Ft Bayard National Cemetery History

Fort Bayard National Cemetery
A Project by Janet Wasson
July 4, 2003
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Fort Bayard, ten miles east of Silver City, began in 1866 when the 125th U.S. Colored Infantry established an encampment. The primary function of these, and subsequent troops, was to protect the settlers and miners of the area from Apache raids. Hundreds of "Buffalo Soldiers" fought with distinction from this place against the most notorious Apache war leaders, including Victorio, Nana, and Geronimo. One such soldier, Corporal Clinton Greaves, was the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for the saving of his men during a legendary battle. Fort Bayard was for a time, also the home of the one and only female Buffalo Soldier, Cathay Williams. The military cemetery of Fort Bayard also began in 1866, and was designated as a National Cemetery in 1976. The Fort ceased active duty in 1899, and was in the same year, transferred to the Army Medical Department as an Army General Hospital for the treatment and research of tuberculosis. During World War One there were as many as 1,700 patients at the hospital. In May of 1922, Fort Bayard came under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, and then in 1966 was turned over to the state as a public nursing home.
In June of 1992, Fort Bayard was designated as a State Historical Place, and dedicated to the Buffalo Soldier; a bronze statue was placed in their honor on the silent parade grounds. This cemetery survey represents the first 100 years of the Fort Bayard cemetery from 1866 to 1966.
Staff note: It took an enormous investment in time and work to complete this outstanding project. Other lists exist of this cemetery, but they are incomplete and contain obvious errors. Thank you from all of us, Janet. See Photos Here Photos

Name Date of Birth Date of Death Service Albaugh John William 1888 6/4/1921 PFC USA Albita William S ns 2/23/1901 PVT 38TH US INF Alexander James H ns 10/1/1906 SGT USA Allen William E ns 9/25/1908 PVT HOSP CORP USA Allen William P 1888 6/4/1921 PVT USA Allerton Ernest A ns 7/25/1905 PVT 3RD US INF Altman Clyde R ns 12/23/1960 UNKNOWN Altman Mrs Clyde R ns 12/18/1918 DEPENDENT Anderson Charles ns 1/22/1903 SEAMAN USN Anderson John J ns 3/16/1909 SGT 96TH CAC Anderson Johnie 11/20/1910 7/19/1963 CPL USAAF Anderson Marion M ns 1/29/1917 PVT SIG CORPS Anderson Merritt 9/3/1892 3/17/1947 PVT USA Andrews William ns 6/26/1905 PVT 27TH US INF Apodaca Manfor Lucero 3/21/1919 9/6/1944 CPL USA Arlington Ernest ns 1/3/1907 PVT 22ND US INF Arnholt Joseph A ns 7/25/1903 SGT CAS DET 28TH US INF Arnold Una May 9/23/1897 3/13/1930 NURSE USA Arzola Estanislado 3/27/1895 2/14/1964 PVT USA Atkins Leonard ns 1/31/1916 CIVILIAN MUSN BAND 5TH CAV Ayers George W ns 1/20/1917 SGT 13TH US