BENNETT BUTTES CEMETERY

CLARK, WYOMING

The Bennett Buttes Cemetery had it’s beginnings with the arrival of Clark’s first homesteader residents. It’s first burial is believed to be Miranda Weathermon in 1909, although two earlier burials in the area were later moved here.

In 1910 the Cody Enterprise suggested the Clark residents “fence the graveyard so cows don’t trample over the graves. This was accomplished with donated posts and local labor. In 1913 fourteen residents formed the Bennett Buttes Cemetery Association, and on May 3, 1915 the former government land was deeded over to them to be used as a cemetery. In 1985 Clark residents circulated a petition to create a cemetery district, and in May 1985 the Bennett Buttes Cemetery District was approved. Tax money soon was available to transform the long neglected cemetery. A well was drilled ,sagebrush removed, and grass and trees planted. In 1990 the chain length fence was installed. Today Clark residents take pride in their beautiful cemetery.

East SideName DatesHelen Brough Baker 23 Sep 1893 - 2 Sep 1981Hazel W. Barnhart 28 Nov 1919 - 11 Mar 1923Glen A. Beaton 4 Apr 1899 - 18 May 1901Oren K. Beaton 26 Jun 1903 - 16 Apr 1921Owen Charles Bevelhymer 03 Jul 1876 – 21 Aug 1939Grace Palmer Beaton Bevelhymer Jul 1871 – 17 Feb 1926Jacob J. Bevelhymer 13 Sep 1877 – 25 Aug 1955Bernard Russell Bailey 24 Sep 1914 – 27 Jan 1997Margaret Elise Weathermon Bailey 14 Nov 1920 – 21 Dec 2003Jimmy Dale Black 05 July 1947 – 29 June 2008C. Joe Brewer 1961-1983 Herbert Glenn Brough 07 Jul 1882 – 25 May 1961 Margery E. Brough Reynolds 1 Jun 1884 - 4 Dec 1915Dorothy Vickery Brumpton 17 Apr 1895 - 27 Sep 1979Ethel Brown Bunn 31 May 1895 - 31 Dec 1977Wilber E. Bunn 11 Mar 1896 - 5 Oct 1973Fred Allan Bunn 27 Apr 1890 - 10 Oct 1960Lucy A. Barnhart Bunn 20 Jan 1879 – 26 Mar 1959Emerson Bunn 20 Aug 1860 – 16 Feb 1943Emerson Ray Bunn 16 Jan 1912 – 05 Feb 2002Adeline Margaret Bunn 24 Nov 1915 – 05 Sep 2002S. Earl Bunn 13 May 1915 - 14 Sep 1918

Alice Roseline Card 27 Nov 1909 - 23 Mar 1918Florence L. Card 14 Mar 1910 – 05 Jun 1911East Side (continued)Name Dates William "Bill" Carson 1910 – 20 Sep 1993Wilbur Gene Connett 5 Sep 1927 - 23 Oct 1991Elsie C. Cooper 1922-1922Fletcher H. Cooper 1921-1921Davis Baby No datesWilliam R. Decker 21 May 1910 - 13 Oct 1911Kyle Tomas Dodge 24 Apr 1974 – 18 Mar 1995Baby John Doe - Apr 1996John George Eckerman 20 Oct 1916 – 10 Nov 2002Ida Eckloe 1910-1912Georgia Ellen Elder 14 Jun 1912 - 1 Oct 1912Frank Farias 1888-1972John Issac Gairrett 24 Aug 1915 – 30 Dec 2006Roberta Esther Bunn Gairrett 26 Aug 1924 – 29 Oct 2006Kenneth Earl Gairrett 30 Aug 1917 – 23 Apr 2008Ralph Willard Hogan 01 Jun 1920 – 20 Jun 1921Harold Walfred Holm 1934-1996Emily M. Rittel Johnson 19 Aug 1863 – 13 Feb 1953Peter R. Johnson 28 Oct 1859 – 23 Dec 1943Barbara Ayer Vickery Kinsey 28 Oct 1952 – 27 Apr 2005John Kossar 1901-1971Eleanor L. LeNeve 26 Jan 1914 – 23 Aug 1999Margaret May Lovell 01 May 1918 – 28 Oct 1988Thomas Andrew Marler 30 Jan 1883 – 14 Apr 1964Kathleen Marler 1914-1914Lena Mabel Hogan Marler 25 Nov 1875 – 17 Jul 1951David William Miller 03 Apr 1886 – 2 Sep 1957John William Moore 02 Mar 1936 – 17 Jan 2007Patricia May Spencer Moore 06 Dec 1937 – 20 Aug 2008Dolly Brown Petit 27 Jan 1892 - 1 Dec 1921Edythe Chloe Reynolds Prestwood 15 Aug 1903 – 26 Jan 1971Winifred N. Reynolds 27 Oct 1868 – 02 Feb 1931Richards Baby No datesOrville Richardson 1894 - May 1958James T. Rickards 1837-1902Meathilda Rittel 1837- 04 May 1917Emma V. Hasselstrom Simpson 09 Sep 1884 – 28 Jan 1964John Elijah Simpson 10 Mar 1884 – 17 Feb 1961Charles A. C. Snow 22 Jan 1868 – 14 Feb 1930Howard Elliott Sparhawk 18 Dec 1915 – 21 May 2008Molly Ann Sparhawk 12 Apr 1944 – 04 Jun 1999Steven James Sparhawk 24 Apr 1950 – 04 Jan 2009Stanley Baby No datesEthel May Schmidt Stidham 10 Jul 1904 – 13 Jan 2004

