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FORESTVALECEMETERY

Lewis and Clark CountyHelena, Montana

TOUR GUIDE

For your safety and others

Please limit your speed to 15 miles per hour. Stay onpathways when driving. Because of fire danger in thesummer, extinguish all smoking material beforeentering cemetery.

Standards of Conduct

Visitors to these hallowed grounds will refrain frominappropriate conduct or activity that disturbs thetranquility of this cemetery.

Any form of sports activity such as racing, skating,skateboarding, ball playing and Frisbees is prohibited.

No trespassing after darkNo minors without an adultNo dogs or horsesNo motorcycles or ATV'sNo firearms permitted except at military funeralsNo vandalismNo alcoholic beverages

Do not disturb wildlife or vegetation.Do not deface headstones.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Cover - The impressive Gothic-arched stone entrance to theForestvale Cemetery was constructed in 1890. The first recorded

burial was September 18, 1890.

FORESTVALE CEMETERY

In 1889, the year Montana became a state, thegrowing city of Helena realized its need for acemetery in addition to the three sponsored byreligious bodies. A group of investors purchased 160acres, which a local newspaper called "bleak andunattractive and too remote" from town - it wastwo and a half miles away from Helena, treeless andcovered only by prairie grass. But the HelenaCemetery - as Forestvale was called until 1901 -was landscaped by civil engineer Harry V. Wheelerin a park-like style, including a small artificial lakecentered with a tiny island. Since drained of water,the lake is visible today as a depression in theground. Here at Forestvale are buried many pioneerpublic figures of Montana - from Vigilante leaderand U.S. Marshal John X. Biedler to Methodistmissionary "Brother Van," William Van Orsdel, whopreached in mining camp saloons and founded some50 churches - as well as many prominent politicaland business figures who helped build both Helenaand Montana. The "China Row" section, locatedoutside the formal cemetery plat at thenorthwestern corner recalls Helena's once thriving,but segregated, Chinese community.

Narrative taken from the National Register of Historic Places by theUnited States Department of Interior plaque, in cooperation with the

Montana Historical Society.

The Receiving Vault is located just inside the cemeterygrounds. It functioned as storage for bodies in casketsduring the winter months until the ground thawed andallowed for burial. It was used for the first time onNovember 8, 1891. The vault was also used fortemporary storage until a burial location was decidedupon. It is not necessary to use this vault today.

HISTORY OF FORESTVALE

In May 1890, a transfer of land from Evan J. Harris tothe Helena Cemetery Association established the site,which later became the Forestvale Cemetery District.Today the cemetery consists of 148 acres; about 40acres are currently developed. There are over 14,000individuals buried here.

Helena civil engineer Harry Wheeler designedForestvale incorporating the notion of the cemetery as a"rural park" into his design. Mature trees, well-plannedlandscaping, tree-lined paths, beautiful monuments,mausoleums, columbariurns and arbor gardens gracethis beautiful cemetery in the heart of Montana. Futureplans include an "above ground" mausoleum. Plantingsof native trees shade the gravesites and line themeandering roads and walkways that wind through thegrounds while the overall landscaping provides anatmosphere of tranquility and solemn reflection.

You will find the graves of individuals and families,many of whom came here in the 1860s and helpeddevelop Montana Territory. They came from all parts ofthe world.

Although most settlers were of European ancestry,there is a large Chinese section, reflecting theirpresence and social status in Montana's history. Themonuments in the various sections of the cemeteryfurther exemplify the social stratification of earlyHelena.

Forestvale Cemetery covers a broad spectrum ofHelena's history - a place to walk through Montana'shistory. Please maintain its tranquility while you visit.

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The window openings of the Brown Mausoleum wereoriginally set with stained glass but have since been

filled with stone. There are two other smallabove ground mausoleums in the cemetery at the

present time.

TRAILBLAZERAllen, Otis R.

Anderson, Julian

Ashby, ShirleyCarter

Atchison, JohnBaker

Auchard, David

Banks, Ad E.

Barret, AnthonyHundleyBeach Family

Beall, Samuel W.

Beidler, John X.

Bennett, M. H.

Beveridge, Leroy

Bickett, WilliamJ. W.

LOCATION/DATESLakeside #031851-1913

Lakeview#1701860-1 963 (age102)

