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Emida Cemetery
Emida, Benewah County, Idaho

Lat: 47° 07' 09"N, Lon: 116° 35' 33"W
T44N R02W Sec 33

Contact: Terrie Hills
208-245-1993

Transcribed by Maggie Rail, © Apr 24, 2005 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 102.

Driving north on Hwy #6 just as you get through Emida, turn right at first road, Blackwell RR Lane, continue for .2 mi. The gate will be in front of you as you come to a crossroads.

This small town cemetery is owned by a Benewah County District. It seems to receive no care at all, so the townfolks are trying to work on it and bring it back. They have cleaned it up a great deal since I was there last year. Some have donated more land and are placing a new fence around it in the back area of the cemetery.

This cemetery seems to have started in the late 1800s with the earliest burial listed below being in 1892. There may be other earlier burials. I was told the name of the town comes from the start of the surnames of three early settlers to this area. East, Middleton and Dawson.

There are several unmarked graves, or markers which no longer can be read. If anyone knows of a name which should be included here please contact me or Terrie Hills and it will be added. In time it is hoped markers will be over all the burial sites.

I walked this cemetery on Apr 22, 2005, using my digital camera. I have a photo for all listings except those followed by an * asterisk.

- Maggie Rail

Legend:

b. = born d. = died s/w = stone with

s/by = stone by w/o = wife of h/o = husband of

Anderson, Louie J, b. Aug 29, 1877, d. Jan 07, 1940, s/by Matilda
Anderson, Matilda, b. Sep 29, 1877, d. May 07, 1927, w/o L.J.
Badgett, Donna Jean, d. Dec 20, 1935, age 3mo *
Badgett, George W, b. Mar 14, 1876, d. Mar 18, 1963, h/o Mary E
Badgett, Mary E, b. Jun 25, 1876, d. May 12, 1925, w/o & s/by George W
Bailor, Cora L, b. 1852, d. 1947, Mother
Brown, Delbert Marvin, b. Oct 15, 1924, d. Dec 24, 1943 *
Brown, Delbert, d. 1953, (b. Oct 27, 1876, d. Jun 08, 1953)
Carman, Jannettie L, d. Jul 16, 1900, age: 49yr, w/o Stephen L
Cobbett, Horace Henry, b. Apr 28, 1854, d. Jan 04, 1925 *
Coldwell, Catherine, d. Jul 18, 1913, age: 88yr 9mo 7da, w/o J Coldwell
Coplen, Joseph W. P., b. Apr 12, 1829, d. Dec 24, 1898, age: 73yr 8mo 12da, s/by Mary A
Coplen, Mary A, b. Feb 01, 1835, d. Aug 01, 1912, age: 77yr 6mo, s/by Joseph W.P.
Crippen, John H, b. 1860, d. 1934
Crow, Maud M, b. Dec 18, 1872, d. Jun 20, 1900, age: 28yr 6mo 23da, w/o Levi Crow
Danielson, George W, b. 1906, d. Jul 15, 1935, s/by Swan H
Danielson, Swan O, b. 1911, d. 1932, s/by George W
Darling, Lee, d. Jul 24, 1940, Infant *
Davis, Prescitta, b. Jun 17, 1851, d. Apr 23, 1893, Mother
Dawson, Charlotte, b. Apr 23, 1845, d. Aug 03, 1913, w/o and s/w L.M.
Dawson, Corry W, b. Mar 02, 1889, d. Nov 16, 1961, s/w Mary Fern
Dawson, E Edmond, b. (Nov 31) 1871, d. (Apr 22) 1971, Father, s/by Lela and Ethel
Dawson, Edna M, b. 1921, d. no date, s/w Robert L
Dawson, Ethel, b. 1901, d. 1919, s/by Lela and E Edmond
Dawson, Frankie H, b. Dec 25, 1891, d. Apr 15, 1892, s/o & s/by L.M. and Charlotte
Dawson, James Ed, b. 1933, d. 1996, FH marker
Dawson, Katheryn, b. Feb 21, 1917, d. Apr 01, 1917
Dawson, L. M., b. Jan 13, 1843, d. Jan 15, 1898, Father, s/w Charlotte
Dawson, Lela, b. (May 30) 1867, d. (Jan 26) 1929
Dawson, Martha J, b. Oct 04, 1868, d. Oct 27, 1947, s/by William
Dawson, Mary Fern, b. Sep 14, 1895, d. Oct 07, 1971, s/w Corry W
Dawson, Ollie, b. Sep 05, 1891, d. Feb 12, 1923
Dawson, Robert, b. 1921, d. 1980, s/w Edna M
Dawson, Roger Paul, b. Mar 01, 1979, d. Mar 02, 1979, s/o Robert & Judy
Dawson, Sandra Jo, b. May 11, 1955, d. May 11, 1955 *
Dawson, William, b. Mar 14, 1866, d. Nov 16, 1939, s/by Martha
Divens, N. P, b. 1849, d. 1926
