Colorado USGenWeb Archives

Cotopaxi Cemetery
Cotopaxi, Fremont County

Tombstone Photographs

The Cotopaxi Cemetery was established in 1882.  There is an index of burials and a brief history located at the Colorado USGenWeb Project Archives-Fremont County Archives

The photographs in this portion of the archives were contributed by:
Roy Deeds (rd)
Carol McNew (cm)
Jim Davenport (jd)

Headstones

(Click on the underlined name to download the tombstone photograph)

• Basham, William, 1869-1922; Elizabeth, 1880-1933; and Maude, no dates [Section A, Row 6, Lots 481, 482] (cm)
• Black, Alvin "Dane", 1905-1991, Masons; and Zella Alma, 1908-1979, Order of Eastern Star [Section B, Row 9, Lots 249 & 250] (cm)
  • Prominent Ranch family in West Fremont County
• Broussard, Isaiah Delorme, Dec 7, 1980-Sept 28, 1995 [Section B., Row 6, #2120] (cm)
• Bullard, Cecil 1910-[Aug 1991], and his son Jimmie Gene, 1934-1982, Mason & Mystic Shrine [Section B, Row 6, Lots 208 & 209] (cm)
• Deeds
  • Bryant, 1904-1913 (Row 5, #436), Son of Roy and Hattie (rd)
  • Ernie, 1902-1913 (Row 5, #435), Son of Roy and Hattie (rd)
  • Roy, 1874-1916 (Row 5, #434), Father of Ernie, Bryant, and Wyatt. Husband of Hattie (Cessna) Deeds (rd)
  • Wyatt, 1906-1913 (Row 5, #437), Son of Roy and Hattie (rd)
  • NOTE: The three sons buried alongside their father all died of the scarlet fever epedemic on the same day in that area of Colorado.,
• Ellis, Ida May, May 30, 1882-Oct 9, 1918, age 36 yr 4 mo 9 days, wife of Robert A. Ellis, Neighbors of Woodcraft (jd)
• Ross, Silas W, Feb 6, 1874-Apr 1, 1953, Mason; and Alice C, Oct 30, 1873-Jan 10, 1952, Order of Eastern Star [Section A, Row 1, Lots 304 & 305] (cm)
  • NOTE: The Ross family has been a historically prominent family in the Cotopaxi area.  Silas W. Ross was the County Road Commissioner for many years.

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