Glenwood#0141842-1924

Evergreen #121843-1911

Lakeside #1 11835-1902

Lakeview#1711895-1973

Lakeside #121834-1918Valleyview #096

GAR Plot1808-1868

Greenlawn#1011831-1890

Lakeview #0421835-1906Arbor Garden #031834-1907

Valleyview #0251820-1869

REMARKSManager Helena and LivingstonSmelting and Reduction Co., wifeAnne KennettBorn to slaves who fled with theirowners to Germany during CivilWar, bartender Montana Club for60 years from 1893 to 1953, wifeMargaret AndrewsCo D, 6th Virginia Cavalry 1860,Montana 1867, Helena 1870,County Assessor 5 years,President Helena National Bank1892, wife Emma WithersDoctor, Helena 1880, PresidentMontana Medical Association 1893,Mason, wife Jennie A.Married Agnes Sadler, raised fineHambletonian horses, first to buildbarbed wire fences in Dearborncountry, built huge barn 1890Montana Pvt. US Army WWI,married Ella Anderson 1927,worked with baseball teams andmanaged boxers, owned drycleaning, shoe shining, hat blockingshop on Main StreetTreasurer of Montana, wifeElizabeth, buried in Brooke LotAsa, Mary, Rose, Amos, andMartha all died 1885 fromdiphtheriaLt. Col. 18th Wisconsin Infantry,wounded at Shiloh, originally buriedin abandoned Catholic Cemeterysouth of State CapitolVigilantes 3-7-77, originally buriedin Benton Avenue, monumenterected by Montana PioneersByrd Lodge (Colored) AF&AMNO STONEEngaged in stage line from Helenato Diamond City 1867, married AnnJane Siddle 1868, merchant, cattlerancherMontana 1864, early doctor inHelena, married Martha Collet,originally buried in CatholicCemetery on Oakes

TRAILBLAZERBlume, Henry

Bourquin,Eugene

Brantly,Theodore Lee

Bray, Charles H.

Bridgewater,Samuel

Broadwater,Colonel CharlesA.

Brooke Family

BrownMausoleum

Buck, Daniel W.

Burgess, Clyde

Burgess, StarrattJ.

Burns, AlexanderF.

Callahan, Ida,aka Ida Wood,Ida Reed

Callaway, Sr.,Llewellyn L."Lew"

LOCATION/DATESMountainview#0711854-1924

Lakeview #2071848-1908

Mountainview #0631892-1961

Arbor Garden #281864-1931

American LegionPlot, died 191 2

Lakeside #011840-1892

Lakeside #13

Lakeside #07

Woodland #0061840-1892

Glenwood S3 G551883-1955Greenlawn #1051857-1927


Glendale #2301867-1895


REMARKSMontana 1877, worked McClellanGulch in placer mines for uncleHarmon Blume, wife Marie A.Had wood yard at 423 West Maindealt in split, sawed wood, andcoal, NO STONESupreme Court Judge, wife HelenLongmaid

Gen. Mgr. Western Clay Mfg. Co.(formerly Kessler Brick), Mason,wife Elizabeth (Eliza) FletcherCo. A, 24th Colored U.S. Infantry,originally buried in Fort WilliamHenry Harrison CemeteryMontana 1863, President MontanaCentral Railroad, built BroadwaterHotel/Natatorium, died age 52,Thomas A. Marlow, nephew toBroadwater, assumed managementDoctor Benjamin C. Brooke, Sr.and Doctor Benjamin C. Brooke, Jr.with 14 other members of familyplaced in underground brick vaultWallace W. Brown 1836-1894 (1sthusband), Charlotta Dresser 1844-1918, Charles Whipple Dresser,ran saloon Merchants Hotel 1893(2nd husband) 1848-1 921Driver, Turner & Co., 1888,groceries and fruit, originally buriedBenton Avenue, wife Susan R.Married Anna Geier 1911, L&CCounty Sheriff 1927-1930Montana 1888, Mason, introducedmodern dairy machinery, marriedMary Reick, who died 1916, hethen married her sister, AugustaReick 191 7Married Ann Kinnison 1857, Helena1866, farmed Prickly Pear Valley,Constitutional Convention 1889Accused of stealing money fromEugene Stanley, she was shot byStanley in the Police Court andlater died, NO STONEMontana 1870, married Ellen N.Badger 1894, Chief JusticeSupreme Court 1922-1935, Mason

TRAILBLAZERCampbell,William Carter

Cannon, CharlesWesley

Carleton,Margaret(Davenport)

Carsley, GeorgeHollis

Chessman,William A.

Child, HarryWilbour

Chong, Get

Chumasaero,William

Clewell,Tilghman H.

Conrad, JosephD.

LOCATION/DATESMing #031909-1989

Buried LinwoodCemetery,Dubuque, Iowa1836-1909

Valleyview#0111890-1922




China Row #391840-1896Lakeside #021818-1893



REMARKSHelena historian, wrote twovolumes "From the Quarries of LastChance Gulch," worked forIndependent Record for manyyears, Mason, wife GertrudeArmourHelena 1865, married Catherine B.Martine 1868, real estate, mining1880, one of largest wool growersin state, LeGrande CannonBoulevard named for his son whodied in 1903Married to Judge Frank Carleton,separated in 1921, Margaret andReverend Leonard Christler wereinvolved in a murder/suicideshooting in HavreWell known architect, designed thepresent Central School, wife M.AltaMontana 1865, constructedbedrock flume in Last ChanceGulch 1875, married Penelope V.Newhall 1875, president Bald ButteMining Company, ChessmanReservoir and Flats, MasonPresident Yellowstone ParkCompany, built Lake Lodge andOld Faithful Inn, Yellowstone ParkTransport Co., wife Adelaide DeanRemains removed to China in 1901

Helena 1865, Attorney, founderMontana Central Railroad, wifeMary ElizabethBannack 1863, operated feed andlivery stable in Helena; book,stationery store in Unionville andMarysville, Territorial Legislature1876, City Treasurer, Postmaster1891-1895, Mason, wife ElizaMontana 1865, married CatherineB. Miller 1873, Marysville GeneralStore 1879, postmaster Marysville,Pythian Knight, President andBusiness Manager Montana DailyRecord

TRAILBLAZERCrump, ClarissaJane

Crump, JamesWesley

Cullum, LenaJobeCunningham,Harry R.

