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ABOUT
GRANT COUNTY, N.M.
AND
THIS DATABASE
BY
CARL
W. SCHOLL
UPDATED OCTOBER 2007
Web Site Search on
GRANT COUNTY NEW MEXICO
DEATH AND CEMETERY RECORDS
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This
Death & Cemetery Records Database
is an ongoing
project for about 26 years. I owe a debt
of gratitude many people (in the
hundreds) for the help they have
provided.
However, the most credit should
probably goCharles Barnum for
putting it all up on the internet where
all who are interested will have access
to it and at no cost to them, I might
add.
By
Carl W. Scholl |
INDEX
of
About Grant County
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PAGE #1 Cover Page
PAGE #2 INDEX (of
the following pages)
PAGE
#3& 4
RECORD
COLLECTIONS,
This
Database is composed of the following.
71,000 plus deaths and 11,000 obits
PAGE #5 Data Source
Codes
PAGE #6
& 7 Character codes used to
denote source of record
PAGE #8, 9 & 10 NOTES:
(Information about Items in the Database
PAGE #11, 12 & 13 List of Cemeteries
included in this Database, (76)
cemeteries.
PAGE #14 & 15 Cemeteries of
Silver City, NM, (8)cemeteries.
PAGE #16 to 23 Towns of Grant
County, NM, (220) towns, (86) PO’s.
PAGE #24 Mortuaries of
Silver City, (10) mortuaries.
PAGE #25 & 26 Hospitals in Grant
County, NM, (15) in Grant County.
PAGE #27 Newspapers of
Grant County, (36) newspapers.
PAGE #28 to 30 Tombstone
Abbreviations
PAGE #31 to 37 A History Of the
Grant County Boundaries down through the
years. Created in 1868 and changed 5
times since, (see maps). |
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This
Database is composed of the
Following RECORD COLLECTIONS.
* Denotes that there is aMAP
of this Cemetery.
**
Denotes that therePICTURES and a
MAP of this Cemetery
For pictures
see note # 19
Cemetery records (CR), (see the
list of cemeteries)
These records were
taken from each Cemetery headstone in
most cases.
(*) Indicates that
there is a map for that Cemetery
Catholic Church records
Holy Family
Catholic Church (HFCC)
Located in Hanover – Records are in
Bayard
Infant Jesus
Catholic Church (IJCC)
Located in Hurley – Records are in
Hurley
Our Lady of Fatima
Catholic Church (LFCC)
Located in Bayard – Records are in
Bayard
Santa Clara Catholic Church (SCCC)
Located in Santa
Clara – Records are in Santa Clara
Santa Rita Catholic
Church (SRCC), (Church does not exist
any longer)
Located in Santa Rita – Records are in
Bayard
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
(ST-V), 1889 to 1990,6175 burials
Located in Silver
City – Records are in Silver City
Execution records (EX), (about 9
records 1880 to 1922). Records for Grant
County
taken from a list of
“New Mexico Executions before Lethal
Injections “ record.
Family records (FR) (about
312 records in database)
Some of these
records were obtained from families and
other collections.
Fort Bayard National Cemetery
(FT), 1866 to 2004,3656 burials
These records were
taken from the Cemetery records
Fort Bayard State Cemetery (FTS),
1965 to 2001,315 burials
These records were
taken from Ft Bayard Hospital records.
Grant County Health Dept (GCHD),
1907 to 1923,2466 deaths
These records were
taken from the Grant County Health
Records.
Masonic Lodge records* (ML), 1804
to 2003,1548 burials
These records were
taken from the Masonic Lodge # 8, AF &
AM.
Mine records (MR)
These records were
obtained from the various mine offices
in Grant County.
Empire Zinc Cemetery *, 1928 to 1981,
309 burials
Santa Rita # 3 Cemetery*, 1845 to
1986,308 burials
Santa Rita # 4 Cemetery*, 1916 to
1958,87 burials
Santa Rita # 5 Cemetery*, 1845, 1912
and 1927 to 1986,671 burials
Savanna Cemetery, 1916 to 1948,
308 burials
Miscellaneous Records (MISC)
51 burials
These records are
all from Memory Lane Cemetery. Mostly
old Soldiers.
Mortuary Records (listed by
mortuary)
Cox Mortuary (COX), 1901 to 1960,
5696 deaths
Bright Mortuary (BR), 25Apr.1997 to
present,161 deaths
Baca Funeral Chapels (BAD), Located
in Deming, NM.
Deming was in Grant
County until 1901. 1898 to 1993,44
deaths
Baca’s Funeral Chapels (BA), 1987 to
2000 plus,485 deaths
Curtis Mortuary (CU), 1961 to 1969,
1762 deaths
Curtis – Bright Mortuary (CB), 1970
to 1997,22,175 deaths
Curtis – Bright – Wheeler Mortuary
(CBW), 23 May 1980 to 25 Apr. 1991
Hinman Mortuary (HM), 1884 to 1938,
1448 deaths
Mahoney Mortuary (MA), Located in
Deming, NM, 1887 to 1901, 101deaths
Deming was in Grant County until 1901.
