This is an excerpt from a lengthy article written by Elizabeth Shorey that appeared in the Glendora Signal in May and June 1990. The following survey is an effort to recreate the actual plot count but in no way does it represent what would be seen today. The information contained herein was obtained from a 1932 survey and tedious correspondence by Elizabeth Shorey with relatives and descendents of those buried there. Elizabeth Shorey has recently discovered evidence that this property was used as a burial ground as earlyas 1840.

This submitter visited the cemetery and was quite disturbed at the condition. It has been
vandalized many times, headstones broken and/or stolen. Graves have been desecrated by vandals and skulls taken.

In the late 1950's, the owners of the nursery, which surrounds the cemetery, tried to acquire the property
by "imminent domain". Citrus trees were planted (which require a lot of water) and a watering system installed as "improvements" to the property. Subsequently the watering system has caused a tremendous amount of erosion. Many of the gravesites have been covered up by mud and others are being undermined due to the erosion.

The Trustees of Fairmount Cemetery have succeeded in getting the cemetery on the City of Glendora
Historical Register and are now fighting a costly endeavor with the State of California and the Federal
Government to get the same thing done.

ANDERSON, Georgina (Georgia) b. Feb. 23, 1879, d. May 14, 1884
ANDERSON, Robert, b. April 14, 1855, d. Feb. 26, 1886, "Deeply regarded by relatives and friends"
BALDRIDGE, Nancy E. b. Feb. 11, 1879
BARNES, Elizabeth, b. 1833 in Alabama, d. 1878 (said to be a sister to Wyatt Earp)
BARNES, Herbert, son of W. P. & M. B. Barnes, b. Sept. 8, 1886, d. Feb. 2, 1891
BARNES, Larkin (homesteader) b. 1801/3 in Kentucky, d. 1885. (He gave the land for Center School,
which was the first public school in the east part of the San Gabriel Valley. He was the great-grandson
of Daniel Boone).
BARNES, Lucille, b. Jan. 23, 1889, d. Feb. 1, 1891 (Daughter of W. P. and M. B. Barnes)
BARNES, Mary Blanche (Mother), b. Jan. 25, 1861, d. Feb. 1, 1896
BARNES, Moye, son of W.P. & M.B. Barnes, b. Feb. 2, 1885, d. Nov. 5, 1885
BARTON, B. K.
BEAL, H.B., b. July 12, 1870, d. June 6, 1895 (son of O.F. & Ellen Beal)
BEARDSLEE, Avis Rexford, b. Sept. 26, 1885, d. Jan. 23, 1944 (no stone, buried in plot to the north just outside the north wall. His sons were in World War II at the time and one son came home to make the arrangements.)
BEARDSLEE, E.P., b. Jan. 5, 1847, d. May 16, 1917, (brother of J.B.) "Proverbs 29: 7"
BEARDSLEE, Isabella, (Burke), (Mother) b. Nov. 25, 1863 in Calif. d. Sept. 21, 1924. (dau. of Jasper Smith)
BEARDSLEE, J. (James) Barnett (Father) b. Dec. 2, 1843 in Missouri, d. May 7, 1899 (Brother of E.P. b. Jan 1847, d. May 16, 1917.) Potato King when potatoes were a big crop in Azusa. "2 Corinth. 5:8
BEARDSLEE, James Louis (Son), b March 9, 1879 in California, d. Dec. 16, 1904. "Prov. 12:28"
BEATY, Naomi, b. 1911, d. 1925
BIGG, W.
BLOSS, Arvy Anderson, b. 1828, d. 1908, age 80 years
BLOSS, (no dates) d. 1888, age 24 yrs. (Mrs. Wallace Gordon relative and burial spot unknown)
BOHANNAN, A.
BOHANNAN, B.
BOHANNAN, Celia (no dates)
BOHANNAN, Christopher C. b. 1861, d. 1908 (Woodmen of the World)
BOHANNAN, E.
BOHANNAN, G.B.
BOHANNAN, George (Father)
BOHANNAN, Hezekiah K., b. May 4 1866, d. May 1, 1940.
BOHANNON, J. D.
BOHANNAN, J. P.
BOHANNAN, L. – JMB EB
BOHANNAN, Mary E., b. 1865, d. 1918 (Neighbors of Woodcraft)
BOHANNON, Reggie
BOHANNAN, Roy
BOHANNAN, T.J.
