JOHN DAY CEMETERY

Listing Contributed by: Carol Anglen

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  Clara Smith's data states that "the only known records to the cemetery were burnt many years ago in a house fire...the only records are from copying stones that are there. Walked in 1992 by Katherine Sewell and daughter and in 1999 by Carol Anglen. * An asterisk indicates notes that were taken from previous inventory

All Photos contributed by Michael "Mags" Shaw,  IDGenWeb.  

They can also be found at the Idaho Tombstone Project Page

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SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	*NOTES - "STONE INSCRIPTIONS	PHOTO
ALKIRE	Cleo			see Cleo Large	.
ALKIRE	George S.	14 Jul 1851	18 Jul 1915	*Mr. Alkire was a placer miner, homesteaded on Wet Gulch below Lucile. He set out a small orchard and raised cattle and mined, later buying a ranch on John Day Creek, living there the remainder of his life. He married Anna Belle Culley, they had 4 child
ALKIRE	Josh H.	4 Apr 1895	15 May 1950	*son of George and Anna Belle Culley Alkire  born in John Day died Riggins Hot Springs	.
ALKIRE	Lark G.	1885	1949	*son of George and Anna Belle Culley Alkire
BAKER	Charles E.	2 Aug 1891	1 Apr 1920
BAKER	Daniel D.	1847	1933	dbl stone with Jessie
BAKER	Henry C.	20 Aug 1893	11 Feb 1983	- "PVT US ARMY WW I" - Veterans of Foreign Wars emblem
BAKER	James M.	1882	1952
BAKER	Jessie F.	1857	1952	dbl stone with James M.
BAKER	Wilford M.	22 Jun 184	17 Sep 1964
BARR	Ethel M.	27 Aug 1916	12 Feb 1990	dbl stone with Robert E.	.
BARR	Robert E.	21 Aug 1918	19 Apr 1994		.
BAVER	Doris Gordon	1918	____		.
BAVER	Karl Kermit	1909	1977	dbl stone w/ Doris Baver	.
BECKROGE	Henry		14  Jun 1877	- "In the midst of life, we are in death - aged 21 yrs 2 mo 11 dys" - massacred by the Indians with Henry Elfers while haying. From his grave you can see across the river to the field where he died.
BELT	Logan L.	31 May 1914	30 Jan 1998	- "Father - Married Oct. 9, 1938"	.
BELT	Lydia L.	28 feb 1914	____	dbl stone w/ William E.	.
BELT	Viola M.	17 Apr 1916	_____	- "Mother"	.
BELT	William E.	26 Jun 1910	8 Feb 1990	- "Married Aug 13, 1950" - dbl stone with Lydia L.	.
BENTLEY	Amy	1873	4-1927
BENTZ	Carl Paxton	11 Nov 1897	28 Jul 1990		.
BENTZ	Erva Jessie Myrtle Halverson	28 Dec 1894	21 Apr 1981	dbl stone w/ Carl Bentz	.
BLAND	Robert		13 Jun 1877	- "Killed in Nezperce Indian War" - next to Beckroge
BOTSFORD	Mary Sams	22 Dec 1839	17 Nov 1926	- "Gone But Not Forgotten"  - *the inscription  is on top of stone and nearly unreadable in 1999 - *at one time she had a dress making shop in Grangeville - mother of Capitola Elfers	.
BROWN	Elizabeth G.	12  Jun 1908	11 Jan 1988	dbl stone with Herbert Brown	.
BROWN	Ernest O.	1868	1929	dbl stone w/ Florence F. Brown - *father of Herbert E., he had a stagecoach line from Riggins to Grangeville in the early days.
BROWN	Florence F.	1864	1950	dbl stone with Ernest O. Brown
BROWN	Herbert E.	10 Feb 1901	3 Mar 1971	dbl stone w/ Elizabeth G. Brown	.
CALL	Loretta			see Harry Deasy	.
CLARK	Gary L.	2 May 1936	2 May 1936		.
CLAY	Polly	Oct 1925	Sep 1989		.
CLEARY	Catherine M.	1845	1932	- "Mother" - *mother of Henry Elfers - widow of Henry Jurdin Elfers who was killed by Indians 1877	.
