Snelling Ranch Private Pioneer Cemetery	
Snelling, Merced County, California

												Transcribed December 26, 2003 by Leslie Odell Macchiarella and Douglas
 Graf. Lesliemak@aol.com			

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This small, important pioneer cemetery, near-complete disrepair, is 
located on private land on the bluff just north-east of the main Snelling 
cemetery.  		It is reached by traveling east on the J-59 Highway east 
through Snelling, turning left (north) on the County Road towards 
La Grange (known as the La Grange Road), about 1 mile north on the 
left (west) side (one spire can be seen from the highway), turning 
left into second driveway.

There is only one spire monument standing, 	the rest are broken and 
scattered.  Many brick-lined graves are unmarked.  This historic 
pioneer cemetery is in dire need of restoration. 				

USGS Quadrangle Location Map:  SNELLING.  See Graves designation.													

(Broken slab:)
C. F. B. 																			

(Four-side white block marble containing the following 3 names:)													
Sarah A. White
Died October 15, 1852 
Aged 25 years
															
William S. Snelling 
Died December 5 (?) 1858 
Aged 37 years
(Researcher's note: One of town's founding fathers, gunned down 
in front of several witnesses at the local hotel)
																					
Charles E. Bludworth
Native of Louisiana 
Died December 7, 1869 
Aged 39 years
(Researcher's note: Elected 1st Merced County Sheriff May, 1855)				

(Broken white marble spire monument containing the following 
two names:)												
Frances R. Bludworth 
Born June 5, 1862 
Died April 26, 1873														
Frances Bludworth
Wm N. N____ (?)
Died April 1, 18__
Aged 35 years

(broken white marble headstone:)
In memory of 								
Ricardo G. Lambert 
Native of London, England 
Died November 8, 1871 
Aged 42 years 											

C.Ann Duckwall 
Born April 1838 
Died August 8, 1859 															

John C.
Son of William B. & Mary Ann Thompson 
Died June 1 (?) 1865 
Aged 4 years, 7 mos, 16 days

(Broken chip separated from main stone:) 					
C. T. (from bottom of stone, possibly: Connecticut) 

Mary Elizabeth 
daughter of 
D. A. & N. I. Jamison 
Died November 7, 1864 
Aged 2 years, 5 mos, 1 day			

Thomas B. Hill
Born November 12, 1819 
Died December 3, 1868 

Many brick-lined unmarked graves.