Terrazas Funeral Chapels (TFC), MAY
2005 to present (new mortuary)
Wheeler Mortuary (WH), 1980 to 1990,
38 deahts
New Mexico State death records
(SDR), 1907 to 1938,7011 deaths
These records are
on file at the Silver City Museum.
Obituaries (OB), (1872 to 1882)
and (1946 to 2003),12,107 obits
These records are
on file at the Silver City library.
Used by compiler (UBC) 359
records
These records are from various
cemeteries in Grant County and there is
no record of where they came from. They
are in the database so they don’t get
lost.
Voter purge records (VPR), 1976
to 1996,4535 records |
DATA
SOURCES
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1. New
Mexico death records
(see note # 11) |
6.
Miscellaneous Records
(see note # 13) |
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2. Voter
Purge Records |
7.
Obituaries |
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3.
Mortuary Records
(see note # 10) |
8.
Previously compiled records |
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4. Grant
County Health Department Records (see
note # 17) |
9.
Cemetery Headstones
(see note # 12) |
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5. Mine
Records
(see note # 9) |
10. Church
Records |
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NOTE:
This database
includes all known Mortuary Records from
all Mortuaries in Grant County, (Hinman,
Curtis-Bright, Wheeler and Baca funeral
homes) that existed, up until about
1988 plus some others up until 2000. The
records may not include records form
Luna & Hidalgo Counties while they were
in Grant County. |
Character
codes used for the
Record Source
in theNOTE field.
NEW
FORMAT
Used after Jun 2007
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BA
= Baca’s Funeral Chapels |
LFCC =
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Located
in Bayard
Records in Bayard, NM |
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BAD =
Baca Funeral Chapels (see note # 16) |
MA
= Mahoney Mortuary (Located in Deming, NM.) |
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BR
= Bright Mortuary |
MISC
= Misc. records (see note # 5) |
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CB
= Curtis – Bright Mortuary |
ML
= Masonic Lodge records |
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COX
= Cox Mortuary |
MR
= Mine records (see notes # 7 and # 9) |
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CR
= Cemetery records (see note #7 & #13) |
OB
= Obituary (see note # 6 & #24) |
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CU
= Curtis Mortuary |
SDR
= New Mexico State death records (see note #
3) |
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FUMC =
First United Methodist Church |
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EX =
Executions in Grant County before Lethal
Injections |
SCCC
= Santa Clara Catholic Church Located in
Santa Clara |
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EP =
Enterprise condensed books at public
library. 5 Volumes |
SCE =
Enterprise articles (see note #23) |
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FPC =
First Presbyterian Church, SC |
SFNC
= St. Francis Newman Center Catholic
Church, Silver City |
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FR
= Family records (see note # 12) |
SRCC
= Santa Rita Catholic Church (Records at
Bayard),(see note #21) |
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FT
= Fort Bayard National Cemetery |
ST-V
= St. Vincent Catholic Church |
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FTS
= Fort Bayard State Cemetery |
ST-V/OS =
Burials outside of SVDP (see note#25) |
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GCHD
=Grant County Health Dept. (see notes # 11
and 17) |
TFC
= Terrazas Funeral Chapels (new mortuary as
of May 2005) |
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HFCC
=Holy Family Catholic Church Hanover
(Records at Bayard) |
UBC
= Used by compiler (see note # 12) |
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HM
= Hinman Mortuary |
VPR
= Voter purge records (see note # 11) |
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IJCC
= Infant Jesus Catholic Church (Located in
Hurley, NM.) |
WH
= Wheeler Mortuary |
Codes used in the rest
of the "NOTE" field.
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b. = Born date |
d. = Died date |
lv. = Residence at time of death |
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f. = Father |
m. = Mother |
w. = wife of spouse |
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SC. = Silver City |
h. = Husband |
NM. = New Mexico |
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nk = Next of Kin |
() = Inscription on headstone (in
some cases) |
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NOTES
These notes are used to clarify
information in theABOUT GRANT COUNTY
section.
NOTE #
1.
An entry of a "?" following an entry of
data is sometimes based on conflicting
information in other records.
NOTE #
2.
A "?" in the Cemname field assumes that the
person is buried in that cemetery and not
just buried locally. This is done for the
purposes of computing.
NOTE #
3. In the New Mexico State death
records, theCity field in
most cases denotes place of death.
New Mexico State
Death records include at least the years of
1907 to 1938.
Maybe more
NOTE # 4.
The town of Vanadium was once calledSan
Jose del Oro orSan Jose and
later changed to Vanadium.
NOTE #
5.
See the Book of Rev. Cliff Henderson's
Titled "Directory of Silver City Memory
Lane Cemetery" and
"Grant County Obituaries". This code may
also include information
from other records
or works.
NOTE #
6.
The Newspapers that the Obituaries were
extracted from. are at the library were;
(See note #24)
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1. ML = Mining Life (1873 –
1875) |
4. DP = Daily Press (1938 –
present) |
7. ENR = Lordsburg Liberal
(1919 – present) |
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2. GCH = Grant County Herald
(1879 – 1881) |
5. SN = Sun News (1999 –
present) |
8. SWS = Southwest Sentinel
(1883 – 1885) |
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3. NSW= The New Southwest (part
of SWS ?) |
6. ENT = Enterprise (1904 - ?) |
9. DSW =The Daily Southwest
(1880 - ?) |
NOTE #
7.
