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Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery
Orting, Pierce County, Washington

GPS: 47.080751, -122.226838
T18N R5E Section 6

Orting Kapowsin Hwy E
Graham, WA 98338

Cemetery History

The Washington Soldiers Home is located on 181 acres in Puyallup Valley near Orting. Established in 1891, this was the first of four homes built for Washington state veterans.

The cemetery is often referred to as, "U.S. Soldiers Home Cemetery", and "Old Soldiers Home Cemetery".

Cemetery Records

This is not a complete listing of all of the burials in this cemetery. The records below were provided by vistiors to Interment.net. Last edited Apr 16, 2008. Total records = 15.

Contributor's Index:

• [LW] Layna Wilson [layna8@telus.net]
• [MR] Maggie Rail [mrail@asisna.com]
• [RS] Ray Sanders [sunnyfrm@humboldt1.com]
• [SS] Southron Shannon [southronshannon@aol.com]

Haptonstall, Jesse B, b. 05/14/1834, d. 04/22/1917, [RS]
Haptonstall, Samuel W, b. 01/01/1840, d. 03/09/1918, Co D 5th USA, [RS]
Houghton, George L, b. Aug 28, 1841 Canada, d. 1917, Pvt Co D 104th IL Inf, [MR]
Hunt, Sylvester Peter MD, b. 10 Feb 1845 MO, d. 31 Mar 1916 Orting WA, bur.2 Apr 1916, [MR]
Kirtley, Milton, no dates, Co F 1st Washington Territorial Vol, [MR]
Lamont, James Henry,, b. Jul 11, 1880, Bandon OR, d. Jun 21, 1976, Orting WA, bur. Lot D170, [MR]
McHale, Alexander U, b. 1842 Ireland, d., Sgt Co G 26th Mich Inf, [MR]
O'Connor, Albert, b. 1843 Canada, d. 1928, Sgt Co A, 7th Wis Inf, [MR]
Pike, Zebulon, b. c.1840 Iowa, d. 12 Mar 1901, Co. K 20th Iowa Infantry, bur. 1-B-5, [SS]
Sickels, William H, b. 1843 NY, d. Sep 26, 1938, Sgt Co B 7th Wisc Inf, bur. Sec 4, [MR]
Stimpson, Theron H., b. Feb 1827, bur. Dec 19, 1903, h/o Vienna A. Pixley, [LW]
Walker, Hiram, d. Feb 01, 1914, Co G, 1st Washington Vol Inf, Sp Am War, bur. Grave #4-D-15, [MR]
Walker, Jas, no dates, Co A 64 NY Inf, [MR]
Warden, John, b. Jun 11, 1841, d. Jul 02, 1906, Med of Honor, 1st Lieut Co E 55th Ill Inf, [MR]
Waughtel, Rome, b. 1873 Scipio IN, d. Jul 1953, age 80yr, Spanish War Veteran, [MR]