MORMON MESA - DAVIDSON

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Old Mormon Road, Overton, Nevada  

Submitted by Patricia A Scott

In June of 1869, James Davidson along with his wife and son were traveling along the Old Mormon Road across the Mormon Mesa, headed for Utah, when they discovered they had little water. Mr. Davidson and his wife remained and sent the son on their horse to get water.

Several miners were working at the Wash, when on June 18th, a very thin horse wandered in to water. Fearing a possible tragedy, they backtracked finding the son, and then further back the parents, all had died of thirst.

These graves were marked on three different occassions, and finally with headstones and a large metal pole cross on the Mesa:

Father James DAVIDSON

March 22, 1805 June 12, 1869

 

Mother Maria ARMSTRONG DAVIDSON

February 20, 1808 June 12, 1869

 

Son Joseph DAVIDSON

December 15, 1856 June 12, 1869 

 

 

 
Last Updated: January 31, 2020