Idaho City's Pioneer Cemetery

Idaho City has been using this cemetery since 1863. Approximately 200 grave markers still stand and many of those have been repaired, restored, and maintained by the Idaho City Historical Foundation. It is estimated that 2,000 graves are scattered through the forty timbered acres. Of the first 200 graves, only 28 were for people who died of natural causes.

If you're searching your genealogy the cemeteries are always a great place to start hunting. If you know of a loved one that passed away in Idaho City and might be in the Pioneer Cemetery and you would like a picture of the headstone we'd be happy to offer our help. Contact us and give us your information and we will see what we can do for you. Of course, of the 2,000 plus graves only a few have headstones or markers.

E.L. Bertall

Born: April 19, 1821
Died: February 17, 1878

Francois Miller

Born: July 10, 1825
Died: Sept 5, 1868

J. Marion More: Idaho Mining Pioneer

Born: June 11, 1830
Died: April 1, 1868

Originally John N. Moore, he moved from his initial home in Anderson County, Tennessee (northwest of Knoxville) to a Locust Creek farm (west of Linneus) in Linn County, Missouri, where his father was a prominent Southern Methodist. His parents, Joseph C. Moore (May 1, 1791-May 19, 1873) and Jane Pate, were married in August 1829 in Knox County. Their eldest son, John, headed west to California as a gold rush emigrant at about age 20. Settling in Mariposa, he became an undersheriff to Thomas Early. After a little less than a decade in California, an embarrassing fracas induced him to head north to Washington, where he disguised himself as J. Marion More. From then on, he went to great care to conceal his original identity as John N. Moore, although many of his old Mariposa friends continued to remember him that way.

The sign next to the headstone reads:

"More came to the Boise Basin with the second prospecting party which arrived here in October 1862. He was one of the prominent leaders of this community in the early days. He was killed in Silver City in a mining dispute on April 1, 1868. More's Creek was named after him."

Mrs. Melanie Rotthier

Born: 1819 in Vracene, Belgium
Died: December 26, 1893

The Tregaskis Family

This wooden marker attached to one of the fences marks the final resting places of the Tregaskis family:

  • George: 1833-1879
  • Mary Eliza: 1834-1891
  • Mathilda: 1865-1871
  • Elizabeth: 1867-1882

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