White Pine Cemetery

White Pine Cemetery
Gunnison County, Colorado, USA

Cemetery transcription and all photos
by Dean and Valerie Boman, July 2003

Directions: Approximately 35 miles east of Gunnison, Colorado - off highway 50;
9 miles north on county road 888 (turnoff is about 2 miles east of the town of Sargents).
The cemetery is on U.S. Forest Service land and has recently been restored
and maintained by the Sargents Historical Society

Coordinates: N 30° 31.813 W 106° 24.292 elevation: 9510 feet

This small, rural cemetery is comprised of a total of approximately
33 unmarked graves, fenced areas, mounds of dirt and inscribed tombstones.
Click on the entries in the notes column to view photos of each grave.

Inscription, if marked	Notes

none	wooden slab marker #1
none	wooden slab marker #2
none	fenced area (wood) #1 (fenced area, wooden slab, wooden slab)
Perdita	fenced area (wood) #2 (fenced area, wooden slab)
Frank Fassler 1871-1932	marble tombstone #1 with inscription
none	wooden slab marker #3 with cutout
Mary M wife of D D Walburn b. 1877 d. 1901	fenced area (metal) with gate (fenced area, tombstone, pick)
Hoskins	wooden slab marker #4 (full, closeup)
none	fenced area (wood) #3
none	wooden slab marker #5
Mrs A L Colby age 45 years died Jan 13th 1891	wooden slab marker #6 (full, closeup)
Cinnamon, and a small house (appears to be a pet's grave)	wooden slab marker #7 (full, closeup)
none	wooden slab marker #8
Madge Macy died Jan 27, 1890 aged 6 mos. 17 dys.	fenced area (wood) #4 (fenced area, marker)
C W Harmon died Mar or May 1888	wooden slab marker #9 (full, closeup of slab, closeup of stake)
Sarah J Hutchison born Oct 6th 1846 died May 28th 1890	wooden slab marker #10 (full, closeup)
Corp'l Edmund W Dysart Co G 15th PA Cav 1842 - 17 Jun 1884	marble tombstone #2 (full, closeup)
none	wooden slab marker #11
none	wooden slab marker #12
at rest Susan Wayne Clark born Sept 28, 1812 died July 7, 1899 footstone: SWC	fenced area (wood) #5 (full, closeup of stone, footstone)
none	wooden slab marker #13

Unmarked graves
the following names are listed at the entrance to White Pine cemetery
(posted by the Sargents Historical Society)

thanks to Ruth Dolezal for her assistance with the information for this cemetery

Frank Colley - died 17 Sep 1884

Thomas E. Evans - Age 38; died 04 Oct 1884

Mrs. Haskins father - died 1933/34

George Hutchison - 9 yrs 7 months - died 21 Jan 1884

Cus Johnson - died 30 Aug, yr unknown

Swan Johnson - Age 36; died 01 Sep 1890

James Norton Castle - 11 months, 11 days; died 09 Feb 1884; son of Charles and Emily Castle

Tom Riley - died 15 Jan 1931

Minnie B. Smith - died Dec 1883

George Arthur Soden - born 26 May 1900 - died 01 Sep 1900

Mary Truren

email me at: Valerie.Boman@cox.net

Last updated March 05, 2007