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Soliders Buried in
Columbia Cemetery		 Columbia Cemetery
Civil War
Veterans		 Columbia Cemetery
CWVs Roster;
Surnames A-G		 Columbia Cemetery
CWVs Roster;
Surnames H-R		 Columbia Cemetery
CWVs Roster;
Surnames S-Z
Columbia Cemetery
State Militia Veterans		 Columbia Cemetery
Foreign Wars
Veterans		 Civil War
Headstones
Conservation		 GAR Flag Holder
Repair		 Some Other Aspects
Columbia Cemetery Foreign Wars Veterans / Rosters
Columbia Cemetery Foreign Wars Veterans' Rosters
There are 67 veterans of foreign wars interred at Columbia Cemetery.
  • 06 veterans of the Mexican War [ 1846-1848 ]
  • 17 veterans of the Spanish American War [ 1898 ] and the Philippine Insurrection [ 1899-1902 ]
  • 01 veterans of the Mexican Service  [ 1914-1918 ]
  • 30 veterans of the World War I  [ 1917-1918 ]
  • 17 veterans of the World War II [ 1941-1945 ]
  • 01 veteran of the post Korean War  [ 1950-1953 ] era

    • [ Percy Baylor Nichols served in the Philippine Insurrection and WWI. MMI Carmack and LCDR Henderson were veterans of both WWI and WWII. ]

    For these 67 veterans,
  • 30 have military headstones
  • 37 have traditional headstones / gravestones / monuments


