Names & Burial Locations
The list below contains the names of all students for whom at least some evidence has been found that they died in custody of the school. See the Detailed Spreadsheet for more notes, citations, enrollment dates and other information about these students.
To locate the graves of those students buried at Chemawa, see the Chemawa Cemetery Map. Two graves are documented in the Forest Grove Cemetery Map.
Research is ongoing. Some of the students listed below may have died after leaving school custody, while other students who died at the school may not yet have been found. Students may also be known to their families by alternate names. Please contact archives@pacificu.edu with questions, corrections or other comments.
Students who died in custody of the schools, 1880-1945
Abraham, Ellen. (Spokane)
Died: 1887-01-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-07
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Abrahams, Winnie. (Umatilla)
Died: 1883-06-28
Buried: Remains probably returned home to Umatilla. See spreadsheet for details.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis (Lung Hemorrhage)
Adams, Angie. (S'Klallam)
Died: 1888-12-30
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-10
Reported Cause: Possibly Tuberculosis
Adams, Charlotte. (S'Klallam)
Died: 1887-03-31
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-06
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Adams, Sarah. (S'Klallam)
Died: 1885-01-30
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-10 or elsewhere? See spreadsheet.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Albert, Silas. (Klamath)
Died: 1908-07-27
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Amos, Nancy. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1886-05-31
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Anderson, Ivan. (Aleut)
Died: 1918-10-18
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-25
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Archambeau, Harry. (Sioux)
Died: 1931-09-29
Buried: Chemawa Cem., I-05
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Arden, Stephen. (Siletz)
Died: 1895-02-20
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Ashils (Asbill), Warren. (Unknown)
Died: 1925-06-21
Buried: Chemawa Cem., I-14
Reported Cause: Unknown
Ayalla, Bibia. (Concow? Round Valley)
Died: 1900-01-23
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-06
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis, Meningitis
Bagnell, Andrew J. (Rogue River)
Died: 1900-02-12
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-19
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Note: Was a former student at the time of death. He entered the school in 1890.
Baldwin, Ada . (Snake River)
Died: 1898-09-03
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-02
Reported Cause: Unknown
Baldwin, Edna. (Snake River)
Died: 1902-05-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-17
Reported Cause: Meningitis
Note: Her grave marker has an incorrect date of death (1904).
Ballard, Thomas. (Bannock)
Died: 1924-04-10
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Bardwell, Charles. (Duwamish)
Died: 1909-09-20
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-16
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Bardwell, Clarence. (Duwamish)
Died: 1910-10-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-23
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Bearchief, Joseph. (Blackfeet)
Died: 1918-10-23
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-19
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Beckwith, William E. (Hoopa)
Died: 1891-12-10
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-12
Reported Cause: Unknown
See spreadsheet for notes; he was an older student, apparently aged 40.
Bellinger, Edward. (Umatilla)
Died: 1932-03-17
Buried: Chemawa Cem., I-26
Reported Cause: Appendicitis
Bennett, Lucy. (Chippewa)
Died: 1918-10-25
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-16
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Berry, Hattie. (Skokomish)
Died: 1887-10-15
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-11? See spreadsheet.
Reported Cause: Possibly Tuberculosis
Bettles, Andrew. (Aleut)
Died: 1909-09-08
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-15
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Bettles, Charles. (Aleut)
Died: 1908-03-01
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-25
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Billings, Raleigh (or Riley). (Rogue River)
Died: 1890-04-20
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-11
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Boone, Daniel. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1889-01-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-04
Reported Cause: Aneurism of the pulmonary artery
Note: Death date of 1883 on his grave marker is inaccurate.
Borg, Maggie. (Aleut)
Died: 1929-08-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., I-28
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Bowie, Oscar. (Hoopa)
Died: 1907-06-22
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-21
Reported Cause: Peritonitis
Brass, Mary. (Crow)
Died: 1925-05-14
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Brown, Caesar. (Klamath)
Died: 1885-11-04
Buried: Remains returned home. Probably marked as "Cassie Brown," Masekesket Cemetery, Klamath County, OR.
Reported Cause: Typho-malarial fever or Tuberculosis?
Brown, David. (Unknown)
Died: 1914-11-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-24
Reported Cause: Unknown
Brown, Elijah. (Recorded as "Mission")
Died: 1901-08-28
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-15
Reported Cause: Nephritis ("Bright's Disease").