Davenport,WilliamDavidson,Ansalem J.

Davidson, Sallie(Davenport)

Dean, Dr. MariaMorrison

DeCamp, RalphE.Duchesney,Marie Laura(Cavroy)

Duncan, Rolla

Eddy, John W.

Edgar, Alfred D.

LOCATION/DATESLakeview#1121854-1941

Lakeview#1121845-1919


Lakeside #051823-1902Lakeside #341844-1909

Lakeside #341857-1937


Glenwood S5 G741858-1936Arbor Garden #221877-1933

Lakeview #1721882-1960Ashgrove #601835-1910


REMARKSMontana 1865, born a slave inVirginia, she came to Montana withthe Evans family that owned her,husband James Wesley CrumpServed in Civil War until discoveredhe was only 14, "INDPT. BATTY.U.S.C.L.A." on stone, Montana1865, captured by Indians whendriving a freight team to Montana,chief thought James a brave manand let him go, he held theAmerican flag when thecornerstone was laid for Montana'scapitol, wife ClarissaCrittenton Home Matron for 40years, kindly and generous ladyFounder of Western Life 1910, VicePresident Montana Life, 1925, wifeAdelaide M.Early Pioneer, stockman, wifeRachelPresident Board of Trade,manufacturer of harness andsaddles, politics, mining supplystore, Diamond City grocery store,hides/wool, Merchants Bank, wifeSallie DavenportOne of the first pioneer families inthe Gulch, lived next door toPioneer Cabin, sister to Anna,husband A.J. DavidsonOne of the first licensed doctors inMontana, Superintendent of St.Peter's Hospital, "The BelovedPhysician"Artist of the Capitol murals, wifeMargaret HilgerLived in what is now Stone Housein Reeder's Alley, husband PlacidGeorges Duchesney, 1863-1940,both born in FranceL&C County Sheriff 1913-1916

Secretary Helena Board of Trade1891, member Helena's FirstBaptist Church 1900, uniquesignature stoneFirst General Agent for NP Railway1889

TRAILBLAZEREllis, CharlesFisher

Esler, Alfred M.

Evans,Christmas Gift

Ewing, ColonelWilliam H.

Ewing, Rebecca(Taylor)

Pack, August

Fergus, James

Filson, MaxwellRobert George

Flowerree,Daniel AugustusGreene

Forbis, JonathanF.

Ford, SamuelClarence

Forkey, RussellP.

LOCATION/DATESGreenlawn #0461840-1917


Lakeside #061840-1915

Valleyview #01 91818-1905




Ming #371816-1898


Lakeside #141816-1877


GAR Plot1846-1874

REMARKSMontana 1865, L&C County Clerkand Recorder 1871, married ClaraPotwin 1876Came out west in 1864 withbrother-in-law and their wives, wifedied, Territorial Legislature 1866,married Ophelia Johnston 1874,MasonBorn on December 25, 1840, hedied after his leg was amputatedbecause of gangrene, his housestill stands on corner of Benton andLawrence, wife Margaret A. 1857-1894, and wife Bertha M. 1857-1940Married Rebecca B. (Taylor) Hill in1856, came to Montana 1864,Helena 1865, farmed 1868, wifedied 1887, married Mary E. Bates1890Crossed plains with husbandWilliam in 1864, drove a team andcared for team herself, originallyburied Benton Avenue CemeteryCalifornia Wine House, served NewYear's "punch" in 1900 which wasmade from secret formulaMontana 1862, Helena 1865,rancher Prickly Pear Valley, L&CCounty Commissioner 1869,spearheaded formation of FergusCounty, wife Pamelia DillinMarried Sarah A. Phillips, Montana1864, farmed near Winston (stonemarked George M. Filson)Helena 1865, Pioneer cattleman,married Elizabeth Withers 1858,she died 1882, married FannieCornelius 1885Married America Ann, farmer,county commissioner, delegate toterritorial legislature, originally buriedin Benton Avenue CemeteryGovernor Montana 1941-1949,former Attorney General andSupreme Court Justice, marriedMary LeslieSergt. Co D 1st NY Cavalry,originally buried in abandoned CatholicCemetery south of State Capitol

TRAILBLAZERForrest, Dora

Freeser, JohnHenry

French,LieutenantEugene S.

Fuller, CaptainThomas P.

Gamer, FrederickW.

Geary, MichaelLewis

Gillette, WarrenC.

Gilpatrick, S. C.

Goodale, Lenora(Neomi)

Gunn, Milton S.

Guthrie, WilliamH.Haggerty, JohnG.

