Iowa Hill Cemetery Index: A
A description of the headers for this table:
There are five cemeteries on Find a Grave for the Iowa Hill area:
- Old Iowa Hill (Protestant) Cemetery - www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2358736
- St. Dominic's (formerly St. Joseph's) (Catholic) Cemetery www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2411533
- Iowa Hill Chinese Cemeterywww.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2497614
- Iowa Hill Divide www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2495239 (for people known to be buried in the Iowa Hill area, but are either not in one of the official cemeteries or the cemetery cannot be determined)
- A "virtual cemetery" with memorials for veterans from Iowa Hill is at www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=275562.
A description of the headers for this table:
| Name: Name of deceased |
Marker:
01=2001, 14=2014. A number in the "14" column indicates the location on the map. A "Cn" means the person is buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, otherwise the burial is in the Protestant Cemetery. A letter, with no number, in this column designates a "cenotaph" erected in memory of a someone whose body was buried elsewhere, or whose ashes were scattered elsewhere. (These are in the Protestant Cemetery.) |
New: An "X" indicates names added since the 2001 transcription. |
FAG: is the number of the online memorial on Find a Grave. To view online memorials, go to www.findagrave.com, click Search, enter the number from the FAG column in the Memorial # field, then press Enter. |
Occupation: ccupation of deceased |
Birth Place: Place of birth |
DOD: Date of death |
Cause: Cause of death |
Cem: 1 - Community Cemetery (Protestant, IOOF, Masonic) 2 - St. Dominic's (Originally St. Joseph's) Catholic Cemetery 3 - One or the other 4 - On the Iowa Hill Divide, possibly in a cemetery 5 - Unknown, probably in cemetery 6 - Chinese Cemetery |
Age: | Mil: Indicates the person is a veteran of military service; details are in the Comments column. |
Comments: * w/o = wife of * s/o = son of * d/o = daughter of |
This table last updated: January 2, 2024 .
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| Name | Marker | New | FAG | Occupation | Birth Place | DOD | Cause | Cem | Age | Mil | Comments | |
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| 01 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Samuels | 114142012 | Miner | Switzerland | 10/11/1859 | Suicide | 4 | Shot self | |||||
| Schmitt/Smith, Adam T. | * | C25 | 73933656 | I.H. Brewery | France | 12/21/1860 | Consumption | 2 | 32 | Much respected. B/o John Schmidt. Mason | ||
| Schmitt/Smith, John | 89244374 | Boomerang Saloon Prop. | France | 12/28/1880 | Died in sleep | 2 | 54 | Wife/6 children. Mason. I. H. Brewery | ||||
| Schwab, Charles F. | * | 22 | 79385808 | Miner | Germany | 04/07/1878 | Mining accident | 1 | 35 | X | Union Army, Civil War. H/o Josephine, 1 child. Premature blast; 3 children | |
| Scott, James | 114142019 | Miner | Scotland | 04/27/1883 | Mine cave in | 3 | 30 | Killed Rossi Mine in Monona Flat | ||||
| Scott, Rebecca Sue | 92 | X | 109749783 | AR | 01/24/2013 | 1 | 63 | |||||
| Sharrett, Jane | 114142020 | England | 10/13/1876 | 5 | 58 | W/o William. M/o Richard, 7 other children | ||||||
| Sharrett, Richard | 109960293 | Miner | NJ | 02/1870 | Accident/drowned | 4 | 22 | X | Placer Cadets Militia. S/o William/Jane | |||
| Sharrett, William H. | X | 120101031 | NJ | 09/23/1891 | Apoplexy | 3 | 50 | S/o William & Jane; died Co. Hosp. | ||||
| Shattuck, George W. | X | 120098901 | Lowell MA | 01/11/1880 | 4 | 58 | Came from Lowell, Massachusetts | |||||