Roy A. Stidham 18 Jan 1948 - 14 Apr 1993East Side continuedName DatesViola Stidham 1927-1927Edgar J. Stinson 21 Dec 1914 - 7 Mar 1928Virginia A. Teichert 13 Apr 1918 - 12 July 1982Lawrence Earl Thiel 18 Jul 1940 – 20 Sep 2004Unknown Baby No datesCarrie Brandenburg Vickery Aug 1869 – 02 Dec 1960Eli A. Vickery 28 Oct 1859 - 2 May 1914Edgar Ayer Vickery 7 Aug 1890 - 15 Oct 1918Frederick B. Vickery 24 Sep 1903 - 11 Feb 1992Helen Louise Sparhawk Vickery 24 Jul 1912 – 19 Feb 2004Florence I. Shaffer Weathermon 19 Aug 1921 – 18 Mar 1991Maranda M. Alling Weathermon 19 Aug 1853 – 15 Aug 1909 First Grave.Solomon Fletcher Weathermon 19 Jan 1845 – 23 Nov 1923Alex Wells 19 Mar 1878 – 18 Apr 1955

West Side (continued)Name DatesThomas Wilson Bentley 1882 – 23 Oct 1916 Granville L. “George” Berry 02 Jan 1862 – 19 Nov 1940Russel Earl - 1920Gus O. Forsman 28 Dec 1887 - 2 Jan 1987Ethel B. Earl Gould 1899 – 09 May 1921Gustave Hallen 26 Feb 1868 – 07 Feb 1956Annie E. Southern Hancock 26 May 1866 – 09 Sep 1941Arthur J. Hoefer 21 Feb 1906 - 18 Dec 1976Richard Theodore Hoefer 8 Jan 1914 - 1 Feb 1998James N. Hunter 14 Mar 1874 – 27 May 1919James V. Hunter 12 Dec 1913 - 1960Eliza J. Johnston 9 Apr 1854 - 1 Feb 1922Betty Miller Klein 19 May 1938 – 30 Mar 2004Roy E. Linde 30 Mar 1940 – 18 Aug 2009Gustafia C. Lindquist 11 Jan 1835 - 23 Apr 1914Scott Lewis Marney 05 Oct 1954- 26 Nov 2003Benjamin James Mollet 15 Sep 1993 – 24 Nov 1999Gary Lynn Moore 10 Feb 1941 – 27 Jun 1987Scott Lewis Marney 05 Oct 1954 – 26 Nov 2993Albert A. Owens 1867-1920David Parker 1888-1972Henry Parker 18 Jul 1852 – 10 Mar 1913Lola R. Richard Parker 1918 – 28 Sep 1978Paul A. Parker 22 Jun 1916 – 25 Jun 1993John Paulson 05 Nov 1866 – 19 Feb 1946Edith May Johnston Schmidt 1884 – 08 Nov 1924Harold Howard Schmidt 12 Jan 1919 – 12 Sep 1930William Henry Schmidt 22 Mar 1877 – 18 Dec 1937

Terry E. Smith 9 Oct 1922 - 28 Nov 1991Guy McKinley Spence 04 Sep 1895 – 18 Feb 1966Ray Tetzloff 22 Apr 1935 - 29 May 1993Theresa May Corbitt Tetzloff 26 May 1936 – 02 July 2009Raymond Lynn Torczon 20 Oct 1973 - 10 Mar 1997Mathew Wagner Nov 1855 – 07 Oct 1931

Updated by Art Kidwell, August 2009