City Cemetery

In July 1862, gold was discovered in southwestern Montana. Gold seekers began using Cache Valley as a route to Montana, boosting its economy slightly, but this caused problems when the prospectors were caught in the crosshairs. 

In Dec 1862, a group of five men, while on the Bear River northwest of Richmond, were attacked while three other men went to Richmond for supplies and a guide. When the three men returned with some Richmond crew, they found one of the man, John Henry Smith, dead from the attack. 

John's body was recovered and brought back to Richmond for burial. It was taken to Justin Shepard's blacksmith, where he thawed out the body and dug the grave.1 This death led to the creation of the Richmond Cemetery.

The Richmond Cemetery has the highest concertation of Mormon Battalion Veterans than any other in Cache Valley.

• Pioneers:

  • Amanda Barnes Smith, Respected Pioneer

  • Christopher M. Funk, Founder of Weston, Idaho

  • Drusilla Dorris, Respected Pioneer

  • James Davenport, Member of the July 24, 1847 Company

  • John Bair, Founder of Richmond

  • Luther C. Burnham, Founder of Fruitland, New Mexico

  • Stillman Pond, Respected Pioneer

  • William H. Lewis, Leader and Namesake of Lewison, Utah

• Polotitians

  • Charles H. Skidmore, Utah Superintendent of Public Instruction

  • Charles Z. Harris, Member of the Utah State House of Rep.

  • Clarence L. Funk, Utah Senator

  • George G. Hendricks, Member of the Utah State House of Rep.

  • Horace R. Pond, Member of the Utah State House of Rep.

  • James W. Funk, Utah Senator

  • Jesse Hobson, Member of the Utah Territorial House of Rep.

  • Joseph Monson, Utah Senator

  • Newell F. Bullen, Member of the Utah State House of Rep.

  • Thomas H. Merrill, Member of the Utah State House of Rep.

  • Richard K. Thomas, Utah Senator

  • Ross H. Plant, Member of the Utah State House of Rep.

• Veterans

  • Charles H. McNutt, United States Brigadier General

  • David P. Rainey, Member of the Mormon Battalion

  • Joseph Dobson, Member of the Mormon Battalion

  • Thomas Richardson, Member of the Mormon Battalion

  • William D. Hendricks, Member of the Mormon Battalion

• Religious Leaders

  • August S. Schow, President of the Norwegian Mission

  • J. Vance Hendricks, President of the Anchorage, Alaska Mission

  • Marriner W. Merrill, Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS

  • Samuel Roskelley, First Recorder of the Logan, Utah Temple

  • Thomas Levi Whittle, LDS Missionary

• Other

  • Casper W. Merrill, Businessman

  • Cyril Reed Funk Jr., Distinguished Plant Breeder

  • Thomas H. Griffin, Blacksmith

Panorama photo of the west side of City Cemetery, May 24, 2009.

Photo property of mynameisanna. Source

1. Ella Jane Shepard. (Year made Unknown) Justin Shepard, Uploaded to FamilySearch.org by grantsheparddavis1, Dec 27, 2013. https://www.familysearch.org/memories/memory/4119228?cid=mem_copy