This is an unlocated/unmarked grave on the site of Fort Orford, near downtown Port Orford, just off of US 101.
LONG, Unknown [Mr.]; First settler of Port Orford; brought
to fort during Indian conflicts; died of natural causes; buried on fort
grounds; gravesite lost
Foster Creek Cemetery
Located near Illahee at the top of the knoll between Foster Creek and the road to Powers at Big Bend; 300 yards uphill.
BILLINGS, Albert; b. 1873
BILLINGS, Emmeline; b. 1871
BILLINGS, Raleigh; b. 1878
BREWER, Ernie
BURNS, E. B.; drowned in Rogue River
CREESEN [CREASON], Scotty; drowned in Rogue River
EDWARDS, George
EDWARDS, Infant
FOSTER, Charles
FRY, Eureka; b. 1856
FRY, Infant
JONES, Hathaway; (1870-1937)
SOUTHARD, Mrs. J. W.
WHITE, Mrs.
WHITE, Bill
THOMAS, Florie
WOLF, Unknown
Fox Hill Cemetery
Located on a hill north of the mouth of Euchre Creek; on Euchre Creek Road, across from the Ophir School (off US 101, north of Gold Beach). Trees in plot have been cut and land has been plowed under for pasture. No markers remain.
CAREY, Martha A.; (4/4/1847)-3/9/1897); wife of Asa B. Carey
FISH, Eugene; d. 10/12/1913; age 55 years; father
FISH, Cornelius; son
Indian Joe; buried outside fence
MERRILL, Josephine; d. 4/2/1917; wife of John B. Merrill
WHITTED, Robert
WILLARD, Jerome B.; parents of Mrs. Delos Woodruff
WOODRUFF, Nelson R.; d. 1892; age 44 years, 7 months
Fry Cemetery
Located near site of Fort Lemory up Rogue River, east of Gold Beach.
FRY, Ike; d. 1928; age 75 years
FULLER, Jim; d. 1925; age 75 years
Geisel Monument
This monument marks the site where four members of the Geisel family were massacred by Indians in 1856. The graves have been maintained and are preserved in an Oregon State wayside (west side of highway) located north of Gold Beach on US 101.
GEISEL, John (and sons); In memory of John Geisel, also his three sons John, Henry, and Andrew, who were massacred by the Indians, February 22, A. D. 1856. Aged respectively 45, 9, 7, and 5 years. Also wife and mother, died September 20, 1899 aged 75.
EDSON, Christina; (1829-1899) [this is the wife of John GEISEL, listed in the other grave above; she survived the massacre and later remarried]
In a fenced plot on US 101 near Geisel Monument.
COY, Freddie; age 12 years; son of Isaac COY
CAREY, Jennie; wife of Isaac COY
UNKNOWN; unknown man drowned
Graveyard Point
[gravesites]
These lost graves are located somewhere on Graveyard Point, above the dock in Port Orford.
ADAM, Pvt. Unknown; Unlocated/unmarked grave; soldier died in 1850s in Port Orford
HILL, Pvt. Unknown; Unlocated/unmarked grave; soldier died
in 1850s in Port Orford
Haines Cemetery
Located near Dement Ranch in Eckley area.
AVERY, unknown
GIBBS, Tom
HAINES, Hanna
HAINES, Joe; infant
HAINES, Liberty; killed in shoot-out
WHITNEY, unknown
Huckleberry Knoll
Cemetery
Located just above Bear Pen Flat on the South Sixes River, southeast of Sixes.
JENSEN, John
JOHNSON, unknown
LACEY, Willis; WWII vet
MADIGAN, Mike "Griz"
McLOAN, unknown
Hucktill Cemetery [gravesite]
Located near Floras Creek, southeast of Langlois; unmarked..
HUCKTILL, Unknown
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