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Overton, Nevada
This survey was conducted on January 30, 2001 by Patricia A
Scott
St. Thomas was settled by Mormon Pioneers in January of 1865. Although abandoned by most of the settlers in 1871, Daniel Bonelli and his family remained. For a brief period of time, St. Thomas was the County Seat for Pah Ute County, Arizona until the official survey was concluded and it was determined that St. Thomas, as well as the remaining lands of the" Muddy" and "Virgin" Rivers, were in Lincoln County, Nevada. This area was part of what was later to become Clark County in 1909.
The Federal Government planned construction of "Boulder Dam" beginning in 1932, which directly affected the settlements of St. Thomas and Rioville. The soon to be Lake Mead would cover the towns with water forever. The cemetery in St. Thomas was relocated in 1935 to an area in Overton and referred to as "Mead Lake Cemetery" for a brief period until it was formally dedicated St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery. This cemetery is in excellent condition and well maintained by the community. It is located on a hill at the south end of Overton off SR 169.
This survey was conducted on January 30, 2001 by Patricia A. Scott.
Information contained in parens "( )" is not on the headstone. It is added by the author from records to assist in research. Some headstones have only years and when known from records, the complete dates have been included. Below is the dedication plaque.
PIONEERS
Dedicated to those stalwart pioneers who forged an oasis out
of the desert sands.
The St. Thomas Cemetery was established in the 1860's 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 descendants are buried here.
What sorrow fills the hearts of us
Who know we cannot now return
To walk the shady streets of long ago.
Alton Hannig |
| NAME |
BORN |
DIED |
COMMENT |
| ABBOTT, John |
30 Apr 1898 |
01 May 1898 |
Bunker Mort Marker (son of John & Chrissie) |
| ARMITAGE, Harry |
|
1907 |
Bunker Mort Marker (son of Ben?) |
| BALLARD, Clarice W.(WHITNEY) |
24 Nov 1897 |
10 Dec 1973 |
Mother (wife of Sheridan, dau of George & Julia) |
| BALLARD, Sheridan |
19 Jan 1894 |
27 Jul 1979 |
Father; Cpl 31st INF WWI (husb of Clarice) |
| BAUER, Albert |
10 Oct 1893 |
27 Jan 1975 |
(husb of Lottie; son of Jacob & Mary Ann) |
| BAUER, Cory Alan |
17 Apr 1958 |
16 Jan 1979 |
4 Wheelin' All The Way |
| BAUER, Ethel W. |
20 Aug 1920 |
12 May 1977 |
Mother (2nd wife of Jacob) |
| BAUER, Harry |
09 Sep 1890 |
28 Aug 1975 |
F2 USN WWI (son of Jacob & Mary Ann) |
| BAUER, Jacob |
01 Jun 1847 |
28 Jan 1925 |
(husb of Mary Ann) |
| BAUER, Lottie P. (PRINCE) |
03 Jul 1902 |
09 Dec 1929 |
Mother (wife of Albert) |
| BELDING, Sham |
|
1907 |
|
| BONELLI, Benjamin F. (Franklin) |
20 Feb 1871 |
19 Jul 1928 |
Mort marker (son of Daniel) |
| BUNKER, Eloise T. (TURNBAUGH) |
11 Dec 1881 |
03 Dec 1964 |
next to John (2nd wife of John M.) |
| BUNKER, John M. (Mathieson) |
12 Sep 1870 |
31 Jul 1946 |
next to Eloise & Mary |
| BUNKER, Marguerite |
16 Jul 1913 |
03 Sep 1936 |
next to Mary |
