BUTTE COUNTY CEMETERIES

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BUTTE COUNTY CEMETERIES

Berry Creek Cemetery

aka Lake Madrone Cemetery

Photos by © Kathy Sedler, Feb. 2006. More photos of cemetery.

This photo and portions of this database taken without permission by "Beca" on Find-A-Grave.

Lake Madrone Cemetery is located at the top of a knoll north of a horseshoe bend on the Oroville-Quincy Highway (Highway 162) just northeast of Lake Madrone. Go 4/10 mile after the lake bridge. There will be a sign for school bus stop 400 feet and a left curve in the road. A dirt road on the left goes up an incline. The entrance is not marked. Less than 1/10 of a mile, there will be a residence on the left and the cemetery is directly across from it on the right. This seems to be a private drive and dead ends at the cemetery and residence.

There appear to be approximately 12 graves with no markers (including 5 in the Nottingham plot).

This list was compiled using the following sources:

On site documentation by Kathy Sedler and Colleen Driscoll in February 2005 (including photos). An “X” in the first column indicates a photo was taken.

Documents from the files of James Lague;

California Death Index (CDI);

Social Security Death Index (SSDI);

Pre-1905 Butte County Death Index, Books 1 and 2

Federal Census records;

Contributions of descendants.

Abbreviations:

n/o = native of

mmn = mother’s maiden name

d/o = daughter of

s/o = son of

w/o = wife of

h/o = husband of

dob = date of birth

dod = date of death

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

REMARKS

Allen, Robert

1866

1934

Allen, Emma Aileen Kirkpatrick

2 Nov 1902

2 Nov 1918

n/o California; d/o Ida A. (Foster) and Samuel “Henry” Kirkpatrick; on same stone as William H. Kirkpatrick; Concow Maidu (Allan on headstone)

Alviso, Edith M.

1886

1936

n/o California; on same stone as Myrtle M. Hayes

Amend, August

12 Dec 1866

26 Feb 1948

n/o Germany, immigrated 1891

Bessac, Louis

1835

3 Oct 1880

n/o Michigan; h/o Susann

Bish, Ervin

11 Mar 1864

4 Apr 1948

n/o Pennsylvania

Bowers, Joseph

c1821

1879

Burnham, Roger S.

9 Nov 1916

29 Jan 1976

n/o New York; this is a handmade wooden marker with a piece broken off before the name “Herman Burnham”, CDI confirms that dob and dod are for Roger S. Burnham

Butterfield, Baby Clara

No Date

In Butterfield plot

Butterfield, Elvira “Ella” S. Nottingham

4 Mar 1853

3 Mar 1906

n/o Arkansas; w/o Frank Butterfield, married 13 Apr 1884

Butterfield, Frank Whitcolm

12 Jan 1863

11 May 1930

n/o California; h/o Elvira “Ella” S. (Nottingham) Butterfield, married 13 Apr 1884; s/o John Hugh and Harriet Louisa (Townsend) Butterfield; 1910 Census states dob Jan 1864

Butterfield, Jesse Hugh “Jessie”

20 Mar 1872

4 Jul 1941

n/o California; s/o John Hugh and Harriet Louisa (Townsend) Butterfield

Butterfield, John Hugh

31 Dec 1822

22 Nov 1890

n/o New York; h/o Harriet Louisa (Townsend) Butterfield

Butterfield, William Wrenfrew

10 May 1861

16 Aug 1938

n/o California; s/o John Hugh and Harriet Louisa (Townsend) Butterfield

Butterfield, William W.

Jan 1885

1938

n/o California; s/o Frank Whitcolm and Elvira S. (Nottingham) Butterfield

Davis, Thomas Harold

27 Jan 1899

5 Nov 1945

n/o Kansas; mmn,Evans

Day, Altania A.

Oct 1848

1927

n/o Iowa; w/o James P. Day; stone gives year of birth as 1843

Day, James P.

Mar 1827

1906

n/o Maine; h/o of Altania A. Day; stone gives year of birth as 1832

Deen, Sarah E. Bishop

25 Dec 1869

24 Aug 1944

n/o New York; w/o S. J. Deen

Dillon, Clara

Jun 1881

2 Dec 1899

n/o California

Duffy, Olive Day

22 Sep 1874

6 Jun 1936

n/o California; d/o James P. and Altania A. Day; buried in Day plot; stone gives year of birth as 1876

Eicher, Selina Snyder

24 Jun 1847

10 May 1909

n/o Ohio; mmn, Myers; w/o William Brooke Eicher, married 30 Apr 1865, Ohio; William died 20 Feb 1920, buried in Oregon

Evens, Thomas

c1829

26 Nov 1886

Flinn, Elizabeth

c1830

5 Jun 1897

n/o England; w/o Joel

Flinn, Joel

Jan 1836

4 Jul 1915

n/o Maine; h/o Elizabeth

Foster, Mary Susanna King

28 Feb 1857

1 Jun 1944

n/o Texas; mmn, Langcaster; year of birth may be 1856

Foster, R. W.

