Blue Mountain Cemetery
(commonly Sumpter Cemetery)
DAR version, done in 1955, with photographs in 2000 by Peggie Longwell

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One of the earliest cemeteries in Baker County is located at Sumpter. Unknown date it was started but believed to have been started soon after discovery of gold in the area, some time in the 1860's. The cemetery is located just off the State Hwy 7 (formerly 220), about 1 mile south and east of the town of Sumpter on the right hand side of the road going westward. Sumpter was first settled by a few white men who mined in the area. Later several hundred Chinese came to the mines. Many of the Chinese were buried in the cemetery but their bodies were later taken up and removed to China. All of the early graves are unmarked and records were not maintained. These early burials are now unknown to local residents. This is a large cemetery. No regular custodian is employed but some plots are taken care of by relatives. The ground is dry and covered with beautiful wild flowers. Photos taken in 2000 by Peggie Longwell helped augment the known burials.
Oregon Gravestone Photo Project

DC = Death Certificates

World War II Memorial - US Navy
BURNS, Edward W., Sumpter
LINVILLE, Cecil, McEwen
POTTS, Edwin L., Granite
ROWE, James, McEwen

Name:                              Birth:          Death:
ALLEN, W. R.                       .. ... ....     11 Sep 1903
                                   age 34 yrs
ATWELL, Robert                     .. ... ....     12 Oct 1905 (DC)
                                   age 72
AUSTIN, D. C.                      29 Jan 1842     17 Mar 1900
AUSTIN, Maude E. (WRAY)            24 Feb 1882     03 Sep 1911 (DC)
                                   dau of Jefferson & Esta (LINSFORD)
                                   (died at Austin)
BAGLEY, Charles                    15 Jul 1879     24 Aug 1909 (DC)
BAIRD, Mayme Lee (HEWITT)          10 Nov 1877     05 Nov 1911 (DC)
                                   dau of Marshall S. & Allie (BALDWIN)
	                           wife of ?
BAKER, Jessie                      19 Aug 1907     22 Aug 1907 (DC)
BAYLISS, Mary A.                   .. ... ....     12 Aug 1904
                                   age 55 yrs, wife of William
BAYLISS, William                   .. ... ....     17 Feb 1905
                                   age 61 yrs
BEARDSLEY, John                    30 May 1864     03 Jun 1904
	                           Woodman of World
BENSON, Otto O.                    01 May 1892     08 Mar 1896
                                   son of O. O. & M. M.
		                   marker is cracked
BEYERS, Ernest William             07 Apr 1868     09 Nov 1907 (DC)
BLACK, J. V.                       26 Nov 1864     08 Mar 1900
                                   T.O.T.E.
BLACKWELL, William C.              03 Jul 1872     28 Mar 1911 (DC)
                                   widowed, son of R. S. & Martha (BIRD)
BLEDSOE, Helen                     08 Feb 1911     05 Mar 1911 (DC)
                                   dau of Eldo & Margarette (BROWN)
BOYCE, Bruce                       .. ... 1901     .. ... 1975
BOYCE, Sudie                       .. ... 1907     .. ...
	                           wife of Bruce
BRANTLEY, Otis C.                  16 Apr 1919     29 Apr 1979
BRISTOL, Willard Coy               .. ... ....     07 Feb 1912 (DC)
                                   48 yrs
BROWNING, Ira Perry                18 Oct 1937     15 Apr 1989
BRYAN, F. M.                       .. ... ....     21 Jun 1912
                                   62 yrs
BURNS, Roxie Alice (PROFFITT)      .. ... ....     .. ... ....
BUSH, Anna L.                      17 Jul 1913     27 May 1997
	                           wife of Cecil W.
BUSH, Cecil W.                     03 Nov 1901     23 Dec 1977
BUTCHER, Albert E.                 04 Oct 1873     22 Oct 1937
CALHOUN, Elizabeth (MORGAN)        17 Sep 1850     20 Dec 1907 (DC)
                                   wife of John D.
