Acknowledgments
The following are the dedicated volunteers who worked on this project:
Gloria Carbaugh
Arlene Devore
Beverly Dewire
Dan Gould
Jim Hartshorn
Ruth Hattendorf
Clif Highman
Rose Mary Highman
Michele Matthews
Pam McDonald
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Kay McDowell
Mary
McRoberts*
Pat Morgan
Ruth Ratliff
Rita Rosson
Janet Schons
Denise Seger
Cari Taplin*
Gina Theriault
Betty Youngblood
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We would like to thank the Green Mountain Cemetery for all of their
support including the photocopying of their interment books, the use
of the other books in their office, for the maps and any other assistance
they gave to make this book possible.
*Mary McRoberts worked on making all the corrections, looking at other
sources to verify the information in this book and, with the help of
her husband Barrie, walked the cemetery to check tombstones for some
of the entries in the books. There is probably so much more that she
did that is not mentioned here and we thank her for her hard work!
*Cari Taplin worked on the computer-side of this project: compiling
files that the volunteers submitted, creating the layout of the book,
scanning the maps and organized the printing of this book.
Thank you so much! This project would not have been possible without
you. Volunteers make the genealogical world a better place.
Introduction
adapted from a brochure published by
Green Mountain Cemetery
The area now occupied by Green Mountain Cemetery and the surrounding
neighborhood was purchased as a quarter section (about 160 acres) from
the United States Government by John C. Fisher in 1874. It was rural
land, a good distance from downtown Boulder, and remained undeveloped
until the City of Boulder, due to unpaid taxes, acquired it in 1890.
Because of its remote location, the City chose it as the site for a
home for indigent persons, which was known as the Poor Farm. This building
still stands at 635 22nd street.
In 1904, a local real estate developer by the name of David E.
Dobbins bought the entire property from the City. He recognized
its beautiful setting, its value for Boulder’s expanding residential needs, and the convenient location
near the Chautauqua facilities. He certainly appreciated the proximity of both
Baseline and Broadway and being located directly west of the Denver and Interurban
train line. Mr. Dobbins was also aware of Boulder’s need for a new
cemetery, and he reserved about 40 acres on the southern side of his property
as he began development of the residential streets on the remaining 120
acres.
By the turn of the century, the existing Columbia Cemetery was largely
filled and was not well maintained, and more importantly, had no endowment
fund for continued maintenance. In October of 1904, Dr. Dobbins and seven
other prominent Boulder businessmen (undertaker Frank J. Buchheit and Fred
White were two of these men) formed the Boulder Cemetery Association for
the purpose of creating a new and properly run cemetery for the City. One
month later the Association purchased the southern 40 acres of Dobbins’s
property and elected Dobbins as Secretary, the first paid employee of the
newly formed Green Mountain Cemetery.
The Association began immediate development of the land. W. W. Parce was
hired to develop a “subdivision and planting plan” for the
layout of grave plots and roads for the cemetery. On December 20, 1904,
Archibald Chalmers, a 50 year old coal miner from Marshall, Colorado, was
the first person to be buried in Green Mountain Cemetery. Over several
years, the remains of several people originally buried in Columbia Cemetery
were transferred to Green Mountain so that there could be perpetual care
given to their grave sites.
This book is an index to the interment books of Green Mountain Cemetery that
are located in the cemetery office.
For more information on persons located in this index, please contact:
Green Mountain Cemetery
290 20th St.
Boulder, CO 80302
(303) 444-5695
Explanation of the Entries:
The data extracted for this index is as follows:
Name ; birth date or age ; death date ; location in cemetery ; interment
number
We did our best to verify and fill in missing information from other
sources. Whenever you find an interment number that is underlined, there is
a clickable link to a note with more information in the notes section of
the site.
Bracketed [information] indicates sources
used to verify or locate the missing information. Refer to the
list on page iv titled “Explanation
of Abbreviations and Sources” for details.
Explanation of Symbols:
“*” after name: The deceased moved to Green Mountain
from another cemetery
“removed” after entry: The deceased has been removed
from Green Mountain and buried elsewhere
“+” after entry: Information was missing from interment
book and was added using another source which will be indicated
at the end of the entry or in the notes section.
( ) : Information in parentheses indicates
that we determined that information to be suspect or incorrect
as indicated by other sources used (and cited). For example: “12 May 1942 (14 May)” indicates
that the GM books gave the date of 14 May but other research showed
that the actual date was “12 May.” This is not intended
to say that one source is right or wrong, only that other research
indicated otherwise and should be researched further.
Explanation of Abbreviations and Sources:
abt – about
AFD – Authority for Final Disposition, Colorado Dept. of
Health
Alc – Alcove
BC – Baseline Columbarium
BDC – Boulder Daily Camera
bef – before
bet – between
BL – Babyland
BN – Boulder News
bur – buried (If we could find no death date, we gave the
date buried in Green Mountain.)
FR – Funeral Records
CC – Certificate of Cremation – located at Green Mountain
Cemetery
CN – Boulder County News
GM – Green Mountain Cemetery
GMic – Green Mountain index cards
HDR – Historical Data Record 1933 (These are questionnaires
that L. C. Paddock, editor of the Daily Camera, had pioneers fill
out after the courthouse burned. These sheets are located in Carnegie
Library in Boulder.)
Howe – Howe Mortuary, Boulder, CO
HW – Herald Weekly
Kelso – Kelso Mortuary, Boulder, CO
Lev – Level
marker – Mary McRoberts went out and looked at these tombstones
to see what they said to fill in any missing information we found
in the books.
marker design - the burial contract with GM has a marker design included
NAC – News and Courier
path – pathway
PBRO – Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity
SSDI – Social Security Death Index
Tippett – Tippett Mortuary, Boulder, CO
Trezise – Trezise Mortuary, Boulder, CO
n, s, e, w – lower case letters usually indicate direction
(north, south, east, west, etc.)
There are online maps of
the sections of the cemetery.
To look for a surname, click a letter below:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Maps
