WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
SILVER REEF CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Silver Reef, Utah
LOCATION
Silver Reef, UT37.14675° North Latitude, 113.21870° West Longitude
Directions:
Go north on Main Street in Leeds to the Oakgrove / Silver Reef road (just off I-15 Exit 24).
Take the first road to the left, you will see a Lions Club sign showing the road to the pioneer cemeteries.
Take the dirt road and make left turns.
The Protestant Cemetery is 2.5 tenths of a mile west of the Lions Club sign.
From the Protestant Cemetery, look west to top of hill and you will see the Catholic Cemetery.
HISTORY
Restoration of the Silver Reef Pioneer Cemeteries was a project of the Lions Club of Leeds. Initial clearing and boundary marking began in January 1998. 192 volunteers amassed 672 work hours on five scheduled Saturdays. Eleven members of the Lions Club of Leeds amassed 398 work hours on nine scheduled workdays. The Chairman amassed 432 hours. Mr. Ray Crosby of Provo donated all of the old barn wood. Enough old barn wood was cleaned and cut to fabricate over 1,100 feet of picket fencing. Included where 170 2 inch x 4 inch x 12 inch rails and 1532 4 inch x 4 inch pickets. They also made over 60 crosses of 2 feet x 6 feet of material to make the unknown grave. They used over 82 6 feet cedar posts, 50 pounds of galvanized nails, and 22 bags of concrete and ceramic tiles from old Mexico road signs.A guest book was was added in 1999.
In the Silver Reef Catholic Cemetery, there are 3 graves with tombstones and 15 grave unknown markers.
PHOTOS
Photos on the web:Photo of the Lions Club sign for the Pioneer Cemeteries
Photo of the Lions Club interpretive sign for the Pioneer Cemeteries
Photo of the Silver Reef Catholic Cemetery as seen from the Silver Reef Protestant Cemetery
Photo of the Silver Reef Catholic Cemetery entrance gate
Photo of the Silver Reef Catholic Cemetery entrance gate
Photo of the Silver Reef Catholic Cemetery
Photo of the Silver Reef Catholic Cemetery
Photo of the Silver Reef Catholic Cemetery
GRAVES
Henry C. Clark, Born March 13, 1853 and Died December 1, 1878John Richard Clark, Born 1820 and Died 1880
James D. F. Grim, Born January 10, 1934 and Died September 2, 2008
Park Morehous, Born May 18, 1877 and Died August 14, 1878
Dale Bryon Spencer, Born September 24, 1934 and Died December 3, 2001
Burial list from Find A Grave
Burial list from the Utah Gravestones Project
Burial list from the Washington County, Utah Tombstone Project
REFERENCES
Find A GraveWashington County, Utah Tombstone Project