Kootenai County Cemetery
a/k/a Paupers Cemetery
(Transcribed and contributed by Amy Crooks, previous Kootenai County host.)
This cemetery has always intrigued me. I will certainly do more than transcribe the information I find.
Coeur d'Alene Press, 17 Jun 1937, Thursday:
Set Aside Ground:
The
County Commissioners today set aside a plot of ground, consisting of 12
acres as a county cemetery. The burial plot is located one-half mile
west of the Huetter service station and is located on the north side of
the highway (today the highway is Seltice Way).
In about 1976/77
the Pine Tree 4-H Club with the help of a grant restored the old
cemetery and completed research on it's residents.Their research was
completed using the old Cassedy Funeral Home Records which are now
maintained by the English Funeral Home.
In 1982/83 Alfred & Betty Shane completed their compilation of
"Kootenai County Cemeteries Vol I & Vol II." Their books can be
found in most area libraries.
The cemetery is no longer in use. Only four graves have names attached
to them. The last internment was of Delbert LUNDSFORD on 22 May 1943.
There is only one stone marker left which belongs to John Edward DAVIS.
There are however little white crosses placed, I presume by the Pine
Tree 4-H to honor those interned there.
Kootenai
County Cemetery was created to have a place to bury the poor.
Many who are buried there, could not afford or even have an estate to
cover the cost of their burial. Hence the Paupers Cemetery was created
and rightfully known as the Paupers Cemetery. Today it still sits
beneath the pine trees that once covered the area up on a hill
overlooking Seltice Way, and if you could see past the building and
tree
you would see the Spokane River snake by. Around the cemetery are many
new developments of housing tracts and businesses. I fear that unless
this place is protected it may some day be moved or worse yet built
over. Like stated before only four of the graves are even marked. How
long before the development of the area over runs this cemetery. They
may have been the counties poor, but they still deserve to be
respected. (Note: this cemetery is across the street from my husband's
shop. If anyone wants photos please feel free to email me and request
them.)
I have taken photos of the cemetery and the graves. You can see them
here.
(Off site on Amy Crooks, previous host, personal site)
| Name |
Birth |
Death |
Notes |
| Hubert AITTANA |
23 Dec 1911 |
1 Sep 1939 |
5th from the left, 3rd row |
| Martin ANDERSON |
unknown |
12 Jan 1942 |
|
| Edward Martin BAUGHMAN |
unknown |
13 Jul 1936 |
|
| Rufus BECK |
unknown |
12 Oct 1937 |
|
| Paul Merton BEST |
3 Sep 1890 |
12 May 1939 |
1st in 3rd row, in the lilac bush |
| Infant BOCK |
|
30 Apr 1939 |
|
| Jane Willetta BRADFORD |
|
15 Apr 1938 |
|
| Minnie Alice BUNTON |
|
9 Apr 1939 |
|
| Linda Hazel BURKE (baby) |
|
7 Apr 1943 |
|
| Ivan CARPENTER |
22 Oct 1900 |
2 Jul 1940 |
5th from left, 3rd row |
| Isabelle COURTWRIGHT |
|
24 Dec 1937 |
|
| Mary COX |
|
12 Nov 1935 |
|
| John Edward DAVIS |
11 Dec 1864 |
22 Jan 1941 |
6th from right, front row, next to tree just right of entrance. |
| Frank GOODWIN |
|
6 Aug 1939 |
|
| Andrew GREIDER |
|
8 Jun 1938 |
|
| Frank HANDLEY |
|
19 Jun 1939 |
|
| Thomas HODGE |
|
22 Jan 1943 |
|
| Chester C. ISAMONS |
|
26 Mar 1938 |
|
| Alice JEFFREY |
|
23 Jul 1940 |
|
| Elmer George JENKINS |
|
20 Oct 1940 |
|
| Charles JOHNSON |
|
Jun 1941 |
|
| David JOHNSON |
|
19 Oct 1940 |
|
| Henry JOHNSON |
|
15 Jun 1937 |
|
| Edward KAUFMAN |
|
25 May 1940 |
|
| Andrew A KINDRED |
|
18 Jan 1938 |
|
| Berhart LANNING |
|
15 Apr 1942 |
|
| Alex LEITCH |
|
6 Nov 1938 |
|
| Tinkea LOWER |
|
10 Sep 1936 |
|
| Delbert LUNSFORD |
|
22 May 1943 |
|
| John MAGNUSON (MUNSON) |
|
22 May 1942 |
|
| William Henry MANION |
|
18 Mar 1937 |
|
| Albina (Alvina) MATHEWS |
|
11 Feb 1943 |
|
| William H McBRIDE |
|
1 Sep 1938 |
|
| Leo MERCER |
|
19 Dec 1936 |
|
| Conley Lavern MILLER |
|
23 May 1940 |
|
| William MYERS |
|
19 Oct 1940 |
|
| James Cornell NEWKIRK |
|
29 Nov 1938 |
|
| John NICKELSON |
|
29 Jul 1939 |
|
| Charles SALYERS |
|
18 Aug 1941 |
|
| Tovia SAMUEL |
|
15 Jun 1940 |
|
| James Wesley SNYDER |
|
17 Mar 1938 |
|
| Mary Loretta STANLEY |
|
4 Oct 1938 |
|
| George STEWART |
|
19 Jun 1941 |
|
| Robert WILLIAMS, Jr. |
|
8 Apr 1939 |
|
| Frank WRITE |
|
16 Oct 1935 |
|
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