Shasta Masonic Cemetery, Established: 1864

 

The first recorded burial here was William Benedict Hull, known as "Willie", he was born at Shasta on May 3, 1863, and died at Buckeye on August 23, 1863, at the age of three months and twenty days. He was the son of Shasta County Sheriff, Sylvester Hull, also known as "Vet", and his wife, Martha Fidelia (Whiting) Hull who are also buried here. This historic cemetery was established the following year in 1864 and is located at 11471 Mule Town Road at Shasta, in Shasta County, California, and just southwest of the town of Shasta and three miles from the City of Redding. Come discover the lives which these pioneer residents led and see their final resting place in this video. Among the early pioneers who are buried here is Lloyd Lee Carter, a son of a local pioneer newspaper man who captured the notorious outlaw and highwayman, Charles Lyman Ruggles, of the infamous Ruggles Brothers after the Ruggles' Brothers deadly heist of May 14, 1892, on Middle Creek Road near Shasta Carter caught some fame after capturing the notorious bandit with two of his friends. Filmed on location July 4, 2024.

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1850 U.S. Census

1852 California State Census

1860 U.S. Census

Fire At Shasta - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 28, 1860

A Dwelling Burned - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, March 3, 1860

Board of Supervisors - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, February 16, 1861

Died - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 26, 1863

Died - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, March 11, 1865

Died - The Trinity Journal newspaper of Weaverville, January 27, 1866

Administrators Sale of Real Estate - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, November 17, 1866

1870 U.S. Census

1880 U.S. Census

California U.S. Voter Registration 1885

The Republican Free Press newspaper of Redding, September 10, 1892

Sylvester Hull Dead - The Red Bluff Daily News newspaper of Red Bluff, November 24, 1899

Death Of a Pioneer - The San Francisco Call newspaper of San Francisco, November 24, 1899

Mr. Hull's Funeral - The Red Bluff Daily News newspaper of Red Bluff, November 25, 1899

The Ruggles Brothers' Reward - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, September 7, 1895

1896, California Voters Registration

1899, City & Business Directory of Shasta County

1900 U.S. Census

Death Ends Pain of Editor Carter - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 3, 1901

W.L. Carter’s Obsequies - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 3, 1901

Daniel P. Bystle Answers the Call - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 8, 1903

A Shasta Pioneer Called by Death - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, June 9, 1903

1910 U.S. Census

1920 U.S. Census

1930 U.S. Census

1940 U.S. Census

Our Storied Landmarks – Shasta County, California, written by May H. Southern, published by Balakshin Printing Company, ©1942.

My Playhouse Was A Concord Coach, an anthology of newspaper clippings and documents relating to those who made California history during the years 1822-1888, by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs. Published by Howell-North Press ©1942

Shasta County, California A History by Rosena Giles, published by Biobooks, ©1949.

Place Names of Shasta County by Gertrude A. Steger revision by Helen Hinckley Jones, ©1966 by La Siesta Press, Glendale, California

Shasta State Historic Park Brief History and Tour Guide, published by Shasta State Historic Park, ©July 1985

A Newspaper of Prosperity and Longevity: the Shasta Courier written by Jeremy Tuggle - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, August 3, 2016

Furnacville & Ingot: The Home of the Afterthought Mine written by Jeremy Tuggle, June 23, 2021