| BUNKER, Mary E. S. (Etta SYPHUS) |
05 Feb 1871 |
30 Nov 1895 |
next to John (1st wife of John) |
| BUNKER, (John) Merrill |
Dec 1899 |
1 Nov 1901 |
UNMARKED (son of Martin & Euphemia) |
| CARLOW, Frank N. |
1913 |
1965 |
Husband of Gladys |
| CARLOW, Gladys DEVOGE |
28 Apr 1904 |
25 Nov 1995 |
Wife of Frank |
| CHADBURN, Dinah Ann (HUNT) |
09 Jan 1880 |
07 May 1965 |
SSW Robert H. |
| CHADBURN, Floyd (Robert Floyd) |
29 Mar 1902 |
22 Aug 1974 |
SSW Jetta |
| CHADBURN, Imogene |
22 Jun 1922 |
26 Jun 1922 |
SSW Vaughn |
| CHADBURN, Jetta |
29 Apr 1904 |
|
SSW Floyd |
| CHADBURN, Robert H. (Henry) |
13 Sep 1877 |
13 Dec 1961 |
SSW Dinah |
| CHADBURN, Vaughn |
24 Feb 1919 |
27 May 1919 |
SSW Imogene (twin of Verna) |
| CHENEY, Nelson F. |
05 Feb 1882 |
09 Oct 1945 |
OH Pvt Air Services WWI |
| CHRISTENSEN, Clarence Maurice "Bud" |
24 Dec 1914 |
28 Aug 1991 |
wooden marker faded |
| COLLUP, Craig Richard |
16 Sep 1983 |
1 May 2003 |
Beloved Son |
| CONNELLY, John L. (Larkin) |
22 Nov 1873 |
22 Dec 1923 |
Mort Marker (rec say died 1921, son of Charles & Jane) |
| COX, Ned Lawrence |
04 Mar 1935 |
05 Mar 1935 |
(son of Lawrence & Francis) |
| COZART, Velma R. "Pet" |
04 Nov 1926 |
02 May 1928 |
|
| COZART, Wylie R. |
31 Jan 1875 |
04 Dec 1941 |
Father (son of Walter & Rebecca) |
| COZART, Wylie R. "Pal" |
23 Jun 1928 |
27 May 1939 |
|
| DAVIS, Gregory Lynn |
08 Oct 1961 |
09 Oct 1961 |
Mort Marker |
| DEVOGE, Arlene G. |
08 Sep 1940 |
03 Feb 1943 |
|
| DEVOGE, Robert A. |
16 Sep 1894 |
28 Feb 1973 |
|
| DOZIER, Tiffany Jenee |
1995 |
1995 |
Metcalf Mort Marker |
| DRY, L. S. |
|
1907 |
|
| ELIAS, Rodoleo |
26 Sep 1931 |
27 Nov 1959 |
|
| FARNSWORTH, Velda GENTRY |
13 May 1914 |
10 Nov 1983 |
|
| FOXLEY, Henery J. |
(8 Sep 1839) |
(8 Jul 1913) 1907 |
Bunker Mort Marker (husb of Mary YOUNG) |
| GENTRY, Gladys L. |
15 Oct 1908 |
26 May 1981 |
SSW Osborne; md: 24 May 1982 |
| GENTRY, Henry (Harry Henry) |
18 Sep 1854 |
29 May 1921 |
SSW Martha Ellen |
| GENTRY, Laura M. (May) |
25 May 1897 |
03 Jul 1980 |
Dedicated to serving others |
| GENTRY, Lucile |
21 Mar 1907 |
30 Jun 1909 |
dau of Samuel & Mabel Gentry |
| GENTRY, Martha Ellen (SYPHUS) |
06 Mar 1859 |
18 May 1925 |
SSW Henry |
| GENTRY, Osborne L. (Leland) |
12 Mar 1900 |
24 May 1982 |
SSW Gladys |
| HERRICK, Amy MURPHY |
19 Apr 1920 |
Oct 1979 |
SSW Jane ROMANSKI & Lynn Murphy (dau of Jesse & Agnes) |
| HEUSS, John |
1840 |
12 Jul 1903 |
age 63 yrs |
| HICKMAN, Edwin Virl |
05 Dec 1914 |
17 Jan 1988 |
Father; SSW Louise md: 08 Jun 1936 |
| HICKMAN, Louise A. (ANDERSON) |
12 Jul 1913 |
|
Mother; SSW Edwin |
| HICKMAN, Michael Virl |
07 Jul 1945 |
31 Aug 1945 |
Our Beloved Son (son of Edwin & Louise) |
| HOPKINS, Chester Roy |
27 Jul 1917 |
|
SSW Cora md: 23 Sep 1954 |
| HOPKINS, Cora WHITMORE |
23 Sep 1932 |
09 Jul 1991 |
SSW Chester |
| HOPKINS, Lynn Guy |
1960 |
1960 |
Mort Marker |
| ISHIMOTO, Etta Arden |
10 May 1929 |
|
SSW George Shoge |
| ISHIMOTO, George Shoge |
24 Apr 1925 |
05 Dec 1991 |
SSW Etta md: 16 Dec 1962 |
| ISHIMOTO, Shojiro |
14 Jan 1881 |
30 Jan 1957 |
Father (husb of Kuma FUJIMOTO) |
