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Mount Olivet Cemetery
Palouse, Whitman County, Washington

Lat: 46° 52' 29"N, Lon: 117° 13' 44"W
T16N R45E Sec 14

Transcribed by Maggie Rail, © Jun 09, 2007, last edited May 19, 2008 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 34.

To reach this cemetery from Palouse, drive southwest on Hwy 27 for about three miles. Turn right or west onto Clear Creek Road, in a short distance turn left onto Fugate Road and continue for about 4 miles, then left onto Kenoyer Road for about .3 mile. It will be a sharp, hairpin, left turn onto a small lane which leads up into the cemetery, which you can see on your left on a hillside.

This cemetery was established in 1907 according to court house records, but there are burials as early as 1888. The name makes me wonder if it was a church cemetery in the beginning.

This cemetery is maintained by Jim and Jeanette Askins and I found it in excellent condition. The lilacs have grown into groves, and must be very difficult to maintain. I suspect some unmarked graves are amid these.

I visited and read this cemetery on Jun 08, 2007, using a digital camera and I have a photo of each headstone.

- Maggie Rail

Askins, Almira, b. Jan 21, 1837, d. Aug 11, 1915, s/w George
Askins, Charles E, b. Mar 04, 1871, d. Jun 01, 1910
Askins, Elmer, b. 1869, d. 1921
Askins, George, b. Oct 20, 1834, d. Mar 1903, s/w & h/o Almira
Askins, Walter C, b. Jan 15, 1896, d. Aug 23, 1908, s/o E.& N.
Bancroft, Lou Blachly, b. Dec 12, 1862, d. Dec 18, 1891, w/o M. Bancroft, s/w Belle Blachly on Blachly stone
Blachly, Belle, b. Sep 16, 1851, d. Oct 05, 1890, w/o W.B., on Blachly stone
Blachly, Birdie, b. Aug 08, 1872, d. Dec 30, 1893, on Blachly stone
Blachly, Mary E, b. Mar 11, 1854, d. Dec 02, 1902, w/o W.B., on Blachly stone
Brownell, G. Roy, b. Jun 10, 1911, d. Aug 27, 1911, s/w Infant
Brownell, Infant, b. Jun 29, 1908, d. Jun 30, 1908, s/w G. Roy
Cassidy, George W, b. Jun 22, 1850, d. Mar 23, 1891
Cassidy, Martha, b. May 22, 1853, d. 1931, very difficult to read
Gaines, Blain Byron, b. Mar 06, 1844, May 11 1895, s/w Martha A
Gaines, Martha A, b. Mar 02, 1862, d. Nov 30, 1907
Guptill, E. P., b. 1854, d. 1919, Mother, s/w W.W.
Guptill, Howard C, b. Jun 15, 1883, d. Jan 18, 1901, s/o W.W. & Ella
Guptill, Maxine D, b. Dec 12, 1916, d. Jan 24, 1917
Guptill, W. W., b. 1848, d. 1920, Father, s/w E.P.
Langdon, Susan Blachly, b. Nov 03, 1866, d. Oct 28, 1900, w/o P.G., on Blachly stone
Libby, Archie, b. May 26, 1910, d. Sep 18, 1910, almost illegible
Libby, Hattie A, b. Jan 10, 1883, d. May 05, 1922, almost illegible
Libby, Reuben, b. Mar 11, 1818, d. Dec 27, 1905, almost illegible
Prater, Bessie, b. Nov 20, 1896, d. Jan 22, 1899, d/o R.E. & M.E.
Prater, Infant, no dates, d/o R.E. & M.E.
Straight, Hester A, b. May 25, 1836, d. Mar 23, 1908, mother of Emma, Ella, Russel, Cora and Myrtle
Walker, Mary A, b. Mar 04, 1889, d. Jun 14, 1894, d/o W.J. & C.J.
Walker, Rose E, b. Apr 22, 1874, d. Nov 21, 1888, d/o R.N. & M.E.
Webb, Infant, b. Jan 18, 1889, d. Jan 23, 1889, s/o W.L. & C.M.
Wilson, Dora Bell, b. Sep 30, 1878, d. Apr 03, 1917, age: 88yr 6mo 8da, w/o F.W.
Wilson, Frank W, b. 1870, d. 1937, Father
Wilson, Goldie, d. Sep 07, 1917, age: 3yr 10mo 28da, d/o Mr & Mrs F.W.
Wilson, Infant, b. 1906, d. 1906, s/o Mr & Mrs F.W.
Wilson, Myrl, b. Aug 06, 1899, d. Sep 10, 1901, d/o Mr & Mrs F.W.