Custer County, Idaho - Old Houston Cemetery Submitted by: Stanford R. Evans Located approx. four miles South of Mackay, ID. In a remote area, I would suggest getting someone from the town of Mackay to tell you how to find it. The cemetery was established about 1885, near the site of the mining town of Houston, Custer Co., Idaho Territory. Custer Co. was derived from Alturus Co. in 1881. After the railroad came to the Lost River Valley in 1903, Houston was abandoned, but the cemetery was used for several years, even after the establishment of the Mackay Cemetery, the earliest grave-stone date being 1888, and the latest being 1987. There are probably a few earlier graves now un-marked. Done from a visual survey of the cemetery by Sanford R. Evans in 1999. NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry William Weiler 1865 1927 Miles McKelvey William McKelvey 1883 1896 Blythe, John W 1884 1920 McLerrin James 1860 1910 Lee R 1871 1907 Williams, Ella L March 13, 1882 Jan 20,1905 Aged 22 yrs,10 mo,15 da, Beloved Wife of W J Williams Nathaniel M Miller 1831 1904 Caroline Miller October 18, 1844 June 21, 1898 George Miller November 6, 1840 March 16, 1893 Frank Wilcox 1874 1897 Sarah J Vance (Possible Child's Grave) Thomas A Hash 7-3-1846 1-23-1888 Co. G 13 Mo Cav Lottie Muir Aug 20 1874 Apr 4 1907 Mother Alfred B Lambson 1855 1944 Eveline Lambson 1862 1937 Mother William B. DeWitt May 29, 1918 Sept 15, 1963 Idaho PFC Co G 15 Infantry World War II Ph (?) John P. DeWitt 1883 1939 Wesley Lambson 1902 1907 Archie Lambson 1839 1900 Ruby DeWitt Weir 1910 1987 Martha DeWitt 1829 1917 Martin DeWitt Sept 22 1829 July 27 1900 Don Lambson 1885 1888 Daniel Dougherty Oct 19 1901 BAKER Grace L. 1885 1965 Mother Grace L. Baby Granddaughter Michael Harford Oct 29 1842 Aug 14 1895 Patrick Harford Feb 2 1889 Dec 3 1893 Thomas Lemon Feb 14 1854 Aug 10 1911 Marshall Lemon March 18 1889 Aged 39 Years, Son Of Elizabeth and Lucian Lemon William A Boone 1866 1942 Emma F. Demmeras 1868 1940 James W. Demmeras 1864 1923 Christopher Rogers 1839 1930 Minnie Rogers 1846 1906 Robert C. Boone April 29 1876 Oct 9 1897 Agnes V. Baker May 30 1867 Feb 3 1920 Mother Charles F. Baker 1860 1938 Ray Boone 1840 1927 Jeptha B. Wood Sept 9, 1844 June 3, 1900 Sarah J. Vanoe Oct 3 1832 Mar 14 1907 Hiram S Johnson 1872 1932 Mary J. Johnson 1878 1940 Miles Ismay Reay Aug 3 1893 Mar 10 1960 Mary Margaret Reay Aug 9 1907 July 21 1983 Thomas Kehoe Apr 26 1843 Jun 7 1907 Alexander Reay Jan 24 1942 Feb 14 (no year) William H. Reay Apr 24 1949 May 21 (no year) Lawrence Pritchett Mar 3 1904 Jun 12 1932 Margaret Harris 1844 1924 Mother Jenkin Harris 1840 1922 Father Baby 1939 Hyrum Gill Dec 20 1869 Aug 11 1898 Mary Warren May 12 1856 April 3 1935 Levi Warren Dec 19 1845 Mar 31 1924 Ovid Lawson 1873 1932 Hagy C Hubbard Dec 1 1877 April 5 1901 W. H. (Bill) Warren May 25 1884 Nov 22 1937 Sylvia L. Cresto 1913 1940 Baby Boy--Jeppson (no dates Prichett Mary Nov 10 1875 Aug 22 1945 Tom Apr 1 1872 Apr 21 1949 Ada Jamison (no dates) Teddy Bennett (no dates) ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Stanford R. Evans ====================================================================