| Shellbaugh, August (Gus) | 89243954 | Saxony Germany | 01/20/1889 | Short Illness | 1 | 63 | I.O.O.F Funeral, From Succor Flat, Widowed | |||||
| Shermire/Scharmayer, Benjamin | 73931271 | Miner | Prussia | 12/24/1862 | Overdose Croton Oil | 2 | 42 | Result of practical joke | ||||
| Sloane, Edward Francis "Frank" | * | C1 | 73931416 | Miner | Iowa Hill CA | 12/08/1940 | Heart Failure | 2 | 63 | S/o John & Ellen called "Shorty" | ||
| Sloane, Ellen | * | C2 | 73931351 | Ireland | 03/12/1936 | 2 | 97 | W/o John. Married 30 yrs. 5 children | ||||
| Sloane, John | * | C3 | 73933357 | Miner | Ireland | 1913 | 2 | 75 | Sloane plot | |||
| Sloane, Michael D. | * | C4 | 73933443 | Infant | 1875 | 2 | Sloane plot | |||||
| Sloane, Patrick | * | C7 | 73933531 | Miner/ditch agent | Ireland | 03/23/1903 | 2 | 65 | ||||
| Smiley, George | 114142025 | Canada | 02/22/1868 | Mine cave in | 3 | Monona Flat | ||||||
| Smiley, Infant | * | 16 | 109724102 | Infant | Iowa Hill CA | 12/29/1883 | 1 | Child of John & Naomi Smiley | ||||
| Smiley, Infant | * | 16 | 89244040 | Infant | Iowa Hill CA | 09/02/1876 | 1 | Child of John & Naomi Smiley | ||||
| Smiley, John | * | 16 | 89244095 | Merchant/miner | Canada | 09/20/1900 | Pulmonary TB | 1 | 64 | H/o Naomi, Pioneer resident I.O.O.F | ||
| Smiley, Johnnie H. | * | 16 | 89244177 | Child | Iowa Hill CA | 06/23/1880 | Tree fell on him | 1 | 13 | Son of John & Naomi | ||
| Smiley, Naomi | * | 16 | 89244250 | Canada | 12/26/1898 | 1 | 78 | W/o John , 8 children (5 living) | ||||
| Smith, Carolyn | 73933690 | Child | 11/25/1873 | 2 | 3 | D/o Michael & Magdelina | ||||||
| Smith, Donald Robert | X | 120102371 | CA | 11/13/1975 | 1 | 55 | Died in SoCal; per family & friends was brought to Iowa Hill for burial in his "Old Yeller" International Carryall | |||||
| Smith, Jonathan Mitchell | 89244554 | NC | 08/03/1887 | Old age | 1 | 73 | Leaves wife/children. Mason | |||||
| Smith, Michael | 114142027 | Child | SC | 11/14/1873 | Spinal Injury | 5 | 1 | Treated by Dr. O. H. Peterson | ||||
| Smith, Robert Bruce | 114142028 | Miner | NC | 12/08/1933 | Heart Failure | 3 | 83 | 60 year resident, interest in Penn Valley Mine | ||||
| Smith, Stanbury | 72108384 | Miner | MI | 01/18/1879 | Mine accident | 1 | 44 | Explosion, Succor Flat | ||||
| Smith/Schmidt, Michael | 73933600 | Miner/Rancher 60 acres | Germany | 07/24/1904 | Lingering illness | 2 | 79 | H/o Magdalina Greenbauer, 1 daughter/3 step children | ||||
| Southworth, Catherine ** | X | 112087559 | Ireland | 03/23/1903 | 2 | 65 | W/o James | |||||
| Southworth, James | 89244612 | Miner | England | 11/10/1893 | Illness | 1 | 79 | X | Union Army, Civil War. Leaves wife. 40 yr. res. | |||
| Sparhawk, Jared S. | * | 55 | 22460406 | Miner | NY | 04/12/1898 | Heart Failure | 1 | 76 | X | Union Army, Civil War. Married over 50 yrs. | |
| Sparhawk, Sybil | * | 57 | 22460676 | Canada | 06/07/1899 | Long Illness | 1 | 76 | W/o Jared, 3 children. Methodist | |||
| Spencer, Ann Martin | 114142029 | Ireland | 09/28/1884 | Illness | 3 | 71 | W/o Edward G. Died Mt. Pleasant | |||||
| Sprague, Burt S. (Bertie) | 114142030 | Child | Iowa Hill CA | 02/07/1883 | Illness | 1 | 8 | S/o Sylvester M. & Mary | ||||
| Sprague, Ellsworth | 73933757 | Butcher | CA | 10/15/1903 | Suicide | 2 | 30 | Shot himself. I.O.O.F funeral | ||||
| Sprague, George Albert | 114142033 | Infant | Iowa Hill CA | 04/28/1883 | 1 | Infant S/o Sylvester & Mary | ||||||
| Sprague, Orval/Orlow C. | 114142036 | Child | Iowa Hill CA | 08/18/1876 | 1 | 4mo | S/o Sylvester & Mary | |||||
| Starr, Thomas | 114142037 | PA | 05/10/1900 | Accident/drowned | 3 | 79 | River between Iowa Hill/Gold Run | |||||
| Steche, Justus "John" | * | C21 | 73933817 | Miner | Germany | 11/27/1868 | Illness | 2 | 46 | No family. Mined Humbug Canyon | ||
