Photos, Greenmount Cemetery, Durango, La Plata County, Colorado

May 2005 Edition of the Cemetery Photo Index

The indexed photographs can be viewed by visiting the Colorado 
Tombstone Photo Project page at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/costones/laplata/grnmnt.htm

Greenmount Cemetery, established in 1887, is located on the 
southwestern edge of Durango.  It is divided into several religious,
fraternal, ethnic sections and has two city sections. 

The photographs in this portion of the archives were contributed by:
Louise Adams (la)
Jim Davenport (jd)
Bonnie (Butler) King (bbk)

Headstones

   * Adrianson, Gustaf, 1857-1899, Woodmen of the World; and Emma, 1864-1935, Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Airy, Jos. P., LIEUT, CO A, 32 IA INF [Section 13] (jd)
   * Alexander
      + John H., 1851-1928, Woodmen of the World (jd)
      + Thadeus, 1866-1903, Woodmen of the World;  and Emma, 1861-1898 (jd)
   * Anheier
      + Alan Raymond, Aug 20, 1887-Jan 4, 1907, Woodmen of the World (jd)
      + Albert M., 1863-1919, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Arraj, Fayard Ferris, 1873-1915, Modern Woodmen of America (jd)
   * Avery, Tingley R., 1885-1920, Woodmen of the World (jd)

   * Bailly, Dan'l B., LIEUT, CO C, 2 MINN INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Baker
      + Anna, 1864-1946, "Mother" (la)
      + Arthur, died 1939, Colorado PVT 14th Inf
      + Edward, 1889-1971 (la)
      + George, 1898-1969 (la)
      + Herman, 1892-1915 (la)
      + Joseph, 1818-1886, CO D 119th Ill Inf (la)
      + Walter, 1894-1895 (la)
      + Wesley, 1859-1936, "Dad" (la)
   * Barker, Samuel H., 1880-1936, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Bartlett, Ephraim, CO B, 144 ILL INF
   * Basil, Marion, 1899-1918, Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Becker, William C., 1872-1913, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Beeler, William, died Mar 30, 1905, aged 43 yr, 1 mo, 25 da, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Bennett
      + James, 1865-1912, Woodmen of the World (jd)
         - Plot (jd)
      + Mary C., July 11, 1873-July 19, 1907, wife of James, Women of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Biggs, Jennie, 1869-1905, wife of E. A. Biggs, Women of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Bleeker, J. C., CO G, 45TH ILL INF [Section 13](jd)
   * Blodgett, Frank, 1883-1920, Modern Woodmen of America (jd)
   * Boyce, Charles B., CORP, CO L, 1 COLO INF, SP AM WAR Section 14 (jp)
   * Boyle, Rob't, CO K, 102ND ILL INF (jd)
   * Brawner, Geo. F., CO H, 25 WIS INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Briggs
      + Cha's F., CO C, 142 ILL INF [Section 14] (jd)
      + Geo. W., CO M, 12 IND CAV [Section 15] (jd)
      + Gilbert J., SERGT, CO D, 11 ILL INF (jd)
   * Burdick, Josiah, SGT, CO D, 100TH ILL INF (jd)
   * Burnham, Samuel A., CO I, 2 NY HA [Section 8] (jd)

   * Champlain, J. C., CO F, 115TH ILL INF (jd)
   * Chavez, Ramon, CO B, 4 NM INF [Section 14] (jd)
   * Cherry, Isaac, July 16, 1846-June 15, 1926    CO F 30 REGT, N JER VOL, A charter member and elder for 43 years in the 1st Presbyterian Church, Durango, Colorado (jd
   * Conner, Frank X., 1860-1912, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Connor, Michael, CO H, 43 WIS INF  [Section 20] (jd)
   * Cordova, Mariano, CORPL, CO H, 1 NM INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Creek [or Cheek], C. L., CO F, 44TH ILL INF (jd)
   * Crocker, Mich'l, CO C, 2 MO CAV, Section 20 (jd)
   * Cunha
      + Mother [Fannie], 1856-1925 (jd)
      + Frank, 1849-1920, Woodmen of the World (jd)
      + Frank Jr., 1885-1914 (jd)
   * Curry, John R., CO G, 13 IA INF (jd)

   * Dennison, R. L., CO I, 2 COLO CAV (jd)

   * Edelman, Agnes, 1858-1912, Women of Woodcraft (jd)

   * Faris
      + Elizabeth M (Cunha), 1882-965 (jd)
      + William Earle, 1884-1970 (jd)
   * Favor, Albert A., CO K, 6 IA CAV [Section 15] (jd)
   * Ferguson, Earl H. SERGT, CO C, 34 ENGRS (jd)
   * Flora, Isiah "Zeke", Apr 3, 1901-Mar 20, 1979; and Gladys A., Apr 5, 1906-Feb 6, 1989 (jd)
      + The inscription on the back of the stone says, “Noted Archaeologist of the San Juan Country Discovered 'ESTHER,' the Mummy, in 1937.”
   * Foster, James C., CO C, 15 IND INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Frary, Florence E., Sep 2, 1861-Oct 12, 1911, Women of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Freeman, D. W., CO B, 1 COLO CAV [Section 14] (jd)
   * Freund, George, 1841-1911, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Fuel, R. Y., 1853-1910, Woodmen of the World (jd)