BOHANNAN, T.M.
BOONE, Jennie or Jimmy, d. Nov. 7, 1887 (services held at Hotel corral. He or she was from Iowa)
BROOKS, Samuel Joshua, b. Dec. 6, 1870, d. Feb. 23, 1946
BROWN, Thomas, b. Oct. 8, 1866 in Canada, d. Sept. 17, 1896, age 29 years, 11 months and 9 days.
BRUNGJES, John, b. 1844, d 1891
BRUNGJES, Martin, (headstone but no dates). Arthur M. Brown, Principal of the Azusa Grammar School ca. 1906 boarded with the Brunjes in Azusa until his marriage to Grace Fuller a couple years later. Reported by Elizabeth Sperling, dau of Grace and Arthur Brown.
BRYANT, Nancy, daughter of W. & Elizabeth Bryant, b. 1867, d. Sept. 12, 1883, age 16 years, 4 mos.
On the same stone is: BRYANT, Willie S. son of T. & M. Juden, d. Aug 10, 1879, age 6 weeks.
"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"
BRYANT, William, b. 1828, d. Dec. 22, 1882 at the age of 54 yrs. 15 days (Former constable of Azusa)
On the stone: " Keep on, dear father and take thy rest. In Jesus arms forever blest"
BURT, George B. b. Aug. 1, 1824 in Manson, Mass. d. Dec. 13, 1884
CAMPBELL, M.E. b. 1856, d. 1885
CARTER, Albert, Shot about 1905
CEASER, Carl (Duke) Frederick, b. Jan. 28, 1897, d. Aug. 24, 1975. (Cremated, was buried by the cypress stump in 1979.) (He was a Corporal in the U.S. Infantry 3948604 Camp Lewis from Nov. 16, 1918 to June 1919).
CEASER, Dorothy, d. 1978. Buried near Carl.
CHAPMAN, Charles, b. Nov. 2, 1798, Rutland, VT, d. Dec. 17, 1876, age 78 yrs, 1 mo & 17 days.
CLAPP, Carlton D., b. 1884, d. 1885, (Brother)
CLAPP, Durward C., (Father of Charles and Carlton), b. 1861 d. 1896
CLAPP, Luther Durward, b. 1890, d. 1891, (Brother of Carlton)
COFFEE, Lucy, b. 1847, d. 1890. On her stone is:
"Loved one from us is gone,
A voice from us is stilled
There is a vacant place in our home that
Never can be filled."
There are four footstones: L.C., Infant, A.M., & E.M.
COLLETT, John, d. before 1920 (Cecil Hibsch's stepfather)
CONDELL, Nita, b. 1871, d. 1897 (Hudson Plot)
COOK, J. Bailey, b. 1870, d. Sept. 24, 1894, age 24 years. (Husband of Allie Cook)
COOK, John William, b. 1842, d. ca 1878. (Father of J. Bailey Cook)
CRAWFORD, Thomas, b Oct. 8, 1838, Ontario, Canada, d. Feb. 19, 1917.
CULLEN, Anna, b. 1862, d. April 1888. (1st wife and baby of George Cullen)
DARLING, Hannah A., b. May 2, 1848 in England, d. May 1, 1922
DARLING, John H., b. June 30, 1836 in England, d. Feb. 15, 1901 (Civil War Veteran)
DORSEY, Edward, b Apr 7, 1855, d March 18, 1898On the stone:
"Papa dear, we soon will meet you
In that land so pure and bright
For our stay here is only transient
And we see the end in sight"
DORSEY, D. d. Dec. 28, 1879
DOUGHERTY, John Edwin, b. 1872, d. 1887, (son of J.L. and Mary O. Dougherty)
DOUGHERTY, John Lindsey, b. 1844, d. 1924 (Father) (He was the son of Charles and Rosamond Dougherty and the Uncle of Walter Knott. He and Mary, his wife, crossed the plains in 1868. They started from Virginia, stopped over in Missouri, then came to San Bernardino and to Azusa.) Civil War Veteran.