The Hanover Cemetery is made-up of the
following cemeteries:
NOTE:
(MR) is the code for Mine Record, also
(MR-Z) is for Empire Zinc.
1.
Empire Zinc Company Cemetery
2.
Santa Rita # 5 Cemetery
3.
Hanover
Cemetery,
(At this time there is no record of there
ever having been a
“Hanover” Cemetery ) .
There
could be more towns included, like
Wimsattville or Turnerville etc.
NOTE # 8.
The Silver City Cemetery was located with
Santa Rita St. on the East and West St. on
the West side, with 10th St. on the South
side and 12th St. on the North side. On 13
Mar. 1882 the Town of Silver City
commissioned the Cemetery to be moved out to
what is now the Memory Lane Cemetery.
NOTE #
9.
Mine records tend to be accurate on the
birth dates, but tend to sometimes show the
BURIED DATED
instead of the Died Dates.
NOTE #
10.
Mortuary records start about 1884 to 1988
and are fairly complete;
These records are
indicated by the several letter codes at the
beginning of the NOTE field.
NOTE #
11.
TheCity field in most cases
denotes place of death in the following
sources.
Voter purge records start 1976 through 1996
Grant County Health Records start 1907
through 1923.
NOTE #
12.
Some of these records were obtained from
families, churches or other collections.
NOTE # 13
The (CR) the beginning of the “NOTE”
field indicates this record is a Cemetery
Head Stone reading.
This code may also
include information from families of the
buried person.
NOTE #
14 (Also known as the Mexican Cemetery)
no longer used after 20 Apr. 1877.
NOTE # 15
Before the creation of Memory Lane Cemetery,
part of the land that was to make up Memory
Lane Cemetery housed three older cemeteries
(about 1 acre each). Each dated before 1904
until 1945 when they were deeded over to the
Town of Silver City to become part of the
City Cemetery.
The oldest appeared to be I.O.O.F.
(Independent Order of Odd Fellows). First
record shows died date of 1881.
Most of the graves
are in section “B” of Memory Lane Cemetery.
The second oldest was A.O.U.W. (Ancient
Order of United Workmen). First record shows
died date of 1901.
Most of the graves
are in section “C” of Memory Lane Cemetery.
The third cemetery was the Knights of
Pythias Cemetery. First record shows died
date of 1902.
Most of the graves
are in section “A” of Memory Lane Cemetery.
NOTE # 16
The source code “BAD” is used to denote the
records that come from the Baca Funeral
Chapels in Deming, NM.
NOTE # 17
The source code “GCHD” is used to denote
the Death Register of the Grant County
Health Department from 28 May 1907 to 31 Dec
1923.
The “CITY” fields show only where the
person died.
The ”CEMNAME” in some
cases shows the town or location where the
deceased person was sent to. In the
remainder of the instances “CAMNAME”
reflects the same town as the “CITY” field
shows.
NOTE # 18
The Leopold Cemetery was located just
south of the old Tyrone Mine. When Tyrone
became an open pit mine the Cemetery was
moved to a mass grave in the Savanna
Cemetery in about 1968 or 1969. The
excavation was contracted by Harry Bright.
It was said that 36 holes were dug and only
18 remains were found and moved. Due to an
epidemic in the early times, as many as five
children may have been buried in the same
grave. This could bring the total buried to
60 or more.
NOTE #19
In the “LIST OF CEMETERIES INCLUDED IN THIS
DATABASE”
You will find:
* Denotes that there
is aMAP of this Cemetery.
** Denotes that there
arePICTURES and aMAP of this
Cemetery
For pictures email
1cws13@signalpeak.net
NOTE:
THERE IS A CHARGE FOR PICTURES!
NOTE
#20
The Blackhawk Cemetery is just down from the
Blackhawk Mine. There are no visible graves.
The
location was given
by Jim Fleming. The only distinguishing
thing is a corral at that location. There is
no map.
NOTE #21
SRCC is the source code for the Santa Rita
Catholic Church Death Records. These records
cover the years from 1925 to 1967, however
they are not complete. The records from 1937
to 1944 were lost and these records reflect
an effort to gather the records from other
sources .
NOTE #22
Fort Bayard was commissioned 21 Aug. 1866.
The troops were all transferred to other
posts in 1899. In 1899 the Post was
transferred from the Department of the Army
to the Surgeon General.
In 1922 the Post was transferred from the
Surgeon General to the Veterans Hospital.
In 1965 it was
transferred to the State of New Mexico.
NOTE
#23 SCE
(Enterprise articles verbatim from the
Silver City Enterprise newspaper) from the
“This is Silver City” series of Five Volumes
by William H. Mullane written 1965 to 1971.
Vol. I 1882-1883-1884, Vol. II
1885-1886-1887, Vol. III 1888-1889-1890,
Vol. IV 1891, Vol. V 1892-1892. Some death
records may reflect the printing date,
however dates reflect as close to the death
date as possible.
NOTE #24
These records may reflect the records for
the time after Luna and Hidalgo Counties
were formed.
NOTE #25
ST-V/OS code depicts records of the St.
Vincent De Paul Catholic Church for burials
outside of the St.
