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White Pine County, Nevada

Hamilton Cemetery
(A.K.A. Mourners Point)

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Location, Township 16N, Range 58E, Sec 7
Lat: 39.25300, Lon: 115.48500
Contributed by Donna Frederick

To find the cemetery, travel U.S. 50 west from Ely for 36 miles. There will be a Nevada Historical marker. Exit south on a well maintained gravel road for nine miles. The cemetery is located on the left (east) side of the road up a small rise. There is a "Cemetery" sign.

Hamilton (Cave City) is located in western White Pine County at an elevation of 8,052 feet. Hamilton was the original county seat of White Pine County. The road into Hamilton may be traveled in a two-wheel drive vehicle. Access is dependent upon the weather and time of year.

Hamilton was created because of the necessity for a town with a desirable location after discovery of rich silver ore in the area. Early arrivals found shelter in natural caves and by May 1868 a settlement known as Cave City was formed with approximately 600 inhabitants.

It was soon renamed for mine promoter W. H. Hamilton. Many thoughtless prospectors, lured by the imagined riches, ignored the warning not to come to White Pine until the snow disappeared. The weather has been described as "ten months winter and two months damned cold weather."

The post office was established Aug 10, 1868 while the area was still a portion of Lander county, Nevada. White Pine county was formed in March 1869 and Hamilton was selected as the first county seat.

A fire destroyed the courthouse at Hamilton along with all of the records in Jan 1885. Records at the Ely courthouse begin Jan 5, 1885.

The following tombstone transcripts were copied May 21, 2000. This is not an official listing of all those buried in the Hamilton cemetery. It is a list of all the names that could still be read.
- Donna Frederick


The cemetery photographs were contributed by Dr. Linda Clements

PHOTO NAME BIRTH DEATH COMMENTS
YES Alden, Mary E. 1873 1907 Shares stone with R. Donald Heriot
YES Allenthorpe, William
1876
YES Casey, Mary
13 Jun 1870 b. Native of Cambridge Mass.,
d. , age: 19y, Top: I.H.S. In Memory
Of At bottom of stone: Erected to her
memory by her esteemed friend Isaac
Philips. This is an elaborate marble
stone in excellent condition. It is
beginning to tilt some.
YES Charles, Albert B.
06 Dec 1869 b. Native of Plattsburg N.Y.,
d. Hamilton
YES Ghirardelli, John 1896 1918 b. Italy, d. Hamilton
YES Heriot , R. Donald, 1894 1907 Shares stone with Mary E. Alden
YES Lani, Angela 1857 1934 Shares stone with Louis
YES Lani, Louis 1854 1939 Shares stone with Angela
YES Lani, Umberto 1886 Jul 1890 age 4yr 9mo, Sweet be your Rest
YES Matson, Etta 1886 1907
YES Matson, Mary 1878 1907
YES Paul, Charles Henry 08 Jul 1894 27 Jul 1894
YES Paul, Kenneth Linn 20 Jul 1892 12 Oct 1893
YES Paul, William John 09 Oct 1890 19 Nov 1890 [note: the grave site has been
desecrated by those unknown.
What a shame.]
YES Quinn, Dennis Leon 24 Aug 1964 10 Jul 2008
YES Timson Plot


NO Timson, Arthur 27 Jul 1873 06 Jan 1898 "Sweet be you sleep, Arthur My
Darling Boy"
YES Timson, John 23 Jan 1868 24 Jan 1888
YES Timson, William John 27 Apr 1824 14 Mar 1885 Masonic symbol on top of stone
YES Unnamed Plot

S of Lani & N of Ghirardelli sites
No grave marker
YES Unnamed Plot

Fenced area, no marker
YES Zadow, Louis C. 1838 1907 Native of Germany
YES View from cemetery center, south of graves.
YES View East from gate to Timson Plots.
YES View from cemetery center, south of graves.
YES View from south east corner to Zadow graves and road.
YES View of south east corner where Quinn grave was found.
YES View to south east from gate.




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