DOUGHERTY, Mary Octavia (Landon) wife of John Lindsey Dougherty, b. 1845 in Ohio, d. 1903
EDWARDS, Ann M., b. 1889, d. 1931
ENGLAND, Robert T. (A Mason) b. 1814, d. May 8, 1876, age 62 years (a native of Campbell Co., VA.)
FENTON, John, b. 1862, d. 1889, (Grave in s/w corner, flat marker was made. Harry Sellers' grandfather, Daisy Sellers' father.
FORBES, Margaret (Robinson), b. 1803, d. 1879 (Mother to William T.)
FORBES, William T., b. 1842, d. June 27, 1891, age 49 years. (Census says was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada.)On the stone:
" Until the day break and the shadows flee away"
FRAIJO, Gregorio, b. 1818, d. Aug. 1899 (Husband to Maria Francisco)
FRAIJO, Maria Francisco, b. 1830, d. 1893
GANSER, Wm. G., b. Nov. 26, 1866, d. Dec. 16, 1892. "At Rest"(Our brother)
GARLAND, Charles D., b. 1875, d. 1889 (Native of Rabon Gap, Ga.)
" Gone before us, O our brother,
To the spirit land
Vainly look we for another,
In thy place to stand."
GAULDIN, Ben Franklin, b.1843, d. 1896. (Father of Eugene L.)
GAULDIN, Eugene L., b. Jan. 1884 in Calif., d. Jan. 1, 1900 (hit by a ball bat)
GESCHE, John Brundjes, (no dates)
GLOVER, Sarah Jane, d. 1926 (Laveta Hibsch's grandmother)
GLOVER, George Washington, d. ca. 1900, Azusa (Husband of Sarah Jane),
GRISWOLD, Bert Arthur, b. Oct. 31, 1865, d. April 21, 1937 (Husband of Mabel Barrett Griswold.
Son of Augusta Shorey Griswold and Eugene Griswold.)
GRISWOLD, Bertie, b. 1890, d. 1949
GRISWOLD, Chester, b. Sept. 16, 1806, d. Aug. 3, 1881 (Husband of Paulina Clapp Griswold)
GRISWOLD, Mabel Barrett (Hudson), b. June 16, 1868, d. Nov. 22, 1944 (Wife of Bert Arthur Griswold)
(remains moved to Oakdale Cemetery but stone still in place.)
GRISWOLD, Paulina (Clapp), b. March 29, 1809 in Vermont, d. Sept. 6, 1882. (She was Mrs. Chester Griswold,
the granddaughter of Samuel Clapp who fought in the Revolutionary War. She has no number for the D.A.R.
since she died before it was organized. The Covina Chapter D.A.R marked her grave with a bronze marker
on Oct. 4, 1927. The marker was since stolen in the 1950's.)
GRISWOLD, Susan A. (Clapp), b. Dec. 25, 1845, d. March 1, 1902.
GWINN, Alice A., b. 1853 in Calif., d. 1890, (wife of William H. Gwinn, dau. of S.S. & L. Reeves)
HANSBROUGH, H.J., b. 1856, d. 1885
HANSBROUGH, Margaret J., b. March 16, 1817, in Tennessee, d. Nov. 1, 1883. "Sanctified by Faith"
HARRER, C. (Related to the Bohannans)
HARRER, E. (in Bohannan plot)
HARRER, E.H. (In Bohannon plot)
HARRER, G.H.
HARTELL, Katie, b. 1859, d. 1885 (wife of J.E. Hartell, age 26 years, 7 days. O.R.W.O, L.A. Div. No. 111)
HARTELL, Mattie P., b. Feb. 26, 1870, d. June 8, 1897
HASKELL, ? d. Wed, March 2, 1892 (Little daughter of Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Haskell)
HEATH, Elma (Smith), b. 1875, in California, d. 1903, (daughter of Jasper and Emily Smith)
HENSHAW, Emma (Dougherty), b. 1870, d. 1895
HENSHAW, Holmes, b. 1870, d. 1959 (He was married to Emma Dougherty and requested to be buried
in this cemetery)
HENSHAW, Mattie P., b. Feb. 26, 1870, d. June 8, 1897
HOAG, Charles, b. 1844, (in Calif., per census. Wife Mary J. born in Calif. Came west to Calif. as a
"Bull Whacker" in 1864. Spent some time in San Francisco area. Came to San Gabriel in 1871 or 1872.
