Willow Creek Cemetery 39-530/Mount Green The following information was obtained from a booklet titled "Old Tombstone Records in Gallatin County, Montana Cemeteries 1957. It was compiled in 1955-1956 and 1957 by the Montana Hyalite Chapter Daughters of American Revolution. I was kindly given permission to transcribe their records and submit them for free public use. A J Woodward and N L Woodward, his wife of Willow Creek to William H Buttleman, Frank M Williams, Geo Cook. $1.00 paid Mar 3, 1908 .779 of an acre for public cemetery only. This is a nicely kept cemetery adjoining the town of Willow Creek. First grave was 1865 for an unknown man who froze to death at this site. A stone marked Mt Green first burial and unknown man perished here 1865. The town was named for willows which grew along the creek. District was first settled in 1872 and first store opened in 1873. Benjamin E Archer Montana Corp 316 Engrs 91 Div Died Mar 7, 1922 Alice E Archer 1862-1919 Ben P Archer Born Feb 11, 1858 Died June 20, 1945 Ralph Rallow Boyd Montana Pvt 1 cl 11 Regt USMC Died June 27, 1956 Iva Boyd ---- Irwin Boyd 1861-1952 William Bergren Sr 1879-1941 William W Bergren T Sgt 500 A A R Bomb Group WWI Born Sept 16, 1919 Died Apr 7, 1945 Ella G Bunce 1880-1947 Lynn L Babcock Born Sept 11, 1945 Died June 20, 1951 Tommy Babcock Born July 30, 1944 Died Oct 8, 1951 Carolyn Katherine Buttelman Born June 12, 1876 Died Mar 9, 1951 William Henry Buttleman Born Mar 8, 1871 Died May 7, 1952 John Battes ---- Margaret Babcock 1879-1945 Father Oscar Berggren 1855-1930 Glen E Berggren Born Feb 20, 1905 Died May 22, 1926 Son of Oscar Berggren 1888-1911* Mother Margaret M Bennett 1892-1947 Oscar Berggren Jr 1888-1911* Father James T Ballantyne 1848-1928 Joseph A Campbell 1881-1950 Florence V Clark 1913-1943 Mother Annie M Cherry 1899-1953 Father William A Cherry 1882-1950 Marshall Coursien, age 68 yrs Died Jan 18, 1902 Mother Sarah M Coursien 1861-1939 Mother Susan O Cook age 73 yrs 3 mo 12 dys Died Sept 7, 1904 Father Christopher Cook age 65 yrs Died May 12, 1886 William H Cook Co E 1 Calif Inf Sp Am War Georgiana Cook Born Nov 5, 1886 Died Nov 5, 1909 Father George C Cook 1858-1942 Mother Elizabeth A Cook 1864-1944 Sister Nellie M Cook 1885-1917 Mother Betty C Cook 1845-1923 Sgt William H Cook Co C 52 Ga Inf C S A Darrell Edward Collins Born Nov 28, 1917 Died Apr 23, 1918 Richard Collins 1833-1916 Cooper D Cherry Montana Pvt 162 Inf 41 Div Died Sept 23, 1937 Sidney J Cherry 1856-1921 John W Cherry 1852-1918 Elizabeth Carter age 13 yrs Alice K Cleveland 1908-1927 Everett Callaghan 1909-1909 Leslie Callaghan 1901-1902 Alfred John Dahl 1886-1944 Eugene Downie Born Nov 4, 1914 Died Nov 13, 1914 Henretta Downie 1858-1939 Blanche H Dalley 1915-1947 Mabel Heara Dahl 1888-1921 Catherine Duke Born Dec 7, 1825 Died Dec 21, 1915 George L Duke Born Oct 26, 1824 Died Mar 18, 1895 Thomas H Dunn Died Nov 27, 1879 Orville Doty 1900-1934 Harry F Dunn 1891-1925 Helen Clair Davis Born Jan 1915 Died Feb 1916 William Woodrow Davis Born Dec 14, 1916 Died May 7, 1918 Maybelle R Downing born Aug 4, 1893 Died July 22, 1910 Mary L Elliot 1879-1937 Levi L Elliot 1881-1940 Elwood Elliot 1907-1929 Catherine Elliot age 95 yrs Died June 15, 1955 Hugh Elliot Born Feb 1, 1856 Died Feb 25, 1922 Jack Lee Elmore