Colorado USGenWeb Archives

Granite Cemetery
Chaffee County

Tombstone Photographs

The Granite Cemetery, also known as the Cache or Cash Creek Cemetery, is located on County Road 398 about one and one-half miles west of the town of Granite. The first known burial was in 1860. The oldest surviving stone dates from 1878. There is a transcription of the headstones in the Granite Cemetery in the Archives.

The photographs in this portion of the archives were contributed by:
Gail Meyer Kilgore(gmk)
Jim Davenport (jd)

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Headstones

(Click on the underlined name to download the tombstone photograph)

• Unknown
  • ???, James (gmk)
  • Marble Marker (gmk)
  • Wood Marker [A-1-?] (gmk)

• Baier, Walter, 1893-1893 and Ellen, 1894-1901 [C-2-24&23] (gmk)
• Ball
  • Clara Jane, 1852-1910 [C-1-38] (gmk)
  • Wm. H, died 1908 age 60, LT Co D 93rd NY Inf [C-1-39] (gmk)
• Blackmore, Thomas, 1828-1898 [B-1-26] (gmk)
• Blake
  • Henry H, 1884-1954 [B-1-29] (gmk)
  • Rose M, 1894-1956 [B-1-30] (gmk)
• Borland, William, 1828-1907 [A-1-14] (gmk)
• Bradbury
  • Edward F, 1903-1995 and Mary Edna (Rout), 1904-1973 [B-1-16] (gmk)
  • Francis, 1905-1930 [B-1-?] (gmk)
  • Frank Samuel, 1866-1956 and Mary Ellen (Galvin), 1875-1965 [B-1-14/13] (gmk)
  • Gertrude, 1926-1935 [B-1-?] (gmk)
  • John P, b/d 1907 [B-1-?] (gmk)
  • William, b/d 1943 [B-1-?] (gmk)

• Camozzi, Stanley J, 1880-1906 [A-2-23] (gmk)
• Campbell, Jessie Irene, 1888-1898, (enhanced closeup) dau of Elizabeth and Daniel [B-1-23] (gmk)
• Constans, Michael, died 1933, PVT US Army, [A-2-7] (gmk)
• Conyers, Treacy, 1916-1986 [C-3-?] (gmk)

• Deaguer, Juan (gmk)

• Evans
  • Earl F, died 1907 age 2 [A-1-7] (gmk)
  • Robert Jayson, 1861-1916 [A-1-8] (gmk)

• Franklin, Charles, 1868-1950 [A-1-?] (gmk)

• Galvin
  • Charles, 1914-1940 (gmk)
  • Charles Patrick, 1891-1918 (gmk)
  • Edward, 1880-1902 (closeup) [B-3-15] (gmk)
  • Frankie, died 1887 age 1 (gmk)
  • Gertrude, died 1891? age 5 (gmk)
  • John, 1911-1939 (gmk)
  • John Jr., 1874-1912 (gmk)
  • John Sr., 1846-1914 (gmk)
  • Leo, 1885-1902 (gmk)
  • Lillian, 1892-1902 (gmk)
  • Margaret (Skeehan), 1854-1925, wife of John (gmk)
  • Patrick John, 1887-1926 (gmk)
  • Baby Willie, died about 1901 (gmk)
• Giebfried
  • Marie A, 1855-1930 [A-2-35] (gmk)
  • Theodore A, 1887-1970 and Dorothy K, 1898-1981 [A-2-36] (gmk)
• Glasser
  • Jacob, died 1898 age 80, (closeup) [C-2-8] (gmk)
  • Johanna, died 1904, (closeup) [C-2-7] (gmk)
  • Paul, died 1926 [C-2-7] (gmk)
• Gripe, Mary, 1904-1964 (gmk)

• Hamman
  • Jasper, 1837-1878, husband of E.W. [B-1-7] (gmk)
  • N.M.H. (footstone) [B-1-8?] (gmk)
• Harris
  • Annie Elizabeth [Ball], 1870-1953 [C-2-22] (gmk)
  • Harry A, 1898-1932 [C-1-40] (gmk)
  • Henry N, 1869-1948 [C-2-20] (gmk)
  • Lewis, 1905-1906 (enhanced) [C-2-22] (gmk)
  • Ord (Ora), 1877-1900 [C-2-21] (gmk)
  • Thomas Hiram, 1945-1888 and Anna Kinion, 1848-1930 (closeup) [C-2-21] (gmk)
• Hawks, Chuck, 1912-1980 [C-3-2] (gmk)
• Haynes, Peter, Co C 50th NY Inf [B-3-24] (gmk)
• Hockett
  • Laura Cornell, 1921-1992 [B-1-?] (gmk)
  • William Albert, 1920-1982, CPL US Army WWII [B-1-?] (gmk)
• Hutchins, Johnnie, 1915-1994 and Pearlie, 1921-1992 (gmk)

• Jardine
  • Allyn, 1869-1900 [C-2-26] (gmk)
  • D.A. (David A), 1894-1953 [C-2-25] (gmk)
  • Donald, 1858-1920 [C-2-27] (gmk)
• Jones
  • Mollie, b/d 1875, dau of WH and Susan [C-1-5] (gmk)
  • Raymond, 1877-1879, son of WH and Susan [C-1-6] (gmk)

• Knickerbocker, Ethel, died 1899 age 5 mo, dau of HE and Mary [A-1-30] (gmk)
• Krueger, Maud B, 1883-1907 [A-1-10] (gmk)

• Lane, William, 1881-1948 [A-2-10] (gmk)
• Lowry, Ella L, 1898-1936 (detail) [C-2-28] (gmk)

• Meirhoffer, Michael, died 1897 age 56, Co M 4th MO Cav (closeup name, date) [C-2-16] (gmk)
• Michell, Maria Teresa, died 1897 age 1 day [B-1-21] (gmk)
• Miller, Walter, 1897-1966 [B-1-32] (gmk)
• Mitchell
  • Charles O, 1884-1887 (closeup) [B-3-29] (gmk)
  • Emma, 1847-1921 (closeup) [B-3-28] (gmk)
  • Wallace H, 1875-1897 (closeup) [B-3-27] (gmk)

• Nichols, George, died 1926 age 60 [C-1-5] (gmk)

• Pine, Joseph C, died 1880 [C-1-18] (gmk)
• Pinkus, Ben, Apr. 3, 1869 - May 22, 1905 (Odd Fellows, erected by Granite N. 117) (jd)

• Robinson, Edward P, 1838-1906, CPL Co B 2nd Colo Cav [B-2-17] (gmk)

• Sandoval
  • Cirilo, 1902-1981 [A-2-15] (gmk)
  • Joseph, 1921-1981 [A-2-14] (gmk)
  • Lillian, 1912-____ [A-2-13] (gmk)
  • Sadie R, 1902-1960 and Dorothy L Swanson, 1928-1948 [A-2-14] (gmk)
• Scheller, Joseph, 1852-1895 (closeup) [C-2-17] (gmk)
• Swanson, Dorothy L, 1928-1948, (also see) [A-2-12] (gmk)
• Sylvia, Eva Lee Sandoval, 1937-1989 [A-2-?] (gmk)

• Tillison, H.H., 1859-1891 [C-2-33] (gmk)

• Wetmore, A.E., died 1882 age 65, wife of T.C. [B-3-19] (gmk)
• Wetzel, Evangeline, 1892-1907 [C-1-20] (gmk)
• Whitson, Lawrence R, 1864-1905 [B-1-39] (gmk)
• Willard, C. Dale, 1903-1904 [A-1-37] (gmk)

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