INF Bacon Patrick ns 1/4/1886 PVT 8TH US CAV Bail Arthur 1/6/1879 3/4/1955 MAJOR USA Bailey Charles ns 12/19/1914 PVT 10TH CAV Bailey Lawrence ns 9/2/1876 UNKNOWN Baker Bird ns 8/21/1892 CPL 24TH US INF Baker Herbert ns 9/22/1917 PVT 13TH US INF Baker Thomas ns 5/10/1918 PVT 15TH US INF Balder Emanuel ns 7/28/1871 PVT 15TH US INF Baldwin Buster B ns 2/8/1908 PVT 25TH US INF Ball Alonzo Lee 3/5/1889 11/5/1927 PVT USA Ballentine Cyrus ns 2/5/1919 PVT USA Bandle Edwin 7/22/1889 6/19/1937 PVT USA Bangert Lawrence C 2/8/1901 6/14/1958 WAGONER USA Banker Albert L ns 5/29/1932 PVT USA Bannon James Wallace 5/7/1861 1/16/1927 DEPENDENT Barden Florence ns 7/3/1906 SGT 19TH US INF Bardison George ns 5/15/1902 EX PVT 10TH US CAV Barker John Edwin 2/28/1896 1/11/1948 SGT USA Barr Wilson R ns 7/18/1919 2ND US INF Barron John ns 1/6/1909 PVT 49TH CAC Bartlett Squires ns 9/27/1877 PVT 9TH US CAV Bassil John ns 11/6/1909 CPL 15TH US INF Bates James ns 6/8/1918 SGT 54TH US INF Baxter David H ns 1/12/1907 LATE PVT 15TH US INF Baxter James M ns 3/2/1908 PVT 49TH CAC Bealin William E ns 8/28/1919 27TH US INF Beam William H ns 2/28/1911 PVT HOSP CORPS USA Beaver Roy L ns 7/16/1904 PVT 8TH US CAV Belknap Joseph Claudious 3/6/1876 1/31/1938 PVT USA Beer John ns 5/11/1869 PVT USA Beer, Roy Henry 2/20/1896 6/29/1927 SGT USCG Behrens John H ns 7/29/1911 SIG CORPS Bencomo Anastacio R 1/22/1896 1/21/1963 PVT USA Bencomo Pedro Braun 9/17/1908 4/19/1965 SSGT USA Benfer Earl L 12/30/1891 6/2/1964 PFC USA Benigh George W ns 8/27/1917 PVT 2ND US INF Bergendahl Emil ns 3/15/1909 PVT 13TH US CAV Bernshoff Oswald ns 1/15/1919 CIV EMPLOYEE Berrigan William ns 4/7/1914 3RD US ART Berry Benjamin ns 2/2/1906 SGT USA Berry Charles ns 8/31/1906 TEAMSTER QMD Berry Charles F 6/17/1891 10/3/1937 SGT USA Bettis James ns 10/3/1877 CPL 9TH US CAV Beumer Fred ns 7/3/1916 SGT 17TH US INF Beyer Alfred C 1/10/1909 12/20/1958 PVT 1ST US INF Bigga Thurston C ns 3/31/1918 SGT 5TH CAC Billings Doc 6/15/1878 5/24/1959 PVT USA Bird James ns 4/7/1898 QM SGT 15TH US INF Blacksher Jessie 1/18/1895 5/14/1937 PVT USA Blair S E ns 6/20/1884 CIV TEAMSTER QMD Blake Lemuel A ns 1/10/1912 PVT 1ST FIELD ART Blake William V ns 1/3/1901 PVT 19TH US INF Blanchette Charles L ns 3/31/1918 SGT SIGNAL CORPS Bledsoe George W 1/1/1873 4/21/1949 PFC USA Borenstein Jack 9/22/1890 9/19/1964 PFC 126TH FIELD ART Boughen Joseph E ns 5/23/1904 SGT 4TH US INF Bourassa Eugene ns 5/22/1913 PVT 16TH US INF Bower Esta Irene Lamb 9/19/1902 5/4/1960 DEPENDENT Bowman Alonzo 6/15/1848 10/4/1885 SGT 6TH US CAV-CMA Bowman James Gordon 7/15/1881 5/28/1954 SGT USA Boyd David H ns 10/10/1866 SGT 3RD US CAV Boyd Hampton ns 6/2/1906 PVT 24TH US INF Boyd Thomas W ns 3/31/1895 PVT 24TH US INF Boyer George W ns 6/22/1894 PVT 24TH US INF Boyer Henry J ns 10/20/1926 PVT USA Boyle Thomas ns 11/28/1901 PVT USA