CASE, Leo M.                       04 Apr 1920     24 Feb 1992
CHRISTENSEN, Ronald Jack           04 Jun 1917     20 Jul 1991
CHRISTENSEN, Pearl Rosetta (BAILEY)03 Feb 1926     19 Dec 2001
	                           wife of Ronald Jack
CLARK, Melvin                      18 Nov 1838     01 Sep 1908 (DC)
CONGER, Marie                      02 Mar 1893     17 Oct 1906
COUSE, Andrew A.                   17 Aug 1842     11 May 1910 (DC)
CRANK, W. C.                       .. ... ....     23 Jul 1906 (DC)
                                   40 yrs
DAVIS, Preston Lee "Pogy"          24 Jul 1931     .. Dec 1977
D'LANDE, Lizzie (BELSON)           22 Nov 1843     07 Mar 1913 (DC)
                                   69 yrs 3 mo 14 da
DESLETI, Amy                       24 Nov 1898     29 Nov 1906 (DC)
                                   dau of Alfred & Hannah (AX)
DICKISON, Betty Jeanne             28 Jan 1923     07 Feb 2000
                                   wife of Norman James
DICKISON, Norman James             08 Feb 1927     16 May 1991
DONELL, Mary Agnis                 12 Mar 1898     20 Jan 1906
                                   dau of D. O. & A. O.
DOWNIE, Fred L.                    .. ... ....     06 May 1910 (DC)
                                   45 yrs
EDDY, Mark Preston                 02 Oct 1906     17 Sep 1908 (DC)
                                   son of W. & E. J.
EDWARDS, Clarence W.               .. ... 1908     .. ... 1991
ELLIOTT, Larry                     17 May 1944     08 May 1995
ESTES, Peter D.                    .. ... 1839     07 Oct 1908 (DC)
ESTES, Robert Jesse                31 Oct 1914     13 Dec 1915 (DC)
                                   son of Jesse D. & Florence (WHITE)
EVANS, Llewllyn Rees               06 Feb 1884     07 Jan 1910 (DC)
FAIN, J. P.                        04 Sep 1848     11 Jan 1899
FISK, Mary C.                      20 May 1888     15 May 1898
                                   dau of J. M. & I. A.
FLEMING, Elizabeth (HARRING)       13 Apr 1870     09 Aug 1908 (DC)
FLYNN, Katherine Annie             21 Jan 1888     06 Feb 1909 (DC)
FRISCO, Carl                       .. ... ....     30 Nov 1989
FRISCO, Doris                      20 Oct 1920     21 Jul 1983
	                           wife of Carl
FRODSHAM, Laura Bell               31 Oct 1869     05 Dec 1903
                                   age 34 yrs 2 mo 30 days
                                   wife of Claudius
GALLAGHER, James F.                01 Nov 1838     05 Apr 1900
                                   T.O.T.E.
GARDNER, Charles Homer             22 Mar 1870     06 Jun 1911 (DC)
GARDNER, Frankie                   07 Aug 1905     22 Oct 1909
                                   dau of Charles Homer & Alice Olive (CALHOUN)
GIENGER, Ivan G.                   19 May 1937     08 Mar 1990
GLEASON, Anney                     .. ... ....     09 Jan 1927
                                   wife of William H.
GLEASON, Francina D. (HOWARD)      14 Feb 1863     07 Apr 1908 (DC)
GLEASON, Frank Thomas              27 Oct 1832     02 Nov 1909 (DC)
GOLAR, Arthur S.                   29 Nov 1910     19 Apr 1985
GOLAR, Gladys A.                   10 Jul 1905     04 Dec 1982
                                   wife of Arthur S.
