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Grandview Cemetery (IOOF Cemetery)
Kettle Falls, Stevens County, Washington

Lat: 48° 34' 36"N, Lon: 118° 05' 55"W
T36N R37E Sec 36

Transcribed by Maggie Rail, © Aug 28, 2000 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 61.

It sits atop a hill amid evergreen trees, southwest of Kettle Falls WA. To reach it from Hwy 395, driving west from Kettle Falls, WA turning left or south onto Hwy 25, or Kettle Park Rd, continue for about 3.2 miles. Turn left onto an unmarked road just after the culdesac, the cemetery will be on your left in less than a mile.

Grandview cemetery was established about 1895, aka "Kettle Falls IOOF Cemetery" and often referred to as the "Old Kettle Falls Cemetery".

I am told it was the original cemetery for Kettle Falls before the Columbia River was raised putting the town underwater. At this time Kettle Falls moved to what was then Meyers Falls, and now is Kettle Falls. This cemetery became abandoned when they started using the Meyers Falls cemetery.

It was evident when we were there that someone is working on Grandview, to restore this long uncared for cemetery. A new fence and sign are completed, clearing out around all the headstones has been done, plus an area for commemorating veterans was built in the center of the cemetery with a special place to display the flag. There is a great deal of unused land available for many more burials.

A sheet hangs on a board at each of the two entrances to the cemetery listing burials in the cemetery. When I finished compiling what Vicki Morris and I read, I compared with this list. An asterisk * has been placed after any additional listings from this sheet. This means there is no headstone for those with an asterisk. I also compared with a reading done by EWGS pub. 1976, 'Stevens County Cemeteries', a double asterisk ** is after any addition from their work.

Vicki Morris and I visited and walked this cemetery on Aug 16, 2000.

-Maggie Rail

Aubertin, Beatrice, no dates, Aged 2 mo 25da
Bean, George (Chick), b. 1838, d. 1918, * see Dean
Belnap, Helen, b. Sep 03, 1847, d. Feb 08, 1933
Belnap, Orin, no dates, Sgt Maj 23 IA Inf, Civil War
Belnap, Paul, b. Jan 08, 1879, d. Aug 22, 1919, USMC
Blauer, Clara P, b. 1886, d. 1926, s/w Ira J
Blauer, Ira J, b. 1876, d. 1939, s/w Clara P
Bray, James L, b. 1869, d. 1917
Burris, Inger, no dates, 'Wife', s/w Thomas & Vera **
Burris, Thomas, no date, h/o Inger **
Burris, Vera, b. 1903, d. 1925, d/o Thomas and Inger **
Churchill, Asa, b. Apr 06, 1809, d. Apr 29, 1900, s/w Bola D
Churchill, B.D., Corpl Co A 27th Ia Inf, Civil War
Churchill, Bela D., b. May 17, 1833, d. Oct 23, 1916, s/w Bela
Day, Ida Louisa, d. Oct 28, 1929, 70yr 7mo 3d
Dean, George, b. 1888, d. 1918, 1st Prov Reg USA, see Bean
Fish, Charles R, b. 1871, d. 1958
Fish, Charles R, b.1871, d. 1958
Fish, Col J. Merritt, b. 1841, d. 1916, s/w Mary
Fish, Harry H, d. Jan 20, 1901, 26yr old, Removed to Kettle Falls cemetery in 1913 *
Fish, Harry, d. Jun 20, 1901, Aged 45y 7m 19d headstone reading
Fish, Mary, b. 1847, d. 1941, s/w Merritt
Fish, Myrtie C, b. 1869, d. 1944
Fish, Richard D, b. Nov 20, 1915, d. Aug 21, 1997, Maj US Army, 4th US Inf Reg Et Al 1933-1962
Haynes, Emma Jane, b. Oct 10, 1867, d. Aug 15, 1920, nee Dickey, w/o Jonathan *
Humphrey, Lysle, d. 1909, 8 yr, Removed to Kettle Falls cemetery 1913 *
Jennings, G.W., b. 1852, d. 1915
Kelley, Albert Duane, d. 1920, s/o A.W. & N.G.
King, Marreitte,, d. Feb 1904, Removed to Kettle Falls cemetery in 1913 *
Knight, Fred, b. Jul 17, 1862, d. Jul 24, 1912 *
Knight, John G, b. 1849, d. 1936
Knight, Mable, b. Jul 17, 1882, d. Jul 26, 1942, w/o Geo
Knight, Mary E, b. 1854, d. 1943, s/w John
Lee, Lucy, b. 1838, d. 1922, s/w William D
Lee, William D, b. 1839, d. 1921, s/w Lucy
Lesh, Jas, Q.M. Co K 12th PA Cav, Civil War
Livermore, Charles M, b. Jul 03, 1851, d. Dec 21, 1916, WOW
Llewellyn, Evelyn Esther, b. Apr 29, 1912, d. Age 2da, d/o F.B.& H.B.
McDaniel, Charlie M, b. 1864, d. 1930
McDaniel, Laura Ida, b. 1873, d. 1922, s/w Charlie **
McMillan, Ida Laura, b. 1873, d. 1922, this is correct, have photo
McMillan, Peter C, b. Jul 12, 1852, d. Aug 13, 1913
Morrison, E. J., b. Oct. 11, 1859, d. Aug 11, 1905 *
Morrison, William H, b. Jul 26, 1833, d. Feb 04, 1904, (military stone says, Wm. H. Morrison, Co A 27 IA Inf)
Noyes, Almond, no dates, Sergt Co G 2 D. O Inf, Civil War
Reel, John W, d. Oct 01, 1912, aged 81yr
Reimer, Anna M, b. 1854, d. 1938
Reimer, Carl, no dates, Co F 169 NY Inf, Civil War
Reister, Evelyn, 1920
Richard, Daniel, b. Aug 23, 1857, d. Nov 18, 1919, s/w Sarah **
Richard, Sarah J, May 27, 1868, d. no date, s/w Daniel
Richards, Anne B, d. Oct 16, 1920
Root, Boy, d. Dec 1930, Hennessey FH, baby
Root, Girl, d. Mar 1931, Hennessey FH, baby
Safford, Nancy A, b. 1848, d. 1938
Safford, Wm . A., b. 1843, d. 1909, Co A, 9th N.Y.H.A., Civil War
Stayt, Elizabeth, b. 1839, d. 1916, w/o John
Stayt, John A, b. 1840, d. 1915 At Rest, h/o Elizabeth
Williams, Florence Morrison, b. Nov 29, 1862, d. Jul 25, 1917
Wolcut, Sadie, b. Jul 17, 1882, d. Jul 26, 1912, w/o Fred Knight
Wood, David E, no dates, Co E 42 Wis Inf, Civil War