Osceola Cemetery

Osceola Cemetery, Osceola, White Pine, Nevada

The cemetery has about 47 definite graves

Ayers, Joe - A drunken blacksmith, challenged Capt. D. B. Akey, a tunnel driller, to a duel. Ayers lost. Akey was acquitted. No date given but the incident happened in the early days of the town. Nevada Tales From the Past by White Pine Chamber of Commerce 1964, page 30.

Bussy, Charles - of Palestine, Illinois, ca 43, died 31 Oct 1887 + Born December 8, 1943, died October 31, 1887 *

Collins, Inez L. - Daughter of A. O. And I. M. Collins, born April 27, 1908, died May 15, 1908 *

Kathan, Deckros - Born 1841, Cowansville, Canada, died March 24, 1899, Cleveland, NV, age 58 years *

Kiger, Nathan - Born Feb. 22, 1861, died Nov. 3, 1934

Marriott, Alberta Nevada - Born May 17, 1892, died June 17, 1892 *

Marriott, Bertha - Born Jan. 26, 1908, died March 8, 1908 *

Marriott, George Henry - Died July 18, 1890, age 10 months 6 days *

Marriott, James Elma - Born Jan. 7, 1886, died March 31, 1886 *

Marriott, John C. - 1858 - 1922 * Operated the Marriott General Store which was the only business building to survive the fire which burned the town in 1948. The store was a stone structure with tall, narrow iron shutters and doors. The Marriott home, which survived the fire, was near the store across from an iron pipe feeding cold spring water and surrounded by fruit trees and roses. (Ghosts of the Glory Trail by Nell Murbarger page 160.)

Marriott, Mary - 1861 - 1915 *

Marriott, Sarah - Born March 9, 1826, died Nov. 8, 1899 *

Moyer, Stanley H. - Born Oct. 10, 1926, died Nov. 18, 1926 *

Odgers, Charles Henry - Born Jan. 3, 1848, Cornwall, England, died Dec. 11, 1903 *

Schilling, Arthur P. - of Chicago, Illinois, ca 29, died 19 Apr 1906 +

Scott, J. T. - Born in Ohio May 4, 1827, died July 1, 1903 *

Skinner, Julius A. - of South Carolina, 73 years 10 months 12 days, died 18 Jan 1903 + Born March 5, 1829, died Jan 17, 1893

Swallow, George William - Died Jan. 22, 1881, aged 3 years, 11 days. Son of George A. Swallow *

Tilford, Rosa B. - Died Dec. 16, 1887, aged 12 years 6 months, 4 days. *

Unknown prisoner - An unnamed man in the Osceola jail was killed by a Spring Valley vigilante committee who were avenging the attempted killing of a local rancher. June 7, 1883.



Sources researched by June Shaputis: White Pine County Recorder office, Old Book #1 Book 53, Deaths (County Recorders records = +); LDS Osceola Cemetery Tombstone List dated 28 Sep 1973 located at Ely BLM (1973 legible markers = *)

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