Chaffee County Colorado Databases

Formed in 1879 from Lake County


Census Records on line

1870 Census Index (all CO) by Colorado Archives

1880 Full Census all Colorado by Family Search - LDS

Vital Redords

Marriages 1975-Present Colorado State Archives

Divorce Records 1851-1939 & 1968-present by Colorado State Archives

Social Security Death Index by Obitcentral.com

Cemetery Stone Transcriptions

Cemetery Name
Author: June Shaputis'sWhere the Bodies Are
Location
Various-Look Ups Available
Provided By
June Shaputis
Cemetery Name
Adams Family Cemetery-Abandoned
Location

S of Cleora
Comments

2 Adams' Stones left
Arbourville Cemetery now abandoned-under Hwy US 50 USGenweb Baumdicker-Langhoff Cemetery S of Granite & N of Buena Vista USGenweb
Centerville Cemetery (aka Brown's Canyon Cemetery) S of Nathrop -
A-F & G-M & N-Z
USGenweb Centerville Cemetery 12 Photos Tombstone Project
Cleora Cemetery Hwy 50 Rural-2 photos Tombstone Project Conway, GW Burial Site State Reformatory Grounds Single Grave Died in 1895
Corey, George Burial Site on Corey Land single grave died in 1910 Dillon, Lee Burial Site County Rd 162 W of Hwy 285 Single Grave died in 1939
Dunn, Barnaby Burial Site NE of Salida-Abandoned Single grave died in 1900 Fairview Cemetery Veteran Burials Interment Net
Fairview Cemetery 8105 Courty Rd 144 Salida A | B - Bk | Bl - By | C | D | E | F | G | H | I-J | K | L | Mac-Mc | M | N-O | P | Q-R | S | T-V | W | X-Z USGenweb Fairview Cemetery 131 Photos Tombstone Project
Grebfried Cemetery County Rd 390 Private Property USGenweb Granite Cemetery (aka Cache or Cash Creek) County Rd 398-95 Photos Tombstone Project
Granite Cemetery A - F
G - M
N - Z
USGenweb Hentschell, Herman 17 miles from Twin Lakes in Red Mountains Single grave died in 1910
Iron City Cemetery Iron City-Photos Rootsweb Kirkham, Jane burial site Stage Robber Fourteener Net
Knickerbocker, Theodore near Columbine Mine Single grave died 1907 Knickerbocker, Thomas & Dunlap child Lost Canyon 6 mile W of Granite Thomas died 1906 and Dunlap child-unk
Lowe Family Burial Site S of St Elmo 2 graves Edmund Lowe d 1879-1883 & 1 unknown MacMillian Charlotte H. N of Buena Vista Single Grave died 1900
Mt Olivet Cemetery Tin Cup Rd Buena Vista 166 Photos-Tombstone Project Mt Olivet Cemetery Buena Vista A | B | C | D | E-F | G-H | I-L | M | N-O | P-Q | R | S | T-V | W-Z USGenweb
Mt Olivet Cemetery-Continued Old Section "Tiers" USGenweb Mt Olivet Continued Old Section "Blocks" USGenweb
Mt Olivet Cemetery Continued Prison Burials USGenweb Nourk, James Burial Site Cameron Mtn Single Grave Died 1902
Pruett Family Burial Site near Arnold Gulch Mrs Pruett & one 3 yr old child Poncha Springs Cemetery off Hwy 285 Poncha Springs 2 photos-Tombstone Project
Poncha Springs Cemetery off Hwy 285 Poncha Springs USGenweb Rural Area Site 2 men, 1 died 1900/9 RR foreman & 1 unknown Chaffee Gene Society
Riverside Cemetery (aka Mayol) East of Hwy 24 N of Buena Vista USGenweb Riverside Cemetery East of Hwy 24 N of Buena Vista J. Shaputis
Schultz, Louis Deadman's Gulch Entombed in Mine Shaft Chaffee Gene Society Unknown Male on Mt Princeton suicide 1909-Chaffee Gene Soc
Unknown Male near Nathrop died abt 1911-Chaffee Gene Soc Unknown Male near Cottonwood Pass 18yr boy died abt 1880
Woodland Cemetery County Rd 107 Salida Woodmen of the World Burials-Interment Net Woodard, Male Ranch at Trout Creek killed abt 1878-Chaffee Gene Soc


Military Records

Civil War Casualities all Colorado by Colorado Archives
Military Records 1861-1865 all Colorado by Colorado Archives
GAR Civil War Veterans A-K and L-Z by Denver Library

Volunteers in New Mexico Campaign 1862 by Colorado Archives

Veteran Grave Registration 1862-1949 by Colorado Archives

Vietnam Casualites 1966 & 1968 by Colorado Archives

Newspapers and Obituaries

Mountain Mail Current Obituaries by Mountain Mail
Mountain Mail Archives from Apr 28, 2003 by Mountain Mail

Chaffee County Times Newspaper Current Obituaries by Chaffee County Times
Chaffee County Times Archives from June 12, 2003 by Chaffee County Times

The Herald Democrate (Leadville Area)
The Herald Democrate Archives from June 12, 2003 by Leadvilleherald

The Flume (Fairplay area) by TheFlume.com
The Flume Archives from June 13, 2003 by The Flume

Obituary of Rev George W. Fyke 1995 by USGenweb
School Records

Salida High School Class of 1894 Commencements by Rootsweb

Prison Records

Colorado State Penitentiary Inmates 1871 - 1972 by Colorado Archives
Prisoner Interments of Chaffee Co by FourteenerNet

Bibles and Bio's

Progressive Men of Western Colorado (1905) includes:
Charles ANKELE George W. ARMSTRONG, D.H. CRAIG, Charles F. JOHNSON , William W. ROLLER & Gilbert A. WALKER

Short Bio of Elizabeth Spurgen-Enderlin (aka Cock-Eyed Liz") by FourteenerNet

Bio of Frank Mayol and Family by Fourteener Net

Mining

Local History

Chaffee County Early Citizen Photos by Rootsweb
Burbridge & Day Family Photos by Rootsweb

Chaffee County Townships and Communites: Including those not longer exsisting by Rootsweb
Photos of Early Buena Vista by Rootsweb
History of South Park City (near Fairplay) old Mining Town by SouthParkCity
Stagecoach Robbery & Murder between Leadville & Buena Vista by Fourteener Net
History of Vicksburg by June Shaputis
Ghost Towns and Back Woods Trails of Chaffee Co by Fourteener Net

Historical and Genealogical Societies and Libraries

Salida Regional Library
Historic Salida, Inc.
405 E Street
Salida, CO 81201
(719) 539-4826

Buena Vista Public Library
131 Linderman Avenue
Buena Vista, CO 81211
(719) 395-8700

Buena Vista Heritage Museum
P. O. Box 1414
Buena Vista, CO 81211
(719) 395-8458

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