BUTTE COUNTY CEMETERIES

 

Mooretown (Feather Falls) Cemetery

 

Feather Falls is approximately 25 miles east of Oroville.  The cemetery is located on a dirt road off of Lumpkin Road.  The earliest recorded burial is 1869, but some unmarked graves may be older.  (More accurate directions will be provided in the future.)

 

A very big thank you to Cathie Manwell Adams for compiling this list.  So many errors were found in the documents we had received, that Cathie spent countless hours of research on tracking down accurate information for each burial.  If this list has helped you in any way, please send a thank you to Cathie for her incredible efforts in compiling this data.

 

There are many unmarked graves at this cemetery.  If you know of any burials not listed below, please email me.

 

This list was compiled using the following sources:

On site documentation by Kathy Sedler and Colleen Driscoll in October 2005 (including many photos);

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

 

  Headstone Photos

 

PHOTO

 

NAME

 

BIRTH

 

DEATH

 

REMARKS
X

 

Adair, John Warren, Jr.

 

3 Oct 1892

 

18 Jan 1948

 

CA SGT 158 Inf, WWI; n/o Oklahoma; mmn: Smith; buried in Mills plot
X

 

Alston, Ben B.

 

23 Jun 1869

 

27 Feb 1941

 

n/o Texas; mmn: Pemberton; buried with Nellie B. Alston Young
X

 

Ank, Benjamin F.

 

2 May 1914

 

22 May 1960

 

CA TEC 5 US Army, WWII; n/o California; mmn: Jones; s/o of Henry Harry and Olive
X

 

Ank, Elizabeth Price

 

28 Apr 1865

 

15 Mar 1952

 

n/o California; mmn: Moore; w/o William
X

 

Ank, Henry Harry

 

 

24 Sep 1869

 

20 Dec 1931

 

n/o California; h/o Olive; s/o Jacob and Lucy Ank; had twin brother, Harry H.
X

 

Ank, Lowell Christopher

 

19 Jan 1908

 

8 Apr 1977

 

PFC US Army, WWII; n/o California; s/o of Henry Harry and Olive
X

 

Ank, Olive Jones

 

22 May 1883

 

4 May 1953

 

n/o California; mmn: Oliver; w/o Henry Harry; tombstone states year of birth as 1884
X

 

Archuleta, Baby Boy

 

No Date

 

1939

 

Concow Maidu
X

 

Archuleta, Baby Girl

 

No Date

 

1928

 

Concow Maidu
X

 

Archuleta, Baby Girl

 

No Date

 

1937

 

Concow Maidu
X

 

Archuleta, Baby Girl

 

No Date

 

1937

 

Concow Maidu
X

 

Archuleta, Baby Girl

 

No Date

 

1938

 

Concow Maidu
X

 

Archuleta, Evelyn Marie

 

3 Feb 1934

 

20 Nov 1973

 

 
X

 

Archuleta, Katherine “Kate” Violete Brooks

 

17 Feb 1902

 

21 May 1981

 

Concow Maidu; w/o Martin
X

 

Archuleta, Martin

 

8 Aug 1892

 

3 Jul 1966

 

n/o Mexico; h/o Kate; dob per SSDI: 8 Oct 1894; dob per CDI: 8 Aug 1891
X

 

Archuleta, Robert Wayne

 

25 Jun 1959

 

2 Mar 1996

 

n/o California; mmn: Martin
X

 

Baker, Albert H. “Al”

 

9 Apr 1906

 

30 Mar 1970

 

n/o Washington; inscription on tombstone says “Friend of Family”; buried between Taylors and Archuletas in Concow Maidu section
X

 

Baker, Emmett L., II

 

1 Dec 1911

 

28 Nov 1989

 

n/o New York; mmn: Norwood; same stone as Clara M. Loveday
X

 

Bomar, Agnes Marie Zcolkowski

 

18 Feb 1889

 

20 Jul 1986

 

n/o Illinois; mmn: Salkoveski
 

 

Bragger, Anthony Lazant “Al”

 

20 Aug 1811

 

