Headstones Placed by Buckey O'Neill Camp #175
Headstones Placed by the Camp
- John Wilson Fulton, Show Low Cemetery, Placed 2024
- Cicero Loe, Tempe Double Butte Cemetery, Placed 2024
- James Ireson, Tempe Double Butte Cemetery, Placed 2023
- Myron Curtis, Tempe Double Butte Cemetery, Placed 2023
- Newton Cooper, Tempe Double Butte Cemtery, Placed 2023
- Ellis Barnes, Ask Fork Cemetery, Placed 2023
- Robert Gaskill, Citizens' Cemetery Prescott, Placed 2023
- William Ford, Louis B. Hazelton Memorial Cemetery, Placed 2024
- Joseph Williams, Louis B. Hazelton Memorial Cemetery, Placed 2024
- Lettie Putman, Rolling Hills Cemetery, Placed 2024
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John Wilson Fulton
James Wallace Ireson
James Wallace Ireson
John Wilson Fulton was a homesteader of Young, Arizona and a business owner in the Young-Globe area. With the come of the Depression he lost his businesses but continued on later moving to Snowflake. At the time of his death in 1961 he was the Last Spanish American War Veteran of Navajo County. On June 7, 2024, after 63 years of remaining unmarked, the Camp placed his headstone.
James Wallace Ireson
James Wallace Ireson
James Wallace Ireson
Mr. Ireson was a Captain in Co. B, 2nd Texas Infantry during the Spanish American War. In the 1930's he became a patient of the Fort Lyon hospital which was designated as a neuropsychiatry facility. He passed away at the hospital and his remains were buried under the auspicious of the United Spanish War Veterans. A headstone was then ordered from the VA by his son Louis Ireson where he laid marked until his headstone mysteriously vanish. The Buckey O'Neill Camp No. 175, Sons of Spanish American War Veterans then re-ordered a headstone for him, and he was re-marked in 2023.
Ellis S. Barnes
James Wallace Ireson
Ellis S. Barnes
Ellis Barnes was a veteran of the Spanish American War serving in the Philippines. Before then he was a farm hand and then later a farmer and rocking chair maker. A resident of Colorado during his time of death he was walking on the railroad tracks where he was struck by a Santa Fe passenger train and was killed instantly. He was laid to rest in an unmarked grave at the Settlers' Cemetery. On September 9, 2023, the Buckey O'Neill Camp No. 175, Sons of Spanish American War Veterans held a dedication for the newly installed headstone. The sandstone marker was placed after the military marker by the Cemetery Association led by Faye Hume.
Newton Cooper
Willam Albert Ford
Ellis S. Barnes
Mr. Newton Cooper was a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee and served in an all-African American regiment. In 1945 he ventured to Phoenix from Vermont, and was a plumber that resided in a small home located at 1021 E. Hadley St. He later became sick and was sent to the Veterans Hospital where he passed away. In 2023 the Buckey O'Neill Camp No. 175, Sons of Spanish American War Veterans noticed that his grave was unmarked and were able to mark his grave after completing an application with the VA for a headstone.
Willam Albert Ford
Willam Albert Ford
Willam Albert Ford
William Albert Ford was a desert gold miner who died from heat exhaustion in the desert 3 miles from Tonopah while looking for gold. After suffering from delirium, he was found dead alongside his dog and her 3-month-old puppy. In 2024 in conjunction with the City of Buckeye who generously waived the fees of installation, Mr. Ford was marked with a granite VA marker.
Joseph H. Williams
Willam Albert Ford
Willam Albert Ford
Joseph H. Williams was a veteran of the Spanish American War. He was a Corporal in Company I, 3rd Texas Infantry. He enlisted on April 18, 1898, and was discharged on Feb 17, 1899; in which much to the sadness of Joseph, he did not get to experience any action outside of the US. Mr. Williams later moved to Arizona in 1928 and was a bartender. On Jan 1, 1955, he was found dead and badly burned on the side of the ruins of his burned home near Wintersburg, Arizona. The Hazelton-Butler American Legion then took charge of his burial. Mr. Williams was marked with a granite VA marker ordered by the Buckey O'Neill Camp #175 and placed by City of Buckeye staff.