Elijah was a former Chemawa student; at the time of his death, he was a school employee.
Brown, Johny. (Unknown)
Died: 1927-05-23
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-05
Reported Cause: Unknown
Brown, Lula (or Lulu). (Klamath)
Died: 1891-06-11
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Buchert, Mary. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1918-11-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-09
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Burd, Katherine. (Blackfeet?)
Died: 1941-04-13
Buried: Remains returned home to Browning, MT.
Reported Cause: Chorea
Burns, Rosie (or Rosa). (Coos Bay)
Died: 1906-06-19
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-25
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Burt, Elmer. (Cottonwood)
Died: 1907-03-24
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-17
Reported Cause: Meningitis
Burt, Walter. (Cottonwood)
Died: 1907-04-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-18
Reported Cause: Typhoid
Burwell, Walter. (Tlingit)
Died: 1887-09-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-05
Reported Cause: Possibly Tuberculosis
Note: Walter Burwell was a cook at the school when he died. He was enrolled as a student from 1881-1886.
Cameron, Henry. (Wylackie Round Valley)
Died: 1899-09-07
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-07
Reported Cause: Meningitis
Cass, Grant. (Rogue River)
Died: 1893-02-06
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Chapman, Lena. (Siletz)
Died: 1892-11-30
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Charles, George. (Tlingit)
Died: 1915-06-05
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-26 or F-14? See spreadsheet.
Reported Cause: Drowned
Charley, Mitchell. (Yakama)
Died: 1891-06-23
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-07
Reported Cause: Heart Disease
Chesaw, Maggie. (San Poil)
Died: 1895-04-10
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-10
Reported Cause:
Tuberculosis ("Meningitis, Tuberculous")
Churchill, George. (Haida)
Died: 1920-07-01
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-06
Reported Cause: Unknown
Cimino, Joseph. (Red Lake)
Died: 1923-08-31
Buried: Chemawa Cem., I-01
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
May not have been a student; see spreadsheet.
Craig, John. (Unknown)
Died 1914-04-18
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-20
Reported Cause: Unknown
May not have been a student; see spreadsheet.
Dahlgren, Katie. (Tlingit)
Died: 1923-03-16
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-22
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Daily, Myra. (Lummi)
Died: 1919-06-09
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Appendicitis
Davis, Annie. (Siletz)
Died: 1920-05-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-03
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Davis, Calvin. (Gros Ventre)
Died: 1918-10-19
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-22
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Davis, Ella. (Klamath)
Died: 1921-05-14
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Davis, Ellen. (Wasco)
Died: 1889-03-10
Buried: Remains returned home to Warm Springs.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Davis, Thomas. (Chinook)
Died: 1910-03-08
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-21
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Davis, Victor. (Siletz)
Died: 1918-12-19
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-08
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Day, Frisco. (Clatsop)
Died: 1910-06-01
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Drowned
De Lorme, Samuel. (Chippewa)
Died: 1925-08-18
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Demmert, Winifred. (Tlingit)
Died: 1920s?
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Dick, Bessie. (Klamath)
Died: 1927-01-21
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-07
Reported Cause: Myocarditis
Dick, Christine. (Puyallup)
Died: 1909-04-01
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Dick, Harriett (Hattie Zedlath). (Puyallup)
Died: 1908-05-17
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Dick, Jennie. (Tlingit)
Died: 1916-12-28
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-26; See note on spreadsheet.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis, Measles
Dillstrom, Helen E. (Modoc)
Died: 1909-12-09
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-20
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Dirk, Paul. (Aleut)
Died: 1909
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Note: two students named Paul Dirk died at Chemawa; the first in 1909, the second in 1914.
Dirk, Paul. (Aleut)
Died: 1914-04-28
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-21
Reported Cause: "Sick for some time"; "Died of several different complications"
Note: two students named Paul Dirk died at Chemawa; the first in 1909, the second in 1914.
Dixon, John. (Klamath)
Died: 1902-07-15
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-20
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Dow, Amelia (or Minnie Bow). (Trinity Center)
Died: 1896-12-17
Buried: Probably Chemawa Cem., but unmarked.
Reported Cause: "Gangrene - mouth"
See spreadsheet for notes on name.
