Fountain Green is located about 85 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah in Sanpete County. It is now a town of a few hundred people. The cemetery is located on 400 N. to the east of Main Street (i.e. turn left on 400 N. while traveling south - towards St. George - on Main Street.
A Utah State University website described the city of Fountain Green saying "both the sight and site of Fountain Green must have contributed to its settlement. It was a popular campground for Salt Creek and San Pitch travelers during the 1850s before Johnsons and other families from Santaquin in Utah Valley, settled it. Lying just below the Divide (and Mt. Nebo), it had a green fountain second to no other spring in Sanpete. Any tour of Fountain Green (incorporated in 1886) ought to include a stop at the Unitah Springs (Big Springs) which gush out of the mountains two miles northwest of town to form Silver Creek -- the source of the town's greenness.
Pictures of both Fountain Green's elementary school in the 1800's and historic Main Street of Fountain Green are pictured.
I took pictures of a large amount of headstones in the Fountain Green City Cemetery in March 2001. Click on the thumbnails to see a larger photo of the headstone. Headstones that are for two people are listed after both surnames, if both surnames are known. Because of the type fo stone used on some headstones, and factors such as weathering and workmanship, some headstone photos are difficult to read, unless you know what you're reading. I have included a "caption" with these headstone photos to help you know what is written on the stone.
I've noticed that Fountain Green isn't very green in March, eh?
Name(s) | Birth Date | Death Date | Remarks |
Bardell, Sarah | --- | 1 Aug 1894 | Wife of John Hunt, difficult to read |
Coombs, Frances M. | 6 Sep 1858 | 12 Oct 1928 | Second Wife of Joshua Coombs |
Coombs, Joshua and Sarah Lane Huggins | 4 Feb 1841 | 8 Nov 1924 | Private, Utah Militia, Indian War |
Hanson, Kjersten | unreadable | unreadable | This photo is currently unavailable |
Huggins, Christena | 29 Oct 1870 | 23 Sep 1916 | Difficult to read |
Huggins, Eliza Adams | 6 Oct 1847 | 22 Jan 1913 | |
Huggins, Emeline Aker | 11 May 1816 | 1899 | Wife of W. [William] Huggins |
Huggins, Emma J. | 8 Oct 1873 | 31 Aug 1945 | |
Huggins, Franklin Dee | 7 Dec 1873 | 2 Jun 1941 | |
Huggins, George Aker | 5 Apr 1839 | 2 Nov 1893 | |
Huggins, George Ezra | 13 Jun 1890 | 16 Dec 1892 | |
Huggins, George W. | 23 Oct 1866 | 14 May 1932 | |
Huggins, Joshua | 18 Jul 1881 | 9 Jul 1881 | Son of George A. and Eliza Huggins |
Huggins, Maryann and Robert H. Johnson | 24 Aug 1847 | 10 Sep 1905 | |
Huggins, Reuel Leon | 28 Jul 1901 | 31 Jan 1906 | Son of George W. and Christena Huggins |
Huggins, Sarah Lane and Joshua Coombs | 2 Jul 1851 | 5 Aug 1899 | |
Huggins, Violet and Glen LeRoy Shepherd | 28 Sep 1909 | 6 Mar 1989 | Marriage date included on stone |
Huggins, William | 2 Jun 1811 | 5 Jan 1879 | 2nd Lieutenant, Utah Militia, Indian War |
Jensen, Carline (Caroline) | 28 Nov 1841 | 28 Jan 1903 | Wife of Jens M. Jensen, born in Denmark |
Jensen, Jens Martinus | 3 May 1838 | 14 Mar 1912 | |
Johnson, Polly Ann Huggins | 11 Jul 1829 | 3 Oct 1912 | |
Johnson, Robert H. | 15 Sep 1847 | 5 oct 1903 | Private, Utah Territorial Militia, Indian Wars |
Johnson, Robert H. and Maryann Huggins | 15 Sep 1847 | 5 Oct 1903 | |
Johnson, Robert L. | 17 Aug 1819 | 13 Jun 1901 | Private, Utah Militia, Indian War |
Shepherd, Glen LeRoy and Violet Huggins | 3 Dec 1907 | 16 Sep 1972 | Marriage date included on stone |
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Other cemeteries on the Tolley Family Genealogy Page:
Provo City Cemetery, Utah
Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Utah
©2001, Trish Tolley