1877

1938

Foster, W. B.

1852

1930

Freiland, Andrew Sebastian

30 Jul 1881

31 Oct 1952

n/o Pennsylvania; mmn, Stein

Freiland, Lena Peterson

13 Oct 1874

15 Dec 1953

n/o Kansas

Gronning, Samson

10 Oct 1878

15 May 1946

n/o Norway; died Alameda County

Hakes, Henry

c1800

7 May 1877

Hammett, Harold Drew

19 Jun 1874

17 Mar 1946

n/o Massachusetts; h/o Jennie Estelle “Stella” Hammett; mmn, Merry

Hammett, Jennie Estelle “Stella”

1881

1937

n/o Illinois; w/o Harold Drew Hammett

Hardin, Lassia

1884

1936

Harper, Mary H.

c1820

6 Jun 1899

n/o California

Hayes, Myrtle M.

1892

1931

n/o California; on same stone as Edith M. Alviso

Haynes, Ida

1864

1898

In Butterfield plot

Hoad, John Henry

29 Dec 1803

19 Dec 1888

n/o England, h/o Sara (Patterson) Hoad; see Notes

Hoad, ****ed

No Date

30 Aug 1878

Fenced in plot with John Henry Hoad, dod may be 1879; marker very hard to read

Johnson, Carl H.

7 Jun 1883

24 Jul 1940

h/o Ettabel (Mabie) Johnson

Johnson, David

c1815

27 Dec 1898

n/o Connecticut; h/o of Emiline; Butte County Death Index lists dod as 28 Dec 1898

Johnson, Emiline

c1830

29 Apr 1888

n/o Connecticut; w/o David Johnson

Johnson, Ettabelle Mabie “Ettie”

30 Nov 1876

4 Oct 1944

n/o New York; w/o Carl H. Johnson; mmn, Vannakem (first name spelled Ettabel on stone)

Kirkby, William

No Date

25 Jun 1889

King, Rebekah A.

28 Feb 1836

23 Sep 1926

Kirkpatrick, Ida A. Foster

11 Apr 1873

17 Nov 1942

n/o California; w/o Samuel “Henry” Kirkpatrick, married 4 Dec 1892, Merrimac, Butte Co.; 1900 Census gives year of birth as 1875; Concow Maidu

Kirkpatrick, Samuel “Henry”

Jan 1851

1933

n/o Illinois; h/o Ida A. (Foster) Kirkpatrick; stone gives year of birth as 1852

Kirkpatrick, William H. “Willie”

23 Dec 1904

9 May 1930

n/o California; s/o Ida A. (Foster) and Samuel “Henry” Kirkpatrick; on same stone as Emma Aileen (Kirkpatrick) Allen; Concow Maidu

Lathrop, William Bradford

c1823

24 Oct 1898

n/o New York; h/o Ellen Bradford; year of birth may be c1827

Moseley, Mary H. Mower

8 Dec 1866

22 Oct 1942

n/o Montana; w/o John Richard Moseley, married c1884; d/o William and Annie (Highland) Mower; sister of Joel Mower; 1900 Census gives year of birth as 1865

Mower, Bertha Rodrick

26 Feb 1888

18 Jan 1950

n/o California; w/o of Joel Mower; mmn, Thatcher; stone gives year of death as 1949

Mower, Joel “Joe”

8 May 1880

14 Oct 1947

n/o California; h/o Bertha (Rodrick) Mower; s/o William and Annie (Highland) Mower; brother of Mary H. (Mower) Moseley

Norris, Samuel A.

26 Apr 1877

10 Sep 1937

Two stones

Nottingham, Ewell Walter

29 Nov 1877

9 Oct 1951

n/o California; see Notes

Nottingham, James Milton

20 Oct 1879

17 Jun 1947

n/o California; mmn, Jackson

Noyes, Joseph “Martin”

c1817

20 Sep 1893

n/o Ohio

Oliver, William

Jun 1835

15 Oct 1905

n/o Scotland

Olmstead, America

No Date

25 Apr 1875

Surname may be “Almstead”

Palmer, Elizur

c1818

28 May 1898

n/o Connecticut; first name may be spelled “Elizer”

Plum, Alice E.

