CEMETERIES IN Sherman County
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Daugherty Family Cemetery
Located on what is locally known as the Adams place south of Kent, OR and east of Wilcox Station on the road to Wilcox, it is not easily reached and is on private land where John Daugherty lived in 1913. The four graves were recorded in 1965 by Jill Nogle for Sherry Woods Kaseberg. Permission required for access to private land.
`Wasco News: Microfilm Roll #1, October 28, 1897 to February 15, 1900; the issue of May 2, 1902; and Microfilm Roll #2, December 4, 1903 to January 17, 1908.
`The Observer, January 19, 1900 to October 6, 1905.
`Sherman County Observer, 13 October 1905 to 21 November 1911, Microfilm #2
`The People’s Republic, 21 August 1898 to 23 June 1899, several missing issues.
`Moro Leader, 2 March 1898 to 21 February 1900, except 28 September & 5
October 1898; Microfilm Roll #1
`Moro Bulletin, 5 June 1902 to 13 November 1902; Microfilm Roll # 1
`Sherman County Observer, 28 February 1930 to 6 March 1931, Roll #6
`Sherman County Journal, 6 March 1931 to 21 August 1936
`Sherman County Journal, 4 July 1947 to 28 December 1951
`Grass Valley Journal, 7 October 1898 to 25 January 1907, Microfilm Roll #1
`Grass Valley Journal, 1 February 1907 to 20 June 1913, Microfilm Roll #2
`Grass Valley Journal, 27 June 1913 to 21 November 1919
Daugherty, William 22 January 1822 - 12 March 1895
Daugherty, Nancy 26 July 1824 - 12 June 1899 74y, Kent; nee Bellvail; “Mother”; burial on the old homestead, funeral at the home by Rev. Nickleson;
[The People’s Republic, 16 June 1899; Grass Valley Journal, 16 June 1899, 19 June 1914]
Daugherty, Andrew J. 11 November 1861-7 March 1888
Daugherty, John 17 March 1856 IA -16 February 1933 ID, “one of the oldest pioneers of Sherman County”; “Uncle John”; to Sherman County, SE of Kent, 1878;
1913 owned land in T5S, R17E, Section 13 and S ½ of Section 12; sold & moved to ID to make his home with his niece Mrs. B.M. Hawley; unmarried; uncle to Mrs. Hawley of Melba, ID, Lucy [McDonald], Frances [Kulis], Jesse Daugherty & Winnie Yocum; burial on the homestead of his deceased parents where they and their other children were buried in earlier days;
[Sherman County Journal, 24 February 1933]
Sherman County Journal
10 December 1939 Dougherty, Ben; died November 1939; former resident of south end of Sherman County, an early settler near Kent; lived below The Dalles; f/o Mrs. Arch Russell & Bessie Mulkey.
Submitted by Sherry Woods Kaseberg.
Michigan Cemetery is in the old German settlement where people from Michigan settled in T3S, R16E, NW ¼ of NW ¼ Section 16, next to the Highway 216 , about five miles SW of Grass Valley. Benjamin and Josephine [Heath] Downing provided land for the cemetery in 1888. The survey was recorded 20 January 1910. In January 1902 the Michigan Cemetery Association was formed. The December 20, 1901 issue of the Grass Valley Journal noted that,
“A meeting will be held tomorrow at the Michigan Cemetery for the purpose of perfecting a corporation, to be known as the Michigan Cemetery Association. Mr. Heath has donated the necessary ground, which has been plotted for some time, and when the incorporation papers are complete, deeds can be given.”
The Michigan School was located in T3S, R16E, NW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 20.
