Sligo Cemetery, Grover, Weld County, Colorado Transcribed by Merle and Allene Niehaus MNiehaus@worldnet.att.net NAMES AND DATES FROM SLIGO CEMETERY Located west of Pawnee Buttes From Briggsdale, CO, take Colorado State Highway 14 approx. 17 miles east. Turn left on RD 390 and go approx. 13 miles to RD 112. Turn east and go about 1 1/2 miles. The cemetery is on the south side of the road and has a sign over the gate saying "Sligo Cemetery." Sligo cemetery is a lovely, peaceful place with long views of the countryside, which seems to be part of the Pawnee National Grasslands. In early June after a wet spring, there were lovely wildflowers and some yellow iris surviving. (Note: There may be a better route; and we recommend getting a detailed map from the U.S. Forest Service for the Grasslands.) To access information about the history of this area and the very hard times these people endured, go to http://www.fs.fed.us/amf/png/history.htm Some of the markers are granite, some are concrete. Others are old wood. Sometimes the graves are outlined with wood or stone. Some have only a small metal marker provided by Adamson Mortuary. These metal markers had a special place for date of birth and date of death but not all numbers were recorded and some were worn; but for the main part, they could still be read. To the best of our ability, we recorded the following: (If no dates are given, then no dates were found on the markers.) IN THE FIRST ROW CLOSEST TO THE GATE AND PROCEEDING SOUTH PAEGLOW Mamie E. 1889 - 1976 George 1888 - 1964 Marion E. 1915 - 1931 FRITZLER August 29 Aug 1922 - Nov 1926 EDWARDS Thomas R. 1862 - 1925 GRAVELE Child Art no dates VON FORREL Daughter "Gone But Not Forgotten" Katie E. 1893 - 1916 HILZER Rest in Peace Peter 1844 - 1930 Christina 1844? - 1917 Eva 1902 - 1927 Anna 1921 - 1930 Thelma 1929 - 1929 EIDSON Eugene P. 1915 - 1917 FARRELL Child Fred MORELAND Child C. W. MYERS Child Henry SECOND ROW, PROCEEDING SOUTH PRESSWOOD Wilbur R. Sept 1929 (By this marker was a piece of pottery ith colored fruit on it.) RAY Daughter of Ennis and Jo Joan Janice 18 Aug 1928 BALL Mack W. Oct 1888 Age 14 mos. (This marker was very old wood with a thin strip of metal on the top. The lettering seemed to have been done, or redone, recently. As far as we could tell, this is the first burial in the cemetery; and there is not another one until 1911 so there must be a story behind those facts.) At the base of the marker were some seashells. ROTH Anna Katrina 14 Jun 1881 - 29 Aug 1922 This grave had a granite marker with "Ruhe in Frieden" inscribed. The granite sits on a piece of concrete in which someone wrote "Mother May 23, 1937." There was also a large metal box with artificial flowers enclosed behind glass. SHIVERS Robert 1844 - 1911 Mrs. Robert 1851 - 1918 DAVIS Lizzie Irene Daughter "We Loved Her" 26 Apr 1897 - 21 Feb 1915 William H. Father "We Loved Him" 16 Jun 1858 - 19 May 1914 This marker was a granite obelisk. FRANKLIN Child Geo CONWAY George Floyd ATTERBERRY Harlan THIRD ROW AND PROCEEDING SOUTH EPPERSON Manervia 1857 - 1932 MARTINEZ Child Virg BOARDMAN Edwin S. ? - 1938? DUNLAP "In Loving Memory" Roy L. 1903? - 1953 Ida L. 1870 - 1964 Sherman L. 1867 - 1942 There was a small metal marker nearby but had no readable names or dates. HOSACK Daughter of Arch and Velma Glenna Fern 1931 - 1935 =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.