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Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery (AKA Chambers Prairie, Woodlawn)
4178 Ruddell Rd SE
Lacey, WA 98503 USA
(360) 491-3000
Ruddell or Pioneer Cemetery is located in the city of Lacey at the intersection of Ruddell Road SE and Mullen Road SE. The cemetery was established about 1850 on donated land that was once part of the Stephen D. Ruddell Donation Land Claim. There were a few graves here before 1850. The iron fence and gate was donated by Mr. Gwin Hicks, an early State Printer. There are many unmarked graves here, and several graves of unknown persons.
Lacey, WA 98503 USA
(360) 491-3000
Ruddell or Pioneer Cemetery is located in the city of Lacey at the intersection of Ruddell Road SE and Mullen Road SE. The cemetery was established about 1850 on donated land that was once part of the Stephen D. Ruddell Donation Land Claim. There were a few graves here before 1850. The iron fence and gate was donated by Mr. Gwin Hicks, an early State Printer. There are many unmarked graves here, and several graves of unknown persons.
Saint Martin's Abbey Cemetery
5000 Abbey Way SE
Lacey, WA 98503 USA
(360) 491-4700
Saint Martins Cemetery is for members of the Abbey, located behind the monastery on the grounds of St Martin's College and Abbey in Lacey.
Lacey, WA 98503 USA
(360) 491-4700
Saint Martins Cemetery is for members of the Abbey, located behind the monastery on the grounds of St Martin's College and Abbey in Lacey.
Schmidt Family Cemetery
Schmidt Place
Tumwater, WA 98501 USA
Schmidt Family Cemetery is located at the end of Schmidt Place in Tumwater, in the back yard of the family home. There are just two stones facing each other.
Tumwater, WA 98501 USA
Schmidt Family Cemetery is located at the end of Schmidt Place in Tumwater, in the back yard of the family home. There are just two stones facing each other.
Union Cemetery (AKA Bush Prairie)
5700 Littlerock Rd SW
Tumwater, WA 98512 USA
Union Cemetery or Bush Prairie Cemetery is located south of Olympia. Go south on Capital Boulevard through Tumwater and turn on Trosper Road. Cross over the freeway on Trosper Road (54th Ave SW) and continue a short distance to Littlerock Road SW where you turn left. Travel along Littlerock Road about 0.25 miles and the cemetery will be on your right.
The first meeting to organze the Union cemetery was held in the home of Jesse Ferguson on 1 December 1865. On 4 Jan 1866 the Union Cemetery was incorporated by an act of the Thirteenth Legislature. William Jenks, Morris Littlejohn and James Dunlap were the men chosen to procure a suitable parcel of ground for this cemetery. Jesse Ferguson was one of the original settlers of this region, who arrived with MIchael T. Simmons and his party in 1845. Mr. Ferguson sold the land (about two acres) to the Union Cemetery in the winter of 1867 for ten dollars. Evidently the land was used as a cemetery before that time, since a number of the dates of death on the tombstones predate 1867. According to old records kept by the cemetery, undertakers would sometimes bury the dead there and not notify the Cemetery Association. Consequently there are many unmarked and unrecorded graves in this cemetery. It is believed that Charles H. Mason, first Secretary of the Territory of Washington, and the man whose name was given to Mason County, is buried there. Many of the pioneers of the area were buried there. It is associated with the earliest period of Tumwater history. Some of the first permanent American settlers on Puget Sound at Tumwater, such as George and Isabella Bush, members of the 1845 settlement party, are interred here. The cemetery is also significant for the unusual grave markers for a Puget Sound Indian War Volunteer, War of 1812 veteran William Rutledge, and Civil War Veterans.
Tumwater, WA 98512 USA
Union Cemetery or Bush Prairie Cemetery is located south of Olympia. Go south on Capital Boulevard through Tumwater and turn on Trosper Road. Cross over the freeway on Trosper Road (54th Ave SW) and continue a short distance to Littlerock Road SW where you turn left. Travel along Littlerock Road about 0.25 miles and the cemetery will be on your right.
The first meeting to organze the Union cemetery was held in the home of Jesse Ferguson on 1 December 1865. On 4 Jan 1866 the Union Cemetery was incorporated by an act of the Thirteenth Legislature. William Jenks, Morris Littlejohn and James Dunlap were the men chosen to procure a suitable parcel of ground for this cemetery. Jesse Ferguson was one of the original settlers of this region, who arrived with MIchael T. Simmons and his party in 1845. Mr. Ferguson sold the land (about two acres) to the Union Cemetery in the winter of 1867 for ten dollars. Evidently the land was used as a cemetery before that time, since a number of the dates of death on the tombstones predate 1867. According to old records kept by the cemetery, undertakers would sometimes bury the dead there and not notify the Cemetery Association. Consequently there are many unmarked and unrecorded graves in this cemetery. It is believed that Charles H. Mason, first Secretary of the Territory of Washington, and the man whose name was given to Mason County, is buried there. Many of the pioneers of the area were buried there. It is associated with the earliest period of Tumwater history. Some of the first permanent American settlers on Puget Sound at Tumwater, such as George and Isabella Bush, members of the 1845 settlement party, are interred here. The cemetery is also significant for the unusual grave markers for a Puget Sound Indian War Volunteer, War of 1812 veteran William Rutledge, and Civil War Veterans.
Yelm Cemetery
11540 Cemetery Rd SE
Yelm, WA 98597 USA
(360) 458-5377
To reach this cemetery, take State Highway 507 from the town of Yelm toward McKenna 1.6 miles to Vail Road SE. Turn right and go 0.5 mile to Cook Road SE, turn left 0.2 mile to Cemetery Road SE.
Yelm, WA 98597 USA
(360) 458-5377
To reach this cemetery, take State Highway 507 from the town of Yelm toward McKenna 1.6 miles to Vail Road SE. Turn right and go 0.5 mile to Cook Road SE, turn left 0.2 mile to Cemetery Road SE.