Angels Camp Union Congregational Church Cemetery
Calaveras County, California, USA
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The Angels Camp Union Congregational Church Cemetery is at 1141 MainStreet (Hwy 4/49) just north of downtown Angels Camp. Beginning in the 1850sthe public burial ground was known as the Old Protestant Cemetery on MainStreet. A local church was organized on the property in 1869 and was served bya traveling pastor for many years. In 1900 the church was reorganized and in 1902the name Union Congregational was adopted. In 1904 the present church building,shown in the photographs, was built on the cemetery property. In 1915, the Churchrelocated the graves and remains in the cemetery to the Altaville ProtestantCemetery and other locations nearby. There are seven gravestone monuments stillin the churchyard and the names on these headstones are not recorded at theAltaville Cemetery – Charles Coddington, Peter Dumford, Isaac Gore, William Hancock,James Newman, Walter Reed and John Weir. As of 2023, the Union churchcongregation has moved to worship at the First Congregational Church inMurphys, California. The future plans for the church grounds and buildings inAngels Camp is not known.
The Angels Camp Union Congregational Church Cemetery is at 1141 MainStreet (Hwy 4/49) just north of downtown Angels Camp. Beginning in the 1850sthe public burial ground was known as the Old Protestant Cemetery on MainStreet. A local church was organized on the property in 1869 and was served bya traveling pastor for many years. In 1900 the church was reorganized and in 1902the name Union Congregational was adopted. In 1904 the present church building,shown in the photographs, was built on the cemetery property. In 1915, the Churchrelocated the graves and remains in the cemetery to the Altaville ProtestantCemetery and other locations nearby. There are seven gravestone monuments stillin the churchyard and the names on these headstones are not recorded at theAltaville Cemetery – Charles Coddington, Peter Dumford, Isaac Gore, William Hancock,James Newman, Walter Reed and John Weir. As of 2023, the Union churchcongregation has moved to worship at the First Congregational Church inMurphys, California. The future plans for the church grounds and buildings inAngels Camp is not known.
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- Total memorials2k+
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Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California, USA
- Total memorials2
- Percent photographed0%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 11 Sep 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2369831
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