GRAY, Thomas Cumming               12 Mar 1860     19 Jan 1909 (DC)
GREEN, Charley A.                  10 May 1894     15 May 1905
GREENLEE, Ned                      15 Aug 1883     23 Jun 1911 (DC)
GRISWOLD, Emma (HEROLD)            .. ... 1870     .. ... 1959
HAGGERTY, infant                   17 Aug 1911     25 Aug 1911 (DC)
                                   dau of R. H. & Leam (SHEPHERD)
                                   (died at Austin)
HAMMOND, Ed                        .. ... ....     01 Apr 1900
                                   no age
HASKINS, Evaline (SHIRTZ)          .. ... ....     12 Dec 1915 (DC)
                                   76 yrs, wife of James
HASKINS, George                    .. ... ....     19 Dec 1909 (DC)
                                   53 yrs
HASKINS, Grover                    .. ... ....     24 Nov 1918 (DC)
                                   33 yrs, son of James & Evaline (SHIRTZ)
HASKINS, James B.                  .. ... ....     09 Nov 1912 (DC)
                                   78 yrsHATLEY Monument
HATLEY, infant                     .. ... ....     27 Mar 1929
                                   son of Ralph G. HATLEY
HATLEY, Effie                      05 May 1862     07 Feb 1951
                                   age 89 yrs 9 mo 2 days
HATLEY, Gertrude (DAILY)           27 Jun 1883     03 Mar 1913 (DC)
                                   wife of Alvin
HATLEY, Laura                      28 Dec 1878     02 Apr 1900
                                   1st wife of Ralph Charles
HATLEY, Nathaniel                  no dates
HATLEY, Ralph Charles              28 Aug 1878     12 Aug 1945
HATLEY, Ralph G.                   27 Sep 1903     24 Dec 1950
                                   son of Alvin & Gertrude HATLEY
                                   age 47 yrs 7 mo 19 days
HAWLEY, Tyyne M.                   .. ... 1908     .. ... 1995
                                   wife of W. Brooks
HAWLEY, W. Brooks                  .. ... 1902     .. ... 1991
HEFLING, Martin Van Buren          01 Oct 1833     05 May 1908
                                   wife Nancy Ann Perks (buried in Union, OR)
HINTON, John Inman                 18 Feb 1850     03 Sep 1928
                 Father
HINTON, Joseph H.                  .. ... ....     .. ... 1900
                                   father of John Inman
HINTON, Nancy Catherine (HAMILTON) 16 Jan 1854     14 Apr 1931
                                   Mother
                                   wife of John J.
HIXSON, C. Louise (DIXON)          04 Oct 1912     17 May 1999
HOLLAND, Paul                      .. ... ....     .. ... ....
                                   no dates, 9 months
HUDSPETH Tree Monument
     another view
HUDSPETH overview #1
HUDSPETH overview #2
HUDSPETH, G.                       .. ... ....     01 Dec 1910
HUDSPETH, Inez Leora (WORLEY)      .. ... 1900     .. ... 1988
                                   wife of Wallace
HUDSPETH, Wallace "Spud"           .. ... 1897     .. ... 1979
HUNTTING, David P.                 (photo was not clear on dates)
HUNTTING, Dennis F.                .. ... 1935     .. ... 1995
                                   "Grampa Turkeynose"
HURT, Baby infant                  01 Jan 1900     03 Jan 1900
                                   dau of J. G. & E. P.
JACKSON, Nellie M.                 05 May 1896     07 Mar 1900
JAMES, Anthony B. "Tony"           27 Aug 1958     29 Dec 1996
JAMES, John
JANESKI, Mike                      .. ... 1842     15 Sep 1910 (DC)
JELLISON, Ira T.                   29 Mar 1872     21 May 1901
JENKINS, Bernice Verna             .. Jan 1902     28 Sep 1907 (DC)
                                   5 yr 8 mo
JENNINGS, Berlie                   16 Mar 1907     18 Mar 1910
                                   child of J. J. & Allie
JOHNSON, O. W.                     .. ... ....     10 Jul 1898
                    T.O.T.E.
			           wood picket fenced
JONES, Lauretta M. (DODD)          27 Mar 1849     19 Jul 1907 (DC)
KENNEDY, infant                    08 May 1906     19 Jul 1907 (DC)
                                   son of Michel & Mary Elizabeth (GORMAN)
KENNEDY, James                     .. ... ....     04 Oct 1909 (DC)
                                   50 yrs
KERNS, Violet                      26 Dec 1901     16 Apr 1908 (DC)
KNAPP, Christle A.                 19 May 1893     28 May 1897
                                   dau of L. & M. J.
