Locality:
Realty Map: 117.00-1-24.1 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map: Check Landform: Ridge bench
Grid Locus: I-1 Elevation: 2680 feet
UTM Easting: 574790 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4108520
Site Dimensions: 40.6
by 60 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a small family cemetery with seven graves enclosed by
an iron fence. The observed graves
included five marked with granite or marble markers and two with metal markers. No other graves were observed. The site appeared to have been cleaned in the
recent past, but was covered with scrub brush at the time of survey. Historic plantings include iris, yucca and
one maple tree. Site was field
inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed and
compared to previous documentation. Site
size was estimated by measuring the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence.
Survey Date: 8/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
References:
1986
Additional Comments: Assigned
temporal period was based on the 1910 through 1989 range of death dates
inscribed on observed headstones. The
cemetery is marked on the USGS Check map sheet and labeled “Simpson Cem,” but
it is not marked on local realty maps.
The RVHS surveyed this cemetery and documented biographical
information derived from inscriptions on two headstones that predated 1921
(1986: 222). These two headstones, and others, were
observed during the 1998 survey.
Marker Inscriptions:
Simpson Robert
Preston Robert Preston
footstone:
Peradine L. Preston
E. son
of R.P.S.
Sept. 2, 1872 Sept.
5, 1872 P.E.
& P.L. Simpson Just in the
morn-
Mar. 29, 1959 May
13, 1938 Born
ing
of his day
May they find joy in the life everlasting Aug. 6, 1904 In youth and love
Died he died.
Simpson
Bessie Shockley
June 20, 1905 William
Conner William H.
Johnson
June 19, 1930 Died 1890 1960
(footstone: S.B.S.) Oct.
23, 1913. (metal
marker)
Age
65 Yr.
Sallie S. Johnson (footstone: W.C.)
1893 1989
(metal marker)