California Landmark 271: Pioneer Cemetery Near San Andreas, California

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California Historical Landmarks in Calaveras County

California Landmark 271
Pioneer Cemetery
Highway 12
.7 Miles West of Highway 49 Junction
San Andreas

11 October 2006
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Pioneer Cemetery

This pioneer cemetery was said to have been established in 1851. Most of the graves are unmarked - stones appeared over only three of them in 1936. This cemetery is located almost opposite where the town of North Branch originally stood, before the site was mined for gold.

Citation from California Office of Historic Preservation

11 October 2006
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The inscription on the obelisk reads:

IN
Memory of
JAMES SHERAN
who came to his
DEATH
by the fall of a bank
south fork 9th day of dec
1854
aged 27 years
NATIVE of IRELAND
Co. Mayo
May his soul rest in Pace
Amen

Car.by.P.Mullaney

We could not locate a commemorative plaque for the Pioneer Cemetery.

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