Vincent De Paul
Catholic Church. (mostly for the Catholic
Cemetery in Silver City) |
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LIST OF
CEMETERIES
INCLUDED IN THIS DATABASE
Updated October 2007
(NEW CEMETERIES ARE ADDED TO THIS LIST
FREQUENTLY)
* Denotes that there is aMAP of
this Cemetery.
** Denotes that therePICTURES and a
MAP of this Cemetery
For
pictures see note # 19
CEMETERY
LOCATION
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Apodoca Cemetery
*.............................................Whitewater
(GPS, N32.57287, W108.13290)
Bear Canyon Dam Cemetery ** (NO
MAP)...........Bear Canyon Dam Road (off of
State Rd.
35)
GPS (N32.88646, W107.99252)
Biebelle
Cemetery..................................................
Mimbres River (off of State Rd. 61)
Billings (Gila River) Cemetery** (NO
MAP)..........Lower Gila (GPS, N32.81299,
W108.59897)
Billings (White Signal)
Cemetery............................White
Signal area off state Hwy 90
Blackman
Cemetery...............................................So.
Hwy 90 S. off of Whitewater Road
GPS, N32.50522, W108.30370, ELEV. 5616ft.
Blackhawk Cemetery
(see note #
20)...................(At Blackhawk mine)
Location off US-180
(GPS, N32.73445, W108.50478)
Brock Cemetery ** (NO
MAP).............................Thompson
Canyon, (GPS N32.56873, W108.54913)
Central
Cemetery*..................................................Located
in Santa Clara, NM.
Clark Cemetery
*...................................................Gila
River (GPS, N32.88286, W108.59940)
Cliff – Gila Catholic
Cemetery.................................Gila
River (GPS, N32.94931, W108.58338)
Delk Cemetery
**...................................................East
of Santa Rita
Dwyer Cemetery, also known as San
Jose..............Mimbres River (behind
Catholic Church)
GPS (N32.62305, W107.87950)
Dinwiddie Cemetery
*.............................................Cliff
(on State Rd. 180), (GPS, N32.98502,
W108.65000)
Eby
Cemetery.........................................................Mimbres
River, GPS (N32.6398O, W107.87021, ELEV
5268ft.)
Empire Zinc Cemetery* (see note #
7)...................Hanover (turn off of
State Rd. 152 at Turnerville exit)
GPS (N32.80698, W108.08952, ELEV. 6270 ft.)
Fierro
Cemetery*....................................................State
Hi-Way # 356, GPS, N32.84363, W108.07644,
ELEV. 6655’
Ford Cemetery
**...................................................Moon
Ranch, (GPS, N32.15916, W108.79343)
Fort Bayard National Cemetery
*............................Ft. Bayard,
Started in 1866 by the U.S. Army
Fort Bayard State Cemetery
*.................................Ft.
Bayard, Operated by New Mexico Health Dept.
Foster
Cemetery.....................................................Lower
Mimbres River on Luna Co. Rd. # A009
GPS (N32.58662, W107.90623, ELEV 5082ft.)
Fuller
Cemetery......................................................Lower
Gila River, NM, near Redrock, NM.
Garcia / Rodriguez
Cemetery..................................NM
State Road # 153, (North of Gila store)
GPS N32.98896, W108.55353,
Georgetown
Cemetery...........................................Georgetown
Road
Glaze
Cemetery......................................................S.
of White Signal, NM., (GPS,
N32.35695,W108.35695)
Glenn
Cemetery......................................................S.
of Grant County Airport, (GPS, N32.62269,
W108.16863)
Gold Hill Cemetery
*..............................................Gold
Hill (Off of State Rd. # 90)
Gordon Cemetery
**..............................................NE
of Buckhorn, NM., (GPS, N33.04783,
W108.70355)
Grijalva
Cemetery..................................................Mimbres
River (off of State Rd. 61)
GPS (N32.84559, W107.97156)
Hanover Cemetery * (see note #
7).....................Hanover (turn off of
State Rd. 152 at Turnerville exit)
Hicks Cemetery
**..............................................Mimbres
River (State Road # 35 , mile post # 9.5)
GPS (N32.91032, W108.00537)
Hightower
Cemetery............................................Mimbres
Valley, Hightower Canyon, GPS, N32.9213,
W108.0712
Hurley Cemetery *
(old).....................................Hurley
(south end of 1st. street)
Hurley Cemetery
(new)...................................Hurley
(southwest of town ¾ mile)
Jackson Cemetery
*............................................North
of Buckhorn, NM., (GPS, N.33.10713,
W.108.78864)
Kingston
Cemetery..............................................West
of the town of Kingston, NM.
Laws Cemetery
**..............................................1/8
Mi.So.Hwy.90 Juniper Tree on LEFT
(GPS, N.32.55190, W.108.36328, ALT. 3937
ft.)
Latham Cemetery
**............................................NW
of Buckhorn, NM., (GPS, N33.07691,
W108.69464)
Leopold
Cemetery...............................................Just
south of Tyrone Mine. (see note # 18)
Magurder Cemetery
**.........................................Mimbres
River (behind the Masonic Lodge)
GPS, N32.85118, W107.97824, ELEV. 6134 ft.
