WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
HAMBLIN CEMETERY
Hamblin, Utah
LOCATION
Hamblin, Utah37° 32' 11.08" North Latitude, 113° 36' 28.03" West Longitude
37.5364° North Latitude, 113.6078° West Longitude
5,872 feet (1,790 meters) MSL
Directions:
Take Highway 18 north from St George or south from Enterprise.
Take the Pinto turnoff near Mile Marker 34 and go east.
Follow the signs.
For a local aerial map, click here.
HISTORY
The cemetery is unique because many of the headstones were carved in the "Desert Alphabet". This phoneticalphabet was introduced to the Mormon people in the first decades after their settlement of Utah Territory.
Unfortunately, the stones are so worn that the alphabet is barely recognizable.
PHOTOS
 WCHS-00078 Road to Hamblin & Pinto just off Hwy 18 |
 WCHS-00079 Pinto Road at the Hamblin turnoff |
 WCHS-00081 Hamblin Cemetery |
 WCHS-00084 Simple graves |
 WCHS-00086 Grave headstone and footstone |
 WCHS-00089 Grave and headstone |
Other WCHS photos:
WCHS-00080 Photo of an old wood sign for the Hamblin Cemetery
WCHS-00082 Photo of some gravesites at the Hamblin Cemetery
WCHS-00083 Photo of some gravesites at the Hamblin Cemetery
WCHS-00085 Photo of some simple graves at the Hamblin Cemetery
WCHS-00087 Photo of a grave with headstone and footstone at the Hamblin Cemetery
WCHS-00088 Photo of three graves with old and new markers at the Hamblin Cemetery
WCHS-00090 Photo of a grave with an old headstone at the Hamblin Cemetery
WCHS-00091 Photo of an old headstone at the Hamblin Cemetery
WCHS-00092 Photo of an engraved stone grave cover at the Hamblin Cemetery
Other photos on the web:
Photo of the Hamblin Cemetery
Photo of a stone marker at the Hamblin Cemetery telling about the history of the town
Photo of a stone marker at the Hamblin Cemetery listing people with unknown graves
Old photo of broken down fence and grave stones at the Hamblin Cemetery
10/1/2006 photo of the road from the Pinto Road down to the Hamblin Cemetery
10/1/2006 photo of the broken Hamblin Cemetery sign
GRAVES
Plot map of the Hamblin CemeteryDavid Philo Canfield, Born January 21, 1887 and Died May 3, 1888
David Canfield, Born May 9, 1812 and Died May 8, 1897
Elizabeth Storey Depew Canfield, Born July 10, 1825 and Died June 5, 1908
Hase Canfield, Born May 1, 1890 and Died December 4, 1890
John Clarence Canfield, Born December 9, 1884 and Died June 30, 1886
Laura Maria or Mariah Westover Canfield, Born October 2, 1855 and Died July 6, 1900
Lillian Emily Canfield, Born November 23, 1893 and Died January 24, 1894
Lucy Philena Day Canfield, Born January 21, 1853 and Died May 1, 1901
Lucy Ann Canfield, Born November 30 1874 and Died February 23, 1888
Luella Canfield, Born July 2, 1895 and Died March 31, 1896
Lyman Toyles Canfield, Born February 28, 1879 and Died May 14, 1888
Mattie Elizabeth Canfield, Born March 28, 1881 and Died May 30, 1888
Moroni Canfield, Born February 5, 1848 and Died June 28, 1893
Parley Pratt Canfield, Born July 24, 1855 and Died February 3, 1921
Alice Lillian Emett, Born August 14, 1876 and Died June 2, 1878
Catharine Sytha Emett, Born January 6, 1873 and Died July 13, 1873
James Simpson Emett, Born November 13, 1876 and Died January 22, 1877
Lucy P. Emett, Born Aug. 14, 1876 and Died June 2, 1878
Sarah Ann Matler Hall, Born December 19, 1838 and Died April 8, 1875
George Clinton Spencer, Born January 25, 1809 and Died sometime in 1877
Elizabeth Truman Boyce, Born April 19, 1831 and Died November 6, 1919
Jacob Mica Truman, Born August 30, 1825 and Died November 26, 1881
Jacob Boyce Truman, Born July 24, 1855 and Died November 18, 1873
John M. Truman, Born ??? and Died ???
Martha Spencer Truman, Born July 22, 1793 and Died December 16, 1878
Lucy J. Winsor, Born August 1, 1881 and Died July 16, 1891
Burial list from Find A Grave
Burial list from the Washington County, Utah Tombstone Project
Burial list from RootsWeb
REFERENCES
Washington County, Utah Tombstone ProjectFind A Grave
A history of Hamblin from a marker in the cemetery