ROBERTS (Howe, Cowlitz Prairie) CEMETERY, Toledo, Lewis 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 Roberts Cemetery in Toledo has been submitted by John Planinshek March, 2000. Special thanks to the Lewis County Genealogical Society for graciously sharing their data. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Roberts (Howe, Cowlitz Prairie) Cemetery Toledo, Lewis County, Washington T11N R1W Section 2 ROBERTS CEMETERY aka HOWE CEMETERY Roberts Cemetery aka Howe Cemetery/Cowlitz Prairie Cemetery, Toledo Washington. Located on the old Howe Estate on the farm of Robert Herren situated on the Spencer Road near the Buckley Road intersection in back of the Toledo-Winlock Airport. A.J. Herren settled on the Herren farm in the late 1880's his son Ben Herren then took over. The present owner, Robert Herren was born on the property. Howe was the origional owner. He acquired the land by some "ruse" he was a lawyer. Mr Howe went to Olympia and challenged the newspaper editor, declaring that he, Mr. Howe had been slandered. There is one tombstone standing and is in good condition. Emma Margaret, wife of J.T. Philllips born February 15, 1850 died March 5, 1870. There was a rumor that a baby had been buried along side of the mother. This was unconfirmed and later determined to be untrue. There is another grave enclosed by a hand made picket fence. Great care had been taken in the construction of the fence. All the pickets are motrised and wooden pegs were used. There is no grave marker. There is evidence of other graves having been there from the sunken condition of the ground. Most of the graves were moved to the Winlock Cemetery per Mr. Robert Herren. There are Indian graves located throughout the grove of trees, again no markers, but sunken spots. Emma Margaret Phillips was the daughter of Martha Roberts and George B. Roberts b. 02/15/1850 She married J.T.Phillips 02/12/1869 and they had one son Fred Phillips. Mrs Phillips died on 03/05/1870 giving birth to their son Fred. This information was given to the cemetery committee in part by Mrs. George M. Hopkins of Centralia, WA. Frances Roberts another daughter of George B. and Martha Roberts was buried also in the Howe Cemetery. From a letter written by Clarence Roberts. "Not to my knowledge has the grave of Martha or Frances Roberts been moved. I believe Frances died in 1868" Martha Roberts, wife of George B. Roberts was buried in the Howe Cemetery in 1850. Martha was said to be the first white woman buried in the present State of Washington - at that time a Territory.