1872

1932

w/o Jared F. Plum

Plum, Jared F.

1865

1941

n/o California; h/o Alice E. Plum; s/o N. D. and H. P. Plum

Plum, Mary E. Willett

20 Jan 1863

30 Oct 1941

n/o California; w/o Walter D.; d/o Joseph and Margaret (Finnegan) Willett

Plum, Walter D.

21 Dec 1861

26 Jan 1930

n/o California; h/o Mary E. (Willett) Plum; s/o N. D. and H. P. Plum

Rohn, John

1837

1918

n/o Germany; stone erected by J. C. Gatgens

Roulette, John W.

1870

1936

n/o Maryland

Schacht, M.

1828

1 Nov 1911

n/o Germany

Shaw, George Washington

1828

19 May 1888

n/o Maine; h/o Maria T. Shaw

Shaw, Maria T.

23 Sep 1828

21 Feb 1880

w/o George Washington Shaw

Smith, Alice

7 Jan 1866

19 Apr 1887

w/o Louis N. B. Smith

Soper, Claude Clay

c1892

22 Dec 1918

CA Pvt 115 Field Sig Bn, 40^th Div, U.S. Army, WWI; n/o Montana; s/o Mary E. and Joseph Soper

Soper, Lelia M.

15 May 1897

22 Nov 1908

d/o Mary E. and Joseph Soper

Soper, Mary E.

10 Feb 1855

2 Jul 1913

n/o Missouri; w/o Joseph Soper

Spittler, Jacob

18 Aug 1820

26 Jul 1900

n/o Germany; surname may have actually been “Spitzler”

Steffens, Henry

Aug 1840

1921

n/o Germany, immigrated 1865; stone erected by J. C. Gatgens

Storts, John Boroman, Sr.

c1832

14 Nov 1892

n/o Virginia; h/o of Amanda Elizabeth (Ballard) Storts; year of death may be 1882

Tompkins, William Huston

6 Jun 1822

5 Jun 1890

Teamster; n/o Pennsylvania; h/o Mary L. (Nesbit) Tompkins, married 4 Jan 1870 in Oroville; father of William and Elmer Tompkins

Townsend, Thomas

c1835

6 July 1896

n/o Maryland; h/o Emma

Unknown

Broken stone, nothing readable

Unknown

Wooden marker, no writing

Unknown

Footstone with initials E. O., main marker broken off at base and missing from area

Willett, Charles J.

Nov 1868

No Date

n/o California; s/o Joseph and Margaret (Finnegan) Willett

Willett, Joseph

Oct 1832

1913

n/o Vermont; h/o Margaret (Finnegan) Willett; stone gives year of birth as 1829

Willett, Margaret Finnegan

Jun 1836

1904

n/o New York; w/o Joseph Willett; stone gives year of birth as 1839

Williams, David

c1832

11 Nov 1900

n/o Wales; stone says native of District of Columbia

Notes:

Hoad Family: John Henry Hoad was born in England 29 Dec 1803. He married Sara Patterson on 26 Jun 1828 at St. Giles, Camberwell, Surrey, England. John and Sara had a son also named John Henry, born 12 Feb 1831, in London, England. Sara died in England and John Henry, Sr. and his son immigrated to the United States sometime before 1865. John Henry, Sr. died 19 Dec 1888. John Henry, Jr. married Mary Lucinda Mallory in 1865 in Nevada County, California. John Henry, Jr. and Mary Lucinda had a son also named John Henry. John Henry, Jr. died 10 Apr 1897 and is buried at Wyandotte. The third John Henry was born 24/25 Jul 1870 at Merrimac, Peavine, Butte County. He married Lula (Lulu) A. Boone on 18 Sep 1898 in Bangor, Butte County. John Henry died 22 Dec 1937; he and Lula and their daughter Myrtle M. are buried at Bangor.

Nottingham Family: Ewell Walter Nottingham was born 29 Nov 1877 in Berry Creek, Butte County, California. In 1910 he was a widower living with the Zink family (2^nd wife’s relatives). Sometime after 1910 he married Ida Belle Romer McCallan, whose first husband, James Williams McCallan (born c1876) died in September 1908. James and Ida Belle married on 29 Nov 1898 and had five children: Anna N., Kathryn “Katie” (who later married a McWilliams), Margaret, James, and John. Ida Belle was the daughter of John Lewis and Josephine (Zink) Romer. She was born 14 Aug 1878 and died 10 Jul 1969. It is likely that Ewell’s parents, his first wife, and Ida Belle are four of the five “Unknown” graves in the Nottingham plot. It could not be established that Ewell and James were brothers although that does seem likely.