| ISHIMOTO, Youneo |
05 Mar 1923 |
15 Jan 1942 |
(brother of George) |
| LEWIS, Betty GENTRY |
30 May 1927 |
20 Nov 1990 |
Compassion & Love for Many |
| LEWIS, Cornel Arthur |
02 Jul 1953 |
21 Aug 1996 |
|
| LORD, Hugh L.(Lucian) |
20 Jul 1880 |
1947 |
Mort Marker (Last man to leave St Thomas) |
| MARSHALL, Tonie Annette |
18 Oct 1945 |
18 Oct 1945 |
Our Baby |
| MILLER, Marjorie Julia MURPHY |
30 Dec 1914 |
07 Mar 1993 |
(Dau of Jesse & Agnes) |
| MURPHY, Agnes D. (Dean SYPHUS) |
24 May 1892 |
20 Feb 1938 |
Mother; SSW Jesse F. |
| MURPHY, Jesse F. (Francis) |
30 Nov 1891 |
20 Feb 1938 |
Father; SSW Agnes |
| MURPHY, Jessie Christine |
15 Oct 1925 |
|
SSW William Jesse |
| MURPHY, Lynn SYPHUS |
09 Aug 1925 |
09 Oct 1984 |
WWII; SSW Jane Romanski & Amy Herrick |
| MURPHY, Murray Francis |
06 Sep 1911 |
05 Apr 1982 |
SSW Ruth md: 03 Apr 1934 |
| MURPHY, Philip D. |
12 Feb 1924 |
14 Apr 1995 |
Engineman 1st Class WWII |
| MURPHY, Ruth MARSHALL |
05 May 1915 |
26 Jan 1999 |
SSW Murray |
| MURPHY, William Jesse |
05 Jan 1923 |
05 Nov 1995 |
SSW Jessie md: 02 Dec 1942 |
| NAY, Herbert Allen |
11 May 1898 |
30 Jun 1979 |
riderless horse design, two headstones (son of Calvin &
Sarah) |
| NAY, James Calvin |
11 Jan 1900 |
03 Jan 1983 |
Bunker Mort Marker (son of Calvin & Sarah, husb of Stella) |
| NAY, Ormus Calvin |
07 Jun 1872 |
12 Aug 1920 |
(husb of Sarah ALLEN) |
| NAY, Sarah Melinda (ALLEN) |
27 Jul 1875 |
01 May 1944 |
(wife of Calvin Ormus) |
| NAY, Stella (Cleon) HANNIG |
30 May 1900 |
03 Jul 1988 |
(wife of James, dau of Frederic & Solinda) |
| NISHIZAKI, Shigeko Hope |
1901 |
1926 |
|
| O'DONNELL, Jesse H. (Huntington) |
06 Dec 1905 |
28 Sep 1914 |
son of CR & SJ O'Donnell |
| OWEN, Child |
|
|
Bunker Mort Marker |
| PEARSON, Homer Alfonzo |
17 Apr 1901 |
20 Jun 1923 |
(rec say died 1922, son of Joseph & Nora) |
| PEARSON, Joseph E. |
|
1907 |
|
| PEARSON, Kenneth (George Kenneth) |
18 Oct 1898 |
18 Jul 1920 |
next to Homer (son of George & Eliza) |
| PERKINS, Candyce |
24 Oct 1949 |
11 Dec 1954 |
(ch of John & Carolyn PERKINS) |
| PERKINS, Carolyn LEWIS |
21 Jan 1920 |
10 May 1986 |
SSW John G. |
| PERKINS, Clyde Keeler |
16 Feb 1912 |
28 Dec 1989 |
SSW Geneva |
| PERKINS, Ellen C. G. (Christina GENTRY) |
26 Feb 1881 |
17 Sep 1950 |
SSW John F. |
| PERKINS, Ethel (THOMAS) |
06 Sep 1880 |
24 May 1938 |
wife of Geo E. md: 1902 |
| PERKINS, Geneva MURPHY |
09 Mar 1913 |
13 Jun 1990 |
SSW Clyde md: 05 Jun 1933 |
| PERKINS, George Elwood |
12 Oct 1880 |
07 Feb 1953 |
Bunker Mort Marker; husb of Ethel |
| PERKINS, Jesse L. |
09 Apr 1904 |
16 Jul 1915 |
(dau of John F. & Nellie) |
| PERKINS, John F. (Fenton) |
14 Feb 1878 |
31 Aug 1962 |
SSW Ellen md: 16 Jun 1903 |
| PERKINS, John ("Jack") Gentry |
12 Aug 1917 |
17 Feb 1997 |
SSW Carolyn |
| PERKINS, Melbourne G. (Gentry) |
26 May 1919 |
14 Jul 1927 |
son of Jno F. & Nellie G. (GENTRY) |
| PERKINS, Stephen John |
22 Mar 1948 |
23 May 1970 |
NV SP4 158 AVN BN 101 KIA Vietnam (Son of John & Carolyn) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
|
|
Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Adult |