age 52 yrs 2 mo 9 dys Died July 23, 1954 fm Mary Hendershot Ellickson Born Sept 7, 1870 Died Mar 3, 1956 Frank S Garnett 1867-1936 Dad Oscar W Garnett 1882-1956 John E Garnett 1867-1945 Harold Garnett May 1919 George Gerdes Born Aug 3, 1833 Died Dec 21, 1903 Harry Gerdes Born Dec 2, 1830 Died Aug 23, 1905 William Henry Gerdes Born Nov 25, 1900 Died May 3, 1922 Mount Green, first and unknown man perished here George O Green son of James and Margaret Green age 10 yrs Died 1877 Margaretta Green, wife of James Green, Born in township and County of Drummond Canada, Died in Montana Terr Jan 18, 1869 age 36 Father James Green age 72 yrs Died Nov 1, 1902 James W Green 1856-1913 (1854 has been penciled in) Joseph Green 1860-1917 Melissa Green 1858-1925 James Hagen -- Loyd Hagen -- Mrs James Hagan -- Samuel Hunt -- Louis Harwood 1896-1928 Ambrose H Hoyle 1857-1915 Lamoni Howls Born May 12, 1872 Died Nov 16, 1918 Samuel Howls Born Mar 11, 1833 Died July 16, 1899 Harry Holt, son of J B and L F Holt, Born Nov 15, 1891 Died June 10, 1907 Lou V Harwood 1896-1928 Sarah E Harwood Born June 15, 1855 - Mar 25, 1881 Died Jessie Horold Age 4 mo 11 dys Died July 17, 1881 Richard Harwood Born Lewiston, England Age 64 yrs 1 mo 26 dys Born March 9, 1818 Died May 5, 1882 Eula Evans Hale Born Jan 23, 1872 Died Sept 29, 1922 Lucy May Hale Age 74 yrs 10 mo 11 dys Died June 25, 1956 Susan Hubbard 1829-1917 Edward J Heily 1894-1935 Jack E Hale Born Aug 27, 1923 Died May 9, 1948 Cynthia M Hale, wife of George E Hale Born Livingston Co Mo, May 5, 1842 Died Aug 11, 1916 James W Hale 1865-1936 C B Hale -- Vincent E Hale Pvt 166 Depot Brigade Born Jan 1894- Died July 6, 1953 Helen H C Hoellein 1883-1930 A Elise Hoellein 1859-1932 Rosella Hoellein 1889-1947 John Heley -- Lydia A Hager 1895-1953 Perry L Hendershot Born Feb 3, 1888 Died July 12, 1918 Johnathon Hendershot Born May 1, 1865 Died June 2, 1938 William F Hilke 1865-1937 Ida Tinsley Holt Born Apr 3, 1873 Married to J M Holt Oct 16, 1890 Diedn Dec 25, 1893 Frank May Johnston 1881-1951 Father George W Jenkins 1873-1932 Mother Pearl E Jenkins 1888-1926 Elizabeth Jones Born Apr 12, 1818 Died June 22, 1903 William D Jones 1874-1918 Margaret Jones, wife of William D Jones 1876-1918 Daniel Jackson 1884-1931 Charles A Kent 1880-1952 Father Thomas Kelly Born Dec 20, 1845 Died Jan 24, 1929 Mother Nellie Ellen Kelly Born Oct 9, 1866 Died Sept 17, 1929 William E Kelly 1890-1951 Edward Kavanaugh 1864-1928 John King -- Maggie Walbert Lane, dtr of John and Margaret Walbert Born Nov 8, 1885 Died Sept 27, 1906 Lottie Lindall 1884-1892 Sophie Lindall 1860-1912 Mary Lindall 1895-1912 Louis Luik 1853-1937 Robert Luik --? Beula E Lane Dec 6, 1919 Patrick Lane Born Mar 17, 1844 Died Dec 29, 1931 James E Lane 1926-1956 James M Murry 1859-1935 Jacob F Miller 1867-1937 Lucy F Miller 1882-1934 Lillian Mongold 1892-1954 C C Mongold 1893-1948 W T Mongold 1861-1941 Lou Allen Mongold 1867-1950 Levi Maxfield -- Freeman Mize age 57 yrs Died Jan 31, 1884 Anna M McColum 1858-1880 Thomas Moore Age 70 yrs Died Dec 13, 1915 Hattie Murphy 1850-1942 T J Murphy -- Mary Miles 1851-1932 Charles Murry 1874-1952 Henry Edward Moore, son of Thomas and Lucy Moore Born Nov 24, 1877 Died July 31, 1902 Matilda I Nevins Born Aug 10, 1860 Died June 19, 1888 A P Nevins