List of burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery

The Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres (1.0 km²) and contains 91⁄2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States.

The northern section of the cemetery at night, looking towards Salt Lake City

Notable burials edit

A-G edit

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Truman O. Angell	June 5, 1810	October 16, 1887	LDS Architect of Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake Tabernacle, and other edifices
Melvin J. Ballard	February 9, 1873	July 30, 1939	LDS Church Apostle
M. Russell Ballard	October 8, 1929	November 12, 2023	LDS Church Apostle
Simon Bamberger	February 27, 1846	October 6, 1926	Fourth Governor of Utah
Bob Bennett	September 18, 1933	May 4, 2016	U.S. Senator (Son of Wallace Bennet)
Wallace Bennett	November 13, 1898	December 19, 1993	U.S. Senator
Adam S. Bennion	December 2, 1886	February 11, 1958	LDS Church Apostle
Mervyn S. Bennion	May 5, 1887	December 7, 1941	US Navy Captain killed during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
John Milton Bernhisel	June 23, 1799	September 28, 1881	Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory
Albert E. Bowen	October 31, 1875	July 15, 1953	LDS Church Apostle
Hugh B. Brown	October 24, 1883	December 2, 1975	LDS Church Apostle
Thomas Bullock	December 23, 1816	February 10, 1885	Member of the Council of Fifty and clerk to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young
John Thomas Caine	January 8, 1829	September 20, 1911	Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory
Charles A. Callis	May 4, 1865	January 21, 1947	LDS Church Apostle
Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon	July 1, 1857	July 10, 1932	Elected Utah State Senator in 1896—first female State Senator in the U.S.
George Q. Cannon	January 11, 1827	April 12, 1901	LDS Church Apostle and Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory
Sylvester Q. Cannon	June 10, 1877	May 29, 1943	LDS Church Apostle
Thomas Battersby Child	May 6, 1888	November 3, 1963	Creator of the Gilgal Sculpture Garden
J. Reuben Clark	September 1, 1871	October 6, 1961	LDS Church Apostle, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and U.S. Undersecretary of State
Rudger Clawson	March 12, 1857	June 21, 1943	LDS Church Apostle
William Clayton	July 17, 1814	December 4, 1879	Mormon pioneer, inventor, lyricist and scribe
Matthew Cowley	August 2, 1897	December 13, 1953	LDS Church Apostle
John Christopher Cutler	February 5, 1846	July 30, 1928	Utah Governor
Hugh W. Dougall	March 6, 1872	May 2, 1963	LDS hymn writer. Works include "Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King", music to "Come Unto Him". and "The Bridge Builder".
Richard L. Evans	March 23, 1906	November 1, 1971	LDS Church Apostle
James C. Fletcher	June 5, 1919	December 22, 1991	Administrator of NASA and University of Utah President
David Fullmer	July 7, 1803	October 21, 1879	Utah politician
Heber J. Grant	November 22, 1856	May 14, 1945	LDS Church President
Jedediah M. Grant	February 21, 1816	December 1, 1856	LDS Church Apostle and Salt Lake City's first Mayor

