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.