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Mount Pisgah Cemetery,
Cripple Creek, Teller County

Tombstone Photographs

Mount Pisgah Cemetery is just west of Cripple Creek. The first known burial took place in 1891.

The photographs in this portion of the archives were contributed by:
Thelma J. Cooper (tjc)
Jim Davenport (jd)
Bonnie (Butler) King (bbk)
Rex C. McKee (rm)
Al & Donna Rothe (adr)
Mary Stanley (mes)
Joseph B. Tolman (jbt)

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Headstones

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• Acorn, Melville, died July 16, 1905, aged 26 years (Woodmen of the World) (jd)
• Anderson, Susan, M. D., Jan. 31, 1870-Apr. 14, 1960; Doctor in Grand County, 1909 - 1956
  • See also:  Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, Historical Inductee Susan Anderson, M. D. and "Doc Susie" (bbk)

• Boulware, Thomas G, died May 25, 1896, aged 38 yrs, 5 mos, 6 das (Woodmen of the World) (jd)
• Brannon, Andrew B, Sept. 27, 1856 - Feb. 26, 1899 (Woodmen of the World) (jd)
• Briggs, Ellen Rosalie, died July 9, 1901, aged 38 years, (Woodmen Circle) (jd)

• Cart, George W, Feb. 11, 1855-1946; Marie E, born Aug. 1854 [wife of George W.]; James W, Feb. 9, 1845-1916 [brother of George W.]; N. May Tritt, May 1885-1909 [daughter of George W. & Marie E. Cart]; Baby [Clyde] Tritt, 1906-1909 [son of N. May Tritt] (adr)
• Clark, Elim T, Aug. 9, 1901, aged 34 yrs, 3 mos, 9 dys (Knights of the Maccabees) (jd)
• Constable, Fredric J, 1867 - 1908 (Woodmen of the World) (jd)
• Corder, Alexander, July 23, 1899, aged 28 years (Woodmen of the World) (jd)

• Devere, Pearl, died June 5, 1897 (bbk
  • Pearl was the madam of the Old Homestead parlor House during the early mining days in Cripple Creek, Colorado.  She was well liked and respected in the area, but when she died, according to Cripple Creek Days by Mabel Barbee Lee, a family member came from the East, learned what Pearl's "profession" was, and refused to claim the body.  The town provided the funeral and burial.  People still seek out her grave and leave gifts on it.
• Donoghue, Emma B, 1854 - 1918 (Neighbors of Woodcraft) (jd)

• Eagle's Monument (bbk)
  • This monument stands in the center of the Eagle's plot

• Frederick, George W, Nov. 6, 1867 - Jan. 24, 1899 (Woodmen of the World), his wife Lizzie (no dates) and son, Thomas H, age 1 month (jd)

• Glass, Mrs. Hannah, Dec. 18, 1860-Apr. 9, 1913 (bbk)

• Hall, Flora Etta, 1866 - 1926 (Neighbors of Woodcraft) (jd)
• Huggins, Charles H, Mar. 15, 1863 - Aug. 13, 1906 (Woodmen of the World) (jd)

• Madron
  • P.J. (Philip John), 1888-1918 and Marjorie 1916-1918 daughter of P.J (mes)
  • Infant Twins, 1915, children of Philip and Mary Ellen Fletcher Madron (mes)
• McCoy, Charles W, April 10, 1873 - May 27, 1906, son of John & Susan (McCormick) McCoy [Section G22] (Woodmen of the World) (tjc)
• McKee, C[harles] H[erwood], Oct. 16, 1859 - Sept. 10, 1914 (Son of George A. & Eunice (Doty) McKee, b. Windham, Green Co., NY; m. Olive Hatfield [bur. in Lodi, CA]) [Section G17, Lot M52] (rm)
• McLean, Alexander, June 22, 1861 - June 6, 1904 (Woodmen of the World) (jd)
• Minster, Nettie, 1859 - 1913 (Women of Woodcraft) (jd)

• Pearce, Laura T, 1849 - 1920 (Neighbors of Woodcraft) (jd)
• Peterson, Elizabeth M, 1873 - 1908, (Women of Woodcraft) (jd)

• Ridge, Peter, Feb. 13, 1859 - Oct. 20, 1910 (Woodmen of the World) (jd)

• Sampsel, Cora M, 1870 - 1908 (Women of Woodcraft) (jd)
• Schnarr, Hattie L, June 21, 1901, aged 31 yrs, 6 mos, 7 dys, wife of Louis Schnarr (Women of Woodcraft) (jd)
• Shocklin, Dwight F, Sep 23, 1857 - Sept. 7, 1908 (Woodmen of the World) (jd)
• Shoemaker, W. M, Apr. 30, 1851 - Apr. 26, 1909, (Woodmen of the World) (jd)
• Simmons, Sylvester N, Mar. 12, 1855 - Jan. 23, 1914 (Woodmen of the World) (jd)
• Smith, Margaret J, 1866 - 1921 (Neighbors of Woodcraft) (jd)

• Tolman, Jno. W., Corpl. CO A, 64th Ill Inf Reg (jbt)
• Tritt, N. May, [May 1885-1909; daughter of George W. & Marie E. Cart--see above] and Baby [Clyde], 1906-1909 [son of N. May Tritt] (adr)

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