Swedeen and Ewing

I've noticed that these two and the next marker have the same month-day of death. This would be because the true date was unknown, or it was not important to burial personnel to be accurate when stamping plates for paupers' or temporary graves.

However: "The funeral service of John Neal Swedeen, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Swedeen, will be held at their residence, 421 Division street at 6:50 p.m., August 3O, 1929. Rev. Erring of the Episcopal church will officiate. Interment will be made In the family plot in Llnkville cemetery. Arrangements have been made by the Klamath Funeral Home." www.newspapers.com/newspage/93031744

Very strange!

No information was found for Luella.

Smiley Derleth, Pam J, Andy Rodker, Edward Bowthorpe have particularly liked this photo

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Diane Putnam ^club

I remember seeing a documentary about that! I think it was in NYC and it was really poignant. I have a feeling this, at the time, very, very small town would not have had a crematorium. There would possibly have been dozens of unidentified or pauper deaths, because it was still a pretty rough kind of place even in the '40s, with transient loggers, mill workers and railroad workers, etc. I tried to find out something about this online, couldn't, but did find some amazing newspaper headlines (news reports to be read at the Co. Museum), such as:

Murderer’s forfeited bail finances first county courthouse, Aug. 17, 1940.
Six Japanese escorted from near Merrill by sheriff, April 1, 1942.
Riot ends Jehovah's Witnesses convention (photo), Sept. 21, 1942.
Jap camp store manager (Yaozo Hitomi) murdered at Tulelake, July 3, 1944.
List of WWII veterans qualified to apply for homesteads at Tule Lake, Dec. 18, 1946.
Picture of cattle drive on main street KFO Jan.26, 1948.

Holy moley. One of these days I'll drop in on the museum and ask a lot of questions.

7 years ago.