KNAPP, Gladys B.                   24 May 1898     09 Sep 1898
                                   dau of L. & M. J.
KNAPP, Sidney                      .. ... ....     27 Jun 1910 (DC)
                                   about 50 yrs
KNODEL, Peter                      .. ... 1885     .. ... 1977
KNUTH, Fred E.                     15 Aug 1863     11 Jul 1915
KNUTH, Ida                         09 Jul 1871     21 Mar 1930
                                   wife of Fred
LANT, Esta (LINTSFORD)             .. ... ....     07 Aug 1908 (DC)
                                   53 yr
LAVIN, Thomas                      .. ... 1874     .. ... 1904
LeDUE, Mary Elizabeth (LANCASTER)  08 Mar 1856     14 Apr 1900
LINDSAY, J. S.                     .. ... ....     01 Apr 1900
LIPPERT, Elma S.                   .. ... 1899     .. ... 1904
LIPPERT, John                      22 Sep 1844     02 Dec 1915 (DC)
                                   son of John & Patsy (HARTMAN)
LOCKHART, Elmer                    .. ... 1877     01 Feb 1910 (DC)
                                   33 yr
LOCKHART, Laura                    .. ... 1865     .. ... 1900
LUCAS, Warren Waterman             15 Aug 1833     .. Dec 1912
LUMMASON, Charles                  .. ... ....     03 Nov 1915 (DC)
                                   35 yrs
MacDONALD, Warren                  02 Sep 1903     16 Dec 1983
MAIWALDT note: all in one grave, all died same day
MAIWALDT, Clara E.                 08 Jan 1861     26 Apr 1895
                                   born Posen, Germany, wife of Ernst
MAIWALDT, Willie Gustav            06 Dec 1893     26 Apr 1895
                                   son of Ernst
MAIWALDT, Ella M.                  16 Feb 1893     26 Apr 1895
                                   dau of Ernst
McCLELLAN, William R. Sr.          11 Aug 1902     22 Nov 1980
McCORD, Judy Molly (DICKISON)      31 Mar 1894     13 Feb 1999
	                           wife of ?
McCULLOUGH, Harry O.               13 Dec 1875     22 Jul 1908 (DC)
McGUIRE, infant                    no dates
McGUIRE, William                   .. ... 1878     .. ... 1936
McKINNON, Eva (HIBNER)             12 Nov 1861     13 JuL 1910 (DC)
                                   wife of R. J.
McVICKER, Lodena (DUNN)            .. ... ....     08 Mar 1929 (FO)
                                   Mother, no age
McVICKER, Zerelda                  02 Feb 1882     23 Mar 1903
                                   dau of J. W. & Lodema (DUNN) McVicker
MERT, Rose (FONTANO)               15 Jun 1835     08 Feb 1914 (DC)
METZGER, O. H.                     .. ... 1873     12 Oct 1913
                                   age 40 yrs
MILES, Delma (HESNER)              20 Feb 1918     .. ... ....
                                   wife of 1st) Kenneth Jackson
                                   wife of 2nd) Joe E. Harrison
MILES, Kenneth Jackson             22 Oct 1916     08 Mar 1995
MOFFETT, Nathan Porter             03 Jan 1872     03 Aug 1937
MUNGER, Oliver B.                  .. ... 1918     .. ... 1993
MUNGER, Violet (HAWLEY)            02 Mar 1900     24 May 1989
	                           wife of Oliver B.
MYERS, Iva Loraine                 28 Nov 1917     .. ... ....
