The following list of notable burials is an attempt to introduce readers to some of Lone Fir’s residents to spark curiosity for personal research or at least justify our referring to the cemetery as an outdoor history museum. Many of the cemetery’s 20,000+ burials have interesting stories of accomplishments great and small, famous and infamous, old, new, and from every stratum of society. Waves of immigrants from various locales have ebbed at Lone Fir from Portland’s earliest inception. Some very famous people you never heard of have found their way to the cemetery.
With this listing and the self-guided tours available for download elsewhere on this website, Friends of Lone Fir seeks to share with you the breadth of our discoveries at the cemetery. The listing will always be incomplete, as we seek to learn more about these many souls as time goes on. If you have stories to share, please let us know; they may appear on a tour one day!
Mary Drain Albro
Researched pioneer roses/installed garden at Lone Fir/all from Oregon Trail Block 22/Pioneer Rose Garden cenotaph. She is buried in Rose City Park Cemetery.
Elizabeth Barchus
Painted dramatic landscapes of Mt. Hood, Columbia Gorge, Oregon coast/called ‘Oregon’s Artist’. Block 32/ Lot 7/Grave 3N
Aurelia Barrell
When husband died on Oregon Trail, young mother of 2 drove on alone. Named Lone Fir Cemetery. Block 1/Lot 1/Grave 3N
Colburn Barrell
Descended from Mayflower pilgrims \Joseph Barrell, who sailed with Captain Gray on trade voyage which
discovered the Columbia River. Owned steamship “Gazelle” land which became Lone Fir cemetery when it steam engine blew up, killing 24. Block 1/Lot 1/2N
Cornelius Beal
Rare divorce attorney from early days. Donation Land Claim was Council Crest. Block 18/Lot 5A/Grave 3S
William Beck
Pioneer gun merchant. Advocate for first bridge on Willamette River (Morrison) Block 1/Lot 47/Grave 3S
Angeline Berry
Founder Humane Society, Good Sam Hospital, YWCA. Gave land for Grace Episcopal Church Block 8/Lot 46/Grave 2N
John Bird
Pioneer of 1852. Well-known baseball pitcher in 1870’s. Block 16/Lot 32/Grave 1N
Edward Blackwood
Early scenic photographer-owned Portland Camera Exchange in 1920’s. Block 35/Lot 238/Grave 2N
Chloe Boone
Grand of Daniel, Dau of Alphonso Boone, 1st teacher in Oregon not in a mission, just missed being in Donner
Party. Wife of Geo. Curry, Oregon Territorial Gov. Block 6/Lot 75/Gr 2N
William Bond
Manufactured matches. Descended from Plymouth Colony. Block 8/Lot 45/Gr 2S
Earl Bronaugh
Lawyer/Judge. Descended from French Hugenots/Revolutionary War. Block 4/Lot 66/2N
Archie Brown/James Johnson
Hung for joint crime/buried together/hanging a spectacle. Block 9/Lot 36/3S
Valentine Brown
Realtor/poet/egotist/shattered stone restored by Friends of Lone Fir. Block 8/Lot 36
EM Burton
Architect of cast iron buildings/father of Goergiana Pittock-moved to Riverview. Block 6/Lot 5/3S
Julia Bybee
Early pioneer of Sauvie Island. Block 1/Lot 92/2N
Harriet Biddle Campbell
1st missionary group to convert Indians-Jason Lee Party. Last survivor of Methodist reform movement which
began in Oregon. Block 2/Lot 29/2N
Julius Caesar
Ex slave, loved baseball, wore a Prince Albert coat top hat. Blind. Block 19/Lot 231/3N
Willliam Caples
First practicing physician in Portland. Block 16/Lot 31/2S
Dr. James Cardwell
1st dentist, wife too/apple breeder/Chicago Expo/Humane Society. Block 1/Lot 3/1S
Finice Caruthers
Donation Land Claim Holder. Pioneer Water Works brought clean water to downtown Portland. Block 1/Lot 30/3N
William Cason
Charter mem of Bricklayers’ Union. Built many PDX unreinforced masonry bldgs. Block 7/Lot 17/1S
Charlotte Terwilliger Moffett Cartwright
Mother died on Or Trail/student in PDX 1st school/tireless worker for causes-State Pioneers Assoc., State Equal Suffrage Assoc., Forestry Club Sacajawea Statue Assoc. PDX Women’s Club charter member. Block 2/Lot 10/2S
James Chapman
Portland Mayor for theree terms. Block 7M/Lot 7/3S
Col. William Chapman
Early land claim owner-downtown PDX/politician. Block 7M/Lot 7/1S
James Chichester
Former asylum patient. Block W/Lot 48/2N
Edward Clayson
Father of Esther Lovejoy/activist against hypocritical prohibitionists. Block 34/Lot 131/1S
Steven Coffin
1st fire warden/1st plank road to Tualatin/1st school/PDX famous but no street. Block 1/Lot 46/3S
George Edward Cole
Portland postmaster. Block 6/Lot 61/2S
Anna Cullen
Last survivor of Applegate Wagon Train, the first wagon train. Block 2/Lot 8/2N
Thos. Cully
Pioneer of 1845, a stonemason. Built Portland’s first brick chimney-for Pettygrove. Block 1/Lot 2/1N
George Law Curry
Governor Oregon Territory. Block 6/Lot 75/2N
Martha Dalton
Suffragist who worked with Abigail Scott Duniway/Esther Lovejoy. Block 6/Lot 56/2N
Frank Dekum
German confectioner who became the builder of PDX’s first large brick building & went on to build most of early PDX. Dekum Building built of all Oregon materials-sustainable! Block 18/Lot 2H/2N
Crawford Dobbins
Died in “Gazelle” explosion. Burial caused cemetery to be dedicated, platted. Block 1/Lot 1/2S
Anna Eliza Drake
Pioneer. Home was first in town built of saw-cut lumber. Block 6/Lot 4/3S
Thomas Dryer
Whig/Anti Slavery/1st owner-editor Oregonian/1st to climb Mt. Hood. Block 3/Lot 19/1S
Andrew Dufur
Pioneer farming family, big in Oregon Ag-commissioner from OR to Philadelphia centennial Expo in 1876.
