WHITMAN MISSION PIONEER CEMETERY

Recorded burials in this cemetery began in 1836 when the mission was established. The Pioneer Cemetery adjoins the "Great Grave" in which victims of the "Whitman Massacre" are buried.  Many of the original markers in the cemetery were destroyed by time or vandalism and have never been replaced.  Some of those on the following list of known burials are not actually in the cemetery but are thought to be buried near it.The burial site of the Whitman's baby daughter, Alice Clarissa was somewhere to the north of the main mission house, her tombstone within sight of the house, but not in the same area as either the Pioneer Cemetery or the Great Grave.  In addition, there are many Indian graves on the grounds, most from before the Whitmans’ arrival, likely buried at the bottom of Shaft Hill.
BURIALS IN THE GREAT GRAVE, WHO DIED NOVEMBER 29-30, 1847
WHITMAN, Marcus
WHITMAN, Narcissa Prentiss
ROGERS, Andrew, Jr.
SAUNDERS, Lucien
KIMBALL, Nathan
BEWLEY, Crockett A.
GILLILAND, Isaac
SAGER, John
SAGER, Francis
HOFFMAN, Jacob
MARSH, Walter?
SALES, Amos
HALL, Peter D.
BURIALS NOT INCLUDED IN THE GREAT GRAVE
BROWN,  D. 1841, also known as Brown's woman
CAYUSE INDIAN,Elizabeth, D. 1905, April 10, helped bury massacre victims
FINDLAY, Joseph S., D. 1845, March 6, emigrant
GRAY, Mary Augusta Dix, B. Jan 1, 1810, D. 1881, Dec 8
GRAY, William Henry, B. Sept 10, 1810, D. 1889 Nov 14
HALL, Sara, D. 1838, Aug 11, Indian, second burial in cemetery
HASTINGS, Judy, B. Nov 20, 1862, D. 1866, Jan 11
HAVIRD, Grant, B. April, 1869, D. 1869, Aug 13
HAVIRD, Irene Ann Hod, D. July 17,1844, D. 1869, Dec 8
HAVIRD, D. 1858
HAYS, Rapoleon, D. 1847,Dec, infant
HINES, a Negro, D. 1836,Sept 1, came west with Whitmans
HODGIS, Henry, Morton, B.  Nov 23,1866, D. 1867, May 25
MAHI, Joseph, D. 1840, Aug, Hawaiian, worked for Whitmans                                  
McELHANEY, Ethel, B. Aug 10,1855, D. 1865, Oct 12
McELHANEY, Julia, A.,B. Oct 31, 1853, D. 1862 Nov 08
MEEK, Helen Mar, D. 1847, Dec 12, 9yrs, measles                                            
OSBORNE, Baby Girl, D. 1847, Dec 14, measles
OSBORNE, Salivijane, D. 1847, Nov 24, 6yrs, measles
SAGER, Hannah, Louise, D. 1847, Dec 5, 6 yrs, measles
STONE, Alta, B. 1868, D. 1870
STONE, Dr. John, B. May 7,1821, D. 1870, March 9, pioneer physician
WHITMAN, Alice Clarissa, B. March 14, 1837, D. 1839, June 23, drowning.