Maldonado
Cemetery...........................................NM
State Road # 153, County address # 348
GPS N33.00493, W108.54655, (North of Gila
store)
McCauley
Cemetery............................................(GPS,
N.32.57820, W.108.36804, ALT. 6154 ft.),
Left fork of road
McDonald
Cemetery.............................................SE
1/3 of NW ½ Sec 6 TW 21 R 14W
Mesa
Cemetery*...................................................Gila
(on State Rd. 211), (South of Gila store)
GPS N32.94930, W108.58735
Miller Cemetery ** (NO
MAP).............................Mimbres
River, GPS (N32.60244, W107.88123)
Montoya Cemetery
**...........................................Mimbres
River, GPS, N32.85574, W107.97973, ELEV.
6131ft.
Morrell
Cemetery...................................................NE
¼ of NW ½ Sec1 Twnshp 21 Rng 15W
Mulecreek Cemetery
*..........................................Mulecreek
(at Mulecreek on State Rd. 78, behind Post
Office)
Osmer Cemetery
*................................................Burro
Mountains (N.32.61135,W.108.46102)
Parker Cemetery
*................................................On
the Hotchkiss Place, SC. GPS (N.32.79120,
W.108.28364)
Pena Cemetery
**.................................................Mimbres
River, GPS (N32.65696, W107.84999)
Perrault
Cemetery.................................................Mimbres
River (across from the south Mimbres fire
station)
GPS (N32.74942, W107.89342)
Pine Cienega Cemetery
*....................................South
of Mulecreek (south off of State Rd. 78)
GPS N.33.011, W.108.975
Pinos
Altos Cemetery..........................................Pinos
Altos (State Rd. # 15)
Power
Cemetery...................................................NM
State road #153, about mile marker # 0.5.
GPS N32.97217, W108.57470, (North of
Gila store)
Provencio
Cemetery.............................................Bear
Creek @ Gila, NM, (GPS, 32.94880,
W108.56541)
Red Rock Cemetery
*...........................................Red
Rock, NM.
San Jose Catholic
Cemetery..................................San
Jose, GPS (N32.62088, W107.87689, ELEV
5259ft.)
San Juan-Sherman
Cemetery.................................San
Juan (Mimbres River) (turn off State Rd. 61
at old bar)
GPS (N32.76469, W107.90975)
San Lorenzo
Cemetery...........................................975)
San Lorenzo (Mimbres River), (top of hill,
east side of Town)
GPS (N32.80955, W 107.91726)
Santa Rita # 3 Cemetery
*......................................Santa
Rita (intersection of State Rd. 152 &
Georgetown Rd.)
Santa Rita # 4 Cemetery
*......................................Santa
Rita (Georgetown Rd. about 1 mile on
left.)
Santa Rita # 5 Cemetery ** (see note #
7)............Hanover (off of State Rd.
152 at Turnerville exit)
GPS (N32.80606, W108.08919, ELEV. 6268Ft.)
Savanna Cemetery
*..............................................Tyrone
(Cemetery on P. D. mine (requires escort)
Sawyer
Cemetery...................................................Hwy
# 90 by Tyrone mine, (GPS N32.63224,
W108.34349)
Shakespeare
Cemetery..........................................South
of Lordsburg, NM.
Silver City Cemeteries
A.O.U.W Cemetery
*.............................Memory Lane
Cemetery (see note # 15)
Catholic Cemetery
*................................Far south
end of Cooper St.
Knights of Pythias Cemetery
*.................Memory Lane Cemetery (see
note # 15)
I.O.O.F. Cemetery
*...............................Memory Lane
Cemetery (see note # 15)
City Valley
Cemetery...............................Located
southwest corner of Spring St. and Corbin St
(see note #14).
City Flats
Cemetery...................................(In
use until 1882 - see Note # 8)
Masonic Cemetery
*................................ (far south
end of Cooper St.)
Memory Lane Cemetery
*........................(off State Rd. 180
on Memory Lane )
Smith Cemetery
** (NO MAP).................Royal John Mine
Road
GPS (N32.74942, W107.89342)
Snider Cemetery
**...............................................Hi-way
180, S. side of Big Dry, (GPS, N33.20495,
W108.83383)
Stout Cemetery
*...................................................North
of Cliff, NM. About 2mi., (N.32.96886,
W.108.62748)
Thwaits
Cemetery.................................................White
Singal, NM, GPS, N32.53922,W108.40719,
ELEV.6187ft.
Toney Cemetery
**...............................................Gila
River (GPS, N.32.86811, W.108.59532)
Trujillo Cemetery
*................................................Mimbres
River, HI-WAY 61, GPS N32.58818, W107.92376
Vanadium Cemetery - San Jose Del
Oro..........North of Bayard (see note #4)
Watson
Cemetery.................................................GPS,
N32.52714,W108.37904, ELEV.5950ft. @White
Singal, NM
Whitworth
Cemetery..............................................Ashes
at GPS N32.90156, W108.19710, Little Cherry
Creek
NOTE:
* Denotes that there is aMAP of this
Cemetery.
** Denotes that therePICTURES and a
MAP of this Cemetery
For pictures
see note # 19 |
Cemeteries
of
Silver City
Down through the years there have been EIGHT
cemeteries in Silver City, NM, three of which still
exist and are in use today.