Family owned land in E. Oregon-named Dufur after them. Block 7M/Lot 32/1N
Fred Dundee
Grandson of pioneer Clinton Kelly worked in PDX’s 1st auto repair shop.Steamer mechanic racecar driver on dirt tracks. Founder of PDX Auto union. Block unknown.
Adelia Cutting Elliott
Descended from Pilgrims, was hospitalized in Hawthorne’s Asylum twice, and released twice. Suffered depression
at many family deaths.& Elliott wagon train disaster of 1855. Burial site unknown.
William Evans/Dr. John Wells
Wells treated Evans for typhoid.& Both died, buried together. Block Block 8M/Lot 53/1N
Samuel Francis
Pioneer of 1852, established a plant nursery near Or City-sold at George Abernethy’s store in Oregon City.
Block 36/Lot 62/1S
James Frush
1st Street Saloon keeper. Urn sat on bar, toasts made at Christmas/moved to grave/urn taken back to bar at
Christmas to toast Frush/Bar owned by Colburn Barrell. Block 2/Lot 16/3S
Emma Gotcher
Laundry worker who won supreme court case limiting womens’ work hours. Still taught in law schools. Block 34/
Lot 44/3N
Eloisa McLoughlin Rae Harvey
Daughter of Dr. John McLoughlin. “Princess of the Columbia”. Block 8/Lot 3/3N
John Haelen
National illustrator. Worked for Oregonian. Block 38/Lot 69/3S
Dr. James Hawthorne
Ran Oregon Asylum for the Insane/’Moral Treatment at the End of the Oregon Trail’/Progressive, Kind/Buried 132 inmates at Lone Fir. Block 8M/Lot 44/1N
George Himes
Historian, founder & long-time curator Or Historical Society. Lewis & Clark Expo/wrote OR history for L&C guidebook. Block 39/Lot 40/3S
Harvey K. Hine
Rev.-Methodist minister, educator, territorial legislator, editor, author. Block 20/Lot 15/3S
Frederick Von Voorhies Holman
Atty, Portland Rose Society, Rose Festival, OR Historical Society 1st to call Portland ‘City of Roses’. Block 71
/Lot 27/3S
Capt. Richard Hoyt
Worked the gold rush & rest of life in Oregon waters, built river trade. Block 3/Lot 11/3N
Simeon Josephi
Built Port of Portland Commission/Dean UO Medical College. Block 6/Lot 49/2S
Henry Krimbell
Fire Chief killed in line of duty. Block Firemens’ Block, Lot ??
Eric Ladd
Historic preservationist/local actor. See Bosco Milligan Foundation. Block 8M/Lot 246
Charity Lamb
1st woman in penitentiary. Abused, snapped, killed husband with axe. Lived 50 years in Insane Asylum. May have been different today. Block 14 or Salem unclear.
Harry Lane
Beloved PDX mayor, L&C Expo & 1founder Rose Festival, GGson Genl Joseph Lane. Block 9/Lot 51/1
Genl Joseph Lane
1st Oregon senator. Governor/Lane County. Cenotaph Block 21/Lot 14/1S
Dorothea Lensch
1st woman director of (PDX) public park system, 1st in nation. Block 35/Lot 192/3S
Paul Lind
Headstone replica of scrabble board. Humorous contemporary monument. Block 26/Lot 30
Julius Logus
Knights of Pythias, meat merchant, grand marshall at many parades. All business in PDX closed for 3 hours to
honor him. Block 2/Lot 20/1N
Asa Lovejoy
Founder of Portland. Lost coin toss which named Portland, Or 1st telegraph co., founder Oregon City Woolen
Mills, 1st Masonic Lodge in PDX. Block 8M/Lot 50/2N
Esther Lovejoy
International figure-doctor, suffragette,1st female director city health dept., 1st dir. Medical Women’s Intl. Assoc.