9 Jul 1890

 

n/o Portugal; h/o Mary E. Small (Mary is buried at Wyandotte Park)
 

 

Brooks, Frank

 

Jan 1833

 

7 Mar 1913

 

n/o Ohio; married Eliza J. Forbes Whittier on 2 Oct 1899
 

 

Brooks, Eliza Jane Forbes Whittier

 

Mar 1848

 

Dec 1926

 

n/o New York; died at Fruitvale, Yuba County; married Merrill Whittier on 1 Jan 1866; married Frank Brooks on 2 Oct 1899; d/o Alexander and Eliza A. Forbes
X

 

Brooks, Pauline Bragger Wagner

 

c1851

 

5 Mar 1897

 

n/o Maine; d/o Al Bragger and Mary E. Small; w/o Frank Wagner; later married (Frank?) Brooks; buried with Frank Wagner
X

 

Brown, Bert A.

 

20 Mar 1942

 

28 Sep 1966

 

n/o California; mmn: Smith; s/o Ivan and Ruth
X

 

Brown, Ethelda J.

 

4 Feb 1929

 

30 Jan 1999

 

w/o Mervin
X

 

Brown, Ivan Francis

 

27 Aug 1900

 

5 Jan 1989

 

n/o California; mmn: King; h/o Ruth
X

 

Brown, Mervin Levi

 

12 Sep 1926

 

18 Apr 1997

 

n/o California; mmn: McCauley; h/o Ethelda
X

 

Brown, Ruth Bessie Smith

 

27 Mar 1901

 

13 Feb 1989

 

n/o California; mmn Martin; w/o Ivan
 

 

Brown, Vernon James

 

30 Sep 1918

 

29 Oct 1980

 

PFC US Army, WWII; n/o California; mmn: Smith; s/o Ivan and Ruth
X

 

Brown, William “Bill”

 

4 Jun 1884

 

14 Mar 1946

 

n/o California
X

 

Bunch, Stella Mae Fields

 

4 Apr 1945

 

27 Aug 1997

 

n/o California; mmn Logan; d/o Maggie Mae and Walter Fields; buried with Maggie Mae and Walter Fields; SSDI and CDI state dob as 6 Apr 1945
X

 

Burns, Inez J. Mills

 

22 Jul 1939

 

No Date

 

d/o John F. and Mary Mills; on stone with John F. and Mary Mills
X

 

Chambers, Willis “Bill”

 

12 Feb 1883

 

8 Oct 1968

 

mmn: Honeysac; tombstone states dob as 12 Feb 1880
X

 

Collins, Elinora Edith

 

16 Aug 1906

 

9 Oct 1998

 

Died Sutter County; same plot as William A. McCauley
 

 

Cruser, William

 

c1819

 

21 Nov 1898

 

n/o New Jersey; last name may be spelled “Cruzer”
X

 

Davis, Malcom A.

 

17 Aug 1962

 

8 Oct 2001

 

n/o Alabama; SSDI spells first name “Malcolm”
 

 

Dickinson, Adeline “Addie”

 

c1869

 

23 Jun 1888

 

n/o California; d/o Richerson and Rebecca
X

 

Duncan, Gladys Lillian

 

16 Jan 1908

 

18 Jul 1993

 

n/o Oregon; mmn: Rambo; sister of Inez Mills; buried in Mills plot; plaque attached to stone of George, Sr. and Inez Mills; tombstone states dob as 16 Jan 1907
X

 

Edwards, Darrell Griffith

 

26 Apr 1942

 

11 May 1942

 

mmn: Whittier; buried in Whittier plot
X

 

Elam, David Lyle, Jr.

 

12 Aug 1969

 

5 Sep 1994

 

n/o California; mmn: Glover; died Tehama County
X

 

Elam, Georgina Ruth

 

16 Jul 1938

 

No Date

 

w/o William Robert, Jr. (married 21 Aug 1954)
X

 

Elam, Iamma Frances Ank

 

29 Apr 1912

 

3 May 1990

 

n/o California; mmn: Jones; d/o Henry Harry and Olive Ank; w/o William Robert, Sr.
X

 

Elam, William Robert, Jr.

