Button Cemetery
Montrose County, CO
Originally a public cemetery, now is private and abandoned. The only known burial date is 1902. There are 16 graves. It is thought that this cemetery was used by the people who worked on the Gunnison Tunnel, but this cannot be proved.
Ruth Dempsey is possibly the younger sister of fighter Jack Dempsey who trained and fought his first professional fight in Montrose.
Directions:
Travel south from Montrose on US 550 for 4 miles to Trout Road, then east 1.0 miles to Pahgre Road,
then north 0.5 miles, on the east side of the road.
Name Date of Date of
Last , First Middle Birth Death Note
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Smith, Baby
Smith , Baby
Smith, Baby
Smith, Mother
Whitled, Baby
Unknown
Whitted, Mary Jutton
Page , Baby
Humphrey Baby
Dempsey,Ruth Possibly the younger sister of fighter Jack Dempsey
Finnegan, Tommy
Thompson, Janie
Price, Clyde Alvia 6/27/1898 4/10/1902 (Only gravestone with dates)