   * Gallaher, Lenora E., 1856-1920, Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Geier, Antonia, 1859-1910, Woman of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Grady, Mary J., 1859-1913, Women of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Grasse, Leopold, 1870-1928, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Griffith, Dr. David S, 1840-1904, ASST SURG,    90 PA INF [Section 9] (jd)

   * Haines, William B., CO F, 1 COLO INF, SP AM WAR [Section 14] (jd)
   * Halstead, Elliott, CO E, 43 IND INF (jd)
   * Harper, J. P., LT COL, 3 USGHA, [Section 13] (jd)
   * Hechtman, Henry J., 1853-1912, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Hefferman, J. J., MAJOR, 55TH ILL INF [Section 14] (jd)
   * Heindle, David, CO I, 28 ILL INF [Section 14] (jd)
   * Heindell, Samuel, CO I, 28 ILL INF [Section 14] (jd)
   * Hess, Clara M., 1865-1925, Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Hetherington, Elmer H., CO A, 1 COLO INF, SP AM WAR (jd)
   * He???son, Thomas O.,  [dates eroded away], Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Howard, Benj., CO I, 10 ILL CAV [Section 13] (jd)

   * Jackson, C. B., CO G, 105TH ILL INF [Section 13] (jd)
   * Jaques, Henry L., CO F, 15 KANS CAV [Section 14] (jd)
   * Jones, John L., 1863-1906, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Jordan, James, Mar 12, 1829-Dec 21, 1890,     CAPT, CO K, 97 IND INF (jd)

   * Kennedy, Lewis C., Jan 27, 1849-Sep 19, 1924, CO G, 7 MINN INF, Civil War [Section 14] (jd)
   * Kephart, George W., 1849-1925, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Kinzer, Hezekiah, CO K, 1 COLO LA [Section 14] (jd)
   * Klepper, Wm., CO D, 14 US INF (jd)
   * Kroeger, Henry F., 1865-1915, Woodmen of the World (jd)

   * La Count, Wm. H., 1ST SGT, CO K, 27 WIS INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Lear, William E., 1890-1911, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Lemmon, Cyrus A., CO B, 72 OHIO INF, [Section 15] (jd)
   * Leonard, J. F., CO B, 6TH US CAVALRY (jd)
   * Lewis, Augustus, CO E, 10TH ILL INF [Section 14] (jd)
   * Loftus, William, died Dec 29, 1895, aged 28 yr, 4 mo, 29 days (jd)

   * Martin, Jos., CO D, 23 IND INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Mason
      + Annie, Oct 1851-Mar 1908, Women of Woodcraft (jd)
      + John, 1846-1903 (jd)
   * Matts, Florence, CO L, 1ST W VA CAV (jd)
   * Maxwell, Edwin J., 1863-1944, Woodmen of the World, and Anna M., 1869-1950 (jd)
   * May, Samuel F., CO C, 147 PA INF, [Section 15] (jd)
   * McCloskey, Milton J., died Oct 11, 1892, aged 37 years, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * McCluer, Timothy J., 1876-1920, Woodmen of the World & Elks (jd)
   * McConnell, Charles E., Feb 19, 1867-June 2, 1940, PVT, 1 OHIO CAV, SP AM WAR (jd)
   * McCormick, Jno., SGT, 6TH WIS INF [Section 20] (jd)
   * McDevitt, John H., 1841-1927 [Major, 6 VA CAV, CSA] (jd)
   * McGillis, Jim, 1889-1910, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * McHolland, J. H., Jan 28, 1842-Jan 18, 1898, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Menser, J. E., SGT, CO B, 31ST IOWA INF, [Section 8] (jd)
   * Milton, Wm. E., CO D, 78 ILL INF [Section 14] (jd)
   * Morris, W. S., CAPT, CO E, 210 PA INF (jd)
   * Mossmann, Leander J., CO M, 11 KANS CAV [Section 15] (jd)
   * Mullen
      + Kathryn Conway, no dates (bbk)
         - Note:  This stone has had a tree grow around it.  
           Kathryn was the second wife of Will Mullen.  
      + Loudin, CAPT, AQM, US VOLS [Section 5] (jd)

   * Nary, John, 1857-1909, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Naslund, [nothing further], Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Nelson
      + Hans, 1868-1919, Woodmen of the World (jd)
      + Thos., CO G, 22 WIS INF (jd)

   * Odenbaugh, Jack, 1885-July 21, 1945, Chief Design Engineer for the Rio Grande 
        Southern Railway, Builder of the Galloping Goose railcars (jd)
   * O'Donnell, Michael, 1860-1908, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Ogden, John, CO K, 3 WIS INF [Section 3] (jd)
   * Orr, Robert J., died May 4, 1899, aged 50 yr, 2 mo., Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Ovens, Nelson, died May 9, 1904, aged 42 yr, 3 mo, 8 days, Woodmen of the World (jd)