CLEARY	Philip		19 Nov 1895	- "Age 57 yrs, 8 mos, 13 dys" - *2nd husband of Catherine Elfers - Mr. Cleary homesteaded in the area, and ran a hotel on the stage route - he was also a partner of Henry Elfers.
COLE	Henrietta			see T.Jeff Deasy	.
CONWAY	Sarah			see Arthur Cornett	.
CORNETT	Arthur Lee	8 Feb 1894	20 Apr 1947	- "OKLAHOMA PVT. 162 DEPOT BRIG WW I"  *born in Whitefield OK, son of Lewis Cornett and Sarah Conway - drowned in Salmon River
CORNETT	Wayne M.	28 Jul 1928	8 Aug 1978	- "He Has Come Home To The Hills That He Loved"	.
CULLEY	Anna Belle			see Anna Belle Alkire	.
CYR	Ruth	1912	_____	triple stone with Guy Deasy and T.Jeff Deasy	.
DAVIS	Jay Lee	16 Oct 1934	25 Dec 1997	- "SP4 US ARMY"
DEASY	Guy	1910	1981	triple stone with Ruth Cyr and T.Jeff Deasy	.
DEASY	Harry	18 Oct 1881	26 Dec 1944	*born in Goldale, NV died at home, son of Michael Deasy & Loretta Call, homesteaded on John Day Creek.
DEASY	Henrietta	4 Jul 1844	7 Mar 1909	a cross shaped stone
DEASY	Herman	1897	1899	- "Son" - dbl stone with father, Michael - footstone "H.D."	.
DEASY	Jessie	4 May 1888	4 Jun 1939	same type stone as Harry Deasy
DEASY	John Peter	5 Mar 1871	2 May 1906	- "Beloved son of M. & H.D. Deasy - Aged 35 yrs, 1 mo. 28 ds"  *he had a very good singing voice and sang at public gatherings, bother of Harry and Michael
DEASY	Michael		13 May 1902	Aged 68 Years"   *brother of Harry
DEASY	Michael	1869	1917	- "Father" - footstone "M.D." dbl stone with son Herman - *obit August 1917 says he was found dead lying on bed fully clothed at Moore's Station by forest ranger - age 48 years, 5 months, and 26 days old, came to Idaho in 1883, married Metta Delmage in	.
DEASY	T.Jeff	1885	1962	triple stone with Guy Deasy and Ruth Cyr -  *born Jan 17, 1885 at Freedom, ID, died Nov 26, 1962 at Clarkston WA, son of Michael Deasy born Ireland and Henrietta Cole born Baltimore	.
DEVINE	Richard		13 Jun 1877	- "Age 52 Years - Gone But Not Forgotten" -  *first settler killed by the Indians in the Nezperce War.	.
EASTMAN	Isaac W.	1885	1918	*Ike born 12 Apr 1885 died 1 Jun 1948 in Ellensburg WA. *Lived up John Day Creek, also worked in the mines in Norden, Idaho.	.
ELFERS	Capitola Lois	1872	1966	*taught school at John Day, dau/o Mary S. Botsford	.
ELFERS	Jurdin Henry	1874	1962	*husband of Capitola Lois Elfers
ELFERS	Jurdin Henry		14 Jun 1877	- "Where immortal spirits reign, There we shall meet again. Age 42 yrs. 4 mo. 12 ds."  - *massacred by the Indians in NezPerce War	.
ELFERS	Loine	8 Mar 1905	11 Mar 1905	- "For Of Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven" - dau/o Henry and Capitola - stone not found in 1999
ELFERS	Lois Catherine	17 Jul 1901	20 Mar 1903	- "Suffer Little Children To Come Unto Me"  *child of Henry & Capitola Elfers - sleeping lamb atop stone
ELFERS	Pansy			see Pansy Kohl	.
FARMER	Jesse		15 Jan 1918	- "Age 82 Years"
GOLDSMITH	Elvia E.	1884	1914	- "Wife of W.S. Goldsmith" -  one source says she was dau/o Bailey Smith and another says she was an Alkire	.