The Old City Cemeteries
The two oldest cemeteries are no longer in use and
they were:
The Valley City Cemetery: it was located
about the corner of Spring St. and Bennett St.. It was
referred to by several names back then, the Mexican
Cemetery, the Catholic Cemetery, the Pauper Cemetery and
also the Chinese Cemetery. The other one was called
The Flats City Cemetery: It was bordered by Santa
Rita St. on the east side, West St. on the west side, 10th
St on the south side., and 12th St. on
the north side. The first known burial was John M.
Bullard on 23 Feb. 1871.
In Feb. 1876 the legislature passed a law stating
that there would be no more burials within town limits.
It wasn’t until around 8 March 1883 when County
Commissioners decided to do something about it. They
sent a letter to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and
the town of Silver City. The Chinese were also notified
at this time.
The Chinese were evidently so unhappy that they
formed a working party and dug up all of the bones of
their people and sent them back to China.
From 7 Jan.1882 until 13 Mar. 1882, John A. Miller
contracted with the city to move all of the graves to
“The New City Cemetery” at what in now known as Memory
Lane Cemetery.
The New City Cemeteries
Now known as Memory Lane on Memory Lane and the
Catholic Cemetery on Cooper St.
The Catholic Cemetery is located on the far South
end of Cooper St. (on the west side) and was started
when the order was given to abandon the Cemetery on the
corner of Spring and Bennett St (about 1883). This
Cemetery is still in use today. I have found no record
of anyone being moved from the Valley Cemetery to the
new Catholic Cemetery.
The New City Cemetery is located off of Hi-way 180
on Memory Lane on the east side of Silver City.
Evidently around 1881 – 1882 there was an
agreement between P.H. Harsh and Mr. Pollock of Cox
Mortuary to move the remains from the old City Cemetery
to the new City Cemetery (now Memory Lane).
In Nov. 1904 there were three separate parcels of
land deeded to three organizations.
However on 12 Dec. 1881 James K. Farrell was
buried in the IOOF section, which would seem like at
least some of these organizations were having burials as
of 1881 or before.
1. Ancient Order of United Woodmen
2. Knights of Pythias
3. Order of the Odd Fellows
In Mar. 1945 Mrs. Fiske Harsh made a gift of 13 acres
to the Town of Silver City.
About the same time Hubert O. Robertson on behalf of
the American Legion Post # 18 obtained deeds for the
three organization cemeteries. All four deeds are
recorded in book # 103 of the Grant County Deed Records.
Evidently at this time is when the official name became
The Silver City Cemetery.
On 9
Feb. 1960 the Town and Garden Club was formed. And
through their efforts the cemetery was renamed “Memory
Lane Cemetery”.
In
1981 the plans for a Rose Garden were finalized. On 8
Oct 1981 Mildred R. Pinkerton’s ashes were the first to
be scattered in the Rose Garden.
The Masonic Cemetery is located on the far end of
Cooper St. on the East side. The oldest known burial is
recorded in 1875. There have been indications that
there were burials well before this. This Cemetery is
still in use.
Compiled by
Carl W Scholl on March 24, 2006
TOWNS
OF GRANT COUNTY, NM.
(Towns,
Camps, railroad stops and Post Offices)
Compiled October 2007
By
Carl W. Scholl
NOTE:
*Luna County was Grant County before 1901
**Hidalgo County was Grant County before 1919
|
Name |
Post Office |
Disposition |
Notes |
| Akela*, (settlement) |
PO 1921-1940, 1941-1943 |
1880 to 1901 Grant Co. |
Location 22 mi. E. of Deming |
| Alamo Hueco ** (Forks) |
No Post Office |
Dates unknown |
West side of Alamo Hueco Mountains |
| Alhambra (PO) |
Jun 16, 1890 - Mar 31, 1902
|
Mail sent to Silver City |
Changed to Blackhawk 1890, GPS
N32.72545, W108.50326 |
| Allison (PO) |
Aug 25, 1893 - Apr 30, 1894 |
Mail sent to Faywood |
10 mi. NE. Faywood Hot Spg. |
| Alum Camp |
PO 1890 - 1894 |
Mail sent to Pinos Altos |
3mi. S. of Gila Hot Springs on the
Gila River |
| Alumina (PO) |
Apr 3, 1890 - Apr 30,
1894 |
Mail sent to Pinos Altos |
25 mi. N. of Silver City |
| Animas ** (RR stop) |
PO 1909 - present |
About 1902 |
Junction NM 9 & NM 338 |
| Ansonio (PO) |
Apr 27, 1890 - Jun 1, 1892 |
Mail sent to Hanover |
North of Teel on Mimbres |
| Antelope ** (RR stop) |
No Post Office |
About 1902 |
Location 7 mi. E. of Animas |
| Antelope Wells ** |
No Post Office |
Settled in 1847 |
Location NM 81, just N. of Mexico |
| Apache Hills ** |
No Post Office |
Mining 1880’s |
Location 6 mi. SE of Hachita |
| Apache Tejo (water wells) |
No Post Office |
|
GPS, N32.64626, W108.12805
4 miles south of Hurley |
| Arenas Valley (PO) |
Jan 1, 1947 - Apr 20, 1987 |
Neighborhood Delivery |
7 miles E. of Silver City |
| Ash Creek Camp |
No Post Office |
West of Gila River |
5.5 mi. W. SE of Dale McCauley’s
ranch |
| Azure (PO) |
Jan 7, 1895 - Apr 27, 1895 |
Mail sent to Silver City |
10 m. sw S. C. in Burro Mtns.