Civil War Veteran)
HOAG, Mabel, (daughter, born on Gladstone Dr.)
HOAG, Ruth, daughter of Charles Hoag, b. Jan. 1884 in Calif. (1900 census has her still living although
other sources have her death as June 1884. Do not know whether Ruth and Mabel Hoag are buried in
Fairmount or not, but assume so since they are listed in the book.)

Webmaster's note:

Robert E. Knowles has this addition: Clarence Hoag, Probably buried in Hoag family cemetery mouth of old tunnel San Gabriel Canyon.

HODGES, Henry R., d. 1887, (from Kentucky)
HODGES, James R., son, d. Jan. 1937. From Kentucky. (Ashes scattered over the cemetery.
Reported by granddaughter of J.R. Oct. 5, 1978 to Lorne Ward.)
HUDSON, Henry, (Papa), b. 1839 in Mississippi, d. 1922
HUDSON, Jackie, b. Feb. 6, 1882, d. Nov. 5, 1884 (son of T.H. & M. E. Hudson)
HUDSON, Martha, (Mama), wife of Henry, b. 1841 in Tennessee, d. 1927
HUDSON, Nita (Condell), b. 1871, d. 1897
HUDSON, Roy Alva, b. Oct. 1, 1895, d. May 3, 1896. (Son of W.H. & C.O. Hudson)
HUDSON, William Henry, b. July 27, 1859, d. Nov. 8, 1908. "Here lies a Woodmen of the World"
(At one time was owner of the livery stable and his partner was Ed Canavan.)
HUGHES, Daniel, b. Apr. 1, 1830, in Ohio, d. March 15, 1899 (There is an error in this and Samuel)
HUGHES, Sarah, b. Dec. 28, 1835, in Ohio, d. March 1, 1914
HUGHES, Samuel, b. Apr 1, 1830, d. March 15, 1899 (Civil war Veteran) (there is an error in this and Daniel)
G.W.R.I.
W.S.J.
JEFFREY, Lina, b. 1862, d. Feb. 7, 1895, 32 years old (mother of Helen Jeffrey, wife of E.R. Jeffrey)
JOHNSON, J.H. (no date)
JOHNSON, W.P., Civil War, Co. F 1st Maine Cavalry
JUDSON, Mary E., b. Oct 18, 1836, d. Aug. 4, 1888, (wife of George Judson). "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want"
JUDSON, Willie S., d. Aug 10, 1879, 6 weeks old (see Bryant) (Son of T. & M. Judson)
"L.K."
KAMP, Raymond O., b. 1905, d. 1925 (brother) (Dougherty plot)
KEISER, Frank Siegel (Swiss German)
KEISER, John Ulrich
KEISER, Lahla Bell, d. 1908
KELLER, Mary Ann, b. May 12, 1855, d. Sept. 5, 1948
KIMMERLE, Jacob S., b. 1834 in Germany, d. 1900 (had a winery) (Lorne Ward has a letter from a descendent.)
KNOX, Sylvia Catherine, b. Jan. 9, 1890, d. June 5, 1898 (daughter of A.W. & A.M. Knox) Footstone: S.C.K.
LEE, Merlyn, b. Dec. 10, 1892, d. Sept. 19, 1899. (Son of Edith Shorey Lee and Charles Lee) " Safe in the arms of Jesus. Safe on his gentle breast"
LEWIS, John F., b. Jan. 4, 1837, d. June 6, 1877 (brother of Mrs. C. Vaughn)
LOGSDUN, Cynthia Barnes, b. 1810, d. Dec. 17, 1877, age 67 years, 10 months, 10 days.
LONG, George Banks, b. May 25, 1857, d. Jan. 17, 1910
LONG, Mary (Minnie) A. (Streshly), b. Nov. 1, 1857, d. Sept. 11, 1917
LORD, Ella V., b. 1857, d. 1897 (related to Reeves)
LYMAN, Katherine, b. Aug. 13, 1857, d. July 18, 1921 (in Pollard plot)
MALONE, Clarence H., b. 1878, d. June 17, 1880 ("Little Hugh " son of O.G. & S. E. Malone)
MALONE, Roy, b. 1885, d. Nov. 26, 1886, age 1 year, 7 months, 16 days.