Dow, Della. (Hoopa)
Died: 1901-06-19
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-13
Reported Cause: Typhoid
Dow, Lily. (Hoopa)
Died: 1903-07-20
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-13
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Dow, Walter. (Hoopa)
Died: 1900-03-16
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-05
Reported Cause: Influenza
Dowace, Ethel. (Klamath)
Died: 1885-08-23
Buried: Remains returned home. "Ethel Dowese," Hill Cemetery Indian Burial Ground, Chiloquin, Oregon, Block 5 Row 9
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Druck, William. (Athabascan)
Died: 1923-05-26
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-20
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Dupuis, James Merton. (Flathead)
Died: 1925-11-21
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Cerebral abscess
Durkee, Sadie. (Chinook)
Died: 1909-07-17
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-14
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Dyke, Dora. (Pitt River)
Died: 1900-04-07
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Eaton, Wilford. (Tsimshian)
Died: 1921-06-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-02
Reported Cause: Unknown
Ellwood, Ajax. (Hoopa)
Died: 1888-12-02
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Emanoff, Alex. (Aleut)
Died: 1918-10-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-27
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu (1st death CIS)? and/or Tuberculosis
Ero, Albert. (Chinook)
Died: 1903-04-27
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-22
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Escholt, Theresa. (Nome?)
Died: 1920s?
Buried: Unknown
Reported Cause: Unknown
Evans, Emily Mabel. (Unknown)
Died: 1900-05-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-03
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Favell, Louise. (San Poil)
Died: 1897-08-06
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Feister, Charlie . (Klamath)
Died: 1907-04-22
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-19
Reported Cause: Gunshot while running away
Field, Edward. (Tlingit)
Died: 1916-07-16
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-18
Reported Cause: Unknown
Flanders, Grace. (Gros Ventre)
Died: 1922-03-27
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-26
Reported Cause: Lethargic encephelitis
Flannery, Estelle. (Stickeen)
Died: 1890-10-07
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-10
Reported Cause: Typhoid, Malaria
Flemming, James. (Aleut)
Died: 1906-09-01
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-26
Reported Cause: Typhoid
Frai, Nora. (Paiute)
Died: 1888-07-15
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-03
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Francis, Martha. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1924-01-05
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-19
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Franklin, Tillie. (Recorded as "Digger")
Died: 1922-02-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-27
Reported Cause: Pulmonary Hemorrhage
Frapp, Susie. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1920s?
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Freddie, Nettie. (Paiute)
Died: 1892-01-22
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-05
Reported Cause: Flu, Tuberculosis? See spreadsheet.
Gabriel, Edna. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1933-04-27
Buried: Chemawa Cem., I-25
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Former student; she enrolled in 1922 and died at a state hospital, but was buried at Chemawa.
Gardenier, Edythe Riggs. (Grand Ronde)
Died: 1936-08-03
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Unclear whether she was a student. See spreadsheet.
Gay, Frank. (Siletz)
Died: 1910-09-03
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
George, James. (Spokane)
Died: 1886-06-05
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-12
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Godowa, Milton. (Paiute)
Died: 1909-12-08
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-18
Reported Cause: Rheumatism
Grandchamp, Eugene. (Assiniboine)
Died: 1922-05-09
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Encephalitis
Granger, Lucy. (San Poil)
Died: 1894-05-10
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Phthisis Pulmonaris")
Gravelle, Frank. (Stickeen)
Died: 1894-04-13
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Scrofulous Tuberculosis
Grey, Jessie. (Unknown)
Died: 1888-03-01
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Note: May have been an employee or other non-student; this name has not been found on the school roster.
Guest, Frank. (Alaskan)
Died: 1924-07-02
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Guthrie, Minnie. (S'Klallam)
Died: 1890-11-22
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-09
Reported Cause: Inflammation of Lungs
Haight, Delia. (Klamath)
Died: 1906-05-16
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-23
Reported Cause: "Gumnia of Brain"
Hanif, Bennie. (Sioux)
Died: 1918-01-18
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-29
Reported Cause: Meningitis
Harche, Gloria. (Unknown)
Died: 1941-03-12
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Encephalitis
Harriman, Mabel. (Snohomish)
Died: 1922-05-03
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Harte, Susie. (Snohomish)
Died: 1888-04-30
Buried: Possibly Chemawa Cemetery; unmarked
Reported Cause: Possibly Tuberculosis
Hayes, Alice Quintha. (Chinook / Coos Bay?)
