Ft. Goff Cemetery is located near Seiad Valley on the Klamath River Highway in Northern Siskiyou County. To reach this cemetery from Interstate 5, take the Klamath River Highway (Highway 96) exit about ten miles north of Yreka. Follow the highway west for approximately 42 miles. Watch on the right side of the highway for this quaint little cemetery. We were able to index 91 names and add the additional 14 names from a list kept by caretaker Ed Prather.
NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | COMMENTS |
Priddy, Richard Glover Sr. | Mar 15, 1880 | Mar 24, 1964 | |
Chism, Blanche A. Priddy | Jul 4, 1907 | Oct 6, 1976 | |
Smith, Kelly Michael | Jun 19, 1959 | Nov 22, 1960 | |
Smith, Sharon Jean | May 1, 1955 | Sep 21, 1956 | |
Smith, Charles E. | Jan 18, 1930 | May 14, 1995 | SFC US ARMY KOREA PH |
Roberts, Danny Lee | May 9, 1961 | Apr 6, 1964 | |
Woolweber, Estyle | 1912 | 1986 | |
Woolweber, Gilbert G. | 1909 | 1964 | |
Scoggins, James | Metal Marker. Cemetery record shows last name as "Scroggins" | ||
Sherman, Carol | Mar 3, 1935 | Mar 27, 1998 | Metal Marker. |
Busby, Arthur | 1930 | 1970 | |
Harrison, Joe Frank "Blacky" | Jan 14, 1932 | Jan 12, 1998 | |
Chlarson, Herman L. | Feb 2, 1880 | Jan 20, 1945 | Cemetery record states last name "Charlson" |
Merrill, Milton S. | Nov 7, 1872 | Jul 23, 1940 | |
Lindsay, Walter C. | Jul 11, 1925 | Apr 18, 1971 | SOM3 US NAVY WW II |
Smith, Margaret | Sep 5, 1909 | Sep 13, 1989 | |
Smith, Frank Edward | Mar 7, 1877 | Oct 24, 1967 | PVT US ARMY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR |
Cooley, Alice Marie | Feb 4, 1928 | Oct 25, 1994 | |
Cooley, Joseph Robert "Bobby" | Nov 4, 1949 | Nov 27, 1966 | |
Hutchison, Mary Rose | Feb 18, 1927 | May 9, 1994 | |
Hutchison, Gordon A. | Jun 21, 1916 | Feb 14, 1980 | US ARMY |
Young, Robert Dorn | Apr 2, 1922 | Aug 15, 1979 | |
Thorner, Anna Mae | Nov 27, 1931 | Jun 4, 1985 | |
Kingsbury, Myron A. | 1926 | 1981 | US NAVY WW II |
Sullivan, Maxine | Jun 23, 1914 | Apr 28, 1969 | |
Offield, Aileen L. | May 22, 1908 | May 6, 1958 | |
Houde, Lorna H. | Mar 15, 1911 | Jan 24, 1979 | |
Offield, Sarah S. | Nov 9, 1879 | Jun 2, 1970 | "Mother" Cemetery record states date of death Jul 2, 1970. |
Kingsbury, Albert M. | Apr 24, 1899 | Apr 8, 1973 | |
Kingsbury, Athie M. | Dec 25, 1909 | Mar 29, 1988 | |
Kerr, John | No dates. | ||
Shinar, Stanton | No dates. | ||
Shinar, James | No dates. | ||
Shinar, John P. | 1865 | 1933 | |
Shinar, George | No dates. | ||
Shinar, Ben | No dates. | ||
Fritz, Celia | No dates | ||
Shinar, Jack M. | No dates. | ||
Shinar, Lizzie | No dates. | ||
Shinar, Christopher "Chris" | No dates. | ||
Fehely, Charles Owen | Mar 8, 1914 | Jun 14, 1984 | Metal Marker. PFC US ARMY WW II |
Miller, Eddie | 1895 | 1936 | |
Wood, William H. | Oct 15, 1825 | Sep 22, 1911 | Metal Marker. Native of Ireland |
Fehely, Francis | Mar 10, 1904 | Mar 12, 1904 | Metal Marker. |
Horthe, Clara Luella Wood | Oct 15, 1871 | Apr 21, 1893 | "Wife of Andr. Horthe" Cemetery record shows birth date of Oct 15, 1869. |
Wood, John Christopher | Mar 10, 1839 | Dec 1, 1916 | "Father" Native of Ireland |
Wood, Ruth Clara Thorpe | Apr 20, 1847 | Aug 21, 1927 | "Mother" |
Webb, Ruth Wood | 1913 | 1938 | Cemetery record states birth date as Apr 1, 1914 |
Wood, Boyd O. | Sep 14, 1915 | Apr 14, 1947 | |
Wood, Samuel Kingston | Sep 19, 1885 | Dec 23, 1954 | |
Wood, Dulcie D. | Mar 22, 1888 | Dec 11, 1977 | |
Wise, Joseph C. | 1874 | 1927 | |
Cary, ----- Mrs. | Jul 3, 1870 | Jun 1922 | Metal Marker. Cemetery record shows birth date as Jun 3, 1870 |
