VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY, East Wenatchee, Douglas County, WA The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Burial list of Valley View Cemetery, compiled and submitted by Frank Neher November , 1999. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. fneher@crcwnet.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY Douglas County, Washington T23N R20E Section 23 Driving instructions from East Wenatchee, WA follow Sunset Hiway north approximately 5 miles. Cemetery is on the right (east) side of the hiway, 3 tenths of a mile beyond the intersection of Sunset Hiway and US 2. Valley View is located in Sec 23, Range 20, Twp 23. Frank & Verna Neher completed reading the remaining markers in this cemetery 25 Oct 1999 and have compared that with the earlier record compiled by Ms. Mildred Travis. We included [] to include such information as Mother, Father, Sister, and Son. We used ( ) marks to enclose information secured from other sources. Even in the process of restoration this cemetery is in rather poor condition. As indicated above under "Marker" many of the graves are not marked and it is still not determined how many have been moved to other cemeteries. Special credit for this cemetery record must be given to Mildred Monosmith Travis for the many hours and great effort she has given to accomplish the end result. The following was furnished by Mildred along with permission to use the information to establish a record of this cemetery. Ms. Travis has been responsible for the effort to restore and repair the heavy damage and depredation that has occured. She has organized a group of interested people and they have accomplished a great deal......Frank & Verna Neher, Volunteers ........... About 1907 twelve men approached W. T. Clark, representing Union Trust and Saving Bank, and Vere Utter, head of Douglas County Development Company, to request they donate two acres for a cemetery for the people of Douglas County. Ten of these people were from the Brethren Church. The Church was located one and a half miles south of this plot of ground. Some of the names of these gentlemen were Henry Thomas Cox, L. J. Sellers, J. W. Farver, J. D. Parkhill and others. On the 20th day of August, 1914 W. T. Clark and his wife Adelaide and the Union Trust Bank of Spokane, for the price of one dollar, quit claimed two and three quarters acres to Douglas County, for the express purpose of a cemetery. Named as trustees were J.W. Farver, H.T. Cox, O.V. Sellers and their successors. There were terms under the conditions of this conveyance of land. It was to be used as a non-sectarian cemetery, not to be dedicated to any one religion. The selling price of each six grave lot was not to exceed $25. The revenue from these sales was to be used for upkeep. Other provisions of the transaction are noted on the deed. Interesting to note, the deed was not filed for record until July of 1916, even though the original transaction was August 20, 1914. One of the trustees, O.V. Sellers filed it two years after the land was deeded. The first recorded interment was that of Maryn G. Metzger, a child, born in 1909 and died in 1910. Abraham Monosmith was the next recorded interment. Most of the burials were in the twenties and thirties. The last recorded interment was William Casper Tobler in 1985. There were some disinterments, which we are researching at this time. My information comes from the records of Lowell D. Sperline, the deed of record, and Dennis Roth, researcher. Mildred Monosmith Travis Wenatchee, Washington (undated) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LIST