Died: 1903-06-15
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-24
Reported Cause: Meningitis
Hayes, Willie. (Coos Bay)
Died: 1903-02-18
Buried: Gold Hill, OR?
Reported Cause:
Killed by a train in Gold Hill, OR, while attempting to run away from school. See spreadsheet.
Henry, John. (Hoonah, Alaska)
Died: 1897-12-30
Buried: Probably Chemawa Cem., but unmarked.
Reported Cause: "Spinal trouble"; Abscess on back
Hickox, Graham. (Klamath)
Died: 1911-04-17
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-24
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Hicks, Charles. (Tlingit)
Died: 1903-03-24
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-21
Reported Cause: Appendicitis &Tuberculosis
Hosler, Daniel. (Hoopa)
Died: 1892-01-13
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-11
Reported Cause: Typhoid
Hostler, Gertrude. (Hoopa)
Died: 1918-10-20
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-15
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Howard, Dulcie. (Klamath)
Died: 1919-03-28
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-18
Reported Cause: Influenza
Howard, Frank S. (Chehalis)
Died: 1892-1899 (estimated)
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-07
Reported Cause: Unknown.
Date of death unrecorded. The date range given here is an estimate is based on his enrollment date and the location of his grave in the Chemawa Cemetery.
Hunter, Thomas. (Paiute)
Died: 1885-01-22
Buried: Forest Grove or home? Unconfirmed.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis (Scrofula and ‘Phthisis Pulmonalis’)
Hurley, Viella. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1927-11-09
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-03
Reported Cause: Unknown
Hurtado, Ella. (Unknown)
Died: 1930-05-19
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Hurtado, Keith. (Unknown)
Died: 1932-06-26
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Jack, Lila. (Wasco)
Died: 1883-05-18
Buried: Remains probably returned home to Warm Springs.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Jackson, Arthur. (Stickeen)
Died: 1887-09-12
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Jackson, John. (Nomo)
Died: 1925-03-29
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-09
Reported Cause: Meningitis
Jackson, Sallie. (Tlingit)
Died: 1915-08-06
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
James, Eunice Madge. (Spokane)
Died: 1884-06-23
Buried: Forest Grove or home? Unconfirmed.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Jeff, Barry. (Yuki)
Died: 1907-05-01
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-20
Reported Cause: Peritonitis
Jessen (or Jensen), Annie. (Tlingit/Chilcat)
Died: 1907-07-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-23
Reported Cause: Drowned in Willamette River.
Joe, Harry. (Lummi)
Died: 1910-03-26
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-22
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Joe, Jimmy. (Lummi)
Died: 1909-07-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-13
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis?
Johnson, Helen. (Tlingit)
Died: 1920-12-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-05
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Johnson, Jesse. (Ketchikan)
Died: 1905?
Buried: Unknown
Reported Cause: Unknown
Note: More research needed; see spreadsheet.
Johnson, Lena. (Fort Yukon)
Died: 1920-01-22
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-04
Reported Cause: Unknown
Johnson, William. (Klamath)
Died: 1891-11
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Johnson, Winnie. (Coquille, Siletz)
Died: 1893-05-10
Buried: Probably Chemawa Cem.; unmarked
Reported Cause: Heart Failure
Jones, Viola M. (Tulalip)
Died: 1905-01-13
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-16
Reported Cause: Measles
Jopps, Julia. (Spokane)
Died: 1886-02-05
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-11
Reported Cause: Pneumonia or possibly Tuberculosis?
Note: this is the earliest confirmed burial in the Chemawa Cemetery.
Kamhout, Bertha. (Yakima)
Died: 1917-04-29
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis Meningitis
Kash Kash, Martha. (Cayuse)
Died: 1919-06-26
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Kavanaugh, Effie P. (Lummi)
Died: 1902-09-10
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Kennedy, Cora. (Tsimshian)
Died: 1921-11-07
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-28
Reported Cause: Unknown
Ketchikoff, John. (Aleut)
Died: 1912-02-25
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-18
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
King, Martha. (Unknown)
Died: 1944-03-03
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-18
Reported Cause: Unknown
Not have been a student at the time of death? See spreadsheet.
