St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery
Established 1865
State and National Historic Site
36°31'N 114°26'W

PIONEERS
Dedicated to those stalwart pioneers who forged an oasis out of the desert sands.

The St. Thomas Cemetery was established in the 1860s in the town of St. Thomas, Nevada. Anticipating inundation of
the town by the waters of Lake Mead, the graves were moved to this point in 1935. Only past residents of the buried
towns of St. Thomas and Kaolin and their decendants are buried here.

What sorrow fills the hearts of us
Who know we cannot now return
To walk the shady streets of long ago
Afton Hannig


The St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery located in Overton, Nevada, was the site of the
reinterments of graves from St. Thomas and Kaolin, Nevada in 1935. When Lake
Meadwas formed from the creation of Hoover Dam, rising waters caused the abandoment of
two communities, St. Thomas and Kaolin which were eventually buried under Lake
Mead. Most of the people who were buried in each town's cemetery were reinterred to
this and other cemeteries. (see Department of Interior report) Today, this cemetery is home to
former residents of St. Thomas and Kaolin, and their descendants.


All photographs donated by Gerry Perry of Henderson, Nevada
unless indicated otherwise. The background is my photo of the waters
of Lake Mead. (2012 Copyright)


A-G H-Z Pioneers

 

The graves of 13 people were reinterred from the Kaolin Cemetery to the Logandale Cemetery(6) and Overton Pioneer Hill
Cemetery(6). One "unknown male adult" was reinterred to the new St. Thomas Cemetery. From the old St. Thomas Cemetery,
a total of 62 people were reinterred to the Logandale Cemetery(12), Overton Pioneer Hill Cemetery (2) and the new St.
Thomas Cemetery(48). 3 Adults, 5 Infants 2 Children, 5 Adult Male, 1 Adult Female are among the unidentified reinterments
from the old St. Thomas Cemetery to this cemetery. The reinterments took place in February and March, 1935.
NAME BIRTH DEATH Original Burial Reinterred
UNKNOWN PIONEERS UNKNOWN PIONEERS
Early Pioneer        
Early Pioneer 2        
Early Pioneer 3        
Early Pioneer 5        
Early Pioneer 6        
Early Pioneer Male        
Pioneer Adult        
Pioneer Adult 2        
Pioneer Adult 3        
Pioneer Adult 4        
Pioneer Adult 5        
Pioneer Adult 6        
Pioneer Adult 8        
Pioneer Adult 9        
Pioneer Adult 10        
Pioneer Adult 11        
Pioneer Child        
Pioneer Child 1        
Pioneer Child 2        
Pioneer Child 3        
Pioneer Child 4        
Pioneer Infant        
Pioneer Infant 1        
Pioneer Infant 2        
Pioneer Infant 3        
Pioneer Infant 4        
Pioneer Infant 5        
Pioneer Infant 8        
Pioneer Infant 9        
Pioneer Infant 10        

 

For inquiries about Nevada Cemeteries, burials and/or this project, or about this page or the pictures,
contact Gerry Perry the Nevada Tombstone Coordinator,

 

This page was last updated July 2, 2012
Copyright © 2012 USGenWeb Tombstone Project, Gerry Perry

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