    • The resources from which this information was derived is detailed below.
    Columbia Cemetery Mexican War [ 1846-48 ] Roster
    Surname First
    Name    		 Middle Name / Initial Alt.name or
    Alt.spelling
    or Service
    :source    		 Rank /
    Title    		 Co. Reg.
    Number    		 State
    or Orgn.    		 Function
    Carmack Thomas K. :SBiCC; :CVGR card          
    Creese Jacob W. :BDC obituary, ~17 Jun 1905          
    Graves Edmund W. :BGS; Ezra :NPS CWSS db          
    Nichols David H. ColoSA Lt Gov db 2nd Lt.   Wright's Brigade Ohio INF
    Smith Marinus G. :SBiCC; :CVGR card QM Sgt. M 2nd Penn INF, Vol
    Tucker Thomas H. :SBiCC; :CVGR card          
    Columbia Cemetery Spanish American War [ 1898 ] and / or Philippine Insurrection [ 1899-1902 ] Roster
    The distinction between service in these two theaters of war is too difficult at this time.
    Surname First Name Middle Name / Initial Alt.name or
    Alt.spelling
    or Service
    :source    		 Rank /
    Title    		 Co. Reg.
    Number    		 State
    or Orgn.    		 Function
    Bramer Edward J. :CVGR card;
    :SBiCC; :MHS;
    Brammier :CVGR    		 Sgt. E 1st NE INF
    Brannan Franklin   :THS Maj.        
    Burns Richard M. :CVGR card;
    :MHS; :SBiCC    		 Pvt. G 54th / 34th US Vol INF
    Eastman Charles B. :CVGR card;
    :CViSAW; :MHS    		 Capt. H 1st CO Vol INF
    Fairhurst William Guy :CViSAW Sr., Pvt. G 1st CO Vol INF
    Giller Alfred C. :CVGR card;
    :Rough Riders
    db; :SBiCC    		 Pvt. I 1st US Vol CAV
    Horn Tom   Rough Riders
    :biography    		 Wrangler   1st US Vol CAV
    Johnston Carl   :BGS         US Navy
    Johnston James Elmer :CViSAW; :SBiCC Sgt. H 1st CO Vol INF
    Kelley Edward   :CVGR; :MHS Pvt.   2nd US; IN INF
    Metcalf Albert T. :CVGR card;
    :CViSAW; SBiCC    		 Pvt. H 1st CO Vol INF
    Nichols Percy Baylor :CVGR card;
    :SBiCC    		   A 7th US CAV
    Repsher Daniel Edward :CVGR card;
    :SBiCC    		 Pvt.   106th IN INF
    Saase Stephen   :CVGR card;
    :CViSAW; :MHS;
    Sasse :CViSAW    		 Pvt. H 1st CO Vol INF
    Sutherland Elmer Abi [B.] :CVGR card Pvt. H 1st CO Vol INF
    Wilcox Charles Henry :CViSAW; :MHS 1st Lieut. H 1st CO Vol INF
    Wolf Joseph A. :CVGR card;
    :CViSAW; :SBiCC
    Wolfe :CViSAW    		 Pvt. H 1st CO Vol INF
    Mexican Service [ 1914-1918 ] Roster
    The US intervened militarily in Mexico during the Mexican Civil War. Examples include, the Vera Cruz Expedition [24Apr1914 to 26 Nov1914] and the Punitive Expedition [14Mar1916 to 07Feb1917].
    Surname First Name Middle
    Initial    		 Service
    :source    		 Rank /
    Title    		 Co. Reg.
    Number    		 State or
    Orgn.    		 Function
    Whitlock Frank J. Mexican Service
    :CVGR card    		 Sgt. I   VA INF, NG
    Columbia Cemetery World War I [ 1917-18 ] Roster
    Two veterans, MMI Carmack and LCDR Henderson, served in both WW1 and WW2.
    Surname First Name Middle Name / Initial Alt.name or
    Alt.spelling
    or Service
    :source    		 Rank /
    Title    		 Co. Reg.
    Number    		 State or
    Orgn.    		 Function
    Adams Wilbur Wolf :BGS;
    :RoCWWV    		 2nd Lieut.       INF
    Beach John W. :RoCWWV
    :SBiCC    		 Pvt.       INF
    Bell James W. :BGS;
    :RoCWWV    		 Corpl.       F.A.
    Belser Carl Delitzich :BGS;
    :RoCWWV    		 Pvt.       S.A.T.C.
    Bloomquist Oscar T. :RoCWWV
    :THS    		 Pvt. H 354th Inf 89th Div INF
    Buckley Earl K. :BGS       US Navy  
    Burger Charles Roland :BGS Pvt.       S.A.T.C.
    Carmack John B. :MHS MMI     USNR  
    Crawford Marvin M. :MHS Pvt.   28th Field Arty 10 Div; KN  
    Crosby Eugene Field :MHS;
    :RoCWWV    		 Pvt.     CO; US Army INF
    Fairhurst Harvey Ward Peace :BGS       Merchant
    Marines    		  
    Giggey Clifford A. :CVGR card;
    :RoCWWV    		 Corpl. HQ 20th   INF
    Glasgow David Wesley :MHS Pvt.       S.A.T.C.
    Haldi Peter B. :BGS Jr.   Co. 5 44th Div HVY ART
    Harris William Todd :MHS
    :RoCWWV
    :SBiCC    		 Pvt. M 134th Inf 34th Div; CO INF
    Harvison William A. :MHS
    :RoCWWV    		 Sgt.   157th Inf 40th Div; CO INF
    Henderson Alvin   :MHS Lt. Cdr.     US Navy  
    Jones Thomas   :MHS Pvt.     US Army  
    Jones William H. :CVGR card PFC   314th Engr 89th Div US Army
    Lee William Charles :CVGR card
    :SBiCC    		 Sgt. H 20th US Army INF
    Mitchell Charles A. :MHS BKR2     US Navy  
    Nelson Joseph M. :MHS Corpl.     US Army  
    Nichols Percy Baylor :CVGR card;
    :SBiCC    		   A 7th US CAV
    Perreten Arnold E. :BGS         Engr
    Purmort Everett L. :CVGR card;
    :RoCWWV;
    :MHS    		 Corpl.   115th Engr 40th Div; CO CORP ENGR
    Shultz Charles W. :MHS
    :RoCWWV    		 Pvt.     US Army A.S.
    Slifka Fred   :CVGR card:
    :MHS    		 Pvt. E 23th Inf 2nd Div  
    Smith Chester E. :MHS Pvt. Btry C 5th Field
    Arty    		 CO  
    Smith George E. :MHS Pvt.     US Army, CO  
    Stanton John Earl :BGS     121th Hospital Unit   AEF
    Tatum Henry   :MHS Pvt.   21th Inf 16th Div; KY  
    Columbia Cemetery World War II [ 1941-45 ] Roster
    MMI Carmack and LCDR Henderson, who served in both WW1 and WW2, are listed in the WWI roster, only.
    Surname First Name Middle Name / Initial Alt.name
    or Service
    :source    		 Rank /
    Title    		 Co. Reg.
    Number    		 State or
    Orgn.    		 Function
    Anderson George Philips :BGS Lt. Col.        
    Avery William W. :MHS Pvt.     309th Base
    HQ & AB SQ:
    TX    		 US Army
    Air Force
    Barber Elwood J. :MHS Pvt.       US Army
    Air Force
    Barlow Carl E. MHS Tec4       US Army
    Brown Boyd Scott :MHS Lieut.       USNR
    Cubbage Wayne E. :MHS PFC   103th Inf 43rd Inf
    Div; CO    		  
    Euler Edward Philips "Jack";
    :BGS    		 Jr.       US Army
    Air Force
    Gallagher Glen Burke :MHS Corpl.   8th C Camera Unit US Army
    Air Force
    Gibbon Helen   :BGS Capt.       Women's
    Army Corp
    Horry Leroy R. :MHS Pvt.       US Army
    Knudsen Louis   MHS Pvt. Btry K3   Coast Arty  
    McAndrews Earl M. MHS         US Army
    Norris Earl   :THS Jr.        
    Williamson Lawrence J. :MHS PFC E 71th Inf 44th Inf Div;
    BSM-PH    		  
    Todd William Cirl :BGS Pvt.   Engr   US Army
    Engr Corp
    post Korean War Roster
    Stanley Gill served in the US Army in the continential USofA [1954-1956] after the Korean War.
    Surname First Name Middle Name / Initial Alt.name or
    Alt.spelling
    or Service
    :source    		 Rank /
    Title    		 Co. Reg.
    Number    		 State or
    Orgn.    		 Function
    Gill Stanley Jensen :BGS; :family Pvt.     US Army Chemical Center
    Resources for Columbia Cemetery Veterans of Foreign Wars Roster and State Militia Veterans
    The Columbia Cemetery Veterans of Foreign Wars Rosters and the State Militia Veterans Roster was derived from the sources listed below.

