CENTRAL RIDGE CEMETERY Lewis County, Idaho Compiled by the Ilo-Vollmer Historical Society 1997 Submitted for use of the USGenWeb Project and IDGenWeb Project Archives by Byron Bovey, 17 December 1997 USGenWeb Project 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, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. Directions and History by Laura Lowry Highway 64 leaves Highway 95 at Craigmont and goes to Nezperce. Mid-way between the two towns is the turn-off to Central Ridge at the site of the old Mohler store. The Central Ridge Cemetery is located eight miles north on the main Central Ridge Road. The cemetery lies on the right side of the road on an acre of land donated by an early settler, William W. (Bill) Simmons. The cemetery records have been kept by the Melcum family. The cemetery is not part of a cemetery district, so the upkeep has been left to family and friends. Early in its history the small sum paid for lots was used for a fence to surround the cemetery. The first burial was in 1898, and the last in 1955. Many of the graves have no stones, which makes their identification difficult. With the passage of time fewer descendants of those who lie buried tend the grave sites. The town of Steel about a mile north of the cemetery and most of the families who settled Central Ridge are gone. The cemetery remains as a part of those earlier times. SURNAME INDEX: AXTEL thru WOODARD For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. NAME BORN DIED LOT INFORMATION Axtel, Cash 32 (no stone) Axtel, Emma 1922 32 (no stone) Baker, Muriel A. Mar 15, 1902 Oct 27, 1907 20 DAU OF A. C. & R. B. BAKER Carter, Albert 2 (no stone) Carter, Erma May 15, 1910 Dec 23, 1911 2 (no stone) Carter, Harry 2 (no stone) Carter, Infant 2 (no stone) Carter, Olive D. 2 (no stone) Carter, Walter 2 (no stone) Carter, Walter Drake 2 (no stone) Carter, Wanda 2 (no stone) Clugston, Sena Alice Jul 8, 1860 Jul 2, 1924 24 (w of Warren) Clugston, Warren Mar 4, 1840 Aug 5, 1928 24 (h of Sena) Craddick, Child 4 (no stone) Cyrus, Etta Oct 26, 1883 Oct 6, 1914 19 (no stone) Fohl, Child 1 (no stone c of Ben Fohl) Goffinet, Baby "Albert" Oct 3, 1937 12 (no stone) Goffinet, Chas 1825 1909 12 BORN IN PARIS FRANCE Goffinet, Elizabeth 1883 1926 12 MOTHER Goffinet, Eugene F. 1869 1942 12 FATHER Goin, Dan 9 (no stone) Goin, Edward P. Feb 21, 1881 Jun 12, 1948 9 Goin, Elzira Jul 6, 1840 Mar 16, 1934 9 (w of Isaac P.) Goin, Grazelda Ann Oct 12, 1885 Jan 1, 1921 9 (ss w William) Goin, Harley Aug 26, 1903 Aug 28, 1903 9 (ss w John) Goin, Isaac P. Jan 30, 1840 Aug 8, 1914 9 (h of Elzira) FATHER Goin, John J. Jan 16, 1905 Mar 14, 1905 9 (ss w Harley) Goin, William Howard Oct 9, 1869 Aug 23, 1942 9 (ss w Grazelda) Greenwood, Child 4 (no stone) Hardman, Albert C. Feb 18, 1860 Sep 12, 1929 21 Hardman, Baby 'Allen' Jul 12, 1914 Sep 26, 1914 21 (no stone) Hardman, Carl P. Feb 28, 1955 21 AGED 69 YRS 7 MOS 5 DAYS (metal marker) Hardman, Ethel 21 (no stone) Hardman, Ina Oct 07, 1908 Aug 30, 1993 21 WIFE OF CARL Hardman, Lloyd May 23, 1907 Apr 27, 1908 21 SON OF