TABLE ROCK SENTINEL May/June 1990 9 Very Well Saturday and Yesterday; Not So Good Today
TABLE ROCK $2.50 MAY JUNE 1990 - II The Magazine of the Southern Oregon Historical Society t:�� SOUTHERN :::: H1SlORICAL OREGON 1 .. 1 SOCIETY - '1,,,1 1>.I�f> Administrative Staff Executive Director: Samuel J. Wegner DeputyDirector: Brad Linder Development Director: Ted E. Lawson Finance Director: Maureen Smith Coordinator oj Photography and Publications: Natalie Brown Membership Coordinator: Susan Cox Board of Trustees President William Bagley, Medford First Vice President: Mary Foster, Medford Second Vice President: Lydia Beekman's grave in the Jacksonville Cemetery SOHS #12518 Donald McLaughlin, Medford On October 22, 1873, six-year-old Lydia Beekman died of smallpox and Secretary: was buried in the Jacksonville Cemetery. Family members followed her Jean M. Smith, Central Point in death years later-father C. C. Beekman in 1915, mother Julia in 1931, Treasurer: sister Carrie in 1959 and brother Ben in 1945-all buried in that same quiet, Thomas W. Pickering, Jacksonville wooded cemetery on the hill northeast of town. Their family markers, as well as the plots of other famous and anonymous local citizens, give today's cem Gary Arford, Medford etery visitors a sense of continuity with previous generations. Vern Arnold, Medford The historic value of southern Oregon cemeteries is not challenged, yet their Theodore Birdseye, Gold Hill preservation cannot be taken for granted. Cemeteries fall prey to overgrowth, Mark Dennett, Jacksonville neglect and vandalism. Recognizing the need to protect these oases of heri Terry Grant, Ashland tage and memories, citizens in a variety of communities have dedicated their Jessie McGraw, Eagle Point energies toward renovation and maintenance. Cemetery associations or individuals maintain the Brownsboro Cemetery, Antioch Cemetery, Tr ail Cem Thomas Parks, Medford etery and Logtown Cemetery, among others.
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