MISSOULA CITY CEMETERY Presents STORIES AND STONES Photo Courtesy of: Vicki Correia A historical journey through Missoula's past. This booklet was compiled and printed by Missoula City Cemetery as an informational booklet for individual use. Missoula City Cemetery is a department of the City of Missoula in Missoula, Montana. Questions and comments should be directed to: Missoula City Cemetery 2000 Cemetery Road Missoula, Montana 59802 Phone: (406) 552-6070 Email staff to: [email protected] Request information from burial records for genealogy purposes. Contribute life histories and photos. Note: Items submitted to the cemetery become public record and may be published on our website, guidebooks, or used in future tours. Inquire about grave or niche purchases, annual flower boxes or beds, and monument services. Arrange for future or at need interments. On our website you’ll find: http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/91/Cemetery Interment and memorial registries and maps of grave locations. Biographies, tour guidebooks, photos, and links to video presentations (as available.) Grave and niche purchase information, fees, and cemetery regulations. Services offered such as monument cleaning and leveling, site repair, annual flower beds and boxes. Additional cemetery tour guidebooks available: Missoula County Sheriffs. Thirteen colorful stories of taming Missoula’s Wild West. Missoula Mayors. Twenty-six stories of Missoula’s leadership and development. Video story presentations (as available): MCAT has provided online video presentations of stories. Visit the Missoula City Cemetery website for the link. Thank you for your continued generous donations that make Missoula City Cemetery’s historical tours possible. © 2019 Missoula City Cemetery 2 Contents NOTABLE HISTORIES ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Missoula City Cemetery (1884-present) ............................................................................................................. 6 Missoula Burial Sites (1800s-present) ................................................................................................................ 7 Symbolism ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 Cemetery Traditions.......................................................................................................................................... 13 Cemetery Folklore – The Lighter Side of the Grave ........................................................................................ 14 Funeral Directors .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Fun Facts ........................................................................................................................................................... 16 Storyteller Map ................................................................................................................................................. 17 LIFE HISTORIES ................................................................................................................................................. 18 Jacob Alles (1868-1937) ................................................................................................................................... 18 Daniel Edward Bandmann (1840-1905) ........................................................................................................... 19 Henry "Hank" Butler Beaman (1848-1897) ..................................................................................................... 21 Harry Oscar “H. O.” Bell (1884-1971) ............................................................................................................. 23 Forrest V. “Red” Bex (1924 - 2003) ................................................................................................................. 24 Golden Bibee (1884-1976) ............................................................................................................................... 25 Edward L. Bonner (1834-1902) ........................................................................................................................ 27 John B. Catlin (1837-1917)............................................................................................................................... 28 Will Cave (1863-1954) ..................................................................................................................................... 30 Civil War and the Grand Army of the Republic ............................................................................................... 31 Jean Clark (1910-1997)..................................................................................................................................... 32 Hazel Simonton (1912-1997) ............................................................................................................................ 32 Wallace Nichols Clark, Sr. (1916-1990) ........................................................................................................... 33 Oscar J Craig (1846-1911) ................................................................................................................................ 35 Jerrold “Jerry” “Hog” Daniels (1941-1982) ..................................................................................................... 36 Deschamps Family ............................................................................................................................................ 37 Emma Slack Dickinson (1838-1926) ................................................................................................................ 38 William H. H. Dickinson (1840-1910) ............................................................................................................. 39 Joseph Moore Dixon (1867-1934) .................................................................................................................... 40 Josephine Dukes (1835-1903)........................................................................................................................... 41 Louis Fred Effinger (1878-1921) ...................................................................................................................... 42 Lee Elliott (1892-1964) & Bessie Elliott (1894-1980) ..................................................................................... 43 Jim Flansburg (1904-1988) ............................................................................................................................... 44 Garnet, Montana (est. 1895) ............................................................................................................................. 45 Albert John “A. J.” Gibson (1862-1927) .......................................................................................................... 48 3 Elizabeth “Lizzie” Mary Bown Gibson (1870-1927) ....................................................................................... 49 Mary Gleim (1845-1914) .................................................................................................................................. 50 Greek Community ............................................................................................................................................. 51 Thomas Greenough (1852-1911) ...................................................................................................................... 52 Juliet M. Gregory (1896-1990) ......................................................................................................................... 53 Haakon Kristian Hauge (1862-1912) ................................................................................................................ 54 Christopher P. Higgins (1830-1889) ................................................................................................................. 56 Kirby Grant Hoon (1941-1985) ........................................................................................................................ 57 William H. Houston (1853-1937) ..................................................................................................................... 58 Japanese Railroad Burials ................................................................................................................................. 59 Jewish Community............................................................................................................................................ 61 James Henry “Nez Perce” Jones (1844-1926) .................................................................................................. 62 Daniel Kendall (1847-1898) ............................................................................................................................. 63 Joseph Kogan (1910-2006) ............................................................................................................................... 64 John Henry “Jack” LaShell (1854 - 1910) ........................................................................................................ 66 John Lehsou (1840 - 1921) ..............................................................................................................................