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
| 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
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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 |
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| 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 |
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Bragger, Anthony Lazant “Al” |
20 Aug 1811 |
9 Jul 1890 |
n/o Portugal; h/o Mary E. Small (Mary is buried at Wyandotte Park) |
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Brooks, Frank |
Jan 1833 |
7 Mar 1913 |
n/o Ohio; married Eliza J. Forbes Whittier on 2 Oct 1899 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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Brown, Vernon James |
30 Sep 1918 |
29 Oct 1980 |
PFC US Army, WWII; n/o California; mmn: Smith; s/o Ivan and Ruth |
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| 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 |
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Cruser, William |
c1819 |
21 Nov 1898 |
n/o New Jersey; last name may be spelled “Cruzer” |
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| X |
Davis, Malcom A. |
17 Aug 1962 |
8 Oct 2001 |
n/o Alabama; SSDI spells first name “Malcolm” |
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Dickinson, Adeline “Addie” |
c1869 |
23 Jun 1888 |
n/o California; d/o Richerson and Rebecca |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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Fields, Eddie D. |
No Date |
No Date |
Handmade sign; “and Baby Jamie” |
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| 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 |
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Forbes, Alexander John |
c1823 |
1918 |
n/o Scotland; h/o Eliza A. Forbes; tombstone states year of birth as 1820 |
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| 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. |
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Forbes, J. D. |
No Date |
No Date |
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Garrison, Henry W. |
c1870 |
19 Feb 1898 |
n/o California; black; s/o Ambrose; mother was Concow Maidu |
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| 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 |