INDEX TO KNOWN DEATHS AND BURIALS
CAMBRIDGE AREA, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO
CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM
P.O. BOX 35
CAMBRIDGE, IDAHO 83610
July, 2000
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The gathering of the data for an Index of the Known Deaths and Burials in Upper Washington County has been an ongoing project of the Cambridge Museum for the past decade. Begun under a small grant from the United States Department of the Interior, it was expanded from a survey of grave stones in the two old cemeteries in Cambridge to include whatever information could be found and recorded about other deaths and burials in even the most remote parts of the area.
Chief sources which support the entries in this Index have been the stones at the graveyards; sexton records; burial cards, newspapers of Cambridge, Weiser, and Boise; mortuary records; and the oral tradition of family and friends. In every case we have tried to document the accuracy of the entry as much as possible, and have developed a file for each person listed which includes not only copies of the sources but also a photograph of the stone if there is one.
In cases where there was obvious discrepancies in the sources, we have tended to accept as more accurate those records which are closer to the life of the person, i.e. obituaries rather than tombstones for dates of death, etc.
Over the years many people have worked on this project. Special thanks go to the Museum staff, past and present: Helen Anderson, Gary Franklin, Jeff Hansen, Sandra Hansen, Nina Hawkins, Jan Horn, Sharon Jones, Ruth Mount, Zola Noah, Thel Pearson, Dick and Mary Ellen Pugh, Lee Schorzman, Jo Soules, Jessica Taylor, and Bo Thorsen. Several of these names are already included within this Index. Special thanks also go to the Cambridge sextons, Harold Soules and Chris Pyle, who have been very generous in searching and reconstructing records. Finally thanks are due to the people, too numerous to list, who have supported us with personal records, remembrances, maps, permission to cross their land, and any other form which they thought might help us.
We hope it will be of some use some day to one of our readers!
July 21, 2000
Cambridge Museum staff
KEY AND NOTES
Names: Names have been kept as close as possible to that which the person actually used, allowing for the usual errors in old newspapers and on tombstones. In some cases maiden names or names from former marriages are also included.
Dates: There are many cases in which there are discrepancies of a few days; the most likely was usually chosen. Major discrepancies are noted.
Cemeteries: The major cemeteries are indicated by name:
Salubria: a few miles east of Cambridge, founded 1880 but including burials transferred there from private land.
Cambridge: just on the edge of the town of Cambridge, founded officially in 1902, but already having some graves.
Cow Creek: A small cemetery of families of the Cow Creek area from the early 20th century. The cemetery has been plowed over and there are no markers left. Information was obtained f rom newspapers.
Zittercobb. A small cemetery still fenced, but it has been badly vandalized, and the stones broken.
Goodrich: A small cemetery at Goodrich with only one marker remaining.
Isolated. When there is only a single grave or a few burials in an area which is no longer a cemetery, we have indicated it as "Isolated." In most cases we have found the graves and photographed the site; in a few cases they are lost under the highway or in a plowed field. Babies were often buried on the homestead and unmarked. Family members have shown the exact location in some cases.
Stone: ST indicates that there is a stone with names or other identifying script.
Marker: M K identifies a grave but without names.
Obituary: OB indicates an article with more information than a notice. Notice- NT indicates only notice of death or burial information.
Mortuary records: MR indicates records from the mortuary, or in some cases, permits for transfer of the body to the burial site.
* at any entry indicates a major discrepancy in the records we have.