LOCATION/DATESGlendale #3501872-1896NO STONE

Davidson #1231843-1927


Mountainview#0141838-1899



Lakeside #101832-1912

Evergreen #061838-1934Lakeside #171876-1907


Valleyview #1661831-1892Woodland #0811864-1933

REMARKSInmate of Lillie McGraw's House onWood Street, she and anotherinmate took morphine whileintoxicated, Dora died but other girllived, coroner's inquisition no. 278Montana 1864, married Louisa F.Fink 1878, involved in severalbanks, Mason, originally buried inBenton Avenue CemeteryCo. L, 1st Montana Infantry, Waron Spain, first Montana officer to bekilled in action in Philippines, diedfrom gun shot, funeral processionincluded members of Company D,24th Infantry, all colored troops.Started movement to organizeGAR in Montana, eighth mayor ofHelena, Deputy Collector ofInternal Revenue from 1870-1873,hardware business, died onBlackfeet Indian Reservation(Indian Agent), Mason, wife LillianHelena merchant 1868, marriedEmma M. Fink 1872, bought shoestore in 1872, branched out to DeerLodge, Anaconda and Butte, raisedPercheron horsesMontana 1864, Helena 1865,miner, married Amanda MalvinaHardgrove 1872, rancher nearLake Helena until Hauser Damcovered the landPioneer 1862, King and Gillette firstto build first toll road betweenHelena and Fort Benton, wife ElizaL&C County Sheriff 1883-1884,wife Luella FergusResident of the "Castle," died ofperitonitis from operation, L.H.Fligman, attending physicianOne of the first lawyers in Helena,owned one of the first Marmon carsin the area, wife Lena C.Montana 1862, Mason, wife SarahF. SquiresGuard for Cruse Bank, later jailerfor City of Helena, wife Lillian whowas Lady in Waiting to Mary Cruse

TRAILBLAZERHale, RobertStockton

Halford, JamesH.

Hard, Charles D.

Harris, Evan J.

Harrison, Sophia

Hart, Eva

Hauser, SamuelThomas

Haymer, Mrs.HannahHaytin, John J.

Hedges,Cornelius

Hendricks,James A.Herrin, ThomasHarlandHickman,Richard Owen

Hill, William L.

Hindson, JosephJ.

LOCATION/DATESEvergreen #1 51835-1922

Greenlawn #0301833-1897

Lakeside #041841-1927



Glendale #4501873-1902Evergreen #071833-1914

Lakeview #3641831-1891Woodland #0101890-1972Valleyview #0201831-1907

Greenlawn #1141833-1904Elmwood #201893-1964Valleyview #01 71831-1895

Lakeview #0731862-1933Valleyview #1421850-1928

REMARKSMontana 1864, first druggistHelena 1866, began first city waterfrom Park Lake to Hale Reservoir1869Stockman, originally buried inBenton Avenue Cemetery, marriedto EllenMontana 1867, Deputy Collector ofInternal Revenues for Fifth DistrictMontana, Deputy US Marshal,married Mae L. Fisk 1874, raisedthoroughbred and trotting horsesMarried Amelia M. Davis 1864,Montana 1864, mined in DiamondCity, stone for his children onlyBorn Varel, Germany, wife of W.H.Harrison, originally buried MountainHome Cemetery, located behindKleinschmidt, very unusual stoneWood Street resident, NO STONE

Montana 1863, President FirstNational 1866, Governor MontanaTerritory 1885-1887, wife EllenFarrarFirst person of color buried inForestvale, NO STONEHelena Mayor, Haytin BeautyShop, wife Sophie L.Montana 1864, Masonic GrandSecretary, organized MontanaHistorical Society, attorney, Super.Public Instruction 1872, wife EdnaFirst Lt. Confederate Army,freighter, wife Ellen GreggBorn Marysville, Helena ValleyRancher, married Marie 1913Montana 1864, first State Treasurerof Montana, Mason, marriedMaggie Perrill, died from tragicaccident when he broke his armwhich had to be amputatedMiner, Rail Mail service, countytreasurer L&C County, NO STONEHelena 1891, Steele, Hindson &Co. 1892, jobbers of hay, grain,flour and feed, married AmeliaBamford 1875

TRAILBLAZERHoback, Richard

Holler, Anton M.

Holter, Martin M.

Horsky, Joseph

Horsky, Sr., John

Houle, JosephNapoleon

Howell, CaptainHoratio S.

Huffaker, GeorgeW.Hundley, WilliamB.

Huntley, SilasStilwell

Johns, William

Jones, John

Kellogg, Edwin S.

LOCATION/DATESValleyview#1431834-1896Greenlawn #0231831-1921

Greenlawn #0231835-1920


Greenlawn #0211838-1924

Greenlawn #0501836-1926

Greenlawn #0371841-1911

Ashgrove #391863-1921Arbor Garden #161823-1904


Ashgrove #401835-1926



REMARKSHelena 1865, miner, Alderman inHelena, wife MaryArrived Montana 1863, politician,President A.M. Holter HardwareCo., Montana Lumber Co., marriedMary Pauline LobergMarried Emily Olson, lumber mill atTen Mile Creek, wagon maker,brother to Anton M. Holter,distillery, hardware, built HolterBlock, member VigilanteCommitteeHelena 1865, Mason, involved inreal estate and ranching, marriedLettie Carr 1885Helena 1865, built first brewerywith George Butz, married LouisaC. Cory 1869, built Horsky BlockPrisoner of Crow Indians, strippedof clothing then walked 30 milesnaked to Ft. Benton, Farmer,rancher, 12 children, wife MarieCivil War (prisoner), telegrapher,Wells Fargo Co. generalsuperintendent of Montanaoperations, mining interests,ranching Madison County, wifeMargaret ConwayL&C County Sheriff 1919-1920,wife Susan M.First Vice President Montana StockGrowers Assn., Mason, wifeAmerica L.Civil War General, GeneralManager Yellowstone ParkCompanyRancher farmer, road builder,freight lines between Helena andFort Benton, Helena and Salt LakeCity, wife ElizabethMarried Elisa Allen who died 1851,John married Rebecca F. Hardesty1852, Montana 1863, Helena 1865,farmed Prickly Pear Valley, createdone of the oldest registered cattlebrands, originally buried on RanchPhysician, charged but acquittedon 4/25/1900 of wrongful death ofwoman who died from an abortion