GORDON	Catherine M.	24 Feb 1876	4 Dec 1955	similar stone to Oliver O. Gordon - *born at John Day Creek died in Grangeville, m/o Elfers O. Gordon, dau/o Catherine and Judin H. Elfers	.
GORDON	Doris			see Doris Baver	.
GORDON	Elfers	8 Oct 1910	11 Sep 1928	- "Just Gone Away" - son of Oliver and Catherine Gordon - *killed in car wreck at Slippery Creek	.
GORDON	Iris A.	1914	1925	- "Daughter of Roy & Alice Gordon and sister of Margarete" - sleeping lamb atop stone
GORDON	Leroy L.	25 Sep 1866	8 Apr 1928
GORDON	Oliver O.	31 May 1870	17 Mar 1936		.
GOULD	Norman	18 Nov 1831	2 Jan 1905	*Homesteaded on John Day Creek - *obit says he came to Florence in 1861 - he worked in company w/ Phil Cleary and Mike Deasy at Goln Lake in Florence camp. - married in 1884 - no children	.
HANSON	Frances	8 Mar 1912	27 Aug 1997	dbl stone w/ Lyle Hanson	.
HANSON	Lyle	25 Apr 1909	9 Oct 1977		.
HARRIS	Genieve J.	1849	1945	dbl stone with William H. Harris - *must be urns/cremains
HARRIS	William H.	1844	1911	*worked in the mines and had a place on John Day Creek
HENRY	George Maurice	17 Jan 1885	16 Jan 1936	stone sinking into ground - couldn't read death date in 1999	.
HOGAN	Lawrence Bailey	19 March 1933	26 March 2006	US Army
ISAAC	Edward Leroy	11 Dec 1926	15 Dec 2002	US Army WWII
JENKINS	Hayden B.	1874	1955	*had a ranch up Cow Creek at Lucile	.
JOHNSTON	Mary Elizabeth	1858	1931		.
JOHNSTON	Revillo	13 May 1854	2 Jun 1928	- "Gone But Not Forgotten" - homesteader	.
KOHL	Pansy Elfers	1910	1990	- "Forever In Our Hearts"	.
LARGE	Cleo Alkire	April 1899	Jul 1991		.
LOOMIS	Al B.	1868	1937	metal plate on cement marker
LOVE	Archie F.	15 Mar 1922	13 May 1989	- "S2 US NAVY WW II PURPLE HEART"	.
McHALE	M.S.		8 May 1883	- "Gone Home - Age 43 Years" - stone has hand w/ forefinger pinted upward	.
MEHL	Anna Rice	6 Jun 1914	22 Jul 1943	- "Married Jul 26, 1938"  - dbl stone w/ Clifford  Mehl	.
MEHL	Clifford	21 Jan 1921	_____		.
MERCHANT	Dwaine B.	5 Apr 1915	24 May 1981	dbl stone w/ Dwaine B. Merchant	.
MERCHANT	Ramona L.	15 jun 1915	_____		.
MYERS	Frank E.	15 Jul 1936	1 Aug 1936	Hand made stone	.
NICHOLAS	Edmund O. "Red"	28 Jan 1911	6 Jun 1901	- "Only For A Little While"  - dbl stone w/ Grace - stone depicts sheep grazing by a river	.
NICHOLAS	Grace	15 Aug 1901	7 Mar 1992		.
O'FARRELL	Earl R.	2 Jul 1923	29 Oct 1985	- "CPL US ARMY WWII"
PIGMAN	Ruth			see Ruth Twilegar	.
RD & RJ				Broken Headstones by Hutch
RHETT	Henry O.	1903	1972		.
RHETT	Maxine	1902	1999	- "Together Forever" - double stone w/ Henry O.  *they owned a peach and apple orchard on the Salmon River	.
RICE	Anna			see Anna Mehl	.
RICE	Bailey F.	3 Sep 1882	4 Jun 1956	- "Father"	.
RICE	Delbert	9 Nov 1912	Aug 1914	*s/o Bailey and Emma Rice	.
RICE	Emma J.	27 Nov 1887	24 Feb 1971	- "Gone But Not Forgotten - Wife of Bailey Rice"  *nee Emma Julia Alkire	.
RICE	Loyal (Red)	11 Nov 1905	25 Jun 1971	*son/o Bailey and Emma Rice	.