MARSHALL, Alfred E., b. 1861 in Calif., d. 1903. Woodmen of the World. (Son of Joseph W. & Mary A. Marshall. Had a nursery on Citrus Ave.)
MARQUEZ, Angela Lyn, baby, d. March 30, 1975
MARTIN, Austin, b. May 25, 1887, d. July 1, 1890 (son of R.N. & Ellie Martin)
MARTIN, Ellie, (Coffee) b. July 4, 1857, d. July 9, 1888 (wife of R.N. Martin)
MARTIN, O.L., b. Oct 26, 1858, d. Sept. 11, 1895 (Odd Fellows Emblem)
MATNEY, Marvin O., (son of Mary and Matthew Matney)
MILLER, Mamie (Pollard), b. May 8, 1874, d. Jan. 4, 1926 (dau. of Lewis C. - in Pollard Plot)
MORTEN, William Wakefield, b. Nov. 17, 1883, d. Nov. 2, 1884
NELSON, d. 1875. (Lived in Azusa, murdered by William Parker in Glendora.)
NORBERG, Charles, b. May 17, 1902, d. July 31, 1902
NORBERG, Francis Oscar, b. July 2, 1899 in Montana, d. Sept. 14, 1941
NORBERG, Hans, b. Feb 17, 1867 in Sweden, d. June 30, 1955. (Father)
NORBERG, Katherine A., (Mother), b. Aug. 25, 1867 in Russia, d. Feb. 4, 1947 (wife of Hans)
OLMSTEAD, Mariah (?) (Harrin) Elmira Olmstead) b. Dec. 18, 1825, d. Oct. 10, 1913
OSCAR, Mary K., b. 1860, d. 1948
OSCAR, Robert T., b. 1854, d. 1940
OTT, Anna Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1821, in Germany, d. Dec. 30, 1899 (Grandmother to Larry Ott)
OTT, George T., b. 1847 in Prussia, d. 1897, (husband of Ella, born in Missouri. George was a blacksmith.)
PAGE, (Larry or Jim)
PELREN, Effie W., b. 1868, d. 1931(dau. of Isaac Weaver)
PLETCHER, Francis M. "In loving memory of", b. 1855, d. June 15, 1888 age 33 years. (Was the first principal of Center School in Azusa in 1886 when the new school was built to take the place of the one room school that was built in 1872. The land was given by Larkin Barnes, father of Penn Barnes.) "There is no death, what seems so is transition."
POLLARD, George, b. Dec. 12, 1812, d. July 1895
POLLARD, Grace, b. Nov. 26, 1888, c. Sept. 7, 1953 (wife of Louis A.)
POLLARD, Louis A., b. Apr. 7, 1881, d. Jan. 9, 1948 (son of Louis C.)
POLLARD, Louis C., b. Jan 12, 1836, d. Oct. 14, 1893 (son of George)
POLLARD, Patterson, b. April 1, 1914, d. Dec. 10, 1937 (son of Grace and Louis A.) (Killed in car/train accident in Azusa. Citrus Union High School Class of 1933 and Azusa Boy Scout Troupe 1.)
POTTER, Elmer Alonzo, b. Dec. 9, 1886, d. Sept. 26, 1947
PRESTON, Mary (Mollie Dougherty) no marker. b. ca. 1843 in Virginia (wife of John Preston and Aunt of Walter Knott. John Preston was donor of cemetery land. Mary was sister to John L. Dougherty)
PRIOR, Sarah E. (Mother), b. 1850 d. 1938
RANKINS, Elizabeth, b. 1855, d. April 28, 1877, age 22 years, 2 mos. 16 days (wife of Ernest W. Rankins) On her stone:
"There safely shalt thou abide
There sweet shall be thy rest
And every longing satisfied
With full salvation blest."
RANKINS, James E., b. Apr. 29, 1877, d. Jan 20, 1878. (Son of Elizabeth Rankins.) Footstone: J.H.R.