CHINA ROW

FORESTVALE CEMETERYHelena, Montana

FORESTVALE ROAD-

TRAILBLAZERKenck, CharlesM.

Kessler, Nicholas

King, Ah

King, William

Kirkendahl, Hugh

Kleinschmidt, L.Kurst

Kleinschmidt,Reinhold Henry

Kleinschmidt,Theodore H.

Langhorne,Samuel W.

Larson, John

Leslie, PrestonHopkins

Lightbody,Thomas A.

Manuel, Moses

Marlow, ThomasA.

Maxwell, Pearle

LOCATION/DATESWoodland #1701844-1877


China Row #011869-1892Lakeview#0411875-1905


Mountainview #0521869-1894NO STONEMountainview #0521847-1922


Ming #09 Grave 81836-1927

Greenlawn #0281839-1927


Lakeview#1401842-1908

Mountainview #0201847-1905Valleyview #0641861-1938

Glenwood S10 G111878-1953

REMARKSKilled by the Nez Perces Indianswhile hunting in YellowstoneNational Park, originally buried inCatholic Cemetery on OakesHelena 1865, married Louisa Ebert1 873, proprietor of largest breweryin Montana, Kessler Brewery,owned and operated brickyardsFirst Chinese buried in Forestvale

Colored Masonic Lodge, SpanishAmerican War Veteran, Co A 24thUS Infantry, NO STONEKirkendahl & Peter LarsonContractors, freightline operator,Virginia City to Helena, MasonDrowned in north sea whensteamship sunk, he was returningto US after studying in GermanyCame to Montana 1867 withbrother Albert, formed Kleinschmidtand Brother merchants, wifeAmelia K. TaylorMontana 1865, banker, founderHelena Electric Light Co., PresidentBank of Townsend, Mayor ofHelena 3 times, Mason, wife MaryHelena, 1865, miner, leadingrepresentative of Democratic party,Mason, wife Alice LeonardMontana 1864, Mason, countycommissioner, Marysville 1879,President Piegan-Gloster MiningGovernor Montana Territory 1887-1889, US District Attorney, aconfederate, wife MaryHotelman in American House atMarysville 1879, miner withThomas Cruse, NO STONEDied in a tragic mine accident7/11/1905, wife JosephineSteadman Foundry and Machinery1894, President National Bank ofMontana 1900, Marlow Theater1917, wife Louise, daughter LeighMadam of second floor "House" at23 Vi South Main Street

TRAILBLAZERMayger, William

McKendrick,William M.

McNamee,James F.

Merritt, Ellen(White)

Merritt, TheodoreBarstow

Milburn, JudgeGeorge R.

Millegan,Wallace Lewis

Mills, ReverendJacob

Ming, JohnHollins

Mitchell, George

Moffitt, John

LOCATION/DATESGreenlawn #0401842-1918








Ming #111831-1887

Woodland #1241866-1938


REMARKSSilver Creek mining 1864, built firstsilver mill L&C County, sold mill toCruse 1880, married FrancesMcLeod 1886, organized St. LouisMining and Milling Co. 1887Marysville dry goods merchant1885, married Miss Julia F.Rawson 1886, he died in arunaway accidentReverend of Helena's First BaptistChurch, prominent church and civicleader for more than 30 yearsMontana 1964 with husbandTheodore, a fine dressmaker, wentback to Dubuque, Iowa, studiedmedicine, returned to Helena, finehorsewoman, midwife, shedoctored many IndiansMarried Ellen White 1851, Montana1864, cabinetmaker and rancher inPrickly Pear Valley, raised fine horsesUS Indian Agent appointed byPresident Arthur, Montana 1883,Judge 7th District 1889Montana 1863, early Helena Valleyfarmer, county commissioner,originally buried Benton AvenueCemetery, wife Martha A.Civil War Veteran 1861-1865,Pioneer Methodist Missionary1882-1925, organized Methodistchurches in Montana, Fort Benton1882, Great Falls 1887, founderMontana Weslyan University 1888Montana 1863, stockman-merchant, Ming's Opera House,originally buried Benton AvenueCemetery, wife Katharine L.Last person to live in the PioneerCabin, he lived there for 25 years,was a chicken farmer, there waslots to clean up after he passedLieut. Co F 2nd Kansas Infantry,Civil War Veteran Union Army,Chief Deputy Collector IRSMontana, Secretary of StateMontana, postmaster Diamond City

TRAILBLAZERMurphy, John T.