Koepp, Charles. (Unknown)
Died: 1902-05-24
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-18
Reported Cause: Unknown
Kuhn, Sara. (Yuki)
Died: 1899-11-23
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-09
Reported Cause: Paralysis
La Plante, Frank. (San Juan Islands)
Died: 1892-01-28
Buried: Probably Chemawa Cem., but unmarked.
Reported Cause: Influenza
La Plante, Louisa. (San Juan Islands)
Died: 1892-02-13
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Acute Mania
May have died at home.
Lafferty, Alva (Clackamas)
Died: 1902-06-30
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
LaFlamboise, Berdie (or Birdie). (Chinook - Pillar Rock?)
Died: 1905-07-20
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-20 or possibly reinterred at home? See spreadsheet.
Reported Cause: Tubercular Meningitis
Larsen, Lawrence. (Aleut)
Died: 1922-10-13
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-24
Reported Cause: Encephalitis or Pneumonia
Lavadure, Dan. (Assiniboine Ojibwa)
Died: 1925-03-21
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-13
Reported Cause: Tubercular Meningitis
Lawson, Sidney. (Tsimshian)
Died: 1915-05-28
Buried: Probably Chemawa Cem., but unmarked.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Note: Was a former student living in Lapwai at the time of his death. His remains were brought to Chemawa for burial. See spreadsheet.
Leschi, Michael. (Puyallup)
Died: 1897-01-06
Buried: Probably Chemawa Cem., but unmarked.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis and/or Pulmonary Congestion
Lewis, Charles. (Port Blakley)
Died: 1890-01-21
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Inflammation of Brain
Lilijegren, Freda. (Aleut)
Died: 1920-04-21
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-07
Reported Cause: Peritonitis
Lindsley, Amelia. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1887-06-22
Buried: Remains returned home. Probably buried near Lapwai; see spreadsheet
Reported Cause: Fall from window (most likely), or possibly Tuberculosis
Logan, George. (Yakima)
Died: 1902-04-06
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-16
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Lot, Martha. (Spokane)
Died: 1881-10-16
Buried: Forest View Cem., Lot 215, Grave 10 (unmarked)
Reported Cause: “Sore” that “went to her head”
Lowry (or Peo?), Charles. (Umatilla)
Died: 1886-07-05
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-09
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Lucy, Joseph Jim. (Wasco)
Died: 1887-02-12
Buried: Unknown. Possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Lyle, Abelia. (Puyallup)
Died: 1885-01-15
Buried: Remains returned home, presumably to the Puyallup Reservation.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis (Scrofula)
Mann, Rena Pauline. (Klamath)
Died: 1912-07-11
Buried: Salem
Reported Cause: Unknown
Marcell, Vincent. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1923-01-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-23
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis?
Marion, Lillian M. (Chippewa)
Died: 1926-10-23
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: "Sick"
Marks, Alex. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1918-10-25
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-14
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Matt, Ambrose. (Flathead)
Died: 1928-06-22
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Maxwell, Rosa (or Rose). (Nez Perce)
Died: 1891-07-01
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-05
Reported Cause: Unknown
McCluskey, Harry. (Tlingit)
Died: 1925-06-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-11
Reported Cause: Pericarditis
McCluskey, William. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1925-05-09
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-12
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
McDougall, Angeline. (Okanagan)
Died: 1894-05-25
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
McDougall, Norbert. (Okanagan)
Died: 1895-03-21
Buried: Probably Chemawa Cem., but unmarked.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Phthisis Pulm.")
McFarland, Charles. (Tlingit? of Sitka)
Died: 1901-07-18
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-14
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
McNeil, Pauline. (Aleut)
Died: 1927-04-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-06
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Meeker, Bertha. (Puyallup)
Died: 1904-06-24
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-25
Reported Cause: Endocarditis & Acute Gastritis
Date of death on modern cemetery marker (1904-02-06) is apparently incorrect.
Meeker, Fred. (Puyallup)
Died: 1888-01-01
Buried: Unknown
Reported Cause: Unknown
He may have died after being sent home; more research is needed.
Meeker, Joseph. (Puyallup)
Died: 1888-05-01
Buried: Unknown.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
He may have died after being sent home; more research is needed.
