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Cemeteries of Iron County
Created for the Utah Library Association Genealogy and Local History Roundtable
By Steven D. Decker, Cedar City Library Director
Did You Know…
The Utah History Research Center recognizes 12 cemeteries in Iron County?
Iron County cemeteries include burials of martyrs, Olympians, and statesmen?
Many of Iron County’s cemeteries are indexed for online searching?
Recognized Cemeteries
Cedar City (5,389 burials) Enoch (140 burials) Hamlin Valley
– No data John McGarry Memorial Park (15 burials)
– At Beryl Kanarraville
– No Data
Milton Gentry Ranch Modena (98 burials) Newcastle (86 burials) Paragonah (576 burials) Parowan (2,665 burials) State Line (11 burials) Summit (190)
First Burial in Cedar City Cemetery
Joseph Chatterley, 1807 –1853, was the first burial in the Cedar City Cemetery
Died of an accidental wound
Wheelwright & Iron Worker
(Replacement stone)
Walls (Arch)
Parowan City Cemetery Arch This is at least the third
arch at the entrance of the cemetery, the others having been knocked down by trucks or machinery trying to enter through the arch.
Walls
Parowan Cemetery Construction by Civilian
Conservation Corps
Walls
Cedar City Cemetery Originally constructed by
the Civilian Conservation Corps
Destroyed Rebuilt using much of
the same stone Southeast corner of
cemetery
Walls
Wall surrounding Enoch Cemetery
Memorials
Cedar City Cemetery Memorial to American
Veterans Wars:
– Mexican, Indian, Civil, Spanish-American, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Korea
Memorials
Veterans Memorial at Enoch
Memorials
Paragonah Memorial
Memorials
Parowan Cemetery Visitors Center
Donated by the Daniel L. Evans Family Trust and members of the Evans family in memory of Clefford and Ada Evans
(Parowan’s Veteran Memorial is on the City Park)
Personalities
Ellen (Nellie) Pucell Unthank
Martin Handcart Company
Double amputee (below the knee)
Spent rest of life walking on her knees or the stubs of her legs
Mother of 6 Cedar City Cemetery
Personalities
Parowan Cemetery Grave of William Horne
Dame Military commander at
the time of the Mountain Meadow Massacre
Personalities
Edward Meeks Dalton Polygamist The only known martyr
for the Mormon practice of plural marriage
Shot in the back by U. S. Deputy Marshal Thompson, of Beaver
Parowan Cemetery
Personalities
Parowan Cemetery Alma Wilford Richards Utah’s first Olympic
champion (High jump: 6’ 3.3” at Stockholm)
Utah Sports Hall of Fame, Helms Hall of Fame, BYU Hall of Fame, U.S. Track and field Hall of Fame.
Personalities
Brig. Gen. J. Frank Dalley
Commander of 213th at Kap Yong (Korean War)– All members of the 213th
returned home alive even after intense fighting
Summit Cemetery
Personalities
Governor Scott Milne Matheson
Utah’s 12th Governor Governor: 1977-1985 Democrat Parowan City Cemetery
Unique Stones
Western Iron County was the home of numerous Chinese workers at the turn of the century. Chinese people worked on the construction of the railroad and in the mines of the region.
Modena Cemetery Source: www.surweb.org
Unique Stones
Cedar City Cemetery Ball is not attached and
is sometimes removed by pranksters
Deceased: Hunter
Unique Stones
Cedar City Cemetery Deseret alphabet
inscribed along the top of the stone
Deceased: Morris (Replacement stone)
Unique Stones
Cedar City Cemetery Above ground
mausoleum Deceased: Burrascano
Unique Stones
Cedar City Cemetery Intricately carved stone
with a draped vase Deceased: Bullock
Unique Stones
Cedar City Cemetery Stone set diagonally Deceased: Middleton
Unique Stones
Parowan Cemetery Tree of Life
Representation Many intricately carved
stones: Handshakes, lambs, draperies. This is an example
Deceased: Davenport
Unique Stones
Parowan Cemetery Charley’s Grave (similar
stone for “Osman T’s Grave”)
Uniquely simple in inscription but there is a carved floral design
Damage: Mother Nature Reclaims Her Own
Cedar City Cemetery Stone fragments lying
next to each other
Damage: Mother Nature Reclaims Her Own
Cedar City Cemetery Sandstone markers
eroded completely through
Native Americans
Cedar City Cemetery A section of the Cedar
City Cemetery containing Native Americans.
Certain of the local Native Americans have asked that the plots not be “grassed” like the surrounding area.
Lore
Parowan Cemetery Butch Cassidy: It is not
known where “Butch,” Robert LeRoy Parker, is buried but his brother, Daniel Samuel Parker, is buried in Parowan. At least two sextons have claimed to have hit an unmarked grave on or near the Parker plot. Is it Butch’s?
Lore
Summit Cemetery Built on Indian Mound (Fact) Nephite Battle Ground
At or near this site Samuel T. Orton’s team of oxen refused to continue plowing. This continued for three consecutive days until Orton had a vision that convinced him that “we were standing on the battle ground where they [the Nephites and Lamanites of the Book of Mormon] had had a great battle (Dalton, 193-194).”
Interest
Paragonah Cemetery Note the concrete slabs
covering graves (once a relatively common practice
Note the permanent flagpoles in the background honoring veterans.
Interest
Paragonah Cemetery Used to be many more
like this – fenced family plots
Cemetery plots are deeded parcels of land
Deceased: Edwards
And much, much more…
Sources
Dalton, Luella Adams Dalton, History of the Iron County Mission and Parowan the Mother Town.
Evans, Carl, [Oral Tradition of Samuel T. Orton Experience].
History to Go: http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/almarichards.html
Utah State History: history.utah.gov/apps/burials/execute/searchburials
www.surweb.org, Counties of Utah – Iron County.