Boyne William J ns 6/14/1914 LATE PVT 19TH US INF Bradshaw Leonard ns 12/20/1913 PVT CAC Brady Pearl ns 3/3/1913 DEPENDENT Brickey Henry C ns 7/17/1915 PVT GSI Brilsy James A ns 4/26/1918 BUGLER CAC Brindley Warren T 3/12/1916 8/29/1956 PVT USA Briscoe Charles S 12/28/1886 12/27/1963 CPT USA Briton Charles H ns 3/20/1871 PVT 37TH US INF Broderick William ns 2/2/1909 PVT CAC Brooks James A 3/30/1875 5/5/1938 PVT USA Brooks Raymond E 9/20/1894 6/30/1964 PFC USA Brooks William T 12/20/1877 12/15/1937 PVT USA Brown Arthur 7/5/1888 4/26/1965 PVT USA Brown Charles Albert 10/7/1890 2/1/1949 CPL USA Brown Creed ns 3/20/1893 PVT 24TH US INF Brown Everett T 2/8/1923 10/9/1946 TEC 5 USA Brown Henry R 9/16/1877 3/31/1955 1ST SGT USA Brown Patrick U ns 5/15/1919 15TH CAV Brown Thomas ns 1/20/1909 SGT SIGNAL CORPS Brummell Truman L 11/30/1893 8/5/1948 WAGONER USA Buchanan William C 6/29/1888 11/8/1964 PVT USA Bunte Mary B ns 10/12/1917 DEPENDENT Burdess Robert G 6/7/1900 5/17/1947 PFC USA Burdette Charles 5/11/1894 12/12/1963 PVT USA Burke Barney ns 3/20/1885 PVT 6TH US CAV Burton Robert H ns 5/18/1902 PVT 3RD US INF Bush Elizabeth ns 10/19/1913 CIVILIAN Buzzell Edgar L ns 12/17/1889 PVT USA Callaghan John ns 5/27/1869 PVT 3RD US CAV Cameron Daniel Joseph ns 8/5/1887 PVT USA Campbell Daniel Joseph 9/22/1896 8/27/1941 PVT USA Campbell Frank F ns 10/22/1915 CIVILIAN Campbell James J 3/28/1852 2/28/1927 USA Campbell William H ns 7/14/1906 PVT 4TH US INF Candelaria Louis 1890 8/4/1921 PVT USA Carmody Philip ns 4/4/1919 139TH CAC Carney Phillip A ns 5/23/1901 PVT 6TH US ART Carpenter Emerson ns 6/5/1912 PVT 1ST US INF Carr Robert E 11/12/1889 7/13/1955 PVT USA Carroll James ns 9/18/1915 PVT 9TH INF BSH Carson Charels E ns 7/30/1911 23RD INF Carter Dick ns 8/25/1910 SGT 6TH US INF Carter Earnest ns 7/18/1905 PVT USA Carter Frank ns 5/16/1913 PVT 25TH US INF Carter Harry G ns 9/30/1906 PVT 22ND US INF Carter Sid 6/1/1886 6/2/1927 PVT USA Cartner Thomas Harvey 5/5/1894 6/18/1937 PVT USA Cartwright Milo W ns 7/23/1908 CORPL 30TH US INF Casey James E ns 7/31/1901 PVT 7TH US CAV Castle John F ns 3/1/1918 PVT QMC Cathey Walter Virgil 6/12/1903 1/29/1963 TEC 5 USA Caughlaw Alfred J ns 10/10/1900 PVT 3RD US CAV Cavender Joseph F ns 4/4/1918 PVT 8TH FLD ART Chaim Eugene ns 9/23/1917 PVT 25TH US INF Chamberlain Frank ns 11/25/1885 PVT 6TH US CAV Chambers Patrick J ns 5/4/1909 PVT 3RD US CAV Chapman James E 10/6/1884 11/2/1954 PVT USA Chase Levi ns 5/16/1905 CPL 9TH US CAV Chatman William ns 3/30/1912 QM SGT USA Chavez Carlos 7/8/1890 5/19/1955 PVT USA Chavez Celestino 10/15/1895 9/10/1940 PVT USA Checkas Peter 12/24/1895 4/4/1922 PVT USA Cherry Robert ns 11/10/1913 PVT 58TH CAC Chester Stanley ns 3/19/1891 PVT 10TH US CAV Childers Elmer 1897 3/3/1933 SEAMAN 1ST CL USN Childes Buck 1862 1922-May DEPENDENT Childs Maynard ns 5/6/1904 LTE PVT