Pioneer Burial Grounds
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JacobBarlow
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In 1853, the original four blocks of this cemetery became the final burial ground for Provo Pioneers who were first buried in Fort Field, Grandview and Temple Hill and later moved to this cemetery....
Waymark Code: WM21Q7
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2007
Views: 24
In 1853, the original four blocks of this cemetery became the final burial ground for Provo Pioneers who were first buried in Fort Field, Grandview and Temple Hill and later moved to this cemetery. Some residents preferred to leave their dead undisturbed. The known ones were moved here: Matilda and Geo. W. Haws, Harriet M. Turner, Wm. Dayton, Joseph Higbee, Katherine Radford, Jessee McCarred, Jacob Cloward, Martha Wheeler, Jacob H. Barney, Matilda Park, Sarah and Wm. McLane, Sally Norton, Joseph Ivy, Margarett Fausett, Emily Roberts, Louisa Follett, Abisha Ware, Jos. McEwan, Mary E. Peay, and others. Plaque B: North side Other pioneer graves are: Elizabeth Baum, Mrs. Jerome Benson, Heber C. Davis, William Davis, William K. Follett, Elizabeth Sara Goodman, Joseph Moroni Goodman, John Haws, Sr., Willis Moss, O. Foster McCorroll, Ann S. D. Robbins, John Rogers Robbins, Daniel Stowell, Emma B. Thatcher, Edward Vincent. 1' x 2'
Marker Name: Pioneer Burial Grounds
Marker Type: City
Addtional Information:
Location:
700 S State Street
PROVO
UTAH County
Center Provo Cemetery,
County: Utah
City: Provo
Group Responsible for Placement: DUP
Date Dedicated: 1964
Marker Number: 297
Web link(s) for additional information:
http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1584
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