Sources:
- Wasco News, Microfilm Roll #1, October 28, 1897 to February 15, 1900; the issue of May 2, 1902; and Microfilm Roll #2, December 4, 1903 to January 17, 1908
- Wasco News Enterprise, 16 August 1923 to 12 August 1927, Microfilm Roll #1
- The Observer, January 19, 1900 to October 6, 1905; 16 July 1896 to 17 November 1899, Roll #0
- Sherman County Observer, 13 October 1905 to 21 November 1911, Roll #2
- The Observer, 1 February 1924 to 11 June 1926, unfinished, Roll #5
- Moro Leader, 2 March 1898 to 21 February 1900, except 28 September & 5 October 1898; Microfilm Roll #1
- Moro Bulletin, 5 June 1902 to 13 November 1902; Microfilm Roll #1
- Grass Valley Journal, 7 October 1898 to 25 January 1907, Microfilm Roll #1
- Grass Valley Journal, 1 February 1907 to 20 June 1913, Microfilm Roll #2
- Sherman County Journal, 4 July 1947 to 28 December 1951
Blaylock William A. 27 April 1856-2 February 1889; m. 4 August 1878 Josephine Lavista Prevost, 1857-1941, who is buried in Hood River, OR; f/o Nellie Gertrude, Ernest R., Verna Fay [Eakin], Fred Alexander & Pearl Evedna [Ordway]; aka William Alexander; lived Villisca, IA; to Sherman Co.,OR
Clements, Alfred 16 December 1806/1817 England-20 May 1889 OR; to CO, then OR; farmed and operated a jewelry store at Grass Valley, OR; f/o Martha Katherine [French], James Henry, George D. & Carrie E. [Hays]
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French, Bessie E. 16 March 1871-4 July 1891; m. Leroy Ransom
French 14 October 1890 Wasco Co., OR, his 2nd wife
French, Lydia M. b. MI; d. 13 December 1887, 22y; nee Gilbert; m. Leroy Ransom French 12 April 1887 Wasco Co., OR.
French, Rosa A. 8 November 1901, 29y 10m 12d at home near Grass Valley, rheumatism of heart; funeral Baptist Church; nee Maricle; m. Leroy Ransom French 1893 Sherman Co., OR, his 3rd wife; m/o Giles Leroy & Beatrice who were raised mostly by Rosa’s mother, Alvira Huff Maricle McFarland
[Grass Valley Journal, 15 November 1901]
[Leroy Ransom French was born in OH in 1861 to Ransom E. & Clarissa Phidelia [Heath] French and died in Portland, OR 1939; he lived OH, MI, to WA 1883, to Sherman Co., OR 1884; he m4 Hattie Jones and m5 Leota Harvey Homewood who had children by a former marriage.]
Gilman, Roy M. d. 30 January 1889, 8m; s/o C.N. & E.M.; [Charles & Estella Gilman lived in Sherman County, OR until about 1901 and filed on a timber culture.]
Heath, Infant d. 3 September 1888, 1m 21d; s/o C.A. & E.J.Heath;
[Chancy A. Heath, b. OH, m. Eliza J. 1865 Kent Co., MI; had 3 sons d. in infancy: Arthur C., Milo M. & Ona L.; & 2 sons, Elmer, born 1867 & Lester b. 1871 in Michigan.]
Patjens, Deidrich 19 February 1833 Germany-January 1896 Kent,OR; h/o Elizabeth Bade/Bohde; to USA 1894; f/o Johann, Catrine & Klaus who remained in Germany; Margaretha Anna [von Borstel], Dietrich “Dick” who came to USA 1891, Henry, Andrew & Dorothea Marie [Reckmann];
[Shaniko People, by Helen Guyton Rees, 1983]
Patjens, Elizabeth 5 June 1835-22 May 1922; w/o Deidrich
[Shaniko People, by Helen Guyton Rees, 1983]
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Patjens, Gustave [originally buried here, remains transferred to Grass Valley IOOF Cemetery in 1906; Grass Valley Journal, 20 July 1906]
Patjens, Henry 1875-1946; s/o Deidrich & Elizabeth; h/o Elsa [Volquartzsen] of IA, a niece of Chris & Hans Koepke of Sherman County, OR, & she divorced him; m2 Bertha _____; sheepman; [Shaniko People, by Helen Guyton Rees, 1983
Reckman, H. 1872-1891; s/o Herman Heinrich & Katharina D. [Kuhtke] Reckmann; b/o Diederick, John, Jessie & Herman: [see Grass Valley Cemetery]
Rhuberg, Julius H. L. 22 August 1860-May 1937, Moro, OR; lived Sherman County, OR 50 years near and with the von Borstels; to CA as a young man with his wife, Augusta, & stayed for many years; she returned to Germany; he rode for stock in NV; in 1886 rode across OR to visit his friend Carsten von Borstel; his widow lived in Germany, a brother in Hamburg; his homestead was #025231 near Grass Valley, OR [Sherman County Journal, 7 May 1937: “…as a little boy he saw the Danes driven out of Hanover, his homeland…remembered the tired soldiers marching past his father’s farm…the days of 1872 when Bismark sent his Teutonic legions against France to win unification for…the German people…traveled over much of Europe…came to California where his uncle Miller (was) a San Francisco butcher (the firm of Miller & Lux)…a steady reader of books on politics, economics and history…early history of the United States and …the west…survived by his widow Augusta who has lived in Germany for thirty years and by a brother in Hamburg…”] [Grass Valley Journal, 20 June 1902 reported death of a brother of Julius in Germany.]
