El Dorado County Cemeteries

The Pioneer Cemetery, as it is now known, is located on Cold Springs Road across from the Vineyard House in Coloma. In the past, the cemetery has been called various names: Sutter Mill, Coloma Protestant and Vineyard.

Although the Coloma Protestant Church was organized April 22, 1850, the exact date that the cemetery was founded is unknown. The earliest known graves date from 1849.

Robert Chalmers, who built the Vineyard House, and his family are buried in the cemetery. Chalmers was the earliest recorded owner of the land where the cemetery is located. Over the years, the land passed through the hands of the Mary Kane family to the County of El Dorado who deeded the cemetery property to the California Department of Parks and Recreation on August 3, 1981. Since that time, the cemetery has been a part of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park.

The cemetery is quaint and somewhat secluded. It winds around the hill among trees which shade the graves of those who are buried here.

More than 600 pioneers are buried here. The graves contain the remains of those drawn to Coloma in their search for gold. All races and many nations are represented. From "Little Eddie" to "Texas" Ellen, they rest together in this peaceful setting.

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Plot ID #	Marker
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Ah	Tim	c 1827	21 Nov 1915
Allhoff Allhoff Allhoff Allhoff	Charles Joseph Martin Martin J. Jr.	22 Jan 1863 17 Sep 1857 21 Aug 1827 21 Nov 1858	25 Apr 1866 19 Jul 1897 9 Oct 1867 13 Aug 1942	13 13 13 13	Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ames Ames Ames	Bernice Lawton Frank Rosa Mae	3 Jan 1896 8 Mar 1829 30 Aug 1870	24 Mar 1923 2 Jun 1918 18 Mar 1944	45   45	Yes
Amstalden Amstalden Amstalden	Frank Paul Franz Joseph Rosina Marta	1874 21 Jul 1828 1838	4 Oct 1943 16 Jul 1899 14 Jan 1913	177 177 177	Yes Yes Yes
Anable Anable	John Wesley Rebecca Jane Barlow	18 Feb 1825 Oct 1831	30 Nov 1890 22 May 1908	52 52	Yes Yes
Anderhalden Anderhalden Anderhalden Anderhalden Anderhalden	Flora Gotlieb Joseph Joseph Rosa	25 Mar 1876 18 Apr 1882 c 1878 6 Nov 1852 c 1873	28 Apr 1885 9 Dec 1884 25 Oct 1881 21 Mar 1885 27 Aug 1881	86 86 86 86 86	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ashley Ashley Ashley	Benjamin Franklin Lucille Bernice Rose Emily Johnson	11 May 1863 3 Feb 1913 14 Apr 1871	16 Dec 1951 15 Sep 1913 28 Sep 1961	40 40 40	Yes Yes Yes
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Barber Barber	Edith A. Schulze Norman H.	1910 1910	1977 1983	69 69	Yes Yes
Barnes	Joseph J.	c 1825	23 Apr 1880
Bauer	George Phillips	4 Dec 1798	22 Aug 1865	42	Yes
Beck Beck Beck	Harriet A. John John Jr.	1842 c 1842 6 May 1870	5 Jul 1870 1887 10 Jul 1870	22 22 22	Yes   Yes
Beebe	Infant	30 Jun 1901	19 Dec 1901
Bell	Nelson	c 1790	13 Jan 1869	58	Yes
Bergantz Bergantz	Jacob Sophia D. Miller	13 Jul 1829 11 Feb 1854	14 Mar 1911 8 Sep 1927	99 99	Yes Yes
Blodgett Blodgett	Lida M. Peterson William Foster	12 Apr 1890 13 Jul 1894	21 Dec 1946 20 Dec 1938	143 143	Yes
Blundell	Joseph Travers	4 Nov 1840	15 Apr 1900	145	Yes
Borland Borland	Alexander Genevieve	c 1818 c 1825	2 Mar 1893 13 Oct 1880	126 126	Yes Yes
Bothwell	William	1814	13 Nov 1890	---
Breeze	Thomas	c 1831	9 Nov 1876	---
Brock	Margaret R. Brown	1851	16 Nov 1878	31	Yes
Brown	Infant	9 Sep 1931	9 Sep 1931	---
Buffington Buffington Buffington	Amy P. James Rhenolds Mary Catherine Henry	23 Jul 1865 14 Feb 1823 1837	15 Nov 1886 9 Nov 1890 10 Jun 1877	23 23 23	Yes Yes Yes
Bullen	James	1812	4 Jun 1877	79	Yes
Burgess Burgess	Anna Butler Rufus Morgan	c 1826 c 1827	5 Feb 1886 27 Jul 1900	56 56	Yes Yes
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