Native American (Paiute) Cemetery
Pershing County, Nevada


This cemetery is about 4 miles southwest from Lovelock in Sec 6/7 Twp 26N R 31E, on the northwest side of Interstate 80. It can be reached from Lovelock by going southwest out of Lovelock on the Lower Valley Road, past the Big Meadow cemetery to Westfall Road. There will be a underpass under I-80 highway and immediately after going under I-80, just after you go over a cattle guard, turn right and follow the curving gravel road for a mile or so to the cemetery. Lat: 40°08'37"N, Lon: 118°32'06"W.

The cemetery has no sign and is simply known locally as the "Indian Cemetery". Most, if not all, who are buried here were Native Americans, members of the Paiute tribe. There is a small Indian colony (reservation) on the south side of Lovelock.

Almost all of the grave markers are wood boards and wood crosses, with carved or painted names and dates. It is evident the relatives attempt to keep the markers newly painted and legible, but some are now showing the ravages of time and are illegible.

The original record was compiled by Mr. Fred Kemmerle [fwk12000@yahoo.com] in 1989 and contributed by him for this posting. The cemetery was photographed and read again in June 2007 by Don Tharp.

See map for approximate location

         NAME                           BIRTH          DEATH       PHOTO   COMMENTS
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     AUSTIN, __                           no dates                 YES  no given name
     AUSTIN, __                           no dates                 YES  no given name
     AUSTIN, __                           no dates                 YES  no given name       
     AUSTIN, Evelyn Bliss              14 Jan 1922    12 Nov 1982  YES
     AUSTIN, Herman                    09 Sep 1917    20 Nov 1998  YES
     AUSTIN, Loren Thomas              12 May 1940    04 Oct 2002  YES
     BILL, Charlie P.                         1900           1968  YES
     BILL, Danny                       02 Jun 1943    06 Jan 1994  YES
     BILL, Delbert                     06 Apr 1925    03 Apr 1938  YES
     BILL, Irving                         no dates                 YES
     BILL, Leslie R.                   22 Jan 1921    01 Dec 2004  YES
     BILL, Penegese                    22 Jan 1874    01 Jan 1951  YES
     BLISS, Albert                     08 Sep 1918    03 Jan 1997  YES
     BLISS, Charles                                   17 Jan 1932  YES  aged 75 years
     BLISS, Gladys                     15 Apr 1914    29 Jan 1928  YES
     BLISS, Irving                     04 Dec 1930    17 Oct 1984  YES
     BLISS, Laura                                     08 Apr 1938  YES
     BOB, Joe                                         21 Oct 1961  YES  aged 72 years
     BONTA, Rodney "Ronnie"            22 Feb 1940    22 Aug 1980  YES  Pvt U.S. Army
     BOWMAN, Agnes                     08 Dec 1918    21 May 1932  YES  Age 14 years  
     BOWMAN, Baby                             n.d.                 YES  
     BOWMAN, Baby                             n.d                  YES  
     BOWMAN, Baby                             n.d                  YES  
     BOWMAN, Lester                           n.d.                 YES  
     BRIDGE, Maggie                                   ?? Mar 1938  YES  aged 98 ? years
     BRITTEN, Emma Lorraine Bliss      22 Feb 1910    12 Apr 1994  YES  
     CHICO, Bessie                     03 Feb 1911    14 Aug 19??  YES  ssw Luther
     CHICO, Luther M.                  25 Mar 1909    06 Oct 1971  YES  ssw Bessie
     CINNABAR, Dorothy                                17 Feb 1927  YES  
     COLE, Pete                                       10 Nov 1925  YES  aged 65 years
     CURTIS, Sophie Adele              29 Nov 1908    20 Aug 1969  YES  ssw Stanley
     CURTIS, Stanley                   19 Aug 1914    24 Jul 1975  YES  ssw Sophie
     DE SOTO, Rosetta Jean             04 Aug 1958    28 Mar 1964  YES  
     DENKERS, Darrell Allen            23 Jun 1969    08 Sep 1987  YES
     DEWEY, Sampson Oliver             18 Oct 1952    04 Dec 1982  YES  Pvt U.S. Marine
                                                                        Corps Vietnam
     DAVE, Birdie                      25 Dec 1890    11 May 1972  YES  
     DAVE, Mary                               1868           1954  YES  
     DAVE, Sara                        ?? Jun 1938                  NO  
     DAVE, Sis                                                     YES  
     GEORGE, Gordon                    14 Feb 1939    15 Jul 1984  YES  Dad brother son 
     GEORGE, Lodine Everett            03 Dec 1961    20 Nov 1977  YES  Daughter sister  
     GEORGE, Lubin                     12 Jul 1912    03 Dec 1967  YES  Dad  
     GROVER, __                                       28 May 1931  YES  1y, 11m   
     HAPPY, Albert                     25 Mar 1925    18 Jan 2000  YES  Pvt U.S. Army WW II husband 
                                                                        father grandfather
     HAPPY, Dale Al                    08 Apr 1872    11 Nov 2003  YES  
     HAPPY, Kathleen Maria             05 May 1946    15 Sep 1952  YES  
     HAPPY, Richard Jr.                15 Sep 1977    10 Jan 1997  YES  "Mooch" Son brother husband
                                                                        and father
     HAPPY, Rita Bill                  07 Apr 1927    14 Apr 2005  YES  Wife mother sister and aunt  
     HAPPY-GANNET, Pamela Lea          08 May 1954    13 Dec 2006  YES  
     JACK, Aleck                       10 Mar 1894    13 Mar 1977  YES  Father  
     JACK, Daisy S.                           1874           1958  YES  Mother  
     JOHN, Mattie                                     18 Nov 1933  YES  
     LEE, Rose B.                                        Jun 1962  YES  
     LOUIS, Eloise Lovine              09 Mar 1921    02 Aug 2003  YES  Mayo-Harper
     LOUIS, Joe                               n.d.                 YES     
