THORN CEMETERY
surveyed by Dee Klein and Chriss Chapman 1998
Located atop a hill past the California Dept. of Forestry station
south east of the bridge enroute to Bear Valley.
There is a rectangular rock enclosure surrounding the graves and appended to by an additional three sides to form a second rectangle. Wall is approximately 3 1/2 feet high. Graves are generally East to West.
First enclosure:
Joseph T Thorn
Oct 2, 1850 - Jul 4, 1853
Thomas Thorn
Jul 25, 1806 - Nov 25, 1854
Mary E (Thorn) Hardwick
1814 - 1897
George M. Hardwick
July 10, 1878 Age 66 yr, 1 mo & 28 days
Outside that enclosure are two broken headstones that appear to have
been
set northwest of the enclosure:
A.H.C S.B.Allen
died December 25, l854,
aged 28 yrs 3 mo.
Within the more northern enclosure:
Samuel Lord
Dec 29, l881
aged 58 yrs 6 mo
Annie J. Lord
Nove 6, l886
aged 55 yrs 8 mo
Della May Lord,
Apr 19, l908
aged 15 yrs, 8 mo, 8 days
Broken headstone
6 mo 10 days
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