|
|
Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Child |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Child |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Child |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Child |
|
|
Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Child |
|
|
Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Early |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 7) |
| PIONEER, Early |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Early |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Early |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Infant |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Infant |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Infant |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Infant |
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Infant |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 11) |
| PIONEER, Infant |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Infant |
|
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Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Infant |
|
|
Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| PIONEER, Infant |
|
|
Bunker Mort Marker (row 12) |
| ROBERTSON, Wayne Hugh |
28 Jul 1941 |
03 Oct 1998 |
|
| ROMANSKI, Jane MURPHY |
19 Sep 1917 |
03 Jul 1983 |
SSW Amy Herrick & Lynn Syphus |
| SIMMONS, John Jay |
1946 |
1947 |
Mort Marker |
| SMITH, Emma |
08 Mar 1864 |
26 Nov 1948 |
|
| SPOUSE, Wellington |
|
1907 |
Bunker Mort Marker |
| SPRAGUE, Marva Rae |
06 May 1914 |
08 Sep 1998 |
SSW Phil |
| SPRAGUE, Phil |
20 May 1916 |
|
SSW Marva md: 20 May 1967 |
| STACY, Ada WHITMORE |
26 Mar 1919 |
17 Sep 1995 |
Our Dearest Heart (dau of Roxton & Adella) |
| SUNELL, Thelma MURPHY |
24 Mar 1919 |
02 Oct 1988 |
(dau of Jesse & Agnes MURPHY) |
| SYPHUS, Alfred L. (Luke Sr.) |
22 Dec 1861 |
16 May 1894 |
SSW Julia |
| SYPHUS, Alfred L. (Luke) |
07 Dec 1887 |
18 Aug 1939 |
Father (husb of Wilma JOHNSON) |
| SYPHUS, Clara M. (Melissa) |
06 Jan 1874 |
18 Jan 1952 |
|
| SYPHUS, Julia WHITNEY (Ann WARDELL) |
23 Jun 1868 |
26 Jul 1950 |
SSW Alfred L. |
| SYPHUS, Levi W. (Walter) |
22 Apr 1866 |
14 Apr 1949 |
son of Luke & Christiana |
| SYPHUS, Levi W. (Wilford) |
24 Feb 1894 |
25 Jun 1949 |
NV Cpl 18 Fld Art 3 Div WWI
son of Alfred & Julia |
| SYPHUS, Matthew |
18 Mar 1828 |
19 Sep 1905 |
Mort Marker (son of Mathew & Mary) |
| UNKNOWN |
|
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blank mortuary marker
from Kaolin |
| UNKNOWN |
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|
blank mort marker |
| UNMARKED |
|
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small next to Bud Christensen |
| WARD, John R.("Jack") |
|
24 Apr 1907 |
Bunker Mort Marker; shot by Freeman COBB in Copper City |
| WARDELL, Solomon |
02 Jul 1841 |
12 Jul 1914 |
husband of Ellen |
| WATSON, Twoena |
23 Apr 1926 |
29 Jan 1934 |
dau of Walter & Martha |
| WHITMORE, Adella G. (GENTRY) |
26 Feb 1893 |
29 Aug 1973 |
SSW Roxton md: 03 Jul 1910 |
| WHITMORE, Eva Ellen |
13 May 1917 |
