Newaukum Hill Cemetery, Lewis County, Washington 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. Transcribed and submitted by Richard Stevens. March 2000. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. ************************************************************************* Directions to the Newaukum Hill Cemetery: From Interstate 5, take Exit 77. Go west on Highway 6 and take a quick left turn on Riverside Road. Riverside Road starts just past the southbound onramp to I-5. Riverside Road changes to Newaukum Road and Newaukum Road changes to Shorey Road. This all happens in a short distance. Go 1.1 miles on Riverside, Newaukum, and Shorey Roads and then take a right turn onto Devereese Road. Go up the hill on Devereese Road for 6 tenths of a mile to the Roberts Road-Newaukum Cemetery Road. Take a left turn on Roberts Road and go 3 tenths of a mile to the end of the road. The Newaukum Hill Cemetery is on your right behind the fence. The Newaukum Hill Cemetery is in Section 7, Township 13 North, Range 2 West. The cemetery joins the John Thomas property to the north and consists of one acre. Susan E. Dickerson sold the land to John Bower in 1890; he later sold some land to someone. Then Corton H. Haskell sold to Alick Frank, and papers show that 1 acre of land was held out for the cemetery. This one acre of land was mentioned in the sale of land from Alick Frank to Mary Brown in 1911. As far as far as anyone knows. There is no deed for the cemetery, nor was it recorded anywhere only the one acre mentioned in the two other sales. The one acre was set aside by John Bower for a cemetery in 1902. This land must have been used for a cemetery before it showed in records at the court house. There was a community property agreement in 1901 between John Bower and his wife. The earliest burial found is 1886. The following information has been compiled by a personal transcription made by Richard Stevens and from information obtained from the Lewis County Historical Museum. Permission was granted by Harland Roberts and Donald Burbee acting as spokespersons for the Cemetery. *********************************************************************** BURIALS AT NEWAUKUM HILL CEMETERY: BOWER MARIA BORN:12/11/1882 DIED:12/29/1886 BROWN COPORAL ALVIN H. 44 TH IOWA INF. EDNA BORN:10/05/1886 DIED:02/04/1890 MARY A. BORN:1842 DIED: 1893 BYERS BENJAMIN G. BORN:1906 DIED:1926 CHESTER Z. BORN:1889 DIED:1907 CRAWFORD P. BORN:1904 DIED:1921 JOSEPH P. BORN:1858 DIED:1936 NANCY ANN BORN:1870 DIED:1910 RAYMOND BORN: NO INFO DIED:NO INFO COLLINS MARGARET BORN:1833 DIED:07/13/1911 MARTHA BORN:1867 DIED:1902 THOMAS E. BORN:1825 DIED:12/12/1912 HILL JOHN L. BORN:05/01/1809 DIED:01/01/1894 KELLY HARRIET A. BORN:01/14/1857 DIED:01/30/1923 MARGARETTE E. BORN:05/26/1876 DIED:01/01/1890 WILLIAM E. BORN:01/10/1880 DIED:03/08/1964 KNAPP CHARLES L. BORN:1855 DIED:1942 FRANCIS EARL BORN:1902 DIED:1984 SARAH L. BORN:1871 DIED:1950 MUNSON MATHIAS G. BORN:09/26/1868 DIED:05/26/1891 O'CONNOR CLARA COLLINS BORN: 1877 DIED: 1930 OKERLAND EVA M. BORN:1899 DIED:05/20/1933 ROBERTS MARY C. BORN:12/28/1853 DIED:1939 WILLIAM L. BORN:09/27/1846 DIED:1923 ROMERMAN BLANCHE M. BORN:1869 DIED:1968 SCHAEFFER LUISA BORN:1835 DIED:1901 THOMAS ANNA R. BORN:03/22/1825 DIED:08/26/1911 US ARMY NURSE DURING CIVIL WAR RUSH L. CO. C 64TH ILLINOIS INF. VINALL MR. C.E. BORN:NO INFO DIED:NO INFO WIFE BORN:NO INFO DIED:NO INFO WASLEY BABY IRA BORN:08/17/1913 DIED:08/22/1913 SAMUEL BORN:1866 DIED:1916 WEITZELL JACOB BORN:02/20/1821 DIED:01/28/1907 CO. B 11TH IOWA INF. WHITE CARRIE E. BORN:1901 DIED:1976 WYMORE ERMA BORN:10/20/1888 DIED:01/01/1889 ZACHMAN ANNA BORN:08/10/1841 DIED:09/02/1897 JOHNNIE BORN:1894 DIED:1897 There are about twenty-four graves that are marked with only a white cross or with a small square stone with no information on them. These graves are of people that died while they were at a poor farm here in Lewis County. Their remains were brought to the Newaukum Hill Cemetery and buried. There were no records kept as to what their names were.