This information was originally posted to the WALEWIS-L mailing list and has been added to the Lewis Co., WA GenWeb database with the kind permission of the original poster, Sharon. Here is Sharon's introduction to the list:
"When the dam was built and the graves moved to other cemeteries, there was a list put out by the (I believe) Army Corp of Engineers. There were 221 graves moved from Riffe Cemetery."
The Smith Cemetery was among the family cemeteries relocated with the Riffe Cemetery.
SMITH CEMETERY GRAVE LIST NEW LOCATION
NAME | BORN | DIED | DESCRIPTION (abbr. at end of list) |
CEM. BLOCK | NEW CEMTERY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artha M. Smith | 1862 | 1914 | (Com MK | Doss | |
John S. Smith | 1862 | 1906 | (S MK | 28x8x15 | Doss |
Johathan Smith | 1902 | Stake | Doss | ||
Dewey Smith | 1903 | Stake | Doss | ||
Lee Smith | 1918 | Stake | Doss | ||
Bessie Justice and Baby | 1924 | Curbed Lot | Doss | ||
Orville (Jimmie) Justice | 1937 | Curbed Lot | Doss | ||
David Justice Baby | Stake | Doss | |||
Joseph Smith | Unlocated | Doss | |||
Rosie B. Smith | 1892 | 1914 | R MK | 20x12x6 | Doss |
Nora Stout | Unlocated | Doss |
Abbreviations used in cemetery descriptions:
Mon. | Monument |
F MK | Flat Marker |
R MK | Raised Marker |
S MK | Slanted Marker |
V | Vertical Slab |
Com. MK | Companion Marker |
B MK | Blank Marker |
Met. Plq. | Metal Plaque |
P. Met. Plq. | Pressed Metal Plaque |