“Doctor to the World”. Block 34/Lot 132/1N
Daniel Lownsdale
Had only tannery in OR Territory, where PGE Park now stands. One of the “Portland Trio”, instrumental in building
the first Portland town. Block 1/Lot 24/1S
Donald MacLeay
Scottish businessman, into everything (banking, wheat, lumber, salmon, shipping). Invested profits in Portland
growth. Prominent in business community. Clan MacLeay pipe band named for him, family donated MacLeay Park, Bishop’s Close. Block 17/Lot 3/Mausoleum
Martha MacLeay
Married to Donald 7 years.& 4 children. Died. Cultivated, kind, progressive philanthropist. Instilled in descendents,
still so today. Block 17, Lot 3/Mausoleum
Sarah Ann McClincy
Asylum inmate buried in Block 14/Moved to Block 11/Lot 23/1S
Hannah McNemee
First Caucasian child born in Oregon. Burial site unknown, prob. Block 1
Emma Merlotin
Prostitute murdered just before Christmas. Her eyes were removed for forensics-to see if they had the image of
killer. Block 20/Lot 18/2S
Michael Mitchell
Great jig dancer/got drunk & froze “Here lies one who has taken steps That won the applause of man, But grim
death came and took a step Which he could not withstand”. Block West/Lot 64/1N
Julius Caesar Moreland
Multnomah County judge & real estate developer. Block 7M/Lot 29/3S
Rev. W. Morris
Episcopal. Founded St. Helens Hall & Good Sam Hospital. Morris Street. Block 8/Lot 59/1S
Seldon & Hiantha Murray
DLC holders east portion of cemetery. Married for bigger land claim. Block 22/Lot 42/1N
Shubrick Norris
Served many positions in city govt/multi-businessman/fought against Thos. Dryer, Oregonian Editor in Portland’s
early days. Burial plot unknown.
Alice Oberle
Fancy house prostitute w/ sister Marie (madame). “6000 lovers” died of cirrhosis of liver. Sister had engraving &
sister removed. Both now at Mt. Calvary in simple graves. Block 13/Lot 17/3N Celtic Cross
Walter “Jiggs” Parrot
Pro baseball player-Chicago Cubs. 1st pro from Oregon. Hit bigtime, got TB (consumption)-biggest funeral PDX
had had in ages. Died at 26. Block 33/Lot 44/3S
Briggs Peterson
A Mason, his stone informs that ‘I have solved the mystery’. Block 8M/Lot 46/1N
Georgiana Pittock
Captured by Indians as child on Oregon Trail. Founder of Rose Festival. Moved to Riverview. Block 6/Lot 66
Robert Pittock
Bro of Henry/Grocer. Other Pittocks moved to Riverview. Block 1/Lot 37/2S
Prettyman
Dr. Perry-Pioneer Dr./horticulturist/brought dandelions to Oregon for medicinal properties. Block 24/Lot 28/1S
Earl Riley
Colorful Mayor/corruption & scandals/father built original Canyon Road. Block 8/Lot 47/2S
Dr. Wm. Royal
Civil War surgeon. Block 7M/Lot 4/1N
Irwin Sanburn
Famous river pilot from Columbia River to Alaska. Survived a boat explosion which killed 34-including his
father-in-law. Block 24/Lot 36/1S
Ofcr. Charles Schoppe
Police officer-first killed in line of duty. Block 10/Lot 53/1S
Emmor Stephens
First burial at Lone Fir-1846. Buried on son’s donation land claim. Block 1/Lot 18/3S
JB Stephens
Original DLC holder/1st modular home/ferries across river/city of East Portland. Block 1/Lot 18/2S
Joseph A. Strowbridge
Pioneer merchant/PDXLibrary Assoc., first to agitate for bridges in PDX. Block 18/Lot 1F/3S
Gideon Tibbetts
Ran a flatboat on Mississippi River/Built flour mill where Brooklyn rail yard is now, on his DLC. Block 7M/Lot 20/1N
WW Thayer
Lawyer, governor, supreme court justice. Block 22/Lot 47/3S
Mary Tran
Unique “dragon ball” stone set as a pearl in a ring, covered with dragons. Remarkable contemporary stone, black granite. Block 26/Lot 11
Socrates Tryon
Portland Mayor/Tryon Creek Park named for him. Block 10m/Lot 11/1N
James Turk
Shanghai captain/shanghaied his own son. Block 13/Lot 12/3N
William Warren
One of over 250 Civil War burials in Lone Fir Cemetery. Block 1/Lot 52/1N
Capt.Daniel Wright
Went to Calif. Goldrush/loved the redwoods/most evocative spot in cemetery. Block 4/Lot 70/3N
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