Whitewater Cemetery, Mesa County, Colo http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/mesa/cemeteries/white.txt Submitted by Anthony J. Gagler, Email tonystombstones@prodigy.net, Oct 28, 1998 Before copying this listing, see the USGenWeb Notice at the end of the file. Located in MESA COUNTY, COLORADO in the town of Whitewater near highway 50. The cemetery is visible from the highway on a hillside to the Northeast. Whitewater Cemetery was established in March of 1888. There are 124 marked gravesites. Many have been recently marked UNKNOWN, and others are worn to the point where they are barely legible or unreadable. The following is a transcription of the gravesites. They are numbered according to the way that I mapped them out. Marker # 1: UNKNOWN Marker # 2: DODGION A.J. 1835 - 1911 Sarah 1838 - 1932 Marker # 3: Steel Marker, no inscription Marker # 4: UNKNOWN Marker # 5: UNKNOWN Marker # 6: UNKNOWN Marker # 7: Roy B. Lighter Aug. 19, 1881 - Dec. 20, 1918 Marker # 8: Frank Arnold Oct. 2, 1876 - Sept. 4, 1917 Marker # 9: Mary Josephine Silzell 1855 - 1933 Marker # 10: W.J. Silzell 1845 -1938 Marker # 11: PENNISTEN Jennie 1852 - 1926 J. R. 1839 - 1917 Marker # 12: UNKNOWN Marker # 13: UNKNOWN Marker # 14: UNKNOWN Marker # 15: UNKNOWN Marker # 16: Edwin R. Walker May 16, 1872 - Sept. 2, 1909 Marker # 17: Wood Marker, unreadable. Marker # 18: UNKNOWN Marker # 19: Clarence O. Wright (Dad) March 14, 1911 - Dec. 21, 1982 Marker # 20: Bessie Helen Wright (Sister) March 14, 1909 - Feb. 1, 1976 Marker # 21: Effie Luella Wright 1875 - 1964 Lincoln A. Wright 1861 - 1949 Marker # 22: Mervin R. Wright 1917 - 1932 Marker # 23: Chester Donald Son of L. A. and E. Wright Nov. 6, 1907 - Feb. 21, 1910 Marker # 24: Afton Daughter of Isaac & Emma Asay 1909 - 1910 Marker # 25: Edith Euphemia Stassen Meyers 1923 - 1995 Marker # 26: Clifford J. Meyers 1914 - 1987 Marker # 27: FOSTER Pearl Blanche 1890 - 1997 (Mom) Jay B. "JB" 1876 - 1958 (Dad) Marker # 28: Fritz J. Foster 1911 - 1918 Marker # 29: UNKNOWN Marker # 30: Chas E. Foster 1909 - 1931 Marker # 31: John Sydney 1847 - 1934 Marker # 32: Barbara Foster 1919 - 1974 Marker # 33: MKD (wood cross almost unreadable) 1906 - 1993? Marker # 34: HAD (wood cross almost unreadable) 1874 - 1956 Marker # 35: UNKNOWN Marker # 36: William S. LaFair Sept. 2, 1863 - May 7, 1915 Marker # 37: Todd W. Smith 9-25-68 to 2-26-89 Marker # 38: Milda Marie Summers Mar. 13, 1914 - Feb. 18, 1998 Marker # 39: Wesley Paul Smith May 20, 1971 - Aug. 18, 1987 Marker # 40: William Joseph Anthony S2 U. S. Navy World War II Mar. 15, 1921 - Jan. 25, 1989 Marker # 41: Stanley E. Reed Nov. 16, 1950 - June 16, 1989 Marker # 42: Jeffrey Edward Lowell Nov. 24, 1965 - June 21, 1993 Marker # 43: Betty J. Rogers March 23, 1920 - March 25, 1995 Grandmother Marker # 44: JOHNSON Levi July 15, 1915 - Phyllis M. Oct. 15, 1915 - Married June 2, 1934 Marker # 45: BROTHER Rob Barney July 21, 1948 - Jan. 2, 1994 Marker # 46: Thomas B. Black CWO4 U. S. Navy World War II, Korea Aug. 17, 1914 - Mar. 16, 1988 Marker # 47: Marian Farmer Black Jan. 4, 1917 - Aug. 24, 1994 Marker # 48: UNKNOWN Marker # 49: UNKNOWN Marker # 50: UNKNOWN Marker # 51: ALLEN Father - Orris M. Oct. 15, 1865 - May 22,1939 Son - R. Cleo July 21, 1908 - Oct. 29, 1932 Marker # 52: UNKNOWN Marker # 53: UNKNOWN Marker # 54: UNKNOWN Marker # 55: UNKNOWN Marker # 56: (Stone marker, unreadable) Marker # 57: Samuel R. Riddle Aug. 9, 1875 - July 20, 1942 Marker # 58: Emory