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Fairmont Cemetery
This profile is part of the Raton, New Mexico One Place Study.

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Cemetery Details
- Fairmont Cemetery Category for profiles of those buried here.
- WikiTree+ Cemetery Report for this cemetery
- WikiTree Profiles that link to this page.
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- 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 44 / 382 15.79% | Section 4 76 / 705 10.78% |
Section 2 493 / 1000 47.57% | Section 5 128 / 1717 7.45% |
Section 1 819 / 819 100% | Section 6 548 / 555 98.74% |
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Profiled 2942 | Photographed abt. 3532 |
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Unknown Markers |
- Upload Images (4)
- Write Biographies
- Connect to the Global Tree
- 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
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
Sources
- ↑ 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