Boise Pioneer Cemetery is a cemetery in Boise, Idaho.

History

In 1863, it came into use as an unsactioned pioneer cemetery, and remains Boise's oldest cemetery to be in continuous use. The earliest recorded burial was Carrie Logan, who died Aug. 22, 1864 on the Camas Prairie, at age of five years, 11 months and five days. Logan's grave marker remains the oldest of the legible markers.

The cemetery contains 1,796 marked graves, but it is the resting place of many more, as many graves are unmarked or were formerly marked with headstones that were made of insubstantial materials like wood, or otherwise lost to time. Deaths were not recorded in Idaho until after the dawn of the 20th century, and obituaries and death notices were often not published in newspapers.

Notable interments

The cemetery is the resting place of eleven former Boise mayors, eight Ada County sheriffs, and five past governors – Edward A. Stevenson, George L. Shoup, Frank W. Hunt, Robert E. Smylie, and Cecil D. Andrus.

The cemetery also contains a memorial to the fallen men of the American Civil War which was erected on May 30, 1896, by Phil Sheridan Women's Relief Corps. It cost $137 and was unveiled on May 9, 1896.^[1]

References

External links

• Boise Pioneer Cemetery at Find a Grave