Individual Gravesites around the county - From many sources
(Obituaries, Family Histories, Mauldin's Historical Notes, etc.) we
have been compiling a list of people that were buried in areas other
than cemeteries.
ALTER, Henry - Buried on hill in the Glenhaven area. Stone
is there on private property.
BAYLIS Burial Site - Two graves at this sites. A.W.
Bayliss, Percy Baylis
BEHREN, Elizabeth - Buried on a private lot in Blue
Lakes. Died 26 Feb 1895, Age 85 (Burial
permit)
BROWN's Gulch - At the upper end of the
Gravelly Valley airfield at Lake Pillsbury is Brown's
Gulch. Two white men and an Indian are buried there. The
Indian had killed Frick, one of the three white partners.
A second partner, Jewet, killed the Indian. The third
partner, Brown was killed by other Yuki Indians. The
bodies are at an unmarked site near Brown's Gulch.
BULL, John - Died 1906. Buried on side of a hill
on a large ranch. It is now the town of NICE, surrounded by
houses. Springe Street is to the north of the site. John
Bull was the last Indian Chief of the area; highly
respected, his funeral was largely attended by the white
settlers of the area.
BURNS, Mr. - Near the right angle turn of old Highway
53, is the grave of Mr. Burns, the man who gave the name
to the valley. For many years there was a while picket
fence around the grave, and at the headstone was a large
white oleander bush. (Mauldin History, p.
4686, line 10)
COFER, Samuel - South of Lower Lake is the
Woodrow Copsey homesite in Excelsior Valley. In early
days, Allan Tice Cofer and family used the same homesite.
West of the homesite is a small knoll where Samuel, the
child, and possibly more of the Cofer family were buried.
The Cofer family left for Santa Rosa around 1889.
(Mauldin History, Pg. 264?, Line 17)
COPSEY, Moss/Morse - 1860 - 1930 - Accidently
shot himself. Buried in a cemetry in Excelsior Valley, in
open field on west bank of Copsey Creek. It was on the Noble
Green Ranch and was in use in the 1860s. It was kept up
until the 1930s and then was obliterated by land owner.
(Mauldin History, Pg. 2622, Line 51 &
Pge. 2830, Line 35)
DEMING,
Mary Ann - Buried in meadow just across Bottle Rock
Road in Cobb area.
DEWEY, Thomas D. - Born in Rochester, NY; Died
July 3, 1918 - Buried at the Tocher Place, southeast side
of Cobb Mountain. (Mauldin History, Pg
2639, Line 45)
EATON, Dr. - In later life he herded sheep for John
Llewellen on Cow Mountain, where he died alone in the
rocks and where he is buried. (Mauldin's
History, p. 94, line 22)
EDMONDSON child- July 18, 1869, Lower Lake
area. Lucas Willey built a coffin. No other information;
unknown burial site. (From Lucas Willey
Diary)
ELLIS, baby - Ellis Ranch with the road between
Fuller and Gravelly Valley Landing Field cutting through
the south edge of it. On a sharp knoll east of the Ellis
home and the road is where the Ellis family buried a baby.
(Lake Pillsbury area)
(Mauldin's History, p. 2622, line 51)
FARLEY, Mrs. George - Born in Iowa; Died June
29, 1898 at Great Western Mine; age 32y 9m; Buried at
residence. (Burial permit)
FAUGHT, Verda - Born June 29, 1911; Died July 13,
1916; Daughter of Walter & Clida (Anderson) Faught -
Buried on the Burger Ranch.
FOUTCH, newborn - Mrs. Bill Foutch died in
childbirth. She is buried in Upper Lake. The newborn was
buried near Crabtree Lodge near Twin Valley.
FRICK- See Brown's Gulch
GORDON, William - owner of Gordon Springs is
thought to be buried in Windy Mill Road cemetery. (see
Jones boy) *This information has since been
corrected; William Gordon is buried in the Gordon Family
Cemetery near Madison in Yolo County. (from descendant)
GREEN, Infant girl - Born & Died May 10,
1890. Daughter of Frank & Ada (Bradley) Green. Buried in
parent's yard, Lakeport (Mortuary records)
GREEN, Alfred N. - Between July and October 1880,
died from burns in house fire; buried in Indian Valley.
(Mauldin History, pg. 85, line 57)
GUNNING, Mrs. A. H. - Her name was Louisa H.
Gare. She was born 1823 in England. She married John B.
Gunning in 1838 at the age of 15 years. They had 4 Children:
Augusta Emily, Laura Edith, Joshua Edwin Henry, and Anna
Louise. At some point Louisa remarried to Alfred Henry
Gunning, also of England, and they homesteaded on a creek a
little northwest of Anderson Springs (Cobb), Lake County,
California, which became known as Gunning Creek. Alfred
built a home on the bank about 1 mile up from its mouth,
where Louisa died on the 4th of February, 1885 at the age of
62, and is buried there.
HABISHAW Children - Thomas Habishaw lost 6 of his
7 children from diptheria at Great Western Mine. Not known
where they are buried.
