Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-18
0rr hos as,I,ted IN buryIng a nun.

Long has assisted In burylng a num-
be, OF people in the old CartersYile
cemetery, and he readily located the
eround, The Great Western makes a
cut OF ~ feet on the east side Of the Old
cemetery and II was there that the
homes were discovered at a depth Of
cfur or Ave feet Only three or four
skeletons were exhumed, however, as
met one corner Of the cemetery eVl'
1ently laid within the Great Western
right OF way. The main portion Of TIE
hurylng ground IL IN the cold field, Just
west OF the cut. and there, according
TO Mr. DeLong, some 200 or 300 burals
we're made Had the graders cut 20 or
30 feet further into the cemetery there
would have been wholesale dislnter-
ment of bones
Nothing but the bare bones Of tho
skeletons were found In the grave thus
opened, however, 80 years Of burial
having turned practically everything
else back to dust again. In a few places
along the newly-Cut embankment
traces OF the boards OF coffin or buri1l
LGy may be found. but the onctme
boards now crumble to dust at the
touch. Around other skeletons no EVIL
dence whatever OF coffin could be dis
covered. Rev. De Long explains IRIS
b. the fact that in the pioneer days
when Cartersville existed, collins Wer"
unknown to this part Of the country,
md that Il was only rarely that boards
could be obtained with which 10 make
even a burial box Thus, probably the
majority of the lnterments at the car
tersvIllc cemetery were made with the
body wrapped in clothes and blankets
All the bones that have been brought
to light, and they still remain pileu III
small heaps along the embankment
made by the graders last week, are GVl-
IDENTIFY those of adult white males Ihey
are still In good state of preservation
though stained a copper color by lhe
action Of the clay In which they were
buried,
Concerning the Gainesville cemetery,
Mr.. De Long says that he remembers II
10 have been in good condition as late
az 1854, at which time many OF lhe
graves had wooden headboards, ana u
number Of them were fenced In with
wooden picket fences. as was the Gus
tom at that time. Later, however, II
rapidly passed into decay, ana Just
when the last traces OF it's existence as
cemetery We're obliterated cannot now
be recalled.
The failure to maintain the cemetery
is largely explained by the fact that
nearly an Of the burials were from
Mormon" families which soon AFTER
moved on to Utah. thus leaving no one
I'm this vicinity directly concerned III
the cemetery or It's continuance. Then
too, the desertion of Cartersville also
practically ended the burials there
When the cemetery was established IL
was on government land, and, In iact,
the first surveys were not made uhtll
about 1854, 1t is probable that nearly
all the headboards and fences had as
appeared before the land was ever nut
under cultivation, In any event the
cemetery ground has been used as a
grain field for many years.
Though 200 or 300 burials seem a
rather large number for small VII
lage like Gainesville was. to have IN
the few years OF its existence. Rev.
Henry DeLoug explains his estimate by
the fact that IT was the only cemetery