25 Mar 1922 |
(dau of Roxton & Adella) |
| WHITMORE, Gale George |
07 Feb 1925 |
24 Feb 2001 |
USMC |
| WHITMORE, George E. (Edward) |
28 Nov 1915 |
28 Nov 1915 |
Metcalf Mort (son of Roxton & Adella) |
| WHITMORE, Leland O. (Odell) |
14 Oct 1910 |
23 Aug 1962 |
(son of Roxton & Adella) |
| WHITMORE, Lorin Brigham |
03 Feb 1929 |
05 Jul 2000 |
Loving Husband & Father |
| WHITMORE, Marilyn Ivy |
01 Jun 1937 |
29 Mar 1991 |
Loving Wife & Mother |
| WHITMORE, Roxton |
13 Feb 1889 |
01 May 1976 |
SSW Adella |
| WHITMORE, Sidney |
31 Dec 1921 |
1 Feb 2003 |
son of Roxton & Adella |
| WHITMORE, Virginia |
08 Sep 1923 |
08 Sep 1923 |
Metcalf Mort marker (dau of Roxton & Adella) |
| WHITNEY, Jane |
12 May 1897 |
12 May 1897 |
Mort marker (dau of Geo & Lavina) |
| WICKETT, Betty SMITH |
8 Jul 1929 |
21 Sep 2003 |
Wife of Robert |
| WISE, Edith M. |
30 Nov 1929 |
10 Dec 2000 |
My Lucky 1 cent |
| YATES, Edward Earl "Eddie" |
07 Jul 1884 |
11 May 1980 |
Remembered for his western hospitality |
Several residents of the settlement of St. Thomas who died there are
not accounted for in any of the cemetery listings in Moapa Valley.
They are:
| ADAMS, Forman Eastwood |
10 Jan 1870 |
15 Feb 1873 |
son of Jerome & Mary FROST Adams |
| CHRISTENSEN, Helena Elizabeth |
31 Jul 1865 |
31 Aug 1866 |
dau of Mads and Fredricca |
| CHRISTENSEN, Joseph August |
22 Sep 1867 |
28 Jul 1868 |
son of Mads and Fredricca |
| DRYE, Alexander |
Abt. 1835 |
1881 |
Ambushed by Jack LONGSTREET (1880 cen St. Joseph 45 yrs born
Tn, parents NC) |
| DUMMER, Charles |
31 Dec 1815 |
22 Jul 1869 |
(son of Wm & Amy SCOEY DUMMER of England, Husb of Elizabeth
VINCENT) |
| FOLSOM, H(yrum) B(urdette) |
(7 Nov 1869) |
Jan 1870 |
(of Scarlet Fever. Listed in Mortality Schedule for 1870 9
mos old Son of Hyrum FOLSOM) |
| GIBSON, Ivan |
3 Apr 1907 |
16 Jan 1911 |
son of R. O. GIBSON, died in St. Thomas |
| GIBBONS, Charles Redolphus Smith |
15 Jun 1866 |
Mar 1871 |
died at St. Thomas |
| HILL, Audrey E. PAYNE |
9 Sep 1848 |
15 Mar 1868 |
Wife of Samuel Hood HILL |
| HILL, Samuel Payne |
15 Mar 1868 |
15 Mar 1868 |
Son of Samuel and Audrey HILL |
| MARVIN, Edward W. |
(1803) |
31 Aug 1866 |
of fever, s**(illegible), poss sunstroke, 63 yrs old |
| MAUDSLEY, |
|
|
4 yr old child, choked on peach pit in St. Thomas
|
| MAUDSLEY, Sutcliff Henry |
13 Sep 1869 |
27 Sep 1869 |
born and died at St. Thomas, son of Henry and Sophie
FUHRMEISTER MAUDSLEY |
| MOSLEY, Henry |
|
May 1870 |
of Scarlet Fever. Listed in Mortality Schedule for 1870 1 mo
old |
| SPENCER, Lucy Isabella |
Apr 1869 |
16 Jan 1870 |
of Scarlet Fever. Listed in Mortality Schedule for 1870 8
mos old
dau of George B. and Leonora T. SPENCER |
Below are listed persons who died in St. Thomas according to the
Pioche Daily Record and the Pioche Weekly Record:
| BELDING, Chandler |
|
15 Dec 1883 |
Age 66, Native of NY, PDR |
| PETERS, John |
|
12 Dec 1880 |
Age 34, Germany, PWR |
| REED, John "Jack" |
|
13 Oct 1881 |
Paralysis, PDR NOT
REINTERRED |
| THOMPSON, Howard S. |
|
6 May 1879 |
Age 33, son of A.H. Thompson |
| WRAY, Eli |
|
13 Mar 1880 |
Age 48, of PA, PWR |
|