     LOUIS, Kenneth                           n.d.                 YES  
     LOUIS, Leazon (Rhodes)                   1897           1950  YES  
     LOUIS, Melvin                            1926           1947  YES  
     LOWRY, Annie                      13 Nov 1868    20 Apr 1943  YES  Mother  
     LOWRY, Susie                                     28 Dec 1903  YES   
     LOYA, Ella Mae (Bill)             09 Apr 1918    13 Apr 1988  YES 
     MANN, Vernon Lindsay              17 Jan 1966    13 Aug 1984  YES  
     MOOSE, Eldon                      11 Apr 1940    07 Nov 1987   NO  
     MOOSE, Lenard                                                 YES  
     MOOSE, Richard C.                 02 May 1929    25 Jul 2004  YES  
     NEVIS, Carson Charley                            10 Jun 1928  YES  
     NUMAN, Larita                     16 Jan 1924    28 Aug 1924  YES  
     OPPENHEIM, Edison                 19 Aug 1912    13 Oct 1956  YES  Pvt 244 AAA SLT BN
                                                                        CAC WW II  
     OPPENHEIM, Lottie Dave                   1877           1938  YES      
     PANCHO, Eva Rose                         1900           1989  YES     
     PASCAL, John S.                                  18 May 1930  YES  aged 66 years
     PASCAL, Pauline                   28 Jun 1904    27 Jun 1936  YES  
     PASCAL, Rena                      21 Jul 1940    02 Feb 1941  YES  
     PASCAL, William C.                12 Apr 1914    10 Dec 1954  YES  Pfc 997 Signal Svc BN WW II
     PHOENIX, Sophia Maria             06 Jan 1983    31 Mar 1984  YES  
     POUCH, Willis Edward              30 May 1909    10 Jan 1928  YES  s/o Ida May Leonard
     POWELL, Frank C.                                   no dates   YES  
     RHODES, Clark J. Sr.              04 Jul 1940    28 Jul 1995  YES  
     RHODES, Daisy                                                 YES  
     RHODES, Lucy J.                          1934           1951  YES  
     RODRIQUEZ, Eunice Brown           01 Oct 1927    30 May 2007  YES  
     RODRIQUEZ, Frank Jr.              25 Feb 1936    19 May 1993  YES 
     RODRIQUEZ, Martin J.              19 Jan 1929    23 Feb 1980  YES  Pfc U.S. Army Korea
     RODRIQUEZ, Myretellano            17 Sep 1932    19 Jun 1992  YES  Marleme McGinty
     ROOKE, Allene "Mary Lou"          25 Apr 1931    07 Oct 2000  YES  Daughter mother    
     ROOKE, Lena                       19 Mar 1911    29 Nov 2002   NO       
     ROOKE, William                           1899           1969   NO  
     RUANO, Hannah Bliss               19 Apr 1916    29 Mar 1995  YES  "nan"
     SANNY, Julia                                     28 Feb 1934  YES  aged 49 years
     SANNY, Willie                                    27 Oct 1927  YES  aged 35 years
     SLAVIN, Andy                             1900    29 Jun 1969  YES  aged 69 years
     SNODGRASS, Frank A.                  no dates                 YES  
     STANFORD, Max Leef Jr.            28 Feb 1957    29 Dec 2006   NO  
     STEELE, Clarence                         1912           1938  YES  Brother  
     STOUT, ____                       no dates                     NO
     SUE, George                                                    NO  
     SUMMERFIELD, Harry                09 May 1894    01 Mar 1970  YES  Dad  
     SUMMERFIELD, Harry M. Lt.         06 Aug 1962    28 Mar 1986  YES  Son U.S. Marine Corps
     SUMMERFIELD, Mabel R.             08 Nov 1906    05 Feb 1993  YES  Mom  
     TOM, Mamie                                              1918  YES  
     WADSWORTH ??                         no dates                  NO  "Baby"   
     WADSWORTH, Hazel                         1901           1967  YES  
     WADSWORTH, Joyce Ann              04 Jan 1942    02 Feb 1964  YES  
     WADSWORTH, Kathleen                  no dates                 YES  
     WADSWORTH, Lorraine                  no dates                 YES  
     WADSWORTH, Melford Joseph         28 Jan 1920    07 May 1986  YES
     WADSWORTH, Nordie                        1894           1965   NO  
     WASSON, Amy Jane                         1924           2004  YES   
     WASSON, James                            1923           1954  YES  
     WASSON, Josephine                                23 Nov 1918  YES  aged 13 months
     WASSON, Nevada P.                    Oct 1948       Oct 1984  YES  
     WASSON, Stanley                   16 Jan 1921    07 Jan 2000  YES  Pfc U.S. Army WW II
     WASSON, Vernita R.                               14 Apr 1933  YES  aged 11 months
     WASSON, Vernon H.                 17 Mar 1931    19 Nov 1984  YES  
     WASSON, Walita Dianne                    1948           1963  YES  Daughter  
     WASSON, Wilbur H.                 14 Dec 1925    15 Dec 1985  YES  Pfc U.S. Army WW II
     WEHE, William                     27 Jan 1988    02 Mar 1988  YES  
     WHITE, Robert H.                  10 Mar 1954    24 Mar 1992  YES  U.S. Navy
     WILLIAMS, Angel Paula Star        06 Sep 1985    27 Sep 1985  YES  
     WILLIAMS, Bill                    05 Feb 1925    02 May 1973  YES  
     WILLIAMS, Carmen Louis            09 Sep 1931    14 Jun 1984  YES  
     WILLIAMS, Hope Heather            11 Jan 1974    19 Jan 1995  YES  Dad Elwood Williams Jr, 
                                                                        Mom Ruth Sanders 
     WILLIAMS, Jolene Joy              18 Mar 1963    10 Apr 2003  YES  
     WILLIAMS, Judy                    15 Oct 1953    31 May 2001  YES  
     WILLIAMS, Steven                  23 Apr 1952    04 Sep 1981  YES  Cpl U.S. Marine 
                                                                        Corps Vietnam
     WINAP, Bert Pearson               26 Oct 1944    02 Aug 1969  YES  
     WINAP, Brenda P.                  08 Jan 1949    12 Dec 2004  YES        
     WINAP, Robert J.                  14 Aug 1950    02 Aug 2004  YES  
     