E. Riddle 1843 - 1903 His Wife Caroline R. Waterbury 1848 - 1914 Marker # 59: Mary Alice Downing (Mother) 1859 - 1905 Marker # 60: Jesse M. Walker July 2, 1893 - Jan. 6, 1898 Marker # 61: Unknown Marker # 62: Unknown Marker # 63: Golde Lucas, Died Mar. 10, 1901 Aged 7 Days. Marker # 64: Sergt. Lewis N. Farmer Co. E 81 ILL INF. Marker # 65: Unknown Marker # 66: August Johnson Feb. 16, 1866 - July 16, 1917 Marker # 67: Unknown Marker # 68: Rhoda Louisa Peterson 1855 - 1925 MOTHER Marker # 69: Unknown Marker # 70: Unknown Marker # 71: Charles Renick (wooden cross) Born - Died 1919 Marker # 72: Renick (stone marker) Marker # 73: Washington Renick 57 Ys. 1 Mo. 1 Dy. Marker # 74: Leona Trahan 1867 - 1904 and baby Marker # 75: Unknown Marker # 76: Unknown Marker # 77: Unknown Marker # 78: Unknown Marker # 79: Unknown Marker # 80: Miles C. Clark 1971 - 1975 Marker # 81: Linda Lee Clark 1950 - 1975 Marker # 82: Unknown Marker # 83: Unknown Marker # 84: Joseph F. Sullivan Died Jan. 11, 1908 Aged 62 Yrs. Marker #84A: J.F.S (Wood Marker see footnote) Marker # 85: Unknown Marker # 86: Unknown Marker # 87: John Craig 1849 - 1915 Marker # 88: Stewart Craig 1813 - 1901 Marker # 89: Mary Jane Craig 1823 - 1900 Marker # 90: Unknown (unreadable wood marker) Marker # 91: Unknown (unreadable wood marker) Marker # 92: Unknown Marker # 93: Unknown Marker # 94: Unknown Marker # 95: Frank M. Virden Died Feb. 20, 1894 Aged 18 Y's 9 M's 2 D's Marker # 96: Emma Strawn Virden (Mother) Died Feb. 20, 1894 Aged 49 Y's 6 M's 22 D's. Marker # 97: John C. Mc Daniel 1895 - 1971 Marker # 98: Mary A. Morrison Died Apr. 2, 1890 Aged 56 Yrs. Joseph M. Morrison Died Mar. 4, 1893 Aged 72 Yrs. Marker # 99: William C. Goldsby 28 Y's 1 M 25 D's (no dates) Marker # 100: Unknown Marker # 101: Annie Age 8 Mos. 1895 Marker # 102: Hazel Age 7 Wks. 1894 Marker # 103: Unknown Marker # 104: Unknown Marker # 105: Unknown Marker # 106: Amanda J. DeGroot Born Jan. 29, 1840 Died Dec 15, 1890 Marker # 107: Linda Mumford ? - 1971 Marker # 108: James W. Dees 1915 - 1968 (Daddy) (Hunter and Deer carved into tombstone) Marker # 109: Frank Lawler 1899 - 1965 Marker # 110: Edna L. Miller 1914 - 1989 (Separate sandstone block on same grave is hand inscribed with the name Edna Lawler Miller) Marker # 111: Susan H. wife of J.R. White Died Mar 8, 1888 37 Y's 8 M's 7 D's Marker # 112: Joshua R. White Co. D. 40th Ohio Infantry Marker # 113: Al Chestnut ? - 1921 Marker # 114: John Casto 1835 - 1919 Marker # 115: Mary Casto Chestnut 1858 - 1917 Marker # 116: Abigal H. Staup Born Nov. 14, 1825 Died Sept. 8, 1895 Marker # 117: Unknown Marker # 118: FARMER Louis C. June 23, 1901 - Jan 11, 1990 Frances M. Jan 3, 1908 - Nov. 5, 1985 Marker # 119: HUGHES BABY Marker # 120: Unknown Marker # 121: BABY WRIGHT Died Mar 28, 1894 Aged 2 y's 9 m's 3 d's Marker # 122: Mont C. Wright 1866 - 1955 Marker # 123: Nora Lowe Died Dec. 21, 1898 Aged 2 Y's 9 m's 3 d's Marker # 124: UNKNOWN ------------------------------------------- Wood Marker with initials J.F.S. at foot of the Joseph Sullivan grave marks the burial of Joseph F Sullivan, Jr. who was killed Jan 14, 1909. Details provided by Malinda Perkett . ------------------------------------------- Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) Archives and by the COGenWeb Project Archives (http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm) USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. 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