Murphy, JohnThomas

Murphy, Mrs.Thomas J.

Muth, William

Negus, WilliamS.

Neill, John SelbyMartin

Nicholas, WilliamD.

Nolan, CorneliusB.

Ostle, Henry

Palmquist,Andrew

Palmquist, CarlA.Palmquist,Ernest J.

LOCATION/DATESValleyview #0361835-1907


Lakeview #0281858-1890NO STONE

Greenlawn #1411851-1925

Lakeside #151837-1888



Greenlawn #01 7died 1922

Ashgrove #431842-1921Woodland #0821859-1951

Woodland #0821898-1968Woodland #0831893-1974

REMARKSVolunteer Oregon Militia 1865, 62days from St. Louis to Fort Benton(by boat), rancher Nevada Creek,placer miner McClellan Gulch,MasonHelena merchant, opened store7/1/1865, married Elizabeth T.Morton 1871, President HelenaNational Bank 1890, PresidentMontana National Bank 1892First person buried in Forestvale,died in childbirth, her husband wasemployed by St. Peter's Hospital in1889Merchant, real estate developer,Belmont Mine 1886, builder of firsttrolley between city andBroadwater Hotel, ConstitutionalConvention 1889, wife Estella A.Ran stage line from Helena tovarious points 1887, ranching andstockraising business, originallyburied Mountain Home CemeteryHelena 1883, married Margaret G.Evans 1883, Surveyor General ofMontana, real estate business withA.J. SteeleMontana 1864, started ranchingDearborn country 1872, marriedMargaret Davis 1844Known affectionately as "ColonelNolan," attorney general ofMontana, Grand Master of Masons1908-1909, wife Hattie M. ShoberRancher in Dearborn country, wifeElizabeth AnnImmigrated from Faglum, Sweden,worked for railroad, wife AugustaAhs, sons: Ernest, Carl, George,ArthurFounded Palmquist Electric GreatFalls, wife Marguerite L. HaggertyFounded Palmquist ElectricHelena, wife Gertrude L. Haggertywho died of polio; one of first casesof polio in Helena

TRAILBLAZERParchen, HenryMartin

Peeples, WilliamL. "Kid"

Perkins, JemisonL.Peyton, D. W.

Potts, GeneralBenjaminFranklin

Power, Patrick

Preuitt, WilliamGreen

Ralston, MaryFrances

Ray, Thomas A.

Read, Francis S."Frank"

Reeder, GeorgeK.Reifenrath,HermanRichards,Madame MarieErickeZimmerman(stone saysMadam MarieEricke, born inGermany)

LOCATION/DATESValleyview#0151839-1925

Glendale #8751865-1910

Arbor Garden #231843-1908Lakeview #0411881-1907Lakeside #351836-1887



Arbor Garden #011829-1905Valleyview #0591840-1915

Arbor Garden #431857-1943Arbor Garden #041835-1918Mountainview #0661867-1943

REMARKSHelena 1865 in company with Dr.Wernigk and Louis Keysser openeddrug/grocery store, countycommissioner, MasonAlabama baseball coach won 10,lost 0, 1897, man of color, NOSTONEMontana 1864, rancher, settled inChestnut Valley, wife Elsa OrtmanFletcher-Colored Masonic Lodge,NO STONEBrigadier General and Brevet MajorGeneral of US Vol's in Civil War,Governor Montana Territory 1870-1883, wife Angeline, originallyburied in Benton Avenue CemeteryL&C County Sheriff 1871-1872,wife MaryHelena 1866, married Willie M.Hundley 1870, purchased liquorstore 1879, raised thoroughbredhorses and graded cattle 1887,hardware business 1894Marysville, Montana named for her,she and husband Samuel ran hotelin MarysvilleMontana 1863, Livestockproduction, wife SophiaConfederate veteran, 2nd Lt.,Montana 1866, married Laura T.Thoroughman 1869, rancherPrickly Pear ValleyCity Engineer 1888, US DeputyMineral surveyor, Mason, wife LulaMarried Eliza Ann Cartley, baggageMaster Northern Pacific RailroadTalented musician and notedviolinist, who had played beforecrowned heads of Europe, sheplayed in colorful and long sincevanished "palaces" of upper mainstreet as well as in finest homes ofHelena;Ernest William Ericke (1sthusband);Jake Zimmerman (2nd husband),Mason, "Band Leader, born inWinona, Minn;"Edward S. Richards (3rd husband)

TRAILBLAZERRoberts, WilliamKempRotwitt, Louis

Ryan, Bridgetaka LillieMcGrawSanders, ColonelWilbur Fisk

Seller, Arthur

Settles, Frank M.

Sheriff, Sr., Court

Shober, John H.

Sieben, Henry

Sligh, KatherineSinclaire

Smith, James M.

Smith, Moses

Sommers, Harry

Spratt, ThomasH.