Merculief, Teranty. (Aleut)
Died: 1918-06-18
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-28
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Michael, Charlie. (Kootenai)
Died: 1911-01-01
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Miles, John. (Aleut)
Died: 1907-10-28
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-24
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Mitchell, Arthur. (Tsimshian)
Died: 1901-04-29
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-10
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Mitchell, Elmer. (Tsimshian)
Died: 1903-02-24
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-17
Reported Cause: Scarlet Fever
Mitchell, Leslie. (Unknown)
Died: 1896-01-06
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
May have not been a student; see spreadsheet.
Moore, Blanche. (Recorded as "Digger")
Died: 1918-10-23
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-20
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Moore, Ephraim. (Rogue River)
Died: 1903-05-20
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-23
Reported Cause: Meningitis
Mulcupsee, Ignace. (Coeur D'Alene)
Died: 1922-06-24
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Pericarditis
Murphy, Mary. (Cree)
Died: 1918-10-28
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-17
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Nappo, Tillie. (Shoshone)
Died: 1905-02-24 or 02-26
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-17
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Nashoalook, Alex. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1922-07-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-25
Reported Cause: Surgery
Nekite (or Neketi), Henry. (Tlingit)
Died: 1914-09-11
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-23
Reported Cause: Unknown
Nelson, Peter. (Tlingit)
Died: 1914-11-27
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-25
Reported Cause: Unknown
Name is "Pelca" on grave marker.
Newton, Louisa (or Louise). (Tlingit)
Died: 1905-03-09
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-18
Reported Cause: Unknown
Normandin, Amelia. (Flathead)
Died: 1924-12-12
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Nye, Cecelia. (Yakama)
Died: 1918-10-25
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Nystrum, Fred. (Chilcat)
Died: 1926-12-20
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-08
Reported Cause: Pulmonary Hemorrhage
Olafson, Adolph. (Tlingit)
Died: 1905-12-25
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-22
Reported Cause: Unknown
Orson, Samuel. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1888-03-19
Buried: Unknown. Possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Oscar, Jesse. (Tsimshian)
Died: 1903-12-25
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Osuk, Mabel. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1923-04-30
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-21
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Pias, May (or Ziegler, Irene May). (Blackfeet)
Died: 1928-01-13
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-02
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Parsons, Alice. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1919-04-11
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Peritonitis
Perkins (Unknown)
Died: 1891-03-01
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-13
Reported Cause: Unknown
May not have been a student; see spreadsheet.
Peters, Fred. (Klickitat)
Died: 1895-05-18
Buried: Probably near his home in Woodland, WA
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Adenitis, Tuberculous")
Note: Included in this list although he was technically not in school custody; he died the day after being sent home from the school hospital. See spreadsheet.
Petite, Harry. (Grand Ronde)
Died: 1927-01-22
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Croup, Myocarditis
Phillips, Ebenezer. (Wylackie)
Died: 1909-07-09
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-12
Reported Cause: Unknown
Pippen, Lawrence. (San Juan Islands)
Died: 1890-03-09
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Piute, Junior. (Paiute / Yakima Res.)
Died: 1890-03-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-03
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Polty, Abraham Teludah. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1924-02-03
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-18
Reported Cause: Peritonitis
Poniton (or Poynton), Christina. (San Poil)
Died: 1895-12-11
Buried: Unknown; Possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Potter, Edith. (Yuki-Nomlaki)
Died: 1918-10-20
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-21
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Poyne, Nellie. (Athabascan)
Died: 1913-01-08
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-19
Reported Cause: Unknown
Preston, Belle
Died: 1887-05-31
Buried: Unknown; Possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis or "Congestion of lungs"; "Pneumonia Bronch."
Price, Ellen. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1888-04-07
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-08
Reported Cause: Possibly Tuberculosis
Pugh, Maggie (Sound Agency)
Died: 1894-04-18
Buried: Unknown; Possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Scrofulous Tuberculosis
Quimby, Adeline. (Hoopa)
Died: 1918-10-22
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-23
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Rice, Frank. (Spokane)
Died: 1888-02-28
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-09
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis (Scrofula)
Riggs, Lucinda. (Klamath)
Died: 1901-06-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-12
Reported Cause: Peritonitis
Romer, Matilda. (Unknown)
Died: 1902-07-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-19
Reported Cause: Meningitis
Ross, Lucy. (S'Klallam)
Died: 1891-06-22
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-08
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Rua, Kenneth. (Unknown)
Died: 1940-09-16
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tonsilitis Septic
May not have been a student? See spreadsheet.