_______, ________ [unidentified grave inside and left of the gate]
Grass Valley Journal:
3 May 1907 Vern, infant son of John H. & Ada Dugger, born 6 March 1907, died 26 April 1907 and was buried Michigan Cemetery 28 April.
3 May 1907 Mr. E. C. Davis transferred remains of his oldest son from Michigan Cemetery to the IOOF Cemetery (Grass Valley), buried 16 years ago.
Sherman County Observer:
29 December 1905: Mrs. Kent [Adda Honsoh Kent] d. in The Dalles; remains taken to Michigan for interment.
aka Kent Cemetery on The Observer Farm
aka Wilcox Cemetery
Located 2-3 miles south of Kent, Sherman County, OR on Highway 97 in a wheat
field, the cemetery is on land once owned by the Ireland family, owners of
The Sherman County OBSERVER, a newspaper at Moro, Oregon. There was evidence
of 12 to 15 unmarked graves when the gravestones were recorded in 1962 by
Daphne Hon Ramsey of Stevenson, WA and in 1965 by Paul Sather of Kent. Compiled by Sherry Woods in 1965. Information from obituaries added 1997-2000 by Chris Sanders and Sherry Kaseberg.
` Wasco News, Microfilm Roll #1, October 28, 1897 to February 15, 1900; the issue
of May 2, 1902; Microfilm Roll #2, December 4, 1903 to January 17, 1908.
`Wasco News Enterprise, 16 August 1923 to 12 August 1927, Microfilm Roll #1
`The Observer, January 19, 1900 to October 6, 1905.
`Sherman County Observer, 16 July 1896 to 17 November 1899, Roll #0
`Sherman County Observer, 13 October 1905 to 21 November 1911, Microfilm #2
`The Observer, 1 February 1924 to 11 June 1926, unfinished, Microfilm Roll #5
`Moro Leader, 2 March 1898 to 21 February 1900, except 28 September and 5 October
1898; Microfilm Roll #1.
`Moro Bulletin, 5 June 1902 to 13 November 1902, Microfilm Roll #1
`The People’s Republic, Wasco, 21 August 1898 to 23 June 1899, Microfilm Roll #1
`Grass Valley Journal, 7 October 1898 to 25 January 1907, Microfilm Roll #1
`Grass Valley Journal, 1 February 1907 to 20 June 1913, Microfilm Roll #2
`Grass Valley Journal, 27 June 1913 to 21 November 1919
`Sherman County Journal, 6 March 1931 to 21 August 1936
`Sherman County Journal, 15 May 1942 to 27 June 1947
`Sherman County Journal, 4 July 1947 to 28 December 1951
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Bennett, Craig 20 March 1830 Guernsey Co. OH - 1890 Sherman
County, OR; To Iowa 1863; to Page Co. IA 1868;
to Kansas 1874;to OR 1883; Presbyterian; s/o William
and Margaret [Leech]Bennett; h/o Isabelle Comstock
Bennett who is buried at White Salmon, WA;
m. 14 November 1854, Dubuque Co., IA; f/o William
James, Abel Comstock, Ralph C., Jennie C. [Patterson],
Milton Howard who married Maggie Trotter, Infant Son,
Walter Harvey who m. Ella A. Craig, Isabelle A. [Hogue],
Birtie and Frank Leech Bennett.
Craig, Dorothy d. 6 April 1901, 14 days; d/o J.K. & H. B. Craig;
Rev. Elder conducted services; [The Observer, 12 April
1901]
Craig, Maggie d. 30 March 1898, 2 or 3months, 14d; d/o J.K & H.B.
