Colorado USGenWeb Archives

Howard Cemetery
(Originally Pleasant Valley)
Howard, CO

Tombstone Photographs

The Howard Cemetery is located in western Fremont County about 40 miles west of Caņon City. The cemetery is on county road 45 near Howard in the Arkansas River valley across the river from US 50. The Howard Cemetery dates from about 1874 and is still in use. Until 1916 the cemetery was known as the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

There is a complete transcription of the headstones and records of the Howard Cemetery in the Fremont County USGenWeb Archives.

The Howard Cemetery photograph is used with the kind permission of Roxane Nickerson, vice president of the Western Fremont Historical Society and secretary/treasurer of the Howard Cemetery Association. A larger view and five additional Howard Cemetery photographs by Roxane are also available for viewing: Larger photo, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6.

The headstone photographs in this portion of the archives were contributed by:
Carolee Schrader unless otherwise noted.
Jim Davenport (jd)

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Headstones

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

• Alexander
  • Archibald & Philena - Family Plot
    • A. Walter, 1883-1935 [B-5-35]
    • Archibald W, 1851-1934 [B-5-33]
    • Josephine R, 1897-1939 [B-5-36]
    • Philena M, died 1920 [B-5-34]
  • Herbert V, died 1877 age 10, son of MW and SS [C-2-31]
  • Moses W, 1825-1899 detail [C-2-32]
  • Sarah S, 1830-1901 detail [C-2-33]
• Amy
  • E.V. (Emily Victoria), died 1903 age 64 detail, wife of SM [B-4-51]
  • S.M. (Sanford Monroe), died 1902 age 67 detail, Corp'l Co H 10th IA Inf [B-4-50]

• Bishop, Katie, died 1881 age 12 [C-4-24]
• Blackford, Francis W., 1872-1927, Woodmen of the World (jd)
• Bloesser, Lawrence, 1912-1988 and Sylvia H, 1916-1991 [A-7-28]
• Brown, Mr. "Grandpa Brown" in old records [F-1-2]

• Compton, Ed [F-1-3]
• Cooper, Annie O, died 1901 age 16 detail [B-2-38]
• Cunningham
  • Earl E, 1925-1964, Colo. TEC5 503rd Prcht FA WWII [B-1-32]
  • James, 1834-1913 [B-1-54]

• Davis
  • John A, 1843-1922 and Sarah J, 1847-1923 [B-5-22/21]
  • Ralph, 1879-1932 [B-5-20]
• Dunlap, Abner B, 1876-1962 and Ella S, 1881-1969 [A-4-47/48]

• Freeman
  • James, 1927-1999 [B-4-24]
  • James H, 1823-1899 and Emeline N, 1825-1922 detail [B-4-26/25]
• Friant, Walter A, 1873-1936 and Jessie E, 1878-1936 [B-5-40/39]

• Hightower
  • Charles A, 1868-1948; Robert S, 1909-1947 and Sarah E, 1865-1947 [B-5-45 to B-5-47]
• Howard, John J, 1834-1880, husband of Catherine [C-1-15]

• Jackson, Leah, 1806-1880, wife of John [C-2-21]

• Keane, James, 1857-1888, detail husband of Mary [B-5-31]
• Kelso, Emma S, 1924, headstone [C-2-35]
• Kerrigan, Kimberlee Marie, 1963-1982 [A-5-60]
• Kirk, Agnes J, 1846-1915 [C-5-25]
• Knievel, Thomas L, 1931-1999, CPL US Army Korea [A-4-45]

• Lang, H.C. (Hanna C), 1851-1901, wife of Robert [B-5-41]

• Maes?, A.A., 1924-1925 [D-1-43]
• Mains, Leander H. Jr, 1898-1899 and Lewis S, 1898-1899 [B-3-46/47]
• McEnulty, William (Bill) Daniel, 1932-1997, wreath [D-5-42]
• McLean
  • Fred, 1884-1914, Woodmen of the World, and Amy L, 1887-1975 [B-4-55/56]
  • Robert A, 1906-1907 [B-4-54]
• Morrison, Infant Girl, 1901, dau of LJ and KA [C-2-41]

• Padilla, Lucia, 1902-1996 [D-1-59]
• Peregrine, Jonah, 1812-1903 [B-3-55]

• Stout, Malessia Elvira, 1844-1906 [C-3-26]

• Taylor, John Welsey, 1836-1905 detail [C-5-35]
• Trujillo, Dan, 1886-1974 and Mary M, 1906-1990 plot [A-5-52/51]

• Waggoner
  • Laura V, 1870-1879 [C-4-37]
  • Mary C, 1836-1909 [C-4-34]
• West
  • A.C., Co B 2nd Colo. CAV, detail [C-4-25]
  • Emily, died 1892 age 80, detail [C-4-26]
• Whitlow, Sandford Kenneth, 1954-1979, detail [A-5-61]
• Williamson, James, 1932-1948 [B-1-35]

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