age 72 yrs Died Apr 27, 1907 Eliza A Nevins Born Jan 10, 1855 Died Mar 25, 1887 (1845 has been written in for birth) John O'Conner 1860-1920 Wife Elizabeth O'Conner 1841-1918 Hans E Peterson 1839-1907 Annie M Peterson 1837-1925 James P Peterson 1861-1940 Andrew R Peterson 1865-1945 August H Peterson 1920-1920 Rhoda A Parks 1859-1933 (Skip) Solon P Parker Born Mar 11, 1882 Died Aug 1, 1947 (Mom) Clara Frances Parker Born Mar 10, 1883 Died Feb 3, 1949 Daniel H Parker 1907-1936 Father Fred J Parker 1856-1928 Hannah Parker, wife of F J Parker 1866-1924 Our Boy Freddie J Parker 1903-1921 Martha Ann Pannell Born Jan 12, 1913 Died Oct 7, 1949 James Milton Pannell --Hattie Pannell, dtr of J M and M A Pannell age 17 yrs 7 mo 7 dys Died April 10, 1889 Mother Henrietta Price 1863-1939 Jane Powell 1814-1870 Levi Powell 1800-1866 Mother Susanna Parker 1845-1917 Mother Catherine A Peterson 1858-1933 Walter E Reich 1892-1929 Jacob Ryan Born Apr 3, 1820 Died July 8, 1894 Myra A Robertson Born Apr 9, 1821 Died Sept 3, 1906 Mary Ellen Ryan 1855-1934 William V Ryan 1845-19-- Thomas M Ramey 1910-1938 Laurence Rassmussen 1869-1954 Francis A Schmidt 1942-1944 Thomas J Stephens 1852-1913 Monta Stephens 1882-1896 Dad Orville H Sallee 1887-1949 William W Sleight Born Dec 25, 1850 Died July 31, 1916 George W Stoyer 1877-1909 Mrs Lura Spoonler -- Georg Street -- Otto Severtson Died Apr 7, 1856 George W Thompson 1843-1918 Mary O Turner age 4 yrs Died Mar 12, 1875 Charley C Turner age 2 yrs Died Oct 14, 1870 John F Turner age 14 yrs Died 1873 P F Turner age 35 yrs children of J T and R C Turner Edward E Tinsley, son of J H and M E Tinsley 1871-1872 Martha E Tinsley Born Dec 8, 1834 Died Jan 28, 1912 Joseph H Tinsley 1834-1916 Wm B Tinsley Born Aug 1, 1836 Died Mar 28, 1917 Lucy A Nave Tinsley Born Springhill Livingston June 12, 1844 Died May 3, 1912 was married to W B Tinsley Jan 1, 1867 Pauline Tinsley Born June 4, 1911 Died Mar 17, 1915 Pearl Elizabeth Tinsley 1893-1922 Endoh W Tinsley 1877-1952 Charles W Thompson 1847-1919 Louisa E Thompson 1851-1940 L D Tinsley 1866-1912 Anne Elliot West Born Feb 1886 Died Nov 1, 1919 Mother Linnia A Williams 1869-1928 Father Arthur C Williams 1867-1927 Arthur Williams, son of F M and L J Williams Born Nov 26, 1895 Died Sept 29, 1899 Thomas Williams, son of F M and L J Williams age 5 days Died Apr 30, 1889 Thomas J Williams 1846-1922 Maria Woodward 1829-1922 Maria Woodward 1829-1910 A J Woodward -- George Woodward 1880-1918 Otto V Woodward 1896-1921 A E F 65th C A C N L W 1860-1942 Emma L Williams 1879-1953 A J W 1851-1912 Thomas Seth Williams 1868-1954 Francis M Williams 1856-1921 Lucinda J Williams 1868-1937 Willis W Williams 1890-1936 John Walbert Born May 27, 1869 Died Feb 8, 1919 Sarah Margaret Walbert Born Aug 5, 1872 Died Apr 28, 1918 Margaret Walbert age 80 yrs Died Sept 28, 1925 John Walbert age 80 yrs Died Oct 13, 1908 Father Walbert April 28, 1881 no other date Mother Pearl A Walbert Born July 25, 1891 Died Apr 13, 1933 Thomas Walbert 1877-1922 Mother Katherine Walbert 1880-1936 Father Edward Walbert 1875-1941 Minnie C Walbert Born Nov 24, 1909 Died Aug 1, 1910 Lydia Woodward 1875-1895 Myrtle Young Born Pike Co Mo., Oct 25, 1883 Died June 23, 1904 Laura O Young 1860-1925 * It appears to me that this may be the same person.