Pyramid Cemetery Routt County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/rioblanco/cemeteries/pyramid.txt Donated by Greg Berthelson October 2003 This cemetery is located about a half mile south of the Routt-Rio Blanco County line in northwestern Colorado at the confluence of Poose Creek and the east fork of the Williams Fork River, at approximately Latitude N 40 degrees 19.921 minutes, Longitude W 107 degrees 16.039 minutes, at an altitude of about 7,684?. An article by Jerry Green, native and resident on Williams Fork River, originally published in a pioneer anthology entitled HAYDEN & WESTERN ROUTT COUNTY, at the Hayden Library,is re-transcribed here. Interested researchers are further referred to 1900, 1910, 1920,and 1930 Census Transcriptions for Colorado/Rio Blanco County/Precinct 10/Pyramid on rootsweb.com/~coriobla. Natives have indicated that several more burials may be located at the confluence of the Ripple Creek Pass/Dunckley Pass county roads, but they are not identified nor located at this time, Memorial Day 2004? To the best of my knowledge there are twelve former Williams Fork citizens buried at the Pyramid Cemetery. Bill Monroe lived near the junction of Poose Creek and the Williams Fork River. He was ill for some time, suffering from consumption. H looked upon the hill east of his place and saw a lone pine tree. His wish was to be buried near this tree. When he died in 1896 his wish was granted and he was the first to be buried at what was to become the Pyramid Cemetery. At times it was called the Creamer Cemetery since William Creamer had a place nearby where he spent the summers. Mr Creamer was the principal at the Kokomo, Colorado, school near Leadville. Ida Turner Bunker was buried there following her death on June 22, 1903. She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. George Turner. She was born May 22, 1884. She married Asa Bunker Mar 3, 1901. The Bunkers were early settlers on the upper Williams Fork after whom Bunker Basin was named. Ida was also survived by a baby. Mrs. Bill Wiles died on October 31, 1904. She died shortly after her son Clarence was born, due to complications from the birth. She was buried at the Pyramid Cemetery near one of her babies, which had been buried there prior to her death. Her husband, Bill, was later buried there. Lavina and William Bradley are both buried here. Lavina was born on May 5, 1856. She married William Bradley and they came to the Williams Fork about 1889. She suffered from Bright's disease for some time before her death in December 1915. William Bradlley was born in British Columbia in 1845. William was known in the area as ?Duffy.? His parents died when he was 12, so Duffy went to sea. He was married in the 1870?s and a few years later left with a wagon train going west. The party separated, he and another man taking a different route. The other party were all massacred by Indians and the report was carried home that he had perished with the rest. About ten years later he returned home to find his wife had remarried. After her husband died, Lavina and Duffy were remarried. Duffy died on May 30, 1926, and was buried beside Lavina in the Pyramid Cemetery. Roll W. Chinn was born around 1876 in Iowa. His parents moved to Kansas then to Colorado in 1898. Roll settled in the Pyramid country in 1906. He became ill the last part of February 1918. Dr. Driscoll did not speak of the case as being serious but five days later he died from pneumonia. He was buried in the Pyramid Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, four children, a sister Mrs. Cotton, and a brother Talmage J. Chinn, all living in the area at this time. His story appears elsewhere in this book. Others thought to be buried in the Pyramid Cemetery are Mr. Ramsell in 1903, Mrs. Cox, mother of Delia Monroe, and Addie Gregor. Pyramid area citizen, Gus Reader, was buried under a big pine tree on the edge of the mesa, west of the old William Ball house. He died around 1904.? By Jerry Green An undated memo was found in Highland Cemetery, Meeker, records, transcribed verbatim: Pyramid Cemetery Egery Ranch on Williams Fork Bradley, Mrs. Lavina "Vina" Bradley, William Bunker, Edna Turner June 1903 Chinn, Raleigh Cop, Mrs. mother of Vina Bradley Miller, Reinhart Monroe, William 1896 Ramsdell, Harry Wiles, Baby William Wiles, Hettie Wiles, William ***************************************************************************** Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) Archives and by the COGenWeb Project Archives 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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