Fort Union (area) Deaths and Burials
Compiled by John P. Deeben©
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The following are names extracted from the work by John P. Deeben as published in the New Mexico Genealogist 49 (2), June 2010©.
The chart below lists only the names appearing in the Journal. For details and history see the New Mexico Genealogist 49 (2), June 2010©.
This data may not be used for profit or commercial purposes, nor may it be copied from this web site to other web sites. Format by C. W. Barnum 2011.

Note: The Fort Union Cemetery was referred to as the Post Cemetery. Both Civilians and Troops were buried in that cemetery. Some deaths occurred outside of
the Camp area. Fort Union Closed in 1889. In 1892, the remains in the Post Cemetery were moved to Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in Kansas.
Many burials in the Fort Union area were not in the Post Cemetery. They were in nearby private cemeteries and plots.

Deaths Name Buried/other Rank Cemetery
9/8/1870 Allison Thayer 9/9/1870 Veteran Co. K 1st Vols Fort Union?
9/11/1870 Gilbert Schoffer age 21 Recruit 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
9/18/1870 William Calburn age 21 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
10/6/1870 John Sumpter age 21 Recruit 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
11/13/1870 Sigmund Myer age 21 Musician 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
12/23/1870 James Mobley age 21 Private Troop F 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
3/2/1871 John Conover age 40 Private Co. D 15th Infantry Fort Union?
3/20/1871 James Morris age 36 Private Troop G 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
7/19/1871 William J. Mitchell age 27 Private Troop K 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
9/28/1871 George Scott age 24 Private 15th Infantry Fort Union?
8/8/1871 John Birgman age 30 Musician 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
10/30/1871 Charles Johnson From Nebraska Private Troop H US Cavalry Fort Union?
2/8/1872 Thomas Gordon Sampson Telegraph Operator Citizen Fort Union?
11/13/1872 James Parfey age 44 Corporal Ordance Detachment Fort Union?
5/29/1873 Martin Roach age 32 Citizen, destitute Fort Union?
12/12/1873 John McCaffery age 22 Private Co. M 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
1/22/1874 Michael Cullen age 34 Private Co. M 8th US Cavalry Fort Union?
11/29/1874 Albert Sale age 24 Corporal 8th US Cavalry Fort Union
1874 Emily Alexander age 9 Dau. Major A.J. Alexander Fort Union?
1874 Harmon L. Young ns Citizen Fort Union?
May 1875 Luke Body ns Waggoner Co. C 15th Inf. Fort Union?
6/11/1875 Oliver Butler Suicide Co. K 1st California Cavalry Fort Union?
1874 James Tarpey Murdered Ordance Detachment Fort Union?
1874 John McNamara Murdered Citizen Fort Union?
5/24/1875 Walter Malcom age 60 Citizen from Virginia Fort Union?
6/29/1875 John Lambert Citizen From Ireland Fort Union?
6/21/1877 Isiah Lonsbury Citizen From Kansas Fort Union?
10/6/1877 Horace P. Sherman From Boston Mass. 15th Infantry Fort Union
12/31/1877 Renee Mason Conrad Infant Father: Cap. C.H., mother Ella Fort Union?
2/16/1878 Edward Armstrong age 55 Private Co. F 15th Infantry Fort Union
2/26/1878 Martin Nicholson age 1 year Parents: Therkel and Mary Fort Union
3/5/1878 Edward Green age 34 Private Co. E 9th Cavalry Fort Union
5/1/1878 Lewis T. Emory age 31 Citizen, from Philadelphia PA Fort Union
6/16/1878 Elizabeth Hearn age 81 Husband: Joel Near La Junta
1/9/1880 Reese Trumbull age 23 Private Co. D Cavalry "Colored" Fort Union
12/31/1880 Hugh Walker age 43 Commissary Sergeant Fort Union
10/8/1881 Lewis Nehren age 35 Private Co. F Infantry Fort Union
8/25/1882 James A. Brown age 26 Private Co. D 23rd Infantry Fort Union
9/30/1882 John Jederstrom Born in Sweden Employee at Fort Union Fort Union
11/2/1882 Martin Gay age 24 (Killed) Private Co. A 23rd Infantry Fort Union
12/10/1882 William Murphy age 28 Private Co. E 23rd Infantry Fort Union
1/30/1883 Dr. Joseph H. Collins Born 7/30/1842 Acting Assistant Surgeon Topeka Kansas
3/25/1882 Patrick Riley age 44 Sergeant Co. 23rd Infantry Fort Union
4/14/1883 Louis H. Reivers age 42 Private Co. D 23rd Infantry Fort Union
8/26/1883 Christian Frederick Wolf Wildesstein Born 2/22/1801 Born: Lejensfeldt, Saxony Near Watrous
9/9/1883 Enoch E. Tipton age 6 Son of Enoch, deceased Near Tiptonville
10/20/1883 William H. Rogers age 28 Private Co. A 23rd Infantry Tiptonville
11/3/1883 Thomas Ryan age 23 Private Co. B 23rd Infantry Near Fort Union
1/6/1884 Leona Gertrude born 10/12/1869 Parents: Aaron; Isabela Hallenbeck Capt. W.R. Shoemaker Cem.
2/24/1884 Mary Refugia age 26 Navajo; Husband Joseph Long "Colored" Fort Union
4/20/1884 Francis C. Rinn age 29 Sergeant Co. I 23rd Infantry Fort Union
10/25/1884 Charkles H. Pumphrey age 24 Private Co. I 23rd Infantry Fort Union
12/28/1884 Louisa Ella Watrous age 2 years Parents: Joseph B.; Louisa Watrous Watrous
1/5/1885 Oliver Ellsworth Watrous age 9 years Parents: Joseph B.; Louisa Watrous Watrous
1/19/1885 Joseph B. Watrous, Jr. age 7 years Parents: Joseph B.; Louisa Watrous Watrous
3/25/1885 Timothy O'Brian age 22 Citizen Watrous
March 1885 Patrick Murtagh Born in Ireland Citizen Fort Union
7/14/1885 William Lupton age 4 years Parents: William; Clara Lupton Tiptonville
5/27/1886 Robert McEwen age 43 1st Sergeant Co. B 10th Infantry Fort Union
9/6/1886 Lewis C. Hunt Born 2/23/1824 Col. 14th Infantry Fort Union
9/17/1886 William R. Shoemaker age 75 Captain, Military Storekeeper Near Fort Union
9/25/1886 Mrs. Bertha Fogarty age 27 Husband: Sergeant Fogarty Fort Union
10/18/1886 John Maher age 29 Private Co. B 10th Infantry Fort Union
10/24/1886 James S. Williams age 30 Private Co. B 10th Infantry Fort Union
2/12/1887 Kelton Moody Born 7/3/1886 Parents: Lt. Ed H.; Georgia M. Plummer Fort Union
2/24/1887 Thomas Rogers age 56 Chief Musician Band 10th Infantry Fort Union
3/13/1887 John Pyne age 31 Private Co. E 10th Infantry Fort Union
4/14/1887 Winfield J. Hamilton age 31 Sergeant Co. B 10th Infantry Fort Union
7/17/1887 John R. Rickley age 40 Private Co. B 10th Infantry Fort Union
9/13/1888 Samuel K. Newman age 32 Private Co. F 10th Infantry Fort Union
5/15/1889 Henry Fehler age 43y 4m Private Troop G 6th Cavalry Fort Union