GPS, N32.6520, W108.3858 |
| Bacaville (settlement) |
|
1940’s – 1950’s |
GPS, N32.72308, W108.13318 North of
Hurley |
| Baker (PO) |
UNKNOWN |
|
No information |
| Bamaer (PO) |
UNKNOWN |
|
No information |
| Barney ** (Stage stop) |
No Post Office |
1800’s, Butterfield trail |
5 mi. NE of Lordsburg |
| |
May 17, 1902 - to present |
|
US 180 |
| Beck ** |
No Post Office |
1800’s |
Maybe not far from Steins Pass
|
| Birchville, Camp |
No Post Office |
About 1860 |
Later changed to Pinos Altos, NM |
| Black Hawk (PO) |
Jul 30, 1884 - Apr 6, 1887 |
Mail sent to Fleming |
Burro Mtns near Saddlerock,
GPS, N32.72545, W108.50326 |
| Black Mountain Camp |
(PO) UNKNOWN |
|
No information |
| Bonanza City |
No Post Office |
|
Later became Fleming, NM |
| Bramlett ** (settlement) |
(PO) 1911 to 1912 |
|
Located in the Animas Valley |
| Bryan (PO) |
Sep 26, 1912 - Aug 31, 1913 |
Mail sent to Cliff |
7 mi. south of Cliff |
| Brockman ** A&NM RR |
|
Early 1900’s |
North of Hachita |
| Buckhorn (PO) |
Aug 29, 1913 - to present |
|
Orig. name was Nogales |
| Butterfield |
No Post Office |
UNKNOWN |
No information |
| Cambray * RR, (settlement)
|
(PO) 1893-1952 |
|
Location 5 mi. E. SE of Akela
|
| Cameron |
|
|
|
| Camp Ruby |
Mining camp |
On current US 90 |
GPS, N32.80125, W107.96319 |
| Carbonate City, Camp |
No Post Office |
Around 1882 |
Burro Mountains |
| Carlisle (PO) |
Aug 12, 1884 - Nov 16, 1896 |
|
Name changed to Steeplerock |
| Carne *, (settlement) |
(PO) 1909-1916 |
Mail sent to Deming |
Location 14 mi. E. of Deming |
| Carpenter |
No Post Office |
About 1882 |
Located on W. side of Mimbres
mountains |
| Carrizilillo |
Minning |
|
|
| Central (PO) |
Jan 8, 1887 - to present |
|
Name chg 1996 to Santa Clara |
| Central City (PO) |
Mar 20, 1870 - Jan 11, 1871 |
Previously Fullerton |
Name chg back to Fort Bayard |
| Chance City * (settlement) |
(PO) 1885-1886 |
Also Victorio |
Location 3 mi. S. of Gage |
| China Town (settlement) |
GPS reading taken in front of 3-Aces
Bar |
|
GPS, N32.72969, W108.13283 North of
Hurley |
| Chloride Flat (PO) |
UNKNOWN |
Early 1870’s |
1 mile west of Silver City, GPS,
N32.78519, W108.30440 |
| Cloverdale ** (settlement) |
(PO) 1912 to 1943 |
Founded 1880’s |
Located on NM 338 |
| Cliff (PO) |
Aug 4, 1894 - to present |
|
30 mi. W. of Silver City |
| Cobre Siding (PO) |
UNKNOWN |
Used in the 1950’s |
GPS, N32.77937, W108.10929
Close to Vanadium or San Jose |
| Cody, Camp * (Military) |
(PO) 1917-1919 |
North of Deming, NM |
(GPS, N32.42276, W107.76464) |
| Cody, Camp * (Hospital) |
(PO) 1916-1917 |
Just W. of Military Camp |
Located 2 mi. W. of Deming |
| Cody, Camp * (Sanatorium) |
(PO) 1935-1936 |
Later Holy Cross Sanat. |
Located 2 mi. W. of Deming |
| Columbus * RR, (settlement) |
PO 1891-1893, 1896-Present |
Settled |
Location 32 mi. S. of Deming, NM 11 |
| Contintal, (settlement) |
No Post Office |
Before 1900 |
Location 5 mi. E. of Hachita |
| Conrad ** (RR stop) |
No Post Office |
|
Location 9 mi. W. of Lordsburg |
| Cookes, Cooks * (settlement) |
(PO) 889-1914, 1915-1916 |
Settled about 1876 |
Located 20 mi. N. of Deming |
| Copper Rose |
|
|
East of Santa Rita |
| Cotton City **, (settlement) |
No Post Office |
Founded unknown |
Location 13mi S. of I-10 on NM 338 |
| Cow Camp |
No Post Office |
Dates unknown |
Location 2 mi. W. of Antelope Ridge |
| Cow Springs |
Note: Butterfield stage stop |
|
GPS, N32.24.42, W108.10.40 |
| Crawford, (RR Stop) |
No Post Office |
Dates unknown |
Later changed to Spaulding |
| Cummings * (settlement) |
No Post Office |
Previously Porter Station |