	                           wife of Norman Lee
MYERS, Norman Lee                  03 Jan 1917     30 Mar 1990
NELSON, Marshall A.                .. ... 1929     .. ... 1986
NEWTON, Henry P.                   18 Jul 1835     03 Oct 1905
NODEL, Peter
ORCHARD, Mable Ballie              19 Jul 1906     09 Oct 1906
                                   dau of Oswell & Nellie (COLE)
PATNODE, James H.
PERKEY, Glenn                      17 Apr 1918     20 Mar 1989
PETERMAN, Edward N.                13 Sep 1907     22 Apr 1908 (DC)
                                   son of Edward & Ruth
PETTINGALL, Ed                     .. ... ....     01 Apr 1900
                                   no age
RAVER, Mrs. M.                     .. ... ....     03 Nov 1904
                                   age 64 yrs
RAVER, Vernon                      .. Jul 1892     22 Nov 1892
                                   age 4 months
RIMBOL, Charles                    23 Jun 1828     06 Feb 1908 (DC)
                                   member of I.O.O.F., single
                                   buried in lot with his mother, Mary A.
ROBERTSON, Henry H.                09 Mar 1892     02 Dec 1904
ROBERTSON, Ruth H. (Mrs.)          07 May 1850     27 Mar 1927
ROE, Ethel Gertrude                02 Jul 1894     24 Jun 1910 (DC)
                                   William F. & Fannie E. (PAUL)
ROGERS, Lily                       .. ... ....     29 Mar 1907 (DC)
ROWE, Christopher R. Sr.           03 Nov 1865     26 Aug 1907 (DC)
                                   41 yrs
ROWE, Christopher R. Jr.           13 May 1891     28 May 1918 (DC)
                                   son of Christopher R. Sr. & Jane (WILLIAMS)
ROWE, Jane (WILLIAMS)              27 Sep 1863     13 Feb 1941
                                   mother, wife of Christopher R. Sr.
RUSH, Donald G.                    25 Sep 1923     30 Mar 1989
RUSK, Sandford T.                  14 Aug 1840     05 Jun 1904
SAIN, Homer J.                     15 Nov 1860     21 Oct 1907 (DC)
SCHMIDT, J. B.                     No dates
                                   Imp. O.R.M. - T.O.T.E.
SCOTT, Cora Aline                  16 May 1909     28 May 1910 (DC)
                                   dau of William & Cora (KNAPP)
SCOTT, Warren                      30 Mar 1921     21 Apr 1921 (DC)
                                   son of Earl & Addie (EBELL)
SEEBERG, Karl                      17 May 1871     28 Sep 1913 (DC)
                                   42 yr 4 mo 11 da
SEUTTER, Jerry R.                  23 May 1942     01 May 1991
SHELLEY, Mary Alice                .. ... 1945     .. ... 1994
SHYLOW, Cora V.                    24 Jun 1922     12 Mar 1993
SNYDER, infant                     .. ... ....     29 May 1904
                                   son of C.
SOARDS, Infant
SOARDS, Peter John                 06 Oct 1858     12 Jul 1938
STARCK, Gordon A.                  24 Feb 1906     22 May 1908 (DC)
	                           son of E. A. & E. S.
STAUFFER, Harold Benard            25 Jan 1911     24 Feb 1911 (DC)
                                   son of Eugene E. & Emma (McCARR)
STEWART, Cathrine                  27 Feb 1912     25 May 1917
                                   dau of Mr. & Mrs. E. T.
SUENBY, W. N.                      .. ... ....     27 Sep 1906 (DC)
                                   age 33 yrs
SULLIVAN, Ernest N.                07 Jan 1905     24 Jan 1905
                                   son of M. W. and L. D.
SWIFT, infant                      18 Apr 1903     10 Jul 1903
                                   son of J. D. and H.
TALIAFERO, Nicholas Lee            11 Nov 1866     04 Mar 1950 (FO)
TALIAFERO, Otie L.                 29 May 1876     17 May 1902
                                   wife of Nicholas Lee
TAYLOR, Elton Bud                  28 Jan 1915     03 Nov 1981
TAYLOR, Harold William             15 Jun 1913     06 May 1981
THAYER, Danzel                     26 Nov 1926     01 Jan 1988
THOMAS, Richard W.                 .. ... 1902     .. ... 1972
THOMPSON, J.                       .. ... ....     01 Apr 1900
THOMPSON, Mary A. (HUDSPETH)       .. ... 1931     .. ... ....