REEVES, Lydia A., b. 1836 in Kentucky, d. 1941 (wife of Sylvester Reeves )
REEVES, Sylvester S., b. 1826, in Missouri, d. 1899

(note: information listed for my GrGrGrandparents is a bit off however.Samuel Sylvester Reeves:b. 27 AUG 1827 Fleming Co, KYparents: Thomas C. Reeves and MaryAnn McDannald/Cull
M. 11 Jul 1852 New Town of San Diego, CAd. 30 Aug 1899 at dau. home in Hynes, CA (now Paramount, CA)Lydia Ann (Cleminson) Reevesb. 24 MAR 1836 Independence, MO
parents: John Cleminson and Lydia Ann (Lightner) Cleminson d. 30 JUN 1925 Covina, CAI am a gr gr grandaughterJuanita Boehner dlbeaner@earthlink.net

RIGNEY, John, b. Apr. 4, 1879 in Ireland, d. June 10, 1935
ROBERTS, Ada C. (Smith), b. 1874, d. 1952, (wife of Wyley Roberts)
ROBERTS, Francis (Frank), b. 1886, d. 1937 (Life Guard, killed in auto accident)
ROBERTS, Mary, b. 1884, d. 1948
ROBERTS, Phoebe M., b. 1849, d. 1883
ROBERTS, Willey T. b 1873, d. 1942 (worked for City of Azusa)
ROBERTS, William R., b. 1841, d. 1903 (Civil War veteran & G.A.R.)
RUDDELL, George H. son of N.J. & J.T. Ruddell, b. Aug. 22, 1872, d. Sept. 30, 1896, (Glendora Court
No. 534, IOOF)
RURY, Albert (dad), b. 1864, d. 1941
RURY, (mother), b. 1876, d. 1916
RURY, Frank O., b. Feb. 10, 1866, d. Feb. 25, 1898 (Father of Christine Rury)
RURY, Henry, b. 1827, d. 1908
RURY, Henry C., b. 1858, d. 1894
RURY, O.S., d. 1895
"C. S." 1895
SEARS, Emma, b. 1862, d. 1884 (wife of J. N. Sears)
SHAW, Carrie, d. Aug. 10, 1893
SHINN, William, b. 1884, d. 1910
SHOREY, Alta E., b. Dec. 23, 1869, d. Sept 27, 1881 (daughter of Philip & M. Shorey, age 11 yrs, 9 mos. 4 days)
SHOREY, Amanda Malvina (Schoff), b. Jan. 4, 1848, d. Aug 23, 1921 (wife of Philip Shorey)
SHOREY, Arthur Edward, b. Aug 12, 1872, d. 1942 (son of Phillip)
SHOREY, Elizabeth (Hurd), b. Feb 22, 1807 in Maine, d. Nov. 27, 1892 (mother to Philip and Mayflower Descendent)
SHOREY, Eugene Vernon, b. 1901, d. 1904 (son of Ola & Arthur Shorey)
SHOREY, Ola (Rench), b. may 30, 1875, d. June 30, 1904 (wife of Arthur)
SHOREY, Philip, b. 1833, d. June 6, 1924 (Homesteader born in Maine, went to Wisconsin in 1850, came to Azusa/Glendora in 1876. Husband of Amanda Malvina)
SMITH, Ann (Baker) b. 1858, d. 1929 (on same stone as James B. Smith) (Buried in Beardslee plot.
Bakersfield was named for Ann Bakers' father.)
SMITH, Emily Tennessee (Burk), mother, b. June 22, 1837 in Texas, d. Sept 1925
SMITH, James B., son, b. 1862, d. 1922
SMITH, Jasper N., Father. B. 1831 in Tennessee, d. Jan 25, 1889. (Father of Isabella Beardslee) Civil War Veteran.
SMITH, Wesley V., d. 1932
SQUIRES, Samuel, b. ?, d. Apr. 24, 1936
STRESHLY, Harriet, d. Oct. 28, 1902
STRESHLY, Margaret A. (Todd), b. June 24, 1837, d. Sept. 30, 1897 (wife of Orlando)
STRESHLY, Orlando, b. June 2, 1831, d. July 4, 1914
STORMGATE, (grandfather to Fern Bell)
TALLEY, W.H., b. Oct. 26, 1828, d. Aug 27, 1895
THOMPSON, Andrew Edward, b. 1872, d. 1968 (buried Dec. 13, 1968)
THOMPSON, Archibald, (Co. G, 6th Minn. Inf.,)(G.A.R.)
THOMPSON, Charlie E., b 1870 in Kansas, d. June 8, 1892. (Killed in accident at Azusa Ice Plant)