Rukivishkoff, Andrey. (Aleut)
Died: 1924-10-25
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-15
Reported Cause: "Cardiac insufficiency"
Ryan, William
Died: 1921-11-23
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Safford, Levi. (Recorded as "Digger")
Died: 1897-03-09
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-07
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Name on grave marker is "Lena."
Sanderson, Nellie. (Hoopa & Modoc)
Died: 1907-01-11
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-15
Reported Cause: Typhoid
Sanderville, William. (Blackfeet-Piegan)
Died: 1918-10-18
Buried: Remains returned home to Browning, MT.
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Santiago, Sophia. (Nisqually)
Died: 1888-04-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-06
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Schulzhagen, Jennie. (Chinook Tlingit?)
Died: 1907-07-04
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-22
Reported Cause: Drowned in Willamette River
Scott, Louis. (Shasta)
Died: 1907-02-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-16
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis, Meningitis
Seidner, Adolf. (Eel River)
Died: 1916-10-25
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-25
Reported Cause: Heart failure / Tubercular Pneumonia
Sewokia, Amy. (Wasco)
Died: 1884-06-06
Buried: Remains returned home
Reported Cause: Unknown
Seymour, Lawrence (Unknown)
Died: circa 1890
Buried:
Chemawa Cem., C-02
Reported Cause: Unknown
Date of death is an estimate. May not have been a student; see spreadsheet.
Shaughnessy, Fred. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1924-12-23
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-16
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Shelton, Liberty. (Hoopa)
Died: 1926-08-17
Buried: Chemawa Cem., I-07
Reported Cause: Fall from window while sleepwalking
Shurtleff, Rosa. (Wintone)
Died: 1895-05-08
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-11
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Sidwaller (Sidwalter?), Romulus. (Wasco)
Died: 1885-05-25
Buried: Unknown
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption"); or “Inflammation of brain.”
Simmons, Edgar Arthur. (Unknown)
Died: 1938-09-20
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Simonson (or Simmons), Jessie. (Wylackie)
Died: 1899-04-25
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-08
Reported Cause: Spinal meningitis
Sisk, David. (Wintone)
Died: 1895-11-05
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-13
Reported Cause: Typhoid, Pneumonia
Skitus, William. (Wasco)
Died: 1883-03-01
Buried: Remains probably returned home to Warm Springs; see spreadsheet.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Smith, Sara. (Umpqua)
Died: 1906-11-24
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-14
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Smithers, Englebert. (Tsimshian)
Died: 1904-09-20
Buried: Remains returned home to Friday Harbor, WA.
Reported Cause: Tubercular Meningitis
Smokalem, Mary. (Puyallup)
Died: 1905-08-08
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-21
Reported Cause: Glandular Tuberculosis
Snyder, Florence. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1924-02-21
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-17
Reported Cause: Unknown
Sooksoit, Phillip. (Warm Springs)
Died: 1907-09-12
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Spencer, Isaac. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1918-10-18
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Squartsoff, Lycondra. (Aleut)
Died: 1918-01-06
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-27
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
St Clair, Beatrice. (Win River)
Died: 1934-10-10
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Star, Philip. ("Snake Paiute," Klamath Res.)
Died: 1886-12-28
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-03
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Stokes, William. (Hoopa)
Died: 1892-12-20
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-10
Reported Cause: Unknown
Strom, Ole. (Quinault)
Died: 1926-10-30
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Football accident
Sutherland, Cora. (Coos Bay)
Died: 1892-01-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-02
Reported Cause: Unknown
Sylvester, Frank. (Muckleshoot?)
Died: 1905-05-19
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Temple, Eddie. (Hoopa)
Died: 1899-01-12
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-01
Reported Cause: Influenza ("La grippe")
Thomas, Howard. ("Browning," i.e. Blackfeet?)
Died: 1937-11-29
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Unknown
May not have been a student; see spreadsheet.
Thomas, Margaret. (Clatsop/Coquille)
Died: 1888-05-15
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-04
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Thompson, Charles. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1885-03-13
Buried: Unknown
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis (Scrofula)
Thompson, George. (Siletz)
Died: 1933-01-28
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis.
Note: A former student at the time of death. He had graduated from Chemawa the previous year, but died in the Chemawa school hospital.