HOSP CORP USA Chute Clarence A ns 7/4/1903 LTE PVT 4TH US CAV Cillen John ns 4/4/1906 SGT 30TH US INF Clark Cornelius ns 5/6/1907 CORPL 9TH US CAV Clark Fred Adelbert 3/8/1893 8/17/1938 PVT USA Clark J ns 11/28/1903 SEAMAN USN Clark John Henry 7/4/1866 11/3/1943 ELECtrICIAN USN Clark Richard ns 11/5/1918 PVT 388TH INF Clay Matthew G ns 12/19/1916 PVT 9TH US CAV Clements Charles F 7//11/1915 BSH PVT 24TH INF Cobb James H 1880 5/17/1920 SGT 2ND ENGRS Coleman James J ns 8/29/1914 CIVILIAN Collins Thomas Joseph 4/18/1925 10/13/1965 PEC USMC Conklin William Henry Joseph 9/22/1879 7/24/1940 PVT USA Connell Daniel ns 2/11/1880 PVT US INF Connell James R ns 9/27/1902 PVT 11TH US INF Connell John ns 6/13/1910 4TH US ART Connelly Frank J ns 2/19/1940 MStr SGT 60TH US INF Conroy Thomas E ns 4/5/1905 PVT 13TH US CAV Conway James F ns 1/20/1934 1ST SGT 17TH IND FA Conway Vincent ns 12/10/1919 3RD ENGRS Cook Colby J ns 11/26/1908 PVT 3RD US INF Cook Robert ns 10/10/1901 PVT USA Cook Thomas A ns 4/1/1913 PVT 2ND US CAV Coolley Johana Clara 6/2/1902 6/3/1918 DEPENDENT Coons Frank ns 10/25/1902 PVT USA Cooper Oliver C 11/16/1891 10/16/1946 PVT USA Corrigan William ns 9/7/1902 PVT 30TH US INF Coughlin Alfred J ns 10/10/1900 PVT 5TH US INF Cowan Beverly ns 3/6/1906 CIVILIAN Cowan Jesse C 1/6/1890 4/2/1949 SGT 11TH BN DEPOT BRIG Cowan Robert A 3/18/1896 2/22/1943 PVT USA Cox Irvin ns 4/4/1913 PVT 12 US INF Crampton William J ns 5/29/1907 QMD Crawford Herbert P 7/16/1900 4/9/1937 PVT USA Crawford Jim ns 7/17/1911 12TH US CAV Cregan William B ns 5/2/1900 PVT 1ST US INF Creighton Peter Jr ns 8/27/1903 PVT 6TH US CAV Crisp John Richard 10/8/1890 5/14/1945 PVT USA Crofford Samuel F ns 5/11/1905 PVT 7TH US CAV Crompton William ns 5/29/1907 QMD Croom Mills B ns 12/24/1894 PVT 24TH US INF Crosby John ns 10/17/1906 QMD Crousen George ns 1/14/1900 CIV TMStr QMD Crowley Martin ns 6/28/1906 PVT 21ST US INF Cuff Joseph Anthony 4/16/1871 9/11/1938 PVT USA Cummings John Paul 4/20/1897 4/13/1943 PFC USA Cunningham George ns 1/29/1905 PVT 10TH US CAV Curran John ns 2/18/1902 PVT 20TH US INF Curtin William ns 7/31/1914 LATE PVT SIG CORPS Curtis Fred E ns 1/17/1910 CORPL 2ND BN ENGRS Curtis James ns 2/2/1909 EX PVT 116TH CAC Cutright Charles M ns 11/8/1911 SGT 6TH US INF Cutsubes Peter Demetris 4/5/1887 4/13/1943 PVT USA Cutter Donald E 2/20/1908 8/9/1964 SGT USA Dady Silas R ns 6/14/1918 MUSICIAN 1ST AND 2ND INF Dahlberg Adrian C ns 2/19/1912 US CAV Dalton John ns 12/3/1914 PVT 20TH US INF Dalton John W ns 11/2/1910 PVT 73RD CAC Daniel Irwin S ns 3/25/1900 SGT SIG CORP USA Dansby Jesse 4/21/1896 6/29/1949 MEC USA Daugherty James ns 12/17/1903 SGT USFA Davis Archibald 7/30/1870 9/24/1940 PVT USA Davis Clarence A ns 1/13/1915 CORPL Davis Jeff ns 4/6/1901 PVT 48TH US INF Davis Joseph E ns 5/14/1915 PVT 5TH US CAV Davis Lemuel 1890 10/30/1923 PFC