Colorado USGenWeb Archives

Lansing (or Kingston) Cemetery
Armel, Yuma County

Tombstone Photographs

The Kingston Cemetery (also known as the Lansing Valley Cemetery) is located on County Road LL a mile and a half north of US-36. The first known burial was in 1881 and the last was in 1942. It was abandoned for many years and is now maintained as an inactive cemetery by the East Yuma County Cemetery District. The photographs below are all the surviving headstones. A list of all known burials is located in the archvies at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/yuma/cemeteries/lansing.txt.
[NAD27 GPS - LAT 39°46'03"N LONG 102°09'47"W]

The photographs in this portion of the archives were contributed by:
Lee Zion

This page was last updated Saturday, 14-Jun-2008 11:53:32 EDT

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Headstones

(Click on the underlined name to view the tombstone photograph.)

A

• Adamson, Stanley Wray, 1939
• Allen,
  • Lindell, 1898-1899
  • William, 1890

B

• Ballard, John, 1825-1888

C

• Celander, T., 1879-1881, and J.A., 1881-1882
  • new reconstruction reads Celader.
• Carlson, Roy C., 1890-1897
• Crites,
  • Harrison W., 1853-1907, and Amelia A. (Shineflew), 1863-1942
  • Walter L., 1884-1917

J

• Jones, Infant son of E.A. and Edna, 24-27 July 1909

M

• McCluskey,
  • Patrick, 1831-1904
  • Julia Ann, (1840-1932) only weathered cement left
• McCulloch, Alexander, died 1894 age 61
• Morris, Children of M. & G.
  • Carl, 1886-1897
  • Jessie, Jan-Nov 1889

P

• Peck, Nina, 1886-1887
• Phillips, Jeannie, (no dates) Base of vandalized marker

R

• Rogers, G.W., 2 July 1887
• Rowley Plot
  • Arthur C., died 1917 age 58
  • Emaline (Ryan), died 1914 age 75
  • Son of A.C. and J.A. died 1907 age 5m 24d

S

• Smith, Adie, 1890-1892

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