erected after Mabel
died in 1883.
Mabel Clare Culver
Born: 1882
Died: 28 Feb 1883
Louisa Christiane Schnee
Robert Schnee
Born: 26 Oct 1854
Died: 17 Feb 1883
Born: 8 Feb 1883
Died: 3 Apr 1883
James Clements
Born: abt 1841
Died: 16 Jun 1883
Marble footstone
Rosa Belle Hafling
Born: 30 Mar 1881
Died: 11 Jul 1883
Infant Boy Rall
Born: 24 Aug 1883
Died: 24 Aug 1883
Riley Lambert
Born: 16 Nov 1852
Died: 28 Nov 1883
Ellen shares a
headstone with her
son’s Henry (1878)
and Orvil (1880). It is
possible that the
headstone was not
erected until after
Ellen’s death in 1884
as the engraving for
all of them is very
similar and was
possibly done at the
same time.
Ellen (Rhoades) Lavender
Born: Sep or Oct 1836
Died: 5 Feb 1884
Mary E. Miller
Born: 10 Oct 1857
Died: 9 Apr 1887
Sarah (Moore) Freed
Born: 19 Jan 1828
Died: 19 May 1888
Sylvia Luella Hafling
Born: 16 Jun 1872
Died: 17 Oct 1889
John Miller
Born: 24 June 1833
Died: 7 Oct 1889
Fredericka Hafling
Born: 17 Feb 1842
Died: 27 Dec 1890
The two sisters share
a headstone which
was quite possibly
installed after the
death of Inez in 1891
as the engraving is
identical in style and
wear.
Lyletha Savage
Inez Savage
Born: 14 Jun 1877
Died: 29 Nov 1880
Born: 31 Dec 1887
Died: 6 Jun 1891
Albert K. Nail
Born: 1861
Died: 18 Aug 1891
James Barrie
Born: 24 Apr 1837
Died: 30 Oct 1891
Calvin L. McGrew
Born: 20 Oct 1825
Died: 4 Nov 1893
Pearl shares a
headstone with her
sister Dora. It is likely
that the headstone
was not erected until
after her sister’s death
in 1899 as the
engraving for both
girls is identical and
was most likely done
at the same time.
Pearl Firebaugh
Born: 2 Dec 1895
Died: 9 Dec 1895
Dora E. Firebaugh
Born: 19 Sep 1885
Died: 3 Jan 1899
Louisa C. Hafling
Born: 24 Jun 1899
Died: 10 May 1900
Stephen Emott Firebaugh
Born: 4 Nov 1882
Died: 19 Mar 1900
Emma E. Turner
Born: 27 Apr 1897
Died: 8 Apr 1901
Emma Turner
John C. Turner
Born: 1850
Died: 1894
Born: Mar 1836 Died: 20
May 1902
Alfred James Turner
Born: 10 Aug 1874
Died: 23 Dec 1904
Samuel T. Nichols
Born: 13 Sep 1846
Died: 8 Sep 1906
Because the
engraving is
consistent for both
children, this
headstone was
likely installed
after William’s
death in 1913.
William E. Nichols
Born: 7 Feb 1909
Died: 6 Jan 1913
Andrew A. Nichols
Born: 2 Apr 1902
Died: 8 Nov 1920
It is our
understanding that
this headstone was
installed at a much
later date by family
descendants.
Robert John Sisley
Born: 18 Nov 1890 in USA
Died: 21 Sep 1900
This headstone was
likely installed at a
much later date,
possibly on top of
part of the original
headstone’s base.
Amanda Fulcher
Born: 1823
Died: 1911
This granite
headstone was
probably installed at
a much later date.
Mary (Rowley) Garbanati
Born: 17 Aug 1853 in England
Died: 21 Mar 1892 in Durango, CO
Bessie (Culver) Dale
Born: 1874
Died: 1941
Mary Ellen (Uaunt) Jimerfield
Born: 27 Mar 1883
Died: 1942