Wood, Cora Bell | Jul 27, 1873 | Jul 6, 1882 | Metal Marker |
Wood, Margaret Ellen | Mar 27, 1866 | Jul 5, 1869 | Metal Marker. First grave in Ft. Goff Cemetery |
Wood, John Walter | Jan 30, 1868 | Jul 6, 1869 | Second grave in Ft. Goff Cemetery |
Fehely, Elmer Owen | Sep 12, 1865 | Apr 25, 1931 | Same Stone |
Fehely, Catherine Augusta Wood | Sep 7, 1875 | Sep 7, 1970 | |
Prather, Margaret M. Fehely | Mar 12, 1905 | Dec 2, 1935 | "Mother" |
Parther, Lois Jean (Wright) | Nov 20, 1928 | Sep 18, 2007 | "Wife of Edward Prather" |
Fehely, Elmer Rustle | Sep 29, 1899 | Oct 15, 1947 | Metal Marker |
Shinar, Goldie | No dates. | ||
Yeager, Louise Lois "Ease" | May 1, 1906 | Jan 25, 1992 | |
Edgecomb, Doraine Marie Farley | Mar 16, 1894 | May 23, 1965 | Metal Marker. Cemetery record states first name "Loraine" |
Steward, M. M. Bobette | Jan 25, 1903 | Jul 16, 1973 | Metal Marker. |
Sligar, Carl C. "Pete" | 1917 | 1977 | |
Runyon, Frank | Jun 21, 1908 | Dec 18, 1984 | |
Sanders, Marvin R. | May 23, 1929 | Jan 19, 1981 | AB US AIR FORCE KOREA |
Gray, Morris L. | Dec 3, 1897 | Nov 11, 1974 | Last name may be "Grey" |
May, John C. | Apr 14, 1905 | Feb 20, 1979 | "Beloved Husband" |
Miller, Thomas Curran | Jan 27, 1916 | Dec 18, 1972 | Same Stone |
Miller, Ruby Lena | Mar 14, 1920 | Oct 28, 1995 | |
Miller, Thomas A. C. Jr. | Oct 26, 1949 | Aug 11, 1979 | SGT US ARMY VIETNAM |
Scherwinka, Alfred | Apr 28, 1894 | Dec 13, 1968 | California PVT US ARMY WW I |
Ladd, Charley | No dates. | ||
Ladd, Mabel | No dates. | ||
Ladd, Mery | No dates. | ||
Ladd, Mary A. | Apr 12, 1876 | Apr 5, 1950 | Metal marker. The stone says birth year 1877. |
Ladd, John Henry | Jan 5, 1871 | Sep 30, 1953 | |
Ladd, John H. Jr. | Nov 24, 1897 | Oct 16, 1978 | PFC US ARMY WW I |
Stock, Blanche O. | 1902 | 1959 | |
Hawks, Robert A. | Apr 10, 1895 | Apr 24, 1950 | California PVT 12 INFANTRY 8 DIV WW I |
Hawks, Earl A. | Jan 8, 1931 | Jun 27, 2008 | |
Fehely, Charles Thomas | Aug 26, 1869 | Jan 18, 1961 | Family Historian |
Smith, Ernest L. | Jul 17, 1917 | Jan 20, 1976 | |
Smith, Joslyn | Age 75+, wooden stake. | ||
Sherman, Helen Rose | May 1, 1918 | Oct 7, 1971 | |
Sherman, Stephen Merritt | Jan 3, 1928 | Jul 18, 1980 | |
Knight, W. J. | Feb 10, 1878 | Jan 24, 1940 | |
Bishop, Donald Clayton "Clay" | Jun 15, 1961 | Apr 27, 1996 | |
Hubbard, George M. | 1880 | 1938 | |
Edmondson, Timothy | 1869 | 1942 | |
Edmondson, Jennie | Jan 11, 1895 | Jul 20, 1920 | |
Powers, Arthur Roy | 1889 | 1956 | |
Yeager, Harry W. | Aug 15, 1913 | Apr 3, 1974 | Kansas PO US NAVY WW II KOREA. Cemetery records state date of birth as Aug 15, 1915. |
Ladd, Emory | No marker | ||
Ladd, John | No marker | ||
Creed, ----- | Infant baby of Goldie Shinar. No marker. | ||
Wooten, ----- Mrs. | Mother of Mrs. Creed. No marker. | ||
Barnhart, Charley | 1904 | 1939 | No marker. |
Frey, Carl I. | Oct 16, 1876 | Aug 1, 1951 | No marker. |
Henry, Dora | No marker. | ||
Henry, ----- | Mother. No marker | ||
Henry, Katy | No marker | ||
Henry, ----- | Infant. No marker | ||
Creed, ----- | Apr 8, 1921 | Mrs. Walter Creed. No marker | |
Steward, John | No marker | ||
Smith, Cornelia Tompkins | Dec 27, 1918 | Nov 14, 1994 | No marker |
Lindskog, James Dennis | Sep 9, 1937 | Apr 2, 1984 | |
Robinson, Barbara Blanche | Mar 8, 1930 | Jun 21, 2008 |
Special Thanks to Darci Everett and Matthew Melton for their assistance in indexing this cemetery
Ft. Goff Cemetery, established 1869
Copyright August 30, 2000
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