HANSON, Frank - Frank, his white wife and one of his
daughters, Ellen, and possibly her baby girl, are buried
in a private cemetery south of Sweet Hollow. The plot is
west of the home at locust trees and on the side of a hill
which was part of the Ogulin Canyon road. (Mauldin
History, p. 1097, Line 58 & p. 2659, Line 43)
HARNISH child - Mr. Harnish lived on Adobe Creek
from about 1890 to 1920. He had two children about 5 and
3. His wife was in San Francisco expecting another
child; he was working at Highland Springs. He had no one
left to care for the children, so he tied them on
leashes near the creek until he could return from work.
One of them got into the stream and drowned. It is
buried in the knoll west and a little north of the
Milender place. (Mauldin History, p. 32,
line 6)
HOWARD, Euvelle - Marked on a rock on Mt.
Konocti not far from Mary Downen’s cabin.
HULL, James - James Hull, a buckskin hunter from
Colusa Co. - Killed by a grizzly bear near the top of Hull
Mountain (north of present Lake Pillsbury). He was buried
beside a small stream of water in a glade on the north side,
3/4 of a mile from the summit, by his partners, Joe Briscoe
and Tom Beers. (He had killed the bear in the fight,
also). There was a US Forest Service sign near
the top of Hull Mountain, on the north side, "In memory of
John Hull for whom this mountain was named. Killed by a
Grizzly Bear in 1854"
JONES boy - About 1880, 11 year old son of Digger
Jones. Buried in cemetery at foot of Windy Mill Road. It was
located on the east side of Boggs Mountain, on side of ridge
between lower end of Windy Mill Road and meadow to the east.
Kelsey & Stone Burial Site
-Corner of Bell Hill Road & Main St., Kelseyville Now at
the site of the first adobe home, California State Landmark
# 426. This is the third burial place. They were first
buried by soldiers and was marked by carved letters in an
old tree. The second burial was by Mr. Piner and the marker
was a grave stone dedicated by (?).
KELSEY, Emma & John - Intersection of Renfro
and Merritt Roads – Kelseyville. The site is fenced. John's
stone is no longer there. Emma wanted to be buried as near
to her son John as she could. At the time of her death the
old cemetery had been abandoned, and some of the bodies had
been removed. To comply as nearly as possible with her
wishes, her husband bought a piece of land about 18 feet
square from Mr. Steele, which was in the corner of his ranch
about 1/3 mile directly south of the old cemetery. Here she
was buried in 1897. Her husband was buried beside her in
1908. Since then, the roads have been built, and now their
graves are at the road intersection. (Mauldin
History pg. 35-line 18)
KING, Zeralda - Died in childbirth; buried on
King homestead, on the north side of the road, 100 yards
from the house and 25 feet from the road, about 1/2 mile
east of Hough Springs. There used to be a little picket
fence around it and crepe myrtle planted. (Member of
Constantine King family)(Mauldin notes, Pg. 5654, Line 21)
LEVY, Joe - Died August 25, 1891. Cause of death
- Strychnine. Buried near the Cache Creek Bridge.
LEWIS, Clay Carlos - Died April 1, 1920; age 20.
Cause of death - Pneumonia. Buried in Long Valley. (son
of Carlos & Victoris (Kelsey) Lewis)
MITCHELL, Todd - Accidently shot himself while
hunting. Buried at Crabtree Hot Springs. (Mauldin notes,
Pg.2145, Line 39)
OLSEN, Christian - October 17, 1898, died
suddenly while feeding his hogs; buried on the Olsen ranch,
about 1/4 mile from the house. Olsen ranch was near Rieff in
Morgan Valley.
SPIERS Springs - Before there was a road up Big
Canyon, a sick man came to Spiers Springs hoping to regain
his health. He died here and is buried in the bank alongside
the old Spiers Springs Hotel. His coffin was brought in by
trail on horseback.
SULLIVAN, Jerry - November 9, 1893 - Shot at
Bartlett Springs. Buried in Indian Valley - Buried on
terrace of where old Anderson Springs resort had stood.
"UNCLE HI" and "AUNT MANDY or LUCY" - One report
says that these were a married couple, two slaves belonging
to the William W. Hale. Another report says that they worked
for the Hales and were the only freed negroes to come across
the plains with a wagon train. They both died shortly after
arriving in Lake County, around 1855, and are buried under a
slab of rock at the triangle of three roads near Hoberg
airport. The location is 1/4 mile toward Howard Springs from
the double bridges at the north end of Seigler Valley. It is
in the north end of a meadow or glade that is to the left of
the road and about 50 yeards up from this road. (The
name differed in each report) (Mauldin History,
p. 1048, Line 10 & p. 4653, Line 6)
WARDEN, Thomas Jefferson - Stabbed by Jack Hurt
December 31, 1859. Buried in an old time burial ground in
Scotts Valley on the western end. It was known that there
were 4 graves here, but the only headstone was Warden's,
which is now gone.