Provo City Cemetery

Here is the gravestone for James Smith and his 2 wives, Sarah Jane, and Christiana. The gravestone looks more recent than the 19th century, so some of their descendents may have redone his gravestone. Although Christiana Smith has a separate headstone that you can see to the right of the marker, which looks rather old.



This is the gravestone for Henry William Davis and his wife Rachel Phillips Davis. The first thing that struck me was the size of the marker. It looks well-worn and is probably the original gravestone. At the bottom on the front is written "He giveth his beloved sleep". On the front are their two names, but on the back is the name of a William Ferre. I found out through Ancestral File that William Ferre was the husband of Eva Davis, a daughter of Henry W. Davis. It almost looks like more names are intended to go on the back, but none ever did. Around the stone are the graves of Henry William Davis Jr., Lottie Nelson Davis, and Lula Davis.



This is the grave of Jonathan O. Duke, his wives Mary Stone, Sarah Thompson, and Martha Thompson. This grave also looks recent, probably replacing the original headstone. Jonathan and Mary both have plaques indicating that they were pioneers.

Thomas and Sophia Davis are buried in the Provo City Cemetery also, but I was unable to locate them with the directions that I had. So I plan on the verifying the information and making a return trip in the future.

(Update) I was able to return to the cemetery with my mother and sister, but still wasn't able tot find the grave marker. However, we were able to talk to one of the grounds keepers who said many of the early graves don't have markers, but there is record of them among the cemetery records. It would be a fun project to find exactly were the they are buried and then put a grave marker down for them. They were first generation converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and immigrants to the United States.