Lone Oak Cemetery
Old Cemetery Will Be Dedicated
From The Fresno Bee, October 17, 1975IVANHOE - A bare plot of ground, not much larger than the average city lot, surrounded by orange trees will be dedicated with an historical marker Sunday afternoon.
Soem persons believe it may be the oldest cemetery in the Southern San Joaquin Valley.
It is the Lone Oak Cemetery and located on the McLain Ranch, just east of Road 168 on Avenue 324, about two miles east of here.
Just how many persons were buried there is not known, but the marker accounts for 39. The earliest burial record was in 1863.
A few marble tombstones are still there - all but one broken by vandals, plus a half-dozen flat gravemarkers and four upright rocks with undiscernible names and dates scratched on flat surfaces.
During the 2 p.m. ceremonies the Tulare Historical Society and the Kaweah Chapter of the DAR will dedicate the marker alongside Avenue 324 near the entrance to the McLain Ranch.
Only one granite tombstone remains intact today. This double marker indentifies the deceased as Zachariah Miller and his wife, Harriet. Chiseled into the stone is the husband's date of death, Dec. 28, 1873 and notes he had lived 77 yrs. 3 mos. 1 D. Mrs. Miller, who died May 1, 1882, had lived 78 Yrs. 7 Mos. 13 ds.
The oldest marked grave is that of "Louisa, wife of J.B. Crowley," Died Nov. 13, 1863.
About a month later "Joseph Samuel, son of James and Elzabeth Crowley", died Dec. 15, 1863. He was 19 1/2 years old.
The flat grave markers proclaim the births and deaths of Abe McGinnes (Nov. 15, 1827-Dec. 12, 1897); John McGinnis (July 20, 1882-Sept. 20, 1900), probably related but with a slight difference in spelling the last name, and Richard J. Arnold, whose 70 years of living is succinctly set fort: 1839-1900.
Legend has it that the 12 members of the Woods party who were killed by the Indians in 1852 were buried in this cemetery, but officials say there is no way to substantiate this.
The Woods family is generally recognized as pioneer settlers of Tulare County and Woodsville (Now Woodville) was named after the family.
The Marker reads as follows:
Loan(sp) Oak Cemetery
Located 200 feet north of this marker
In Memory of the Pioneers buried here
Some known only to God.
James Arnold Mr. Keterson Richard Arnold 1900 Mrs. Keterson A.H. Austin 1891 Abraham McGinnis 1827-1897 Hazel Barton John Henry McGinnis 1899 Polly Holmes Blair 1883 John Meadows McGinnis Florence Barton Bird & Infant Oscar McGinnis Elizabeth Crowley Rose Holly McGinnis George W Crowley Annie June McGinnis Joseph Samuel Crowley 1863 Mrs. Harriet Miller 1812-1882 Lee Crowley 1864-1864 Zachariah Miller 1800-1877 Louisa Crowley 1869-1932 Melvina J Pogue 1856-1865 Perry Creason Sarah Blair Pogue 1872 Ralph Chatten Andrew Robinson 1812-1882 George Dean 1891 Cinderella Robinson Martha Goodin 1860-1865 H.C. Snowden 1890 Mary Goodin 1858-1869 S.N. Snowden 1893 Mrs. Hamilton & Child 1880 Ida Parker Tout Mrs. Joel Hedgepeth Mrs. John Tout Rommie Hamilton Mr. Sprague John Wells 1889
Erected by
Tulare County Historical Society
Kaweah Chapter D.A.R.
The above cemetery is known as the Lone Oak Cemetery, however, in information given to me by Aleen Reed Gall of Stockton a few years ago, her great grandpatents were buried in this cemetery and at that time it was known to her ancestors as Deep Creek Cemetery.
There is one other known person buried here which is not listed on this marker. She is Maria Haughtaling Dean, wife of george Critchell, 1822-1889. Mr. and Mrs. Dean were also the great grandparents of Harris Reed.
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