Lansing or Kingston Cemetery, Rural Yuma County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/yuma/cemeteries/lansing.txt This listing by Lee Zion, May 2005 Photographs of the headstones surviving in 2004 are located at http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/costones/index.htm My starting list was based on a 1990 survey published in Yuma County Cemeteries, by Aileen Tombaugh. Used here with her permission. My notes are indicated by (lcz - ). Notes have been added from Pat Oestman's Lansing Valley Cemetery listing published in 1992 as indicated by (po - ). ------------------------------------------------------- Kingston Cemetery The Kingston Cemetery (also known as the Lansing and Lansing Valley Cemetery) is located on County Road LL (the Beecher Island road) 1½ miles north of US-36. The first known burial occurred in 1881 and the last was in 1942. It was abandoned for many years and is now maintained as an inactive cemetery by the East Yuma County Cemetery District. Graves are in north to south rows. Majority of the markers are in the first row near the road. (first row - starting from the north side) Baby Joplin no dates (lcz - Marker not found in 2004. Both Oestman and Tombaugh found it in the early 1990s) Nina Peck 1886 - 1887 (lcz - Tombaugh has Mina Heck) Adie Smith 1890 - 1892 (lcz - cement marker) T. Celander 1879-1881 (lcz - T. Celader on cement marker. Tombaugh and Oestman show J.I. Celander) J.A. Celander 1881-1882 (lcz - J.A. Celader on cement marker. Thombaugh shows A. Celander 1881-1923.) Jeannie Phillips no dates (lcz - vandalized base found in 2004. Tombaugh shows Hillis.) (po - dates 1883-1887) G.W. Rogers 2 July 1887 Temperance (Potter) Rogers no dates (lcz - No marker found in 2004) (po - no listing) Children of M. & G. Morris Jessie Morris 27 Jan 1889 - 3 Nov 1889 Carl Morris 6 Nov 1886 - 17 Feb 1897 (lcz - single marker with children's names on sides) William Allen 1890 John Ballard 1825 - 1888 Lindell Allen 13 Mar 1898 - 31 May 1899 Roy C. Carlson 1890 - 1897 A. McCulloch Died 22 July 1894 age 61y 4m 27d (po - Alexander McCulloch. Wife Armita buried at Armel) (second row - reading from the south end) Patrick McCluskey 1831 - 1904 Julia Ann (Claridge) McCluskey (lcz - Found only weathered cement marker) (po - dates 1840 - 1932) (third row - reading from the south end) Son of A.I. and J.A. Rowley died 19 Feb 1907 age 5m 24d Emaline (Ryan) Rowley 24 Jan 1914 age 75y 4m 14d Arthur C. Rowley died 18 Dec 1917 age 58y 4m 14d Stanley Wray Adamson Oct 11-14 1939 (fourth row - middle of the cemetery - working north) Crites Harrison W. 1853 - 1907 Amelia A. (Shineflew) 1863 - 1942 (po - married J.A. Rolow after Wesley Harrison Crites died) Walter L Crites 1884 - 1917 (back of the cemetery in the middle) Infant son of E.A. and Edna Jones 24 July 1909 - 27 July 1909 --------------------------------- Additional names from Pat Oestman's listing No markers Reed, R.H. died 1906 Seward, Infant son died 1938 ================================================== USGenWeb Copyright Notice - Copyright and all further publishing rights remain with the transcriber. Those wishing to publish this document in print or on the internet must seek specific permission from the transcriber.