McMillen Cemetery
Earl, Lincoln County, Washington

Contributed by Pat Rice [gillygon@cuonlinenow.com]. March 18, 2000. Total records = 9.

McMillen Cemetery, Lincoln County WA, Sec 34 T24N R35E, sits high on a hill overlooking surrounding wheat fields and it was first walked by Marge Womach in 1991, again in 1994, and twice in 1999. The last three times were with Pat Rice who helped take measurements and pictures. Marge Womach contributed additional research and history on this cemetery.

The property was the homestead of Miles McMillen, a Civil War Veteran and originally had 30 to 40 stones. Over the years the McMillen's couldn't pay their taxes so the land was sold, without designating the cemetery. Farming practices have reduced the size of the cemetery and rumor has it that one farmer bragged of dozing all the stones into a pile. All that are left are four, two of those broken, another flat on its back.

Current size of the cemetery is 174 feet north and south, following the ridge line. Width at the widest point is 24 feet, tapering to points on either end. Pictures are available through Pat Rice, Almira.

w/o = wife of;
h/o = husband of;
s/o = son of;
and d/o = daughter of.

Dosdall, Michael, b.1 Aug 1824, d.20 Sep 1907 83y (birth from other documents) stone toppled
McMillen, Luvisa E., b.11 Jan 1868, d.8 Aug 1906, Beloved wife of Charles E McMillen
McMillen, Roy Edwin, no dates, s/o L.E. and C.E. McMillen, same stone as Luvisa
McMillen, Martha A., died Jan 1902, stone broken
McMillen, Miles, b.17 Apr 1832, d.13 Mar 1891 Civil War, stone broken

Other burials documented to be in the McMillen Cemetery
OB = Obituary,
PR = Probate Record,
FR = Family Records

Earl, Wilton Henry, b.10 Feb 1871, d.12 Mar 1895, s/o Robert A. and Lourena Powell Earl, stone recorded by Lartigues in 1974, in "Tombstones of Lincoln County" by Wes and Carrie Lartigue, 1974.
Magill, Sarah Louisa, b.1865, d.1893, w/o Robert Stafford Magill, d/o Callaway Warwick FR
McMillen, Charles E., s/o Miles and Martha; h/o Luvisa and Myrtle. His is last known burial. Died at Spangle May 21, 1934, age 71 OB
Earl, Elizabeth M., died 18 Jun 1895, w/o Wm. Earl OB, PR