H-P edit

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Conrad B. Harrison	July 15, 1911	February 12, 2008	Salt Lake City Mayor
Alonzo A. Hinckley	April 23, 1870	December 22, 1936	LDS Church Apostle
Gordon B. Hinckley	June 23, 1910	January 27, 2008	LDS Church President
William Henry Hooper	December 25, 1813	December 30, 1882	Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory
Edward Hunter	June 22, 1793	October 16, 1883	Third and longest serving Presiding Bishop of LDS Church.
Howard W. Hunter	November 14, 1907	March 3, 1995	LDS Church President
Anthony W. Ivins	September 16, 1852	September 23, 1934	LDS Church Apostle
William Jennings	September 13, 1823	January 15, 1886	Salt Lake City Mayor
Edward P. Kimball	June 2, 1882	March 15, 1937	Organist of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and a hymn writer.
J. Golden Kimball	June 9, 1853	September 2, 1938	LDS General Authority
Spencer W. Kimball	March 28, 1895	November 5, 1985	LDS Church President
William H. King	June 3, 1863	November 27, 1949	United States Senator
Harold B. Lee	March 28, 1899	December 26, 1973	LDS Church President
Sherman P. Lloyd	January 11, 1914	December 15, 1979	U.S. Representative from Utah
Karl G. Maeser	January 16, 1828	February 15, 1901	President of Brigham Young Academy (forerunner of Brigham Young University (1876-1892))
Herbert B. Maw	March 11, 1893	November 17, 1990	Utah Governor
Neal A. Maxwell	July 6, 1926	July 21, 2004	LDS Church Apostle
Bruce R. McConkie	July 29, 1915	April 19, 1985	LDS Church Apostle
David O. McKay	September 8, 1873	January 18, 1970	LDS Church President
Joseph F. Merrill	August 24, 1868	February 3, 1952	LDS Church Apostle
Larry H. Miller	April 26, 1944	February 20, 2009	Utah businessman and philanthropist
Thomas S. Monson	August 21, 1927	January 2, 2018	LDS Church President
George Q. Morris	February 20, 1874	April 23, 1962	LDS Church Apostle
Frank Moss	September 23, 1911	January 29, 2003	U.S. Senator
Henry D. Moyle	April 22, 1889	September 18, 1963	LDS Church Apostle
Joseph White Musser	March 8, 1872	March 29, 1954	Early Senior leader of the Mormon fundamentalist movement
Alexander Neibaur	January 8, 1808	December 15, 1883	Among the first dentist to practice in Utah, and one of the first Jews to join the LDS Church
Wayne Owens	May 2, 1937	December 18, 2002	U.S. Representative from Utah
Charles W. Penrose	February 4, 1832	May 16, 1925	LDS Church Apostle
L. Tom Perry	August 5, 1922	May 30, 2015	LDS Church Apostle
William Wines Phelps	February 17, 1792	March 7, 1872	Early LDS Church Leader and songwriter
Orson Pratt	September 19, 1811	October 3, 1881	LDS Church Apostle

R-Z edit

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Cal Rampton	November 6, 1913	September 16, 2007	11th Utah Governor
Joseph Lafayette Rawlins	March 28, 1850	May 24, 1926	U.S. Senator
George F. Richards	February 23, 1861	August 8, 1950	LDS Church Apostle
LeGrand Richards	February 6, 1886	January 11, 1983	LDS Church Apostle
Willard Richards	June 24, 1804	March 11, 1854	LDS Church Apostle
Matthew Stanford Robison Memorial	September 23, 1988	February 21, 1999	10 year old disabled boy - his memorial became an attraction
Porter Rockwell	June 28, 1813 or June 25, 1815	June 9, 1878	Bodyguard to Joseph Smith, Jr. and Brigham Young
Arthur Shepherd	February 19, 1880	January 12, 1958	Composer and conductor
Eldred G. Smith	January 9, 1907	April 4, 2013	Last Presiding Patriarch for the LDS Church
George A. Smith	June 26, 1817	September 1, 1875	LDS Church Apostle
George Albert Smith	April 4, 1870	April 4, 1951	LDS Church President
Hyrum Mack Smith	March 21, 1872	January 23, 1918	LDS Church Apostle
John Smith	July 16, 1781	May 23, 1854	Uncle of Joseph Smith and 4th Presiding Patriarch of the LDS Church
John Henry Smith	September 18, 1848	October 13, 1911	LDS Church Apostle
Joseph F. Smith	November 13, 1838	November 19, 1918	LDS Church President
Joseph Fielding Smith	July 19, 1876	July 2, 1972	LDS Church President
Erastus Snow	November 9, 1818	May 27, 1888	LDS Church Apostle
William Spry	January 11, 1864	April 21, 1929	Third Governor of Utah
Joseph Standing	October 5, 1854	July 21, 1879	LDS missionary murdered while serving
James E. Talmage	September 21, 1862	July 27, 1933	LDS Church Apostle, scientist, and University of Utah President
Nathan Eldon Tanner	May 9, 1898	November 27, 1982	LDS Church Apostle and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada
John W. Taylor	May 15, 1858	October 10, 1916	LDS Church Apostle
John Taylor	November 1, 1808	July 25, 1887	LDS Church President
George Teasdale	December 8, 1831	June 9, 1907	LDS Church Apostle
Elbert D. Thomas	June 17, 1883	February 11, 1953	U.S. Senator
Mary M. Wallace	January 8, 1847	September 27, 1847	The first known burial in the Salt Lake Cemetery^[1]
Mere Mete Whaanga	February 15, 1848	May 11, 1944	Maori tribal leader and missionary^[2]^[3]
Daniel H. Wells	October 27, 1814	March 24, 1891	LDS Church Apostle and Salt Lake City Mayor
Heber Manning Wells	August 11, 1859	March 12, 1938	Utah's first Governor
Orson F. Whitney	July 1, 1855	May 16, 1931	LDS Church Apostle
John A. Widtsoe	January 31, 1872	November 29, 1952	LDS Church Apostle and University of Utah President
Lester Wire	September 3, 1887	April 14, 1958	Inventor of the traffic light
Wilford Woodruff	March 1, 1807	September 2, 1898	LDS Church President
Edward Woods	July 5, 1903	October 8, 1989	American actor