LOCATION/DATESValleyview#1301830-1891Valleyview #0351838-1910




Lakeview #1 881848-1910Mountainview #0611845-1922

Greenlawn#0171832-1925Greenlawn #0331848-1937


Mountainview #01 11834-1896

Glendale (Pauper)1886-1909Valleyview #1671862-1926

Greenlawn #0471862-1956

REMARKSL&C County Sheriff 1866-1868,wife MaryDruggist south main Helena 1866,county clerk Meagher County fivetimes, Constitutional Convention1889, first Secretary of StateMadam Lillie McGraw of the JolietStreet Houses, "Bridget Ryan" onthe stone, born in IrelandMarried Harriet P. Fenn 1858,Montana 1863, US SenatorMontana 1889-1893, GrandMason, attorney, prosecutedGeorge Ives, 3-7-77Hepperdeizel's Candy Co.,"Candies are the best. Made freshevery day. Made from pure materialonly. Unequalled by any."Grand Central Cigar Store, NOSTONEHomestead Canyon Ferry, ran ferrybefore bridge built, dam built 1896,ran a boarding house for workers,stage line Helena to Diamond City,wife Mary HooperMontana 1864, attorney Shober &Rasch, MasonRaised cattle and sheep, largeranch holdings in L&C Co.,grandfather to Senator Max BaucusDied just before her marriage toThomas Marlow, buried in weddingdress, mother Sarah H. Sligh,father James Sligh a prominentdoctor, father is buried in AnacondaMarried Mary S. Hauser 1859,Montana 1864, Silver City 1865,farmed in Helena ValleyChippewa Indian killed bylocomotive near Central ParkFirst superintendent RockyMountain Bell Telephone Co. 1887600 phones, first phones in Helena1888, Western Union, wife AnnieL&C County Sheriff 1921-1922,wife Flora J. Roberts

TRAILBLAZERSpriggs,Archibald Everett

Stadler, Louis

Steele, FannySperry

Steele, William

Steele, William L.

Steinbrenner,JohnStemple, John A.

Sterling, Frank P.

Stewart, GeorgeW.Stewart, SamuelVerne "Sam"

Switzer, Jacob

Sykes, HarryNathaniel

Tatem, BenjaminHarrison

LOCATION/DATESGreenlawn#0181864-1921


Lakeview#2181888-1983


Lakeside #141833-1909

Ming #121849-1914Glendale #9971834-1915

Mountainview #1 241843-1916

Woodland #0241859-1931Glenwood #0231872-1939




REMARKSLieutenant Governor Montana1897-1 901, "the father ofBroadwater County," Mason, OddFellow, Rocky Mountain Club,granite bench is tribute to him, notethe unusual symbol on the stone,wife Josephine Marie LeightonHelena 1866, built great cattleherds, partner Louis Kauffman, hadbutcher shop in Helena, wife MaryBoehlerWorld's Lady Champion BuckingHorse Rider, Winnipeg Stampede1913, husband "Bill" SteeleHelena in 1880, married AdelaideBailey 1882, Steele, Hindson &Company started 1892, jobbers ofhay, grain, flour and feedHelena 1864, doctor, marriedAgnes Forbes 1865, L&C CountySheriff 1869-1870, served threeterms as mayorOne of the best known pioneers inHelena, died in Yakima, WABuilt a 10 stamp mill 1876, erectedStemple Mill, district named in hishonor, wife Amanda Ann MillerCivil War Veteran 1861, Wisconsinvolunteers, President Grantappointed Treasurer of Land Office,Probate judge 1882, wife FloranaFirst Episcopal minister in Bitterroot,Missoula and founder of churchesGovernor Montana 1913-1921,Supreme Court Justice, led statethrough difficult times during WorldWar I, Mason, wife Stella BakerManufactured bricks in Blossburg,150,000 bricks in 10 hours,employed 50-60 men, Mason, wifeLouise A.Married Henrietta M. DeCamp1846, Helena 1866, rancher inPrickly Pear ValleyMarried Lydia A. Mears, HelenaIron Works 1888, mining, TreasurerMontana State Fair

TRAILBLAZERTotten, Oscar B.

Train, Edgar H.

Van Orsdel,William Wesley"Brother Van"Wallace, ColonelRobert Bruce

Wallace, MajorRobert Clay

Warren, CharlesE.

Warren, William

Weinsheimer,Mollie (Byrnes)aka Belle Crafton

Weisenhorn,August

Wheeler, ColonelWilliam F.

Wheeler, Mary C.M.C.W. on stoneonly

LOCATION/DATESArbor Garden #081830-1913Lakeview #2661831-1899Greenlawn #0451848-1919


Greenlawn #0251836-1928

Glenwood S2G1141873-1947



Greenlawn #0721842-1900



REMARKSMiner in 1888, Bailiff District Court,wife JosephineMontana 1866, early dayphotographer, Mason, wife PhebeMethodist missionary, VicePresident Montana DeaconessPreparatory SchoolWest Point, Lt. Col. of 1st MontanaVol. Regiment 1898 Helena, diedArizona from complications of bulletin lung, first to lay in state at Capitolin Helena, Colonel Wallace's whitehorse, "Chimes" was in funeralprocession with empty saddle andofficer boots reversed in stirrupsHelena 1869, Wholesale and RetailGrocery business 1873-1939,married Ella M. Shaw 1875, Elladied 1890, first City Treasurer,Territorial Legislature 1883, Mason,residence 21 1 East 8th still standsMarried Emma Geary 1895, Emmalived for 100 years, first caretakersPioneer Cabin 1940Farmer Prickly Pear Valley, marriedLucinda Hardesty 1869, WarrenSchool named for himMadam of the Castle, personalresidence 212 State Street (stillstanding), made out her will to herhusband, signed with "X" althoughshe was literate and was deadthree days laterMontana 1863, blacksmith VirginiaCity, Diamond City 1870, Helena1872, manufactured wagons andcarriages in Helena, WeisenhornMfg. Co., patented some wagonparts, Mason, married Emma J.Buscher 1878US Marshal Montana Territory1869-1877, organized opening ofstate penitentiary in Deer Lodge,organized Montana HistoricalSocietyBorn Helena, first class to graduatefrom Helena High, renowned artist,buried with her parents