OF KNOWN BURIALS IN VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY SEC NAME OF DECEASED SEX MARKER DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 50 APPEL, Fred M no APPEL, George [still born] M no 1935/1936 ? BARGER, Mollie Severn F yes 10 Jan 1873 26 May 1918 46 BARNHART, Jesse M no BEAN, Ida Maude F no BEAN, Patrick M no 48 BOWLEN, Howard M no BRUCE, L. W. M no 1874 8 Nov 1919 13 BUSH, Jane, Wife of A.Bush F yes 1850 1912 47 CALLISON, W.R. M no CARPENTER, Horace Lewis M yes 1855 1915 CARTER, John M yes 1882 1948 CARTER, Lola F Yes 1895 1939 CARTER, Laura V. F yes 11 Sep 1917 25 Aug 1918 CHAPMAN, Charles [Grandfather]M yes 15 Mar 1854 30 Jul 1938 CHAPMAN, George [Father] M yes 1879 1920 CHAPMAN, Helen [Moher] F yes 1892 1920 CHAPMAN, Kenneth H. [Son] M yes 1916 1918 78 COX, H.T. M no EMBREE, Elmer B. [father] M yes 1883 1954 EMBREE, Elnora L.[Mother] F yes 1881 1964 EMBREE, J.B. M yes 1849 1925 EMBREE, Marie F yes 1860 1948 EMBREE, Arthur E. M yes 28 Aug 1922 12 Nov 1922 COOK, Katherine Embree[Sister]F yes 1857 1929 FARIS, Zella F no 77-65 FARVER, J.W.H. M no 92 FRANTZ, M.D. M no FRANTZ, Roy L. M yes 4 Mar 1885 13 Jun 1916 GAULT, Clarence [Newborn] M no GONSER, L.H. M no 16 GORSUCH, Roy M yes 1884 1921 GORSUCH, Elba F yes 1877 1920 GORSUCH, Elizabeth [Wife] F yes GORSUCH, Gertrude [Daughter]F yes 1 GOWIN, Abbie Monosmith F yes 2 Sep 1881 1 May 1918 HUFFMAN, C.N. M no INKS, C.E. M no 36 INKS, O.H. M no 21 JENSEN, S. M no LILLIBRIDGE, Del M no MEAD, Dudley M yes 12 Mar 1898 9 Sep 1967 [WWI & WWII Pvt Co. B. 7th Engineer Tng Bn. Wisconsin](Meade, Dudley Madigan, b.12 Mar 1898, Greenwood, Clerk, Wisconsin d. 9 Sep 1967, Cashmere, Chelan Co.WA. Father Byron Meade, Mother Gertrude Warner, Wife Margery Biram (STOCKER) Meade.) 63 METZGER, L.H. M No METZGER, Jacob B. M Yes 1857 1922 METZGER, Maryn G. F yes 1909 1910 40 MILLER, Reuben M no 27 MOUBRAY, John M no 1 MONOSMITH, Abraham M yes 13 Sep 1840 1 Apr 1911 [Civil War Pvt Co. K. 48th Reg. of Indiana Volunteers] 1 MONOSMITH, Mary Etta Josephine Buntain F yes 12 Mar 1858 1 Sep 1933 1 MONOSMITH, William Frances M yes 27 Feb 1865 1926 [Son] 1 MONOSMITH, Ramona Blanche F yes 1918 1923 MONOSMITH, Vina Barger Fry F yes 1895 1919 NEWBERRY, Mosilee Eva F yes 07 Mar 1878 1921 [stone reads 1877 for b., nee Sitter in Winfield KS, m. Henry 22 Sep 1897] NEWBERRY, Henry Lewis M yes 01 Aug 1867 10 Feb 1933 [stone reads 1868 for b., in Barren Cty. KY, m. Mosilee 22 Sep 1897, d. Okanogan WA] 42 OHMART, Gordon M no PECK, James M no 45 PRATHER, Laurence M no RHODES, William [Father] M no 1871 1932 RHODES, Martha [Mother] F yes 1868 1920 RHODES, George [Brother] M no 1920 64 SELLERS, L.J. M no 49 SELLERS, O.V. M no SPERLINE, A.R. M no 41 SPERLINE, Bert M no SPERLINE, J.C. M no 51 STOCKER, Ormond Sylvester M no Jul 1861 31 Oct 1929 (born New Hampshire, died Danville, Ferry Co., WA, Wife: Julia Mae ROGERS Stocker, b. 18 Mar 1877 Seward Co., NE. d. 3 Jul 1964, Wenatchee, Chelan Co., WA. her father Thomas Murray Rogers, Mother Harriet Tacy BIRM Rogers Urquhurt). STOCKER, Julia Mae Rogers F no 18 Mar 1877 3 Jul 1964 76 STELLINGWERF, Infant M no 2 TOBLER, Arnold M yes 1890 1915 TOBLER, Norma Della Monosmith F yes 3 Nov 1890 11 Nov 1919 TOBLER, William Casper M Yes 1 Mar 1892 6 Apr 1985 TOBLER, Clarence W. M yes 1916 1918 TOBLER, Harry Willis M yes 14 Apr 1919 28 Oct 1919 TUNISON, Harold Paul M yes 5 May 1925 20 Nov 1925 URQUHART, Harriet F yes 1859 1925 URQUHART, Zackery Taylor M no 23 Apr 1850 14 Feb 1933 WALLACE ? no WATKINS, Mavis [infant] F no WEIMER, Homer M yes 1886 1924 21 WILSON, J.D. m NO