Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 Fairmount Cemetery, Denver
was founded in 1890 with the first burial in April 1891. It is
one of Colorado’s oldest and largest cemeteries with over
145,000 burials or entombments. Many Colorado pioneers,
politicians, notables and family members will be The Fairmount
Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the
Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange
in rough “alphabetical order” by date of burial or entombment,
noting age, gender, and additional comments. These three reels
of film were copied by volunteers from the Western History and
Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library. It is
arranged in alphabetical sequence, with listings for age, sex,
race, date of burial, and other information. Other information
may detail removal to or from another cemetery, aliases, and on
rare occasion cause of death. Dates of burial may have no
relationship to and should never be considered as a date of
death. Soldiers were removed from military cem