Red Cloud Cemetery

My Goodness, I was so excited to finally, finally visit Red Cloud Cemetery! When I first moved to Northumberland, just a little over a year ago now, I started looking around online for info regarding cemeteries in the area. Red Cloud was one that caught my eye. First off: cool name. Secondly: cool backstory (you can read on the poster below). Thirdly: Pioneer Cemetery, my favorite kind!

As you can (maybe) read here, Red Cloud Cemetery is super duper cool and important because of it's...prairie grass. Yup, rare grass. Cool.

But that's ok, super rare grass grows here and they let it, and they want to make sure that it doesn't get damaged by foot traffic, so they ask you to keep to the path, and watch out for poison ivy, and they don't mention that they are basically letting the cemetery fall apart. Or, at least that's how it looked when I was there.

The plaque reads: Red Cloud Memorial Grove, Planted 1969. I don't know what was planted. More grass? This is the beginning of the "path" you are supposed to stay on.

Our first stone, the name is too worn to read but it appears he or she died at 85 years old.

If you look at the left top f the picture yo can make out the little path you are supposed to stay on. It's a single person, gravel path. Very overgrown. Only goes around half the cemetery, and doesn't go up to all the graves.

Remnants of a monument.

Unknown.

George Haynes 1857-1930
Grace Salter, his wife, 1859-1930
Edward Roy Haynes, their son, 1886-1938

Mary A. Smith, 1916-1917.

George, son of William and Mary Johnson, died Sept 17, 1875, aged 1 month.
William H., son of William and Mary Johnson, died April 5, 1875, aged 2 weeks.

Jane, wife of Thomas Tweed.

I can't quite make this one out, but it look like the name might be Dora Louisa Puffer.

Chester Barrett, 1821-1898
Elizabeth Brad, his wife, 1823-1897

Colin Samis, died May 27, 1832. Aged 57 years.

Willaim Sommerville, 1872-1940
Carrie Samis, wife of William Sommerville. Died Nov 23, 1906. Aged 27 years.
Hayden Sommerville, their son, died Oct 4, 1906. Aged 1 years

John Ferguson, died Sept 13, 1867.

Belinda, wife of John Ferguson.

Unknown.

Daniel Ferguson, died Aug 10, 1903. Aged 75 years.

Jane Ferguson, died Mar 15, 1903. Aged 74 years.

Byard Wesley Brintnell, died Sept 21, 1880. Aged 19 years

Eliza Daniels, wife of J.W. Hopkins.

John Frederick Tuck 1857-1942
Gerald Delbert Tuck 1898-1997
Percy Tuck 1893-1893
Lydia Tuck 1895-1895
Leona Tuck 1896-1900
Annie Tuck 1887-1900
Armour Tuck 1891-1900
Arthur Tuck 1903-1903

T. Harrison Tuck 1849-1918
Margaret Ellis, his wife, 1857-1930
Douglas Tuck 1884-1893

Unknown.

Mary Grace Perry, died April 27, 1875. Aged 4 months.

The names and dates are upside down. The bottom of the monument looks like it says Bull, but the names on the monument look like Masters.

George Brintnell, died Aug 19, 1887.
Sarah Brintnell, died March 5, 1871
Asa Brintnell, died 1830
Laura Brintnell, died July 15, 1829
Clarissa A. Brintnell, born March 29, 1858 died May 1, 1852
Harford A. Brintnell, born April 26, 1874 died Sept 30, 1874.

Mary Matilda Brintnell, another child of Asa and Laura. There are a few other names lower on the monument, which I believe are her children.

Another unknown, becoming lost to the field.

It would be really great if the Red Cloud Cemetery Board worked on restoring some of the fallen headstones, maybe start digging them out of the ground before they are lost forever. I am so happy that they have decided to leave them where they are, instead of moving them around like many other places do, it is amazing to actually know exactly where these people are. Also, the pathway only goes halfway around the cemetery, then you are walking trough long grass and poison ivy! Wear long pants!