SAMS	Mary			see Mary Botsford	.
SEWELL	Addison D.	1859	1930		.
SEWELL	Arthur J.	1894	1901		.
SEWELL	Della M	1886	1947	*maiden name Smith, d/o William G. Smith	.
SEWELL	Hattie R.	1890	1975		.
SEWELL	Hubert S.	1888	1912	The NY Lady & Idaho Cowboy
SEWELL	Mary I.	29 July 1925	25 July 2007	The NY Lady & Idaho Cowboy
SEWELL	Melvin E.	12 Oct 1886	18 Dec 1952	- "IDAHO PFC CO.H 12 INFANTRY WW I"	.
SEWELL	Sarah Arrinda	1861	1930		.
SEWELL	Ward A.	1890	1980	dbl stone w/ Hattie R	.
SMITH	William G.	1852	1942
STERLING	Dorothy B.	4 May 1900	4 Jan 1994	- "A Great Wife And Mother" - stone depicts a large hand holding a small hand	.
STERLING	Joe	1896	1973	- "A Great Man In His Own Right"	.
STEVENS	George A.	1888	1967		.
STRUB	August	Aug 1838	Jul 1928
SWANSON	John Wm.	15 Jul 1914	30 Apr 1994	dbl stone w/ Margaret  Tipton	.
TAYLOR	Anna Bella.	1864	1934	*Info from Deborah Starr 8/23/04 1st marriage to George Alkire (they had children together)  2nd marriage to Frank L. Taylor.  Married Oct 4, 1921.  No children with Frank.  Stepchildren called her "Mother Ann". Buried  between George Alkire and Elvia Goldsmith
TIPTON	James L.	1848	1921	dbl stone w/ Margaret Tipton (there is an old homemade stone east of this one near a tree with the same inscription, which may have been his first stone?
TIPTON	Margaret	1852	1938	dbl stone with James L. Tipton -  *born 12 Mar 1852 Decatur Iowa, died 12 Jun 1938 in Cottonwood, ID
TIPTON	Richard F..	1882	1938	*born sep 30, 1882 in Whitman county WA, died Apr 1, 1938 in Riggins
TURNBULL	Margarete K.		16 Sep 1893	- "Beloved Daughter of M. & H. Deasy - Aged 30 Yr 27 Dys - Mother thou art now at home, 'Mong angels fair above, But yet below they child must roam, Till summoned by His love" - stone is shaped as a cross	.
TURNBULL	Peter			*aluminum marker - marker not found in 1999	.
TURNBULL	Petie			*date unreadable aluminum marker - not found in 1999	.
TURNBULL	Unknown			between Petie and Margarete K. Turnbull	.
TWILEGAR	Frank I.	1855	1917	Father - Gone But Not Forgotten" - dbl stone w/ Ruth E.
TWILEGAR	Lyle	1907	1932		.
TWILEGAR	Minnie P.	1886	19__		.
TWILEGAR	Roy A.	1882	1955	dbl stone w/ Minnie P. - *born Dec 7, 188(3) died Sep 28, 1955 in Mason City, Iowa, son/o Frank Twilegar and Ruth Pigman	.
TWILEGAR	Ruth E.	1863	1951	- "Mother"  - *born Feb 18, 1863 in Indiana died Feb 12 in Seattle, middle name Emma
UNKNOWN	_____			next to Henry Beckroge - no stone found in 1999	.
UNKNOWN	_____			* rock headstone w/ no inscription beside Jesse Farmer - ( no stone found in 1999)	.
WAKELY	Wes	1873	1937	*miner, had mining mill at Spring Bar, south of Lucile	.
WATSON	Gary Rhett	16 July 1949	5 Sept 2001	RM3 USN Vietman
WESSEL	John		24 Feb 1873	"May His Soul Rest In Peace - Age 40 Years" -  stone not found in 1999
WILLIAMS	Clarence C.	31 Oct 1904	29 Sep 1982		.
WILSON	William			"Co.E. 2 MO L.A."  - no dates
YORK	Eugenia Mary	1921	1987	" SP3 US NAVY WW II"
YORK	James F.	1953	1985	"AB US AIR FORCE VIETNAM"

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