ST JOSEPH CEMETERY, Overton, Clark County, Nevada

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	    Whitwer and St Joseph St Overton, Nevada  89021

     Made available by Jimmie A. Robbins - jimmie@comnett.net

	    Memorial Plaque erected by Eagle Scouts in 1991
    "This cemetery with its mounds of sand and rocks provides a stark testament to
    the courage of the early Pioneers of the Moapa Valley".  St Joseph settlement
    was established in 1864 by LDS Missionaries sent by LDS President Brigham Young
    to homestead here in the "Muddy Valley" Disease and heat claimed many.  St
    Joseph was abandoned in 1969. Later the area was resettled .

    14 Mounds are located in the fenced in cemetery
    A cement slab with the following names scratched into the upright portion:

    Family of J.S.Huntsman     1860-1908      by Lee Huntsman

    Anthony Call Huntsman      Aug 1898
    Milo Parker Huntsman       Jan 1895
    Hannah Loretta Huntsman    Aug 1898-
    Salindie Huntsman          1891-189_
    James Smith Huntsman       D 1898
    Ivie Huntsman              1 Nov 1901-1908

    A modern day headstone placed near one grave

    Euphemia Ardimonia Karchner
    March 14,1867 - April 15 1868
    dau of Wm Decatur Karchner and Margaret
    Casteel Karchner.