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Big Creek Cemetery, Baker County
The following data is extracted from Big Creek Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon Cemetery Collection.
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There is a settled farming community near the Northern line of Baker County approximately 20 miles northeast of Baker. an early pioneer cemetery is located in this area about one-quarter mile off State Highway 203 and about two or three miles south of Medical Springs. It is on the right-hand side of the highway going toward Union.
Land for this cemetery was donated by Jim Sams. It is located on a slopping sagebrush hill with a beautiful view of the surrounding country and is hardly visible from the highway.
The grounds are neglected but individual graves are maintained by family members.
There are at least three unmarked graves in this cemetery. The inscriptions listed below were taken in 1959.
Arens, Lukke b 21 Feb 1826; d 22 May 1900
Bess, A. J. b 7 May 1852; d 9 Jan 1916
Burford, Elizabeth A. b 9 Nov 1836; d 1 Jan 1904; wife of P. W.
Burford, Preston W. b 24 Oct 1835; d 1 Feb 1911
Duncan, Chester L b 19 Nov 1903; d 14 Dec 1903
Duncan, Dorothy M. b 1912; d 1930; daughter
Duncan, Fae Louene b 18 Jul 1915; d 16 Apr 1918; daughter of W. H. & Emma.
Duncan, Frederick P. b 1861; d 1936; father
Duncan, Geraldine L. b 1931; d 1932
Duncan, Jesse b 1881; d 1910; son of R.M. & J.A.
Duncan, Julia Ann b 1859; d 1945
Duncan, R. M. b 1859; d 1914
Duncan, Win H. b 1888; d 1945
Elliot, Kenneth Gilbert b 15 May 1940; d 11 Jun 1940
Evans, M. Rosetta b 1928; d 26 Aug 1930; aged 2 yrs 1 mo 13 days
Fuller, James b 1902; d 1932
Goble, David b 8 Jul 1811; d 30 Jan 1905; aged 94 yrs 7 mos
Goble, Lydia b 4 Feb 1821; d 7 Nov 1908; aged 87 yrs 9 mos 3 days
Goble, Sarah Lavinia d 4 Mar 1880; aged 18 yrs 4 mos 15 days; daughter of David & Lydia.
Goble, William C. b 1856; d 1934.
Graham, Joseph M. b 25 Mar 1892; aged 75 yrs 11 mos 20 days
Harding, Fred L. b 23 Aug 1872; d 19 Mar 1898
Harding, Mary S. b 9 Sep 1852; d 12 Jul 1908
Harding, N. F. b 7 May 1849; d 8 Nov 1898
Harris, D. H. b 1850; d 1936; father
Harsin, Ada L. b 24 Feb 1877; d 10 Apr 1913
Harsin, Garrett Q. b 1838; d 1904; father
Harsin, James B. d 1 Apr 1940; aged 72 yrs 10 mos 11days
Harsin, Lorenzo d 17 Feb 1889; aged 4mos 15 days; son of G. Q. & Martha S.
Harsin, Martha S. b 22 Sep 1844; d 27 Jan 1937
Harsin, Russell P. b 28 Sep 1924; d 22 Dec 1933
Howe, Nora E. b 1909; d 1913
Hulick, Clara b 1865; d 17 Jan 1933
Hulick, J. N. b 1851; d 20 Apr 1932; aged 81 yrs (?) mos 27 days
Kennedy, May b 26 Dec 1907; d 28 Dec 1907
Lee, Daniel H. b 6 Jan 1823; d 8 Jun 1890
Peters, Gustav Hugo b 1862; d 3 Jun 1946; believed to stone mason from Germany.
Powell, Arthur B b 1873; d 1895
Rees, George H. b 6 Jun 1818; d 15 Sep 1876
Rees, Margaret b 26 Aug 1832; d 10 Jan 1907; wife of George H.
Spears, Isaac b 15 Dec 1818; d 1 Jul 1882
Spears, Sarah b 8 Jul 1813; d 6 Jun 1905
Strickland, Vina M. b (?) Dec 186?; d 31 Mar 1893; stone damaged.
Turner, Gerald b 1913; d 1931
Turner, J. Cyrus b 1875; d 20 Jun 1944; aged 68 yrs 10 mos
Turner, May Louene b 14 Apr 1885; d 30 Jul 1914
Turner, Vernon Eugene d 20 Aug 1912; aged 4mos 6 days; son of J. C. & M. L.
Wilson, Elizabeth J. b 9 Jul 1856; d 29 Jul 1887; wife of Joseph L.
Wilson, Mary E. b 1853; d 1937
Wilson, Percy E. d 28 Jul 1893; aged 12 yrs 2 mos 29 days; daughter of D. B. & M. E.
Wilson, Philip W. A. d 16 Sep 1878; aged 1 yr 11 mos 16 days; son of D. B. & M. E.
Wirth, Baby Son of Nora & J. C.
Wirth, Phebe A b 1840; d 1917
Wirth, Philip D b 1917; d 1918
Our thanks to the Baker Family History Center for allowing us to use their copies of these cemetery records.
Source: Big Creek Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon Cemetery Collection
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