TRAILBLAZERWhitcomb,Edmond

Wickes, GeorgeTodd

Wong On Kee

Wong, CharlesYin

Woolman,Joseph Pedrick

Word, Samuel

Yaeger, LancelotD. "Lance"

LOCATION/DATESMountainview#0121837-1924


Davidson #0021859-1924

Davidson #1021906-1968

Arbor Garden #1 51841-1908

Arbor Garden #1 11837-1903

Valleyview #0921876-1889(12years old)

REMARKSMontana 1863, rancher, donatedland for Montana Weslyan College,wife CatherineMining engineer, founder Wickessmelter, Wickes-Corbin Mining Co.,Wickes Hotel 1888Merchant and trader, deliveredvegetables from Chinese Gardens,originally buried in China Row, wifeRuby O. WongOwned Wing Shing Grocery, hewrote letters and sent money toChina for his patrons, Keno wasplayed in the basement, fireworkswere sold year around to certainpatronsTeacher, boot/shoe store on BridgeStreet, chairman RepublicanTerritorial Central Committee,Commissioner of Montana to ParisExposition 1878, Auditor ofMontana from 1879 to 1887Montana 1863, attorney in Alaska1897-1900, Grand Master Masons,married Sarah Margaret Foster,Constitutional Convention 1889Died July 4, 1889 when hit by afour pound rocket from fireworksdisplay, originally buried in BentonAvenue Cemetery

S-Section; G-Grave

References include:

Forestvale Day Books and Registers

Cemetery records and biographies found at the MontanaHistorical Society Library and Archives, 225 Roberts

Newspaper obituaries found at the Lewis and ClarkCounty Library, 120 South Last Chance Gulch

A TOUR THROUGH TIME

Visiting Forestvale Cemetery is like opening ahistory book, as this is the final resting place ofmany persons of exceptional significance. Thetombstones are set, the old with the new, andthe fancy with the plain, the homemade withthe military and Masonic; all combine to makethis one of the most distinguished cemeteries inMontana.

There is no place that covers a broaderspectrum of Helena's history than doesForestvale Cemetery. It is a place to walkthrough the past. Here you will find the gravesof individuals and families that came here inthe 1860s from all parts of the world and whohelped shape the territory into the State ofMontana.

There were over 400 exhumations from othercemeteries reinterred in Forestvale. Thesereinterments came from the abandonedCatholic Cemetery south of the State Capitol,City Cemetery behind Central School, CatholicCemetery on Oakes, Benton Avenue Cemeteryand Mountain Home Cemetery. They were alsoremoved from several ranches in the Helenaarea, other towns in Montana, and many wereremoved from Beaver Creek when Canyon FerryReservoir flooded the area.

A large pond with a small raised island in the centerwas located in the heart of the cemetery grounds. Thepond is now lined with sod and is used for burials. It isnow the Arbor Garden Section.

The Board of Trustees donated a large parcel of land inthe Glendale Section to the county for burials ofindigent persons and children of the MontanaChildren's Home, a local orphanage.

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CHINA ROW

"Montana's once substantial Chinese populationdwindled into the 20th century. In the 1970s, urbanrenewal erased all vestiges of Helena's early Chineseneighborhoods. Only a few descendants of Chinesepioneers remain in Helena today. Along with the twohundred burials placed outside the maintainedgrounds in China Row between 1892 and 1955, werecolorful offerings, religious objects and altars. Thesetributes to the dead were long ago vandalized anddesecrated. During the 1940s, relatives removedperhaps a dozen graves and returned the bones toancestral soil in China. Evidence of these exhumationsis clearly evident. Most of the dead, however, lie todayin the untended plots outside the green and peacefullandscaped cemetery grounds. Five distinct rows and afew headstones are all that mark the pioneers who restin this wind-swept field among the prairie grass andprickly pear." Montana Historical Society

Tombstone of Dong Wong from He Shan

For more information or the location of specific graves,please contact the cemetery manager at the following

address.

Forestvale Cemetery District490 Forestvale Road

P.O. Box 5448Helena, MT 596O4

406-458-5313

Debra Crider, ManagerJerry Crider, Assistant Manager

[email protected]

http://www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/forestvale/

A Board of Trustees consisting of three members and aHistorical Preservation Committee consisting of five

members guide the business of Forestvale Cemetery.The Lewis and Clark County Commissioners appoint all

members.

Narrative written by Charleen Spalding with the assistance of theMontana Historical Society

Photos by Charles "Ric" Seabrook, Helena, Montana

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