Pioneer Cemetery, Alturas, Modoc County, California
Submitted by Leora Monroe 8 Nov 2002
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The Pioneer Cemetary is located in Alturas, California.
Take Carlos Street (off of Main Street) go about a 1/4 mile (past Alturas Creamery), take the one lane dirt road on the left.....you will be able to see the cemetery from Carlos Street. In the center of the (very small) cemetery, you will see a flag pole, and a large rock with a plaque on it. The plaque reads:

PIONEER CEMETARY
THE FIRST CEMETERY TO BE USED BY THE
RESIDENTS OF ALTURAS FROM 1872 TO 1890.
APPROXIMATELY SIXTY BODIES OF PIONEER
RESIDENTS ARE INTERRED HERE.
RESTORATION BY COOPERATIVE EFFORTS OF
THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
THE ALTURAS GARDEN CLUB AND
THE ALTURAS CEMETERY DISTRICT
DEDICATED FEBRUARY FIRST, 1964

The plaque says that approximately sixty people are interred here, but there are only fifteen stones in the cemetery. One of the stones have two people listed, and one of the stones have three people listed, so there are 18 records available.

These are such old stones, that I will list them exactly as they are:

ROW # 1
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JOEY
WIFE OF
J.W. WILSON,
DIED JULY 30, 1883
AGED 27 YRS. 2 MOS.
& 3 DAYS.

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J.N. STONE.
BORN
AT ROYALTON N.Y.
AUG. 20, 1828,
DIED
JULY 18, 1878.   (There is a masonic insignia on the stone)

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HARRY WAYNE
SON OF 
H. & L. BEARDSLEY
BORN
MAY 12  1883
DIED FEB. 12 1886   ("Of such is the kingdom of heaven")

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ROW # 2:
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THOS. L. TURNER
DIED
OCT. 1, 1881
A. 63 YRS.

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SUSANAH
WIFE OF 
T.L. TURNER
DIED
FEB 19, 1883
A. 62 YRS.

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ARCHIE A.
SON OF
T.L. & I.M.
GAULT
DIED
FEB. 4, 1883
AGED
16 YRS. 6
MOS.   &
6 DAYS

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(This stone has three people on it)

ANNA R.                       MAUD M.                MARTHA C.
WIFE OF				DAUGHTER OF            JONES
J.A. WANZER                   J. A. AND ANNA R.      A NATIVE OF
BORN IN                       WANZER                 ENGLAND
BARRINGTON, ILL.              BORN IN RIO, ILL.      BORN
FEB. 5, 1861                  JULY 30, 1880          JULY 20, 1833
DIED                          DIED                   DIED
FEB. 19, 1894                 FEB. 25, 1886          OCT. 11, 1890

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(The top of this stone is broken off, so there is no name

(unknown)
DIED IN,
ALTURAS, CAL.
JULY 10 AD 1877
AGED
8 YR  9 MO,  AND
15, DAYS.

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ROW # 3
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THOMAS GODFREY
DIED
SEPT. 22, 1895;
AGED 74 YEARS

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(This stone has two people on it)

MARTHA                                      ROSA LEE
DAU. OF                                     DAU. OF
PETER & M.C. IVORY,                         PETER & M.C. IVORY
DIED                                        DIED
JULY 26, 1885,                              JULY 26, 1885,
AGED                                        AGED
10 YRS & 29 DAYS                            6 YRS  1 MOS  & 8 DAYS
"A little while on earth she spent          "We loved this tender little one
Till God Father His angel sent              And would have wished her stay
And then on time she closed her eyes        But let our Fathers will be done
To wake to Glory in the skies"              She shines in endless day"

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CARTHIE L.
WIFE OF
L. FRITZ
BORN
JAN. 3, 1817
AT WEISSENBURG
ALSACE  FRANCE
DIED
AT ALTURAS  CAL.
DEC. 28, 1889

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ROW # 4
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SACRED TO THE
MEMORY OF
MY BELOVED-
WIFE
BELLE NELSON
DIED
AUG. 18, 1885
AGED
22 YRS  &
8 MOS.

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THOMAS NASH
CO. E
9  N.Y.
STATE MILITIA

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NICHOLAS
SULLIVAN
DIED
MAY 10, 1885
AGED
30 YEARS
ERECTED BY
LULU SULLIVAN

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RHODA AGUSTA STONE
1845                1889