Fairmont Cemetery

Date: 17 Jul 2019
Location: Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
Surnames/tags: Colfax_County New_Mexico Cemeteries

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Contents 1 Fairmont Cemetery 1.1 Cemetery Details 1.2 To Do 1.3 Notable Burials 1.4 Related Projects 2 Sources

Fairmont Cemetery

Cemetery Details

• Fairmont Cemetery Category for profiles of those buried here.
• WikiTree+ Cemetery Report for this cemetery
• WikiTree Profiles that link to this page.

• Cemetery name: Fairmont Cemetery
• Address: Sugarite Avenue, Raton, Colfax, New Mexico 87740 USA
• Elevation: 6698 feet
• GPS Coordinates: 36.903196, -104.430130
• Information: FindAGrave - 6429 Memorials, Honeyfield - 6163 entries, NMTTP - 2878 entries.

To Do

See the SPREADSHEET that lists WT Profile IDs, FAG IDs, and checks against the sources and the New Mexico Tombstone Project for this cemetery.^[1]

Section 8 634 / 636 99.69%

Section 7 158 / 163 96.93%	Section 3 33 / 384 8.59%	Section 4 60 / 702 8.55%
	Section 2 282 / 986 28.60%	Section 5 101 / 1717 5.88%

Section 1 819 / 819 100%

Section 6 548 / 555 98.74%

Progress

Profiled 2659	Photographed abt. 3792

Unknown Markers

1. Upload Images (4)
2. Write Biographies
3. Connect to the Global Tree
4. Investigate (46) - Some headstones from the book need further investigation as they weren't found on the first pass through the cemetery. A few headstones were found to be under dirt so another pass-through to find those missing will need to be done. Their profiles are in the following category: Photo Needed
   1. Section 6: 10
   2. Section 7: 14

Notable Burials

• John Morrow (1865-1935) US Congressman
• Frederick Wilder Brooks Sr (1874-1949) Colfax County Representative
• Alvin Mathias Stockton (1912-1997) NM State Legislator & Speaker of New Mexico House of Representatives

Related Projects

• New Mexico Project
  • Raton, New Mexico One Place Study
• New Mexico Mining Disasters
  • Dutchman Mine Disaster 1906
  • Stag Canon No 1 Mine Disaster 1913
  • Stag Canon No 1 Mine Disaster 1923

Sources

1. ↑ Honeyfield, Harold R. Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax Co., New Mexico : a listing of burials as of Aug. 2007 (H.R. Honeyfield, Davis, California 2007)

• Robertson, Nancy. "Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico : tombstone inscriptions" Raton, NM : Friends of Raton Anthropology, 1983
• New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945 (Name index of death certificates and records of death from 1889 - 1945) "New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945." Database w/images (http://FamilySearch.org : 20 April 2020). Citing Department of Health. Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1546466
• "Church records, 1891-1956", database w/images (http://familysearch.org : 20 April 2020).

• Catholic Church. St. Patrick's (Raton, New Mexico) https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/383071

• Baptisms 1891-1956 Confirmations 1920-1955 Film 16882 DGS 7854376
• Marriages 1896-1955 Deaths 1897-1955 Film 16883 DGS 8124843

• Catholic Church. St. Joseph's (Raton, New Mexico) https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/383052

• Baptisms, 1920-1956 -- Confirmations, 1924-1950 -- Marriages, 1947-1955 -- Deaths, 1947-1956. Film 16881 DGS 8339286

See the Source:New Mexico page for more