Buckingham Cemetery
Douglas County, Washington

Lat: 47° 52' 01"N, Lon: 119° 37' 44"W
T27N R25E Sec 1

Transcribed by Maggie Rail, Aug 31, 2004 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 9.

Buckingham Cemetery is about three miles north of Mansfield High School in Buckingham Draw, south of Buckingham Spring and west of Middle Foster Creek about .3 mile.

The cemetery is situated near the old Buckingham Post Office, which was used by the small town of Buckingham when the town and this cemetery were active. There is no road leading into this abandoned town except perhaps through private property, and they do not let people enter.

The cemetery was for the town of Buckingham and is now owned by Douglas County and is supposed to be maintained by one of their Cemetery Districts. When I contacted the County commissioners, they just did not know anything about it, so I was unable to find out which District is responsible and why it is not maintained and/or given an entrance road.

In Aug of 2004 I spent one whole afternoon walking through wheatfields and trying dead-end roads to access it and was not able to reach it. I am told one can find it in the winter by snowmobile. It is said to have about 20-30 old upright stones and is fenced in.

I found these names by researching various records. I will gladly add to my listing if anyone has a known burial for this cemetery.

- Maggie Rail

Buckingham, Annie Britton, b. Jun 21, 1881 Pittsfield IL, d. Jan 09, 1931 Seattle, w/o John W
Buckingham, Druscilla, d. Aug 06, 1933, w/o #1 Douglas, #2 William O
Buckingham, James Arthur, b. Jan 07, 1875 Pike Co., Missouri, d. Oct 30, 1955 Tacoma, came to Buckingham in 1888
Buckingham, John Walker, b. Feb 08, 1833 Macoupin County, IL, d. Apr 23, 1910, h/o Anna Brittain
Buckingham, William O, b. Illinois, d. Aug 30, 1933 Okanogan, h/o Druscilla
Mineard, Edwin, d. 1903, h/o Margaret
Mineard, Elizabeth (Elenore), d. 1935, w/o Isaac
Mineard, Isaac, d. 1903, h/o Elizabeth
Mineard, Margaret, d. 1935, w/o Edwin