Butler Davidson Cemetery
Location: 2 miles southwest of
Monmouth on private land, off
the Falls City Road (Highway 51).
Inquire at WOU Archives for directions.
Established in 1852 on the Elijah
Davidson Donation Land Claim on
a hilltop south of Monmouth, it
contains graves of Elijah Davidson
and Peter Butler families and
their kin.
Butler family members buried
here include:
Peter and Rachel Butler and some
of their children
Isaac and Margaret Smith
Edward and Eliza Ground
Ira F.M. Butler
Founders of Western Oregon University
that are buried here include:
Squire S. Whitman
Ira F. M. Butler
T. H. Lucas
Thomas Hutchinson
Haley family members buried here
include:
P.R. and Sarah Jane Haley
Martha Jane Haley
Fir Crest Cemetery
Location: Monmouth, OR, ca. 2
miles south of Monmouth. Go south
on Warren Street which becomes
Helmick Road. Access is possible
on either Helmick Road or Fir
Crest Road, a gravel road that
runs off Helmick.
Established in 1848 on a hilltop
covered with Douglas firs, this
cemetery contains the graves of
several founders of Western Oregon
University including John E. Murphy
and other prominent pioneers recognized
as being instrumental to the establishment
of the University, including A.W.
Lucas (brother of Thomas H. Lucas)
and J.B.V. Butler (no relation
to the Peter Butler family). It
also contains the graves of many
faculty and staff who worked at
the University, and University
Presidents such as Thomas Franklin
Campbell.
In 1943, Smith Cemetery and English
Cemetery were relocated from their
original locations at Camp Adair
to property facing Fir Crest Road
(across from Fir Crest Cemetery).
