Pioneer Memorial Cemetery (San Bernardino, California) Explained

Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
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Location:	211 East 9th Street, San Bernardino, California

Pioneer Memorial Cemetery in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, is an extant burial place for the early settlers in the city. The cemetery was founded in April 1857. Remains of area pioneers previously interred at the unmarked Seccombe Lake Cemetery were relocated to the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery.

Operated by the City of San Bernardino, it is located at 211 East 9th Street.^[1]

Notable burials

• Ellis Eames (1809–1882), first mayor of Provo, Utah from 1851 to 1852.^[2]
• Virginia Ann Cooksey Earp, mother of Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan, James, and Warren Earp.^[3]
• William F. Holcomb, prospector.^[4]
• O. M. Wozencraft (1814–1887), prominent early American settler in California.^[5]

External links

• • Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in San Bernardino County at The Political Graveyard

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Notes and References

1. http://www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us/cityhall/parks/pioneer_memorial_cemetery/default.asp City of San Bernardino: Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
2. http://www.provolibrary.com/historical-provo-people-places/55625-eames-ellis Provo Library
3. http://www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us/about/history/pioneer_memorial_cemetery.asp City of San Bernardino
4. News: Cataldo. Nick. A stroll through cemeteries offers a real history lesson. 30 January 2017. San Bernardino County Sun. 22 Sep 2014.
5. Web site: Pioneers of San Bernardino: Oliver M. Wozencraft . City of San Bernardino . 15 March 2011.