Stirling City Cemetery
Stirling City, Butte County, California, USA
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In 1901, the Diamond Match Company out of New York City, purchased 20,000 acres more or less of timber at the site of Stirling City. At that time, there was no Stirling City on maps. Soon development began, which included a town, a mill and railroad to transport lumber. A name, Stirling, on one of the boilers was adopted for the name of the town.
Land for a burial ground was given by Diamond Match, the company operating the mill. The first marked burial was that of ____ Mitchell, a two year old child in 1902. The child's name when the cemetery was first read was painted on a white board with a large rock at the head of the grave. In 1905, Robert Reynolds was the first mill worker to be killed in the new mill. There were 22 burials through the year 1910. (Excerpted from Paradise Genealogical Society Stirling City Cemetery 1902-2001)
In 1901, the Diamond Match Company out of New York City, purchased 20,000 acres more or less of timber at the site of Stirling City. At that time, there was no Stirling City on maps. Soon development began, which included a town, a mill and railroad to transport lumber. A name, Stirling, on one of the boilers was adopted for the name of the town.
Land for a burial ground was given by Diamond Match, the company operating the mill. The first marked burial was that of ____ Mitchell, a two year old child in 1902. The child's name when the cemetery was first read was painted on a white board with a large rock at the head of the grave. In 1905, Robert Reynolds was the first mill worker to be killed in the new mill. There were 22 burials through the year 1910. (Excerpted from Paradise Genealogical Society Stirling City Cemetery 1902-2001)
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- Added: 4 May 2002
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1249690
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