Toffard, Robert. ("Of Portland")
Died: 1918-10-27
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu?
Unclear if he was a student.
Towersap, Joseph. (Bannock)
Died: 1906-06-01
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-24
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis; Hemoptysis
Turner, Agnes. (Modoc)
Died: 1906-04-19
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Underhill, Willliam. (Unknown)
Died: 1918-10-18
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Spanish flu
Underville, George. (Unknown)
Died: 1892-01-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-03
Reported Cause: Hemorrhage
Uttecht, Albert. (Aleut)
Died: 1925-06-05
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-10
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis, Meningitis
Van Pelt, Seth. (Chetco)
Died: 1905-06-15
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-19
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Varner, Lizzie. (Oyster Bay)
Died: 1886-03-31
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Possibly Tuberculosis
Victor, Hugh. (Umatilla)
Died: 1883-03-08
Buried: Forest View Cem., Lot 215, Grave 4. Unmarked.
Reported Cause: "Sick for a long time"
Vielle, Jack. (Piegan-Blackfeet)
Died: 1918-10-16
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-26
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Walters, Frank. (Shoshone)
Died: 1905-01-24
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-01
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis or Measles? See spreadsheet
The modern grave marker apparently has an incorrect date of death (1905-10-24).
Walton, Charley. (Chinook)
Died: 1909-03-21
Buried: Chemawa Cem., C-13
Reported Cause: Drowned while running away from school
Wasson, Freddie. (Coos Bay)
Died: 1895-05-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-12
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis and/or Whooping Cough
Watson, Ida. (Alsea Bay)
Died: 1891-12-14
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-04
Reported Cause: Unknown
Waydelick, Francis. (Juneau)
Died: 1901-05-24
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-11
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Weeks, Rosa. (Klamath)
Died: 1885-08-05
Buried: Remains returned home to the Klamath Reservation.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Wellington, Charles. (Tlingit)
Died: 1924-01-18
Buried: Remains returned home.
Reported Cause: Measles
Wells, Charlie. (Recorded as "Eskimo")
Died: 1925-03-12
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-14
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Wheeler, Abe. (Kalapuya)
Died: 1909-04-27
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Unknown
Whitely, Nettie. (Unknown; possibly Warm Springs?)
Died: 1893-01-10
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Bronchitis
Wiggins, Henry. (San Juan Islands)
Died: 1901-04-29
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-02
Reported Cause: Smallpox, or faulty smallpox vaccination; see spreadsheet.
Wiggins, Margaret (Maggie). (Sousa Island)
Died: 1897-01-07
Buried: Chemawa Cem., F-05
Reported Cause: Unknown
Wilcox, George. (Unknown)
Died: 1900-04-18
Buried: Chemawa Cem., A-04
Reported Cause: Cardiac Failure or Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Wilson, Ella. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1887-07-08
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Wilson (or Nelson?), Lucinda. (Shasta)
Died: 1904-05-19
Buried: Chemawa Cem., B-14
Reported Cause: Rheumatic or Intermittent fever
See spreadsheet for notes on name.
Wilson, Mary. (Nez Perce)
Died: 1887-06-05
Buried: Unknown; possibly Chemawa Cem.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis ("Consumption")
Wilson, Raymond. (Suquamish)
Died: 1918-10-27
Buried: Chemawa Cem., G-13
Reported Cause: Spanish Flu
Winum, Emma. (Umatilla)
Died: 1883-12-20
Buried: She died en route to her home in Umatilla and was probably buried there; see spreadsheet.
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Woods, Augustine. (Skamockawa, i.e. Chinook?)
Died: 1892-01-15
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-03
Reported Cause: Pneumonia
Woods, Ellen. (Walla Walla)
Died: 1909-11-16
Buried: Chemawa Cem., D-17
Reported Cause: Burns during an accident
Woods, Moses. (Skamockawa, i.e. Chinook?)
Died: 1892-02-02
Buried: Chemawa Cem., E-02
Reported Cause: Gangrene resulting from bed sores
Young, Lyle. (Siletz)
Died: 1934-09-13
Buried: Chemawa Cem., I-24
Reported Cause: Meningitis
Zambesi, Vera. (Shoshone)
Died: 1927-08-09
Buried: Chemawa Cem., H-04
Reported Cause: Tuberculosis
Named spelled "Jombose" on grave marker.