Grave of Lilly Gray edit

The headstone of Lilly E. Gray, located in the far northeast of the cemetery, has long attracted attention and visitors from all over America, on account of its unusual inscription:

Lilly E. Gray / June 6, 1881 – November 14, 1958 / Victim of the Beast 666

Little is known of Lilly Gray's life beyond basic records. On July 10, 1952, she married Elmer Gray, a serial felon who had served time in the Missouri State Prison, the Oklahoma State Prison, the Colorado State Prison, and, for eleven years, in the Utah State Prison. Lilly and Elmer were 72 and 71 respectively. Lilly died in 1958 of natural causes with no indication of foul play. The reason for the inscription is not known, but her husband had shown some indications of possible paranoia, and presumably ordered the headstone. But much amateur speculation has surrounded the grave, and rumors and legends of paranormal or Satanic associations have circulated.^[4]

Notes edit

^ "Salt Lake City Cemetery". Retrieved April 8, 2014.
^ "Maori Tribal Leader, 90, To Live Here". Salt Lake City Tribune. 14 November 1938. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Newton, Marjorie (2014). Her Very Presence is a Sermon: Mere Mete Whaanga. In Richard E. Turley Jr. and Brittany A. Chapman (Eds.), Women of Faith in the Latter Days (Vol. 3). Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, p. 262.
^ Gina Strack (October 31, 2017). "For the Record: Lilly E. Gray". Utah Division of Archives and Records Service website. Retrieved July 21, 2023. "The mystery of Lilly Gray 'victim of the beast' unearthed". Fox TV Channel 13 [Salt Lake City]. Oct 31, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2023. Andrew Reeser (November 1, 2018). "Records uncover mystery behind Utah grave bearing Antichrist reference". ABC TV Channel 4 [Salt Lake City]. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

References edit

Arave, Lynn (1999-05-19), "S.L. Cemetery Is Alive with History The Famous and the Humble Rest in Peace Together", Deseret News
Hilton, Linda K.; Andrus, Rob; Opfermann, Ben (1995), The Famous and Infamous: a guide to the Salt Lake City Cemetery (map), Salt Lake City: Mohawk Publishing, ISBN 0-9648578-0-4, OCLC 39385266

External links edit

Official Site
Cemeteries & Burials, Heritage.utah.gov
Salt Lake City Cemetery at Find A Grave
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Salt Lake County, Utah, The Political Graveyard

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[1] "Salt Lake City Cemetery". Retrieved April 8, 2014.

[2] "Maori Tribal Leader, 90, To Live Here". Salt Lake City Tribune. 14 November 1938. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Newton, Marjorie (2014). Her Very Presence is a Sermon: Mere Mete Whaanga. In Richard E. Turley Jr. and Brittany A. Chapman (Eds.), Women of Faith in the Latter Days (Vol. 3). Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, p. 262.

[4] Gina Strack (October 31, 2017). "For the Record: Lilly E. Gray". Utah Division of Archives and Records Service website. Retrieved July 21, 2023. "The mystery of Lilly Gray 'victim of the beast' unearthed". Fox TV Channel 13 [Salt Lake City]. Oct 31, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2023. Andrew Reeser (November 1, 2018). "Records uncover mystery behind Utah grave bearing Antichrist reference". ABC TV Channel 4 [Salt Lake City]. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

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