SELAH PIONEER CMETERY, Yakima County, Washington Compiled and submitted by Judy Schuster October 6, 2000. upperwenas@fairpoint.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selah Pioneer Cemetery Yakima County, Washington This cemetery is located close to the intersection of Harrison Road and North Wenas Road, about 1.4 miles from downtown Selah. It was part of George S. Taylor's early land holdings and has passed through several owners, now apparently belonging to the City of Selah. The Selah Valley Garden Club restored the cemetery in 1972 and the Boy Scouts cleaned it in 1999. The record of burials is divided into two parts: The first covers the names of 16 of those who were buried in some of the 27 unmarked graves that are known to exist. The names of those 16 have been culled from families in the area, newspapers, etc. Each of these 27 graves appear to be marked with a plain white wooden cross. The second part covers the 16 graves which are marked with stones. (Total number of graves 43.) This listing includes information published by the Yakima Valley Genealogy Society. Permission for the use of that published information was granted by YVGS on November 6, 1999. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Just inside the entrance to the cemetery is a plaque erected by the Selah Valley Garden Club in 1973 "In Memory Of" those that are known to be buried in the cemetery, but whose grave location is unknown. The following names are listed on that plaque. NAME BIRTH DEATH BAKER, Baby BAKER, Baby BROOKS, Walter HEINSS, Agnes MICHAEL, John 1863 25 November 1933 MONROE, Baby NELSON, Emma 1911 NELSON, Ole 1909 NELSON, Oscar 1910 PEARSON, Victor PETERSON, Baby PETERSON, Baby TAYLOR, Baby TURNBULL, Eva TURNBULL, John DOANE, William This name is not listed on the plaque, but is listed in the information from the Yakima Valley Genealogy Society Bulletin. Below is the listing of the those who are buried in the cemetery and whose grave location is Known. NAME BIRTH DEATH ANDERSON, Andrew 17 March 1853 17 September 1917 (Father) ANDERSON, Erik 11 February 1869 13 January 1916 (Father) BASTIAN, Anthony 1830 1918 (1913?) BASTIAN, Eliza Jane 1842 1900 (His Wife) CRAWFORD, Virginia 2(?) May 1853 13 May 1901 ESTES, Sarah 5 July 1830 30 March 1907 (wife of John Estes) JONES, Glate 1891 1910 (son of W.A. & M.A. Jones) JONES, Roy 1889 1910 (son of W.A. & M.A. Jones) LUNDGREN, Emma C. 17 October 1846 5 December 1913 (Mother) ORTH, F. Theodore 26 June 1903 26 July 1903 (newly lettered) PETERS, Lillie Louisa 23 April 1901 23 November 1905 PETERS, Walter Merritt 9 ???? 1896 20 October 1906 RUSHMORE, Alice A.H. 7 April 1901 12 September 1911 (daughter R.M. & C.C. Rushmore) TROXAL, Lewis 21 April 1899 11 December 1910 WALKER, Rachel May 19 May 1904 7 June 1911 (newly lettered) WALKER, William 4 July 1905 6 July 1905 (newly lettered)