Wynoochee Cemetery, Montesano, WA, USA
N 46° 58.647 W 123° 37.396
10T E 452595 N 5202846
This cemetery holds approximately 1,200 graves.
Waymark Code: WMH5BR
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2013
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The Wynoochee Cemetery is owned by the City of Montesano, Washington, and was originally called Mound Cemetery which was th pioneer's name for the hill where the cemetery is located (Mace's Mound). The cemetery first opened in April 1871 when two acres were purchased at $10 per acre, and that same afternoon the first interrment occurred whn Mrs Frances Redman Luark was buried. In May of that same year, at a meeting at the schoolhouse, additional lots were sold for $5 each, and in June of that year, the graves of those who had been buried near the Methodist Church and the schoolhouse were moved to the new cemetery.
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The cemetery holds over 1,200 graves. There is one individual interned here who is listed as "famous" on FindaGrave.com: Annie Heloise Abel (born 2/18/1873 Died 3/14/1947), a historian and expert on North America Indians, she wrote "The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist", "The American Indian at the End of the Confederacy, 1863-1865" and "The American Indian in the Civil War, 1862-1865" and won praise for another piece she wrote, titled "A Side-Light on Anglo-American Relations 1839-1858".
NOTE: "Wynoochee" means changing or shifting, and is the name of the nearby river.