Grants Pass Pioneers - Croxton Memorial Park - Out of Place Graves on Waymarking.com

Located in Croxton Memorial Park is a large, concrete circle with a number of headstones imbedded in concrete. There are also two plaques that note the names of 90 individuals interred here. This park was once a cemetery for many years but neglect and vandalism forced the city to convert this lot into a city park in 1975. The headstones of the surviving graves were imbedded in concrete to prevent further vandalism and damage. The fact that this burial ground is now a city park makes these pioneer graves seem out of place here since it is no longer known as a cemetery to the locals. Below the plaques mentioning the names interred here is a smaller plaque that reads:

IN 1867 THIS LAND WAS OFFICIALLY
GIVEN BY THOMAS CROXTON "FOR BURIAL
GROUND TO BE USED BY THE PUBLIC."
PIONEERS KNOWN TO BE INTERRED HERE ARE

(First Plaque)

Abrams, Thomas	Dimick, Sarah Jane
Baird, B. H.	Dulybon, Orval
Brown, Cora Maud	Dyke, Sg.t G. J.
Brown, Martha	Eddington, James A.
Brown, Infant Son	Eddington, Jane
Carey, Joseph D.	Ellsworth, Ezra B.
Gebers, Emma	Flesher, Capt. Harry
Chiles, Willie	Gano, Blanche
Coffe, Lovoni	Gibbs, Lucy Kate
Colvin, Myrtle	Graves, Caroline
Craft, Ruth	Harkness, McDonough
Croxton, Ella	Harkness, Morris H.
Cummings, Rev. James	Harth, Daughter
Darnielle, Mary Lane	Helms, Otis
Dimick, David	Higdon, Cal
Dimick, Ebenezer	Hockett, Frank M.
Hunsaker, Fannie

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(Second Plaque)

Hyzer, J. H.	Piatt, Mary D.
Johnston, P. S.	Schroeder, Claus
Jordon, John	Smith, H. M.
Jungen, Peter	Spenger, Nellie
Kiessling, Edward E.	Strew, Moses
Kingley, Cyrus M.	Taylor, Abigail G.
Laskey, Elizabeth T.	Wade, James Sigel
Lincoln, Frank	Wade, Orville Conde
Llloyd, W. W.	Wade, Phillip S.
Mitchell, Hannah J.	Wade, Susan E.
Monogue, Infant	Wade, Susan E.
Nutt, Alfred	Walker, Dessa, M.
Parker, Clarissa B.	Walker, Mabel A.
Perry, Ernest W.	Welter, Caroline
Perry, Infant Son	Welter, Medie
Piatt, William	Wheeler, J. G. D.
Wheeler, Rachael M.

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It should be noted that the graves of Thomas Croxton and his wife, Ella, were exhumed many years after their deaths and moved to the Masonic Cemetery on Foothill Blvd. No maps exist of the former Croxton Cemetery as it was laid out. Today there are concrete pads with picnic tables in several places. There are original lamp-posts, cast by Grants Pass Iron & Steel Works throughout the park and they still work.

First Name: Not listed Last Name: Not listed Born: Not listed Died: Not listed

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