   * Pelton, Ethmer, died July 18, 1898, aged 45 yr, 5 days, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Perkins, George W., b. 1861, d. 1911, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Pierce, Leslie A., 1854-1919, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Pollock, J. P., CO B, 5 IA CAV [Section 15] (jd)
   * Poor, Asa C., CO A, 35 NY INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Pulford, John Bracken, 1857-1906, Woodmen of the World (jd)

   * Quinn, Nora, Dec 17, 1872-Nov 10, 1916, Women of Woodcraft (jd)

   * Randel, John W., 1880-1910, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Ranson, C. E., BAND, 2ND MASS INF, [Section 13] (jd)
   * Raymond, George Nelson, 1859-1918, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Reardon, Dennis, CO D, 1 NY MTD RIFLES [Section 14] (jd)
   * Redman, J. W., June 20, 1886-Mar 27, 1919, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Rose, J. J. M., CO D, 14 IA INF [Section 14] (jd)
   * Rowe, Richard, died July 21, 1904, aged 41 years, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Russell, Jas. L., CO B, 170 OHIO NG [Section 8] (jd)

   * Sackett, Seth, Dec 27, 1829-Apr 6, 1900, CO I, 3RD COLO CAV [Section 13] (jd)
   * Sanders, Grant, 1864-1942, Mason, and  Katherine M., 1873-1918, Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Sanford, Charlotte M., Jan 13, 1860-Dec 10, 1908, Women of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Sauvage, Lorenzo, 7 OHIO LA, [Section 15]
   * Schulze, Heri T., May 11, 1900-Feb 7, 1986,  [block 32, lot 33] (jd)
   * Scouton, Henry R., 1857-1924, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Sederholm, Selma Forrs, 1879-1914, wife of Gus V., Women of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Shultz, J. E., CO D, 148TH NY INF (jd)>
   * Shute, H. J., CO G, 25TH NY CAV [Section 13]
   * Sleeth, J. T., CORPL, CO D, 18 MO INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Smith, Emmeline, 1848-1929 and Samuel R., 1844-1933, [CSS, ISONDIGA, CS NAVY] (jd)>
   * Snodgrass, Arthur, 1866-1918, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Sowers, Jessie H., 1878-1919, wife of J. W. Sowers, Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Spear, Elijah H., CO F, 31 MO INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Spencer, Jacob, CO A, 13 ILL INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Stansbury
      + Elizabeth L., 1863-1933, Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)
      + Fred, Feb 4, 1881-Aug 25, 1906, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Starr, John B., CORPL, CO F, 13 KANS CAV [Section 13] (jd)
   * Stollsteimer, Ferdinand F., 1870-1905, Woodmen of the World (jd)

   * Tague, Wm., CO F, 24TH OHIO INF [Section 15] (jd)
   * Thomas, Chas., CO M, 15TH KANS CAV (jd)
   * Thompson, D. A., CO F, 3 MO S M CAV [Section 15] (jd)
   * Tiffany, Geo. E., CO G, 15 MASS INF [Section 13] (jd)
   * Town, M. L., LIEUT, CO D, 12 KANS INF [Section 13] (jd)
   * Turrell, Anna E., [no dates], Women of Woodcraft (jd)

   * Van Brimmer, Charles F., 1869-1929, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Vassmer, Mary J., 1860-1929, Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)

   * Wainwright, Lisle, Dec 4, 1851-Mar 8, 1906, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Wakelin, John R., died Sep 9, 1899, aged 24 yr,  5 mo, 8 da, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Wall, Wm., CORP'L, CO. ?, 6th KANS CAV (jd)
   * Wallace, Joseph W., died Mar 21, 1903, aged 53 years, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Weikel, Orley E., 1881-1913, Woodmen of the World (jd)
   * Weinig, Killian, 1840-1914, and Anna M., 1852-1915, Women of Woodcraft, (jd)
   * Welsh, L. S., CO C, 2ND OHIO CAV (jd)
   * White, Eva L, 1857-1905, Women of Woodcraft (jd)
   * Willson, Louis P., died Apr 21, 1903, aged 24 yr, 4 mo, 1 day (jd)
   * Wolf, William, 1836-1908, CO C, 2ND COLO CAV [Section 13](jd)
   * Woods, W. D., CO D, 12 KAN INF [Section 13] (jd)
   * Wright, Elihue M., 1834-1910, [McBRIDE'S DIVISION, MO STATE GUARDS, CSA] (jd)

   * Yarnell, John A., Sep 23, 1867-Oct 10, 1891 (jd)
   * Young, W. H., died Jan 4, 1897, aged 39 years, Mason (jd)

   * Zimmerman, Josiah, 22ND OHIO BATTY [Section 14] (jd)

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