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Pioneer Cemetery - James Sheran Gravestone

Taken: February 7, 2009
Caption: Pioneer Cemetery - James Sheran Gravestone
Additional Description: The gravestone reads: "In Memory of James Sheran who came to his DEATH by fall of a bank south fork. 9. day of dec 1854 aged 27 years NATIVE OF IRELAND Co. Mayo May his Soul Rest in Peace amen" The river bank alluded to on the gravestone was likely the South Fork of the Calaveras Creek, which is less than a mile, as the crow flies, from the cemetery.
Submitted: February 9, 2009.
Database Locator Identification Number: p52592
File Size: 0.849 Megabytes

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