El Ojito Cemetery, Las Animas County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/lasanimas/cemeteries/elojito.txt (SEC’S 14-15, T32, R62W) Las Animas County, Colorado El Ojito is the Spanish phrase for "little spring of water." The name was given to the area because of an actual spring that runs through the properties. The El Ojito Cemetery (a.k.a. Lo Jito) was the original cemetery for the Francisco Montoya family, descendents and community located on the Homestead Land Grants of Francisco Montoya (1884), his son,Jose Crespin Montoya (1898); and son-in-law, Juan Sanchez (1889), who was married to Francisco’s daughter, Salome Montoya. The cemetery is now on private property and is located at the end of Las Animas County Road 91.2, off CR 38. The cemetery is approximately 2.5 miles southeast of the Las Animas County Airport. About a quarter mile of off road travel is encountered once you turn right off CR 91.2. The cemetery is located on a barren bluff that overlooks the surrounding properties. It is encircled by a barbed wire fence with gate access that is shared by the adjoining properties. There are a few discernible gravestones and some weathered and deteriorated markers highlighted by two prominent bed frames used as markers. Genealogical documents and research has been used and will continue to be used to verify additional unmarked burials that have taken place. Jose Crespin Montoya B: October 26, 1851 D:July 27, 1906 *Husband of Maria Gertrudes Salazar and son of Francisco Montoya and Maria de la NatividadBueno Maria Gertrudes Salazar B: 1865 D: April 17, 1915 *Wife of Jose Crespin Montoya and daughter of Guadalupe Salazar and Maria del Refugio Paiz Salome Montoya Sanchez B: May 1, 1848 *Wife of Juan Sanchez and daughter of Francisco Montoya and Maria de la NatividadBueno Juan Sanchez B: Abt. 1853 D: November 3, 1940 *Husband of Salome Montoya and son of Jose Antonio Sanchez and Rafaela Gallegos NicanorBarela B: May 27, 1860 D: December 15, 1906 *Son of Julio Barela and Francisca Gallegos “Esposo de Luz Montoya Barela” Eugenio Herrera B: 1877 D: February 1955 *Husband of FrancisquitaMoya and son of Pascual Herrera and Manuela Garcia FrancisquitaMoya Herrera B: 1872 D: November 1954 *Wife of Eugenio Herrera and daughter of Juan Cristobal Moya and Maria NaboraLobato Benjamin Herrera B: April 5, 1902 D: August 9, 1937 *Son of Eugenio Herrera and FrancisquitaMoya Maria Gertrudes Montoya B: D: April 17, 1915 *Wife of Jose Florencio Montoya son of Francisco Montoya and Maria de la NatividadBueno Celina Mestas B: April 23, 1922 D: December 2, 1927 *Daughter of Silverio Mestas and Fructosa Montoya Doroteo Duran B: June 18, 1889 D: 1929 *Son of Catalino Duran and Perfecta Sanchez Francisco Trujillo B: 1861 D: 1946 *Son of Jose MaximoTrujillo and Juana Maria Lucero Pedro Sanchez B: Abt. 1880 *Son of Antonio Sanchez and Matilde Romero Jose Daniel Griego B: June 26, 1884 D: April 22, 1926 *Husband of Natividad Martinez and son of Jose Ignacio Griego and Maria del Refugio Paiz Maria PablitaGriego Montoya B: Abt. 1874 *Wife of Jose Florencio Montoya and daughter of Jose Ignacio Griego and Maria del Refugio Paiz VicentitaGriego Torres B: Jan 1878 *Wife of Leandro Torres and daughter of Jose Ignacio Griego and Maria del Refugio Paiz Jose Trinidad Martinez B: September 22, 1846 D: June 21, 1924 *Son of Rafael Martinez and Maria AscencionApodaca) Juan Martinez B: November 24, 1869 D: November 24, 1936 *Son of Rafael Martinez and Anastacia Madrid CatarinaMoya Watson B: April 20, 1872 D: November 15, 1918 *Wife of Samuel Watson and daughter of Juan NepomucenoMoya and Maria Juana Josefa Montoya Marcelino Gallegos B: June 1881 D: November 1, 1908 Gertrude Gallegos Francisco Samora Inscription: “Co. A. Inf.”