Tonopah Cemetery | Nye County History

Old Tonopah Cemetery

The old Tonopah Cemetery was started May 7, 1901 with the burial of John Randel Weeks at the site (The body of Weeks was moved to the new cemetery in 1911). The cemetery served Tonopah until April 1911, when due to the growth of the town and mining in the area, expansion was no longer possible. A new site was then opened a mile west of town.

Many of Tonopah's pioneer resident are buried in the cemetery which contains over 300 bodies. Among them are many victims of the 1902 "Tonopah Plague". (It has never been determined what the "Tonopah Plague" was and during the winter of 1901-02, it claimed the lives of over 30 men and caused a mass exodus from the area.)

Also buried in the cemetery are 14 victims of the Tonopah-Belmont Mine fire of February 23, 1911. They were some of the last persons to be buried here. Among others buried at the site is Nye County Sheriff Thomas Logan, killed in a shoot-out in a Manhattan Bordello.(information from Find A Grave Website)

NAME	INFORMATION	REFERENCE	BORN / DIED	AGE
Adams, Horres		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Addison, John N.		Find A Grave	1807 - 1906	99
Agieh, Roda		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Ahlers, Frank	Cause of death Suicide	Find A Grave	unknown - 1907
Ahll, Peter		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Alberta, Fred	Native of Italy - Died of Consumption	Find A Grave	unknown - 1907
Albercht, Harry		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Allen, Arabella	Cause of death pneumonia	Find A Grave	1899 - 1906	7
Allen, Merit	Cause of death suicide	Find A Grave	1852 - 1902	50
Atchison, William Stanton	Native of Illinois	Find A Grave	1846 - 1910	64
Atkins, David	Native of Canada - Died of pneumonia	Find A Grave	unknown - 1902
Augusteen, Hienrich		Find A Grave	1840 - 1907	67
Avery, Orson S.	Cause of death "burns"	Find A Grave	unknown - 1910
Backfuna	Inscription: And two babies......	Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Bajkoich, John		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Baker, William Patrick	Native of Canada - Died of Tuberculosis	Find A Grave	1862 - 1910	48
Barbari, Peter		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Barnes, Ethel		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Barnes, William	Died in Mining Accident	Find A Grave	1881 - 1907	26
Barnett, Jack		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Barrett, jake		Find A Grave	unknown - 1905
Barolemo, Charles		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Baumann, John G.		Find A Grave	1884 - 1907	23
Bean, William	Died of Pneumonia	Find A Grave	1863 - 1906	43
Beaton, Sarah	Native of Indiana - Died of Cancer	Find A Grave	1833 - 1909	76
Bell, Jim H.	Died of Pneumonia	Find A Grave	1861 - 1905	44
Bennet, Wm.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Benton, Jack		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Bernue, Charlie		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Bertrand, Baby		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Bishop, Mildred		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Black, Lean		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Blagrave, Walter L.	Died of Pneumonia	Find A Grave	1874 - 1906	32
Blaker, Fredrick	Died of inflammation of bowels at 21 months	Find A Grave	1903 - 1904
Bloomberg, Eugene		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Blue, Russel	Native of Missouri	Find A Grave	unknown - 1910
Boehme, William E.		Find A Grave	1856 - 1911	55
Boneforte, Laurence		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Boneforte, W.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Booth, Merrick		Find A Grave	unknown - 1905
Boscovich, Bozo	Native of Austria - Died in Belmont mine fire	Find A Grave	1890 - 1911	21
Bottomly, Ray	Native of Missouri	Find A Grave	1895 - 1909	14
Bourn, Kate		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Boyer, O.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Brisk, H.		Find A Grave	unknown - 1905
Brown, Infant		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Brown, Kate		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Brown, Pat		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Bruce, A. A.		Find A Grave	unknown - 1905
Bryson, Hyrum Smith	Native of Scotland	Find A Grave	1852 - 1905	53
Buchurst, J. A.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Buckmaster, J. A.	Died of Cancer	Find A Grave	1849 - 1909	60
Burk, Frank	Died in Belmont mine fire	Find A Grave	1870 - 1911	41
Burns, James	Native of England - Died in Septicemia	Find A Grave	1884 - 1910	26
Burns, William H.	Died of Typhoid Fever	Find A Grave	1854 - 1904	50
Burr, J.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Byers, Baby Girl	Died at Birth	Find A Grave	1906 - 1906
Cabrillo, George	Killed in a mine accident	Find A Grave	unknown - 1909
Caddy, R. J.	Native of England	Find A Grave	1881 - 1905	24
Cambell, F.		Find A Grave	unknown - 1907