Craig, Bruce 11 November 1901-6 October 1905;
[Grass Valley Journal, 14 October 1904: Thomas Craig’s
little boy suffering from a cancer was buried a few days ago]
Craig, Thomas 12 May 1839 Coleraine, Ireland-14 April 1906 Kent, OR;
h/o Jennie Cresswell who died in Kansas; father of John
K., James, Thomas R., Ted, Hugh, Mary A., Margaret,
Jennie, Ella A. (Bennett), Fanny, Adam, Lois & Pearl.
[Grass Valley Journal, 20 April 1906]
[Mentioned in The Observer, 7 October 1904 but not by
name; infant, 16 September 1904- 29 September 1904;
s/o J.K & H.B. Craig, is buried in Antelope Cemetery.
Near Thomas Craig's grave is a small marble marker
engraved "B.C." Could this be for Boothe Craig?]
Edgar, Leonard d. 30 January 1902 at home about 5 miles south of Kent;
to OR 1864; 9 grown children; The Observer reported he
was buried “at Kent Cemetery on the Observer Farm,”
services conducted by Revs. Lanphear and Craig; lived
about 5 miles S of Kent; [The Observer, 7 February 1902;
Grass Valley Journal, 7 February 1902]
Graham, Infant b and d 1 March 1905; d/o J.R. & Pearl
Hayman, Martin D. 26 May 1838 Maine-24 June 1906; unmarked
grave; great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Elsie A.
Stephens of Stanfield, OR
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Kentner, Florence E. d. 5 February 1901, 17y 11m 24d; d/o W.A. & H.E.
Kentner, Percy M. d. 13 December 1900, 9y 6m 2d; son of W.A. & H.E.;
[Grass Valley Journal, 21 December 1900 & 17
December 1915]
Kentner, W.A. d. 18 January 1908, The Dalles, OR; Kent pioneer
[The Observer, 24 January 1908; William Albert
Kentner & Harriet Wattles took out a license to marry in
Sherman Co., OR 1909…no return; listed next to
license for Ester Irene Wattles & William F. Schilling,
& Howard A. Wattles & Minnie LeSaar.
In 1910 George Kentner wed Hattie M. Houghton.
Grass Valley Journal, 11 April 1930: Howard Wattles
killed in high voltage line accident at Maupin; lived at
Grass Valley for several years.]
Kibbey, Emily B. d. 23/22 February 1904, 47 y; nee Bell; w/o H. H. Kibbey,
formerly of Wasco who was 43 when they married 1902
Moro, OR Methodist parsonage; H.H. Kibby owned
SW ¼, Section 28, T5S, R17E in 1913. L.L. Bell
leased land in Section 9, 10; [Grass Valley Journal,
4 March 1904]
Lane, N. M. d. 14 April 1905 of consumption at his home in Kent;
married July 1904; leaves wife; buried on The Observer
Farm; [The Observer, 21 April 1905; Grass Valley Journal,
21 April 1905]
Orcutt, D. D. 13 July 1816 - 15 December 1903; inscribed on his
stone, "His wife died at Tacoma, Washington
in 1882." [William S. Orcutt and Ara Orcutt owned
fractions of Section 34 & 35, T4S, R16E in 1913.]
Phillips, Madah 1879 - 1913; d/o Granville Phillips of Kent, OR ;
aka Maida; m/o Nina; step-sister of Arthur S. Johnson of
Moro, OR; Granville Phillips owned Sunny Cove Poultry
Ranch, T4S, R18E, NW ¼ Section 30 in 1913.
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Steidel, Richard H. d. 3 September 1904, 4m 10d at Moro; s/o Herman &
Frieda H.; b/o Anna, Frieda & Mirtle; funeral at Kent;
[The Observer, 9 September 1904; Wasco News,9 September
1904: Richard Herman Steidel, burial at Wilcox Cemetery;
Grass Valley Journal, 9 September 1904.]
Thiese, Anna S. 15 June 1887 - 3 February 1906 near Kent at home of
M/M Davis; eldest d/o M/M William Thiese of "across
Buck Hollow;" [Grass Valley Journal, 9 February 1906]
Trotter, Sarah J. 20 February 1902 - 28 September 1902; d/o William
Frank & Mary "Mollie" N. [Spoonemore] Trotter;
grandchild of James Anderson Trotter and Sarah
[Wheeler] Trotter.
(c) 1997 - 2003 - This page was created, and is maintained, by Mark Fields for the USGenWeb Project, Sherman County, Oregon site.
It was revised 23 May 2003.