14 mi. NE of Deming, Later Florida |
| Cybar * (RR settlement) |
(PO) 1900-1904 |
|
Half way between Nutt & Deming |
| Deming * |
(PO) 1881- Present |
Settled 1881 |
Located on I-10 |
| Dinsmore Station |
|
1859 ? Later CowSprings |
|
| Dwyer (PO) |
Feb 5, 1895 - Jun 30, 1917 |
Mail sent to Swartz |
NM State road # 61 |
| East Camp (PO) |
Oct 11, 1940 - Mar 31, 1942 |
Mail sent to Duncan, AZ |
Near Carlisle & Steeplerock |
| East Garrison ** |
No Post Office |
Maybe 1800’s |
Maybe located close to Steins Pass |
| Ernest (RR settlement) |
|
Early 1900’s |
Just south of Santa Rita |
| Faywood, (Hotel),1890’s |
(PO) moved to Dwyer in 1950 |
|
NM State road # 61, 3mi from US 180 |
| Faywood (PO) |
Jan 28, 1901 - to present |
|
PO Moved to Dwyer in 1950 |
| Faywood Station (RR) |
|
Early 1900’s |
South of Whitewater Station |
| Fierro (PO) |
Nov 16, 1899 - May 30, 1969 |
Mail sent to Hanover |
3mi NE of Hanover, State Rd. # 356 |
| Fleming, Camp (PO) |
Jun 20, 1883 - Aug 30, 1887 |
Mail sent to Silver City |
10 mi. West NW of Silver City. |
| Florida *, (settlement) |
(PO) 1928-1940 |
Previously Cummings |
Location 14 mi. NE of Deming |
| Fort Bayard (PO) |
Oct 4, 1867 - Mar 2, 1870 |
|
N. of Central City |
| Fort Bayard (PO) (see note # 22) |
Jan 11, 1871 - Aug 27, 1965 |
Mail sent to Silver City |
Changed to Rural Branch 1966 |
| Fort Cummings * |
(PO) 1866-1891 |
Mail to Hadley |
Located near mouth of Cookes Canyon |
| Fort Floyd |
No Post Office |
About 1860 |
Changed to Fort Mclane |
| Fort Mclane |
Was Ft. Floyd ? |
About 1861
5mi S. of Hurley, NM |
GPS, N32.62952, W108.13178
Reading taken 200yd. W. of FT. |
| Fort Webster (old) |
|
|
Santa Rita (Cantonment Dawson) |
| Fort Webster |
No Post Office |
About 1852 |
On State road 152 near San Lorenzo,
NM |
| Fort West |
No Post Office |
About 1863 |
E. side of Gila River, S. of Gila, NM |
| Fullerton * (settlement) |
(PO) 1882-1883 |
Later Chance City |
Located 3 mi. S. of Gage |
| Furlong, Camp * (Military) |
No Post Office |
About 1914 |
Just E. of Columbus |
| Gage * (RR, settlement) |
(PO) 1882 to 1965 |
Converted to rural branch |
I-10, 20mi. W. of Deming |
| Garcia ** (Border Crossing) |
No Post Office |
Crossing to Mexico |
Location 3 mi. W. Cienega Springs |
| Gary (PO), (RR stop) |
UNKNOWN |
|
Location 5 mi. W. of Lordsburg |
| Georgetown (PO) |
May 21, 1875 - Dec 1, 1903 |
Mail sent to Mimbres |
3mi. W. of Mimbres, NM |
| Gila (PO) |
Apr 5, 1875 - to present |
|
State road # 211, at Gila, NM |
| Gila Hot Springs (PO) |
Jun 1, 1969 - 1971 |
Converted to rural branch |
NM, Rd. # 15 |
| Gila Hotsprings (PO) |
Jul 9, 1966 - Jun 1, 1969 |
|
Changed to Gila Hot Springs, NM Rd 15 |
| Gillespie ** (settlement) |
No Post Office |
Maybe late 1800’s |
Location NE slope of Animas Mountains |
| Goldgulch (PO) |
Oct 28, 1902 - never in operation |
|
OFF HI-WAY 90,
(GPS, N32.55164, W108.50371) |
| Gold Hill (PO) |
Jun 26, 1886 - Jun 15, 1906 |
|
In Burro Mts. near Malone |
| Gold Lake |
E. of White Signal, NM |
|
GPS, N32.54943, W108.31348 |
| Grahoria (PO) |
UNKNOWN |
|
No information |
| Grant ** (Shakespear) |
No Post Office, Before 1870 |
1870 chg. to Ralston |
Location (Shakespear) |
| Grant Count, (settlement) |
No Post Office |
Unknown dates |
Mangus Creek & Gila River |
| Hachita (PO) |
1900 - to present – from Old ? |
Moved when RR came ? |
Junction of NM 9 & NM 81 |
| Hachita, Old ** |
Mar 27 1900 – New Hachita |
Founded about 1875 |
Location 9 mi. W. of Hachita |
| Hadley * (settlement) |
(PO) 1890-1895 |
Mail sent to Cookes |
Location NE side of Cooks Peak |
|