Campbell, Olga		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Campbell, Stella		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Carlson, Emil		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Caruvantes, M.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Casey, James		Find A Grave	1853 - 1907	54
Chadwater, A. J.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Christopher, Lewis		Find A Grave	unknown - 1907
Clark, F. W.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Clifford, Mrs. E.		Find A Grave	unknown - 1905
Clifford, Esther Ann	Native of England - Cause of death: Fall from a Wagon	Find A Grave	1853 - 1909	57
Cluse, Algred		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Coleman, Dayton D.	Native of Iowa - Cause of death: Pneumonia	Find A Grave	1847 - 1905	58
Collins, George		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Coltte, Mrs. M.	Native of Italy	Find A Grave	1888 - 1908	20
Condon, Infant		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Conley, E.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Coombs, William P.	Died at 6 months	Find A Grave	unknown - 1911
Cooper, Eva	Died of Consumption	Find A Grave	1864 - 1906	42
Cordoza, Carlos	Died in Belmont mine fire	Find A Grave	1873 - 1911	38
Cordoza, Manuel	Died in Belmont mine fire	Find A Grave	1877 - 1911	34
Cox, John	Native of Utah - Died of Typhoid Fever	Find A Grave	1883 - 1905	22
Critchfield, Alvin	Died of Pneumonia	Find A Grave	1844 - 1906	62
Cronin, Walter J.		Find A Grave	1875 - 1907	32
Cullin, James	Native of New York - Died of Asthma	Find A Grave	1853 - 1905	52
Curley, Mary J.	Native of Nevada - Died of Surgical Operation	Find A Grave	1879 - 1905	26
Curnick, C. S.		Find A Grave	unknown - 1906
Darlson, Infant		Find A Grave	1908 - 1908
David, Clarence H.	Died in Belmont mine fire	Find A Grave	1867 - 1911	40
Davidoc, John		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Davis, Fanny		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Davis, George		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Davis, Vincent		Find A Grave	1874 - 1900	26
Day, John	Died in mining accident	Find A Grave	1877 - 1902	25
Day, John L.		Find A Grave	1877 - 1892	15
Debois, Infant		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Deepl, Antone	Native of Italy - Died in mining accident	Find A Grave	1874 - 1907	33
Dempsie, N.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Dempsie, T.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Dempsie, Vera	Native of Canada - Died of Diptheria	Find A Grave	1897 - 1907	10
Devine, Mathew J.	Died of Gunshot Wound	Find A Grave	unknown - 1910
Dickson, Charles	Native of Texas - Died of Pneumonia	Find A Grave	1867 - 1908	41
Donahue, Mary		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Dondero, George Andrew	Died in the Belmont Mine Fire	Find A Grave	1879 - 1911	32
Douglas, M.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Driscoll, Con	Native of Ireland	Find A Grave	unknown - 1907
Dugan, George	Native of Ireland - died of pneumonia	Find A Grave	1847 - 1904	57
Dunlap, Elmer Y.	Died of pneumonia	Find A Grave	1848 - 1902	54
Durk, Frank	Died in the Belmont Fire	Find A Grave	1870 - 1911	41
Dyer, William	Died of Consumption	Find A Grave	1881 - 1903	22
Eckles, T. H.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Edwards, W.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Egan, Thomas		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Elliott, Robert		Find A Grave	unknown - 1905
Emprey, James D.	Native of Canada - Died in tuberculosis	Find A Grave	1865 - 1910	45
Farrel, Pat	Native of Ireland - Died in a mine fire	Find A Grave	1870 - 1910	40
Farris, Infant		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Fergus, T. J.	Native of Ireland - Died of Fractured Skull	Find A Grave	1855 - 1910	55
Field, Harry		Find A Grave	unknown - 1902
Fillipini, Martin		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Fine, Hazel Alexandria		Find A Grave	1904 - 1911	7
Fitzgerald, John	Died of pneumonia	Find A Grave	1863 - 1905	42
Fitzpatrick, John	Native of Ireland	Find A Grave	1852 - 1907	55
Fogliani, Quirino Joe	Native of Switzerland	Find A Grave	1872 - 1905	33
Fournier, George		Find A Grave	unknown - 1908	7
Fraser, Robert		Find A Grave	1879 - 1911	32
Frasier, Robert	Died in the Belmont Mine Fire	Find A Grave	1882 - 1911	29
Fulton, Hugh	Died of a Gunshot Wound	Find A Grave	1865 - 1907	42
Gaden, G. B.	Native of North Carolina	Find A Grave	1860 - 1904	44
Gallager, Delia	Native of Ireland	Find A Grave	1846 - 1911	65
Gavir, James	Died of Miner's Comsumption	Find A Grave	unknown - 1906
Gianam, L.		Find A Grave	unknown - unknown
Gilbert, Mrs.	Died of Blood Poison	Find A Grave	1862 - 1904	42
Gillan, Robert E.		Find A Grave	unknown - 1940
Gillan, Thomas		Find A Grave	1878 - 1906	28
Gillson, David		Find A Grave	unknown - 1905
Googal, Grace	Died from poison	Find A Grave	1876 - 1906	30
Gordon, Walter	Died of pneumonia	Find A Grave	unknown - 1906

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