This cemetery is located on private property on a knoll on the original homestead of the Benoni
Swearingen family at the base of the Siskiyou Mountains. The ranch was near the original Indian Town, one of the Gold Rush towns in early Klamath and Del Norte County History, later made a part of Siskiyou County. The Swearingens both crossed the plains at separate times in 1855 and
were married at Indian Town by Justice of the Peace John R. Prindle at Indian Town on Sept. 7,
1856.

Graves in this cemetery include:---

Baby Sedros (Stillborn) twin brother of Mary Sedros, born Dec.12, 1900 to Mr. And Mrs. John
Sedros, (grandson of the Swearingens):

Samuel Clark, b 4/25/1865; d 1/15/1900, killed in mine cave-in, Oak Hollow Mine
Elizabeth Swearingen, b 3/20/1836; d 4/11/1910
Thomas Jefferson Swearingen, b 1/22/1863; d 5/15/1869, drowned in a mill pond at Blue Bar
Mine;
Benoni Swearingen (2nd) b 12/9/1868; d 11/19/1924
Frank Gilbert Swearingen, b 12/23/1871; d 7/19/1941
John Milton Swearingen, b 3/12/1870; d 11/24/1930
Benoni Swearingen Sr., b 1/14/1835; d 7/18/1923
Rosebud Swearingen, (granddaughter), born 4/18/1900; d 4/19/1906,
Benoni Swearingen 3rd, (grandson) b 4/1899; d 6/1899(these two children of Mr. and Mrs.
Elbert Swearingen.
Little” Taylor, (pioneer friend) no dates

Compiled by Arlene Titus and Hazel Davis Gendron, great-granddaughters of Mr. And Mrs.
Benoni Swearingen Sr.