MISC:
     ??, Grover                                       28 May 1931   aged 1y 1 m
     BILL, ?                              no dates                  "baby"
     BILL, ?                              no dates                  "baby"
     BILL, ?                              no dates                  "baby"
     BILL, ?                              no dates                  "baby"
     BILL, ?                              no dates
     HARRINGTON, ?                        no dates                  "baby"
     ????                                 07 Mar 192?
     SANNY, ?                             no dates                        

The following names were listed by Mr. Kemmerle in 1989 but were not found when the cemetery was
photographed in June 2007. There were some 12 markers that could not be read in 2007 and some probably
belong to those found below.

     AUSTIN, Billy                            1924           1931)
     AUSTIN, Eunice                           1930           1934)) Perhaps the 3 Austins above
     AUSTIN, Raymond                          1915           1938)  with no given names
     BILL, Annie Rose Tom                     1902           1977
     GEORGE, Sadie                                    26 Mar 1979
     PASCAL, Emme                         no dates
     PASCAL, Nora                         no dates
     SANNY, Edward                                    22 Apr 1896   aged 14 months
     SANNY, Jessie                                    14 Oct 1903   aged 14 years
     SANNY, Margaret B.                               23 Aug 1906   aged 14 months 
     WHITE, Phyllis                    22 Jun 1926    17 Jul 1957


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