From: Park County, Colorado, Historic Cemeteries, "Historic Cemetery Development in Park County, Colorado, 1859-1965", United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form, prepared by R. Laurie Simmons and Thomas H. Simmons, Front Range Research Associates, Inc., Denver, Colorado, Section number E, page 16.
"The tiny Farnum family cemetery, located along Tarryall Road about six miles below Tarryall Reservoir, is associated with the pioneer ranching family of William and Mahala Farnum. The burial ground contains just four graves, all from the 1870s. The earliest grave is that of seventeen year-old Francis F. Farnum, who died in 1872. The only marker present bears the names of Francis and his brother Walter R., who died at age twenty-eight in 1878. The two other burials in the cemetery are those of two-year-old Dollie Allen, a family member, and Luna Tappan, a teenage Navajo who lived on the Farnum Ranch."
From: Tarryall Rural Historic District, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form found at https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2018/5pa879.pdf, page 52.
"William and Mahala Farnum were parents of three sons listed in the 1870 U.S. Census; their two younger sons would die in that decade (Walter R. in 1878 at twenty-eight and Francis F. in 1872 at seventeen). The family established a cemetery on the ranch for burials, and according to the report of Walter F. Allen, there are two other graves in the
cemetery, those of Luna Tappan and Dollie Allen. . . Dollie Laura Allen, the daughter of Anson Alonzo Allen and the Farnum's daughter, Charlotte, was born in 1877 and passed away at the age of two in 1879. The cemetery received no additional burials after the Farnum era."
"The tiny Farnum family cemetery, located along Tarryall Road about six miles below Tarryall Reservoir, is associated with the pioneer ranching family of William and Mahala Farnum. The burial ground contains just four graves, all from the 1870s. The earliest grave is that of seventeen year-old Francis F. Farnum, who died in 1872. The only marker present bears the names of Francis and his brother Walter R., who died at age twenty-eight in 1878. The two other burials in the cemetery are those of two-year-old Dollie Allen, a family member, and Luna Tappan, a teenage Navajo who lived on the Farnum Ranch."
From: Tarryall Rural Historic District, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form found at https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2018/5pa879.pdf, page 52.
"William and Mahala Farnum were parents of three sons listed in the 1870 U.S. Census; their two younger sons would die in that decade (Walter R. in 1878 at twenty-eight and Francis F. in 1872 at seventeen). The family established a cemetery on the ranch for burials, and according to the report of Walter F. Allen, there are two other graves in the
cemetery, those of Luna Tappan and Dollie Allen. . . Dollie Laura Allen, the daughter of Anson Alonzo Allen and the Farnum's daughter, Charlotte, was born in 1877 and passed away at the age of two in 1879. The cemetery received no additional burials after the Farnum era."
From: Park County, Colorado, Historic Cemeteries, "Historic Cemetery Development in Park County, Colorado, 1859-1965", United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form, prepared by R. Laurie Simmons and Thomas H. Simmons, Front Range Research Associates, Inc., Denver, Colorado, Section number E, page 16.
"The tiny Farnum family cemetery, located along Tarryall Road about six miles below Tarryall Reservoir, is associated with the pioneer ranching family of William and Mahala Farnum. The burial ground contains just four graves, all from the 1870s. The earliest grave is that of seventeen year-old Francis F. Farnum, who died in 1872. The only marker present bears the names of Francis and his brother Walter R., who died at age twenty-eight in 1878. The two other burials in the cemetery are those of two-year-old Dollie Allen, a family member, and Luna Tappan, a teenage Navajo who lived on the Farnum Ranch."
From: Tarryall Rural Historic District, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form found at https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2018/5pa879.pdf, page 52.
"William and Mahala Farnum were parents of three sons listed in the 1870 U.S. Census; their two younger sons would die in that decade (Walter R. in 1878 at twenty-eight and Francis F. in 1872 at seventeen). The family established a cemetery on the ranch for burials, and according to the report of Walter F. Allen, there are two other graves in the
cemetery, those of Luna Tappan and Dollie Allen. . . Dollie Laura Allen, the daughter of Anson Alonzo Allen and the Farnum's daughter, Charlotte, was born in 1877 and passed away at the age of two in 1879. The cemetery received no additional burials after the Farnum era."
"The tiny Farnum family cemetery, located along Tarryall Road about six miles below Tarryall Reservoir, is associated with the pioneer ranching family of William and Mahala Farnum. The burial ground contains just four graves, all from the 1870s. The earliest grave is that of seventeen year-old Francis F. Farnum, who died in 1872. The only marker present bears the names of Francis and his brother Walter R., who died at age twenty-eight in 1878. The two other burials in the cemetery are those of two-year-old Dollie Allen, a family member, and Luna Tappan, a teenage Navajo who lived on the Farnum Ranch."
From: Tarryall Rural Historic District, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form found at https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2018/5pa879.pdf, page 52.
"William and Mahala Farnum were parents of three sons listed in the 1870 U.S. Census; their two younger sons would die in that decade (Walter R. in 1878 at twenty-eight and Francis F. in 1872 at seventeen). The family established a cemetery on the ranch for burials, and according to the report of Walter F. Allen, there are two other graves in the
cemetery, those of Luna Tappan and Dollie Allen. . . Dollie Laura Allen, the daughter of Anson Alonzo Allen and the Farnum's daughter, Charlotte, was born in 1877 and passed away at the age of two in 1879. The cemetery received no additional burials after the Farnum era."
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