Ells, George Edward, b. Apr 06, 1939, d. Jul 21, 1978
Ells, Irving C, b. Mar 26, 1890, d. Jan 03, 1913
English, Calvin Whipple, b. 1924, d. 1929, Son
English, Clarence E, b. 1859, d. 1923, s/w Martha L, m. Sep 23, 1890
English, Martha L, b. 1869, d. 1933, s/w & w/o Clarence E, m. Sep 23, 1890
English, Stacy H, d. Nov 22, 1932, Idaho Cook Med Dept
Fuller, Ashlee M, b. May 23, 1980, d. Jan 03, 1982
Fuller, David A, b. Sep 03, 1940, d. Jun 18, 1993, Our Beloved Husband and Father, s/w & h/o Ruth A, m. Jul 08, 1962
Fuller, Michael L, b. Oct 25, 1966, d. May 14, 2002
Fuller, Ruth A, b. Apr 23, 1943, d. no date, s/w & w/o David A, m. Jul 08, 1962
Griffith, Bertie B, b. (Oct 20) 1880, d. (Oct 17) 1946, s/by Joseph M
Griffith, C Harry, b. (Aug 25) 1884, d. (May 23) 1950, s/w Edna L
Griffith, Dorothea H, b. Jan 17, 1847, d. Jan 09, 1919, Wife and Mother, w/o Mordecai A
Griffith, Edna L, b. (Oct 23) 1881, d. (Dec 20) 1979, s/w C Harry
Griffith, Joseph M, b. (Feb 26) 1874, d. (Jun 18) 1944, s/by Bertie B
Griffith, Mordecai A, b. Mar 15, 1840, d. Apr 06, 1898, Father, h/o Dorothea H
Harkness, Oliver, d. Jun 06, 1907, age: 17yr, s/o A.J. & S.G.
Harkness, Sally G, b. 1848, d. 1913, w/o A.J.
Helsing, Gust, b. 1860, d. 1928, s/by John & Karl
Helsing, John, b. 1855, d. 1940, s/by Gust and Karl
Helsing, Karl, b. 1854, d. 1926, metal FH marker by Gust and John
Helsing, Per Gustav, d. Jul 12, 1961, age: 67yr *
Higgins, Doris Mae, b. 1932, d. no date, s/w & w/o William Robert, m. Jan 07, 1950
Higgins, William Robert, b. 1924, d. 2002, s/w & h/o Doris Mae, m. Jan 07, 1950
Hills, Roger R, b. Nov 17, 1940, d. Oct 21, 2002
Hollis, Bret V, b. Jan 11, 1968, d. May 27, 1992
Isaacson, Everett J, b. 1899, d. 1929, s/by Martin G and John
Isaacson, John, b. 1871, d. 1909, s/by Everett J and Martin G
Isaacson, Maria L, b. 1871, d. 1944
Isaacson, Martin G, b. 1901, d. 1979, s/by John and Everett J
Isaacson, Vitus S, b. 1897, d. 1979, FH marker
Johnson, Alfred, b. 1881, d. 1930, s/w Hulda
Johnson, Hulda, b. 1878, d. Oct 1911, s/w Alfred
Johnson, Ida Maria, b. 1884, d. Mar 10, 1940
Kretsinger, Baby, no dates, s/by Ida Johnson
Lanning, Joseph Odin, b. Mar 15, 1898, d. Mar 04, 1905 *
Larson, Bertha Julia, b. Oct 11, 1899, d. Oct 11, 1904 *
Laws, Anna Jane, b. 1886, d. 1943, s/by Baby Laws
Laws, Baby, no dates, s/by Anna Jane Laws
Leppo, Malissa E, b. Feb 25, 1833, d. Feb 09, 1899, Mother
Magers, Martha Mary, b. Nov 12, 1925, d. Feb 22, 1928, stone bad
Marron, Evelyn Frances, b. (Apr 15) 1909, d. (May 16) 1978, wooden board on stake
McCully, Dorothea Charlott, b. 1912, d. Jan 04, 1938 *
McCully, Fred Benjamin, d. Jan 04, 1938, age 28yr, (Harold) *
Middleton, Edith H, b. (Jun 28) 1866, d. (Apr 06) 1955, s/by Lewis
Middleton, Lewis, b. 1863, d. (Aug 24) 1940, s/by Edith H
Nylen, John Olsson, b. May 27, 1865, d. May 08, 1942 *
Nylen, Aklbert, d. Mar 18, 1921, s/o John & Amalzia *
Nylen, Anna Lisa, b. Jan 16, 1864, d. Oct 17, 1941 *
Nylen, Clara Gadus, b. Jan 19, 1901, d. Jun 21, 1925 *
Peterson, John, d. Jun 04, 1939, age 79yr *
Peterson, Matilda, d. Jan 10, 1940, age 80yr *
Quincy, Brandon, d. Oct 11, 1986, infant, s/by Jamie
Quincy, Jamie, d. Jun 15, 1987, infant, s/by Brandon
Quincy, Jeremy, d. Apr 01, 1986, Infant, s/by Brandon
Reinhofer, Josephine, b. Mar 10, 1905, d. Aug 26, 1906 *
Robinson, James E Jr, b. Mar 04, 1942, d. Feb 13, 1994
Rush, Frank L, b. Dec 01, 1891, d. Nov 19, 1904, s/by Susan
Rush, Susan M, b. 1862, d. 1918, s/by Frank L *
Scott, Frances, b. 1878, d. 1938, Mother, s/by Frederick Walter
Scott, Frederick W, b. 1872, d. 1959, Father, s/by Frances
Scott, George Oliver, d. Jul 09, 1938, age 29yr *
Thompson, Harold J, b. 1900, d. 1999, s/w Louise S
Thompson, Louise s, b. 1918, d. 1988, s/w Harold J
Walden, Joseph Ray, b. Jul 06, 1979, d. Jul 07, 1980