IN MEMORY OF

RALPH MYERS

THE SON OF SARAH J.

AND WILLIAM H.

MYERS

BORN APRIL 21st 1883

DIED OCT ?? 1888

AGED ? YEAR.

6 MONTH. AND 9 DAYS

GONE…

Cemetery: Protestant Pioneer – Silver Reef, Utah

Yes, another child, I will have to add up the children, I feel like there is quite a few. I found William H. the Butcher and Sarah living in up the 15 Freeway in Beaver, Utah, with their 3 mo old daughter, Daisey. I also found a IGI record of a William J. Myers born in Silver Reef in 1889 and died Jun 02 1968. I guess that is some consolation.

This grave also includes a small footstone, I didn’t see anything written on it.

IN

MEMORY OF

AUGUSTA

WIFE OF

GEO. L.

HARDING

BORN

SEP ????  1862

TO

?????   ??? ????4

Cemetery: Protestant Pioneer – Silver Reef, Utah

Tucked under the branches of a tree that has grown very close, is the tombstone of Augusta, wife of George. It was very hard to get close enough for good pictures or to read it, even. It looks like the weeds, foxtails, rubbing against the bottom for all these years has erased the text down there. Only the 4 is left (visually) of her death date, if I had to guess, I would go for 1884, I believe the earliest burial in these cemeteries is 1878 and the latest is 1889.

Here are some closer shots:

I did some quick research and found no Augusta Harding in the 1880 census, but I did find George L. Harding, born 1848, a single engineer living in a boarding house in Silver reef. So if 1884 is the correct date, they were newlyweds and we have another sad tale of the rough life on the frontier.

Here we have two children buried side by side. The first is, Baby West, died in 1879, the second was William West, died 1888. I looked for the “West” family in the 1880 census of Silver Reef and found 18yr old Nettie West and her husband 29yr old Wright, and was saddened to see that they had no children. He is listed as a grocer and I would say from these fancy headstones that selling groceries was profitable in this boomtown.

Baby West

Born & Died

Nov. 28, 1879

Rest Baby Rest

Cemetery: Protestant Pioneer – Silver Reef, Utah

William Shelton

Son of

S.W. & Nettie West

Born

Jan. 28, 1883

Died

Oct. 9, 1888

Little buddie thou art

Gone but not Forgotten

Cemetery: Protestant Pioneer – Silver Reef, Utah

It took me awile, and I thought that I wasn’t going to be able to find anymore about the couple, but I found Silas West in Salt Lake City in the 1900 census. His wife is listed as Marie A. West, but I am pretty sure with the ages and length of their marriage, and their parent info that this is the right family. They have 7 children and a nephew living with them. A happy ending, for Christmas, Oh. . . and Silas’ occupation in 1900, Shepherd.