    The most significant resources for the development of these Roster were
  • military headstone inscriptions [ 31 headstone ]
  • the Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations, 1862-1949, database
  • the Park Cemetery Association "Soldiers Buried in Columbia Cemetery", 1924, chart.

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    Designation Resource
    BDS The Daily Camera newspaper published in Boulder, Colorado, from September 1890 to the present.
    BGS The Boulder Genealogical Society has compiled / published an index and biographic information on the ~6500 people interred at "Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado, 1870 to The Present, Updated May 2001". This amazing genealogical / historic opus is available at the Boulder Public Library, Carnegie Branch Library for Local History and recently online.
    CBL Boulder Public Library, Carnegie Branch Library for Local History.
    CVGR db Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations, 1862-1949, database available via the Colorado State Archive. A portion of the database is available online; the grave registration cards can be viewed and copies obtain at / from the archive.
    CViSAW db Colorado Volunteers in the Spanish American War (1898) database available via the Colorado State Archive online.
    MHS Inscriptions on one of the 30 Department of Veteran Affairs non-Civil War Military HeadStone at Columbia Cemetery.
    Eg, Capt. Charles B. Eastman's headstone.
    RoCWWV Roster of Colorado World War Veterans. A reference book prepared by the Office of the Colorado Adjutant General [details To Be Supplied].
    SBiCC A 3 page, hand-lettered, Park Cemetery Association chart of 210 "Soldiers Buried in Columbia Cemetery". Annotated to have been corrected 4, March 1924 held by the Boulder Public Library Carnegie Branch Library for Local History.
    The Park Cemetery Association owned the Columbia Cemetery 23May1910-1965.
    THS Inscription on a Traditional HeadStone which details regimental data.
    Eg, Pvt. Oscar T. Bloomquist's headstone.
    Soliders Buried in
    Columbia Cemetery    		 Columbia Cemetery
    Civil War
    Veterans    		 Columbia Cemetery
    CWVs Roster;
    Surnames A-G    		 Columbia Cemetery
    CWVs Roster;
    Surnames H-R    		 Columbia Cemetery
    CWVs Roster;
    Surnames S-Z
    Columbia Cemetery
    State Militia Veterans    		 Columbia Cemetery
    Foreign Wars
    Veterans    		 Civil War
    Headstones
    Conservation    		 GAR Flag Holder
    Repair    		 Some Other Aspects