	                           wife of Sam W.
THOMPSON, Sam W.                   20 Feb 1921     10 Aug 1995
TRONGO, John                       29 Apr 1847     29 Jun 1912 (DC)
                                   age 65 yrs, (marker says TORONOGO)
TURNER, Phyllis                    01 Mar 1923     01 Jul 1923 (DC)
                                   dau of J. H. & Bess (DUBES)
VALENTINE, Samuel Wayne            13 Mar 1951     03 Apr 1989
	                           in the Hudspeth enclosure
VAUGHN, ?                          .. ... ....     .. ... ....
VERONDA, T.                        No dates
                                   imp. O.R.M.  - T.O.T.E.
VEST, Eugene                       .. ... ....     21 May 1906
                                   age 41 yr
WALSH, Patrick                     .. ... ....     21 Aug 1948
                                   age 79 yrs
WARNER, Donald F.                  01 Apr 1911     22 Jul 1990
WARNOCK, Dan Sr.                   30 Jan 1907     15 Aug 2003
WEAR, Algernon Bannold             29 Jul 1903     04 Oct 1910 (DC)
                                   son of George H.
WEATHERFORD, Wesley Darr           30 Oct 1892     08 Apr 1898
                                   son of B. & M.
WEBB, Rose Dukes                   15 Jun 1835     08 Feb 1914
                                   wife of Thomas Dukes
WEBB, Thomas Dukes                 08 Dec 1829     02 Feb 1908 (DC)
WEST, David                        .. ... 1838     12 Mar 1924 (DC)
WHITE Family Lot
WHITE, Bertha Mary (JOHNSON)       01 Mar 1900     04 Jan 1989
                                   widow of Howard L. Rush
WHITE, Ray L.                      15 Mar 1903     10 May 1994
WHITESELL, infant                  no dates
	                           child of George & Evalyn
WHITESELL, Evalyn                  no dates
WHITESELL, George                  no dates
WHITESELL, Mary E. (TAYLOR)        .. ... 1866     .. ... 1903
WIEGMAN, Patricia R.               17 Oct 1936     01 Mar 1999
WIMMER, Crockett M.                .. ... 1898     .. ... 1975
WOODRUFF, Nathan W.                .. ... 1821     .. ... 1901
                                   of New Jersey, G.A.R.
WONG, Sing                         .. ... ....     05 Oct 1907 (DC)
                                   59 yrs
WOODWELL, Arthur H.                .. ... 1881     .. ... 1980
WORLEY, Albert                     31 Oct 1859     18 Feb 1913 (DC)
                                   Masonic Lodge
                                   son of Andrew Jackson & Hannah (CREIGHBAUM)
WORLEY, Hannah (CREIGHBAUM)        04 May 1832     16 Aug 1906
                                   Mother
                                   wife of Andrew Jackson
WYANT, Athalia A. (LONG)           08 Apr 1839     23 Aug 1915 (DC)
                                   Mother
YEAGER, Clarence                   13 Apr 1898     24 Apr 1899
YOUNG, Albert                      .. ... 1879     .. ... 1957
YOUNG, Joseph D.                   10 Jul 1832     27 Feb 1905
                                   born Independence, Virginia
                                   Masonic Lodge
                                   Pioneer of 1855 (1865?)
YOUNG, Mary A. (COFFEY)            30 Nov 1855     23 Jul 1935
                                   wife of Joseph D.
YOUNG, Mary E.                     17 Jul 1906     18 Aug 1906
                                   dau of Albert & Gertrude M. (JACKSON)
YOUNG, Rimbol L.                   26 Jul 1885     01 Apr 1954
                                   Member of Masonic Lodge
YUSKO, Annie R.                    .. ... 1903     .. ... 1977
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