OREGON REFORM SCHOOL CEMETERY

       Compiled by Stephenie Flora

Located on the grounds of the Mill Creek Correctional Facility there are the graves of four boys who died at the facility in the early 1900s.  The small cemetery is located just up the hill from Mill Creek in a small fenced area.  

DILLEY, Frank
  b.         c 1893
  d. 06 Jul 1910
  [Death Certificate-Marion Co #2037 Frank Dilley, male, white, age 17y, single, b. OR, d. 06 Jul 1910 pulmonary tuberculosis; bur 06 Jul 1910 Oregon State Reform School Cemetery]

JACKSON, Benny
  b.           c 1891  
  d. 15 Apr 1908
   [Death Certificate-Marion Co #6618; Bennie Jackson, male, Indian, age 17y, single, b. Alaska, parents b. Alaska; student, d. 15 Apr 1908 at Reform School of tuberculosis; formerly from Alaska; bur 16 Apr 1908 Oregon State Reform School]

MARSHALL, John
  b.
  d.  age 13yrs
  "John Marshall, at reform school, May 7, 1898 of typhoid fever, John Marshall, age 15 years; was one of the boys at the training school; had recently recovered from measles when he contracted a severe cold and suffered a relapse; parents live at Fort Jones, CA; orders were received to bury the remains at the reform school." Oregon Statesman, May 10, 1898, 8:4.

MCREA, Hiram
  b.                 1891
  d.   05 May 1908
  [Death Certificate-Marion Co #6855 Hiram McRea, male, white, b. 1891, age 17y, single, b. Jackson Co, student, d. 04 May 1908 of cardia paralysis following diphtheria; formerly from Medford, bur 05 May 1908 Oregon State Reform School Cemetery]

 
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