 

14 May 1934

 

2 May 2004

 

n/o California; mmn: Ank; h/o Georgina (married 21 Aug 1954); s/o William Robert, Sr. and Iamma
X

 

Elam, William Robert, Sr.

 

22 Sep 1910

 

26 Feb 1981

 

n/o California; mmn: Jones; h/o Iamma; died Sacramento County
X

 

Faggard, James L.

 

29 Sep 1954

 

8 May 1994

 

s/o Bobby G. and Lucille Hupka Faggard; h/o: Ida; children: Nathaniel, Charity, and Inez
 

 

Field, Henry

 

6 Jun 1864

 

19 Jul 1917

 

n/o California; married Margaret “Maggie” Ank (sister of Henry Harry) on 15 Nov 1886; died Pacific County, Washington
X

 

Fields, Albert

 

19 Nov 1862

 

23 Jan 1935

 

n/o California; h/o Ella; tombstone gives year of birth as 1865
X

 

Fields, Albert Carl

 

2 May 1943

 

25 Aug 1990

 

n/o California; mmn: Logan; s/o of Maggie Mae and Walter E.; buried with Maggie Mae and Walter E.
 

 

Fields, Eddie D.

 

No Date

 

No Date

 

Handmade sign; “and Baby Jamie”
X

 

Fields, Jess James

 

11 Aug 1951

 

27 Apr 1973

 

CA SP4 US Army, Vietnam; n/o California; date of birth not confirmed
X

 

Fields, Maggie Mae Logan

 

16 Aug 1908

 

25 Apr 1988

 

n/o California; mmn Brown; w/o of Walter E. Fields
X

 

Fields, Milton R.

 

2 Mar 1928

 

6 Jul 1968

 

SGT US Army, WWII; n/o California; mmn: Mullins; died Tulare County
X

 

Fields, Raymond W.

 

10 Sep 1926

 

14 Nov 1974

 

PVT US Army, Korea
X

 

Fields, Walter Elwood

 

18 Oct 1903

 

7 Oct 1988

 

n/o California; mmn Kliplo (Clepple?, Klepple?); son of Albert and Ella
 

 

Forbes, Alexander John

 

c1823

 

1918

 

n/o Scotland; h/o Eliza A. Forbes; tombstone states year of birth as 1820
X

 

Forbes, Annie M.

 

c1859

 

1 Feb 1908

 

n/o New York; d/o Alexander and Eliza A. Forbes
X

 

Forbes, Little Gracie

 

No Date

 

No Date

 

d/o Ada Z. and M.P.
 

 

Forbes, J. D.

 

No Date

 

No Date

 

 
 

 

Garrison, Henry W.

 

c1870

 

19 Feb 1898

 

n/o California; black; s/o Ambrose; mother was Concow Maidu
X

 

Gifford, Rudolph Gordon "Skip"

 

25 Nov 1951

 

14 Feb 2005

 

s/o Arline Hugi & Edgar Gifford; marr. Susan Bryant (divorced)
X

 

Hannun, Rozella Ank

 

1 Jan 1902

 

10 Apr 1979

 

n/o California; mmn: Jones; daughter of Henry Harry and Olive Ank; buried with Henry Harry and Olive Ank; died Sacramento County
X

 

Hazelton, Beatrice C. King

 

22 Dec 1905

 

19 Dec 1947

 

n/o Maine
X

 

Hazelton, Earl Russell

 

25 Jun 1909

 

1 Sep 1994

 

n/o Maine; mmn Haynes
X

 

Hensley, Emma Lee Vaughn

 

19 Feb 1933

 

16 Mar 2003

 

w/o Leroy
X

 

Hensley, Leroy

 

7 Jun 1927

 

4 Sep 2002

 

h/o Emma Lee
X

 

Hickman, Hilda Henrietta Rathge

 

2 Sep 1911

 

25 Feb 1994

 

n/o Indiana; mmn Baden
X