| Stehr, Joseph Harry | 22460815 | Child | 03/10/1897 | Illness | 1 | 13 | Oldest S/o William & Mary | |||||
| Stevens, Thomas | 114142038 | Miner | IL | 01/03/1857 | Murdered | 5 | Killed by Benjamin Petrie/Roach Hill saloon | |||||
| Stone, Alfred James | 89244970 | Merchant | NH | 07/08/1905 | 1 | 67 | Leaves wife/daughter in San Francisco | |||||
| Stone, Josiah | * | 42 | 79385881 | Toll Keeper/shoemaker | ME | 03/05/1881 | Bad Health | 1 | 58 | X | Union Army, Civil War. H/o Margaret | |
| Stone, Mary P. | * | 8 | 89245169 | Child | CA | 10/12/1862 | Typhoid Pneumonia | 1 | 11 | Adopted daughter/Ptolemy & Sarah; marker was removed and returned many years later | ||
| Stone, Ptolemy | 6 | 89245253 | Justice of Peace | NY | 01/20/1883 | Illness | 1 | 68 | X | Mountain Blues, Placer Guard, & Placer Cadets Militia. Came to Iowa Hill 1854, gardener | ||
| Stone, Sarah A. | * | 4 | 89245396 | NY | 05/13/1877 | 1 | 69 | W/o Ptolemy, Methodist | ||||
| Swinnerton, James Grant | 117 | X | 94922353 | Machinist, miner | Burbank CA | 07/22/2012 | Heart attack | 1 | 67 | X | Army, details unknown. Founder of Taco Night | |
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| Tamietti, John | * | 59 | 25600779 | Mine foreman | Italy | 01/16/1902 | Mine accident | 1 | 35 | H/o Theodora, leaves infant son Theodore | ||
| Tamietti, Theodora/Thersa | 61 | 89246540 | Housewife | Switzerland | 09/27/1901 | Illness | 1 | 32 | W/o John, married 3 years | |||
| Taylor, George M. | 89246628 | NY | 07/16/1887 | 1 | 54 | Died at Damascus. Buried I.O.O.F. | ||||||
| Thomas, Arlene A. | 81 | X | 108617578 | IA | 12/04/2008 | 1 | 91 | |||||
| Thomas, Eliza | * | 20 | 79386040 | England | 04/25/1876 | 1 | 54 | W/o William P. Thomas, M/o Eliza Hall | ||||
| Thomas, Emma | 114142039 | Infant | 07/22/1886 | 1 | 3mo | D/o R. J. Thomas, died Damascus | ||||||
| Thomas, Infant | 110473502 | Infant | 07/21/1886 | 1 | S/o Robert of Damascus, I.O.O.F. | |||||||
| Thomas, Marie V. | 48 | 89246732 | NY | 05/02/1949 | 1 | 72 | W/o Richard | |||||
| Thomas, Richard John ** | * | 48 | 89246833 | Miner | CA | 06/06/1949 | 1 | 73 | H/o Marie V. Mined Damascus 1800's | |||
| Thomas, Robert John | * | 48 | 89246962 | Miner | N. Wales | 03/08/1896 | Mine accident | 1 | 52 | Wife/4 children. Died/Pioneer Mine | ||
| Thomas, William P. | 18 | 89247027 | Retired miner | England | 02/22/1900 | Old age | 1 | 87 | Buried beside wife, Eliza. Old pioneer | |||
| Thompson, Mary Ann | 114142040 | Child | 12/12/1859 | Illness | 3 | 6 | Youngest D/o Margaret & Robert; age 6Y,11M,15D | |||||
| Thompson, William Eugene | 82 | X | 25600763 | Miner | MN | 07/13/1987 | Heart disease | 1 | 86 | X | Army, both WWI and WWII | |
| Thorne, Joe/John R. ** | 89247090 | 1 | 23 | X | Placer Cadets Militia. S/o George J. | |||||||
| Thornton, Eliza | X | 111069809 | Ireland | 02/04/1899 | 5 | 60 | From the Placer Herald - Feb 11, 1899 | |||||
| Tibbitts, Charles | X | 117813211 | Baton Rouge LA | 05/05/1856 | Dropsy of the chest | 5 | 52 | Died at Bird's Flat | ||||
| Tigler/Tegler, Anna | 114142041 | Child | PA | 12/19/1869 | Heart disease | 5 | 16 | D/o Mary and Martin | ||||
| Tiner, Frank | 114142042 | Child | Placer Co CA | 08/04/1889 | Illness | 1 | 8 | Youngest S/o of Margaret & William J. | ||||
| Tiner, William J. | 89247170 | Miner | GA | 06/11/1885 | Sudden illness | 1 | 47 | X | Mountain Blues & Placer Cadets Militia. Wife/4 children. Came I.H. early 1850's | |||
| Trask, Alice | 114142043 | Child | Iowa Hill CA | 05/96/1861 | 4 | 2 | D/o Charles O. & Mary Trask. Died Monona Flat | |||||
| Trask, Infant | X | 117813579 | Iowa Hill CA | 10/11/1857 | 5 | At Monona Flat, infant d/o Charles O. Trask | ||||||
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