USA Davis Richard ns 7/1/1888 CORPL 24TH US INF Davis Roxy C 11/12/1929 5/7/1965 DEPENDENT Davis William Harvey 8/18/1897 10/6/1924 PFC USA Dawson John W ns 1/19/1911 PVT 24TH US INF Day Samuel J ns 5/6/1904 EX PVT 3RD US INF DeGhetto Emill S 1890 6/9/1922 CHF MECH USA DeGroodt Seth W 12/31/1880 4/4/1949 SGT USA DeLeon James W ns 11/14/1906 PVT 20TH US INF Dearing Jerry B 10/8/1896 5/7/1964 PVT USA Delamar Thomas M ns 4/30/1913 PVT HOSP CORP 15TH US CAV Dempsey Charles Warren 5/16/1877 12/14/1945 PVT USA Dendy Thomas W 3/20/1891 10/16/1964 PVT USA Derchild Joseph ns 6/13/1879 PVT 9TH US CAV Derr Harry M ns 7/6/1915 PVT 12TH US INF Derrick Samuel ns 1/15/1892 SGT 24TH US INF Devine John ns 8/10/1915 PVT 5TH US INF Dickerson Cras S ns 10/14/1907 PVT US INF Dickson William A ns 11/18/1914 PVT 5TH US CAV Dietzen Joseph ns 3/12/1913 PVT 161ST CAC Dinahan Richard M ns 1/19/1905 SGT HOSP CORP USA Dixon Ralph B 4/21/1896 12/2/1948 SGT USA Dolbier Jesse ns 4/30/1909 USA Donaghue Thomas ns 11/2/1880 TEL OPR Donahey Thomas Sylvester 3/9/1887 1/24/1927 PVT USA Donnally A J ns 8/31/1886 CIVILIAN PACKER Donovan William J ns 3/31/1917 SGT 1ST CAC Dougherty James ns 12/17/1903 EX SGT 28TH BATT USFA Duffin James Vincent 9/16/1892 9/22/1924 ENSIGN USN Dugan Andrew ns 3/21/1907 PVT 14TH US INF Dugan John S ns 9/7/1900 SGT 7TH US ART Duggan Philip ns 3/25/1871 PVT 8TH US CAV Dunham John ns 11/21/1876 CIVILIAN Dunlap John H ns 4/11/1907 PVT USA Durant Abel B ns 2/20/1904 HOSP STWD 1ST US CAV Dutton Laffayette ns 2/10/1915 PVT 1ST US INF Eads Norman ns 8/11/1889 SGT 10TH US CAV Eagan William L ns 6/6/1906 EX PVT 23RD US INF Eastman Charles H ns 9/11/1903 SEAMAN USN Eblen Myrtle 2/8/1898 3/24/1921 DEPENDENT Eckert Charlie A 9/13/1885 8/6/1941 WAGONER USA Edwards Charles ns 4/5/1913 PVT 9TH US CAV Edwards John ns 1/23/1902 PVT 24TH US INF Eggars James M ns 4/13/1905 PVT 21ST CAC Ellerstorfer James ns 6/9/1929 USA Elliott Lillian A ns 12/28/1911 DEPENDENT Elliott Robert W ns 8/8/1914 CIVILIAN Ellis Robert ns 3/23/1893 PVT 24TH US INF Ellis Seth L 9/3/1889 7/10/1922 PVT USA Ellmore Hubert ns 12/26/1902 PVT 9TH US INF Emerson Calvin 9/25/1886 6/3/1964 PVT USA Emerson Nelson Nathaniel 12/16/1865 12/16/1943 PVT USA Eneney Owen ns 9/12/1903 COXSWAIN USN Enriquez Rafael C 10/14/1902 5/12/1965 PVT USA Eppes Clinton J ns 2/12/1914 PVT 124TH CAC Escobar Luis Sr ns 4/26/1950 PVT USA Esser Joseph ns 12/5/1906 BAND 10TH US INF Evans Charles C ns 7/2/1907 SGT QM USA Evans Clarence E ns 10/18/1918 PVT MED DEPT Evans Elijah ns 6/20/1903 PVT 10TH US CAV Evans James F ns 9/7/1908 PVT 21ST US INF Evans John 7/7/1887 12/17/1945 PVT USA Everett Infant ns 3/26/1919 DEPENDENT Eves Charles W ns 4/25/1912 CORPL 23RD US INF Ewing Ernest R ns 5/24/1895 DEPENDENT Eyler Robert Chivers 4/12/1897 6/28/1936 PVT USA Eymann Henry S ns 1/19/1905 FARRIER 2ND US CAV