A. C. & JENNIE M. Hardman, Lucy Dec 7, 1864 Feb 20, 1904 21 WIFE OF ALBERT C. HARDMAN AGED 39 Y 2 M 13 D Harper, L. G. Jul 29, 1870 Jan 3, 1912 16 Heagy, Baby 32 (no stone) Heagy, Myrtel 32 (no stone) Henks, Albert Thomas 11 (no stone) Hibbeln, Thelma Nov 21, 1903 Feb 10, 1935 12 Holmes, L. H. 1821 1908 20 Hunter, A. Douglas Apr 19, 1862 Feb 10, 1945 25 (h of Ida) Hunter, Florence Alma Devlin Dec 18, 1905 Sep 8, 1943 25 (no stone) Hunter, Ida F. 1872 1920 25 (w of Douglas) Hunter, L. E. {Louie Ellis} 1902 1943 25 Hunter, W. W. 1853 1923 25 Jayne, A. D. Sep 3, 1882 Apr 5, 1903 10 Lents, Baby Feb 12, 1908 13 (no stone c of John Lents) [NCC] [1y6m] Lents, Jo Sephys 13 (no stone) Lents, Lee E. Aug 28, 1906 Feb 12, 1908 13 SON OF H. J. & F. B. LENTS McBride, John N. Jan 16, 1898 Jan 29, 1908 21 SON OF J M & ADDIE McGee, Baby Aug 1, 1941 Aug 1, 1941 26 (child of Jack McGee) McGee, Charles S. May 6, 1886 Dec 7, 1918 26 [VRFH] McGee, Elwyn K. Jul 16, 1920 May 2, 1943 6 PVT AIR CORPS McGee, Francis May Jun 30, 1865 1952 26 MOTHER McGee, James Jan 31, 1863 Oct 14, 1938 26 FATHER McGee, William Franklin 1889 Jun 20, 1943 6 {son of James & Frances} McKay, Harold Apr 14, 1904 Oct 6, 1905 7 Mustoe, Leroy May 19, 1904 Mar 21, 1908 18 SON OF L. W. & POLLY Nelson, Hilma 3 (no stone) Nelson, Infant 3 (no stone) [child of Hilma] Parks, Esther L. 1917 1918 15 DAU OF R. & N. R. PARKS Parsons, Baby Dec 12, 1920] 28 (no stone c of John Parsons) Powell, Leland W. Mar 11, 1897 Nov 1, 1899 7 (baby of Fred Powell) Ransier, Grace Apr 21, 1875 Jan 26, 1956 27 (w of John) Ransier, John M. Nov 23, 1863 May 5, 1938 27 (h of Grace) Ransier, Roy M. Nov 18, 1892 Sep 25, 1918 27 [HFH] Rickets, Marion 19 (no stone) Ringsage, Joseph E. Oct 27, 1899 Jan 9, 1936 5 SON Ringsage, Swen I. Aug 19, 1863 May 28, 1935 5 FATHER Senters, Olive June Dec 3, 1924 Dec 20, 1925 32 (no stone) [HFH] [dau of Frank] Settler, Charles 14 (no stone) Settler, Child 14 (no stone) Settler, Child 14 (no stone) Shockley, Lawrence 1 (no stone) Shockley, Mrs. 1 (no stone) Shockley, Paul 1 (no stone) Shockley, Walter 1 (no stone) Simmons, William H. Jan 31, 1861 Dec 15, 1937 49 [CFH] Staggs, Mattie 19 (no stone) Stamper, Christina L. Feb 7, 1904 Feb 7, 1904 8 Stamper, Georgia Lee Feb 2, 1908 May 3, 1908 8 Stamper, Orpha Rosetta Apr 11, 1866 Feb 18, 1908 8 Stanley, Infant Dec 16, 1899 Dec 17, 1899 6 INFANT DAU OF H. L. & MARY Swenson, Emil Apr 8, 1893 Dec 9, 1899 5 SON OF S. I. & OLINE SWENSON Swenson, Julius Apr 8, 1893 May 29, 1894 5 SON S. I. & OLINE SWENSON Swenson, Oline H. May 21, 1869 Feb 22, 1901 5 WIFE OF SWEN I. SWENSON Tetzlaff, Lillian HarperApr 24, 1875 Mar 15, 1955 16 MOTHER Thomas, Baby Feb 17, 1919 Feb 20,1919 19 (no stone) {ch of M/M Howard Thomas} Thomas, Infant 19 (no stone) {ch of John} Thostenson, Annie Mar 12, 1876 Sep 30, 1927 3 MOTHER "w of Thomas" [HFH] Thostenson, Helen M. Apr 19, 1899 Jan 22, 1901 3 DAU OF THORWALD & ANNIE Thostenson, Thomas 1868 Jan 9, 1917 3 FATHER "h of Annie" Walden, Mrs. Guy 17 (no stone) Willoughby, Irvin E. 1896 1902 11 Woodard, 4 (no stone)