Lake Valley Cemetery

In 1881 David Nunn, his father, and two brothers moved to the little town of Lake Valley in the New Mexico Territory. David tried to homestead nearby, but the Indians drove him off the land. He moved to the relative safety of the town, population about 200. David married Margaret Nunn in 1887, who was no relation. One of his brothers had fallen in love with Margaret’s sister and married; and so two Nunn brothers married two Nunn sisters. Like most of the other men of Lake Valley, David went to work in the local silver mine. The success of the mine boomed the town’s population to 4,000 residents when silver prices were at their peak in the early 1890s. The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 required the government to buy millions of dollars of silver bullion annually. But in 1893 President Cleveland repealed the act, and mining in New Mexico slowed to a crawl. Lake Valley shrank to a ghost town.

The following is a list of 78 burials occurring in Lake Valley Cemetery in Sierra County, New Mexico.

Lake Valley Cemetery

Lake Valley Cemetery

Lake Valley Cemetery

Lake Valley Cemetery

Cemetery: Lake Valley Cemetery
GPS: N 32.71463 W 107.56687
County: Sierra
Directions: From Hatch, NM, NW and W 18.5 mi on NM 26 to NM 27 (Nutt); N 12.5 mi on NM 27 to cemetery access road, W side.
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Lake Valley Cemetery, Sierra County, New Mexico

Surname Given Birth Death Age Notes
? Jesse c.1883 1884 Apr 26 1 Son of J. C. and L. M.
Alvarez Frank R. 1916 1919 3
Avis Jo Faulkner 1838 Dec 10 1921 Feb 6 82
Barnes Jay C.
Barnes Louise S.
Beals Julia 1893 1913 20
Beals Morel M. 1893 1909 16
Bloodgood Cora D. Longfellow 1866 Jan 5 1917 Feb 5 51 Mother; Wife of E.F. Bloodgood
Brown Minnie Latham 1868 Jul 10 1935 Oct 16 67
Coarellit Fransis 1917 Dec 12
Coy Sarah Latham 1881 Jan 25 1967 Mar 28 86
De Moere Pete 1837 Oct 6 1886 Apr 10 48 Born Antwerp, Belgium; Died Lake Valley NM
Ealy-Nunn Blanche 1902 Jul 22 1920 Jan 23 17
Endicott Ellen 1848 1923 75
Endicott George 1843 1912 69
Faulkner Louis J. 1848 Jul 10 1923 Mar 17 74
Fulghiem Alice B.
Fulghiem Roscoe W.
Glasson Ellen 1873 Apr 23 1953 Jul 12 80
Glasson John 1860 Nov 21 1937 Jun 10 76
Goetz Ada Beal 1900 1920 20
Gray Iney McGregor 1914 1992 78
Gray Ivan F. 1909 1990 81
Gray Lois E. 1921
Gray Robin H. 1910 1975 65
Hale Edward 1871 1924 53
Head Andrew E. 1856 1924 68
Knight James 1904 Jan 4 70
Latham Ann Faulkner 1843 Mar 15 1930 Jan 23 86
Latham Archibald Bishop 1873 1943 Feb 12 70
Latham Bud 1883 Feb 5 1954 Nov 28 71
Latham Evelyn 1905 1965 60
Latham Grover 1889 Jan 23 1995 Jan 5 105
Latham James Robert 1841 Mar 29 1903 Sept 15 62 TX Troop D 33 Regiment CAV C.S.A.
Latham Joey 1956 Jun 7 1956 Jun 7 0
Latham Miller L. 1900 1964 64
Latham Thomas J. 1901 1923 22
Lee C.E.B. 1849 1931 82
Lee Thomas T. CO A 46 ALA Infantry CSA
McGregor Charles I. 1851 1921 70
McGregor Grant R. 1888 1965 77
McGregor Josephine A. 1854 1904 50
McGregor Olive B. 1889 1975 86
McKinney C.A. 1882 1954 72
McKinney Milam L. 1906 1984 78 Wheeler Mortuary
McLean Elizabeth 1852 Feb 24 1938 Nov 22 86
McMillan Theo OH Co-B 22 Infantry
Miller Daniel Samuel 1853 1919 66
Miller Emma Moodey 1862 1937 75
Miller Ira Oliver 1889 Sept 14 1956 Jun 25 66 NM Pvt 314 AMMO TN 89 Division World War I
Miller John W. 1852 1937 85
Miller Lucky McFarland 1851 Feb 12 1937 Jan 1 85
Nowlin Asa Lee 1893 1937 44
Nunn D. M. 1858 1924 66
Nunn Emily M. 1892 Apr 19 1957 Apr 18 64
Nunn Emmett M. 1891 Feb 18 1959 May 3 68
Nunn Lock 1860 1926 66
Nunn Margaret I. 1865 Mar 9 1944 Jul 3 79
Nunn T. M. 1827 1917 90
Parks Addie B. 1861 1932 71 Mother
Parks Benjamin F. 1853 1945 92 Father
Parks Joseph Franklin 1892 1919 27
Pence Barbara Latham 1910 Feb 22 1992 Apr 17 82
Perry Fred H. 1879 1952 73
Perry Harold P. 1898 1978 80
Phipps Jessie I. 1894 Mar 15 1983 Dec 17 89
Phipps Winifred F. 1916 Oct 2 1992 Jan 8 75 Wife, Mother, Grandmother
Rea C. Casper 1893 1977 84
Rea Mildred F. 1895 1981 86
Turner Mattie 1898 Sept 15 1984 Jun 8 85
Williams J. L. IA CO 13 45th Infantry
Williams Margaret E. 1852 Jul 12 1905 Jun 4 52
Wilson Blanche D. 1889 May 26 1983 Mar 31 93 Born Kingston, NM; Died Lake Valley, NM
Wilson Clarence W. 1892 Mar 21 1956 Dec 31 64 NM PFC CO 1 34 Infantry 7 Division, World War I
Wilson Earl J. 1885 1952 67 Father
Wilson Maria Louisa 1860 Nov 21 1930 70 Mother
Wilson Marjorie Proctor 1893 1937 44 Mother
Wilson Oliver T. 1848 1924 76

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